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Information flows has long been central to power. Fascinating work by @LinaSkgd uses telegraph interruptions during Napoleon's 1851 coup -an early succesful example against a democ. regime- to show how controlling this infrastructure was key in deterring anti-coup coordination.

All fun and games until ChatGPT comes for *your* job

This is a great list of books on nationalism - with one exception. A brief thread on why Imagined Communities is one of the most overrated books in the field - and what other books should replace it on any reading list on the subject. 1/

Poc ens passa

“Mentre allà se'm rifaven, aquí res. Ni una oportunitat”. Un programa espanyol de captació de talent internacional deixa als llimbs a prop de 300 científics top. ara.cat/societat/progr…

“Ens paguen amb vals regal per vigilar exàmens i hem de fer peripècies per convertir-los en diners.” Gairebé la meitat d’estudiants de doctorat a Catalunya no reben una beca i s'espavilen com poden per mantenir-se. "Fem recerca, però sense finançament" bit.ly/3BBut32

És realment anguniós veure el pati on has jugat tota la infantesa i adolescència il·lustrant una notícia com aquesta. No puc dir res més.

La història no ens absoldrà. Merda de món.

Over the years I've heard so many people criticise the term 'inclusive institutions'. But it's just a rephrasing of "merchants/capitalists/bourgeoisie, not landed morons, control the state" so that the process can sound more liberal-democratic & less class-analytic ;-)

👉 Deixem per ací algunes de les iniciatives que s'han organitzat per tal d'arreplegar aportacions econòmiques i fer caixes de resistència per ajudar a les afectades de la DANA. 🧶🫂 Accediu als seus perfils per informar-vos, moltes gràcies!

Friends of Florence! I am going to be at the EUI from January to June and I am looking for an apartment (ideally close to the university). Please let me know if you know something or someone who can help!

"After Spain’s Floods, a Surge of Volunteers, and of Rage" As the country reels from a flood that has left at least 214 people dead, thousands have flocked to devastated areas to help. Anger toward public officials is growing. nytimes.com/2024/11/03/wor…

El PSC avui voldrà disfressar-se de gestor neutral i proper, però el seu model és el que accelera els desastres naturals d'aquests dies: ampliació de l'aeroport, el Hard Rock, la Copa Amèrica, la F1 al Passeig de Gràcia... son boníssims fent-ho oblidar ràpid. No ho oblidem.

🧵 spain has some of europe's best neighbourhood-level income data, but it's buried in the statistical office website i scraped and structured the data to make it accessible with one line of code check out my new R package: pablogguz.github.io/ineAtlas/

Getting a community note on a post on this platform increases the chances that the original poster will take their misleading post down. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Don't miss out on this guide on how to run surveys: on creating your own identifying variation: more than 80 pages and an Appendix with examples including social desirability, vignettes, information treatments and more.

As SPS HoD during this ranking period, I’m thrilled with this outcome—it's a testament to the hard work our department has put in to remain at the forefront of political science.

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Avui #23N hem pulveritzat tots els registres: 170.000 persones. La manifestació per l’habitatge més gran de l’història de Catalunya i de l’Estat espanyol! I això només és el principi, anem cap a la vaga de lloguer.