Pavol Hardoš
@pavolhardos.bsky.social
polsci lecturer at IESIR FSES Comenius Uni (Bratislava) | PhD in political theory from CEU | cyberflânerie/cyberflummery | senilný woke establišment Západu
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"Fractured Pluralism: The Prospects of Political Liberalism in the Age of Vibes" is out now in Etica & Politica.
Co-authored with Matej Cíbik, we argue that contemporary #politicaltheory might need an update to its understanding of social disagreement. 🧵
"Fractured Pluralism: The Prospects of Political Liberalism in the Age of Vibes" is out now in Etica & Politica.
Co-authored with Matej Cíbik, we argue that contemporary #politicaltheory might need an update to its understanding of social disagreement. 🧵
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
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Organizujeme konferenciu, kde nám budú prednášať napr. @tomaskoblizek.bsky.social aj @pavolhardos.bsky.social, tak šup šup...
Call je stále otvorený!
www.juls.savba.sk/dezinfo.html
Call je stále otvorený!
www.juls.savba.sk/dezinfo.html
JÚĽŠ dezinfoJazykovokomunikačné aspekty dezinformácií
www.juls.savba.sk
January 28, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Organizujeme konferenciu, kde nám budú prednášať napr. @tomaskoblizek.bsky.social aj @pavolhardos.bsky.social, tak šup šup...
Call je stále otvorený!
www.juls.savba.sk/dezinfo.html
Call je stále otvorený!
www.juls.savba.sk/dezinfo.html
New article alert! 🚨
"Fractured Pluralism: The Prospects of Political Liberalism in the Age of Vibes" is out now in Etica & Politica.
Co-authored with Matej Cíbik, we argue that contemporary #politicaltheory might need an update to its understanding of social disagreement. 🧵
"Fractured Pluralism: The Prospects of Political Liberalism in the Age of Vibes" is out now in Etica & Politica.
Co-authored with Matej Cíbik, we argue that contemporary #politicaltheory might need an update to its understanding of social disagreement. 🧵
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
New article alert! 🚨
"Fractured Pluralism: The Prospects of Political Liberalism in the Age of Vibes" is out now in Etica & Politica.
Co-authored with Matej Cíbik, we argue that contemporary #politicaltheory might need an update to its understanding of social disagreement. 🧵
"Fractured Pluralism: The Prospects of Political Liberalism in the Age of Vibes" is out now in Etica & Politica.
Co-authored with Matej Cíbik, we argue that contemporary #politicaltheory might need an update to its understanding of social disagreement. 🧵
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Who is really “running” the European Parliament right now?
On the margins of the geopolitical changes, the shifts in the EU are also accelerating. In my newest EU-Analytics, I dug into all final votes from December 2025 – and the shift of power to the centre-right & far right is accelerating:
On the margins of the geopolitical changes, the shifts in the EU are also accelerating. In my newest EU-Analytics, I dug into all final votes from December 2025 – and the shift of power to the centre-right & far right is accelerating:
EU Analytics December 2025 review
The change of guards at the European Parliament is picking up speed
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Who is really “running” the European Parliament right now?
On the margins of the geopolitical changes, the shifts in the EU are also accelerating. In my newest EU-Analytics, I dug into all final votes from December 2025 – and the shift of power to the centre-right & far right is accelerating:
On the margins of the geopolitical changes, the shifts in the EU are also accelerating. In my newest EU-Analytics, I dug into all final votes from December 2025 – and the shift of power to the centre-right & far right is accelerating:
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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On the other hand, it is a win for white nationalists when @nytimes.com cravenly launders white nationalist tropes and injects them into the broader discourse in easily digestible form
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
On the other hand, it is a win for white nationalists when @nytimes.com cravenly launders white nationalist tropes and injects them into the broader discourse in easily digestible form
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The fascist right will never drop its anti-Ukraine stance, because they want to see Russian aggression succeed.
But can the smaller yet quite vocal anti-anti-Russia left—Chomsky, Quincy Institute, Lula, etc—finally admit that blaming the war on the US and “they won’t even negotiate” were misguided?
But can the smaller yet quite vocal anti-anti-Russia left—Chomsky, Quincy Institute, Lula, etc—finally admit that blaming the war on the US and “they won’t even negotiate” were misguided?
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The fascist right will never drop its anti-Ukraine stance, because they want to see Russian aggression succeed.
But can the smaller yet quite vocal anti-anti-Russia left—Chomsky, Quincy Institute, Lula, etc—finally admit that blaming the war on the US and “they won’t even negotiate” were misguided?
But can the smaller yet quite vocal anti-anti-Russia left—Chomsky, Quincy Institute, Lula, etc—finally admit that blaming the war on the US and “they won’t even negotiate” were misguided?
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The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
Pravda a láska musí zvíťaziť nad lžou a nenávisťou.
Týmto vítame portál Marker na našom zozname nedôveryhodných webov.
#konspiratorisk #markersk #marker #protipropagande
Týmto vítame portál Marker na našom zozname nedôveryhodných webov.
#konspiratorisk #markersk #marker #protipropagande
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Pravda a láska musí zvíťaziť nad lžou a nenávisťou.
Týmto vítame portál Marker na našom zozname nedôveryhodných webov.
#konspiratorisk #markersk #marker #protipropagande
Týmto vítame portál Marker na našom zozname nedôveryhodných webov.
#konspiratorisk #markersk #marker #protipropagande
Buying used books can be an adventure. You get a book, sure, but sometimes you can also glimpse the personality of the previous owner. For example, I just got a book, where based on the underlining and marginalia, I concluded that the previous owner was an idiot.
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Buying used books can be an adventure. You get a book, sure, but sometimes you can also glimpse the personality of the previous owner. For example, I just got a book, where based on the underlining and marginalia, I concluded that the previous owner was an idiot.
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🗳 J͢e͢d͢n͢o͢u͢ ͢f͢r͢a͢š͢k͢a͢,͢ ͢p͢o͢d͢r͢u͢h͢é͢ ͢t͢r͢a͢g͢é͢d͢i͢e͢
kapital-noviny.sk/jednou-frask...
@apolenarychlikova.bsky.social píše pár dní pred voľbami v Česku o tom, že kampaň je pokojnejšia než pred rokmi, no spoločnosť sa triešti. Polarizácia podľa nej siaha tak hlboko, že ani jasný výsledok volieb nemusí priniesť pokoj.
kapital-noviny.sk/jednou-frask...
@apolenarychlikova.bsky.social píše pár dní pred voľbami v Česku o tom, že kampaň je pokojnejšia než pred rokmi, no spoločnosť sa triešti. Polarizácia podľa nej siaha tak hlboko, že ani jasný výsledok volieb nemusí priniesť pokoj.
Jednou fraška, podruhé tragédie: dva světy českých voleb - Kapitál
Do nesledovanějších voleb, tedy voleb do Poslanecké sněmovny, zbývají v Česku už jen dny. Intenzita politizace veřejného a mediálního prostoru vrcholí, sociální sítě explodují. Možná to tak na první p...
kapital-noviny.sk
September 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🗳 J͢e͢d͢n͢o͢u͢ ͢f͢r͢a͢š͢k͢a͢,͢ ͢p͢o͢d͢r͢u͢h͢é͢ ͢t͢r͢a͢g͢é͢d͢i͢e͢
kapital-noviny.sk/jednou-frask...
@apolenarychlikova.bsky.social píše pár dní pred voľbami v Česku o tom, že kampaň je pokojnejšia než pred rokmi, no spoločnosť sa triešti. Polarizácia podľa nej siaha tak hlboko, že ani jasný výsledok volieb nemusí priniesť pokoj.
kapital-noviny.sk/jednou-frask...
@apolenarychlikova.bsky.social píše pár dní pred voľbami v Česku o tom, že kampaň je pokojnejšia než pred rokmi, no spoločnosť sa triešti. Polarizácia podľa nej siaha tak hlboko, že ani jasný výsledok volieb nemusí priniesť pokoj.
Odteraz ma oslovujte len "slowakische Politologe"! Môj minulotýždňový text pre Kapitál o zmene ústavy teraz vyšiel v nemeckom preklade na JÁDU magazíne.
www.goethe.de/prj/jad/de/g...
www.goethe.de/prj/jad/de/g...
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Odteraz ma oslovujte len "slowakische Politologe"! Môj minulotýždňový text pre Kapitál o zmene ústavy teraz vyšiel v nemeckom preklade na JÁDU magazíne.
www.goethe.de/prj/jad/de/g...
www.goethe.de/prj/jad/de/g...
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For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )
September 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )
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SÍRENEN NEWS: DOSKÚŠALI SME
Drahé poslucháčstvo, Sirény od septembra končia. Nerozhodli sme sa tak my, ale nové vedenie. Prečo? Netušíme, dôvod sme sa nedozvedeli.
Ako sme sa dopočuli, nie sme jediní, o ktorých nové vedenie rozhodlo, že končia. 1/7
Drahé poslucháčstvo, Sirény od septembra končia. Nerozhodli sme sa tak my, ale nové vedenie. Prečo? Netušíme, dôvod sme sa nedozvedeli.
Ako sme sa dopočuli, nie sme jediní, o ktorých nové vedenie rozhodlo, že končia. 1/7
September 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
SÍRENEN NEWS: DOSKÚŠALI SME
Drahé poslucháčstvo, Sirény od septembra končia. Nerozhodli sme sa tak my, ale nové vedenie. Prečo? Netušíme, dôvod sme sa nedozvedeli.
Ako sme sa dopočuli, nie sme jediní, o ktorých nové vedenie rozhodlo, že končia. 1/7
Drahé poslucháčstvo, Sirény od septembra končia. Nerozhodli sme sa tak my, ale nové vedenie. Prečo? Netušíme, dôvod sme sa nedozvedeli.
Ako sme sa dopočuli, nie sme jediní, o ktorých nové vedenie rozhodlo, že končia. 1/7
August 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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A very powerful essay by Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov, arguing that:
a) Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and
b) denying this threatens to "undermine everything that Holocaust scholarship and commemoration have stood for."
Do read the whole thing www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
a) Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and
b) denying this threatens to "undermine everything that Holocaust scholarship and commemoration have stood for."
Do read the whole thing www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
July 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A very powerful essay by Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov, arguing that:
a) Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and
b) denying this threatens to "undermine everything that Holocaust scholarship and commemoration have stood for."
Do read the whole thing www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
a) Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and
b) denying this threatens to "undermine everything that Holocaust scholarship and commemoration have stood for."
Do read the whole thing www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
I couldn’t help myself, had to do the meme; Arrested Development was timeless…
#arrestedforeignpolicy
#arrestedforeignpolicy
June 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I couldn’t help myself, had to do the meme; Arrested Development was timeless…
#arrestedforeignpolicy
#arrestedforeignpolicy
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Anti-trans policy means surveilling cis women in a culture of gender suspicion.
Closed borders means surveilling natives in a culture of "Papers please" suspicion.
Segregation means surveilling whites to prevent race-mixing and race treason.
Fascism erodes the freedoms even of those not targeted.
Closed borders means surveilling natives in a culture of "Papers please" suspicion.
Segregation means surveilling whites to prevent race-mixing and race treason.
Fascism erodes the freedoms even of those not targeted.
The level of surveillance and policing demanded by transphobia will always be more disruptive to your life than the rights and demands of trans people ourselves
This is going to be an absolute car crash, the Supreme Court verdict looks more absurd by the day
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
May 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Anti-trans policy means surveilling cis women in a culture of gender suspicion.
Closed borders means surveilling natives in a culture of "Papers please" suspicion.
Segregation means surveilling whites to prevent race-mixing and race treason.
Fascism erodes the freedoms even of those not targeted.
Closed borders means surveilling natives in a culture of "Papers please" suspicion.
Segregation means surveilling whites to prevent race-mixing and race treason.
Fascism erodes the freedoms even of those not targeted.
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If complementing someone for a paper you haven't read is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Like look at this shit. The Nation accuses Fauci of lying because he says he never read the paper before publication yet told the authors "nice job."
This is not a lie! Have you ever worked in an office or had a human relationship before
This is not a lie! Have you ever worked in an office or had a human relationship before
May 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If complementing someone for a paper you haven't read is wrong, I don't want to be right.
*reading a student thesis
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huh, i guess asking the AI model - which clearly wrote much of this tripe - to order your references alphabetically would have been a prompt too far, wouldnt it...
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huh, i guess asking the AI model - which clearly wrote much of this tripe - to order your references alphabetically would have been a prompt too far, wouldnt it...
May 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
*reading a student thesis
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huh, i guess asking the AI model - which clearly wrote much of this tripe - to order your references alphabetically would have been a prompt too far, wouldnt it...
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huh, i guess asking the AI model - which clearly wrote much of this tripe - to order your references alphabetically would have been a prompt too far, wouldnt it...
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The US government says reading Toni Morrison or Maya Angelou is political.
In my terrorism class, I explain how “Great Replacement” is a false conspiracy theory that’s motivated multiple terrorist attacks. Now that America’s leaders push the theory too, teaching that is political.
Should I stop?
In my terrorism class, I explain how “Great Replacement” is a false conspiracy theory that’s motivated multiple terrorist attacks. Now that America’s leaders push the theory too, teaching that is political.
Should I stop?
May 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The US government says reading Toni Morrison or Maya Angelou is political.
In my terrorism class, I explain how “Great Replacement” is a false conspiracy theory that’s motivated multiple terrorist attacks. Now that America’s leaders push the theory too, teaching that is political.
Should I stop?
In my terrorism class, I explain how “Great Replacement” is a false conspiracy theory that’s motivated multiple terrorist attacks. Now that America’s leaders push the theory too, teaching that is political.
Should I stop?
putting a delicious Canadian twist on the old "go woke, go broke" mantra www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
Pierre Poilievre, Canada’s Opposition Leader, Loses Seat in Parliament
It was a stunning upset for the Conservative Party leader, who was first elected in 2004.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
putting a delicious Canadian twist on the old "go woke, go broke" mantra www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
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Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆
He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."
He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."
April 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆
He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."
He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."