Zeth Isaksson
@zethis.bsky.social
Max Weber fellow at the EUI | Political behavior and historical political economy |
Looks like a DAG @pengzell.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Looks like a DAG @pengzell.bsky.social
Worst I’ve seen (the DAG not the album)
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Worst I’ve seen (the DAG not the album)
One of my favourite papers
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
One of my favourite papers
Easiest review ever
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Easiest review ever
EPSA without lunch breaks has entered the chat
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
EPSA without lunch breaks has entered the chat
I’m old enough to remember when the youth wing of the moderates had their own troll account called Håkan Ljugholt.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I’m old enough to remember when the youth wing of the moderates had their own troll account called Håkan Ljugholt.
(Also, if anyone has a universal ‘Manuscript-Central-approved’ LaTeX template, please send it over)
a bald man in a blue suit is making a funny face while pointing at something .
ALT: a bald man in a blue suit is making a funny face while pointing at something .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
(Also, if anyone has a universal ‘Manuscript-Central-approved’ LaTeX template, please send it over)
How many collective years of research are wasted annually fixing LaTeX files that Manuscript Central rejects for no good reason?
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
How many collective years of research are wasted annually fixing LaTeX files that Manuscript Central rejects for no good reason?
Söder also loves McDonals! 🍔
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Söder also loves McDonals! 🍔
I’ve got a paper in press on automobile culture and far-right populism, which makes a very similar argument. There’s definitely a lot more work needed on this. My core claim is that far-right populism is embedded in local sociocultural identities — including food, hobbies, and aesthetic tastes.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I’ve got a paper in press on automobile culture and far-right populism, which makes a very similar argument. There’s definitely a lot more work needed on this. My core claim is that far-right populism is embedded in local sociocultural identities — including food, hobbies, and aesthetic tastes.
It already is, but foods are nested within identities. This was earlier mostly seen on the other side of the political spectrum. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Why Do Liberals Drink Lattes?1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 120, No 5
Popular accounts of “lifestyle politics” and “culture wars” suggest that political and ideological divisions extend also to leisure activities, consumption, aesthetic taste, and personal morality. Dra...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It already is, but foods are nested within identities. This was earlier mostly seen on the other side of the political spectrum. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Yes but no? Söder explicitly said that döner is his favourite food and even made döner-merch. His food blogging isn’t really about “Bavarian authenticity”, it’s part of his ordinary-guy appeal, just like you said. He also posts constantly about Star Wars, which is hardly a Bavarian identity marker…
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Yes but no? Söder explicitly said that döner is his favourite food and even made döner-merch. His food blogging isn’t really about “Bavarian authenticity”, it’s part of his ordinary-guy appeal, just like you said. He also posts constantly about Star Wars, which is hardly a Bavarian identity marker…
Oh! Should have been next month/year (when I’m back)
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Oh! Should have been next month/year (when I’m back)
The nostalgia we need!
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The nostalgia we need!
Considering my previous work on booze and support for the Sweden Democrats, I suppose there’s still some academic value in this fieldwork. Honestly though, I love EPSS, really sad not to be going this year.
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Considering my previous work on booze and support for the Sweden Democrats, I suppose there’s still some academic value in this fieldwork. Honestly though, I love EPSS, really sad not to be going this year.