I'm all in favour of subversion and silly subculture references, but I'm afraid the author may have a point, as most of this infantalisation aims at stabilising the existing economic order while undermining the nicer aspects of the political one
https://www.salon.com/2018/08/08/the-infantilization-of-western-culture_partner/

"We represent the rejects and the dregs, and are proud of it". Not sure if this is much of a threat to Meloni
https://www.reuters.com/world/italian-general-launches-far-right-party-threatening-melonis-election-hopes-2026-06-14/

2025 open acces #tbp: The Radical Right Research Robot: a template for political science communication on messy social media #radicalright @RRResRobot 🤖
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2474736X.2025.2549079

Der Bereich Internationale Politik der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz schreibt eine Stelle als Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (m/w/d) in Teilzeit (50%) befristet bis zum 31.3.2028 (Elternzeitvertretung) aus.

Bewerbungsfrist: 22.06.2026

14-year-old Kai didn't give much thought to the mid-2020s in general, or pop stars' pensions in particular, what with the impending nuclear apocalypse and all. But I think he wouldn't have expected this. Gen X nostalgia is quickly accelerating past Boomer nostalgia

When Google Scholar made me shiver #tbp

https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/digital-geese-and-real-graves/

"Today, you've failed in life if you're not a presidential candidate"
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/06/11/macron-s-surprise-victory-in-2017-inspires-new-wave-of-french-presidential-hopefuls_6754372_5.html

2025 #ThrowBackPaper (open access): In (Western) Europe, #Islamophobia is strongly related to #farright attitudes. But both are unrelated to religiosity 📄🔁📊
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20531680251351895

This has been going on for a while now (in a sense for almost a century), but current polling in the East lends a sense of urgency to this sad story
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/06/12/germany-s-far-right-wages-culture-war-against-the-bauhaus_6754386_4.html

The #RadicalRight in Austria: P. Rathgeb. “Makers Against Takers: the Socio-economic Ideology and Policy of the Austrian Freedom Party”. In: West European Politics 44.3 (2021), pp. 635-660. dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2020.1720400.

We've all noticed that (Google) search has become noticeably worse since #genAI, but the logistics driving this decline are ... kind of funny? Reminds me of the days when Google bombing was still a thing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/google-search-ai-optimization/687495/

Nothing like a round of friendly backstabbing over policy
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/06/11/bardella-s-contradiction-of-le-pen-on-pensions-confounds-french-far-right_6754330_5.html

The Internationalist Boys have returned! The Marxist-Leninist Sect is one of #Germany strangest operations #ThrowBackPost
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/mldp-the-internationalist-boys-are-back-in-town/

Am Mittwoch, 17.06.2026, ist wieder Zeit für unsere #Forschungswerkstatt!

Jiajia Zhou (University of Toronto), aktuell als Gastwissenschaftlerin bei uns am Institut, spricht zum Thema "Firms and Place Resentment: Comparing Germany and Japan."

Alle sind herzlich willkommen!

<Friday afternoon arrives>

German profs:

In an era predating DOIs 💾‍ #throwback #AcademicWriting
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/in-a-land-before-doi/

Happens all the time #AcademicChatter

Find further writings on the Radical Right in Europe at https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/extreme-right-western-europe-bibliography/

Why yes, cozying up to MAGA is surely going to play well with French voters on the far right 👇

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-eric-zemmour-donald-trump-far-right-allies/

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