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Pontus Odmalm
@podmalm.bsky.social
SL in Politics. University of Edinburgh, PIR
#PoliticsOfMigration. #MS #Leither 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Own account/(re)posts=interesting

https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/pontus-odmalm
Point 👇
In any other country, what is happening right now in Minneapolis would be called ethnic cleansing.
January 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Good question 👇
What would it take for someone senior in the Democratic Party to commit to investigating these crimes the moment they’re in office
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I feel seen (plus IphoneItunes & speaker until the battery runs out)
I will never understand doomsday peppers. Who wants to live in a dystopian waste?
My apocalypse plans involve a decent bottle of scotch, some good cigars and just accepting sweet oblivion.
Bear Grylls: ‘I’ve bought an apocalypse-proof boat, with an array of weaponry’
January 24, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Important reminder 👇
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 AM
“Part of the problem is that there is no precise definition of plagiarism—it ranges from verbatim copying to the fudgier theft of concepts. As with pornography, it is assumed you “know it when [you] see it”.”

#GiftArticle
economist.com/culture/2026...
Are we all plagiarists now?
The steal industry is booming
economist.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Conservative councillors across the country claim they are receiving offers to defect to Reform UK👀

Alleged offers include:

🔻Senior roles on the council
🔻Parliamentary selection
🔻Funding
Tory Councillors Say They Are Being Offered Jobs And Seats To Defect To Reform
Conservative councillors nationwide have told PoliticsHome they are being offered senior roles and parliamentary selection to defect to Reform UK i...
www.politicshome.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 AM
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Important read(s) 👇
The last paper of @dpzollinger.bsky.social and I's Special Issue 'Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies' is now out at @wepsocial.bsky.social.

Florent Gougou & @simonpersico.bsky.social's paper analyzes ecological conflict in the longue durée through a Lipset-Rokkanian lens.
🎉 Online first:

“The Ecologism/Productivism cleavage: reassessing the transformation of cleavage politics in Western Europe”

by Florent Gougou & Simon Persico

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...
January 22, 2026 at 9:02 PM
As School Academic Misconduct Officer, I approve of this article 👇
January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Strong “Good business is where you find it" vibes from our man here. #DickJones
Jared Kushner touted the 'amazing investment opportunities' in Gaza and said the shattered city of Rafah could be rebuilt in two to three years, as he set out a $30bn vision for rebuilding the devastated Palestinian enclave. ft.trib.al/CLbiPsV
January 22, 2026 at 7:51 PM
“School is safe. It’s the journey between home and school that is causing people to stay home, including U.S. citizens.” 👀
I talked to the principal at my kids' middle school yesterday, and he said about 30% of kids have not been showing up. Hard to fathom the academic and mental health impact this is having on kids, parents and teachers.
As ICE targets Twin Cities schools & bus stops, even citizens keep kids home - MinnPost
Fear, anger and chaos as classrooms empty out, distance learning fails, student mental health suffers and teachers struggle.
www.minnpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Thread 👇
January 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Important read 👇
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Important reminder (if needed) 👇
The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
bit.ly
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 AM
This 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial board described the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in the Twin Cities as “a military occupation”. Local leaders have used words like “siege” and “invasion”.
Minneapolis leaders call the ICE surge a ‘siege’. My reporting from there concurs
After covering Trump’s immigration policies from Chicago and LA, the Twin Cities operation feels like a marked escalation
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Timeline cleanser 👇
🪬🧿 Edinburgh - North Bridge - 1880 - View from Calton Hill Jail.

#edinburgh #scotland #history #travel #photography #castle #bridge #railway #sepia #architecture #alttext
January 21, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Point/important read 👇
The Guardian reports far- right groups harassing people seeking safety in northern France, destroying water supplies and invading sleeping spaces. This is where the politics of division leads. We need leaders who choose hope and unity. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/4sRPMn2
‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France
Aid groups say rise of far-right rhetoric in politics has fed into intimidation, vandalism and hate graffiti around migrant camps
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Don't know if this sort of rhetoric has caught up with the fact that Reform's base are the most dependent on welfare of any party's
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 AM
“Wide pants, polka dots and snow jackets”. That’s enough now, 2026! (Ping @dieworkwear.bsky.social for assessment).

www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/s...
A ‘Heated Rivalry’ runway debut and Olympics fever at Milan Men’s Fashion Week | CNN
The week was not only a masterclass in wardrobe building, it also got onlookers excited about the upcoming Winter Games.
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 AM
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM