The other day, Larry Bartels posted a Monkey Cage article entitled “Here’s how a cartoon smiley face punched a big hole in democratic theory,” with the subtitle, “Fleeting exposure to ‘irrelevant ...

Now in its third season, the Adult Swim series from Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel continues to spawn memes and grow its fanbase Adult Swim Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack, the co-creators of Smiling ...

Democracy, Mencken says here every day, is “the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.” But that’s not the way most political scientists see it. The leading theoretical paradigm in the field ...

The latest filter to break the TikTok-verse virtually transforms you into an animated character. When the trend first popped in December 2020, you had to leave the app to create your own Frozen-worthy ...

In Slack’s emoji menu, there are two versions of basic smiley faces. As shown above, there is :slightly_smiling_face: and :simple_smile:. At first glance, it might appear that the first offers a ...

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