Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone
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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone
@alicirone.bsky.social

Asst. Professor, London School of Economics
Fellow in Democratic Innovations, Yale ISPS
Governance Innovation Council, Meta

Studying lotteries in democracy and tech, HPE, political economy; turning history into data

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Political science 53%
Sociology 13%

This is so cool. Hi, friends!

Omg Jeremy! I read this and my heart dropped 👀
Call for nominations for dissertation and book awards from @sioecon.bsky.social. Please get the word out!
2026 SIOE Awards: Announcement and Call for Nominations | SIOE
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

Reposted by Alexandra Cirone

Once again, I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats do not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn

🤔🧐
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."

Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

Catherine O’Hara of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek has died at age 71. RIP to one of the all-time greatest women in comedy. people.com/catherine-oh...
Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71
Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...
people.com
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.

She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
You should vote, even if your vote won't change the outcome, because this is how we uphold the democratic principles that underlie our republican ideals.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Not as if they’re trying to hide the building of a 1984 style police state and yet the opposition senior leadership seems oblivious to this clear and present danger
Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
NEW: House Democratic Leaders Jeffries, Clark and Aguilar say in a joint statement, "Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives."

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way."

Was great to give a talk at Nuffield today! In the pouring rain (then sun)
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
We are now 36 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

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This is so embarrassing. Impeach him, for the love of God
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."

(He means Greenland.)
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."

(He means Greenland.)

Reposted by Alexandra Cirone

Good trouble in Edina Minnesota. A peaceful anti-ICE protest took place at Target. About 70 people grabbed a shopping cart and each of them only took salt. After buying it, they asked a refund to show their disagreement with the store collaborating with ICE.

This is ridiculous. Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump. Shut down the Government. DO SOMETHING.

My British university has launched a new Moodle plugin called "Accipio Grade" and I cannot stop laughing
a woman in a brown coat is pointing at the camera while standing on a street .
ALT: a woman in a brown coat is pointing at the camera while standing on a street .
media.tenor.com

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This is one of the things I love about Bluesky (and former Twitter). I teach a year long core class on political science at LSE, and cover 22 different topics that are fast moving.

Picking up articles like this that I can teach in class is as easy as scrolling!
Publication Alert 🚨

Our paper on the effect of Symbolic Policies on Climate Policy Support has been published in the APSR! @apsrjournal.bsky.social Below is a summary of the results

Extremely grateful to have written this with the wonderful @malojan.bsky.social and @theodoretallent.bsky.social 🥳
🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉

Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)

The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social

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Reposted by Alexandra Cirone

Publication Alert 🚨

Our paper on the effect of Symbolic Policies on Climate Policy Support has been published in the APSR! @apsrjournal.bsky.social Below is a summary of the results

Extremely grateful to have written this with the wonderful @malojan.bsky.social and @theodoretallent.bsky.social 🥳
🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉

Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)

The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social

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IMPEACH.
It's been 13 days since Donald Trump invaded a sovereign state, abducted its leader, and declared that the United States will "run" that state indefinitely.

Still no member of the House has introduced articles of impeachment connected to these actions.

Today would be a great day to do so.

President Trump is so embarrassing. Absolute loser.

Reposted by Alexandra Cirone

It's been 13 days since Donald Trump invaded a sovereign state, abducted its leader, and declared that the United States will "run" that state indefinitely.

Still no member of the House has introduced articles of impeachment connected to these actions.

Today would be a great day to do so.
Rep Don Bacon (R-NE) says he anticipates that Trump will be impeached if he invades Greenland. omaha.com/news/local/g...
Rep. Don Bacon says House could impeach Trump if U.S. invades Greenland
Rep. Don Bacon tells The World-Herald that there would be GOP support for an impeachment of Donald Trump if the U.S. invaded Greenland.
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Come to SIOE! All submissions welcome but particularly great for the HPE folks out there!
Deadline for SIOE submission in one day! January 15. Come to Fontainebleau to hear about Inst and Orgs in one of the foremost historical (Fontainebleau castle) and sports (world-class bouldering) sites in Europe! www.sioe.org/conference/2...
SIOE 2026 : Call for papers | SIOE
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Deadline for SIOE submission in one day! January 15. Come to Fontainebleau to hear about Inst and Orgs in one of the foremost historical (Fontainebleau castle) and sports (world-class bouldering) sites in Europe! www.sioe.org/conference/2...
SIOE 2026 : Call for papers | SIOE
www.sioe.org