Seven months later, 10 days to go before moving in. Still much to do but at least half of the house is habitable. It is happening!

Venting time...

If you kindly agree and commit to reviewing a manuscript:

1. Please do not ghost the editors;
2. Do not write just one line about your basic thoughts on a new submission (my 6yo would do a better job than that);
3. For the love of god, do not use AI to generate your review.

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I am now 1 hour deep in a talk about geopolitics with my 6 year old son. It all started with a small question: "Papa, why did Slovenia give 12 points to Italy?". We're now talking about the fall of the Ottoman Empire... #Eurovision

Based on the candidates currently ahead, we’re on track for a huge increase in the percentage of women in the House of Reps in the 48th Parliament. Currently women are ahead in 70 of 150 seats, which would mean 46.7% women, up from 38.4% after the last election. #insiders #auspol

There are so many similarities between the 2025 Canadian and Australian elections...

"Public holiday"... Speak for yourself!

Details : Lecturer, Public Policy : The University of Melbourne Careers at The University of Melbourne

Come work with us! Our 2 continuing lecturer positions in Public Policy have just been advertised.

Happy to answer any questions you may have about the Program/School/Melbourne/Australian academia/anything else.

Deadline: 22 May.

jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/92011...

"I hope this email finds you well" is so 2024.

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What a time to take a social media break.

I mean it is all insane, not to mention dangerous and devastating, but one cannot deny that it is interesting.

We're only two weeks in...

Dutton vows to cut 'wasteful' spending, but will detail his plans after election The opposition leader has reiterated his plans to shrink the public service as part of his plan to curb government spending, but he declined to specify exactly where the cuts would come from.

"Government efficiency" is austerity in disguise. Period. #auspol

Peter Dutton vows to cut 'wasteful' government spending, says details to come after election - ABC News www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

I've already heard the Asperger Syndrome excuse. I've taught children with Asperger for over 25 years, and oddly, I've never had to say "Hey stop giving the Nazi salute!"

Welcome to the "and find out" era.

New year, new function! Together with @benleruth.bsky.social I will serve as editor of @actapolitica.bsky.social! Gianna Maria Eick and Julia Rone will be book review editors and Katherine Arena will be editorial assistant.
We are looking forward to seeing your submissions!

Inequality hasn’t risen. Here’s why it feels like it has What appears on the surface to be a flat trend masks churn beneath

"The gap between the richest and poorest may not be widening, but it is not irrational for the middle classes to feel their position in society is in decline." on.ft.com/3W4rWWy

Let us abandon our ‘fat, relentless egos’ in 2025 If we focus more on what’s going on around us, we may end up feeling better about things

"If we were able to abandon our fat, relentless egos and focus on what is going on in the world around us, we would end up feeling far better ourselves". Great column by @jemima.bsky.social on.ft.com/3PgZyfV @financialtimes.com

Now that's a great introductory paragraph!

In case you are still looking for a 🎄 present for all of those people out there who like to nerd out even over the holidays:
"The EU under strain" (co-edited with @mechthildroos.bsky.social) is now out as a paperback at @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Hello Bluesky ❤️

We are here! This is the official account for The Rest Is Politics US with @kattybkay.bsky.social and @scaramucci.bsky.social.

Keep posted and follow for all updates on everything US politics 🇺🇸

Before moving to Melbourne vs after moving to Melbourne #SpotifyWrapped

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Love it! The restumping/subfloor glow-up process starts next week on my end. Here's to new strong foundations!

Congratulations Ruth, and bienvenue à la maison!

Good news, Altmetric has now started watching BlueSky for mentions of publications. And by the way, provides an easy comparison between this and the old site for a recent preprint of mine which I posted simultaneousl at both. Numbers speak by themselves !

Ooooh yes please! Do they also come with the free spider egg sacs? 😍

Spotted in Perth. This reminded me of what it feels like to check X/Twitter.

The UWA campus in Perth is simply atrocious, as you can see. A beach just across the street? A marvelous albino peacock greeting you? This is simply unacceptable.

Tomorrow, at the APSA Conference, I’ll talk about my research on transnational populist publics.

My paper examines the contribution of digital publics on YouTube in building the bridges between PRR parties in France, Italy, and the US.

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Wonderful to be back in beautiful Perth for my first #APSA conference in 6 years. Looking forward to catching up with old and new colleagues from the region 🌏

If you are still looking for a session to attend tomorrow, I'll be sharing findings of my work on attitudes towards long-term policies 👇

Labor's plan to cap international student enrolments from next year appears doomed after Coalition vows to block The Coalition has announced it will oppose the government's bill to limit the number of international students able to enrol from next year, just weeks out from when the caps were meant to come into f...

In the midst of the doom and gloom, some good news for the Australian higher education sector, but most importantly for international students who were wrongly used as a scapegoat for more complex societal problems. It was a very poorly designed policy. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...