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Pollster issues warning to Keir Starmer over huge Reform 'mistake'

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 16d

Well that’s that then. Curtice has spoken

Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 16d

Asked whether there was any hope that Labour could turn it around, Curtice replied: "The honest answer to that is no." www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Leading pollster warns Prime Minister over his focus on insurgent party

www.express.co.uk

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Ahmed Masoud @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social · 29d

I can't begin to describe to you the suffering my family in Gaza is going through right now and I am a writer. Words fail me completely, there's no description. I just gasp and hope that you don't forget my words. Keep thinking of this post even when you forget us.

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Sep 11

”Finnland ist kein leichter Gegner. Wir haben sie zwar in der Gruppe relativ deutlich geschlagen, aber ich erwarte da ein ganz anderes Team. Ich erwarte eine Reaktion von den Finnen.”
BRING IT ON! GO SUSIJENGI!
www.fr.de/sport/sport-...

Deutschlands Basketballer deklassierten ihren Halbfinal-Gegner kürzlich vor den eigenen Fans

Die Bilanz ist weiterhin perfekt: Sieben Spiele, sieben Siege. Heißt: Deutschland steht im Halbfinale der Basketball-EM. Dort wartet einer der Gastgeber.

www.fr.de

Survey: Many immigrant women feel Finland's societal climate has deteriorated

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Sep 11

”A survey has found that just over half of highly educated immigrant women in Finland feel that the country's societal climate has deteriorated in recent years.”
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Some who said the societal climate situation had worsened blamed government policies as well as "exclusionary attitudes in the labour market".

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UK politicians must stop stoking division, says policing chief

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Sep 3

Applies to other countries too: “I guess what we’re saying today is that anybody in a leadership position should think about how we can reduce and defuse tensions, and not sow division.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Gavin Stephens says rows over asylum seekers have raised community tensions and put pressure on officers

Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns

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Jari Matti Riiheläinen @jarma76.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hieno keikkareissu eilen Reinin rannoille Uusikuun kanssa, vielä jonkin verran väkeä riitti sunnuntaillekin. Viulussa @drmkuisma.bsky.social

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Sep 3

“Higher education is among the top 10 sectors for exports in most cities and large towns with universities because of the fee-paying international students they attract to the local area.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull

US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Apr 22

Bit of nostalgia for followers of British politics here...

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Apr 22

SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me.

This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.

A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is how you do it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NYU Faculty Take Classes Off Campus to Protest Lack of Protections for International
Students
NEW YORK, April 17, 2025 - More than fifty NYU faculty members have taken their classes off campus starting today, and continuing for the next week, to protest the University's lack of commitment to protect international students in the face of the Trump administration's attacks. Some faculty have moved their classes to in-person locations that have been declared sanctuary spaces, where international students are assured that building administrators will do everything in their power to refuse to cooperate with ICE agents. Other faculty have moved their classes online so that students can attend from a safe location of their choosing.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 21

"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."

RFK Jr. is wrong about autism

His lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else.

www.publicnotice.co

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Apr 21

”Moni on sanonut, ettei Suomessa edes katsota ulkomaisia tutkintoja. Eli jos ei ole suomalaista koulutusta, ei ole koulutusta ollenkaan.”
www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...

Työ | Paluumuuttaja istuu kotona työttömänä: ”Ulkomaista tutkintoa ei edes katsota”

Suomessa ei arvosteta ulkomailla hankittua koulutusta ja työkokemusta, sanoo kolme entistä ulkosuomalaista. Sen vuoksi he saattavat taas lähteä.

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Stephen Holden Bates @stephenholdenbates.bsky.social · Apr 15

POLSIS celebrated its ruby anniversary last night in the glamorous environs of the Vault in the Exchange. Thanks to all who came! #PSA25

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Apr 14

Kuntavaalien suurin häviäjä: persusetä.
Grafiikka: @hs.fi
#kuntavaalit

US District Court Halts Attempt to Defund RFE/RL

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Matt Donoghue @drdonoghue.bsky.social · Apr 1

An article by @drmkuisma.bsky.social and I on the Brexit referendum campaign(s) corroborates this (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....).

Starmer has chosen the path of political opportunism and so-called 'electoral calculus', rather than having political principles.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Mar 25

US District court halts the destruction of Radio Free Europe
about.rferl.org/article/us-d...

Today, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted RFE/RL's request for a temporary restraining order in its lawsuit against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (...

about.rferl.org

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Mar 25

Dear Media:

you don’t need to give the far right a platform (eg interview or op-Ed) to inform your listeners/readers/viewers about their views.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 25

Wow — Mike Waltz on Fox News suggests Jeffrey Goldberg somehow schemed his way into the Signal group instead of just being invited by accident

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Mar 9

Former Canadian PM Jean Chrétien, aged 91, to Trump:

"From one old guy to another, stop this nonsense. Canada will never join the US... My mother taught us good manners. She would have been ashamed of me if I had treated anyone the way the president has treated my PM and the President of Ukraine."

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Jan 11

Nothing to see, just the #farright #AfD's co-leader, once considered a/too 'moderate' within her party, adopting the notion of "remigration", i.e. a plan for expelling immigrant-origin citizens.

Ann-Katrin Müller @akm0803.bsky.social · Jan 11

„Dann heißt es eben Remigration“, sagt Alice Weidel in ihrer Rede und erntet großen Applaus. Außerdem spricht sie von „queer-woken Kaderschmieden“ und Gender Studies-Professor*innen, die man rausschmeissen würde sowie „Windmühlen der Schande“, die die AfD alle „niederreißen“ würde #riesa #rie1101

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Dec 24

Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer.
#suomimainittu

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer

For ecologists restoring the vast bogs of remote Karelia, wild reindeer are not just part of the environment but entwined with the ancient culture of the boreal forests

Farage, Musk and Candy say ‘cheese’ – now British democracy’s toast | Stewart Lee

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Dec 22

“The Washington Post’s slogan, irrelevant since Jeff Bezos bought the paper, was: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Well, democracy is dying here in plain sight. Merry Christmas your arse, I pray God it’s our last.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Last week’s photo op with the Reform leader and X owner was further evidence of the UK’s inevitable march towards the far right. Merry Christmas!

Essee | Suomessa on jälleen sotahulluuden aika – Samalla Lammioita on koko ajan enemmän

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Dec 22

Kulttuurista leikkaaminen on poliittinen valinta!
”Purra sanoo, että nykyoloissa ei ole varaa suomalaisen kulttuurin kaltaiselle ”luksukselle”. Että valtiolla on 170 miljardia velkaa ja siksi pitää säästää teattereilta, museoista ja taiteilija-apurahoista 18 miljoonaa.”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...

Tuntemattoman sotilaan hahmoista Suomessa ihaillaan sukupolvesta toiseen Rokkaa, Hietasta ja Koskelaa, mutta samalla Lammioita on koko ajan enemmän, kirjoittaa Janne Saarikivi.

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Kolumni | Kristittyjä on lempeitä, mutta myös kovin armottomia

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Dec 19

Last day of teaching in 2024 and so close of the holidays 20/21 of my qualitative research methods class for the MPPSC degree course was in attendance (and the last one had sent in apologies for a legitimate absence). Feeling very proud of our fantastically dedicated students! Now breathe…

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Dec 18

Kiitos, @saskasaarikoski.bsky.social - annoit ajattelemisen aihetta!

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · Dec 18

”Raamattu on ihan selkosuomea: Kun hukkuva huutaa apua, se on Jeesus, joka huutaa. Kun lapsi pyytää leipää, se on Jeesus, joka pyytää.
Miten tämä asia voi olla selvä minun kaltaiselleni ei-uskovalle ihmiselle, mutta niin vaikea monelle, joka itseään kristityksi kutsuu?”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...

Kun hukkuva huutaa apua, se on Jeesus, joka huutaa, sanotaan Raamatussa.

www.hs.fi