Umut Özkırımlı

@umutozkirimli.bsky.social

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IBEI - Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals | CIDOB - Barcelona Centre for International Affairs | Last book Cancelled: The Left Way Back from Woke | Currently back to writing on nationalism

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Umut Özkırımlı is a political scientist known for his work in nationalism studies, social movements, and identity politics.

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Political science 71%

Sociology 16%

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: White evangelical support for Trump
69% approve his job performance
58% support all of most of his policies
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/09/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago/

White evangelicals remain among Trump’s strongest supporters, but they're less supportive than a year ago

There has been an 8-percentage point drop since early 2025 in the share of White evangelicals who support all or most of Trump’s plans and policies.

www.pewresearch.org

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 5d

Tech tensions continue rising: the Spanish government has accused Pavel Durov of using his "unrestricted control" of Telegram to send a message full of "lies and illegitimate attacks" to all Spanish users of the app.

"It's the first time in the history of the country," Spanish sources say.

Telegram founder slams Spain PM over under-16s social media ban

Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Wednesday joined fellow tech tycoon Elon Musk in slamming Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over his "dangerous" plan to ban social media for under-16s.

www.france24.com

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Jesús Gallent @jesusgallent.com · 5d

Telegram acaba de enviar este mensaje a todos sus usuarios (con notificación y todo)

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 6d

Great thread - and summary of Bluesky..

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6d

The problem with social media is that you’re only allowed to hold opinions in batches. If you believe X and Y, you must also believe Z, which is atmospherically similar to X and Y and believed by all the same people.

If you don’t do this, everyone hates you. It makes actual thinking impossible.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6d

Reposted by Mark Bray, Brendan Nyhan, Scott L. Greer , and 23 more Mark Bray, Brendan Nyhan, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Andreas Ortmann, Rosemary A. Joyce, Melissa Johnson, Fabián Muniesa, Anders Nilsson, John Foot, Michael Kevane, Robert C. Richards, Melanie C. Green, Janet Murray, David R. Miller, Aaron Sojourner, Gerald Friedman, Anne Norton, Daniel Kuehn, Henry Jones, Umut Özkırımlı, Magda Teter, Pádua Fernandes, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Martin S. Flaherty, Colin Woodard

ProPublica @propublica.org · 8d

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

www.propublica.org

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 10d

And the second from my free Substack, Partisan, 2023. Most of us knew what he was; we just didn't know how far he would go - and how fast! 2/

umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/the-ingeni...

The Ingenious Gentleman Matthew Goodwin of Hertfortshire

Somewhere in Hertfordshire, in a place called St Albans, a gentleman lived not long ago, one with high ambitions, and a burning desire to break free from the chains of class and small-town upbringing ...

umutozkirimli.substack.com

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 10d

A good time to remember the two pieces I wrote on Matt and his co-warriors, Eric Kaufmann and David Goodhart. This was is from 2019. Matt threatened to sue @opendemocracy.net for publishing it! /1

www.opendemocracy.net/en/white-is-...

White is the new black: populism and the academic alt-right

“It is our duty to expose this moral agenda for what it is, not by 'deplatforming' them – only adding victimisation to their already lavish arsenal – but through reasoned argument.”

www.opendemocracy.net

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 10d

And Tommy Robinson endorsed Matt! Quite an achievement in less than ten years. Matthew Goodwin will definitely be remembered in the annales of the 2020s - just not like the way he would have wanted to.

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Steve Peers, Colin Murray , and 3 more Stephan Lewandowsky, Steve Peers, Colin Murray, Ailsa Cameron, Ben Rosamond, Umut Özkırımlı

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10d

Matt Goodwin and the end of England: How one man's career explains our public life iandunt.substack.com/p/matt-goodw...

Matt Goodwin and the end of England

How one man's career explains our public life.

iandunt.substack.com

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 11d

#Rosalía por Palestina!

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Rosalía irrumpe por sorpresa en el concierto benéfico 'Act X Palestine' de Barcelona

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Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Richard S.J. Tol, Tariq Modood , and 4 more Jonathan Portes, Richard S.J. Tol, Tariq Modood, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott, Ian Loader, Umut Özkırımlı

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 11d

Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt

Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”

Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 13d

It actually shows that Trump is not the problem - though, of course, he makes things worse. White Christian nationalism has more supporters than often assumed.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Umut Özkırımlı , and 1 more Anna O. Law, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Umut Özkırımlı, Patrici Calvo

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d

Breaking News: Spain issued a decree allowing hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants to apply for legal residency. The measure is bucking a trend, as many Western governments have cracked down on illegal immigration.

Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay

The measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration.

nyti.ms

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 13d

Matt Goodwin's lies about his background have hopelessly confused Google AI 😉

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 13d

This made my day!

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 15d

A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...

Arizona, November 2020

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16d

Sooner or later the media is going to have to accept they are actively trying to tear the country apart, to start a war.

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 21d

A substantial contingent of combat soldiers arrived in Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq today. They were accompanied by Army Chief of Staff Peter Boysen—a highly unconventional move to signal that Greenland’s sovereignty is non-negotiable.

#Greenland #Denmark #ArcticSecurity #NATO

www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Danske soldater er landet i Grønland - opgaven er at beskytte og bevogte

Soldaterne er med stor sandsynlighed fra kasernen i Haderslev. Flere af dem har været i Grønland før og kender dermed terrænet.

www.dr.dk

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 22d

"[Had I] pitched a story line to Netflix that an American president was vowing to get Greenland from Denmark “one way or another” — the exact words of Mr. Trump — “I would have been laughed out of the pitching room.” Adam Price, the creator of “Borgen”.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...

Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump

www.nytimes.com

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 22d

Get your filthy hands off #Greenland!

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 23d

A “Stop Trump” protest is also underway in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, led by the prime minister and other political leadership.

"Listen to us. Our country is not for sale. We do not want to be Americans... We are Kalaallit."

"Not to take over. Not to acquire. Not by pressure. Not now. Not ever."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24d

Important work here from the NYT. Ross wasn’t run over. He dropped his cell phone, which he had shifted to his left hand to draw his weapon. And then he shot and killed a person with the gun in his right hand.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments

www.nytimes.com

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · 25d

I read the whole article, and I ask "what kind of an argument is this?". 1. Is the best way of countering China's influence toppling regimes? 2. China is influential, say, in Africa as well. What's next, regime changes in Africa? 3. What if China applies the same logic and occupies Taiwan?

New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 25d

“It might be the case that the Trump administration would not be acting so aggressively and unilaterally had Chinese influence in the region not grown so dramatically in recent years.” Rafael Ioris on reactions from Latin America to U.S. military intervention in Venezuela.

Latin America’s Mixed Reactions to Trump’s Venezuela Intervention

From strong condemnation to cheerful approval, the divided responses reflect the region’s increasingly polarized political landscape

shorturl.at

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 25d

Latin America’s Mixed Reactions to Trump’s Venezuela Intervention

From strong condemnation to cheerful approval, the divided responses reflect the region’s increasingly polarized political landscape

shorturl.at

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 26d

It's finally happening.

The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak.

No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · Jan 10

I guess I'm frustrated by the overall lethargy and lack of mass action (these are still a handful).. We all know that nothing is beyond Trump. The only thing that could stop this madness is organized action which should include elected representatives. Thanks for the correction though.

Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · Jan 10

I would push back on that characterization. I am very critical and often of many Democrats, but I don’t think AOC is nearly the only one speaking up or acting. Rep Robin Kelly (IL) is filing to impeach Kristi Noem, and I’ve seen other support that (including my Congressman Goldman in NY). 1/2

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · Jan 10

Goldman and Rep Swalwell (CA) are planning to introduce a bill that would stripe ICE officers of qualified immunity. Others such as CT Sen Chris Murphy are pushing to restrict budget, and Rep Maxwell Frost (FL) all the way last summer pushed for legislation to make ICE more accountable.

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · Jan 10

Umut Özkırımlı @umutozkirimli.bsky.social · Jan 10

Why aren't the Democrats pushing for a full investigation? Why aren't they staging a protest in the Senate or the House? Why aren't they speaking up (with the notable exception of AOC)?

Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Jan 10

One thing lost in the frame-by-frame analyses is the bigger picture: ICE escalated a routine, non-threatening encounter into a fatal confrontation.

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