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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Remains the best application of the plagiarism machine? #Throwback

An epic battle: Karl Marx vs Max Weber - kai arzheimer

ChatGPT. It's a brand-new technology, so let's do something silly: the Marx-Weber Rap

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

'One of the most spiritually exhausting elements of current events is that it’s impossible to discuss such things without sounding like a conspiratorial lunatic, but here we are'

The Epstein Files and Russiagate are the Same Thing

For years the culture war has assigned these scandals to opposite teams.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Mood

Chris Prosser @caprosser.com · 1d

Brushing up on some reading for a research ethics workshop I'm running in a couple of weeks and perhaps getting a little carried away...

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Now what?

RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 2d

Are you interested in populism? → C. Mudde. “Three Decades of Populist Radical Right Parties in Western Europe: So What?” In: European Journal of Political Research 52.1 (2013), pp. 1-19. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.2012.02065.x.

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Chris Prosser @caprosser.com · 1d

Brushing up on some reading for a research ethics workshop I'm running in a couple of weeks and perhaps getting a little carried away...

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Last day of teaching (for this endless winter term) #AcademicChatter

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

If the aim is to destroy American soft power, this is a YUGE success

The World Boos the US Government

Many.posts have dealt with international views of the United States. They have taken a negativ...

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

In an era predating DOIs 🗃️‍ #throwback #AcademicWriting

In a land before DOIs - kai arzheimer

There are so many systems that are supposed to document our outputs, talking to each other all the time.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

But, but, that's just plagiarism, a colour filter, and one stupid thing to make it less obvious

RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 2d

Hi-lar-AI-ous I tell you.

Little did I dream when I posted this on Twitter 12 years ago (nearly to the day) that one day machines would eat it up and spit it back out as partly rewarmed slop and the slightly less amount of soul AI copy of my work would live on as a cartoon zombie....

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

Surprisingly useful: sorting & filtering bibtex files with bibtool

Filtering Bibtex Files with Bibtool - kai arzheimer

Filtering bibtex files based on fields and other criteria is easy with bibtool.

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RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 2d

Are you interested in populism? → C. Mudde. “Three Decades of Populist Radical Right Parties in Western Europe: So What?” In: European Journal of Political Research 52.1 (2013), pp. 1-19. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.2012.02065.x.

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

This is why you shouldn't follow me for productivity tips #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter #PoorlyDrawnLines

A comic titled “KEVIN IS SELF-EMPLOYED” shows a bear and a bird in an office. The bear questions the bird’s productivity after buying fancy office gear. The bird lists “make a list” as a task, then tells the bear to use a fancy pen to cross it off — satisfyingly completing the only item.

RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 2d

Hi-lar-AI-ous I tell you.

Little did I dream when I posted this on Twitter 12 years ago (nearly to the day) that one day machines would eat it up and spit it back out as partly rewarmed slop and the slightly less amount of soul AI copy of my work would live on as a cartoon zombie....

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

Great advice, but also a bit anxiety-inducing, no?

Leanne C. Powner @leannecpowner.bsky.social · 3d

STOP. What are the next 3 articles/papers/book chapters you're getting out? What are the immediate next steps to achieve that? Are you doing the prep work now to get those writing pieces out on schedule? One paper/chapter a term is MORE than enough for most faculty!

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Excellent paper by an excellent colleague

RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 6d

A. L. P. Pirro. “Far Right: The Significance of an Umbrella Concept”. In: Nations and Nationalism 29.1 (2023), pp. 101-112. dx.doi.org/10.1111/nana.12860.

Leanne C. Powner @leannecpowner.bsky.social · 3d

STOP. What are the next 3 articles/papers/book chapters you're getting out? What are the immediate next steps to achieve that? Are you doing the prep work now to get those writing pieces out on schedule? One paper/chapter a term is MORE than enough for most faculty!

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Vicariously proud of former @powimz.bsky.social MA student @luceng.bsky.social who has just published this very interesting paper on #farright Christian rhetoric in *Party Politics* 👏🎓📄✨📚

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

This is pushing the boundaries of modest hardware, but I think like my immediate neighbours, I'm still just about within the #PolSci cluster

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Or simply go here: bluesky-map.theo.io/

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Here's the explainer thread: bsky.app/profile/theo...

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Happy to report that I'm living on the edge (of a rather small cluster in a peripheral, unfashionable region of the 🦋-verse). It's a nice enough neighbourhood.

A map of Bluesky clusters in February 2026. See https://bluesky-map.theo.io/

A closeup of my neighbourhood on Bluesky. See https://bluesky-map.theo.io/

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Never get high on your own supply and all that, but have y'all ever tried reading one of your old publications, or even a manuscript that's been under review for a while? Pure, underappreciated bliss #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Flashback to a case of academic dementia 📚🧠 #Throwbackpost #AcademicLife/

Academic Déjà vu, or Academic Dementia? - kai arzheimer

I get a lot of academic spam However, the missive that arrived yesterday looked like the real deal, then made me question my sanity.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d

According to Pew, 36 million Americans identify as Black and 68 million identify as Latino.

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d

'Orban and the far-rightists who spoke up for him are not the kind of company that Israeli leaders would have kept in the past'.

Then again, Likud is not exactly what it used to be in the past.

Why Israel Courts the Far Right in Europe

The parties include some with a history of antisemitism.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d

Great to see that the UK has veered away from the brink of normality and is firmly back in clown car territory 🤡

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d

🇺🇸 Straight from the Handmaid's Tale: there is a 'strong, positive relationship between Christian nationalism and the desire to strip women of their voting rights'. The link does not vary across racial groups, and, most worryingly, it's not really a fringe position 🇺🇸

Is It Just *White* Christian Nationalist Misogyny?

By Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker A Roy’s Report story a few days ago reported on the misogynistic views of Reformed Pastor Dale Patridge of Prescott, Arizona. He is not a newcomer to urging a r…

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d

2025 #ThrowBackPaper (open access): In (Western) Europe, #Islamophobia is closely linked to #farright attitudes. But both are unrelated to religiosity 📄🔁📊

Islamophobia in Western Europe is unrelated to religiosity but highly correlated with far right attitudes - Kai Arzheimer, 2025

The far right’s relationship with religion has become a major focus of current research. Even in Western Europe, one of the most rapidly secularising areas of t...

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