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Ali Watkins

@aliwatkins73.bsky.social
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working mother & widowed parent to four dog parent to one reluctant runner a little bit Danish 🇩🇰 🏳️‍⚧️ ally #FreePalestine

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12h
This is the man White America chose to become president. This
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Ali Watkins @aliwatkins73.bsky.social · 12h
Off you trot! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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No 10 insists RAF Fairford is safe after US withdraws its bombers from base
A dozen B-1s stationed at Gloucestershire base redeployed over concerns about possible threat from Iran
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scouthq.bsky.social @scouthq.bsky.social · 18h
Again trump is saying insane things and treasonous if we were living in “normal” times. He says it’s ok of Iran wants to bomb Los Angeles and San Diego. What the hell? And he’s still playing president and none of this is ever mentioned on our news in America. Unbelievable!
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 16h
Putin is taking advantage of Trump’s weakness to ramp up his war on Ukraine and threaten the rest of Europe. Read @macwbishop.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Steve W @atmywitsend.wsocial.eu · 23h
As it seems that King Chuckles is not going to pay for this will we also soon see AMW "not sweating" in bankruptcy courts as well ?
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes legal action against police and Old Bailey over Epstein raids
Former prince to challenge whether Thames Valley force and central criminal court of England and Wales acted lawfully over searches relating to his arrest
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 23h
To the surprise of absolutely no one, but to their courage, victims of far-right figures arguing they are “protecting women and girls” from unknown and unseen particular threat from migrants are coming forward to tell their story of sexual and domestic abuse
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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement
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thepokeuk.bsky.social @thepokeuk.bsky.social · 23h
Robert De Niro’s NSFW message to Trump was already amazing, but it was made so much better by how much it riled the Maga cultists www.thepoke.com/2026/10/06/d...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Triassic @triassic.bsky.social · 23h
Hey America, this is what a leader looks like.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Phil Collins on Trump’s uniquely abrasive style: “His whole manner is unattractive. Historically, presidents have been eloquent and elegant. Even if you don’t agree with them, you still respect them. But when somebody like Trump is as nasty as he is, you end up feeling dislike for him.”
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 23h
No thank you and no thank you. What is this nonsense? “Accept bad things for the good nobody needed”!!! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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Dr Sally Le Page @sallylepage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Doing some swotting on embryonic development for a podcast I'm hosting and came across @profaliceroberts.bsky.social's hand drawn videos. Incredibly clear explanations, would recommend. (though I am very envious of her drawing skills!) youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Lockdown Embryology - bite size videos exploring the amazing development of a human in the womb - more coming soon - YouTube
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Skip hop jump Blue Dolphin🍀🐬🐚🐸🐾 @bluealways.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not a diplomat, not a statesman, not a veteran, not a leader. This is un-American and unacceptable for any one much less the POTUS to gleefully speak of such destruction of the United States of America.
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Catherine @accomplishedseer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You know what's a smaller price to pay? Impeaching this enemy of the United States. The treason is obscene.
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Michele @michele67.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The grinning morons behind him need serious deprogramming.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reform UK are foxes looking after the chickens "Reform councillor James Sawkins—who was literally IN CHARGE of "Safer and Stronger Communities"—forced to STEP DOWN after appearing in COURT over Class A drugs and illegal medicine charges! ..." www.facebook.com/politicsinth... via Politics in the U.K
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 WATCH: “The IDF is a military that constantly lies, and gets caught lying. It’s total bullshit.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social shreds Israel’s unsupported claims that hundreds of journalists they’ve killed were actually militants.
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Media outlets reported multiple instances of President Biden appearing to nod off or close his eyes for several seconds during public events, although it turned out that it was mostly exaggerated. Yet they’ve never mentioned the dozens and dozens of times that Trump hits the snooze button.
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wokeaf3-2.bsky.social @wokeaf3-2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.reddit.com/r/news/s/uup... Hmmm.....
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From the news community on Reddit: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor launches legal action against police over Epstein files arrest
Explore this post and more from the news community
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 05/10/2026
“Because if you hold Trump accountable, one day you might hold *me* accountable, and we can’t have that.”
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Ali Watkins @aliwatkins73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nope.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Agreed, as long as you replace the word ”exciting” with “terrifying.” #MidtermsCantComeSoonEnough
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a "serial child molester." He was a registered sex offender.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 05/10/2026
"I think the version of Zionism the Israeli government put forward is racist." The Greens have voted to adopt the position that 'Zionism is racism'. Zack Polanski spoke to Iain Dale about it in February this year.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He’s so presidential! 😤 #Pinks #USDemocracy
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez this week said his nation would welcome the UK back 'with open arms' if Brexit was reversed. #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No could possibly have predicted that Trump calling Democrats “sons of bitches” would not be on today’s front page of the NYT, & Jake Tapper would be platforming Kevin Hassett to lie with impunity on the Sunday shows. 🧐🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
NYT front page 10/4Hassett and Tapper on CNN today
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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you think Donald Trump is doing a good job, you likely need a cognitive test. 🥴
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A lot of people would resent City and its owners getting favourable treatment after they ruined 15 years of the Premier League.
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Taloop @taloop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I give you the incomparable #MAGA prosecutor, senator #EricSchmitt.
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PrairieSam 🇨🇦 @prairiesam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
😂😂😂🤣😂🤣😅🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣 Yup! I'm not a #moron or #dirtbag
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The BBC's flagship Sunday politics programme has sparked fury after failing to include a Green Party representative – despite the party's conference taking place this weekend 👀 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Ali Watkins @aliwatkins73.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#JackSmith #EricSchmitt #RepublicanLies #trumppropaganda
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dirt Bag Eric Schmitt. Gotcha flop. He said Atlanta Hawks + Fani Willis. Called Jack Smith a dirtbag. It was Iowa Hawkeyes at Maryland. Caitlin Clark’s game. College Park — not Atlanta. Hawks ≠ Hawkeyes. #JackSmith #Hawkeyes #DirtBag #USDemocracy
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Ali Watkins @aliwatkins73.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think #EricSchmitt may be the #dirtbag missouriindependent.com/2026/10/02/f...
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FEC questions thousands of donations to Eric Schmitt tied to prolific online donors • Missouri Independent
The FEC sent three letters this year to U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt’s campaign asking about donations that appear to exceed federal limits.
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Kelly McMillan ❌👑 @kmcmillan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It was actually Brock Turner’s father. Made me so angry and sick to my stomach I’ll never forget it. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
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Stanford sexual assault: Brock Turner's father sparks outrage
The father of a US student convicted of sexual assault sparks outrage by saying his son should not have been jailed for "20 minutes of action".
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ℂ𝕙𝕖𝕫 💙 🌊 @yammz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Full of schmitt story: Thirteen donors flagged in federal letters appear nearly 5,700 times in the Missouri senator’s reports, highlighting questions about recurring online contributions.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#ClimateActionNow
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Jean-Christophe Goris 🇳🇱🇿🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦💙 The Cheese Whisperer @jcgoris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hegseths Pentagon accidentally rerouted F35 parts through Hong Kong, and now China has them lol whoopsie daisy
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MiaMayMax_FAFO @miamaymax.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
If Europe sees through your nonsense, you're really bad at this. Trump's Gaza “plan" is DOA, and the EU isn't having it… #WorldSaysNo #TrumpDelusions #NotBuyingTheBS #ThanksEurope
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Ali Watkins @aliwatkins73.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Erm, no. Just no. #trumpdelusions
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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Seems a good career move, stand up is obviously his natural home.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
Revealed: government quietly dropped plan to orepare England for wildfires
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
76 years ago today, Snoopy made his first appearance in ‘Peanuts.’
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debmacc.bsky.social @debmacc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Only one side has an army and weapons. This is not a war.
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