Ana Petrova
@anapetrova.bsky.social
Poli Sci PhD, reader and traveller, older twin.
I went to the Taylor Swift concert in Edinburgh. The taxi driver who took us from the outskirts of the city to the Stadium insisted on driving us free of charge bc he saw how excited we were.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: New Jersey Transit is currently planning to charge more than $100 for return rail tickets from Penn Station to MetLife Stadium for FIFA World Cup games.
The 18-mile rail journey ordinarily costs $12.90 for a return ticket. nyti.ms/4tRnBV8
The 18-mile rail journey ordinarily costs $12.90 for a return ticket. nyti.ms/4tRnBV8
Train tickets to MetLife Stadium from NYC set to cost more than $100 during World Cup
A return ticket via NJ Transit for the 18-mile journey from New York Pennsylvania Station ordinarily costs $12.90.
nyti.ms
April 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I went to the Taylor Swift concert in Edinburgh. The taxi driver who took us from the outskirts of the city to the Stadium insisted on driving us free of charge bc he saw how excited we were.
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Early-career researchers: we offer a Peace Research Fellowship at @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich - fully funded, 2-week research visit with the Decades of Peace team.
Deadline: March 20
Application details: www.decadesofpeace.com/fellowship
August in Zurich may include a swim in the river.
Deadline: March 20
Application details: www.decadesofpeace.com/fellowship
August in Zurich may include a swim in the river.
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Early-career researchers: we offer a Peace Research Fellowship at @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich - fully funded, 2-week research visit with the Decades of Peace team.
Deadline: March 20
Application details: www.decadesofpeace.com/fellowship
August in Zurich may include a swim in the river.
Deadline: March 20
Application details: www.decadesofpeace.com/fellowship
August in Zurich may include a swim in the river.
I have never understood the hate for this airline. If you abide by the luggage rules and are willing to accept the occasional delay, it gets you from A to B very cheaply and efficiently. I saw 12 new countries in a single year because they offered tickets cheaper than train rides and I pack light.
Since the beginning of 2023 Ryanair’s shares have risen by 130%, far outpacing the global industry. Its remarkable ascent shows no sign of stopping. We explain why
Ryanair might be the world’s most successful airline
The low-cost carrier is flying high
econ.st
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I have never understood the hate for this airline. If you abide by the luggage rules and are willing to accept the occasional delay, it gets you from A to B very cheaply and efficiently. I saw 12 new countries in a single year because they offered tickets cheaper than train rides and I pack light.
I consider myself fortunate for having drank my coffee *before* the NYTimes notifications flooded in this morning thanks to the time difference.
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I consider myself fortunate for having drank my coffee *before* the NYTimes notifications flooded in this morning thanks to the time difference.
I feel so much empathy for this person and his ambition, but I cannot help but gasp at the lunacy (and arrogance) of attempting such a thing. How many people not coming from a developed Western country can even fathom going with “I’ll tell them I was confused and hope they believe me?”
From @theathletic.com: In an attempt to break a world record, French ultracyclist Sofiane Sehili chose to illegally cross from China to Russia. "I could not go backwards. I could not stay idle. I had to do something."
It was a decision he came to regret. nyti.ms/4ofk2Vm
It was a decision he came to regret. nyti.ms/4ofk2Vm
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I feel so much empathy for this person and his ambition, but I cannot help but gasp at the lunacy (and arrogance) of attempting such a thing. How many people not coming from a developed Western country can even fathom going with “I’ll tell them I was confused and hope they believe me?”
Is there a reason why anyone needs to set their preferences aside when it comes to dating? Or is this another article in the vein of X gen is ruining X thing?
Unrealistic expectations are probably as old as dating and relationships, but a generation of young people who have grown up with personalised music playlists and online entertainment may be less willing to set their preferences aside
All over the rich world, fewer people are hooking up and shacking up
Social media, dating apps and political polarisation all play a part
econ.st
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Is there a reason why anyone needs to set their preferences aside when it comes to dating? Or is this another article in the vein of X gen is ruining X thing?
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🚨 New research 🚨
osf.io/preprints/os...
How do oligarchs foster favorable policy outcomes in developing democracies?
I used social network and regression analyses of unique quantitative data and original interview-based evidence on the case of Ukraine (2014-2022).
Here’s what I found.
osf.io/preprints/os...
How do oligarchs foster favorable policy outcomes in developing democracies?
I used social network and regression analyses of unique quantitative data and original interview-based evidence on the case of Ukraine (2014-2022).
Here’s what I found.
June 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🚨 New research 🚨
osf.io/preprints/os...
How do oligarchs foster favorable policy outcomes in developing democracies?
I used social network and regression analyses of unique quantitative data and original interview-based evidence on the case of Ukraine (2014-2022).
Here’s what I found.
osf.io/preprints/os...
How do oligarchs foster favorable policy outcomes in developing democracies?
I used social network and regression analyses of unique quantitative data and original interview-based evidence on the case of Ukraine (2014-2022).
Here’s what I found.
This is wrong on so many levels.
A federal judge ruled that an artificial intelligence company did not break the law when it used copyrighted books to train its chatbot without the consent of the authors or publishers — but ordered it must go to trial for allegedly using pirated books.
Federal court says copyrighted books are fair use for AI training
Anthropic didn’t break the law when it trained its chatbot with copyrighted books, a judge said, but it must go to trial for allegedly using pirated books.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is wrong on so many levels.
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A federal judge ruled that an artificial intelligence company did not break the law when it used copyrighted books to train its chatbot without the consent of the authors or publishers — but ordered it must go to trial for allegedly using pirated books.
Federal court says copyrighted books are fair use for AI training
Anthropic didn’t break the law when it trained its chatbot with copyrighted books, a judge said, but it must go to trial for allegedly using pirated books.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A federal judge ruled that an artificial intelligence company did not break the law when it used copyrighted books to train its chatbot without the consent of the authors or publishers — but ordered it must go to trial for allegedly using pirated books.
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Breaking news: A federal court in Virginia ruled that Google’s advertising technology unit is an illegal monopoly, in the second of two Justice Department antitrust cases against the tech giant.
Virginia federal court rules Google’s adtech unit is an illegal monopoly
An Alexandria federal court ruled against Google in a monopoly case brought by the Justice Department.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Breaking news: A federal court in Virginia ruled that Google’s advertising technology unit is an illegal monopoly, in the second of two Justice Department antitrust cases against the tech giant.
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This is an interesting question, and kind to ask. I am U.S.-based (not U.S.), but here are my thoughts. 🧵
US researchers, help me out:
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
March 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is an interesting question, and kind to ask. I am U.S.-based (not U.S.), but here are my thoughts. 🧵
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New Cambridge Element 'Conspiracy Theories and their Believers: A Comparative Outlook' by Daniel Stockemer & @nickbordeleau.com is now free to read for 2 weeks -
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#cambridgeelements #politics
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#cambridgeelements #politics
February 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New Cambridge Element 'Conspiracy Theories and their Believers: A Comparative Outlook' by Daniel Stockemer & @nickbordeleau.com is now free to read for 2 weeks -
cup.org/4hSFMUy
#cambridgeelements #politics
cup.org/4hSFMUy
#cambridgeelements #politics
“The report from the IPPR and Common Wealth thinktanks found that business profits rose by 30% among UK-listed firms, driven by just 11% of firms that made super-profits based on their ability to push through stellar price increases – often dubbed greedflation.”
Strange to see this presented as a surprise when economists/business-friendly commentators were openly discussing 'greedflation' on the radio last year as a cheeky but understandable indulgence for companies supposedly hard-hit by the pandemic
Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows
Multinationals in particular hiked prices far above rise in costs to deliver an outsize impact on cost of living crisis, report concludes
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2023 at 1:53 PM
“The report from the IPPR and Common Wealth thinktanks found that business profits rose by 30% among UK-listed firms, driven by just 11% of firms that made super-profits based on their ability to push through stellar price increases – often dubbed greedflation.”
I also live in a crowded and noisy colony (college campus), so I can follow their example… right?
Penguins are champion power nappers. They fall asleep thousands of times, each bout a few seconds long, over the course of a single day, researchers have found. It may be an adaptation to their noisy and crowded colonies. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/s...
November 30, 2023 at 10:41 PM
I also live in a crowded and noisy colony (college campus), so I can follow their example… right?
Sickening.
Colleague: "I was thinking about having students use ChatGPT to--"
Me:
Me:
November 16, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Sickening.
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My book is here! Such a wonderful feeling to see it in print. While the book covers a group of parties that is very successful in the volatile party systems of Centr.&Eastern Europe, I learned a lot from studying these parties for party system change in general. A thread 1/10
October 26, 2023 at 9:07 AM
My book is here! Such a wonderful feeling to see it in print. While the book covers a group of parties that is very successful in the volatile party systems of Centr.&Eastern Europe, I learned a lot from studying these parties for party system change in general. A thread 1/10