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.
We’re a few tweets away from Elon claiming this is his cat
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We’re a few tweets away from Elon claiming this is his cat
Every bean, every spice, all at once
I am obsessed with this guy in the Rancho Gordo FB Group who decided to spend hours working with AI to figure out "the best" bean recipe instead of.....looking at actual recipes
Truly an abomination — and such a good example of how AI tricks us into thinking we can reinvent the wheel with its help
Truly an abomination — and such a good example of how AI tricks us into thinking we can reinvent the wheel with its help
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Every bean, every spice, all at once
I wonder if a social scientist especially those whose methods include interviewing, ethnography, and participant observation would have been as useless on The Traitors as historian David Olusoga?
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I wonder if a social scientist especially those whose methods include interviewing, ethnography, and participant observation would have been as useless on The Traitors as historian David Olusoga?
Finally caught up with the Celebrity Traitors final and all I can say is David Olusoga will not be putting this appearance as one of his top-10 academic outputs.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Finally caught up with the Celebrity Traitors final and all I can say is David Olusoga will not be putting this appearance as one of his top-10 academic outputs.
Real Question from The NY Times
As you know, a group has suggested, albeit without evidence, that Joseph Kahn likes to jerk off to The Tellytubbies. Is that true?
As you know, a group has suggested, albeit without evidence, that Joseph Kahn likes to jerk off to The Tellytubbies. Is that true?
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Real Question from The NY Times
As you know, a group has suggested, albeit without evidence, that Joseph Kahn likes to jerk off to The Tellytubbies. Is that true?
As you know, a group has suggested, albeit without evidence, that Joseph Kahn likes to jerk off to The Tellytubbies. Is that true?
Real Question from The NY Times
As you know, a group has suggested, albeit without evidence, that you ate the plums that were in the icebox because they were delicious, so sweet, and so cold. Is that true?
As you know, a group has suggested, albeit without evidence, that you ate the plums that were in the icebox because they were delicious, so sweet, and so cold. Is that true?
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Real Question from The NY Times
As you know, a group has suggested, albeit without evidence, that you ate the plums that were in the icebox because they were delicious, so sweet, and so cold. Is that true?
As you know, a group has suggested, albeit without evidence, that you ate the plums that were in the icebox because they were delicious, so sweet, and so cold. Is that true?
Update
I was not allowed on the bus
I was not allowed on the bus
Be right back, just going to try and catch the bus for free…
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Update
I was not allowed on the bus
I was not allowed on the bus
Be right back, just going to try and catch the bus for free…
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Be right back, just going to try and catch the bus for free…
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani’s policies are not normal in Europe no matter what one Dutch dude said in his newsletter (yeah that’s the source) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
THIS IS SO GOOD
She thought Peaky Blinders was a history documentary
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
She thought Peaky Blinders was a history documentary
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The "abundance agenda" is an incredibly designed piece of centre-right climate delay
The entire project of climate action comes down to *not extracting and burning fossil fuels*. So if you frame "being against things" as inherently bad, you can pull thousands of ppl into a pro-fossil stance.
The entire project of climate action comes down to *not extracting and burning fossil fuels*. So if you frame "being against things" as inherently bad, you can pull thousands of ppl into a pro-fossil stance.
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The "abundance agenda" is an incredibly designed piece of centre-right climate delay
The entire project of climate action comes down to *not extracting and burning fossil fuels*. So if you frame "being against things" as inherently bad, you can pull thousands of ppl into a pro-fossil stance.
The entire project of climate action comes down to *not extracting and burning fossil fuels*. So if you frame "being against things" as inherently bad, you can pull thousands of ppl into a pro-fossil stance.
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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This is what you get for respecting the Wu-Tang Clan. 👏
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is what you get for respecting the Wu-Tang Clan. 👏
Oh Mamdani's housing policies have given this parasite a squeaky bum.
Joe Gebbia, a billionaire, is the co-founder of AirBnB, a presidential appointee and a Tesla board member claiming ISIS waited until the last minute to endorse Mamdani.
This is sick.
This is sick.
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Oh Mamdani's housing policies have given this parasite a squeaky bum.
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And now, a physical metaphor for "LLMs can be just as good as human writers and artists!"
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And now, a physical metaphor for "LLMs can be just as good as human writers and artists!"
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
I hope Bill Ackman is having a great day
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I hope Bill Ackman is having a great day
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‘The original police assessment, seen by MEE, records that Dutch police informed their British counterparts that "over 200" Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam last year were "linked to the Israel Defense Forces", Israel's army.’
Exclusive: Violent Maccabi fans were organised fighters 'linked to IDF', UK police found - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/violent-maccabi-fans-included-organised-fighters-linked-idf-uk-police-found
Exclusive: Violent Maccabi fans were organised fighters 'linked to IDF', UK police found
MEE can reveal new intelligence which led to ban on Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa game this week
www.middleeasteye.net
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
‘The original police assessment, seen by MEE, records that Dutch police informed their British counterparts that "over 200" Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam last year were "linked to the Israel Defense Forces", Israel's army.’
Found Ephraim Stone’s alt account.
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Found Ephraim Stone’s alt account.
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Yh sorry I won't pretend like 'dubai chocolate' is anything else than an influencers-driven campaign to whitewash the UAE
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Yh sorry I won't pretend like 'dubai chocolate' is anything else than an influencers-driven campaign to whitewash the UAE
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You don’t have to mourn war criminals. You don’t have to issue condolences to their families.
You don’t have to launder their legacies.
Save your grief for the innocents they killed, maimed or tortured without ever seeing justice served to their executioners.
You don’t have to launder their legacies.
Save your grief for the innocents they killed, maimed or tortured without ever seeing justice served to their executioners.
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
You don’t have to mourn war criminals. You don’t have to issue condolences to their families.
You don’t have to launder their legacies.
Save your grief for the innocents they killed, maimed or tortured without ever seeing justice served to their executioners.
You don’t have to launder their legacies.
Save your grief for the innocents they killed, maimed or tortured without ever seeing justice served to their executioners.
Yes I did manage to squeeze a mention of Zohran Mamdani into my class today on the colonial histories of humanitarianism through reference to the indirect rule discussed by Mahmood Mamdani in Citizen and Subject…
a close up of a white cat wearing glasses in a room .
Alt: A cat wearing round glasses giving side eye and looking haughty
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yes I did manage to squeeze a mention of Zohran Mamdani into my class today on the colonial histories of humanitarianism through reference to the indirect rule discussed by Mahmood Mamdani in Citizen and Subject…
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
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Norwegian govt wants to revise the ethical guidelines for the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. Why? The ethical council was about to look into the role of big tech in wars and conflict, which could have lead to the exclusion of the likes of Alphabet and Microsoft
Kilder til NRK: Mot flertall for å endre reglene for oljefondet
Arbeiderpartiet vil gjøre det vanskeligere å kaste selskaper ut av oljefondet. Partiet går tirsdag sammen med Frp, Høyre og Sp inn for å endre reglene for fondet, ifølge NRKs kilder.
www.nrk.no
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Norwegian govt wants to revise the ethical guidelines for the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. Why? The ethical council was about to look into the role of big tech in wars and conflict, which could have lead to the exclusion of the likes of Alphabet and Microsoft