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W. Andy Knight

@knight54.bsky.social

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2021-22 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in International & Area Studies @YaleU; Past UA Provost Fellow Black Excellence & Leadership; University of Alberta Distinguished Professor, FRSC, LLD

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · Nov 15

Good morning! This is my first post of Bluesky. I am officially getting off twitter. I hate what Musk has done to that platform.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1h

May she rest in eternal peace!
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Howroute (@howroute) on Threads

Diane Keaton (1946-2025) ⚫️⚪️⚫️

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t miss this talk by Marco Pacioni on “Fascist Language”https://www.ualberta.ca/en/political-science/upcoming-events-and-workshops/index.html

Events

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WE ARE FED UP! @val.sheshed.rocks · 8h

Great news! 24,000 donors have raised over $567,000 within 24 hrs of Letitia James’ indictment. Mamdani also summoned what is known as the sisterhood of Black elected officials in NYC to lend their support. I look forward to her victory. ❤️‍🔥 #Pinks #SheShed

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Letitia James sees a record fundraising surge and Democratic support after indictment | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump saw another one of his opponents indicted — but he also gave New York Attorney General Letitia James her best single day of fundraising in a nearly 30-year political career.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 8h

Congrats to my nephew, Yona, for being appointed as an honorary member of the world aquatics athletes’ committee.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 9h

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Lyn (@lynmedpu) on Threads

She taught them to chase life, now she's learning how to live with their absence. Truly heartbreaking ☹️

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 10h

Clearly, a change of government has not ended the murderous bloodsheding In Trinidad. There is seemingly something structurally wrong with the country that can’t be fixed by the politicians. newsday.co.tt/2025/10/11/1...

12 people murdered – A week of bloodshed - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

IN THE midst of a state of emergency, Trinidad and Tobago was gripped by a deadly wave of violence over the past week, with at least 12 people including a woman and a 15-year-old boy, being murdered i...

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 10h

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IR expert: Change coming to Venezuela with Nobel prize - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

The recent award of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela's opposition leader María Coria Machado could usher in change in the South American country, international relations experts predict.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 16h

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, two prominent Palestinian doctors abducted by Israeli forces from Gaza during the genocide, will not be released as part of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement.

Israel Refuses to Release Two Palestinian Doctors Abducted From Gaza in Ceasefire Deal, Who Are They? - Quds News Network

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 20h

The Felon in the White House tried to bully the Nobel Prize committee into giving him a Nobel Peace Prize. It’s shameful for Trump to be leading a country that is so divided, primarily because of him, and then expect to somehow be rewarded with a Nobel Peace Prize.

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

AN AGENT FOR MURDER: This felon is not worthy of a Peace Prize. A man who wages war on his own people, who bribes world leaders for accolades, and who demands the glory of peace while spreading death — is the opposite of what a Nobel stands for.

AN AGENT FOR MURDER

You can’t bribe your way to peace. You earn it through humanity and Trump has none

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 22h

🇨🇦 Canadians are really too nice. Hoegstra should have been made persona non grata for lying about the Netherlands. One thing is certain, we will not believe anything that comes out of his mouth. We will smile but treat him with contempt! 🇨🇦

Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 1d

Hoegstra, one of Trump's pedophile protecting Christo-Fascists and a faithful Project 2025 supporter who’s the US Ambassador to Canada, gets called out by Dutch reporters for his lies about the Netherlands. Canadian MSM, take note.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 22h

Sens. Durbin and Duckworth visit Broadview ICE processing facility

Durbin said this was the fourth time they’ve requested to tour the facility with no response from ICE officials.

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Sens. Durbin and Duckworth visit Broadview ICE processing facility

U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth were on the ground in suburban Broadview on Friday, where they continued calls to tour the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility. ...

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d

Serves them right!

Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1d

Dear GOP, WTAF? A Qatar base in Idaho? Bailing out Argentina while American farmers go broke? Who are you guys? It almost seems like you are working against Americans.. 🧐 It’s almost as if a secretly embedded Russian asset is running things these days..🤔 or just release the EPSTEIN FILES already!!!!

US farmers caught in Trump-China trade war – who’ll buy the soybeans?

Tariffs have caused a Chinese exit from the soybean market – and midwestern farmers are waiting on a solution

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d

This is the correct move. The Trump administration cannot be allowed to get away with committing crimes against humanity with impunity.

MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 1d

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1d

US farmers caught in Trump-China trade war – who’ll buy the soybeans?

Tariffs have caused a Chinese exit from the soybean market – and midwestern farmers are waiting on a solution

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d

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Experts warn US-Grenada military deal could test Caricom unity

International consultant and former Jamaican ambassador Curtis Ward says the United States does not need a base in Grenada to act militarily against Venezuela, as Prime Minister Kam...

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d

#Pedogate isn’t going away

Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Friday night ! All together now….. 🎶🎶🎶 #EpsteinFiles

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Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Friday night ! All together now….. 🎶🎶🎶 #EpsteinFiles

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d

Yiu might have had one ir two bad reviews, but i guarantee that they are thousands who thinks that you are hotttt. Case in point!https://www.threads.com/@micheleblandizzi2101/post/DPok1TljCm1?xmt=AQF0g-STN32UF2I7ohF7nvivGrPBi2t27jrkiazLYVqNxw

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@delarocheinsta You are beautiful, sexy, sensual, attractive, irresistible to die for.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d

This is absolutely wonderful.

Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 1d

🤩 #Portland 🇺🇸

W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d

Masked hooligans.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d

Americans can learn a few things from their neighbour to the North. 🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Bon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · 1d

The Canadian government is making the national pilot program, which provides a nutritious meal to students at school, permanent! 👏🇨🇦

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National school food program to be permanent

The federal government has decided to make the national school food program permanent across the country. CTV Windsor’s Chris Campbell shares what this means.

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Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 1d

🤩 #Portland 🇺🇸

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d

Name him, shame him, sue him, jail him.

Kim in Occupied Memphis @kimberlys.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s one kidnapper to be identified.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

What a loser.

TIME Magazine: "Trump loses Nobel Peace Prize he shamelessly campaigned for."

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

AN AGENT FOR MURDER

You can’t bribe your way to peace. You earn it through humanity and Trump has none

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