I’m an eminent and optimistic bioscientist now
In which I meet Krista, who finally publishes my biomedical research.
Category: Political Science
Support for Germany’s far right AfD drops below 20% for the first time since June 2023
In February 2024, support for the radical right AfD has dropped for the first time in more than six months. Here are the details.
The Radical Right Research Robot is back with a vengeance (for now)
The bot that posts references to research on the radical right is back on Twitter, Mastodon & Bluesky
I’m a law prof now
My amazing journey through all the domains of human knowledge continues. Click to see where it takes me.
A podcast episode about the AfD and Germany
There’s a new PolSci podcast in town, and I’m on the first episode, talking about the AfD and Germany.
Interview with ECPS: “Remigration” plans echo the ideology of the 1930s & 1940s
In an interview with the ECPS, I discuss the the AfD’s trajectory from the softly eurosceptic centre towards the extreme right.
You can now create deepfake videos in the safety and comfort of your home
I cloned myself and lived to tell the tale.
“Bard, tell me a joke about Max Weber”
Sure, here is a joke about Max Weber:Why did Max Weber become a sociologist?Because he was interested in the sociology of bureaucracy.I hope you found it funny! As a coda to a grey and mildly depressing Sunday, I checked in with Bard to see if it was any better than half a year ago. The…
2 invite code for Bluesky (but Twitter is fine)
Twitter may be burning, but I’m not leaving yet (as I have said a thousand times before). Still, it is good to have alternatives, and so I set up an account on Mastodon back in November ’22 when we all felt the evil presence of You-Know-Who. But much as I like the ideas behind Mastodon…
Peer review: a drama in 3 lines
When even so-so- journals reject promising manuscripts if even one reviewer doesn’t like them, the system is broken. That’s the long and the short of it.