Linkfest
Me, in AfD prophet mode: Full WEP article ($) Rage over the lost coin:British Polling Council seeks investigation into skewed results How I kept a promise to Ben. Definitively time to go home now.
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Linkfest: Far-right infighting, electoral systems, comics, and more
An update on the far-right infighting in the European Parliament: A far-right confederacy of quarrels Lucid: The system used to favour Labour, now favours the Conservatives. Welcome to the lottery: The new “skew” of the electoral system in 2015 Going down Memory Lane: OTDI 1981 Roy Jenkins, David Owen, William Rodgers & Shirley Williams launched…
Linkfest: Coding Advice, Libel Laws/Autocrats & Funny Pics
Great advice from the great: writing good code | OUPblog PHD Comics: Feeling sick English libel laws & Russian autocrats: ‘Book prize judges criticise decision to axe Putin exposé’ You want one of those. You know that you want one of those: Gnome Chomsky: The Essential Ornament for the Thinking Person’s Garden An illustration of…
Linkfest: MOOC 1935, AfD, Russian Media & Loony Parties. Comics, too
Back to the future MOOC: A university proposal for teaching classes remotely via television, 1935 PHD Comics: How To Write An E-mail To Your Instructor Or Teaching Assistant Some more information on Henkel’s resignation from the AfD board General Election 2015, Far Side Edition: We’ll lose votes to UKIP, say Loony Party Anton Shekhovtsov: The…
Seven Links: Wittgenstein, Hillary, Greece, Norman Nie, and More
This is cool: A Corpus-Based Analysis of REF Output Titles for Politics & International Studies Why austerity is not #Greece’s problem University of Surrey’s Politics department under threat Obituary: Norman Nie, inventor of SPSS Ouch: Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal Hillary onesies and ‘Rand on a stick’: the best…
Linkfest: Comics, Views on Immigrants & HIV, Consolation for Rejectniks
Math Joke, anyone? Answer to “Immigrants are a burden on the welfare state” by voting intention in the 2015 General Election Things to remember when your manuscript is rejected Self-referential comic: Self-Description Majority of Germans now support a Grexit. (52% compared to 41% in Feb) (Pro tip: Opinion bounced back again) Ukip parliamentary candidate forced…
Five More Links I Liked
Trouble telling your economist from your sociologist colleagues? Look no further: Economics/sociology phrase book The Gamification of graduate lives: PHD comic: ‘Level Up.’ Hamburg election: AfD enters first parliament in West Germany, CDU at record low The German constitution gets its own float at Mainz carnival. Tags mark sections on religious freedom & free speech.…
Elsevier, Cameron, Wolfinger: Three Links I Liked
Elsevier, Cameron, Wolfinger: links
Lazy Linklblogging
French Politics II: Doubs or Die We do Anti-Vaccers, too: Germany battling a severe measles outbreak French Politics I: Législative dans le Doubs : le PS annonce sa victoire face au Front national | France info Wise words: Step Away from Putin’s Head | Moscow-on-Thames Useful: “Doing a Quick Literature Review”
Five Links I Liked
Nothing like a good rant: Charlie Hebdo: In praise of outrage http://t.co/zGS9Rj2fe8 Conference bingo card generator http://t.co/NFTqSkEYik plus a guide to academic gestures: http://t.co/sBLCDVrUbT Smart Phones and Postmodern Theory http://t.co/0xBivDCuef Tangled Web: The Complications of Politicized Mourning http://t.co/RWS9P14m6W Who is Alexis #Tsipras? | openDemocracy http://t.co/L6EQcZ2YYV h/t @A_Katsanidou