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Jenny White
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Social anthropologist, novelist. Write about Turkish history, culture, politics, religion, gender, nationalism. Also Ottoman Empire (fiction). Emerita, live in Sweden. Love good literature, nature, science, art. jennywhite.net #Writer
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When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org.

pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
The writer/editor is a position within the Center’s Religion research team, which seeks to promote a deeper understanding of religion and spirituality. The Religion research team conducts surveys, demographic analyses and other social science research in the United States and around the world, studying people’s religious beliefs and practices as well as their views on related issues, including religion’s role in public life. The ideal candidate will have a strong data journalism mindset, with the ability to translate complex quantitative findings into clear and engaging narratives that are nonpartisan and non-advocacy. This position will be embedded within the Religion research team, where the writer/editor will work collaboratively to shape the team’s research agenda, including identifying key research questions; contributing to survey development; and synthesizing findings into accessible and compelling storylines. The writer/editor will also evaluate drafts of research reports to determine whether there are shortcomings in the analysis; edit, rewrite and reorganize drafts as necessary to improve flow and clarity; and work with researchers and designers to create appropriate charts and tables. In addition, the writer/editor will provide guidance and training to the Religion team’s researchers and serve as a writing resource. Following the release of reports, the writer/editor may help disseminate research to the public through the Center’s social media channels, videos, newsletters, and virtual or in-person gatherings, always adhering to the Center’s independent, nonpartisan, non-advocacy stance. 
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle.

Deadline Oct. 22.

www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant
Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants
Supporting projects for PhD students doing political science research, democracy and social justice.
www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Fun to read!
burcukarahan.bsky.social Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · Oct 6
📯📯 One Thousand and One Kisses 💋 is now out from @tra-attached.bsky.social!
💫 Heartfelt thanks to @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social for 🎨 cover art; and Louis de Bernieres, @ratherserious.bsky.social, and @whitejenny.bsky.social for their generous support.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Zelenskyy: Intelligence agencies have reported that the russians are using tankers to control drones launched against European countries. This is further evidence that the Baltic Sea and other seas must be closed to russian tankers.
September 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Or, to put it another way, debate, in the sense of the formal or informal defense of largely fixed positions, comes quite low in my list of goals/priorities as a history teacher.

Most college classes are not "free speech fora" but highly structured contexts that allow experts to help students/
September 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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📉 Religion’s decline in stages

A global study finds secularisation often follows three steps: less public ritual, then weaker personal belief, and finally loss of religious identity.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm 🧪 #Religion
The three stages of religious decline around the world - Nature Communications
Religious decline is happening around the world. Here, the authors show that countries are at different stages of a common global sequence of decline in religious participation, personal importance of...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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lmorgenbesser.bsky.social
My colleague Ferran Martinez i Coma has a three year, full-time postdoc available for his Australian Research Council project "Resilient Elections: How to Strengthen Our Democracies."

Great project ✔️
Awesome supervisor ✔️
Excellent department ✔️
Lovely City ✔️

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Grade 1
Company Description: Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why. Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excel...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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This morning, opposition circles in Turkey are discussing the possibility of the Turkish courts preventively removing the CHP leadership before the hearing on 15 September (allegations of fraud on the 38th Congress), in order to avoid counter-measures by the party.
yetkinreport.com/2025/09/05/a...
Ankara’da tehlikeli senaryolar: Mahkeme 15 Eylül’ü beklemeyebilir - Yetkin Report
Mahkeme 15 Eylül'ü de beklemeden CHP yönetimini görevden uzaklaştırabilir mi? Ankara'da konuşulan en tehlikeli senaryo bu.
yetkinreport.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Breaking news: Pentagon officials last week informed European diplomats that the US would no longer fund programmes that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with Russia. on.ft.com/4mNocUo
September 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9
“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9
As with stanza 1:8, the next quatrain in Edward FitzGerald’s 1859 translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám concerns the fleeting character of political glory, and of life in general. It continues to introduce English-speaking audiences to Iranian kings and heroes, the Persian equivalents of Agamemnon and Achilles: IX. But come with old Khayyam, and […]
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September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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casmudde.bsky.social
This is a great (and rare) opportunity for senior scholars who work on democracy to move to a safer academic environment (by contemporary U.S. standards).
cwolbrecht.bsky.social Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · Sep 2
Notre Dame is investing in democracy research in lots of exciting ways, including these hires. Happy to talk to senior folks about working at Notre Dame and living in South Bend. (Spoiler: There are lots of good reasons I've spent my entire career here).
rachelporter.bsky.social Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · Sep 2
Notre Dame’s Department of Political Science is hiring *multiple* senior folks (assoc/full prof) working on democracy broadly (institutions, political behavior, CP, AP).

I’m not on the committee (hiding on research leave), but I'm happy to chat / answer questions!

👉 apply.interfolio.com/172986
September 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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nateschenkkan.bsky.social
Taking the competitive out of competitive authoritarianism
bianet-eng.bsky.social bianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social · Sep 2
Court annuls CHP İstanbul congress, removes provincial leadership in critical verdict

The main opposition party is also facing annulment of its national congress held in Nov 2023, which could affect the position of the current party leader. bianet.org/haber/court-...
Court annuls CHP İstanbul congress, removes provincial leadership in critical verdict
The main opposition party is also facing annulment of its national congress held in Nov 2023. If that process is also annulled, it could affect the position of current party leader.
bianet.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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These are incredibly useful tips for all teachers and professors starting a new academic year...
adzebill.bsky.social Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Aug 31
Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
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September 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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WORK! The Sociology Department at Utrecht University is hiring a new assistant prof, with expertise on migration/integration/polarization/stratification. Come join us! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...
Universitair docent sociologie
Wil jij studenten inspireren en vernieuwend onderwijs geven? Versterk ons team als universitair docent met expertise in migratie en/of sociale stratificatie.
www.uu.nl
September 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Over the next few days, postal services in the UK, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy and Austria will stop shipping to the USA, because of Trump's new import duties.
Postal services in India, Europe to suspend shipment of packages to U.S. over import tariffs
Multiple postal services, including in India and around Europe, say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.
www.cbsnews.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The hits keep coming. “The departments that won’t be accepting Ph.D. students now include art history, cinema and media studies, classics, comparative literature, East Asian languages and civilizations, English language and literature, Germanic studies, linguistics, Middle Eastern studies…”
More UChicago Ph.D. Programs Will Pause Admissions
The arts and humanities dean said “nearly all” faculty leaders preferred “a broader pause for the division.” Some social sciences programs also aren’t accepting new students.
www.insidehighered.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Obviously, a Russian attack on a US company deep into Ukraine's rear was deliberate and a clear signal of Russia's true attitude towards US and European peacemaking efforts.

Previously, Russia has launched deliberate attacks on Polish and Azerbaijani companies.

Conclusions must be drawn.
August 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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The US electorate is used to thinking of partisan combat as a choice between two slightly different flavors of constitutional liberalism deal...vanilla vs. strawberry...rather than a choice between constitutional liberalism or authoritarian illiberalism...vanilla vs. arsenic. Messaging that is hard.
August 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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lifesafeast.bsky.social
I don’t usually quote Al Jazeera, but this analysis of the Putin-Trump summit is the best and most accurate…”how a former intelligence officer uses his skills of manipulation on a self-centred narcissist.”

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
‘Feeding a narcissist:’ Ukraine reflects on Trump-Putin summit
Some wins for Russian president, Ukrainian analysts say – although nothing concrete comes out of the meeting.
www.aljazeera.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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"Mr Witkoff favours striking a grand deal between America and Russia. His involvement in negotiations has usually been to the detriment of Ukraine. It has also been marked with extraordinary incompetence" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
What Putin wants from Trump in Alaska
As the leaders prepare to meet, Russian forces break Ukraine’s defensive line
www.economist.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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A New Zealand woman who works in Washington state and her six-year-old son have been abducted by ICE at the Canadian border, trafficked to Texas, and imprisoned for three weeks in abhorrent conditions.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A New Zealand woman who is being held at a US immigration centre with her six-year-old son after they were detained crossing the Canada-US border, is being wrongly “treated like a criminal”, according to her friend and advocate. Sarah Shaw, 33, a New Zealander who has lived in Washington state for just over three years, dropped her two eldest children to Vancouver airport on 24 July, so they could take a direct flight back to New Zealand for a holiday with their grandparents. When Shaw attempted to re-enter the US, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detained her and her youngest son, in what was a “terrifying” ordeal, said Victoria Besancon, Shaw’s friend who is helping to raise money for her legal fight. A younger woman with a large envelope in front of her I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped Read more “Sarah thought she was being kidnapped,” she said. “They didn’t really explain anything to her at first, they just kind of quietly took her and her son and immediately put them in like an unmarked white van.” Ice confiscated Shaw’s phone and transported the mother and son to the Dilley immigration processing center in south Texas, many states away from her home, Besancon said. Foreign nationals caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown have similarly been transported to centres far from their homes, support networks and legal representation.
August 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Comparative Politics Folks, we have a position at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. If y'all have any questions, send word. Great collegial department in an affordable urban location, plus there's the Smokies and outdoors.

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Assistant Professor of Political Science (Comparative Politics of Asia/China), Fall 2026 - Knoxville, Tennessee, United States job with University of Tennessee, Knoxville | 37867857
Description The Department of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for a tenure track...
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August 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM