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.
I… what… umm… wow… no Francesca, no!
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I… what… umm… wow… no Francesca, no!
Ahhhh emails, who would want to get rid of email and deny us all the possibility of experiencing a tidal wave of people replying "remove me please" to an email list. Who wouldn't want to experience the rush of coming back from teaching for two hours to 95 new emails all saying the same thing.
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ahhhh emails, who would want to get rid of email and deny us all the possibility of experiencing a tidal wave of people replying "remove me please" to an email list. Who wouldn't want to experience the rush of coming back from teaching for two hours to 95 new emails all saying the same thing.
Non Arab names always throw me… I’m like yep doo dee doo yep OK yep yep, you what now?
The automatic use of long vowels should be a clue but it gets me every time.
The automatic use of long vowels should be a clue but it gets me every time.
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Non Arab names always throw me… I’m like yep doo dee doo yep OK yep yep, you what now?
The automatic use of long vowels should be a clue but it gets me every time.
The automatic use of long vowels should be a clue but it gets me every time.
Who thought they’d still be married eh? Not me I must admit.
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Who thought they’d still be married eh? Not me I must admit.
Anyway I was on a roll when I got to the part about كارلا بروني though
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Anyway I was on a roll when I got to the part about كارلا بروني though
There was me trying to figure out the root words like a right muppet…
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
There was me trying to figure out the root words like a right muppet…
No Jane Austen means no Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in that shirt following a dip in the lake…
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
No Jane Austen means no Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in that shirt following a dip in the lake…
You can't expect the Prime Minister to have a plan, he's only the Prime Minister, what could he possibly do? Lead? Set the agenda?
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November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You can't expect the Prime Minister to have a plan, he's only the Prime Minister, what could he possibly do? Lead? Set the agenda?
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How many others on here are the Prime Minister of the UK and therefore have the platform to shape public discourse at the national level?
Starmer isn't like most people on here and to pretend he is is a cynical attempt to deflect responsibility and prevent accountability.
Starmer isn't like most people on here and to pretend he is is a cynical attempt to deflect responsibility and prevent accountability.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
How many others on here are the Prime Minister of the UK and therefore have the platform to shape public discourse at the national level?
Starmer isn't like most people on here and to pretend he is is a cynical attempt to deflect responsibility and prevent accountability.
Starmer isn't like most people on here and to pretend he is is a cynical attempt to deflect responsibility and prevent accountability.