I (try to) advance our knowledge on the politics of dictatorships, political elites, comparative politics, and 💵🏠 as Professor of Political Science at University of Oslo. I also collect loads of data on governments: https://whogov.net/.https://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3mu52fibbrs25This is crazy. But the truly crazy thing is that ~35 percent of Americans look at this and agree with Trump.28 Aug 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu52fibbrs25https://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3mu3mn6pj2s2pSaturday Night Live's sketches are great this season! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3mn6pj2s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3mtwpwywm4k2jLooks like military hardliners used to govern with repression and with tons of blood on their hands are replacing the theocracy in Iran. Poor Iranians. I fear they are going from bad to worse. What a colossal failure. https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/08/20/a-military-junta-is-consolidating-power-in-iran?utm_content=ed-picks-image-link-1&etear=nl_today_1&utm_campaign=r.the-economist-today&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=8/24/2026&utm_id=222586825 Aug 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwpwywm4k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3mttqbtygws2gThank you for the team effort in organizing this @jonaswschmid.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social, @gelonn99.bsky.social, @javierpadilla.bsky.social & @andreinathoma.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttqbtygws2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3mtrm6ivfwk2vJust like Iran? This is just pure madness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrm6ivfwk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3mtqpt3lwjk22USA er ved at blive den mest irrelevante relevante supermagt. Der er ingen strategi, mål og midler ændres efter Trumps forgodtbefindende og inkompetencen er endeløs. Det er umuligt at lave aftaler med dem og vi kan ikke stole på dem. Det bedste vi kan gøre er at blive så uafhængige som muligt.23 Aug 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqpt3lwjk22https://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3mtbwbloyic2uSå blev det mandag!17 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbwbloyic2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3msuhzfn55c2bRelax, NYT, he changed planes and used other people as a decoy, it is not like he is Houdini12 Aug 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuhzfn55c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3msfsi55ens22Han sælger virkelig USA til grønlænderne [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfsi55ens22https://bsky.app/profile/jacobnyrup.bsky.social/post/3ms7fhjdgh22oA thing I noticed in take-home assignments: AI comes up with bad - but sophisticating-sounding - ideas, student is unable to filter out bad ideas, runs with the bad ideas, writes a bad, overly complex, and pretentious assignment.03 Aug 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:waoxtoj7342xkpen7phiidus/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7fhjdgh22o