Congratulations 🎉 Well deserved

J.D. Vance explaining before the throne of Peter that he thought "Just War!" was an imperative.

Unbelievable. Just WOW.

Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.

Starting a separate thread on questions from members of the D.C. Council, which hints at what they may be concerned with and fight.

NEWS: Today @mayorbowser.dc.gov unveils her proposed 2027 budget. It's $12.7 billion, a 3.3% decrease from last year. As expected, there are cuts to a key child care fund, as well as a paid leave program, and affordable housing. Healthcare for low-income residents is spared, though.

Usha Vance Catches Husband Measuring Her Skull Again

Usha Vance Catches Husband Measuring Her Skull Again

“No Kings” Organizers & Indivisible Pivot to May Day General Strike Dozens of unions and Indivisible have backed the May Day Strong walkout

"After No Kings, Indivisible, one of the lead organizers of the "No Kings" protest, is pivoting to building support for...May Day Strong. The May Day Strong coalition is calling for "No Work, No School, No Shopping" on May 1st."

reporting by @mikeelk.bsky.social

paydayreport.com/no-kings-org...

Building Tanks While the Ukrainians Master Drones Ukrainian drones have made artillery and armored vehicles look obsolete. Why is the world still buying them?

Full piece by Simon Shuster is very much worth reading

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

This by Rheinmetall CEO is precisely the arrogance that will come to haunt 🇩🇪.
It was arrogance vis-à-vis Chinese competitors that helped bring German carmakers in the ditch they are in.
And it‘s this type of arrogance vis-à-vis lessons learned by Ukrainians that will cost us.

C^1 is command.

This prose poem from 1986 is fire. My hat’s off to Greg Todd.

New working paper: Rethinking Misinformation Interventions. The field has spent years searching for the one intervention that will solve misinformation. This search is the wrong approach — and our disappointment says more about our expectations than our tools. (1/5)
osf.io/preprints/so...

On the possibility of the US seizing Kharg Island, William Hickman had some things to say in a 1983 edition of the NWC Review, which I will quote in this thread. 1/n

www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/44636275.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A8a508e9d69a5df5858735196a1452802&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1

The end of the world’s longest-running Maoist insurgency India's security forces claim they are close to defeating Maoist insurgents after six decades of conflict, with rebel activity now confined to just seven districts.

A report from one of the Naxalites’ final redoubts

This 1990 speech by Carl Sagan is timely times two:

#war #climate

This is hilarious.

Also, completely enraging.

"we have a wealth of historical data on when and what type of tactics lead to positive strategic effects. But that’s only a lot of reading if you do it." 😂

Orphaned Tactics Oops we did it again

"we have a wealth of historical data on when and what type of tactics lead to positive strategic effects. But that’s only a lot of reading if you do it."
open.substack.com/pub/bafriedm...

How to Measure Public Support for Political Violence Abstract. With low but rising levels of violent political threats and violent acts by civilians in the United States, researchers increasingly want to meas

After nearly a decade measuring American public support for political violence, @nathankalmoe.bsky.social and I have published a somewhat comprehensive guide to measuring these attitudes. This includes historical comparisons and responses to common critiques. doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

Images of the exterior of the Department of Political Science with the University of Gothenburg flag, and a pro-democracy protest in Thailand with people sitting down and showing a sign with a three finger salute. The images are combined with a short text about applying for an internship at the V-Dem Institute and the deadline for applying.

📌Are you a #student interested in #democracy research? Apply now for an #internship position at V-Dem Institute during fall 2026.

More information on the V-Dem website: v-dem.net/about/intern...

📆 Application deadline April 12

#SocialScience #ScienceCommunication
#Polisky #PoliSciSky

UU Dept. of Govt. possess #developmentresearch expertise on a wide range of global regions. Here's a selection of our recent publications in this subfield (🧵):

Poster for general strike on Jan 30

Folks do the right thing

Extremely funny that the champion of the revolutionary left/socialist boogeyman of Republicans everywhere is basically Leslie Knope.

ALL MN PROTESTERS

Absolutely nothing could be worse for our cause than violence and rioting. It is what ICE and Trump obviously want. Do not burn down our own city to protest invaders; they do not care; they will enjoy it. Do not do it. Do not let your fellow protesters do it.

Minnesota state flag

Poster for the Maine Ice Watch Hotline Remember Salute S Size How many vehicles/agents? A Activity What are they doing? L Location Where exactly is this happening?U Unit What Agency? T Time When did you see this? E Equipment Vehicle descriptions, clothing, badges Hotline number 207-544-9989

Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books Former president convicted for coup plot to take advantage of law that knocks four days off jail term for each book read

"Bolsonaro ... is unlikely to appreciate the approved reading list. It includes Brazilian works on Indigenous rights, racism, the environment and the violence meted out by the country’s 1964-85 dictatorship – a regime Bolsonaro openly supported."

Brazil, you're doing amazing. This is inspired.

Poland failed to win the Hitler team over

The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.

This beautifully written piece by my pal @adambonica.bsky.social is worth your time today.

A bit of light amid the darkness.

open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

I don't know where the Minnesota State Police stand on the current conflict but I do think we need to be careful not to conflate the two organizations. The Fraternal Order of Police is a right-wing, private lobbying organization. They do not speak directly for any state or local police unit.