
Is it uncivil to protest an uncivil president at a sports event? Mc Sweeny’s has a wonderful spoof essay on that topic: “Booing Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament demonstrates Hogwarts’ lack of civil discourse”
If you are a political scientist, you are probably familiar with the work of Matthew Shugart. But you might not be aware that he has been writing on his personal blog (they still exist) for more than a decade. A couple of weeks ago, he has published a very instructive analysis of the recent Canadian election through an electoral-systems-research lens that is absolutely worth your time.
It is now possible to create convincing deepfake videos of politicians endorsing their opponents. Watch this one (created for educational purposes) and be afraid.
https://twitter.com/CatrinNye/status/1194159004689281024
RT @kai_arzheimer: ? Campaign deepfakes
? The AfD’s culture war
? Trump is Voldemort
? the electoral system & Canada ?
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RT @kai_arzheimer: The #AfD’s starts a culture war, Trump is Voldemort, Canada’s electoral system does weird things, and political deepfake…