Joakim Kreutz
@joakimkreutz.bsky.social
Associate professor at Department of Government, Uppsala University. Scholarly interests include armed conflict onset, dynamics, and termination; repression and peacemaking, sanctions and trust. Other interests include football, food, travel, and more.
Gamla fina Örebro! Tack för idag!
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Gamla fina Örebro! Tack för idag!
Centrist parties that try to capture votes from anti-immigrant right wing parties will just alienate [their] voters that want different policies
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Centrist parties that try to capture votes from anti-immigrant right wing parties will just alienate [their] voters that want different policies
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I love and admire Ben for many reasons, and one of them is how perfectly he is able to distill the pathetic-ness of the right and instill hope and solidarity in everyone else around him.
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist
english.elpais.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I love and admire Ben for many reasons, and one of them is how perfectly he is able to distill the pathetic-ness of the right and instill hope and solidarity in everyone else around him.
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
I need s k AI for two tasks: (1) to respond "no" whenever new AI-tools are forced upon me in existing programs, and (2) to respond "don't believe the hype" into "surveys on my view on AI in teaching/research". The latter... 3 in a week...?
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I need s k AI for two tasks: (1) to respond "no" whenever new AI-tools are forced upon me in existing programs, and (2) to respond "don't believe the hype" into "surveys on my view on AI in teaching/research". The latter... 3 in a week...?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
It's time to talk about the horrors in Sudan - and Rhen support of UAE - just like we talk about the horrors in Gaza.
It's time to talk about the horrors in Sudan - and Rhen support of UAE - just like we talk about the horrors in Gaza.
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
It's time to talk about the horrors in Sudan - and Rhen support of UAE - just like we talk about the horrors in Gaza.
It's time to talk about the horrors in Sudan - and Rhen support of UAE - just like we talk about the horrors in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... It's not radikal- it's tuesday
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... It's not radikal- it's tuesday
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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October 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Happy 80th anniversary. Still needed, maybe more than ever.
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Happy 80th anniversary. Still needed, maybe more than ever.
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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🇪🇺 Europeans say no to tariffs!
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
European voters say no to tariffs
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 AM
🇪🇺 Europeans say no to tariffs!
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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I agree. The marginal gains are trivial for most use cases, and the "PhDs in your pocket" is really "sounds like someone with a PhD but actually requires the user to have one to know when it hallucinates."
"ChatGPT-3 cost $50 million; ChatGPT-4 $500 million; and ChatGPT-5 $5 billion. Improvement [among] generations has been so slim it is almost unnoticeable."
A recent analysis suggests the #AI bubble may be 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble + 4x larger than the 2008 housing bubble.
Concerning.
A recent analysis suggests the #AI bubble may be 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble + 4x larger than the 2008 housing bubble.
Concerning.
The AI Bubble Is Far Worse Than We Thought
2008 who?
www.planetearthandbeyond.co
October 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I agree. The marginal gains are trivial for most use cases, and the "PhDs in your pocket" is really "sounds like someone with a PhD but actually requires the user to have one to know when it hallucinates."
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The good thing about starting a war with an imaginary opponent ("antifa") is that peace negotiations are so much easier...
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The good thing about starting a war with an imaginary opponent ("antifa") is that peace negotiations are so much easier...
LOL
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
LOL
A great way to sabotage any comparative advantage in the growing market for green energy. Kind of like when Japan decided "this trade thingy is not for us" - how did that pan out?
Energy dominance!
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A great way to sabotage any comparative advantage in the growing market for green energy. Kind of like when Japan decided "this trade thingy is not for us" - how did that pan out?
"Democracy is a precondition for lastning peace", well played by the norwegians...
October 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"Democracy is a precondition for lastning peace", well played by the norwegians...
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The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.
Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…
Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.
www.canarymedia.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.
Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
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Why do authoritarian states charge political opponents with non-political crimes? In our @thejop.bsky.social paper with Jennifer Pan & @yiqingxu.bsky.social, we examine how *Disguised Repression* undermines opponents’ moral authority and mobilization capacity. doi.org/10.1086/7342...
October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why do authoritarian states charge political opponents with non-political crimes? In our @thejop.bsky.social paper with Jennifer Pan & @yiqingxu.bsky.social, we examine how *Disguised Repression* undermines opponents’ moral authority and mobilization capacity. doi.org/10.1086/7342...
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"State Terror: A brief guide for Americans"
Revisiting a piece I wrote in April 2025
"In the history of state terror, the escape from law into coercion takes three forms... the leader principle; the state of exception; and the zone of statelessness."
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
Revisiting a piece I wrote in April 2025
"In the history of state terror, the escape from law into coercion takes three forms... the leader principle; the state of exception; and the zone of statelessness."
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"State Terror: A brief guide for Americans"
Revisiting a piece I wrote in April 2025
"In the history of state terror, the escape from law into coercion takes three forms... the leader principle; the state of exception; and the zone of statelessness."
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
Revisiting a piece I wrote in April 2025
"In the history of state terror, the escape from law into coercion takes three forms... the leader principle; the state of exception; and the zone of statelessness."
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror