Teacher, former China-studying-guy.https://bsky.app/profile/hdoshay.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hdoshay.bsky.social/post/3mp7ba4xswc2eLooks like the phrenology of Chinese officials paper got published in the leading political science journal. This is clearly very healthy for the state of the discipline.26 Jun 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:66il4kvxbl756jerlwuroilj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7ba4xswc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hdoshay.bsky.social/post/3mddt4caxqs27Last year, I reviewed around 120 papers for UCSD's Young Scholars' Conference. This year? Over 300 applications, and the influence of AI is so apparent. So many trash, AI-generated cover letters and AI generated abstracts (maybe even AI-generated research questions) make this such a slog.26 Jan 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:66il4kvxbl756jerlwuroilj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddt4caxqs27