Like many others, I had a great time on Twitter. I joined in October 2008, more than 16 years ago. I had a slow start, but eventually I produced about 22,800 tweets, equivalent to about 1,400 posts per year or about four per day. During the last decade, it was more like 10 per day.…
Katzenjammer, Völlegefühle und jetzt auch noch Bundestagswahl: Ohne Paywall.
Why is Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party targeting me as a potential donor? I have no idea, and the algo doesn’t really say.
What were the 5 posts in 2024 that people actually read? #1 will surprise you.
Germany’s campaign already reveals deep political divisions over Ukraine support.
How important is nostalgia for the far right in the Netherlands? We read Versteegen (2024) to find out. Here is what we learned
Deborah Cole (together with Jon Henley) has a good (i.e., mildly depressing) piece in this Sunday’s Observer on why the respective stalemates in Berlin and Paris are a slow-moving disaster for Europe. While she was working on it, we had a lengthy chat about the German end of the situation, and I’m very happy that…
Is “Europe” still an issue that can (positively) motivate voters? 3 authors say ‘yes’, but we are not fully convinced.
Studying the far-right vote in Europe, again This winter, I’m teaching a new iteration of my MA reading class on far-right voting in Europe. I have been doing this for a long time, and every now and then I feel the urge to summarise decades of research by stating the obvious: some people are simply…
Everyone & their gran are leaving Twitter for Bluesky. Here are some links to help you get started.