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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone
@alicirone.bsky.social
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Asst. Professor, London School of Economics
Fellow in Democratic Innovations, Yale ISPS

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

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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · 4d
This is neat! And a very informative thread, for those of us cruising for syllabus additions
luissattelmayer.bsky.social Luis Sattelmayer @luissattelmayer.bsky.social · 5d
Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Luis Sattelmayer @luissattelmayer.bsky.social · 5d
Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Brigitte Nerlich, A. E. Dessler , and 13 more

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Proton @proton.me · 10d
Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Steven Heydemann, Richard S.J. Tol , and 13 more

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17d
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · 18d
Also, please share! Happy to field questions, too.

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 18d
We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions.
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
www.eui.eu

Reposted by Mel Bartley, Jon H. Fiva, Rod Dacombe

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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · 18d
The School of Public Policy at the LSE is hiring in political science! Associate or Full.

I was the first political scientist hired by the SPP, come be the second!

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...
jobs.lse.ac.uk

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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · 20d
I also submitted to @epssnet.bsky.social!

Note in Belfast, the sun sets at like 10pm in the summer ☀️
jeffcolgan.bsky.social Jeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 20d
I submitted an abstract for @epssnet.bsky.social 2026. I wasn't a regular at EPSA but I admire what @stefwalter.bsky.social and others are doing to build EPSS into a great new org for political science. Let's support them. See you in Belfast!

Reposted by Stefanie Walter, Alexandra Cirone

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Jeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 20d
I submitted an abstract for @epssnet.bsky.social 2026. I wasn't a regular at EPSA but I admire what @stefwalter.bsky.social and others are doing to build EPSS into a great new org for political science. Let's support them. See you in Belfast!

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Melissa Johnson, David R. Miller , and 3 more

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 21d
Lindsey Halligan says I’m not a journalist.

But if you think I am, and you value our our non-profit legal news and analysis, you can support our work here: givebutter.com/journalism/a...

You can also follow me on Substack: annabower.substack.com/about
LH Lindsey Halligan @ © 8h Sat, Oct 11 • Unknown set disappearing message time to 8 hours. ‹ You accepted the message request. Options Today By the way - everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know. 32m O I'm sorry, but that's not how this works. You don't get to say that in retrospect. 24m O o

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21d
shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump
jonathanreports.bsky.social Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 21d
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st

Reposted by Alexandra Cirone

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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 21d
Can sortition save democracy? @alicirone.bsky.social leads a conference on representation and recruitment for citizens' assemblies. bit.ly/4ni4aAW
Ali Cirone speaks in a classroom.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d
RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26d
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
nyti.ms

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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · 26d
Destroying the environment, one sext at a time

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 27d
To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com

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The Verge @theverge.com · 27d
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly

Reposted by Scott Gehlbach, Alexandra Cirone

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29d
Find a rally. Show up.
mollyploofkins.bsky.social Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · Oct 12
Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · Oct 12
Say hello to my hometown of Peoria IL while you are in that neck of the woods!

Reposted by Henry Jones, Alexandra Cirone

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · Oct 12
Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

Reposted by Nuno Palma, Alexandra Cirone

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zombie westland @tomwestland.bsky.social · Oct 8
CALL FOR PAPERS
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...
Uses and abuses of the Murdock Atlas in social science research
www.lse.ac.uk

Reposted by Kimberly A. Prather, Rosemary A. Joyce, Evelyne Schmid , and 12 more

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Oct 5
SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Itai Sher @itaisher.bsky.social · Oct 4
This op-ed is excellent and I encourage everyone to read it.

Universities must reject the Trump compact.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · Oct 3
Well done
governor.ca.gov Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Oct 2
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference." The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Oct 2
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference." The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

Reposted by Alexandra Cirone

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Micael Castanheira @micaelcasta.bsky.social · Oct 2
Yes! Yes, we are hiring! Two positions are opened, one in International Trade. The other one in Microeconomics. Full time. Great colleagues. Great location. Have you already applied ?
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org

Reposted by Sara B. Hobolt, Alexandra Cirone

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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · Oct 2
Today we kick off this year’s Political Behaviour Seminar series at @lsegovernment.bsky.social with @alicirone.bsky.social on gender dynamics in online deliberation. Glad to co-host the seminars with @florianfoos.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social! Details below 👇
Gender Dynamics in Online Deliberation: Evidence from the 2023 Meta Community Forum on AI Chatbots Deliberative mini-publics are currently being employed throughout the world, and it has been well documented that women are less likely to exercise their voice in deliberation. Yet the advent of digital platforms that host discussions online could mitigate this gender gap, and make it easier to test theories about the design of deliberative institutions. Increasing descriptive representation — the number of women in a discussion group — could potentially improve women's frequency of participation and quality of experience; however, we know less about how these dynamics play out in deliberative settings that take place entirely online. Here, we leverage unique data from the 2023 Meta Community Forum on AI Chatbots, which brought together 1,541 people in a Deliberative Polling exercise that took place on a digital platform. Thanks to random assignment, the gender composition of each discussion room varies. We exploit the group composition to estimate how the number of female members in each group affects participation (as measured by speaking frequency and activity during the session), as well as self-reported measures of efficacy and satisfaction with deliberative processes. We find some descriptive evidence of a gender gap, but little to no effects of room composition on participation or evaluation; this has surprising implications for the design of digital deliberation.

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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · Sep 27
In the LSE Political Behavior seminar? So I’m not sure, but email me and I can send along the paper!

Reposted by Alexandra Cirone

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Nadine Smith @nadinesmith.bsky.social · Sep 25
Disney/ABC put Kimmel back on air. Sinclair & Nexstar are blocking him. These are state-licensed stations funded by ads, not Disney. Pressure advertisers, file FCC complaints, and push back on corporate censorship.
#FreeSpeech
#NoKings
#Kimmel
Heads up: Disney/ABC put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air, but many viewers still can’t see him. Why? Because Sinclair and Nexstar, which own a huge number of local ABC affiliates, are blocking his return. Sinclair is demanding an apology and even a donation. Nexstar says it “wants assurances.” These are not private streaming choices. These are state-licensed stations that depend on local ad dollars, and they are using their gatekeeping power for political leverage. 👉 What you can do: 1. Check your local station. See if it is owned by Sinclair or Nexstar. 2. Watch the ads. Write down which brands are keeping these stations afloat. 3. Pressure advertisers. Let them know their dollars are funding censorship. 4. File a complaint with the FCC. These stations are supposed to serve the public interest, not political agendas. Remember: Disney does not control your local affiliate. Sinclair and Nexstar do. Advertisers are what keep them alive. This is not just about one late-night host. It is about whether powerful corporations can silence national programming for political reasons.

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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · Sep 24
😂😂