Alex Dukalskis
@alexdukalskis
Research & teach on authoritarian states and human rights. Head of @ucdpolitics.bsky.social (opinions my own, obvs.) Publications: Academic Freedom Officer @psaireland.bsky.social & editorial board @cpcs.bsky.social
Apparently 2/3 of Americans don’t know who Mao was. 7/10 for Deng. Shocking but not surprising lack of popular knowledge about Chinese politics. It’s a huge issue. (before you snark with ‘oh Americans are so uniquely stupid’ are you confident similar results wouldn’t obtain in many other places?)
A predictable (and reversible) outcome of trump’s foreign policy but holy fucking shit he has shredded global goodwill toward the u.s. into smithereens. And for nothing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I’d imagine it had to do with being sucked out of an airplane window
I have it from a reliable source that Trump knows more about sports than anyone, so…
Apparently it is totally unfathomable that before Ireland's new school lunch scheme parents used to put vegetables in their kids' lunch.... Screen cap from survey that Ireland's Department for Social Protection fielded to parents. "What did you send to school with your child for lunch before...?"
Me giving the talk, and then me answering a question at the talk by apparently saying 'you wanna come at me bro?'
In my experience it is not true that RyanAir is the only one doing this. Aer Lingus, for example, charges you to sit with your kids. — Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with children www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is the upside-down world we live in: Trump golf course in Vietnam important for US-Vietnam relations. www.ft.com/content/88b2...
2026 is already unparalleled for me as a sports fan. Arsenal could make it almost impossible to match in the champions league final. Let’s go!
Well now who’s this up & coming scholar I should be keeping an eye on
Cool to see @zecsaky.bsky.social quoted in this long piece on Hungary’s election.
If only like everyone on the planet already knew this in advance. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The theory of the case seems to be that an air campaign will lead to uprisings will lead to dislodging the government will lead to its replacement by something better. A lot of assumptions and uncertainty built in to that equation with a high likelihood that innocent people will be killed.