Frog and Toad looked into a mirror. “We look brave,” said Frog. “Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

🙏 Come work with me 🙏 We're hiring a postdoc. to work on a v cool project using AI to better understand local-level social cohesion...

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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.

'The proposed industrial action is over plans to cut 200 jobs as the Brighton facility attempts to save £35m annually. It comes after more than 600 staff were put at risk of redundancy across academic, technical and professional services departments.'

The treatment of this woman is absolutely outrageous and one of the most egregious corporate violations of free speech I've seen. I have just bought the book as a fuck you to Facebook. It's available here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/care...

Careless People: A story of where I used to work

The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more.‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to b...

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The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · last mo.

“They’ve silenced her. “This is an attempt to punish someone who spoke the truth.” The "bizarre" moment @maitlis.bsky.social is forced to ask Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams to leave the studio.

Midsummer, east Yorkshire, 2004, painting by David Hockney.

This is absolute dereliction Exeter university is home to world leading experts in corruption and kleptocracy (among other things) Now it’s facing being cut to ribbons www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’

Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

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Cool paper by @polpsychjoe.bsky.social and @jaclarner.bsky.social on age & cohort effects on attitudes toward 👑 in 🇬🇧 "Findings indicate that support for the monarchy will likely remain stable, and even increase, considering Britain’s aging population". academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...

Long May They Reign? Age and Cohort Effects on Monarchism in the UK

Abstract. The monarchy is a long-standing British institution that enjoys high visibility across the world. However, there is concern that younger generati

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This is one of the dumbest and saddest things I've ever seen. We should not think of universities in this way, and if we do that'll destroy everything that is both useful and good about them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime

New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime.

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UK to Universities: drop dead archive.is/PN5y7

📢 I’m hiring 2 three-year postdocs at Dept of Political Science, @au.dk! Come work with me on The Politics of Shaming and Shamelessness — a new project on elite rhetoric, emotions, norms, hostility and political violence. Deadline: 31 August 2026 Start: Dec 2026–Feb 2027 Please share widely! 🙏

2 three-year postdocs in political communication and political psychology at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University is hiring both Assistant Professors and Associate Professors. Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Please share these opportunities with your networks!

Assistant Professor in Political Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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A graphic that offers a stark illustration of the dreadful electoral strategy pursued by Labour, under Starmer, since taking office. While losing more than four times as many voters to the Greens, Lib Dems. SNP/PC than to Reform, they have won over virtually no Reform voters in return.

Dylan Difford@dylandifford.bsky.social · 2mo ago

But another part of the problem has always been Labour's failure to understand its 2024 coalition, or basic electoral dynamics. It has lost voters to Reform, but these are a fairly unique fragment of their 2024 voters, v unlike those staying loyal or the greater number defecting to the Greens + LDs.

Indeed, the "summer of immigration" was a huge failure for Labour. Raising the salience of an issue on which they were very weak, allowing Reform to solidify their post-locals gains. Reform voters were aware they were being appealed to, but were unmoved.

I am 43. I'v been through the launch of the internet, mobile phones, GPS, etc. There has never been a product shoved down our throats so aggressively!!

Yasin Koc@spyasin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m tired of AI being attached to everything. My work computer was updated and now ADOBE offers to summarise long PDFs. I do use AI but I don’t want it to be enforced on me.

I am 43. I'v been through the launch of the internet, mobile phones, GPS, etc. There has never been a product shoved down our throats so aggressively!!

Yasin Koc@spyasin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m tired of AI being attached to everything. My work computer was updated and now ADOBE offers to summarise long PDFs. I do use AI but I don’t want it to be enforced on me.

My textbook on Political Psychology (with @bpsofficial.bsky.social ) is now available to pre-order from Amazon and other major book sellers The book offers an accessible overview of research in political psychology aimed at undergraduate & postgraduate students www.amazon.co.uk/Key-Topics-P...

My textbook on Political Psychology (with @bpsofficial.bsky.social ) is now available to pre-order from Amazon and other major book sellers The book offers an accessible overview of research in political psychology aimed at undergraduate & postgraduate students www.amazon.co.uk/Key-Topics-P...

‼️ Only 10 days left to apply for the PhD position in my group! All info below 👇

Ruth Dassonneville@rdassonneville.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven! Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026. All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Share widely!

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

Two permanent lecturer posts in politics & IR at the University of Liverpool www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW336/l...

Lecturer in Politics and/or International Relations ( 2 Posts) - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool

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Can't help but wonder whether Labour members are about to discover that St Andy is not the messiah but is, in fact, just as much of a naughty boy as Sir Keir.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Allies of Shabana Mahmood are confident that she would be kept as Home Secretary by a Burnham premiership and her reforms would hardly be watered down, if at all" - PoliticsHome www.politicshome.com/news/article...

In our new paper for @ejprjournal.bsky.social Tim Vlandas and I offer a mathematical statement and simulations to assess the extent of the 'atomistic' fallacy on #VotingBehaviour, and illustrate the problem empirically by focusing on the example of #FarRight voting- available below Open Access

European Journal of Political Research@ejprjournal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So you think you know? 💬 🧑‍🔬 @dafnoukos.bsky.social & @ox.ac.uk's Tim Vlandas offer a mathematical statement and simulations to assess the extent of the 'atomistic' fallacy on #VotingBehaviour, and the issues with using European Social Survey data on #FarRight voting

From our May Issue: Countering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-Based Field Experiment in India by @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social, @sumitra.bsky.social, @simonchauchard.bsky.social and FLORIAN SICHART. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

...and it's a thoroughly enjoyable read!!

Jonathan Coe@jonathancoe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Another digital deal on one of my books. This time it's The Proof of My Innocence, on sale at Amazon, Kobo, bookshop.org and others for 99p throughout June. It's a murder mystery set in a Britain which is drifting towards the far right. No chance of that happening in real life fortunately.

It is always striking to me when, meeting non-university friends, they ask how work is, and I say some variant of 'OK personally, altho obviously pretty shit in general', and they ask why, and I say some variant of 'sector in meltdown', and they are surprised and had no idea...

George Eaton@georgeeaton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Why is the universities crisis being ignored? Essential piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social for Arguably on the “grim dribbling away of one of Britain's great triumphs and economic advantages” – and why so few politicians seem to care. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...

Why is the universities crisis being ignored? Essential piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social for Arguably on the “grim dribbling away of one of Britain's great triumphs and economic advantages” – and why so few politicians seem to care. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...

The quiet collapse of British universities

One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away

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A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy. Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible) Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Position GREENLOSS Project

2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027

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