AI makes foundational knowledge more important than ever www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-m...

AI makes foundational knowledge more important than ever

Among the elements of the shared core grammar all students need, mathematics and philosophy deserve special mention, says Manu Kapur

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2026 APSA Theme Panel: Architectures of Democracy Architectures of Democracy Friday, September 4, 8:00 am to 9:30 am 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Boston, MA |  ... http://politicalsciencenow.com/2026-apsa-theme-panel-architectures-of-democracy/

2026 APSA Theme Panel: Architectures of Democracy

Architectures of Democracy Friday, September 4, 8:00 am to 9:30 am 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Boston, MA |  Register here In-Person | Full Paper Panel Participants: (Chair) Bernardo Zacka, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Discussant) Ali Aslam, Mount Holyoke College Session Description: This panel engages the conference theme of ‘understanding, protecting, and rebuilding’ democracy through a spatialized lens, drawing on protest spaces, conflicts over built environments, and digital architectures for lessons relevant to the study of contemporary democracy.

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Read the full Big YouGov Voter Study here: yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Big YouGov Voter Study 2026

A major new study of British voters, two years since the 2024 election, examining why some voters moved and why some have stayed

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🧵/ Immigration is the top attraction of Reform UK for its supporters Trust them to manage immigration: 54% Only party honest about issues facing country: 39% Time for a change: 35% Only party that stand up for people like me: 25% Party closest to my values: 23% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

If you can read German, check out this book on the Scholz cabinet (2021-2025). It covers both important aspects of the politics and policies of the past German government.

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How Keir Starmer lost authority over two days of confusion and drama

Labour leader remains UK prime minister despite mounting calls to step down before state opening of parliament

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#Wahlumfrage #Bundestagswahl, Forsa (28.04.26): AfD: 27% (+1), CDU/CSU: 22% (−2), Grüne: 15%, Linke: 12% (+1), SPD: 12%, FDP: 4%, Sonstige: 8% ➤ dawum.de/Bundestag/Fo... | #Sonntagsfrage #btw2029 #Bundestag

#Potentialanalyse #Bundestagswahl, INSA (28.04.26) - Max. Potential: CDU/CSU: 37,5%, SPD: 35%, AfD: 35%, Grüne: 26%, Linke: 22%, FDP: 15,5%, BSW: 14,5% ➤ dawum.de/Bundestag/IN... | #Wahlumfrage #btw2029 #Bundestag

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Britons are more politically promiscuous than ever

Our build-a-voter model shows how unfaithful British voters have become

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‘Starmer in peril’: what the papers say about Mandelson vetting row

Speculation over the prime minister’s future dominates UK front pages after the Guardian revealed Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting

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#Wahltrend #Bundestagswahl (10.04.26): AfD: 25,5%, CDU/CSU: 25,3%, Grüne: 13,9%, SPD: 13%, Linke: 10,4%, FDP: 3,4%, BSW: 3,1%, Sonstige: 5,4% ➤ dawum.de/Bundestag/ | #Wahlumfrage #btw2029 #Sonntagsfrage

CfP: DigiSem 2026 – Digital Safety 📅 21–22 Sept 2026 | Berlin Early career researchers: submit abstracts on AI risks, social media regulation, vulnerable groups, cybercrime & more. ℹ️ www.cais-research.de/en/news/digi... @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social @bidt.bsky.social @bredowinstitut.bsky.social

Morning!

Interesting to do a compare and contrast with the UK-Australia deal. Australian farmers seem unhappy (contrast UK-Aus where UK farmers worried). Looking forward to @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social comments.

Gesine Weber@gesineweber.bsky.social · 4mo ago

And here we go, another FTA concluded:

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York, Southampton: UK universities flock to India - but will they succeed?

Nine UK universities are setting up campuses in India, but enrolment is expected to be modest initially.

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📚 End-of-week highlight: the Festschrift for @thomas-saalfeld.bsky.social, my PhD supervisor, arrived. Delighted to have contributed to this wonderful volume. It brings back many happy Bamberg memories. Huge thanks to @jmfernandes86.bsky.social and @javiermcanto.bsky.social, and congrats to Thomas 🎉

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Philosoph und Soziologe - Jürgen Habermas ist tot

Der Philosoph und Soziologe Jürgen Habermas ist tot. Er starb nach Angaben des Suhrkamp Verlags im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg. Habermas zählte zu den wichtigsten Denkern der Gegenwart - er prägt...

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Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 30% (+2) CON: 19% (-1) LAB: 17% (-2) GRN: 15% (+2) LDM: 14% (-1) SNP: 2% (=) Via Techne UK, 11-12 Feb. Changes w/ 14-15 Jan.

Sonntagsfrage zur Bundestagswahl • INSA/BILD: CDU/CSU 26 % | AfD 26 % | SPD 15,5 % | GRÜNE 11,5 % | DIE LINKE 10 % | BSW 4 % | FDP 3 % | Sonstige 4 % ➤ Übersicht: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/ ➤ Verlauf: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/ins...

Trump greift nach den Wählerverzeichnissen. www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...

Von Minneapolis zu den Midterms : Um illegale Migranten geht es Trump nur vordergründig

Was passiert, wenn ICE-Kräfte vor Wahllokalen auftauchen? Wird Trump bei Protesten das Militär einsetzen? Auf solche Szenarien bereiten sich Demokraten in den USA immer intensiver vor.

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Sonntagsfrage zur Landtagswahl in Hessen • Infratest dimap / Hessischer Rundfunk: CDU 32 % | AfD 20 % | SPD 16 % | GRÜNE 14 % | DIE LINKE 6 % | FDP 3 % | Sonstige 9 % ➤ Verlauf: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/lan... 🗓️ Nächste Landtagswahl: vsl. Herbst 2028 #ltwhe

Un art total • Dessins de la Sécession viennoise Jusqu'au 17 mai 👉 https://bit.ly/4qItJO0 Focus sur les collections d'Orsay consacré aux dessins de la Sécession viennoise. Les œuvres sélectionnées présentent les principes d'une architecture novatrice, emblématique du modernisme viennois.

📣 Registration now open #ECPG26 🌸 European Conference on Politics and Gender @ecprgender.bsky.social 📆 15 – 17 Jun ⏰ Register by 30 Mar The conference champions methodological diversity and promotes plurality in analytical perspectives. 💰 Funding available. Apply by 30 Jan buff.ly/H52lG74

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European Conference on Politics and Gender, Newcastle University, 15 – 17 June 2026

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I guess it was inevitable, but sad to see him reduced to this.

HOPE not hate@hopenothate.org.uk · 6mo ago

Matthew Goodwin choosing this moment to stand in Gorton & Denton, tells you exactly what he’s about. He can smell the media attention, like a bloodhound.

This would result in a Parliament with 322 right-of-centre MPs and 320 left-of-centre MPs...

Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 6mo ago

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 25% (+1) LAB: 21% (+2) CON: 17% (-1) GRN: 16% (-1) LDM: 14% (=) Via @yougov.co.uk, 25-26 Jan. Changes w/ 18-19 Jan.

My wish for 2026 is that politicians and political analysts realize that public opinion is endogenous to elite behavior, that polling single issues tells us nothing about electorally successful strategies, that politics means shaping public opinion and that popularism is the death of progressivism.

#Reminder „Die Demokratie ist keine Frage der Zweckmäßigkeit, sondern der Sittlichkeit.“ Willy Brandt "Demokratie ist ein grundsätzlicher moralischer Auftrag, das Bekenntnis zu einer gerechten Gesellschaftsordnung, die die Freiheit und Gleichheit aller Menschen achtet."

„Keine Frage der Zweckmäßigkeit“ - Demokratiegeschichten

Was steckt hinter dem Demokratiezitat „Die Demokratie ist uns keine Frage der Zweckmäßigkeit, sondern der Sittlichkeit“ von Willy Brandt?

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Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low. RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.) LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8% LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0% SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7% CON: 38 (-83), 17.6% GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5% PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1% Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1% electionmaps.uk/nowcast

#Parteizustimmungsindex (#PZI): CDU/CSU: 28,3%, AfD: 23,4%, SPD: 15%, Grüne: 11,9%, Linke: 9,2%, BSW: 3,6%, FDP: 3,3% ➤ dawum.de#PZI | Der PZI setzt sich zusammen aus den nach Einwohnern gewichteten Umfragewerten für die Länder und aus dem zum Bundestag.