Henning Best
@besthenning.bsky.social
Sociologist at @RPTU_kl_ld specialising in environmental sociology and social stratification. PI @glen-study - The German Longitudinal Environmental Study, Editor @zfs
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
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Trump has murdered at least 83 people with extrajudicial military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats.
He needs to face consequences for this.
His secretary of DHHS, RFK Jr., will kill several orders of magnitude more with this disinformation.
He needs to face consequences for this.
His secretary of DHHS, RFK Jr., will kill several orders of magnitude more with this disinformation.
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Trump has murdered at least 83 people with extrajudicial military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats.
He needs to face consequences for this.
His secretary of DHHS, RFK Jr., will kill several orders of magnitude more with this disinformation.
He needs to face consequences for this.
His secretary of DHHS, RFK Jr., will kill several orders of magnitude more with this disinformation.
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In Canada, Carney's gov passed its budget, and avoided a parliamentary vote of no-confidence, by just a couple votes.
One thing that helped: Promising the one Green MP to meet Canada's Paris commitment to reduce emissions 40% by 2030.
But Canada is way off track for that.
So what's Carney's plan?
One thing that helped: Promising the one Green MP to meet Canada's Paris commitment to reduce emissions 40% by 2030.
But Canada is way off track for that.
So what's Carney's plan?
November 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
In Canada, Carney's gov passed its budget, and avoided a parliamentary vote of no-confidence, by just a couple votes.
One thing that helped: Promising the one Green MP to meet Canada's Paris commitment to reduce emissions 40% by 2030.
But Canada is way off track for that.
So what's Carney's plan?
One thing that helped: Promising the one Green MP to meet Canada's Paris commitment to reduce emissions 40% by 2030.
But Canada is way off track for that.
So what's Carney's plan?
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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When you got caught sucking off bill clinton and need to get back on your wife’s good side
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
When you got caught sucking off bill clinton and need to get back on your wife’s good side
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I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
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So wie @jreichelt und andere jetzt Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier bepöbeln, verunglimpften die Rechtsextremen in der Weimarer Republik Reichspräsidenten Friedrich Ebert. Man merkt die Absicht …
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So wie @jreichelt und andere jetzt Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier bepöbeln, verunglimpften die Rechtsextremen in der Weimarer Republik Reichspräsidenten Friedrich Ebert. Man merkt die Absicht …
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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Billions of regressions ≠ robustness.
My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Billions of regressions ≠ robustness.
My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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The history of social psychology in a nutshell.
Unintentional poetry from the lab notebooks of Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics 1923
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The history of social psychology in a nutshell.
Can anybody be more cynical than this years Nobel Peace Prize committee?
Infantino: Hold my beer
Infantino: Hold my beer
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Can anybody be more cynical than this years Nobel Peace Prize committee?
Infantino: Hold my beer
Infantino: Hold my beer
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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that's right
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
that's right
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The cynicism and immorality of the fossil fuel industry's (above all Exxon's) efforts to prevent the world from addressing climate change can still take my breath away.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The cynicism and immorality of the fossil fuel industry's (above all Exxon's) efforts to prevent the world from addressing climate change can still take my breath away.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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#OTD 04.11.2011: Selbstenttarnung der Kerngruppe des NSU. Wir wissen: der NSU war nicht zu dritt. Vollständige Aufklärung bleibt notwendig. Wir vergessen nicht. Nicht die Opfer, nicht die Taten.
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
#OTD 04.11.2011: Selbstenttarnung der Kerngruppe des NSU. Wir wissen: der NSU war nicht zu dritt. Vollständige Aufklärung bleibt notwendig. Wir vergessen nicht. Nicht die Opfer, nicht die Taten.
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It should be called Hurricane Exxon.
To understand the climate connection to Hurricane Melissa, check out our real-time attribution page at @climatecentral.org: www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."
"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It should be called Hurricane Exxon.
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Spahn: "Der Bundeskanzler spricht aus, was die Mehrheit denkt"
Merz hat aber gar nicht: „Komisch, dass Spahn immer noch im Amt ist“ gesagt.
Merz hat aber gar nicht: „Komisch, dass Spahn immer noch im Amt ist“ gesagt.
October 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Spahn: "Der Bundeskanzler spricht aus, was die Mehrheit denkt"
Merz hat aber gar nicht: „Komisch, dass Spahn immer noch im Amt ist“ gesagt.
Merz hat aber gar nicht: „Komisch, dass Spahn immer noch im Amt ist“ gesagt.
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Für die Töchter von Friedrich Merz wäre es vor allem gefährlich, im Stadtbild auf den Sohn von Uschi Glas zu treffen, der wegen Körperverletzung seiner Freundin 18 Monate im Gefängnis saß und u.a. einer anderen Frau das Jochbein brach. (Jetzt auch mit Alt-Text)
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Für die Töchter von Friedrich Merz wäre es vor allem gefährlich, im Stadtbild auf den Sohn von Uschi Glas zu treffen, der wegen Körperverletzung seiner Freundin 18 Monate im Gefängnis saß und u.a. einer anderen Frau das Jochbein brach. (Jetzt auch mit Alt-Text)
