Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 15h”The US State Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they are monitoring the situation closely.” That doesn’t make me feel any safer tbh. edition.cnn.com/health/pneum...edition.cnn.comWhat is pneumonic plague and how dangerous is it? | CNNA 28-year-old lab researcher at a Russian institute dedicated to studying plague and dangerous pathogens died of pneumonia of an “unknown” origin. 110
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 15hstatic.klipy.comYay Yay Yippie YippeeALT: Yay Yay Yippie Yippee 000
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 21hFlashback to interviewing Tory MPs back in 2010-11. In the proverbial, free movement is unfair to the rest of the world. 010
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 21h”The Zionism motion won just over 1,000 votes, approximately 0.4% of the total membership//…//the existing model could produce a lack of coherence and strategic direction, while giving a disproportionate influence to members with the most time to participate in policymaking.”theguardian.comGreen party of England and Wales facing international ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ voteEuropean Green party says motion goes against its policy, with German Green co-leader calling it ‘intolerable and unacceptable’ 000
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026static.klipy.comJack Nicholson's 'Hey Now Yeah' in The ShiningALT: Jack Nicholson's 'Hey Now Yeah' in The Shining 010
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026”West River is facing issues familiar to many rural hospitals across the country, with worker shortages exacerbated by young people moving away.” edition.cnn.com/2026/10/03/u...edition.cnn.comInside a tiny prairie town relying on immigrants for hospital work | CNNCNN spent 30 days chronicling life in Hettinger, North Dakota, where long-established residents and foreign workers come together. 000
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I want to hear more from those 5% Labour Keministas! 130
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Pitch: What if “Change my mind”-bro went for lunch instead? 000
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Space chauvinism? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘We are in a kind of war’: row over viral Amsterdam chip shop lands in courtNeighbours say crowds drawn to Fabel Friet are clogging the picturesque canal street and attracting litter, gulls and rats 010
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Finally! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhat are the new rules in Scotland's supermarkets?Restrictions are being put on products with high sugar, fat and salt content, but the meal deal lives on. 121
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Sunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a *former far-right president convicted of staging a coup*.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comBrazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American blocSunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a former far-right president convicted of staging a coup 000
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Student organisers are calling for #Cornell to expel and revoke the degrees of the alleged perpetrators of the rape, rewrite policies around sexual assault punishments, initiate an external investigation of the university and mandate prevention training for campus police.”bbc.co.ukA 'dark cloud' and 'dismal' mood: What it's like at Cornell amid frat rape allegationStudents tell the BBC that the tension on campus has become palpable since allegations from 2024 resurfaced. 010
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Migrants have reacted to [Trump] ending legal pathways to asylum, expanding enforcement, accelerating deportations, and *making clear that they are not welcome*.” 🎁 article 👇 economist.com/the-americas...economist.comThe world’s busiest migration route has gone quietDonald Trump’s immigration curbs have changed the movement of people throughout a hemisphere 011
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026““What have we become?” asks Don//…//“ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comIt was the most welcoming town in Britain. Why has Crowborough become so divided?In 2022, they opened their arms to Ukrainian refugees. But this year, the arrival of more than 300 asylum seekers has split the community. Can the rift be healed? 000
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This (2) (esp. “”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before.”) 010
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“The most common type of incident recorded by CST over both years was abusive behaviour, including verbal abuse, comments made in person or online and antisemitic graffiti. Its report said that, for the first time, there were two occurrences of extreme violence in 2024-25.”bbc.co.ukAntisemitism on the rise at universities, charity warnsThe Community Security Trust says reported incidents are "substantially higher" than before the war in Gaza began. 000
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Burnham says "#Brexit hasn't given us control", and that the country has "lost some of our control over immigration". He adds control over immigration was weakened "when we lost collaboration with our European partners".” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...bbc.co.ukBurnham giving first Labour conference speech as prime minister - watch liveUnder the plan, the state pension will continue to rise each year in line with inflation or by 2.5% - but the annual earnings link will be dropped. 040
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Important read/thread 👇 (esp. “Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland have become more restrictive.”) 010
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Yet [Starmer’s] choice of language was a reminder of how the idea of the stranger – representing #immigration, but also wider, more inchoate anxieties about otherness and difference – holds such a potent place in #Britain today.” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comNo island of strangers: why I’m using art to unite a fractured nationFear of outsiders is the defining issue of our times. But is it actually our own selves we’re scared of? And could art hold the answers? Here, the British Art Show’s curator reveals why he’s exploring... 032
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026static.klipy.comExcited Woman Popping ChampagneALT: Excited Woman Popping Champagne 000
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wonderful message from @edinburghup.bsky.social just now - “We have now heard back from the reviewer and they are very happy with your reply and revisions. We are now able to move forward with preparing your book for profuction.”static.klipy.comSoul Train: Dynamic Head Spin BreakdanceALT: Soul Train: Dynamic Head Spin Breakdance 260
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026”Have you tried our mindfulness exercises?” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEdinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cutsMembers of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts. 011
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Awful story likely to fuel “enemy within” narratives 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCarer at home investigated by BBC struck off for threatening elderly manAmina Sani, who is Nigerian, was found to have threatened the 81-year-old with police and threatened to hit him. 010