Reposted by Ali BowmanBen Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 11/06/20251. A story. Please read. Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit. I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles. 1682105
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Sitting in the garden with hubby in the last of the day’s sun. Glass of red in hand and listening to ABBA (don’t judge!). It really is the simple things. 000
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Photos can never truly do justice to a field of Bluebells. 020
Reposted by Ali BowmanHerbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Recent studies have hammered home a simple truth: eating a healthy, plant-based diet can drastically reduce your risk of dying from conditions like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and even dangerous blood clots. herbivore.club/blog/...herbivore.clubEat Like Your Life Depends on ItRecent studies have hammered home a simple truth: eating a healthy, plant-based diet can drastically reduce your risk of dying from conditions like obesity 05016
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Lovely spot to sit and have a coffee this afternoon. 010
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Divine food and epic portions @BeckHallMalham. #vegan #plantbased 040
Reposted by Ali BowmanSouthGlosHead @southgloshead.bsky.social · 24/03/2025NEW BLOG: What Covid taught us. southgloshead.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/w...southgloshead.wordpress.comWhat Covid taught us – five years on22nd March 2020. The younger children skipped out to their parents as usual, blissfully unaware of the water rising up the school drive. First mentioned on distant shores. Then on Italian slopes. A… 163
Reposted by Ali BowmanTes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 21/03/2025🧰 #Ofsted inspection toolkits ‘lack coherence’ on SEND and may not work outside of mainstream, leaders warntes.comOfsted toolkits ‘lack coherence’ on SENDThere is a risk of SEND becoming a ‘low-risk failure’ under Ofsted plans, leader warns 042
Reposted by Ali BowmanMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The UK would now want to rejoin the EU by 55% to 33% Removing those that don’t know - that’s a 62.5% to 37.5% breakdown. 593109072717
Reposted by Ali BowmanThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/03/2025TV tonight: Siobhan Finneran’s new kick-ass thriller for Happy Valley fanstheguardian.comTV tonight: Siobhan Finneran’s new kick-ass thriller for Happy Valley fansProtection is the twisty drama about a family shot dead while under witness protection. Plus: meet the new Celebrity Bake Off judge. Here’s what to watch this evening 19012
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025When you’ve been away for a week there is nothing better than beans on toast and a cup of tea. 000
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I think the world is going to look very different after 4 years of Trump. And it won’t be for the better. 000
Reposted by Ali BowmanBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress. No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States. Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown. 12368831634
Reposted by Ali BowmanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off. That's what blackmail looks like. That's what the world is up against. 13856221662
Reposted by Ali BowmanaidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 02/03/202511 weeks apart. They were willing to overlook the lies, Jan 6th, fraud, the arrest, the charges & the rape to celebrate his return to the White House. Now they feign surprise that the sociopath we all warned was a sociopath is indeed still a sociopath. 22675501764
Reposted by Ali BowmanStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro 3835530210534
Reposted by Ali BowmanGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025A reminder for these times. 6458208617561
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Helping the eldest move into his first house today. Will help me take my mind off all that is wrong in the world. 010
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I’ve been to America 10 times. It’s a great country. I refused to go when Trump was in office the first time around. There’s not a cat in hell’s chance I’d go this time. Time to boycott. 010
Reposted by Ali BowmanJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Dear President Zelensky, As it is likely that our paths will never cross in person, I could not let this day go by without trying to reach you here. I come to you humbly as an American citizen who is thoroughly and completely embarrassed of our leaders. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...johnpavlovitz.substack.comTo President Zelensky, From an Embarrassed AmericanDear President Zelensky, 742246076507
Reposted by Ali BowmanMad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that 166342515268
Reposted by Ali BowmanJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined. 27184151648
Reposted by Ali BowmanBrian J. Karem @briankarem.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing. 18064870810768
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Donald Trump is a repugnant, obnoxious, vile person. I felt sick watching tonight’s news. What a hideous, hateful excuse of a human being. 000
Reposted by Ali BowmanNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/02/2025The scenes in the Oval Office today will shame the US for decades. They’ll never be forgotten. A world leader, fighting for his country against the 21st century’s Nazis, came to the US and was attacked & abused by a gangster regime siding with the fascist invaders. A historic disgrace. 7658151705
Reposted by Ali BowmanSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart. 20083192463
Reposted by Ali BowmanOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/02/2025In decades to come, statues, parks and streets will stand to the example of President Zelensky. Trump will stand only as a reminder of the worst excesses of entitlement, stupidity, evil, and privilege and how collectively they brought about the Downfall of America. 491235293
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Eldest has just got the keys to his first house. I’m taking the double rainbow 🌈 as a sign of good luck. 010
Reposted by Ali Bowmanandyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Four weeks this morning, GM will have achieved its long-held ambition of integrated public transport by uniting bus and tram in a single payment system. People will be able to make journeys using a combination of both and never pay more than the daily cap. Rail added from 2026. #ChangeDay 1429232
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The tiny white dot at the top right of the trig point is Jodrell Bank. 000
Reposted by Ali BowmanLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 19/02/2025Trump calls Zelensky “a dictator without elections” having lauded Putin, a man who hasn’t had a free or fair election in years and who has prevented elections in Ukraine because he invaded. 1101457336
Reposted by Ali BowmanBrian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 19/02/2025As well as the blatant lies told by Trump, it is galling that a bone-spur draft-dodger lectures a man who has set himself against a powerful invader and not flinched. 1747060
Reposted by Ali BowmanYorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 18/02/2025✍️ It’s time for the much vaunted ‘grown-up’ debate on immigration The UK’s immigration debate fails to address its complexities, with politicians relying on opinions over facts, leaving voters ill-informed and angry By Martin Brooks @out-liar.bsky.socialyorkshirebylines.co.ukIt’s time for the much vaunted ‘grown-up’ debate on immigrationThe UK’s immigration debate fails to address its complexities, with politicians relying on opinions over facts, leaving voters ill-informed and angry 79839
Reposted by Ali BowmanAlan Hemingway @alanacct.bsky.social · 18/02/2025At last, an article highlighting that countries need immigration to continue to grow with an ageing population and a declining birth rate www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...theguardian.comHow Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soarAs immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008 095
Ali Bowman @alibowman.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Emergency phone call from daughter this morning-the bedroom door handle had broken off and they were trapped inside! This is why I have a set of spare keys! 000
Reposted by Ali BowmanGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/02/2025It gives me no pleasure to say she was right. 24195411195