Matfinnie
matafin.bsky.social
Matfinnie
@matafin.bsky.social
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If our democracy dies, this is its epitaph
April 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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This beauty just arrived in paperback #earlymodern #skystorians
March 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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I think about few books as frequently as this one.
March 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Europeanist service skeet:

Dear US political scientists, please study 🇭🇺 now to see how you transform a democracy into competitive authoritarianism, cracking down on justice, universities, media & civil society while running unfair elections. It could be useful! Then study 🇵🇱 to see how to stop it.
March 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The bots have started to inflitrate Bluesky. Up until recently I didn't really see any bots. But now I'm getting followed by the bot-hoes
February 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The democrats should filibuster 24/7. Fight for this country.
February 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I just thought of something.

You know how people think we'll finally be over with trump after this term?

Well.. Do you know about Deng Xiaoping? He ruled China with absolute power despite holding no major political position. He simply knew how to pull the strings and people listened to him..
February 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Igloo by Kiss of Life is CVVVVNT but like COLD cvnty
November 30, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @cambridgeup.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

A brief summary: 1/n
November 29, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Does anyone else have a wish to take the L in Chicago at least once in their lives? I feel like the views would be so cool. Also the Yamanote line in Tokyo
November 29, 2024 at 9:27 AM
This view looking at the local river in my city reminds me so much of the Elven cities in Lord of the Rings. Am I tripping or?
November 29, 2024 at 7:57 AM
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All hail article titles that describe the main research finding!
#OpenAccess -

Shared Demographic Characteristics Do Not Reliably Facilitate Persuasion in Interpersonal Conversations: Evidence from Eight Experiments - cup.org/411mpmM

- @dbroockman.bsky.social , @jkalla.bsky.social, @nottone.bsky.social, Erik Santoro & @amandaweiss.bsky.social

#FirstView
November 27, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)

#photography #kyoto #japan
November 28, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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A perfect day to share that our book, Policy Preparation Inside the European Commission, is coming soon with Oxford University Press! It shows why the European Commission is so vital to EU policymaking. 🇪🇺 #eusky #eursky
November 27, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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Are you interested in political trust but think 'actually, it's a bit more complicated than that'? You'd be right!

In a draft paper, we use original data from 13 surveys across 11 countries & 52 focus groups w/ 311 participants in 8 countries, arguing that trust, mistrust, & distrust are distinct:
November 26, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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What impact might reducing your social media screen time have on your attitudes and well-being? 💻📴📴

A bit ironic to be sharing this on social media itself but excited to be part of this global study in the years to come, contributing Danish data alongside a fantastic team of colleagues
Hvordan påvirker brugen af sociale medier danskernes mentale trivsel, tillid til hinanden og politiske polarisering?

Det kan vi snart svare på: Danmark bliver del af 23-lande megastudie med flere af landets dygtigste forskere repræsenteret 👇 #dkpol #dkmedier

globalsocialmediastudy.com
The Global Social Media Experiment
An international collaboration testing the causal impact of social media around the globe
globalsocialmediastudy.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:17 PM