Ann Kempster
@annkempster.com
Public sector agitator for good. Co-author @transform.wales
Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds.
Digital. 🏴
She/her.
Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds.
Digital. 🏴
She/her.
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someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
For all my 80s kids, super Care Bear vibes
There may be a shiny new sticker coming soon from @transform.wales 😊
Start with people, not solutions.
Start with people, not solutions.
January 25, 2026 at 6:08 PM
For all my 80s kids, super Care Bear vibes
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Give the money to social services, to public libraries, to affordable housing, to health care for all. The money's there. The money's always been there. Let's do it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Give the money to social services, to public libraries, to affordable housing, to health care for all. The money's there. The money's always been there. Let's do it.
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BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
Going back to being 18 and listening to Rage Against the Machine way too loudly and head banging some of my own rage out.
1992, it's all just as valid today.
1992, it's all just as valid today.
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Going back to being 18 and listening to Rage Against the Machine way too loudly and head banging some of my own rage out.
1992, it's all just as valid today.
1992, it's all just as valid today.
Reaching new levels of not okay.
a woman in a police uniform is standing in a room and saying `` burn everything '' .
ALT: a woman in a police uniform is standing in a room and saying `` burn everything '' .
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January 25, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Reaching new levels of not okay.
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 6:37 AM
It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.
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A message from his parents.
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 AM
A message from his parents.
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They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
January 24, 2026 at 11:25 PM
They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.
Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.
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“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
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January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
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The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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Settings > Content and media > Autoplay videos and GIFs > Toggle off
I really don’t need to see it.
I really don’t need to see it.
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Settings > Content and media > Autoplay videos and GIFs > Toggle off
I really don’t need to see it.
I really don’t need to see it.
This right here.
This is our challenge in Wales.
This is our challenge in Wales.
Public digital services need to be *so much better* than anything the market offers. You can't switch. You can't get fed up and choose to pay a bit more at Ocado than Sainsbury's because the UX is better. You can't opt out of public services because you're digitally excluded.
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This right here.
This is our challenge in Wales.
This is our challenge in Wales.
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It is extremely exciting to be goverened by people who literally do not understand how computer make beep.
“Don’t be silly, of course they wouldn’t try to ban VPNs”, they said…
UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall promises "evidence-led" approach to keeping children safe online
www.techradar.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:48 AM
It is extremely exciting to be goverened by people who literally do not understand how computer make beep.
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That would be since... 2016? I wonder what happened then?
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM
That would be since... 2016? I wonder what happened then?
The seats on GWR trains to Wales are disintegrating.
Two journeys today sat on metal bars.
They didn’t know the seats could be worse than they were. Yet here we are.
Two journeys today sat on metal bars.
They didn’t know the seats could be worse than they were. Yet here we are.
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The seats on GWR trains to Wales are disintegrating.
Two journeys today sat on metal bars.
They didn’t know the seats could be worse than they were. Yet here we are.
Two journeys today sat on metal bars.
They didn’t know the seats could be worse than they were. Yet here we are.
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Digital abuse is not a quirk of modern politics. It is strategic, misogynistic, and deeply personal ✍️Sarah Rees
The woman’s not for silencing - women can shape new leadership for Wales
Sarah Rees Online abuse is being used to push women out of politics. It won’t work. Wales needs women’s voices if we are to build a fairer future I did not come into politics to be a target. I came…
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January 22, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Digital abuse is not a quirk of modern politics. It is strategic, misogynistic, and deeply personal ✍️Sarah Rees
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MN's AG: “We will not save our country in a courtroom. ... ultimately, this country will be saved by the people of the United States. And so that — you protesting, you gathering evidence, you sharing it with us, you communicating with us — is action. It’s actually how we’re going to win.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
MN's AG: “We will not save our country in a courtroom. ... ultimately, this country will be saved by the people of the United States. And so that — you protesting, you gathering evidence, you sharing it with us, you communicating with us — is action. It’s actually how we’re going to win.”
I got to spend all afternoon and a chunk of this evening with this one.
Things feel a bit better now ❤️❤️
@gabysslave.bsky.social
Things feel a bit better now ❤️❤️
@gabysslave.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I got to spend all afternoon and a chunk of this evening with this one.
Things feel a bit better now ❤️❤️
@gabysslave.bsky.social
Things feel a bit better now ❤️❤️
@gabysslave.bsky.social
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If the MP for Great Yarmouth is interested in Welsh politics he’s welcome to stand for election in Wales
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 AM
If the MP for Great Yarmouth is interested in Welsh politics he’s welcome to stand for election in Wales
I should not be able to taste your aftershave. 🤮
January 22, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I should not be able to taste your aftershave. 🤮
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Today @instituteforgovernment.org.uk is hosting Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales. The FM will reportedly discuss fair funding for Wales, legal protections for devolution, and call for devolution of youth justice, rail and the transfer of Crown Estate powers.
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TODAY | In conversation with Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales
We are pleased to have @prifweinidog.gov.wales at the IfG to discuss her priorities as FM, relations with Westminster, the 2026 Senedd election and the future of devolution.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/conver...
We are pleased to have @prifweinidog.gov.wales at the IfG to discuss her priorities as FM, relations with Westminster, the 2026 Senedd election and the future of devolution.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/conver...
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Today @instituteforgovernment.org.uk is hosting Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales. The FM will reportedly discuss fair funding for Wales, legal protections for devolution, and call for devolution of youth justice, rail and the transfer of Crown Estate powers.
Not one to miss, sign up below.
Not one to miss, sign up below.