Jeromey Sims
@jeromeysims.bsky.social
Political Science PhD student at University of North Texas, partnered with the love of my life.
Interested in: Intelligence Studies, Political Theory, Digital Repression of Human Rights, Democracy ➡️ Fascism.
Past: 30+ years in IT, ex-Church of Christ PK
Interested in: Intelligence Studies, Political Theory, Digital Repression of Human Rights, Democracy ➡️ Fascism.
Past: 30+ years in IT, ex-Church of Christ PK
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"I call my sweetheart as often as I can ... She tells me that it’s complicated and confusing for her, speaking to the ghost who disappeared twenty years ago. But, leaning against a wall, next to all the other guys talking with loved ones on the phone, I don’t feel like a ghost. I feel alive."
Check out this New Yorker article about Taylor Swift by a former PJP contributor.
Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison
Her music makes me feel that I’m still part of the world I left behind.
www.newyorker.com
December 29, 2024 at 5:15 AM
"I call my sweetheart as often as I can ... She tells me that it’s complicated and confusing for her, speaking to the ghost who disappeared twenty years ago. But, leaning against a wall, next to all the other guys talking with loved ones on the phone, I don’t feel like a ghost. I feel alive."
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recently written sentence which may be of interest
December 15, 2024 at 11:27 PM
recently written sentence which may be of interest
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I am increasingly convinced that comparative politics (including especially me) has fundamentally misunderstood contemporary democratic backsliding. We are attending to elections and the rule of law, when the politics is more fundamental, about a vision for the state and society within it 1/x
December 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM
I am increasingly convinced that comparative politics (including especially me) has fundamentally misunderstood contemporary democratic backsliding. We are attending to elections and the rule of law, when the politics is more fundamental, about a vision for the state and society within it 1/x
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It's not about celebrating murder. It's not about the absence of societal decency or morality.
It's about loss of faith.
People are losing faith in the rule of law. In its ability to hold the rich and powerful accountable.
Keep gaslighting them at your own peril.
It's about loss of faith.
People are losing faith in the rule of law. In its ability to hold the rich and powerful accountable.
Keep gaslighting them at your own peril.
December 12, 2024 at 9:13 PM
It's not about celebrating murder. It's not about the absence of societal decency or morality.
It's about loss of faith.
People are losing faith in the rule of law. In its ability to hold the rich and powerful accountable.
Keep gaslighting them at your own peril.
It's about loss of faith.
People are losing faith in the rule of law. In its ability to hold the rich and powerful accountable.
Keep gaslighting them at your own peril.
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New podcast: President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Rep. Jim Jordan and other MAGA Republicans are engaged in an ongoing campaign to target researchers studying disinformation and hate speech. Duke University professor Philip Napoli is documenting their strategy and tactics.
Documenting the Assault on Disinformation and Hate Speech Research | TechPolicy.Press
Philip Napoli is a professor of public policy and director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy at the Sanford School at Duke University.
www.techpolicy.press
November 24, 2024 at 3:53 PM
New podcast: President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Rep. Jim Jordan and other MAGA Republicans are engaged in an ongoing campaign to target researchers studying disinformation and hate speech. Duke University professor Philip Napoli is documenting their strategy and tactics.
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My own professional association home @apsa.bsky.social chose to replatform the Claremont Institute at this year’s meeting. I won’t attend next year, if they do the same. And I’ll help @davekarpf.bsky.social to organize and mobilize our colleagues in this and other ways.
November 25, 2024 at 3:11 PM
My own professional association home @apsa.bsky.social chose to replatform the Claremont Institute at this year’s meeting. I won’t attend next year, if they do the same. And I’ll help @davekarpf.bsky.social to organize and mobilize our colleagues in this and other ways.
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#Data2thePeople! Pls reshare!
Do you want a billion telegram posts?!
You get data! You get data! You get data!
Paper arxiv.org/abs/2410.23638
Data github.com/leonardo-bla...
#election2024
Do you want a billion telegram posts?!
You get data! You get data! You get data!
Paper arxiv.org/abs/2410.23638
Data github.com/leonardo-bla...
#election2024
Unearthing a Billion Telegram Posts about the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: Development of a Public Dataset
With its lenient moderation policies and long-standing associations with potentially unlawful activities, Telegram has become an incubator for problematic content, frequently featuring conspiratorial,...
arxiv.org
November 14, 2024 at 12:36 PM
ATTENTION Frankfurt School scholars, fans, and followers! I haven't seen a Starter Pack or a List dedicated to these OG anti-fascists. Anybody have suggestions for where to start? I think I need 5 or 6 to start a Starter Pack. Help! #polisky #polisci #polsky #poltheory #politicalscience
November 14, 2024 at 5:00 AM
ATTENTION Frankfurt School scholars, fans, and followers! I haven't seen a Starter Pack or a List dedicated to these OG anti-fascists. Anybody have suggestions for where to start? I think I need 5 or 6 to start a Starter Pack. Help! #polisky #polisci #polsky #poltheory #politicalscience
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If Bluesky is the new social media app of record, I thought we should move the Jesse Eisenberg story over here.
November 14, 2024 at 4:09 AM
If Bluesky is the new social media app of record, I thought we should move the Jesse Eisenberg story over here.
hello computer i would like to make a poll that asks people if they believe that some of these cabinet appointments are distractions and if so which ones. also make a second question that asks people to choose how many of these appointments they believe will technically be "recess appointments" tks
November 14, 2024 at 4:21 AM
hello computer i would like to make a poll that asks people if they believe that some of these cabinet appointments are distractions and if so which ones. also make a second question that asks people to choose how many of these appointments they believe will technically be "recess appointments" tks
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I agree. And they analyse demagoguery against the background of a theory of monopoly capitalism. Especially in the 1930s and 40s, the people around Horkheimer keep returning to the question how language, ideology, collectives change under monopolistic conditions, see eg the last two chs of the DoE.
November 12, 2024 at 10:39 PM
I agree. And they analyse demagoguery against the background of a theory of monopoly capitalism. Especially in the 1930s and 40s, the people around Horkheimer keep returning to the question how language, ideology, collectives change under monopolistic conditions, see eg the last two chs of the DoE.
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I am one of those people. 😉 Can you elaborate?
I think they (and works written that tackle related issues, like “Prophets of Deceit”) do help shed light on some of the similar societal conditions that give rise to agitators. I also think that tech has played a massive role in that malaise.
I think they (and works written that tackle related issues, like “Prophets of Deceit”) do help shed light on some of the similar societal conditions that give rise to agitators. I also think that tech has played a massive role in that malaise.
November 12, 2024 at 10:13 PM
I am one of those people. 😉 Can you elaborate?
I think they (and works written that tackle related issues, like “Prophets of Deceit”) do help shed light on some of the similar societal conditions that give rise to agitators. I also think that tech has played a massive role in that malaise.
I think they (and works written that tackle related issues, like “Prophets of Deceit”) do help shed light on some of the similar societal conditions that give rise to agitators. I also think that tech has played a massive role in that malaise.
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People like to turn to Adorno, Horkheimer, and other Frankfurt School scholars to make sense of Trump's demagoguery. But their critique of authoritarianism is embedded in a theory of monopoly capitalism. Worth revisiting these days, with Musk, Sacks, and their ilk soon relocating to the WH
November 11, 2024 at 4:57 PM
People like to turn to Adorno, Horkheimer, and other Frankfurt School scholars to make sense of Trump's demagoguery. But their critique of authoritarianism is embedded in a theory of monopoly capitalism. Worth revisiting these days, with Musk, Sacks, and their ilk soon relocating to the WH
@muzach.bsky.social Hello! Would you mind adding me to your starter pack? Thank you!
November 12, 2024 at 10:40 PM
@muzach.bsky.social Hello! Would you mind adding me to your starter pack? Thank you!
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Here is Kash Patel, in line to possibly be Trump’s FBI director, on his plans to prosecute journalists who accurately reported on the outcome of the 2020 election.
November 12, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Here is Kash Patel, in line to possibly be Trump’s FBI director, on his plans to prosecute journalists who accurately reported on the outcome of the 2020 election.
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The lesson has not been lost on aspiring autocrats elsewhere: don't waste time on culture wars, but capture the state; once judges and civil servants are in your pocket, you can pursue culture war to your heart’s content. And nobody will stop the creation of what Bálint Magyar calls a “mafia state.”
‘Make Europe Great Again’ | Jan-Werner Müller
Viktor Orbán wants to “occupy Brussels.” The European Union’s longest-serving leader declared this ambition on March 15, the day Hungarians celebrate
www.nybooks.com
August 26, 2024 at 8:38 PM
The lesson has not been lost on aspiring autocrats elsewhere: don't waste time on culture wars, but capture the state; once judges and civil servants are in your pocket, you can pursue culture war to your heart’s content. And nobody will stop the creation of what Bálint Magyar calls a “mafia state.”
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Excellent analysis. The authoritarians understand that the state and its administrative apparatus are key: while we poli scis survey the masses to get their views on democracy as an abstraction, the authoritarians attack the institutions that structure power and establish authority
The lesson has not been lost on aspiring autocrats elsewhere: don't waste time on culture wars, but capture the state; once judges and civil servants are in your pocket, you can pursue culture war to your heart’s content. And nobody will stop the creation of what Bálint Magyar calls a “mafia state.”
‘Make Europe Great Again’ | Jan-Werner Müller
Viktor Orbán wants to “occupy Brussels.” The European Union’s longest-serving leader declared this ambition on March 15, the day Hungarians celebrate
www.nybooks.com
August 28, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Excellent analysis. The authoritarians understand that the state and its administrative apparatus are key: while we poli scis survey the masses to get their views on democracy as an abstraction, the authoritarians attack the institutions that structure power and establish authority
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A video has surfaced of Farage driving round publicising the hotels used to house asylum seekers and asking his followers to identify more. He says they might contain “ISIS members”.
These are the hotels the fascists tried to burn down over the weekend.
These are the hotels the fascists tried to burn down over the weekend.
August 5, 2024 at 7:39 AM
A video has surfaced of Farage driving round publicising the hotels used to house asylum seekers and asking his followers to identify more. He says they might contain “ISIS members”.
These are the hotels the fascists tried to burn down over the weekend.
These are the hotels the fascists tried to burn down over the weekend.
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Dorothy Thompson’s August 1941 essay on Nazi sympathizers ends up working as a profile of petit-aristocracy MAGA
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
July 30, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Dorothy Thompson’s August 1941 essay on Nazi sympathizers ends up working as a profile of petit-aristocracy MAGA
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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More on the mass resignation of editors of 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 & 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴: an op-ed by yrs truly in The Guardian, about the commercial academic publishing scam
#PolTheory #philsky #polisky #academicsky
#PolTheory #philsky #polisky #academicsky
Academic publishing is a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadeh
Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2024 at 12:46 PM
More on the mass resignation of editors of 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 & 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴: an op-ed by yrs truly in The Guardian, about the commercial academic publishing scam
#PolTheory #philsky #polisky #academicsky
#PolTheory #philsky #polisky #academicsky
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Memo to the media: you NEVER "gotta hand it" to someone who has time and again expressed his commitment to authoritarianism and has pledged to "be a dictator on day one" of his presidency. Never. Full stop.
New York Times is full of crap on any given day, but today especially. Even the bed bugs dude chimed in.
July 17, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Memo to the media: you NEVER "gotta hand it" to someone who has time and again expressed his commitment to authoritarianism and has pledged to "be a dictator on day one" of his presidency. Never. Full stop.
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Listening to Biden rattle off all the incidents of violence against political leaders in recent years sorta suggests that this actually *is* who we are.
July 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Listening to Biden rattle off all the incidents of violence against political leaders in recent years sorta suggests that this actually *is* who we are.
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The week of the Stahl family vacation is always, head and shoulders, the best week of the year.
But my friend and I missed each other.
But my friend and I missed each other.
July 15, 2024 at 12:35 AM
The week of the Stahl family vacation is always, head and shoulders, the best week of the year.
But my friend and I missed each other.
But my friend and I missed each other.