Giacomo Lemoli
@giacomolem.bsky.social
I'm increasingly convinced that the correct way to interpret these takes is competition for leadership recognition
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The Qualities of Leadership: Direction, Communication, and Obfuscation | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
The Qualities of Leadership: Direction, Communication, and Obfuscation - Volume 102 Issue 3
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February 10, 2026 at 8:09 AM
I'm increasingly convinced that the correct way to interpret these takes is competition for leadership recognition
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So happy to work on this with @haasvioleta.bsky.social!
Yaaay! ✨ Thrilled to share that our project with @giacomolem.bsky.social , "Measuring Group Segregation and Contact in Space Through Names, Symbols, and Pictures," has been awarded an @theihs.org AI Accelerator Grant!
Read more about the core idea in the thread below 🧵👇 [1/3]
Read more about the core idea in the thread below 🧵👇 [1/3]
Congratulations to Violeta Haas and Giacomo Lemoli
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February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
So happy to work on this with @haasvioleta.bsky.social!
I am also curious about your "ideal" electoral rule.
February 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I am also curious about your "ideal" electoral rule.
Great paper.
As I have been spending much of my time digitizing municipal electoral lists from provincial BOs over the last year, I know what you went through.
As I have been spending much of my time digitizing municipal electoral lists from provincial BOs over the last year, I know what you went through.
February 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Great paper.
As I have been spending much of my time digitizing municipal electoral lists from provincial BOs over the last year, I know what you went through.
As I have been spending much of my time digitizing municipal electoral lists from provincial BOs over the last year, I know what you went through.
Seeing several non-US online commentators justify (if not praise) threats of invasion, abductions, and now plain murders, just because they like Trump and dislike the left of their countries, I feel bad for when in grad school I thought Svolik was overstating the role of polarization.
January 25, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Seeing several non-US online commentators justify (if not praise) threats of invasion, abductions, and now plain murders, just because they like Trump and dislike the left of their countries, I feel bad for when in grad school I thought Svolik was overstating the role of polarization.
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Imagine your last act in life being to try to pick someone up off the icy ground and the consequence is you get repeatedly pistol whipped in the face and then shot to death.
Donald Trump and his goons robbed a human being of their life during a moment of compassion.
It is hard to even imagine.
Donald Trump and his goons robbed a human being of their life during a moment of compassion.
It is hard to even imagine.
January 24, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Imagine your last act in life being to try to pick someone up off the icy ground and the consequence is you get repeatedly pistol whipped in the face and then shot to death.
Donald Trump and his goons robbed a human being of their life during a moment of compassion.
It is hard to even imagine.
Donald Trump and his goons robbed a human being of their life during a moment of compassion.
It is hard to even imagine.
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In just over eight months, Berlin will hold its 20th state election since 1946. While its well known East West divide in voting behaviour is often attributed to the city’s former split into capitalist and socialist halves, these differences existed even before the city’s division. A thread. 🧵
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 AM
In just over eight months, Berlin will hold its 20th state election since 1946. While its well known East West divide in voting behaviour is often attributed to the city’s former split into capitalist and socialist halves, these differences existed even before the city’s division. A thread. 🧵
Counterpoint: I want to see reactions in Spain
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Counterpoint: I want to see reactions in Spain
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María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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1/10 🧵 The U.S. just captured a sitting head of state in a military operation—and Trump says the U.S. will "run" Venezuela “for now.” Whatever you think of Maduro, this is the most consequential unilateral move in the hemisphere since Panama (1989).
January 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
1/10 🧵 The U.S. just captured a sitting head of state in a military operation—and Trump says the U.S. will "run" Venezuela “for now.” Whatever you think of Maduro, this is the most consequential unilateral move in the hemisphere since Panama (1989).
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Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
Look, libs, he is a man of peace, not like that Hillary Clinton warmongerer, ok?
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Look, libs, he is a man of peace, not like that Hillary Clinton warmongerer, ok?
As a first step, it is crucial to read the original methodological notes.
December 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
As a first step, it is crucial to read the original methodological notes.
Very important and underrated point. In HPE people often use historical surveys without discussing the original sampling and measurement process. Historical researchers had their own research questions and constraints. A common problem I found on my own digitization - linguistic surveys.
I then assess the magnitude of source- and author-driven biases, showing the importance of accounting for the survey's regional stratification.
I also develop a grading scheme based on local archival coverage and provide practical guidelines for the appropriate reuse of this database.
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I also develop a grading scheme based on local archival coverage and provide practical guidelines for the appropriate reuse of this database.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Very important and underrated point. In HPE people often use historical surveys without discussing the original sampling and measurement process. Historical researchers had their own research questions and constraints. A common problem I found on my own digitization - linguistic surveys.
Congratulations, Alex!
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Congratulations, Alex!
The Italian center-left (the target audience of the newspaper) really has to take up books and emancipate itself from the caricatural view of LatAm derived from literature and historical tragedies (esp. on 🇨🇱/🇦🇷)
Historical Legacies exist != Historical Legacies explain all the present
Historical Legacies exist != Historical Legacies explain all the present
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Italian center-left (the target audience of the newspaper) really has to take up books and emancipate itself from the caricatural view of LatAm derived from literature and historical tragedies (esp. on 🇨🇱/🇦🇷)
Historical Legacies exist != Historical Legacies explain all the present
Historical Legacies exist != Historical Legacies explain all the present
The IT newspaper I subscribe to (which normally has a good coverage of international news) gave a very disappointing "analysis" of the Chilean election. The 3 key words: Trump, Pinochet, Allende (the latter evoked as a contrast with the present). No serious discussions of Chilean domestic politics
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The IT newspaper I subscribe to (which normally has a good coverage of international news) gave a very disappointing "analysis" of the Chilean election. The 3 key words: Trump, Pinochet, Allende (the latter evoked as a contrast with the present). No serious discussions of Chilean domestic politics
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I promise if you’re not Jewish and don’t know any Jews quite well you really do not understand the level of justified paranoia baked into most public Jewish gatherings: Security at swimming lessons at the JCC, off duty police outside a bar mitzvah as a favour, etc. It shocked me.
Synagogues were safe until they weren’t. JCC were safe until they weren’t. Public beaches, public parks…risk is something I think about every single time I take my family to school, pray, exist as Jews
My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I promise if you’re not Jewish and don’t know any Jews quite well you really do not understand the level of justified paranoia baked into most public Jewish gatherings: Security at swimming lessons at the JCC, off duty police outside a bar mitzvah as a favour, etc. It shocked me.
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Combining a high-quality probability sample with data from larger online panels
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December 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Combining a high-quality probability sample with data from larger online panels
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Three days ago. No more words.
Love that for security reasons, the Hanukkah party is at a secret location that won't be disclosed online at any time and only emailed to attendees the day before.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Three days ago. No more words.
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you hate chomsky for posing with bannon, i hate chomsky for denying genocides going back decades we are not the same
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
you hate chomsky for posing with bannon, i hate chomsky for denying genocides going back decades we are not the same
New Nobel Prize for racism and electoral interference just created!
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New Nobel Prize for racism and electoral interference just created!
Trump administration - FIFA
A marriage of the two most corrupt orgs of the globe
A marriage of the two most corrupt orgs of the globe
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trump administration - FIFA
A marriage of the two most corrupt orgs of the globe
A marriage of the two most corrupt orgs of the globe