Prof @zeppelin | political behaviour, quantitative methods, occasional #rstats nerd | academic: @martin_elff@sciences.social | nerdish: @elff@fosstodon.org | http://www.elff.euhttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3mcesl74ojk2fCheck out our new paper in the European Journal of Political Research (@ejprjournal.bsky.social): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-political-research/article/after-secularisation-a-comparative-analysis-of-religious-cleavages-in-western-europe/91FA8F2CBDB64CBE78D7412434873FB8#article14 Jan 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcesl74ojk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3lunvbtahis2qWhat? TG&DJT suing Obama? Then tell me why THAT was not treason? https://www.npr.org/2017/05/15/528511980/report-trump-gave-classified-information-to-russians-during-white-house-visit23 Jul 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunvbtahis2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3lkih7wvwc22vI am super-proud and happy that (and how well!!) Tatjana Brütting defended her doctorate this week. Congratulations!16 Mar 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkih7wvwc22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3lkigavuehc2vFor those who are looking for a European alternative to ChatGPT, here is one: Mistral Le Chat (chat.mistral.ai). There is also an Android app, which is not as popular as it deserves. https://chat.mistral.ai16 Mar 2025 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkigavuehc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3lkfw2htmm22cAre violent incidents in Germany more widely reported if the perpetrator is a migrant? It seems so. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Mar 2025 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkfw2htmm22chttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3li2n363msc2phttps://politicalsciencenow.com/apsa-statement-on-executive-action-impacts-on-research-funding-data-availability-and-academic-freedom/13 Feb 2025 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2n363msc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3lgaih7srps2sThe land of opportunity: You may not be able to vote in Virginia or Kentucky when you are a felon, but at least you can become president (provided you are a white, rich Republican).21 Jan 2025 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgaih7srps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3lg6oae6rz22fRuth Dassonneville and Romain Lachat are organizing a summer school on “Challenges to Electoral Democracy”, which may be of interest to you. Details can be found here: https://www.chairedemocratie.com/files/sites/98/2025/01/Call-for-Applications-summer-school-2025.pdf #ECPR-POVB20 Jan 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6oae6rz22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3lg5xncsnas2aWow, that's progress! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jan 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg5xncsnas2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3lfrzfo3zwc23To put things in perspective: If American judges were as lenient towards ordinary people as Republican senators are towards Trump's nominees, then US prisons would be much less overcrowded.15 Jan 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrzfo3zwc23https://bsky.app/profile/melff.bsky.social/post/3lbtmbqjxus2rSimple answer: No. Can Wall Street Billionaires Deliver on Trump’s Blue-Collar Promise? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/us/politics/trump-billionaires-economic-nominees.html?smid=nytcore-android-share26 Nov 2024 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:cqpim4o7uzlwagursjsi35ur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtmbqjxus2r