Alison
@alison263.bsky.social
Know something about housing, homelessness & welfare benefits. Opinions galore about lots of other things. Probably wrong about many of them. A bit grumpy since 2016.
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
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Yes, it was disappointing that more people risked their lives crossing across the Channel yesterday, and that criminal smuggling gangs would have profited from it.
But it doesn't change the fact we had the longest period with no crossing for 7 years.
And yesterday didn't impact the numbers much!
But it doesn't change the fact we had the longest period with no crossing for 7 years.
And yesterday didn't impact the numbers much!
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Yes, it was disappointing that more people risked their lives crossing across the Channel yesterday, and that criminal smuggling gangs would have profited from it.
But it doesn't change the fact we had the longest period with no crossing for 7 years.
And yesterday didn't impact the numbers much!
But it doesn't change the fact we had the longest period with no crossing for 7 years.
And yesterday didn't impact the numbers much!
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In 2018 I said I had never met the Russian Ambassador. And to prove it, here I am in 2013 not meeting him.
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In 2018 I said I had never met the Russian Ambassador. And to prove it, here I am in 2013 not meeting him.
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“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE
With ICE targeting vendors and fear rising, community groups are organising fast to keep New Yorkers working on the streets safe
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
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Economists now agree on the direction of travel: Brexit has made the UK poorer and it's getting worse — lower growth, less investment, and a widening gap.
If we’re serious about growth and funding our public services, we need to be in a customs union.
www.thetimes.com/article/d3d8...
If we’re serious about growth and funding our public services, we need to be in a customs union.
www.thetimes.com/article/d3d8...
December 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Economists now agree on the direction of travel: Brexit has made the UK poorer and it's getting worse — lower growth, less investment, and a widening gap.
If we’re serious about growth and funding our public services, we need to be in a customs union.
www.thetimes.com/article/d3d8...
If we’re serious about growth and funding our public services, we need to be in a customs union.
www.thetimes.com/article/d3d8...
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Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
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Such awful news emerging out of Bondi Beach in Australia this morning.
Reports of a mass shooting, potentially with multiple fatalities.
The shooting was at or near a Jewish Hanukkah celebration attended by families.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Reports of a mass shooting, potentially with multiple fatalities.
The shooting was at or near a Jewish Hanukkah celebration attended by families.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bondi beach shooting live updates: two people in custody as PM urges public to follow police guidance amid ‘shocking and distressing’ scenes
Follow updates live
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Such awful news emerging out of Bondi Beach in Australia this morning.
Reports of a mass shooting, potentially with multiple fatalities.
The shooting was at or near a Jewish Hanukkah celebration attended by families.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Reports of a mass shooting, potentially with multiple fatalities.
The shooting was at or near a Jewish Hanukkah celebration attended by families.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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⚡️ SHOCKING! Chris Bryant’s huge Brexit admission:
🫨16,000 fewer 🇬🇧 biz exporters after Brexit. Brexit crippled 🇬🇧 biz
That’s why
France/Germany are outperforming 🇬🇧
👉growth is weaker
👉wages are under pressure
Brexit used sovereignty as bait to deliver self-harm which benefits Russian 🇷🇺 aggression.
🫨16,000 fewer 🇬🇧 biz exporters after Brexit. Brexit crippled 🇬🇧 biz
That’s why
France/Germany are outperforming 🇬🇧
👉growth is weaker
👉wages are under pressure
Brexit used sovereignty as bait to deliver self-harm which benefits Russian 🇷🇺 aggression.
December 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
⚡️ SHOCKING! Chris Bryant’s huge Brexit admission:
🫨16,000 fewer 🇬🇧 biz exporters after Brexit. Brexit crippled 🇬🇧 biz
That’s why
France/Germany are outperforming 🇬🇧
👉growth is weaker
👉wages are under pressure
Brexit used sovereignty as bait to deliver self-harm which benefits Russian 🇷🇺 aggression.
🫨16,000 fewer 🇬🇧 biz exporters after Brexit. Brexit crippled 🇬🇧 biz
That’s why
France/Germany are outperforming 🇬🇧
👉growth is weaker
👉wages are under pressure
Brexit used sovereignty as bait to deliver self-harm which benefits Russian 🇷🇺 aggression.
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No doubt this is just the tip of the iceberg.
How many bots? How many fake channels? How much AI generated misinformation...
...is being created, shared, and believed across social media channels.
This is what we are up against, & why is it so important we must keep backing our Labour government!
How many bots? How many fake channels? How much AI generated misinformation...
...is being created, shared, and believed across social media channels.
This is what we are up against, & why is it so important we must keep backing our Labour government!
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, study finds
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
No doubt this is just the tip of the iceberg.
How many bots? How many fake channels? How much AI generated misinformation...
...is being created, shared, and believed across social media channels.
This is what we are up against, & why is it so important we must keep backing our Labour government!
How many bots? How many fake channels? How much AI generated misinformation...
...is being created, shared, and believed across social media channels.
This is what we are up against, & why is it so important we must keep backing our Labour government!
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The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
The Farage Apologists
The same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
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“PLAINTIFF JOHNSON LOUDLY PLEADED WITH DEFENDANT TRUMP TO ‘PLEASE WEAR A CONDOM.’ DEFENDANT TRUMP RESPONDED BY VIOLENTLY STRIKING (HER) IN THE FACE WITH HIS OPEN HAND AND SCREAMING THAT HE ‘WOULD DO WHATEVER HE WANTED’… IN TEARS ASKED DEFENDANT TRUMP WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE HAD IMPREGNATED HER.”
“PRO-LIFE” AND “SAVE THE CHILDREN” HUH?
EXPLAIN THIS SHIT THEN.
“AFTER THE SEX ACT, BOTH MINORS WERE FORCED TO ORALLY COPULATE DEFENDANT TRUMP BY PLACING THEIR MOUTHS SIMULTANEOUSLY ON HIS ERECT PENIS… AFTER ZIPPING UP… PHYSICALLY PUSHED THE MINORS… ANGRILY BERATING THEM FOR THE ‘POOR’ QUALITY…”
EXPLAIN THIS SHIT THEN.
“AFTER THE SEX ACT, BOTH MINORS WERE FORCED TO ORALLY COPULATE DEFENDANT TRUMP BY PLACING THEIR MOUTHS SIMULTANEOUSLY ON HIS ERECT PENIS… AFTER ZIPPING UP… PHYSICALLY PUSHED THE MINORS… ANGRILY BERATING THEM FOR THE ‘POOR’ QUALITY…”
May 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“PLAINTIFF JOHNSON LOUDLY PLEADED WITH DEFENDANT TRUMP TO ‘PLEASE WEAR A CONDOM.’ DEFENDANT TRUMP RESPONDED BY VIOLENTLY STRIKING (HER) IN THE FACE WITH HIS OPEN HAND AND SCREAMING THAT HE ‘WOULD DO WHATEVER HE WANTED’… IN TEARS ASKED DEFENDANT TRUMP WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE HAD IMPREGNATED HER.”
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Who invented non-reflective glass?
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Who invented non-reflective glass?
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
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"I really have big hopes for Russia," Yulia Navalnaya said in an interview at our #POLITICO28 Gala in Brussels.
"I understand that it’s very difficult moment. It’s very difficult moment for Europe, and, of course, it’s an awful time for Russia."
Read the story: politico.eu/article/alex...
"I understand that it’s very difficult moment. It’s very difficult moment for Europe, and, of course, it’s an awful time for Russia."
Read the story: politico.eu/article/alex...
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"I really have big hopes for Russia," Yulia Navalnaya said in an interview at our #POLITICO28 Gala in Brussels.
"I understand that it’s very difficult moment. It’s very difficult moment for Europe, and, of course, it’s an awful time for Russia."
Read the story: politico.eu/article/alex...
"I understand that it’s very difficult moment. It’s very difficult moment for Europe, and, of course, it’s an awful time for Russia."
Read the story: politico.eu/article/alex...
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It’s 2:24 am and air raid siren is on in Kyiv ⚠️🔉loud siren. Russian mIG bomber in the air detected
December 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It’s 2:24 am and air raid siren is on in Kyiv ⚠️🔉loud siren. Russian mIG bomber in the air detected
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In Illinois, a registered child sex offender is running for Congress (IL-9) as a Republican because he thinks people who supported Trump after 34 felonies will support pedophiles, too. patch.com/illinois/chi...
9th District Candidate Is A Registered Sex Offender: Report
A Republican candidate running for Congress in Illinois' 9th District was convicted of a sex crime against a minor, according to a report.
patch.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In Illinois, a registered child sex offender is running for Congress (IL-9) as a Republican because he thinks people who supported Trump after 34 felonies will support pedophiles, too. patch.com/illinois/chi...
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Legal or not it will happen.
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Legal or not it will happen.
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ICE agents randomly assault woman by pepper spraying the shit out of her several times.
I’m sickened to be seeing more women ICE agents that are equally as scummy as their male counterparts.
#Pinks #TrueBlue #ICEAgents
I’m sickened to be seeing more women ICE agents that are equally as scummy as their male counterparts.
#Pinks #TrueBlue #ICEAgents
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
ICE agents randomly assault woman by pepper spraying the shit out of her several times.
I’m sickened to be seeing more women ICE agents that are equally as scummy as their male counterparts.
#Pinks #TrueBlue #ICEAgents
I’m sickened to be seeing more women ICE agents that are equally as scummy as their male counterparts.
#Pinks #TrueBlue #ICEAgents
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FUCK ICE!!!!!!!!!
ICE agents randomly assault woman by pepper spraying the shit out of her several times.
I’m sickened to be seeing more women ICE agents that are equally as scummy as their male counterparts.
#Pinks #TrueBlue #ICEAgents
I’m sickened to be seeing more women ICE agents that are equally as scummy as their male counterparts.
#Pinks #TrueBlue #ICEAgents
December 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
FUCK ICE!!!!!!!!!
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Griftmas Advent Calendar
🔴Nigel Farage’s Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Nigel Farage's Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Griftmas Advent Calendar
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After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
December 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
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Javier, our new CEO, wanted to thank everyone for a fun and motivating first week. You all have made his transition process enjoyable. He has much to do but insisted on relaying that his initial numbers indicate that the dogs are all very good and will likely continue to be ❤️
December 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Javier, our new CEO, wanted to thank everyone for a fun and motivating first week. You all have made his transition process enjoyable. He has much to do but insisted on relaying that his initial numbers indicate that the dogs are all very good and will likely continue to be ❤️
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It was the sweetest moment I’ve witnessed during the war.
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It was the sweetest moment I’ve witnessed during the war.
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slightly random but I’m running a stall selling my cousin’s home made jam at Camberwell Market tomorrow 11-4 if anyone needs last-minute stocking fillers
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
slightly random but I’m running a stall selling my cousin’s home made jam at Camberwell Market tomorrow 11-4 if anyone needs last-minute stocking fillers
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MAJOR BREAKING: Despite Trump's threats, the Indiana State Senate has REJECTED the Trump-backed 9-0 gerrymandered map, leaving the existing 7-2 map in place.
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
MAJOR BREAKING: Despite Trump's threats, the Indiana State Senate has REJECTED the Trump-backed 9-0 gerrymandered map, leaving the existing 7-2 map in place.