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Marcelo Jenny
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political scientist / in love with politics parliaments elections democracy
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I have an excuse for late reviews: I can't hand them in. Research progress is blocked because botnets are currently flooding the internet and blocking journal websites.
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Das (sehr strenge) Vorarlberger Parteienförderungsgesetz sieht vor, dass die Parteien – für bestimmte fehlende oder falsche Angaben im Rechenschaftsbericht – die dreifache Höhe der nicht (korrekt) angegebenen Summen zurückzahlen müssen (§ 12 Abs 1 lit e: ris.bka.gv.at/eli/lgbl/VO/...). 1/3
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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„Ich glaube nicht mehr länger, dass Demokratie und Freiheit miteinander vereinbar sind.“

Dieser Satz kommt von Peter Thiel, dem Mitbegründer von #Palantir. Von solchen Typen sollten wir uns gerade mit Blick auf unsere Sicherheit niemals abhängig machen.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Wie neutral sind Landeszeitungen wirklich? 🤔

Neuer Blogpost von Jörg Schmieder analysiert österreichische Landeszeitungen (2016-2023) mit quantitativer Textanalyse.

📖 www.uibk.ac.at/de/politikwissenschaft/kommunikation/powi-blog/schmieder-landeszeitungen/
Blog: Landeszeitungen als Instrument politischer Kommunikation
05.11.2025: Sie landen still und unscheinbar im Briefkasten: Landeszeitungen. In mehreren österreichischen Bundesländern informieren sie über Projekte, Eröffnungen und politische Entscheidungen. Auf d...
www.uibk.ac.at
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.

Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.

Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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"She deserves to be remembered not as the victim of the double helix, but as an equal contributor to the solution of the structure."
Ein schöner Artikel, der die Ereignisse damals rekonstruiert und Rosalind Franklins essenziellen Beitrag zur Aufklärung der DNA-Struktur würdigt.
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Gegen seinen selbst deklarierten Reichsverweser. Wenn der die Eigenbezeichnung ernst genommen hätte, hätte er die Rückkehr seines Kaisers begrüßen müssen.
hier fehlt halt der erklärende teil, dass karl 1921 gleich zweimal erfolglos versuchte (mit unterstützung von adeligen aus ö.), sich in ungarn wieder an die macht zu putschen (beim zweiten mal gabs sogar tote deswegen), weswegen die familie aus der schweiz raus und nach madeira musste. #habsburg
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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⚡️DER HABSBUGER-SCHATZ⚡️

Oder die Frage: Was gehört wem? Es erinnert mich ein bisschen an die Causa #Mondsee. Viel Emotion. Wenig Recherche. Medien, die einfach drauflosschreiben. Expertise einholen? Zawos? Es ist ein trauriges Bild. In keinem Artikel wird die Rechtslage erklärt. Ein Versuch:

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November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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G.E.R. Gedye lived in Vienna as Central Europe correspondent from 1925-1938. I had the privilege to write about his extraordinary yet forgotten book "Fallen Bastions", describing Austria's descent into dictatorship, for @datum.at. It's now also available in English:
www.esiweb.org/cafe-europe/...
It can happen very quickly
A long out-of-print book offers insights into the collapse of democracy in Austria’s First Republic. Today it is more relevant than ever.
www.esiweb.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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🗳️ New study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: AfD achieved significant results in councils elected exclusively by voters with migration backgrounds. It's not about economics—it's about political competition. (1/3)
November 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO. 

This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting. 
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
im Rahmen des jährlich stattfindenden Symposions "Sozialwissenschaften und Militär" ist beschämend. Ist es das, was das österreichische Bundesheer unter Sozialwissenschaften versteht?
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Sehr guter SZ-Newsletter von Alexandra Föderl-Schmid. Und ja: Andreas Babler hat völlig Recht, wenn er die Regierungsinserate abdreht.

nl-link.sueddeutsche.de/u/gm.php?prm...
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Am 29.10. präsentierte Martin Prinz seinen Roman „Die letzten Tage“ im Lesesaal der Parlamentsbibliothek. Im Anschluss diskutierte er mit Claudia Kuretsidis-Haider (DÖW) und Holger Böck (Bibliothek & Archiv, Parlament). Martin Prinz' Redebeitrag können Sie hier nachlesen: www.doew.at/neues/marie-...
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Live measuring of descent to dictatorship www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Eine liberale Partei (D66) als stärkste Partei in einer Wahl ist sehr ungewöhnlich.
Netherlands, 9:00 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll:

Seat projection national parliament

D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...

+/- vs. Last election result

➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The law and it’s institutions can’t restrain incipient authoritarianism alone, but law is surprisingly effective against a wannabe police state when it is as part of a society wide demand for adherence to legal norms in everyday life.
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Einmal zum allgemeinen Mitmeißeln:

Das hier ist eine #Falschinformation, verbreitet vom #ZDF.

Das, was dort als angebliche Fragestellung steht, war nicht jene Fragestellung, die von den Befragten beantwortet wurde.

Wem die Grafik begegnet: Bitte genau das erläutern.
Stadtbild-Diskussion: Merz hat Recht, sagen 63 Prozent der Deutschen in unserem neuen Politbarometer.
October 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but the person who is desperate to build this is not planning on leaving the White House in 2028.
October 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them

techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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In any somewhat functioning country this would lead to the fall of the government
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM