Some good news (for a change) 👇

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Timeline cleanser 👇

Important listen/thread (esp. “//…//not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.”)

Important reminder (if needed) 👇

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿! www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...

”But what they most want to talk about is immigration.” The container metaphor in practice. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Awkward (ping @drjennings.bsky.social )

“But [remigration’s] spread from the extremist fringe towards the mainstream illustrates how far-right groups are extending their influence in democracies.” economist.com/europe/2026/...

Ffs

Annoying question, but are X/Facebook/podcasts/YouTube/Instagram/Tiktok and Reddit “news platform[s]”

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*flashbacks to live roleplaying-gate, which eventually destroyed our RP society*

Interesting mix of the “myth of return”; conflicting feelings and understanding of “home”. www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/w...

This 👇

That’s enough now, 2026!

Three questions prepared for today’s tutorial on “The EU dimension of asylum and immigration” and the group made so many interesting points we only got through one of them. #TheKidsAreAlright

Arguably the politically incorrect stance these days 👇

From memory, and @danielsohege.bsky.social might know more, but wasn’t taxigate due to not being allowed to change GP if an asylum-seeker was housed elsewhere in the UK? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How It Started vs How It’s Going

Ffs

Thread 👇

Important read 👇

Point/thread 👇

”We wanted the university to be a place people felt part of,” he says. “We wanted to create a campus feel but one that was there for local people.” 🥲 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

That’s enough now, 2026!

Don’t be that male economist, male economists 👇

Important read 👇

*taps mic* Do you mean to save cinemas? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More job ops 👇

👀 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hello there, Second Edition! Excellent company as well, e.g @saragoodman.bsky.social

Impressed he caught all that since he ”just walked past”. 👏🏻 (H/t @gopher33j.bsky.social)

Don’t be that university, universities! www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

Just leaving this here. #Melania

”But Trump probably poses the biggest current risk to Reform, and from a point of pure electability it is surely going to drive more moments where Farage (as on ICE) has to part with the US President.” Important read by @luketryl.bsky.social 👇

👀 www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

“Nearly *350,000* Haitians are set to lose their TPS this week, and a sizeable share of them care for older Americans.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/b...

Also, the body language 😱

Don’t be that (male) academic, (male) academics 👇

📗 EPS publishes contributions written by and for the political science community. ❇️ We are the professional journal of @ecpr.bsky.social 🌱 Looked after by Editors @stellatseliou.bsky.social, Linda Basile & @ljramiro.bsky.social 🔓 Fully #OpenAccess from 2026 buff.ly/WdoSNLx

#Reviewer2 goes to the cinema (h/t @benrosamond1.bsky.social)

Happy Saturday everyone! And remember, de-evolution is very real

Worth noting is the arguably centre-right justification behind this move - ”the moral and economic case for immigration as Spain struggles with an ageing population and low birthrate” - rather than, say, strengthen the rights of migrant labour. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college (nb: from memory so titles may not be spot on). 1. Post-Modernism and Post-Colonial Thought 2. Technology and War 3. Political Geography 4. Art and Aesthetics (which I never passed!) 5. Post-War Europe

Goodwin was our external examiner (just) 10 years ago. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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