Origins of American right-wing extremism in the 1960s
A short, interesting read: How the John Birch Society prepared the ground for Trumpism
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So long, Twitter API, and thanks for all the fish | snarfed.org
While you were occupied with the substack ban/unban, everyone’s least favourite billionaire is trying to make twitter profitable by 🥁 🥁 🥁 killing hobbyist projects like this.
A high-quality cloned journal has duped hundreds of scholars, and has no reason to stop
I lead a very sheltered life: before reading this post, I had never suspected that it is possible to hijack an academic journal.
Who’s Afraid of Mussolini’s Ghost?
Not too many, it would seem. Good, short article on the far right in Italy today and its relationship with historical Fascism.
RADIKAAL: Kim Lane Scheppele on Viktor Orbán’s Hungary
This is excellent 👆
Thread by @dsmerdon on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
ChatGPT is very good at inventing credible-sounding research papers – stuff that could, at first glance, be real, but isn’t. Here is a long thread about what is probably/possibly going on behind the scenes. Long story short: don’t trust this machine. It’s the AI equivalent of a man that is both mediocre and overconfident.
GPT and my own career trajectory
Food for thought here
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.
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👂.