Sunder Katwala (sundersays)

sundersays.bsky.social

18 October 2026 08:55

The SNP conference has supported a motion calling for the SNP & the Scottish government to leave the X platform owned by Elon Musk www.thenational.scot/news/2664596...

Kate Starbird

katestarbird.bsky.social

28 September 2026 17:08

Last week, we saw two cases where real election issues in UT and TX catalyzed legitimate criticism along with false rumors and misleading political narratives. Our team wrote up a "rumor rundown" for each case. uwcip.substack.com/p/recent-uta...

Curd Knüpfer

curdknupfer.bsky.social

24 September 2026 08:55

Really interesting dynamic pinpointed here, which also applies to radicalizing parties in other country contexts. It can (partly) be explained by the rise of new connective ties to surrogate organizations, which pull parties towards more radicalized positions. As is e.g. argued & demonstrated...

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly

seamas.bsky.social

08 September 2026 14:37

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Léonie de Jonge

leoniedejonge.bsky.social

07 September 2026 21:21

🪩 Busy conferencing with the @unituebingen.bsky.social IRex PoliSci team in Krakow this week for the @ecpr.bsky.social general conference. You will find us & exciting new research (mostly) here, in the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social section: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... 🐈‍⬛