Kiwi Ting
@kiwiting.bsky.social
Political Scientist | Formerly @lsegovernment.bsky.social @UniofReading | Parliamentary studies | Political career | 🇬🇧 & 🇭🇰 politics | Views are mine
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Kiwi Ting
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You are unmuted: The impact of virtual arrangements on women and old age legislators’ participation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract. During the COVID-19 pandemic, parliaments around the world implemented virtual arrangements to facilitate participation by legislators who were n
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🚨Publication alert🚨
I'm really excited to share my first solo publication on how virtual arrangement in the House of Commons affected women and older MPs' participation during the COVID-19 pandemic is now on #openaccess in Parliamentary Affairs🧵
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I'm really excited to share my first solo publication on how virtual arrangement in the House of Commons affected women and older MPs' participation during the COVID-19 pandemic is now on #openaccess in Parliamentary Affairs🧵
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This is my yearly PSA that we have a lunisolar rather than a lunar calendar
🧧Happy Lunisolar New Year everyone🧧
May all of you have a prosperous year of the horse 🐎
🧧Happy Lunisolar New Year everyone🧧
May all of you have a prosperous year of the horse 🐎
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
This is my yearly PSA that we have a lunisolar rather than a lunar calendar
🧧Happy Lunisolar New Year everyone🧧
May all of you have a prosperous year of the horse 🐎
🧧Happy Lunisolar New Year everyone🧧
May all of you have a prosperous year of the horse 🐎
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I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.
Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
www.politicshome.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:25 AM
I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.
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Counter to what examples like the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea might suggest, country’s names are surprisingly accurate descriptors. This opens the study of names in political science.
Author: jwgivens.bsky.social
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky
Author: jwgivens.bsky.social
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Counter to what examples like the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea might suggest, country’s names are surprisingly accurate descriptors. This opens the study of names in political science.
Author: jwgivens.bsky.social
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky
Author: jwgivens.bsky.social
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky
This has brought more shame to United and the fans than everything that has happened on the pitch in the last 13 years.
Shame on you Jim Ratcliffe!
Shame on you Jim Ratcliffe!
'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
In an interview with Sky News's Ed Conway, Sir Jim says Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
This has brought more shame to United and the fans than everything that has happened on the pitch in the last 13 years.
Shame on you Jim Ratcliffe!
Shame on you Jim Ratcliffe!
Nothing better highlight the absurdity of American capitalism than the fact that the #Superbowl trophy is lifted not by the players, nor the coach who actually won the game, but instead by the owner of the team.
February 9, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Nothing better highlight the absurdity of American capitalism than the fact that the #Superbowl trophy is lifted not by the players, nor the coach who actually won the game, but instead by the owner of the team.
I was working on an MP speech dataset. I noticed some weird speech fragments in the docvar when I try to manipulate it
Turns out one of the speech overshot the max length of cells in Excel, breaking the raw CSV file
I've wasted a day diagnosing this
Moral of the story: Stay TF away from Excel!
Turns out one of the speech overshot the max length of cells in Excel, breaking the raw CSV file
I've wasted a day diagnosing this
Moral of the story: Stay TF away from Excel!
February 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I was working on an MP speech dataset. I noticed some weird speech fragments in the docvar when I try to manipulate it
Turns out one of the speech overshot the max length of cells in Excel, breaking the raw CSV file
I've wasted a day diagnosing this
Moral of the story: Stay TF away from Excel!
Turns out one of the speech overshot the max length of cells in Excel, breaking the raw CSV file
I've wasted a day diagnosing this
Moral of the story: Stay TF away from Excel!
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It’s like Portugal’s leading conservatives have read the massive amount of political science research that shows cooperating with or mimicking the ultra-right empowers the ultra-right and destroys the conservatives.
🚨🚨Striking but welcome development in Portugese politics: To stop the explosive growth of the ultranationalist #Chega party, Portugal’s leading conservatives are doing the previously unthinkable: endorsing the center-left candidate for president. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/port...
www.politico.eu/article/port...
Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president
Center-right leaders are taking pains to publicly reject the ultranationalist contender ahead of the country’s Feb. 8 vote.
www.politico.eu
February 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
It’s like Portugal’s leading conservatives have read the massive amount of political science research that shows cooperating with or mimicking the ultra-right empowers the ultra-right and destroys the conservatives.
Mr President, it's the Libdem here, could we have our bar chart back please?
February 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Mr President, it's the Libdem here, could we have our bar chart back please?
What is wrong with our world, encapsulated in a single Rotten Tomatoes page
January 31, 2026 at 12:26 PM
What is wrong with our world, encapsulated in a single Rotten Tomatoes page
You can almost sense her loath for her leadership! If she weren't the party leader she would have jumped ship to Reform already.
Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch
Party leader tells MPs that one-nation Tories doubting her rightward direction ‘need to get out of the way’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM
You can almost sense her loath for her leadership! If she weren't the party leader she would have jumped ship to Reform already.
Guess what they are playing on BBC Two right now
January 25, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Guess what they are playing on BBC Two right now
Meanwhile, in a normal and functioning democracy……
South Korea jails ex-PM Han Duck-soo over martial law crisis
A South Korean court has delivered a lengthy prison sentence to a former prime minister over his role in the political turmoil triggered by ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law over a year...
www.dw.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Meanwhile, in a normal and functioning democracy……
'I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of art', says a certain failed applicant to the Academy of Fine Art Vienna
‘I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace,’ says Trump amid Greenland threats | First Thing
Donald Trump links Greenland seizure threats to Nobel snub in letter to Norway’s prime minister. Plus, unseen home video of Martin Luther King Jr
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:30 PM
'I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of art', says a certain failed applicant to the Academy of Fine Art Vienna
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January 18, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I was fitting a topic model on my laptop overnight. But Windows decided to update itself so a whole day of progress is lost!🤬🤬🤬
Hey Microsoft:
Hey Microsoft:
a man standing in a barn with the word suck written in red
ALT: a man standing in a barn with the word suck written in red
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
I was fitting a topic model on my laptop overnight. But Windows decided to update itself so a whole day of progress is lost!🤬🤬🤬
Hey Microsoft:
Hey Microsoft:
When I learned that the latest POV footage of the Minneapolis ICE shooting was not a leak, but a voluntary release, I thought of this line from The Big Short:
January 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
When I learned that the latest POV footage of the Minneapolis ICE shooting was not a leak, but a voluntary release, I thought of this line from The Big Short:
WTF? You've created a game on what?
I think this game will either be my next obsession or the biggest let down of all time……
I think this game will either be my next obsession or the biggest let down of all time……
UK Politics Simulator on Steam
Over 20,000 simulated politicians, journalists and activists. Every one unique. Every one autonomous. Build your career from local councillor to Prime Minister in the most detailed UK political simula...
store.steampowered.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
WTF? You've created a game on what?
I think this game will either be my next obsession or the biggest let down of all time……
I think this game will either be my next obsession or the biggest let down of all time……
I've said it before and I'll say this again:
Whoever willingly takes over the managerial position at Manchester United right now lacks the strategic sense to succeed as manager in the Premier League
Whoever willingly takes over the managerial position at Manchester United right now lacks the strategic sense to succeed as manager in the Premier League
Ruben Amorim sacked as Manchester United manager - reaction
Ruben Amorim sacked as Manchester United manager - follow live updates to this breaking news story.
share.google
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I've said it before and I'll say this again:
Whoever willingly takes over the managerial position at Manchester United right now lacks the strategic sense to succeed as manager in the Premier League
Whoever willingly takes over the managerial position at Manchester United right now lacks the strategic sense to succeed as manager in the Premier League
It just occurred to me that Back To The Future is an 80's movie that very much tapping into nostalgia for the 50's
So all the BTTF references in Stranger Things are basically us in the 2010's being nostalgic of the 80's being nostalgic of the 50's
So all the BTTF references in Stranger Things are basically us in the 2010's being nostalgic of the 80's being nostalgic of the 50's
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It just occurred to me that Back To The Future is an 80's movie that very much tapping into nostalgia for the 50's
So all the BTTF references in Stranger Things are basically us in the 2010's being nostalgic of the 80's being nostalgic of the 50's
So all the BTTF references in Stranger Things are basically us in the 2010's being nostalgic of the 80's being nostalgic of the 50's
I'm voting for him to own the libs……😏
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm voting for him to own the libs……😏
Merry Strangemas!
(Spoiler: Listening to Max's blabbering rather than running up that hill ASAP is absolutely excruciating)
(Spoiler: Listening to Max's blabbering rather than running up that hill ASAP is absolutely excruciating)
December 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Merry Strangemas!
(Spoiler: Listening to Max's blabbering rather than running up that hill ASAP is absolutely excruciating)
(Spoiler: Listening to Max's blabbering rather than running up that hill ASAP is absolutely excruciating)
A fight broke out in the 🇦🇱 Albanian Parliament last week during a vote for the next ombudsman.
Probably the last entry for my parliamentary violence dataset in 2025.
Probably the last entry for my parliamentary violence dataset in 2025.
Albanian parliament in chaos as politicians fight each other and set off flares
The altercation occurred amidst a vote for the country’s next ombudsman
www.independent.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A fight broke out in the 🇦🇱 Albanian Parliament last week during a vote for the next ombudsman.
Probably the last entry for my parliamentary violence dataset in 2025.
Probably the last entry for my parliamentary violence dataset in 2025.
There is no coming back for the Tories when they can't even secure the support of Ebenezer Scrooge 🤭🤭🤭
UK (GB), YouGov poll:
Who do you think Ebenezer Scrooge would vote for?
REFORM~NI: 43%
CON~ECR: 28%
LAB-S&D: 20%
LDEM-RE: 1%
GREENS-G/EFA: 1%
SNP-G/EFA: 1%
PC-G/EFA: 0%
Fieldwork: 23-24 November 2025
Sample size: 2,155
➤ https://europeelects.eu/uk/
#BahHumbug2025
Who do you think Ebenezer Scrooge would vote for?
REFORM~NI: 43%
CON~ECR: 28%
LAB-S&D: 20%
LDEM-RE: 1%
GREENS-G/EFA: 1%
SNP-G/EFA: 1%
PC-G/EFA: 0%
Fieldwork: 23-24 November 2025
Sample size: 2,155
➤ https://europeelects.eu/uk/
#BahHumbug2025
December 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
There is no coming back for the Tories when they can't even secure the support of Ebenezer Scrooge 🤭🤭🤭
I'm hosting Christmas dinner this year, on the menu is Salmon en Croute and Roast Chicken
#Poliscicooks
#Poliscicooks
December 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm hosting Christmas dinner this year, on the menu is Salmon en Croute and Roast Chicken
#Poliscicooks
#Poliscicooks