OUT TODAY! 🥳 A straightforward, non-technical guide to thinking like a quantitative social scientist. Written for students, journalists, and curious citizens. A lot of thought and heart went into this. I genuinely hope folks enjoy it!
David Fortunato
@fortunato.bsky.social
Studies comparative political economy (mostly legislatures in Europe and the US). Proud Nutmegger and Hurricane. Loves the Knicks, Giants, and Yankees. http://www.davidfortunato.com/
📘 Excited to share that our new Cambridge Elements book, Downplaying Extremism? (with @rdancygier.bsky.social & @homola.bsky.social ), is now out—and available open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781.... A short thread 👇 (1/7)
Downplaying Extremism? How the State Approaches Right-Wing and Left-Wing Extremist Threats
Cambridge Core - Political Philosophy - Downplaying Extremism? How the State Approaches Right-Wing and Left-Wing Extremist Threats
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Thrilled to announce my 🆕 book, The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation, w/ @josephfcozza.bsky.social & Dave Armstrong, is out in the Cambidge Elements in Comparative Political Behavior. Read it free until 8/3/26: cup.org/44E5RSy Preorder: bit.ly/4faMlTG 🧵1/12
The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation
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The World: We love “The Odyssey” it’s so amazing. Must read it (again). Professors, Pundits, and the Media: Debate over the film versus the text and the artistic merits of the themes the film does/does not engage with. Academic Administrators: We’re closing the Classics department.
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
It’s pretty jarring we’ve just come to expect that the feds will lie to us and publicize false information and that there is virtually no consequence for it.
CNN@cnn.com · 5d agoThe Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj
An der @unigreifswald.bsky.social sind zwei unbefristete Vollzeitstellen ausgeschrieben: eine für Politikwissenschaftler:innen, eine für Soziolog:innen. Bewerbungsfrist: 31. August 2026. Teilen ausdrücklich erwünscht. Die Ausschreibungen folgen im nächsten Post. Fragen gerne per DM.
One of my empirical-work econ takes is that I think academia should be *more* open to publishing work based on best-we-can-do weak data, as long as there's really no other way to address the question and that work is very clear about what it can and can't actually say.
I had no idea public sentiment had moved this far this fast.
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · last wk.Economist/YouGov poll ask "Should the U.S. arrest Netanyahu if he comes here?" 49% yes 27% no Men: 46% yes 35% no Women: 52% yes 21% no White: 47% yes 21% no Black: 53% yes 13% no 18-29: 58% yes 17% no yougov.com/en-us/articl...
They are going to go around rounding up every Black person they can find like little slave patrols.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...
My wife thinks it’s funny that TGI Fridays is the only casual dining chain I’ve been to and wants to take me to all of them Outback is first and the list is below. Anything we’re missing? Any drink/dish recommendations? Outback Red Lobster Applebees Chili’s Olive Garden Red Robin Texas Roadhouse
“Trump and Republicans allow people that funded 9/11 to have nuclear weapon capacity” seems like a pretty decent Democrat campaign ad.
Erin A. Snider@erinsnider.bsky.social · 2w agoSome real art of the deal genius. To get this deal with MBS, Trump had to agree to terms that would limit international inspectors from going to sites they think could be a pathway to diverting fuel to weapons projects.& Saudis may be allowed to enrich uranium or reprocess plutonium on their soil.
As Gov. Beshear deliberates on a deeply uncomfortable decision of institutional consequence, in this one instance, he would do well to ask himself: “What would Mitch McConnell do?” Or I suppose he could just give him a call.
Very cool, new, OPEN ACCESS article. It’s free, y’all!
Seth Jolly@sethkjolly.bsky.social · 2w agoI'm thrilled to share the latest @chesdata.bsky.social paper "A Global Scale of Economic Left–Right Party Positions: Cross-National and Cross-Expert Perceptions of Party Placements", out now at JOP, where we compare expert ratings from Europe, Latin America, Australia, Israel, Canada, & the US.
My book, Taming the Careerists, will be published by Cambridge University Press this September! There is growing debate over whether federal employees should be easier to dismiss in order to make them more responsive to presidential directives. What would be the consequences of such a change?
The president is a liar. He lies constantly & without hesitation. His lies about American elections are among his most dangerous b/c they are meant to convince a susceptible public that democratic outcomes cannot be trusted. They are antidemocratic lies in service of holding onto power. He’s a liar!
It's important to step back for a moment to realize that the duly elected President of the United States is doing a prime time White House address claiming that his country has the most corrupt election system in the world
It is absolutely hilarious that FIFA makes the semi-final losers play for bronze after elimination. Can't go home yet, fellas... gotta find out who's THIRD...
Today the President of the United States paid $5.6 million to a woman he sexually assaulted www.cbsnews.com/news/e-jean-...
E. Jean Carroll receives $5.62 million payment from Trump in sex abuse and defamation case after yearslong wait
A jury concluded in 2023 that Trump should pay Carroll $5 million in damages.
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Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
Come work with me and Rachel and our great colleagues here at Notre Dame!
Rachel Porter@rachelporter.bsky.social · 3w ago📢 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Political Science. We seek a scholar in AP, CP, PE, or IR who applies frontier methods of statistics and data science to substantive questions in their area of expertise. apply.interfolio.com/189477
📖 A new BJPolS article in which we develop and test the concept of ‘partisan intolerance’ - the gap between a person’s willingness to interfere with contentious activities by in-partisans versus the same activities by out-partisans - and we find high levels of partisan intolerance in the UK 👇
British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 3w agoFrom May 2026 - Partisan (In)Tolerance and Affective Polarization - https://cup.org/4ud30Lm - James Tilley, @tmbejan.bsky.social & @sarahobolt.bsky.social #OpenAccess
Have we got favorite bars and restaurants in South Bend?
Absolutely. It’s wild to me how flack Biden and Schumer get for their influence over the nomination process when Sanders’ record of cultivation and promotion is the comparison case.
Jonathan Bernstein@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 4w agoI think it was undervalued by Platner supporters throughout this how much wariness about him had to do with Dems who felt burned by Sinema/Fetterman rather than dislike of the platform he was running on. (Beyond sincere dislike of all the huge warning signs about him, of course).
How about Canada will stop boycotting California wine when our Senator stops voting to approve Trump's cabinet and judicial nominees? For instance, here's Marco Rubio, who @schiff.senate.gov voted to confirm:
Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 4w agoCanada's boycott of California wine is causing devastating harm to winegrowers. I'm urging the Canadian government to recognize that California doesn’t agree with these tariff wars, to lift these restrictions, and increase consumer options to strengthen both our economies.
The next #EPSS conference will be in Copenhagen from 24-26 June 2027. The call for papers will be out in early fall and you can find all information here: epssnet.org/2027-copenha...
EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK
Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.
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Whether or not radicalization is a good replacement, the political science concept of polarization is normatively dubious, descriptively thin and causally... eh, let's not even go there. I know you just got a big grant to study it but I'm sure they'll let you spend the money on something more useful
Petter Törnberg@pettertornberg.com · 4w ago‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...
