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Thomas Hegghammer
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Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 5d
Those who speculated wildly about the Brown shooter without knowing any facts got things wrong—and it is important that they lose their credibility because of it, Graeme Wood argues.
How to Treat Purveyors of Baseless Speculation
Don’t log off. Keep score.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7d
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
duncanbell.bsky.social Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 7d
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
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Adam Baczko @adambaczko.bsky.social · 8d
If you’re having trouble accessing my book The Taliban Courts: War through Law, feel free to contact me. It’s been unavailable and, since OUP won’t do a paperback, the hardback is very expensive for individuals. I’m happy to help you find a way to read it.

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Christian @ceebarnacles.bsky.social · 18d
Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 18d
Når så mye penger skal brukes på så kort tid, kommer det nødvendigvis saker som dette
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/L4...
Masker for 100 millioner: «Nå får jeg ikke puste»
VG avslører: Maskene til 100 millioner
www.vg.no

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 19d
I do get a kick out of edited volumes on settler colonialism that make no mention of either China or Russia...

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 21d
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:

The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21d
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 22d
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie

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Giovanni Capoccia @gcapoccia.bsky.social · 25d
PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/

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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · Nov 26
Fake sources using my name keep cropping up.

Here, a former senior military official from Romania, Corneliu Pivariu, cites me in an article for Diplomat Magazine: diplomatmagazine.eu/2025/11/25/s...

It's entirely made up, presumably by his AI ghost writer. I haven’t written for Carnegie in years.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Nov 23
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%

Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
Chart showing change in the use of online platforms. Over the past few years, four of them have grown in overall use among U.S. adults – TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit. TikTok: 37% of U.S. adults report using the platform, which is slightly up from last year and up from 21% in 2021. Instagram: Half of U.S. adults now report using it, which is on par with last year but up from 40% in 2021. WhatsApp and Reddit: About a third say they use WhatsApp, up from 23% in 2021. And 26% today report using Reddit, compared with 18% four years ago. While YouTube and Facebook continue to sit at the top, the shares of Americans who report using them have remained relatively stable in recent years.

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Michelangelo Landgrave @landgravephd.bsky.social · Nov 23
If you have any polisci job market updates (interviews scheduled, job offers out, etc), please share via the below form. #psjminfo

www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updates
PS Jobs - Status Updates
This is a listing of job market updates. You can submit updates here.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · Nov 23
Good piece, reminded me that ARM and DeepMind (both game changers) were allowed to leave the UK under the Cameron / Osborne regime. Appalling. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Has Britain become an economic colony?
The UK could’ve been a true tech leader – but it has cheerfully submitted to US dominance in a way that may cost it dear
www.theguardian.com

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Nicole Hennig @nic221.bsky.social · Nov 21
Scholar Labs Early Review: Google Scholar Finally Enters the AI Era - Aaron Tay aarontay.substack.com/p/scholar-labs… #AI #GoogleScholar
Scholar Labs Early Review: Google Scholar Finally Enters the AI Era
Generated by Nano-Banana Pro from text of this blog post
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 18
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Nov 17
Two explosions targeted a railway line that connects Poland and Ukraine. Prime Minister Tusk is calling these attacks “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
www.reuters.com/world/explos...
Polish PM says railway track blast was 'unprecedented act of sabotage'
An explosion that damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, and he vowed to catch those responsible for an incident he said could have ended in tragedy.
www.reuters.com

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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · Nov 17
📢 ONE WEEK REMINDER!: the Department of Politics and International Relations and Oxford School of Global and Areas Studies seeks to appoint an Associate Professor in the Politics of Latin America.🗓️ CLOSES: Noon (GMT), Mon 24 Nov: www.politics.ox.ac.u...

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John Sides @johnsides.bsky.social · Nov 15
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions is now acceptable applications for the 2026-27 year. Please share and encourage people to apply!

Post Doctoral application apply.interfolio.com/177609

Visiting Scholar application apply.interfolio.com/177613

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British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) @biicl.bsky.social · Nov 14
📢 Our colleagues in the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law this week published the final report of the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice.

Read it here 👉 buff.ly/jRTN4Zl

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Nov 3
Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment.

It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.

Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · Nov 2
Indeed. You can only trawl Reddit for SD news for so long

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · Nov 2
Finally got myself an old MacBook Air M2 and installed @asahilinux.org on it. It's mindblowing. I've never experienced a PC as fast and snappy as this. Build is terrific and battery 10+ hours. Everything except external display works. This ends the search for the optimal Linux laptop afaic

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Nov 2
British police say 10 people have been taken to hospitals after a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train, nine of them with life-threatening injuries.
UK police say 10 people hospitalized after train stabbing attack, 9 with life-threatening injuries
British police say 10 people have been taken to hospitals after a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train, nine of them with life-threatening injuries.
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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · Oct 30
Thinking about a postgraduate degree in Politics & IR at Oxford? 🎓 Join our online Q&A panels on 24 & 28 Nov (at 10am & 4pm each day) to hear from students & staff about MPhil & DPhil programmes. Register online before your session!: ow.ly/3TCH50XjzRJ
2025 DPIR Postgraduate Admissions Q&A Events with Student Panel – Register Your Place Now
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Oct 29
A person in Alabama was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor, and other items, intending to attack synagogues across the US South. www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/u...
Man arrested with body armor and a suitcase filled with ammunition after threatening multiple synagogues, officials say | CNN
In the latest antisemitic incident to rock a community, threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when a person was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, ...
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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · Oct 28
Men det er ikke så veldig vanskelig å forstå hvorfor dette skjer: Det presses på for elektrifisering, og kinesiske elbusser er mindre dyre enn de europeiske
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Can Europe Meet Electric Bus Demand Despite High Costs and Supply Risks?
Increased public transport electrification and social sustainability demands create a goal conflict in the green transition.
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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · Oct 28
"– Jeg kan ikke fatte og begripe at politikerne nekter å høre på sikkerhetsmyndighetenes gjentatte, årlige advarsler, sa Ståle Ulriksen [i juni]"
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Ruters egne tester viser: Oslo-elbusser kan stoppes og slås av fra Kina
Ruter-test viser at kinesiske elbusser kan kontrolleres fra Kina. Hundrevis av busser fra samme produsent er i trafikk på norske veier.
www.nrk.no

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Oct 23
Please repost:

We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org.

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The writer/editor is a position within the Center’s Religion research team, which seeks to promote a deeper understanding of religion and spirituality. The Religion research team conducts surveys, demographic analyses and other social science research in the United States and around the world, studying people’s religious beliefs and practices as well as their views on related issues, including religion’s role in public life. The ideal candidate will have a strong data journalism mindset, with the ability to translate complex quantitative findings into clear and engaging narratives that are nonpartisan and non-advocacy. This position will be embedded within the Religion research team, where the writer/editor will work collaboratively to shape the team’s research agenda, including identifying key research questions; contributing to survey development; and synthesizing findings into accessible and compelling storylines. The writer/editor will also evaluate drafts of research reports to determine whether there are shortcomings in the analysis; edit, rewrite and reorganize drafts as necessary to improve flow and clarity; and work with researchers and designers to create appropriate charts and tables. In addition, the writer/editor will provide guidance and training to the Religion team’s researchers and serve as a writing resource. Following the release of reports, the writer/editor may help disseminate research to the public through the Center’s social media channels, videos, newsletters, and virtual or in-person gatherings, always adhering to the Center’s independent, nonpartisan, non-advocacy stance.