Pontus Odmalm
@podmalm.bsky.social
SL in Politics. University of Edinburgh, PIR #PoliticsOfMigration. #MS #Leither 🏴 Own account/(re)posts=interesting https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/pontus-odmalm
Hi, I'm being made redundant by the University of Southampton at the end of this month. I'm desperately looking for work. I'll consider all offers but have particular skills in policy, strategy and research. I also have a consultancy service I offer. Please let me know if you hear of anything
Important read 👇 (h/t @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social)
Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · 23h ago“The tragic implication of Plümper and Neumayer’s analysis is not that individual scientists are unusually dishonest, but that a system designed to incentivise truth-seeking has been incrementally transformed into one that often rewards its distortion” blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
Lesson here, peeps 👇 www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/t...
AI agents fake identities, target real people in new security incident | CNN Business
Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence model used fake identities to deceive real people and try to plant malicious code during testing by Britain’s AI Security Institute (AISI) –– the late...
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Important read 👇
Dave Keating@davekeating.substack.com · yesterday"Morocco is not named once in the Council readout, with this omission looking less like an information gap than a decision" writes @julienhoez.eu. It "reads like a choice to keep a fragile but necessary relationship out of the public record rather than a genuine gap in what ministers understood."
”And so, by small degrees, the line between nationalism and pure-blood white supremacy blurs a little more.” Important read by @jonathanliew.bsky.social 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ceuta was a carnival of anti-migrant content for hateful opportunists on the right – and a lesson for the left | Jonathan Liew
It was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment too, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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”//…//that don’t make enough money//…//” Ffs.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
“A growing number of Britain’s top universities are trapped in a crisis which seems to have no end in sight. As funding shortfalls lead to staff cuts and strike action, morale is low and goodwill exhausted.” Important read 👇
Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 3d agoBehind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...
More job ops 👇 (via @aaronwinter.bsky.social) hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Sociology
Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Lancaster University (Full-time, indefinite post) The School of Social Sciences seeks to appoint a full-time Lecturer in Sociology.You will join the Sociology tea...
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk
More job ops 👇
Linus Hagström@linushagstrom.bsky.social · 3d agoWe are hiring! The Department of Political Science the Swedish Defence University is recruiting a scholarship-funded PhD student with a focus on Japanese security policy. Deadline: 31 August. Help us spread the word to suitable candidates or consider applying! web103.reachmee.com/ext/I012/256...
👀 (ping @josefinaperez.bsky.social) www.cnn.com/2026/08/02/a...
The AI cheating scandal rocking Mexico’s most prestigious university | CNN
Thousands of students have been left in limbo amid a cheating scandal that erupted after the prestigious institution offered its exam online for the first time ever.
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“"People want to see this issue addressed//…//We also need to build a system that offers safe routes for people as well, because that also takes away the selling point of the gangs." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Burnham pledges to be 'relentless' in curbing small boat crossings
The PM says enforcement is being increased but there also need to be more safe routes into the UK.
bbc.co.uk
Jason Arday’s work was presumably run through Turnitin before the accusations started, right?
Seth Meyers: Right?!
ALT: Seth Meyers: Right?!
static.klipy.com
In January, I stopped using X as a communication channel because the platform facilitated the creation of illegal and deeply harmful images by its AI tool, Grok. I am renewing my call for all governmental and parliamentary communications to stop using X. The platform continues to facilitate
Important (and topical) read 👇
Daniel Sharp@deeesharp.bsky.social · 5d agoSome people worry that the migration events in #Ceuta are engineered or enabled by Morocco (this is unproven as of it). Here’s a paper I wrote explaining why that doesn’t justify harming people who cross borders. www.jesp.org/paper/36346f...
That said, I want to hear more from the 36.5%.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 5d agoTrump's approval ratings are at all-time lows. He's flailing on the economy. His "little excursion" in Iran has become a forever war. Even Republicans are beginning to revolt against him. He's not all powerful. He's a failed president.
“The influx comes after Spain's Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta or Melilla, another Spanish enclave, cannot be summarily returned to Morocco.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco
Spain said most had returned to Morocco by Friday evening, as Italy suspended its Schengen agreement on free movement with Madrid.
bbc.co.uk