Polly Pallister-Wilkins

Polly Pallister-Wilkins

@pollypw.bsky.social

Associate Professor. Author of the award winning “fabulous and delightfully rad” ‘Humanitarian Borders: Unequal Mobility and Saving Lives’ by Verso Books. She/Her.

7,368 Followers 753 Following 3,310 Posts Joined Sep 2023
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The strait of Hormuz is open for transit.

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there is a cooking gas shortage in India now. My disabled father's household has one cylinder left. We're comfortable, and can manage somehow, but I can't stop thinking of the millions who don't have the money or privilege to find something, all because the US and Israel are their murderous selves

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And if you want something done do it yourself (even if it’s without the necessary emotional soundtrack)

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Well someone had to do it…

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I’ve been hoping someone was going to add a little stuck Ever Given to that canal through Musandam Peninsula graphic doing the rounds.

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Ooo check out Captain Planet over here

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They only get like that when they’re angry, I’d vacate the kitchen if I was you

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I thought this was a Jürgen Habermas subtweet at first

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British politics is hooked on flashy fake numbers – and the AI investment debacle proves it | Jonathan Portes A claim that the UK is attracting billions of pounds in AI investment has been debunked. That’s no surprise when our establishment runs on dubious ‘good news’, says Jonathan Portes, a professor at Kin...

"Another example was Mahmood’s claim that if her “earned settlement” proposals are not implemented 'we will see a £10bn drain on our public finances and further strain on public services..this is a mix of the deliberately misleading and the completely wrong."

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Kharg Island has a population of wild gazelles. War is ecocide

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OK technically it was early afternoon in Beirut but my point stands.

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I love it. Combining style and comfort.

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Might head back to Aotearoa, at least there one could catch-up with the latest US tomfoolery at wine o'clock.

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2026's Saturday morning regime is sitting glued to Al Jazeera wondering how much closer to World War Three we are.

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The West has taught Israel that genocidal expansionism is a viable policy because nobody will do anything to stop them.

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The chutzpah of these people, they are just laughing at us.

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I salute your Saturday morning sartorial choices Hussein Ibish sir.

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A screenshot from Al Jazeera showing a male guest wearing a pistachio coloured cable knit cardigan

Peak professor core on Al Jazeera right now, pistachio cable knit cardigan spotted.

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As for thinking Israel wanted anything for Iran other than empty land is laughable.

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‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump Mood among some in Iran shifts from hope of being rescued to dismay at destruction of infrastructure, culture and lives

The US regime was never going to free Iranians, they don't care about Iranians, they're a bunch of racists who just want ultimate power and in some cases want Iranian's to die to bring about the return of their personal jesus www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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They blew up USAid and doomed millions to an agonizing death but a video of them being an idiot on camera is causing reputational damage

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Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”

For context…

www.ms.now/news/kat-abu...

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The $1500 richer not so woke ginger

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What are you spending the $1,500 on?

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We are living in hotdog suit man world

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Wealthy British nationals fleeing Gulf conflict bypass UK to avoid tax bills High-net-worth residents of UAE heading to Ireland and France to wait out missile attacks before tax year ends

“I paid for my own travel home, by the way.”

Oh well that’s OK then you parasite.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Can’t believe nobody wanted to read the articles nobody bothered to write

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It will convert absolutely 0 Reform voters because they’re anti-intellectual and they’d want the Chevening scholarships abolished in their entirety along with every other academic funding mechanism.

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it just feels so horrible
we feel powerless
we've tried fighting, 
we've tried surrendering
we've tried ignoring
we've tried building
israel doesn't let you exist
that's it, our choice is fast death 
or faster death

From a friend in Beirut this morning, who in the last few days has seen several Israel missile strikes within walking distance of their home.

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