Leonardo Carella
@leonardocarella.bsky.social
Postdoc, University of Vienna, Department of Government. Former minor twitter celebrity/hate figure. https://www.leonardocarella.com/
German doesn’t care about ¬(p ∧ ¬p)
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
German doesn’t care about ¬(p ∧ ¬p)
Mandatory centrist dad post
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Mandatory centrist dad post
Happy 100th birthday *checks notes* Margaret Thatcher
October 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Happy 100th birthday *checks notes* Margaret Thatcher
Rock ‘n’ roll is not what it used to be.
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Rock ‘n’ roll is not what it used to be.
Three cheers for the demographic winter.
September 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Three cheers for the demographic winter.
Abundance update
September 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Abundance update
Some pills for when you feel dangerously left-wing
August 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Some pills for when you feel dangerously left-wing
A key point that often gets lost in discussions on immigration and diversity: people's view are more nuanced and contingent than crude two-camps distinctions allow.
August 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A key point that often gets lost in discussions on immigration and diversity: people's view are more nuanced and contingent than crude two-camps distinctions allow.
The story that GB News has overtaken BBC and Sky in July 2025 is overblown. But it's true that the channel has captured a relatively large, loyal segment of a shrinking pool of viewers. This is, in my view, one of the worst developments for UK politics this decade. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b...
August 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The story that GB News has overtaken BBC and Sky in July 2025 is overblown. But it's true that the channel has captured a relatively large, loyal segment of a shrinking pool of viewers. This is, in my view, one of the worst developments for UK politics this decade. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b...
Great to see in my weekly paper feed that @wegschaider.bsky.social's paper on the effects of simultaneous proposals in referendums has been published in CPS! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Great to see in my weekly paper feed that @wegschaider.bsky.social's paper on the effects of simultaneous proposals in referendums has been published in CPS! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I totally get where the calls for the UK government to increase taxes are coming from, in view of the deteriorating fiscal picture after the various spending U-turns. But the public opinion environment for a tax raise is historically really bad, and not recognising that could be fatal for Labour.
July 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I totally get where the calls for the UK government to increase taxes are coming from, in view of the deteriorating fiscal picture after the various spending U-turns. But the public opinion environment for a tax raise is historically really bad, and not recognising that could be fatal for Labour.
The markets are not going to save your democracy.
June 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The markets are not going to save your democracy.
I’m in Madrid having chicken tikka masala and cider at half past seven, *aced* the Tebbit test.
June 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’m in Madrid having chicken tikka masala and cider at half past seven, *aced* the Tebbit test.
My personal hell is public polling on international affairs.
June 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My personal hell is public polling on international affairs.
Yes they are quite literally the halcyon days of immigration attitudes. The percentage of people who think there is too much immigration has been constant in Britain since polling began, the *only* tilt down has taken place in the post-Brexit years, as widely documented. Sorry to burst your bubble.
June 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yes they are quite literally the halcyon days of immigration attitudes. The percentage of people who think there is too much immigration has been constant in Britain since polling began, the *only* tilt down has taken place in the post-Brexit years, as widely documented. Sorry to burst your bubble.
There's a great paper on this: "Census Enumeration and
Group Conflict: A Global Analysis of the Consequences
of Counting". www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Group Conflict: A Global Analysis of the Consequences
of Counting". www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
June 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
There's a great paper on this: "Census Enumeration and
Group Conflict: A Global Analysis of the Consequences
of Counting". www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Group Conflict: A Global Analysis of the Consequences
of Counting". www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
award-winning political science.
June 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
award-winning political science.
Post-Brexit, immigration fell very much off the agenda (since well before covid): net migration hit record high under Boris Johnson and no one bat an eyelid. Even more unusually, the 2017-2022 period recorded some of the highest levels of support for immigration.
June 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Post-Brexit, immigration fell very much off the agenda (since well before covid): net migration hit record high under Boris Johnson and no one bat an eyelid. Even more unusually, the 2017-2022 period recorded some of the highest levels of support for immigration.
I didn't expect AI to come for me this hard.
![Italian brainrot is a series of surrealist Internet memes that emerged in early 2025 characterized by absurd photos of AI-generated creatures with pseudo-Italian names.[1][2] The phenomenon quickly spread across social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, owing to its combination of synthesized "Italian" voiceovers, grotesque and/or humorous visuals, abstractism, and nonsensical narrative.[3][2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4zsnqlaayna6btknsoar3ge5/bafkreiaqx5mwxznvxdtvu37pe7t3mzca2bmxyubdnn3cfqzqu2os5tzl5u@jpeg)
June 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I didn't expect AI to come for me this hard.
First time I’ve seen this, it feels so off.
June 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
First time I’ve seen this, it feels so off.
You can't understand the behaviour of US elites - Democrats being too timid, Republicans debasing themselves, bureaucrats who behave like pushovers - without reference to the constant threat of political violence that has come with MAGA. Every day is January 6. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
June 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
You can't understand the behaviour of US elites - Democrats being too timid, Republicans debasing themselves, bureaucrats who behave like pushovers - without reference to the constant threat of political violence that has come with MAGA. Every day is January 6. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Not the main point here but what does this guy think the US did to Albania, or is this how leftists refer to Kosovo these days
June 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Not the main point here but what does this guy think the US did to Albania, or is this how leftists refer to Kosovo these days
Just received my ballots for the Italian 8-9 June referendum, I’m looking forward to taking part in the democratic process!
(I’m spoiled: I’ve got two sets of them, as I asked for a duplicate because I hadn’t received my original ballots in time.)
(I’m spoiled: I’ve got two sets of them, as I asked for a duplicate because I hadn’t received my original ballots in time.)
June 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Just received my ballots for the Italian 8-9 June referendum, I’m looking forward to taking part in the democratic process!
(I’m spoiled: I’ve got two sets of them, as I asked for a duplicate because I hadn’t received my original ballots in time.)
(I’m spoiled: I’ve got two sets of them, as I asked for a duplicate because I hadn’t received my original ballots in time.)
Mi amore, mi amore, espresso macchiato, macchiato, macchiato por favore, por favore, espresso macchiato, espresso macchiato, espresso macchiato, espresso macchiato
June 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Mi amore, mi amore, espresso macchiato, macchiato, macchiato por favore, por favore, espresso macchiato, espresso macchiato, espresso macchiato, espresso macchiato