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Trump’s attack on George Soros is the next step in the autocrat’s handbook | Kenneth Roth

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 10h

Point (2) 👇

Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 11h

Typical for autocracy...now in the US....
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Having already attacked judges, lawyers, media companies and universities, the president has set his sights on civil society

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 12h

TF for that.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump

Tory trio mislead party conference on disability benefits as they stir up hostility towards disabled claimants

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 13h

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 13h

The Tories are heading towards extinction because once you've fed voters with enough far-right poison, they vote for the real fascists, not your pale copy. They vote for the leaders, not the Tory followers scrabbling along after them.

You defeat fascism by fighting it, relentlessly, tooth and nail.

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 14h

Point 👇

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 3d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 16h

Here we go (again) 👇

John Pring, DNS @johnpring.bsky.social · 16h

A trio of leading Tories have used misleading and offensive statements at their annual conference in Manchester to scapegoat disabled people who rely on support from the benefits system and whip up hostility towards them.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tory-trio-mi...

A trio of leading Tories have used misleading and offensive statements at their annual conference in Manchester to scapegoat disabled people who rely on support from the benefits system and whip up…

www.disabilitynewsservice.com

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨As Rutgers professor and anti-fascist researcher @Mark__Bray and his family tried to escape death threats, they found their tickets to Spain had been cancelled at their gate at Newark airport. apple.news/At9zbVrllRta...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport — Guardian US

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 1d

“While not defending the placards, many of the protesters we spoke to insisted they had *genuine concerns* about the safety of women and children.” 👀

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The battle for Scotland's flag: Why the right has adopted the saltire

The saltire has long been embraced by supporters of Scottish independence – but now it is being unfurled for a different cause.

www.bbc.co.uk

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 1d

@edinburghuni.bsky.social is “[t]he only Scottish university to be ranked among the top 15in Europe//…//which is also the fifth best in the UK.” Bittersweet given the ongoing cutbacks on people and resources.

www.scotsman.com/education/be...

Here are the 15 best universities in Europe - including the University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh University is the only institution to be recognised among the best in Europe, according to the 2026 THE World University Rankings.

www.scotsman.com

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 1d

Reminds me watching “Revenge of the Ninja”. No revenge and there were two bloody ninjas!

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 1d

What could possibly go wrong?

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 2d

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a baby is screaming in a crowd of people while sitting in a stadium .

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 2d

Stop the Boats (A Place in the Sun edition) 👇

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 2d

Important reminder why humanities matter 👇

Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 2d

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 2d

ALT: a baby is screaming in a crowd of people while sitting in a stadium .

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 2d

“What followed was a detour into semi-coherent ideological abstraction.”

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The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 2d

Important read 👇 #PublishOrPerish

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

Constant, morale-sapping, self-doubting rejection throughout their careers is one thing that all but the luckiest/most talented academics, no matter how supposedly senior they are, share with each other! I rather liked this advice about staying positive regardless - I just wish I could follow it!

As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so too

a child is pushing a blue tricycle down a hallway

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 2d

ALT: a child is pushing a blue tricycle down a hallway

a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting in front of a sign that says good point ..

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 2d

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 3d

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 3d

I was on a panel at Conservative conference today where the UAE model was seriously proposed as a direction to take Britain’s immigration system.

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 3d

Or the maid, with the employer with grabby hands and nothing to eat but bread and noodles, no bedroom, and no way to leave.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 3d

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting in front of a sign that says good point ..