I think I can speak for the entire political communication section of APSA when I say “fuck you Dietram Scheufele. None of us will collaborate with you or cite your research ever again.”

Chokely Carmichael🥋@stewartcoles.bsky.social · last mo.

UW-Madison professor engages in multiple sexual relationships with students, disparages another over their sexual orientation and appearance, creates hostile environment, and department leadership covers it all up. And in true “pass the trash” fashion, moves on to ASU once forced to resign.

Ahahaha, this is so incredible! Thanks to @stephlaubooks.com for digging this gem up! Everyone should go check out her awesome books! www.stephlaubooks.com

Home | Steph Lau

Author-Illustrator of picture books and graphic novels, including The Abominable Snow Dancer (Penguin Workshop)

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Steph Lau (she/her)@stephlaubooks.com · 2mo ago

In the ancient times, @shugars.bsky.social and I filmed a sock puppet version of Medea (based on the Greek play by Euripides). I'm sharing a link to the full video in my upcoming newsletter, but here's a few highlights: 1: Sock puppet Medea saying goodbye to Jason, and then laughing maniacally

UnSEEN/unHEARD is a great read! I’d encourage folks to check it out! 👇

C.K. Carpenter 🏳️‍🌈🌻🍉@ckcarpenter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

COMICS FANS! If you'd like to read unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence, comment before 12am EST May 6, & we'll give you a free copy for FCBD! We only ask that if you enjoy it, to please nominate us for Best Anthology in the Ringo Awards. ANYONE CAN VOTE at ringoawards.com PLEASE REPOST!

My new book, "Unity Through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior," is finally out with Cambridge University Press. A 20% discount is available on the Cambridge site using the code UYTPM25. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

This is an excellent, accessible, if long, piece by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social & @adambonica.bsky.social. Drawing on scientific evidence and ground-truth logic, they dismantle calls for Democratic moderation and prescribe a path that is pragmatic and courageous. www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

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Hey sociologists, I'm organizing an ASA Methodology session on AI! Submissions are due by 2/25. Looking forward to a timely cross-method convo on emerging research best practices and disciplinary norms and ethics in August.

Cause all the devs are being fired and replaced by mediocre text regurgitation machines.

We're excited about the next edition of our Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology, this time organized by the 💫 local team in Mannheim!

Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

The book will be written about geographies of authoritarianism and how this regime zeroed in on cities w/ large Black populations, African immigrant populations, Black leadership and histories of Black protest. That book has already been written many times over about US history, but history repeats

Far From Minneapolis, Memphis Remains Under a Different Federal Crackdown

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An article about this political moment, the role of journalism, and the very real dangers of state repression—told as a cheeky guide to buying a gas mask. I’ve been sending it to everyone; it both delights and horrifies me. Well done @sarahjeong.bsky.social www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

Best gas masks

“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.

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Attention graduate students! The 15th annual Communication & Technology / Mobile Doctoral Consortium is now accepting student proposals to participate at #ICA26 in Cape Town. Proposals are due 2 Feb. Please read the requirements closely. sites.google.com/view/2026ica...

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Had so much fun using my CSS and communication skills to create these cards for my pals over at @ircbpodcast.com. Congratulations on 500 episodes! 🎉❤️🔥

I Read Comic Books Podcast@ircbpodcast.com · 9mo ago

As part of our 500th Episode celebration, our pal @shugars.bsky.social crunched an incredible amount of IRCB data and dropped these fantastic infographics on our door. Check them out! buff.ly/Mi9R9Ng

We had a blast hosting Sarah @craicexeter.bsky.social . We should be having more of these much needed discussions as scholars - Sarah’s talk featured a great mix of critical edge and openness to dialogue

Sarah Shugars@shugars.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I had the absolute pleasure to visit @craicexeter.bsky.social, where I laid out an argument for how critical & computational scholars should lead the conversation on AI. We need to expand research on harms, interrogate corporate hype, and support people’s critical understanding these technologies

absolutely incredible title slide.

Sarah Shugars@shugars.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I had the absolute pleasure to visit @craicexeter.bsky.social, where I laid out an argument for how critical & computational scholars should lead the conversation on AI. We need to expand research on harms, interrogate corporate hype, and support people’s critical understanding these technologies

I had the absolute pleasure to visit @craicexeter.bsky.social, where I laid out an argument for how critical & computational scholars should lead the conversation on AI. We need to expand research on harms, interrogate corporate hype, and support people’s critical understanding these technologies

Is this who we are?

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Everyone in America should have to see these cases and think about what they mean for the kind of society we are becoming. They killed a mom in her minivan. And now they have grabbed this poor sweet kid, used him as bait to grab his dad, and sent him to a detention center in Texas.

So deserved! Kate is a fantastic researcher and a fantastic public scholar. Congrats!!!

UW Human Centered Design & Engineering@hcde.uw.edu · 9mo ago

HCDE Professor Kate Starbird has been named an ACM Fellow, one of the highest honors in computing. She's recognized for contributions to understanding and improving information ecosystems, including during crisis events and addressing misinformation. www.hcde.washington.edu/news/article...

Excited to be visiting the University of Manchester to discuss the challenges and benefits of linking survey and digital trace data. Thanks to Rachel Gibson and her team for hosting—they have been doing incredible work advancing methods and building community in this space.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.

The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year. This is not normal and we don't have to live this way. bradyunited.org @bradyunited.org

Wisconsin-Madison CS is recruiting faculty for natural language processing! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences: Natural Language Processing (RISE-AI) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Ah yes, the great electron shortage of 2025.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 11mo ago

I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics. COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs? ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons. conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...

What’s the story behind my book’s cover art? A thread🧵

Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo (she/her)@kellyzvobgo.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hey y’all, it’s my birthday! 🎉 If care about #transitionaljustice, #humanrights and #globalgovernance, or you just want to celebrate my 33 revolutions around the sun, you can pre-order my first book, GOVERNING TRUTH, out with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social in Feb. See global.oup.com/academic/pro...

IU shuts down all DEI activities and scrubs DEI mentions from websites and courses, despite no laws requiring it. iubaaup.org/2025/10/23/e...

So excited to be hosting @jeremydfoote.com today at Rutgers’ Computational Social Science lab to hear more about his work around LLMs as social actors