Pontus Odmalm
@podmalm.bsky.social
SL in Politics. University of Edinburgh, PIR
#PoliticsOfMigration. #MS #Leither 🏴
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https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/pontus-odmalm
#PoliticsOfMigration. #MS #Leither 🏴
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Pontus Odmalm
@podmalm.bsky.social
· Aug 4
What a great start to the sabbatical! Tri-write with @slsalo.bsky.social and @jensrydgren.bsky.social 95% there - “We would like to accept the article for publication, but before we go ahead, we would like to give you the opportunity to make some further minor changes//…//.”
Only a matter of time, wasn’t it?
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Only a matter of time, wasn’t it?
FFS
"Bottles of Trump-branded wine and cider were available for purchase at two Coast Guard Exchanges, which “sell tax-free goods to members of the Coast Guard and other qualified customers, such as active duty and retired military, and civilian employees.”
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Trump found yet another distasteful way to profit from the presidency
Coast Guard members were given the opportunity to line the commander-in-chief's pockets directly by purchasing his branded alcohol.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
FFS
Point (2) 👇
Farage just gave a press conference, and claimed that the red tape on businesses has risen since Brexit.
You know what? He's right. But he's wrong about the reason!
It's not because Brexit was done badly. It's because Brexit guarantees more bureaucracy because we have to duplicate EU institutions.
You know what? He's right. But he's wrong about the reason!
It's not because Brexit was done badly. It's because Brexit guarantees more bureaucracy because we have to duplicate EU institutions.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Point (2) 👇
If you could turn that into citations then xmas is saved (ping @timbale.bsky.social).
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you could turn that into citations then xmas is saved (ping @timbale.bsky.social).
Point 👇
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Point 👇
I’m sure there’s a term for this.
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
Dilbert creator taps Trump to get cancer drug. Others wish they could, too
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I’m sure there’s a term for this.
That’s enough now, 2025!
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
That’s enough now, 2025!
“It is understood officials have been looking at Denmark's tighter rules on family reunion and restricting most refugees to a temporary stay in the country.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
“It is understood officials have been looking at Denmark's tighter rules on family reunion and restricting most refugees to a temporary stay in the country.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Contrary to the belief that these migrants work in low-wage, casual positions, I find that the average migrant actually makes more than the average native-born person aged 16-64.”
Important read 👇
Important read 👇
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
“Contrary to the belief that these migrants work in low-wage, casual positions, I find that the average migrant actually makes more than the average native-born person aged 16-64.”
Important read 👇
Important read 👇
“Replace the PIP-based eligibility criteria with a more holistic, person-centred system that truly reflects the needs of disabled people.” #MSsociety doing important work 👇
campaigns.mssociety.org.uk/page/176320/...
campaigns.mssociety.org.uk/page/176320/...
Sign the open letter to push for change
The ADP review backs major changes for people with MS in Scotland – including scrapping the unfair 20 metre rule. But the Scottish Government must act. ✍️ Sign the open letter to push for change.
campaigns.mssociety.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“Replace the PIP-based eligibility criteria with a more holistic, person-centred system that truly reflects the needs of disabled people.” #MSsociety doing important work 👇
campaigns.mssociety.org.uk/page/176320/...
campaigns.mssociety.org.uk/page/176320/...
The Heartbreak Diet. The Sound of Young(ish) Scotland 👇
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Heartbreak Diet. The Sound of Young(ish) Scotland 👇
Important read 👇
My new article, in Res Publica.
"While most scholarship treats populism and post-truth politics as separate phenomena, we argue that their convergence creates a distinct and more corrosive force - one that combines epistemic distortion with political exclusion."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"While most scholarship treats populism and post-truth politics as separate phenomena, we argue that their convergence creates a distinct and more corrosive force - one that combines epistemic distortion with political exclusion."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Mutual Reinforcement of Populism and Post-Truth in Undermining Deliberative Democracy - Res Publica
This paper examines the compounded threat that post-truth populism poses to the foundations of deliberative democracy. While most scholarship treats populism and post-truth politics as separate phenom...
link.springer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Important read 👇
This 👇
Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This 👇
Did women ruin the workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Did women ruin the workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Important event 👇
More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it?
Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies.
🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies.
🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Important event 👇
Important dataset 👇
Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Important dataset 👇
“Populist.” There’s that term again.
economist.com/europe/2025/...
economist.com/europe/2025/...
Jordan Bardella starts to lay out his plans
The 30-year-old French populist who is preparing for power
economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
“Populist.” There’s that term again.
economist.com/europe/2025/...
economist.com/europe/2025/...
“//…//we show amazingly little curiosity about how middle-aged minds have been shaped by living through the great unregulated free-speech experiment.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“//…//we show amazingly little curiosity about how middle-aged minds have been shaped by living through the great unregulated free-speech experiment.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t be that university, universities 👇
A screenshot of an email just sent out by my university's HR department, inviting me to learn about "customer service," which is apparently one of our "core competencies."
I don't have customers; I have students.
The neo-liberal university.....
I don't have customers; I have students.
The neo-liberal university.....
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Don’t be that university, universities 👇
Next time a journal/funder/publisher rejects my submission, I’ll just read this article again. #ItCouldBeWorse
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Is Kim Kardashian’s legal drama All’s Fair really the worst TV show of all time?
Ryan Murphy’s glossy, star-packed new show has received some of the most shocking reviews we’ve seen for a long time, including many zero star takes
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Next time a journal/funder/publisher rejects my submission, I’ll just read this article again. #ItCouldBeWorse
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Important read 👇
So bad at maternity leave so good at having smart co-authors.
Read Piotrs brilliant network analysis of the social dynamics between these Nazi fitness frat bros
Read Piotrs brilliant network analysis of the social dynamics between these Nazi fitness frat bros
Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society!
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
Thread below 🧵
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
Thread below 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Important read 👇