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SL in Politics. University of Edinburgh, PIR #PoliticsOfMigration. #MS #Leither 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Own account/(re)posts=interesting https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/pontus-odmalm

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*cries in ”Intro to Pol Sci: What is ”power”? And when is it (not) legitimate?”*

11.02.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Giving academics a bad rep, part 2.

11.02.2026 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform UK's threat to defund Bangor University 'shows how bullying would be its style in government' Martin Shipton Reform UK’s threat to defund Bangor University because a student debating society rejected its demand to host a Q&A meeting featuring one of its MPs indicates the bullying behaviour the...

”Reform UK’s threat to defund Bangor University because *a student debating society* rejected its demand to host a Q&A meeting featuring one of its MPs indicates *the bullying behaviour the party would engage in if it came to power*//…//”

nation.cymru/news/reform-...

10.02.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awkward shuffling in chairs and looks that could only be interpreted as ”please please please stop”.

10.02.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is drinking a glass of water from a clear bottle ALT: a man is drinking a glass of water from a clear bottle

Thought I’d be down with the kids today and mentioned #BadBunnyGate during the lecture on citizenship and philosophies of integration. Didn’t go as planned.

10.02.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research

β€β€œI saw the writing on the wall,” Malik explained. β€œIt took trust for the US to become a scientific powerhouse. It took 70 years – and was destroyed within six months,” he said.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

10.02.2026 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sweden pushes ahead with proposed law to tighten up citizenship The Swedish government has revealed the details of a new law designed to tighten up citizenship requirements, among other things demanding an eight-year residency period and a 20,000 kronor self-suffi...

β€œ//…//among other things demanding an eight-year residency period and a 20,000 kronor self-sufficiency requirement.”

www.thelocal.se/20260209/swe...

09.02.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€

09.02.2026 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t say you weren’t warned πŸ‘‡

09.02.2026 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK expands Hong Kong visa scheme in wake of Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next five years

β€œMinisters have opened up visas to thousands more people from Hong Kong in the wake of the 20-year prison sentence handed down to the pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

09.02.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important read πŸ‘‡

09.02.2026 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œBad Bunny is a U.S. citizen, by the way. He hails from Puerto Rico, which is a part of the United States.” Important read πŸ‘‡

09.02.2026 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I like Motley Crue as much as the next academic, but it’s painful to be reminded that Cheap Trick opened for them back in the day. Thoughts and prayers, please.

09.02.2026 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€

09.02.2026 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important read(s) πŸ‘‡

09.02.2026 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grants 2026 LingComm Grants – Small Grants for Communicating Linguistics to Wider Audiences We want to see more linguistics in the world!Β  The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 (USD) to support lin…

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lingcomm.org/grants/

08.02.2026 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Neighbourgate continues πŸ‘‡

08.02.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Relevant questions/thread πŸ‘‡

08.02.2026 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some good news (for a change) πŸ‘‡

07.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦!

07.02.2026 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Timeline cleanser πŸ‘‡

07.02.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important listen/thread (esp. β€œ//…//not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.”)

07.02.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Important reminder (if needed) πŸ‘‡

07.02.2026 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bakers create worlds biggest Empire biscuit in Scotland What a whopper! Take a look at this enormous biscuit!

🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...

07.02.2026 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Gorton and Denton, I found a long-festering sense of fury that Labour has no idea how to tackle | John Harris The people I met were disconnected and angry at the same time. Even if Labour somehow wins this byelection, how does it arrest the slide into hopelessness, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

”But what they most want to talk about is immigration.” The container metaphor in practice.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

07.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Awkward (ping @drjennings.bsky.social )

06.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How β€œremigration” is penetrating Europe’s political mainstream A meme from the far-right fringe could spell legal trouble for Germany’s AfD

β€œBut [remigration’s] spread from the extremist fringe towards the mainstream illustrates how far-right groups are extending their influence in democracies.”
economist.com/europe/2026/...

06.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ffs

06.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Annoying question, but are X/Facebook/podcasts/YouTube/Instagram/Tiktok and Reddit β€œnews platform[s]”

06.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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