An epic battle: Karl Marx vs Max Weber
ChatGPT. It’s a brand-new technology, so let’s do something silly: the Marx-Weber Rap
Weekend Wisdom
It’s Friday afternoon, some algorithm surfaced this for me, and I could not agree more. Share with those who need to hear this.
The Radical Right Research Robot is on Mastodon
The Radical Right Research Bot is now also on Mastodon. Click here to find it.
Chatbot politicians: artificial intelligence and “next level” populism
It was probably only a matter of time. To use the technical term: FFS
Maria Sobolewska and Rob Ford on Brexit
In the run-up to Christmas, I missed this excellent Radikaalpodcast episode with Maria Sobolewska & Rob Ford (not a 🍁) talking about their Brexitland book. Hosted by Cas Mudde, definitely worth a👂.
A small note from a not-so-great-anymore island
Well, what else did I expect? Coming back to the UK after six years was bound to be strange.
The seven least unread blogs in 2022
This year’s 7 most read blog-posts, ranked.
Get off my lawn! Are journal demands for “novelty” creating a culture of low-level academic dishonesty?
This article on the Duck by Dan Nexon, about rather unfortunate consequences of the publish/perish incentives,makes some very good points
Definitive version of article on measuring political secularism published (yay!)
Santa came early and brought me a volume, an issue & even some page numbers. In other word, my Politics & Religion article on the 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 is out in print (how very old school!). [bibtex file=ka.bib key=arzheimer-2022] But hey, it is still 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 and digitally yours at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755048322000104.
Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site
When I was a boy, the sea off Sellafield was supposed to be the most radioactive body of water in the world. No idea if this was true, but this article about the past, present, and unfortunately very, very long future of Britain’s nuclear fuel industry is excellent.