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1/ Happy to report an unfortunately timely new (open access!) pub in EPSR. A short 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S175...

Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes

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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · last yr.

Woke up to an article acceptance, a toddler who now **really gets** this whole potty training thing, and stunningly beautiful weather. Holding onto the bright spots.

President Donald Trump’s administration has abruptly revoked the visas of three international students at Syracuse University without explaining why the students were targeted, SU officials told syracuse.com.

Trump administration revokes visas of 3 Syracuse University students without warning

SU says it received no notice or explanation about the targeting of its international students.

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Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben@oliverhw.bsky.social · last yr.

I used to teach in the town right next to Nampa and let me tell you--this is really something

AOC, Bernie, & over 12,000 friends in Nampa, Idaho tonight.

Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · last yr.

So I read that group chat and...shouldn't the main story be that these clowns COLLAPSED AN ENTIRE APARTMENT BUILDING FULL OF CIVILIANS to kill one guy after explicitly stating that there isn't really any rush to get him?

Shut down the government. Do it, do it now, do it right in the middle of 5th avenue, do it and let the English see you do it. Tell them it was you who voted against GOP madness. The message is simple. No Democratic votes for a lawless authoritarian government. @schumer.senate.gov

Maxwell School @maxwellsu.bsky.social · last yr.

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A statue of George Washington in front of the Athenian Oath

jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 2y ago

I guess I was naive but I really thought it would take more than 3 weeks to hit full-blown constitutional crisis.

Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”

The weird cognitive dissonance of having a snow day here in central NY, with over 3 ft of snow drift in our backyard, while historic fires rage 20 miles north of my parents' house, demolishing landmarks of my childhood.

My review of Goran Hyden's newest book is out in Political Science Quarterly--this book is a really interesting retrospective of 60 years of comparative politics research, and what the field misses when it ignores Africa. Gift link here: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...

Theorizing in Comparative Politics: Democratization in Africa by Goran Hyden

Goran Hyden has a message for comparative political scientists: Western societies must not be considered “both the compass and the end point” (13) for demo

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I wrote the year correctly on the letter of rec I submitted today. Please clap.

Making a real effort this year to ward off seasonal depression (light therapy, vit D supplementation) and this book tells me I should have special wintertime rituals/activities. What are your favorite winter things (that aren't skiing)? Bonus if they are little kid friendly.

Screenshot of book cover for "How to Winter: Harness your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days."

Thalia Gerzso @thaliagerzso.bsky.social · 2y ago

After two years of repeated rejections and re-writes, a piece that is very important to me just got an R&R! Trying to take my own (and @mirya.bsky.social's) advice and celebrate academic wins. Okay, back to grading...

🏆🚨Afripolsky, it's award nomination season! APCG is accepting nominations for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Best Article Award, and Best Book Award. Nominations are due on May 4. More info about each category is in this thread. Please share widely.🚨🏆

Thrilled to share that my new article, “Voting out autocrats: evidence from Zambia” is out with Democratization. A short 🧵 1/6 www-tandfonline-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/doi/full/10....

Sarah O@erniebufflo.bsky.social · 3y ago

oh no

Annual reminder that ultrasonic “cool mist” humidifiers can be bad for your lungs. We stick to the warm mist kind and use filtered water in them.

Happy Release Day (Taylor's Version), to all who celebrate

Paul Gowder@gowder.io · 3y ago

Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous Speaker of yore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous Speaker of yore Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”

Call me Speaker.

Love an article that says "this phenomenon is universal" and proceeds to cite studies exclusively from the US and Western Europe 🙃

Literally every time I start a new paper

Meme of Jason Momoa sneaking up on Henry Cavill. Cavill's text reads "idea for straightforward analysis." Momoa's reads "5000 levels of nuance in the lit review"

Getting one conditional accept and one desk reject back-to-back for two articles from the same project is a real emotional ride. Reminding myself and everyone else to celebrate the wins when they come, and also rejection is normal and fine and worth celebrating too (thx @mirya.bsky.social for that)

Erin Hern@erinhern.bsky.social · 3y ago

Even better, my citation manager was so appalled by making this change that it opted to simply delete 90% of my citations rather than changing their format. Cool cool cool

This is a niche complaint but if a journal is going to include references in the word count, why oh why would they also require you to use Chicago w/ endnotes?