Jack Dean

@uclssees PhD Candidate | Views own | Focus on populism, the politics of health and conspiracy in CEE

[James Horncastle OSI @JamesHorncastle]

Serata imbarazzante che riassume tutta la stagione

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

That sound you can hear is the furious googling of the name "James Murray" by all the correspondents and pundits trying to work out who he is.

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

This comes just after PSD works with AUR to remove a pro-EU government. It would almost be funny if it wasn't so farcical.

PSD long hasn't fit in the PES, but to post this now is beyond parody.

[PES 🌹🇪🇺 @PES_PSE]

Following the no-confidence vote, the PES stands firmly with @PSD_RO_OFICIAL in calling for a stable, pro-European government in #Romania.
At this critical moment, Romania needs leadership that delivers - protecting jobs, securing EU funding and tackling the cost of living while putting social fairness first.
Social democrats are ready to help rebuild stability, restore trust and ensure that people come first.

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

Much to be said about the creeping homogenisation of the area around the Holborn area, losing its heart. Next generation of students in the area won't get to experience the atmosphere we did.

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

Another fantastic symbol of the CEE diaspora in London shutting.

With the constant rumours about Daquise too, it is becoming harder and harder to find good Polish food in the city.

[Jakub Krupa @JakubKrupa]

I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but looks like the fantastic & one of its kind Bar Polski in Holborn has closed down.

A special place & Polish institution in heart of London for 30 years, another everyday symbol of our #PolesinUK presence here - gone.

Absolutely gutted.

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

@AlisoNJMutler @universulnet @universul These aren't exit polls, but normal polls conducted prior to today

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

Fantastic read on the Romanian national side and its legendary manager, Lucescu

[Emanuel Roşu @Emishor]

I spoke to the always fascinating Mircea Lucescu for @guardian_sport ahead of Romania's crucial game vs. Turkiye in Istanbul. You can have a read below.
https://t.co/xjBJ1huUoo

[The Visual Politics of Populism Project @vipop_project]

📢 New publication out!
How do political actors use visuals to communicate? To answer this question, we went straight to the source, interviewing high-profile members of the communication teams of major Italian political parties.
Find out more here 👇
https://t.co/7QNhJsjant

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

Very interested to see the academic work that emerges from this - especially from sociology and anthropology of health.

Given the extent to which normal ChatGPT hallucinates and invents, this could be horrifying.

[Greg Brockman @gdb]

Introducing ChatGPT Health: https://t.co/HnzAoH6UtV

[German Embassy London @GermanEmbassy]

50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.

After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20mins milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.

[Ruth Deyermond @ruth_deyermond]

9. Western states are rightly focused on both conventional military and ‘grey zone’ threats from Russia, but they need to start taking political interference much more seriously than some of them have done to date.

[Ruth Deyermond @ruth_deyermond]

7. Europe’s security depends on Europe – a wider Europe.

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

In a year of continued turmoil in CEE, it is a genuine pleasure to see Sandu getting recognition.

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🇲🇩 Maia Sandu is the Telegraph’s World Leader of the Year.

The Moldovan president has spent the year defying the Kremlin turning her country into Europe's front line of democracy, all while earning less than £1,000 a month.

Read the interview with the woman Putin failed to break here ⬇️
https://t.co/w7Wixc90kE

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

There is much more that can be said, but short-form only allows for a limited extent. I will update semi-frequently on here with any further important developments as the situation progresses, but I would be open to discussing this long-form should the possibility arise.

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

Another night, another set of protests in Romania calling for judicial reform.

In the following thread, I am going to provide brief summary of how we have got here, and of where some of these slogans have been seen before

[Jack Dean @JDanielDean]

An underexplored angle is that this represents an easy 'in' for foreign influence campaigns. What better way to sow distrust in a NATO and EU member than to build upon pre-existing concerns that have now been validated from within the system itself?