Ich finde, es ist Aufgabe des Staates, solche Angebote zu unterstützen. Wie wichtig sie sind, hat sich in den letzten Tagen gezeigt. Wenn diese BuReg Zivilgesellschaft zermürben will, muss man gegenhalten. Deshalb gingen hier heut Spenden raus www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/quee...

Queerer Jugendverband Lambda verliert Förderung: „Jugendlichen mit Suizidgedanken können wir dann nicht länger helfen“

Familienministerin Karin Prien (CDU) streicht Fördergelder zusammen und erntet dafür viel Kritik aus der queeren Community. Die Geschäftsführerin von Lambda erzählt, was die Regierungspläne bedeuten w...

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bumping this a month-ish ahead of the APSA annual meeting because there will be conversations about these topics #polisky, mostly on Thursday and Friday (rooms are still TBA) 1/x

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD@elizabethbitmeehan.com · 4mo ago

chat i'm going to ask a somewhat prickly question: what do you (fellow political scientists) want out of your professional association right now (knowing that this is a sample of Very Online People and folks with wildly differing opinions)

Die Sicherheitsdebatte nach dem Angriff auf den CSD, die weit über AfD und Union hinausreicht, macht zwei fundamental falsche Annahmen über Sicherheit und Gewalt. Sie sind generell falsch, aber besonders für queere Menschen. Erstens: "Gewalt geht von Extremisten aus, der Staat schützt vor Gewalt"

Film you've watched more than 6 times, with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Rizzo & Gonzo: Light the Lamp Not the Rat!

Alt: Rizzo & Gonzo from the Muppets in red and white striped, old timey uniforms, presumably as lamp lighters. Gonzo accidentally lights Rizzo's tail when trying to light the lamp, and Rizzo starts screaming: Light the Lamp Not the Rat!

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Erika Moen@erikamoen.bsky.social · last wk.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

so I started thinking about my fall courses today (sorry!) and I have a question for #skystorians : What’s your favorite academic article (chapter, edited volume essay, etc) about non-European science in the early modern period? My 200-level “Scientific Revolution” survey could use a refresh.

Today at noon ET, join us for a free webinar on Book Publishing 101! If you can't attend live, register anyway and a YouTube link will be emailed to you when it's posted. 🗃️

American Historical Association@historians.org · 3w ago

You've finished the manuscript. Now what? Join our AHA Online webinar on July 28 at 12 p.m. ET exploring the nuts and bolts of book publishing, from acquisitions and contracts to marketing. With Mike Baccam, Levi Stahl, and Elizabeth Townsend Gard. Register now.

much solidarity to our colleagues in sociology. DDRIG grants are truly transformative for early career scholars’ ability to conduct research with benefits not only for their disciplines, but also for society as a whole

Philip N Cohen@philipncohen.com · last wk.

Per @asanews.bsky.social email, after being cut off by NSF, ASA is ending the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant.

hive minds: can you think of a good example in political science, where a well identified design-based paper changed our understanding of a causal relationship that was based on shaky model-based regressions?

Habe ein M'era Luna Ticket (ganzes Festivalwochende) abzugeben, falls jemand sucht. Preis verhandelbar, aber würde mich freuen, wenn statt mir jemand anderes hinkann. Bei Interesse einfach PN an mich.

After spending more than five years in Hong Kong’s prison, former pro-democracy lawmaker Wu Chi-wai finally got to embrace his wife and son in London last week. But he could be sent back to the Chinese territory in days. His story: apnews.com/article/hong...

A Hong Kong democracy activist's long-awaited London reunion may be cut short

Former pro-democracy lawmaker Wu Chi-wai has reunited with his family in London after more than five years in a Hong Kong prison.

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Re-sharing, once again, the project @maris.bsky.social and I coordinated subtweeting PP's vile legacy at the NYTBR. It featured many amazing contributors writing reviews of thirteen LGBTQ-authored books: lithub.com/what-was-los...

What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the NY Times Book Review, 2013-2022

“Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …

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Berlin Pride parade called off after car hits crowds, police say reut.rs/4yGs7sw

Berlin Pride parade called off after car hits crowds, police say

Berlin's ​Christopher Street ‌Day Pride ​parade ​was called off ⁠by ​the organizer ​on Saturday after a ​car ​crashed into a ‌crowd ⁠at the city's ​Tiergarten ​park, ⁠leaving several ​people ​injured, ⁠police said on ⁠X.

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whatever happened we are Not going to let political parties that scaremonger about drag queens and “gender language” pretend they’re here to defend us

Ben Miller@benwritesthings.bsky.social · 2w ago

Horror.

Oh fuck, Berlin 💔🏳️‍🌈

Bitte passt gut auf euch und andere auf und kommt sicher nach Hause. #csd #berlin

Die zunehmende Gewalt gegen queere Menschen ist ein Problem für die ganze Gesellschaft. Sie trifft den demokratischen Zusammenhalt. Anstatt Streichorgien bei Bundesprogrammen, die Demokratie & queeres Leben schützen, fordern wir eine aktive Rolle der Bundesregierung gegen Gewalt an queeren Menschen!

Hoping everyone is alright: www.dw.com/en/berlin-cs...

Berlin pride event canceled after vehicle drives into crowd

Police launched a manhunt after a vehicle struck several people in Berlin's Tiergarten near hours after the event near the Pride celebrations, known locally as Christopher Street Day (CSD).

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I’m department chair now. Most of my leadership training comes from reading about dictatorships so I’ve got violence, propaganda, and purging or co-opting elites covered. What else should I know?

Come join our first special issue on “China’s Science Silk Road” in Global China Pulse: globalchinapulse.net/calls-for-pa... 🔬🛣️📑

Calls for Papers - Global China Pulse

Here you can find the call for papers for the journal issues we are currently working on. The initial pitches should be no longer than 300 words and explain

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Wer in der Grundsicherung Jobangebote ablehnt, dem kann der komplette Regelsatz gestrichen werden. Deshalb haben wir euch letzte Woche nach den absurdesten und unpassendsten Jobangeboten gefragt. Die Resonanz war riesig und viele eurer Geschichten haben uns sprachlos gemacht. Hier kommt Teil 2. 👀

Apply Now for the APSA Graduate Student Member #SupportGrant! The APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students offers a support fund to help students with unexpected emergency costs. 📆 Applications close on Thursday, July 23rd!

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In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

what methods are people using for studying agenda setting/taking in text data lately? vectors + cosine similarity seems … not right. topic prevalence seems fraught and also maybe conceptually distinct. bracketing llm-coded pairs for now. surely someone smarter than me has thought about this?

I'm excited to let you all know that Middlebury is hiring a comparativist who works on African Politics! I am the search committee chair, so hit me up with any questions you may have. Deadline is 9/1. apply.interfolio.com/188248

Sur le t-shirt de cette libraire arrêtée par la police hongkongaise, en blanc sur fond noir (évoquant notamment "Je suis Charlie"), l'inscription "我是書店店員" (Je suis vendeur/vendeuse en librairie), reprise depuis sur les réseaux sociaux, en particulier à Taiwan, en signe de solidarité.

YTSL@ytsl.bsky.social · 3w ago

This photo is one of the ages. And should be made famous.

Reminder! There are alternatives to Substack! Which do not have its ethical problems! (My newsletter is on Ghost, which is fabulous, and Buttondown is among the others I've heard praised.) Thread--

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.

Unterdessen will die Berliner CDU unbedingt das Feld bebauen www.rbb24.de/content/rbb/...

Neuartiger "Grün-Feucht-Kühl-Index" sieht Region unter Druck

Deutschlands Natur verliert ihre Fähigkeit, Hitze und Trockenheit auszugleichen. Ein neuer Index zeigt: Vor allem Städte und Agrarflächen schneiden schlecht ab – Experten fordern mehr vernetzte Grünfl...

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From an Hong Kong Free Press four years ago about independent bookstores: "“We are five people who have stayed [in Hong Kong]… and we just want to establish a place that allows those people who have stayed, to stay” -- Have a Nice Day co-founder Kris Lau, about the bookshop's founders. 💔

Amid exodus and societal shifts, Hong Kong's independent bookstores offer freedom of thought, community | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

Amid otherwise neutral tones, a neon-orange sticker asserts its presence. A fixture of the chipboard desk that runs the length of the windowsill, it marks a distance of 1.5 metres from the wall – the ...

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP@hongkongfp.com · 3w ago

Hong Kong independent bookstore Have a Nice Stay announces closure, citing financial difficulties and ‘red lines’ 🔗 hongkongfp.com/2026/07/14/h...