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Gary King, the SPD, the (alt-)right, and declining support for Brexit: five links I liked

January 17, 2018 by Kai Arzheimer

Gary King came here and gave a very cool talk. He experimentally varied the content of small-ish news outlets (!), and the national conversation on Social Media changed massively. In other news, ethics is overrated 😉 Germany’s SPD really dislikes the idea of being in power (or at least in a coalition) The New Statesman…

Trump, R, and the French right: five links I liked

January 3, 2024December 17, 2017 by Kai Arzheimer

One of the best (and most depressing) articles on Trump I’ve read so far: “Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation” If you learnt R as a grad student and if that was some time ago (cough), here is help to get you started on the new ways of doing things in R To further drive…

Bitcoin, Brexit, Beauty: Four links I liked

December 13, 2017December 6, 2017 by Kai Arzheimer

#Bitcoin an even bigger waste of energy than previously thought. Some people claim that running the currency (if it is one) right now use up as much energy as running Denmark. After careful consideration, I prefer Denmark. A long, thoughtful essay on Brexit, written from a semi-Canadian perspective. Well worth your time. Another little Brexit…

Nick Griffin, Trump, Google Scholar, and some more: five links I liked

July 14, 2023March 22, 2017 by Kai Arzheimer

Life is stranger than fiction: Former BNP leader Nick Griffin says he hopes to emigrate to Hungary within ’the next six month’. Of course, he will be an ex-pat, not an immigrant there. Over at the LSE blog, Eric Kaufman explains why the fear of ’Islamization’ is driving populist right support, and what to do…

Trump, far-right parties, and academic websites: five links I liked

May 13, 2023February 10, 2017 by Kai Arzheimer

Germany’s top court does not ban the right-wing extremist NPD, because it deems the party irrelevant by now On the apparent madness in the White House: A Strategic Lens Won’t Bring Trump into Focus, So Let’s Give Psychology a Shot (Honest Graft) A rather different view on Trump: Trump’s lies as a rational choice (Fully…

Five Brexit links I did not really like

October 30, 2016 by Kai Arzheimer

Court battle looms over Brexit legality
Brexit Britain: British Election Study Insights from the post-EU Referendum wave: https://t.co/sPuOXOkKYX
British unity shaken by talk of ‘hard Brexit’
Reality or parody? British tea, jam and biscuits will be at the heart of Britain’s Brexit trade plans
And this: Brexit triggers 12.5% Marmite price hike
Support for UKIP has halved after referendum

Bonus:

A reminder of some key points and questions for all those Brexiters moaning about Remainers moaning. pic.twitter.com/zil7xvP3Se
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) October 18, 2016

Links I liked: German Presidency, the AfD makes a silly mistake, and the 1975 Europe referendum

June 12, 2016 by Kai Arzheimer

Germany’s president is not going to seek a second term. An article in the Economist explains why this matters The AfD is using stockphotos to illustrate its nativist message. The models are actually … Romanians There was another Brexit referendum 41 years ago. Here are some wonderful vintage photos. [contentcards url="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/05/do-you-remember-first-time-readers-1975-europe-referendum"]

Links I liked: Daesh (Isis), College textbooks as a racket, and humanity’s lost battle against the machine

January 3, 2024November 21, 2015 by Kai Arzheimer

The controversy about how we should refer to the terrorist group known in Western Europe as “ISIS” has been going on for some time (the Americans prefer “ISIL”). If you followed the news after the recent attacks (and who hasn’t), you will have noticed that a third name, “Daesh”, is gaining currency with heads of…

Scientific fraud, Soviet cosmonauts, fixed effects, comics: Links I liked

October 27, 2015 by Kai Arzheimer

Why Andre Gelman doesn’t use the terms “fixed” and “random”. If he doesn’t, we shouldn’t. Probably [contentcards url="http://t.co/3Hx29jse53"] PhD Comics: Overtime [contentcards url="http://t.co/OvTWTqYfTP"] Academic fraud in Political Science [contentcards url="http://t.co/ee0voTQ5tD"] Posters from the Soviet Space Age. [contentcards url="http://t.co/qn2Q3x4z18"] And finally, Fascinating longread on the LaCour affair [contentcards url="http://t.co/HlhC9PP3gX"]

Links I Liked

October 17, 2015 by

RT @internetofshit: And that’s when our smart devices learned to blackmail us Don’t forget blueprint for this building was stolen, too Unafraid of #Greek / #German national stereotypes? Try this hilariously stupid video: V is for #Varoufakis Exactly MT @BioDataGanache: Sometimes peer review goes wrong… dreadfully wrong. RT @SLdeLange: Charming new poster from UDC/SVP youth…