Shocking statistic ⬇️

The hallmark of a generation increasingly unable to achieve the milestones previous generations took for granted..

Its is an issue we discussed in our latest UK Poverty report, one which clearly intersects with low-incomes and lack of opportunity.

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The Origin of the Research University Universities have existed for more than a thousand years — and for almost all of that time, they weren’t centers of research. What changed in 19th century Germany?

A three way fight between medievalist conservatives, bureaucratic enlightenment modernisers, and Romantic idealists results in a compromise no one quite wanted but also is drives a huge portion of innovation and technical advance in the modern world. Fascinating!

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‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …

Fascinating.

"Fascism cannot be appeased; this is a core assertion of resistance liberalism."

Good overview here of the new anti-Trump counter-mobilization and the deeper forces driving it:

Why higher pay hasn’t made young adults feel richer The aspiration gap has turned everyone into losers, especially graduates

Great piece (and graphics) by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com. PS This is exactly why @pauldwebb.bsky.social and I talked about 'the educated left-behind' when we wrote about the young people who'd followed Corbyn into the Labour Party - and who may well be following Zack Polanski into the Greens.

Why, if you believe, like I do, that grassroots party members are ultimately the lifeblood of liberal democracy, you have to admire them for making the effort, whichever part of the political spectrum they come from.

What is the Political Sociology of Crisis?:
30 Years of Sociological Data from Ukraine

A Candid Discussion and Q&A with
Dr. Tymofii Brik
Internationally Leading Ukrainian Sociologist and Rector of the Kyiv School of Economics
13:00 -14:30 April 24th

Orbán’s Ouster Doesn’t Prove His Critics Wrong Many dictatorships have ended peacefully, so the end of Orbán’s rule in Hungary isn’t proof he was never really taking the country in an authoritarian direction, writes James Kirchick.

Polish communism was also defeated, in the end, by an election.
www.thefp.com/p/orbans-ous...

English universities face new ‘value for money’ regulations Institutions required to publish information on complaints, refunds and compensation under latest OfS proposals

OfS wants HEIs 'to publish documents on their websites explaining their student protection arrangements, including student contracts, policies related to course changes, information on complaints, refunds and compensation, and information about agents that work on behalf of an institution.' 1/2

Opinion | Beware conservatives promoting “intellectual freedom” Victor Ray: This conservative lie about schools like mine is furthering authoritarianism

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

Weekend Update #180: The Ukrainians Stop Pretending Costs And Balances In Russian Oil; The Russian Spring Offensive After 3 Weeks

Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. The big story this week was the Ukrainians speaking truthfully about the USA not being their (or Europe's) friend. In war seeing reality as opposed to what you desperately want to see, is a fundamental test. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

If you take into consideration V-Dem's confidence intervals, Sweden and the US had the same quality of democracy for most of the last 36 years, with the exception of the early 2000s and the Trump era.

#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

Ciarán O'Connor: Why are social media accounts linked to Iran, Russia and China posting about Ireland? Recent analysis highlighted an Iranian information operation targeting Ireland, while accounts linked to Russia and China posted about the fuel protests

Good thing we’re neutral so

Why are social media accounts linked to Iran, Russia and China posting about Ireland?

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Election interference. In plain sight.

President of Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading

Watch/listen here:
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Our interview with the President of Ukraine is out now.

Alastair speaks with Zelenskyy about everything from the personal toll of the war and his daily calls with his mother, to the bigger picture: Putin’s mindset, US involvement, and the shaping of new alliances.

Link in the replies.

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Vance:

"We want you to make a decision about your future with no outside forces pressuring you or telling you what to do. I'm not telling you exactly who to vote for."

Vance 20 minutes later:

"Go to the polls at the weekend. Stand with Viktor Orbán!"

Donald Trump must be removed from office. Not only is he waging an illegal war—he’s threatening war crimes.

To the members of our military: remember, you do not have to follow illegal orders.

Serbian intelligence chief says Ukraine not involved in explosives plot It’s “not true that the Ukrainians tried to organize” alleged sabotage plot, Serbia says.

🚨🚨"Surprise, surprise": Serbia’s top military brass said Ukraine was not behind an incident involving explosives near a gas pipeline with Hungary, in a rebuke to Hungarian PM Viktor #Orbán, who heavily implied Kyiv was involved. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/serb...

This is not “intervening” in an election. It is interfering in it. Enough of these normalising euphemisms.

What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses? Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right

"Matthew Goodwin has been paid a salary of up to €10,000 a month [from Hungary's state-funded MCC], according to leaked documents obtained by Hungarian investigative journalists Direkt36 and reported by the Good Law Project"

That could all end if Orbán loses...
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New Cambridge Element, Policy Experiments, by Sebastián Ureta, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
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Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis.

An added wrinkle to this pattern of mass disassociation is that the President is permanently disassociated...he can say "Mamdani is a terrorist who must deported" one day and then the next day have a chummy photo op with him in the White House. His words & his actions are totally unlinked.

Half the Building Is Still Standing (Or, On Nature's SocSci Replication Piece) A love letter to incentive structures, confidence intervals, and some intellectual humility

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How poor data hobble Britain’s immigration policy Britain's immigration debate focuses on deportation promises, but poor data collection and unreliable records could undermine any policy implementation.

”What is left//…//are inferences made up of a patchwork of indicators collected for wholly different purposes.”

How poor data hobble Britain’s immigration policy
economist.com/britain/2026...