Simon Stückelberger
@sstueckelberger.bsky.social
Politikwissenschaftler | Sotomo | Wahlkampagnen, (Online-)Targeting http://www.politransparency.ch
Jon Stewart said it best: it's not the fragility of audiences, it's the fragility of leaders that are a threat to comedy and freedom. youtube.com/clip/Ugkxi8d...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Jon Stewart said it best: it's not the fragility of audiences, it's the fragility of leaders that are a threat to comedy and freedom. youtube.com/clip/Ugkxi8d...
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"Meta will no longer accept political, election or issue ads in EU" www.axios.com/2025/07/25/m...
Meta will no longer accept political, election or issue ads in EU
Meta's decision comes ahead of regulation it says will cause "significant operational challenges and legal uncertainties."
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July 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"Meta will no longer accept political, election or issue ads in EU" www.axios.com/2025/07/25/m...
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What Abou-Chadi et al. show here is not just that conservative migration positions won't help social-democrats to attract voters, but also that left positions on retirement (that is allowing for early retirement) make social-democrats most attractive (and right positions make them less attracitve).
July 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
What Abou-Chadi et al. show here is not just that conservative migration positions won't help social-democrats to attract voters, but also that left positions on retirement (that is allowing for early retirement) make social-democrats most attractive (and right positions make them less attracitve).
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*Register data* results now published for whole Germany:
37% of women under 25 voted for die Linke in the German federal elections in 2025.
Also very striking to see that the AfD was the strongest party among *all age groups of men except those older than 60*.
37% of women under 25 voted for die Linke in the German federal elections in 2025.
Also very striking to see that the AfD was the strongest party among *all age groups of men except those older than 60*.
June 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
*Register data* results now published for whole Germany:
37% of women under 25 voted for die Linke in the German federal elections in 2025.
Also very striking to see that the AfD was the strongest party among *all age groups of men except those older than 60*.
37% of women under 25 voted for die Linke in the German federal elections in 2025.
Also very striking to see that the AfD was the strongest party among *all age groups of men except those older than 60*.
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Mal wieder ein Hinweis auf unseren Klimamonitor, der seit Jahren täglich das aktuelle Wetter einordnet und in grössere Zusammenhänge bringt. www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
Klimamonitor - Am Puls des Planeten – tägliche Zahlen und Fakten zum Klima
Temperaturen, Gletscherabfluss, Solarausbau – die wichtigsten Daten und Hintergründe, täglich aktualisiert.
www.srf.ch
June 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Mal wieder ein Hinweis auf unseren Klimamonitor, der seit Jahren täglich das aktuelle Wetter einordnet und in grössere Zusammenhänge bringt. www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
Nice thread on the importance of migration for the (Swiss) watch industry.
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Nice thread on the importance of migration for the (Swiss) watch industry.
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Populism remains an important necessary concept to understand current political transformations. But analysts need to move away from it as the main focus. Authoritarian nativism, white supremacy, racism, sexism and fascism are the ideologies at the core of the current erosion of liberal democracy 1/
May 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Populism remains an important necessary concept to understand current political transformations. But analysts need to move away from it as the main focus. Authoritarian nativism, white supremacy, racism, sexism and fascism are the ideologies at the core of the current erosion of liberal democracy 1/
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This article. My god.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why I Had to Flee the United States
I was a political prisoner in Egypt. I didn’t want to become one again in America.
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May 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This article. My god.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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A great and useful summary as to why science is inherently political, though only partisan when partisans make it so.
if you teach, you are engaged in an inherently political--but not necessarily partisan--act
the political vs partisan distinction stays kicking people's ass
this old @asociologist.bsky.social is very helpful on this
scatter.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/p...
the political vs partisan distinction stays kicking people's ass
this old @asociologist.bsky.social is very helpful on this
scatter.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/p...
partisans, not scientists, decide if science is partisan
Last month, Audra Wolfe wrote a fantastic post about how science is and always has been political. In the post, she analyzes statements from Nature and Scientific American, both of which endorsed J…
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May 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A great and useful summary as to why science is inherently political, though only partisan when partisans make it so.
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Give this a listen. Trump and Rubio are locking up people for engaging in speech, without any tangible evidence of wrongdoing or even hateful speech. So it's good to hear from the people they are demonizing.
April 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Give this a listen. Trump and Rubio are locking up people for engaging in speech, without any tangible evidence of wrongdoing or even hateful speech. So it's good to hear from the people they are demonizing.
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We spent an absurd amount of time in 2022-24 denying this gap b/w consumer sentiment & behavior existed & inventing complex explanations like “felt inflation,” when the answers were right there. It was a sobering lesson in many things, including the politics of Narratives™️
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Extremely cool FEDS Note that links consumer sentiment data to actually spending at the respondent level and shows that the disconnect between sentiment and spending post-COVID was extremely unique and driven by inflation perception not real incomes.
Tracking consumer sentiment versus how consumers are doing based on verified retail purchases
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
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April 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We spent an absurd amount of time in 2022-24 denying this gap b/w consumer sentiment & behavior existed & inventing complex explanations like “felt inflation,” when the answers were right there. It was a sobering lesson in many things, including the politics of Narratives™️
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Im Lärm der Musk-Kettensäge geht unter: Auch die Schweiz will bei der Forschung massiv sparen. Dumme Idee!
❗Serious consequences for the Swiss economy and society – the SNSF urges the abandonment of the proposed cuts to research funding in "Relief Package 27," as they threaten the country's innovative capacity and competitiveness.
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The SNSF urges against cuts
In its statement on "Relief Package 27", the SNSF speaks out against the proposed annual cuts of 10 percent.
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April 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Im Lärm der Musk-Kettensäge geht unter: Auch die Schweiz will bei der Forschung massiv sparen. Dumme Idee!
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This chart was made in America by skilled artisans.
It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.
It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.
April 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This chart was made in America by skilled artisans.
It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.
It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.
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Neues zum Unterschriften-Bschiss: Wir haben Daten zur kantonalen Verteilung von Initiativ-Unterschriften analysiert. Ab 2016 - Aufkommen von Sammelfirmen - zeigen sich klare Verschiebungen. Viel mehr Unterschriften aus der Romandie – z.T. bis zu 80% (Organspende-Initiative).
April 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Neues zum Unterschriften-Bschiss: Wir haben Daten zur kantonalen Verteilung von Initiativ-Unterschriften analysiert. Ab 2016 - Aufkommen von Sammelfirmen - zeigen sich klare Verschiebungen. Viel mehr Unterschriften aus der Romandie – z.T. bis zu 80% (Organspende-Initiative).
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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True. One difference: other aspiring autocrats asked themselves how the rest of the world might react; clearly not the case here…
It is remarkable (compared to other backsliding regimes) how brazen and transparent Trump is in targeting his "enemies." In Turkey, it would take months and an enterprising journalist to uncover that a university had its funds cut off, a firm blacklisted, contracts rescinded, or thousands fired.
March 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
True. One difference: other aspiring autocrats asked themselves how the rest of the world might react; clearly not the case here…
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Wir probieren ein ganz neues Format aus: Public Viewing der Bundesratswahlen mit satirischen & fachlichen Einschätzungen! 12. März, Universität Bern, ab 8 Uhr. Eintritt frei. Mit Satiriker Michael Elsener und den Politologinnen @istad.bsky.social @sarahbuetikofer.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Wir probieren ein ganz neues Format aus: Public Viewing der Bundesratswahlen mit satirischen & fachlichen Einschätzungen! 12. März, Universität Bern, ab 8 Uhr. Eintritt frei. Mit Satiriker Michael Elsener und den Politologinnen @istad.bsky.social @sarahbuetikofer.bsky.social
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NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
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Explains the success of the 13th AUV/AVS initiative: everybody wants higher pensions, some just even more than others! Plus aging society & pro-old bias in participation... welcome to the pension state!
3/ Meanwhile, TAN voters strongly favor pensions – more so than GAL voters. The picture is less clear for social assistance and unemployment benefits, but we uncover important age differences in how GAL voters see social assistance.
March 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Explains the success of the 13th AUV/AVS initiative: everybody wants higher pensions, some just even more than others! Plus aging society & pro-old bias in participation... welcome to the pension state!
Mit 1. Klass Super Sparschiene darf ich nicht rein in die DB lounge. So billig kriegt man also nicht Zugang zur obersten Schicht der Pendler. Bleibt mir nur die Lounge des Pöbels: vapiano.
February 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mit 1. Klass Super Sparschiene darf ich nicht rein in die DB lounge. So billig kriegt man also nicht Zugang zur obersten Schicht der Pendler. Bleibt mir nur die Lounge des Pöbels: vapiano.
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Curious about targeting strategies in the 2025 German elections? 🗳️
favstats.github.io/de25/targeti...
Updated daily, my dashboard tracks how much € German parties spend on targeted ads. For example 1M on “lookalike” audiences to reach people similar to a pre-defined audience (often supporters). 📊
favstats.github.io/de25/targeti...
Updated daily, my dashboard tracks how much € German parties spend on targeted ads. For example 1M on “lookalike” audiences to reach people similar to a pre-defined audience (often supporters). 📊
February 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Curious about targeting strategies in the 2025 German elections? 🗳️
favstats.github.io/de25/targeti...
Updated daily, my dashboard tracks how much € German parties spend on targeted ads. For example 1M on “lookalike” audiences to reach people similar to a pre-defined audience (often supporters). 📊
favstats.github.io/de25/targeti...
Updated daily, my dashboard tracks how much € German parties spend on targeted ads. For example 1M on “lookalike” audiences to reach people similar to a pre-defined audience (often supporters). 📊
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⏰ New Dashboard Time! Tracking AI content in the 2025 German elections! The CampAIgn Tracker is live! 🤖
📊 What it does?
- Tracks AI posts & ads from parties
- Shows whether use of AI was disclosed
- Lets you explore AI content by party, platform, & more!
🔍 Check it out: www.campaigntracker.de
📊 What it does?
- Tracks AI posts & ads from parties
- Shows whether use of AI was disclosed
- Lets you explore AI content by party, platform, & more!
🔍 Check it out: www.campaigntracker.de
February 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
⏰ New Dashboard Time! Tracking AI content in the 2025 German elections! The CampAIgn Tracker is live! 🤖
📊 What it does?
- Tracks AI posts & ads from parties
- Shows whether use of AI was disclosed
- Lets you explore AI content by party, platform, & more!
🔍 Check it out: www.campaigntracker.de
📊 What it does?
- Tracks AI posts & ads from parties
- Shows whether use of AI was disclosed
- Lets you explore AI content by party, platform, & more!
🔍 Check it out: www.campaigntracker.de
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It was never about “free speech.”
February 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It was never about “free speech.”
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But, honestly, the crisis is Trump ignoring absolutely bedrock constitutional principles (like the congressional power of the purse and birthright citizenship) and clear statutory text (like the Impoundment Control Act). It's not Trump ignoring some district judge.
February 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
But, honestly, the crisis is Trump ignoring absolutely bedrock constitutional principles (like the congressional power of the purse and birthright citizenship) and clear statutory text (like the Impoundment Control Act). It's not Trump ignoring some district judge.