Karen Windle
@profwindle.bsky.social
Professor of Healthcare Research & Impact at the University of Ulster. Ageing, dementia, person-centred care, integrated care, health and care processes and policy. All views etc.
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“I’ve never seen federal agents so out of control and acting in such a malicious manner,” a former federal prosecutor and federal judge said. “They said they were going after ‘the worst of the worst,’ then they became the problem.
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Read this by @jonschuppe.bsky.social & @natashakorecki.bsky.social
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters
Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
“I’ve never seen federal agents so out of control and acting in such a malicious manner,” a former federal prosecutor and federal judge said. “They said they were going after ‘the worst of the worst,’ then they became the problem.
Read this by @jonschuppe.bsky.social & @natashakorecki.bsky.social
Read this by @jonschuppe.bsky.social & @natashakorecki.bsky.social
The orange tyrd is ramping up the fascist playbook. Control the media (Musk, Bezos), control the judiciary. It's all just so awful. 👇
President Donald Trump's administration ramped up its pressure on the U.S. judiciary, with the Justice Department saying it has asked federal prosecutors to supply it with the "most egregious examples" of judges impeding his agenda so Congress c...
TAT: [Suppressing Dissent | Undermining Democracy]
TAT: [Suppressing Dissent | Undermining Democracy]
Trump's DOJ seeks examples of 'egregious' judges for Congress to review
President Donald Trump's administration ramped up its pressure on the U.S. judiciary on Tuesday, with the Justice Department saying it has asked federal prosecutors to supply it with the "most egregious examples" of judges impeding his agenda so Congress could take action against them.
www.reuters.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The orange tyrd is ramping up the fascist playbook. Control the media (Musk, Bezos), control the judiciary. It's all just so awful. 👇
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
“This is about right versus wrong”. How delightful. Old fashioned perhaps (the orange tyrd’s lies and the shenanigans of politicians have changed the moral landscape) but more of this please. 👇
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“This is about right versus wrong”. How delightful. Old fashioned perhaps (the orange tyrd’s lies and the shenanigans of politicians have changed the moral landscape) but more of this please. 👇
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A reminder to the media and others trying to claim this Government and Starmer are worse than anything they've ever seen, a Government which has only been in power for 19 months. Here's a handly list of the scandals we had to endure from the Tories between 2011-2024.
February 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
A reminder to the media and others trying to claim this Government and Starmer are worse than anything they've ever seen, a Government which has only been in power for 19 months. Here's a handly list of the scandals we had to endure from the Tories between 2011-2024.
Apparently in The Times spread yesterday, Mandelson stated his troubles were like a ‘05.30 drive-by shooting’. Women and girls were trafficked, raped and abused but of course, it’s Mandelson who is the victim.
So many of these powerful men playing the victim card. Sickening.
So many of these powerful men playing the victim card. Sickening.
February 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Apparently in The Times spread yesterday, Mandelson stated his troubles were like a ‘05.30 drive-by shooting’. Women and girls were trafficked, raped and abused but of course, it’s Mandelson who is the victim.
So many of these powerful men playing the victim card. Sickening.
So many of these powerful men playing the victim card. Sickening.
This is simply terrifying. The State of Florida has banned so many books that teaching Sociology becomes impossible. That the #US is banning democracy and thought is heinous. 👇
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This is simply terrifying. The State of Florida has banned so many books that teaching Sociology becomes impossible. That the #US is banning democracy and thought is heinous. 👇
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
Lord, run out of coffee.
an emergency situation sign with a red light on
ALT: an emergency situation sign with a red light on
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Lord, run out of coffee.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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In 1960, Ruby Bridges walked into an empty school to change the world. 🕊️
Despite her father losing his job, her grandparents being evicted, and every teacher but one refusing to instruct her, Ruby stayed. She turned a year of isolation into a lifetime of activism.
Despite her father losing his job, her grandparents being evicted, and every teacher but one refusing to instruct her, Ruby stayed. She turned a year of isolation into a lifetime of activism.
February 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
In 1960, Ruby Bridges walked into an empty school to change the world. 🕊️
Despite her father losing his job, her grandparents being evicted, and every teacher but one refusing to instruct her, Ruby stayed. She turned a year of isolation into a lifetime of activism.
Despite her father losing his job, her grandparents being evicted, and every teacher but one refusing to instruct her, Ruby stayed. She turned a year of isolation into a lifetime of activism.
All these powerful men denying abuse of girls and trafficked women. In the immortal words if Christine Keeler, ‘Well, he would say that wouldn’t he’. Bastards.
February 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
All these powerful men denying abuse of girls and trafficked women. In the immortal words if Christine Keeler, ‘Well, he would say that wouldn’t he’. Bastards.
Really quite sad to see that #Chomsky's 'political activism' didn't extend to abused and trafficked women.
“The best way to proceed is to ignore it,” Chomsky wrote in a text Epstein sent to a lawyer and publicist. “That’s particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder.”
Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Really quite sad to see that #Chomsky's 'political activism' didn't extend to abused and trafficked women.
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
One word. Tuskegee (1932 to 1972). For those that don’t know, do look it up.
While #ToddlerTrump drags the #US to be a fascist state, his appointee’s are seemingly taking a leaf from prior illegal studies. 👇
While #ToddlerTrump drags the #US to be a fascist state, his appointee’s are seemingly taking a leaf from prior illegal studies. 👇
“This is so dangerous as to approach criminality” is my opinion about RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan’s statements.
Instead of seeing the measles outbreak as the preventable tragedy it is, he views it as an opportunity to see how many kids die.
Another great piece by @melodyschreiber.com.
Instead of seeing the measles outbreak as the preventable tragedy it is, he views it as an opportunity to see how many kids die.
Another great piece by @melodyschreiber.com.
US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations
Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he doesn’t like the term ‘established science’
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
One word. Tuskegee (1932 to 1972). For those that don’t know, do look it up.
While #ToddlerTrump drags the #US to be a fascist state, his appointee’s are seemingly taking a leaf from prior illegal studies. 👇
While #ToddlerTrump drags the #US to be a fascist state, his appointee’s are seemingly taking a leaf from prior illegal studies. 👇
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Tom Emmer lies about his own constituents: "If you go to my state, the pictures you're seeing of these mobs in Minneapolis, these are paid agitators and protesters. Yeah, you got some Minnesotan anarchists that are in there, but they are people coming from outside our state."
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Tom Emmer lies about his own constituents: "If you go to my state, the pictures you're seeing of these mobs in Minneapolis, these are paid agitators and protesters. Yeah, you got some Minnesotan anarchists that are in there, but they are people coming from outside our state."
Carrot, roasted pepper and tomato (garlic, ginger, bit of coriander, thyme) soup tonight. Not bad at all.
February 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Carrot, roasted pepper and tomato (garlic, ginger, bit of coriander, thyme) soup tonight. Not bad at all.
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1/ This pause is obviously concerning to researchers & universities & I’d like to specifically register the point that if the reason of ‘aligning with national priorities’ means more policy-driven & less free ideas-driven research then this move is of even more concern.
www.msn.com/en-in/politi...
www.msn.com/en-in/politi...
February 1, 2026 at 10:25 AM
1/ This pause is obviously concerning to researchers & universities & I’d like to specifically register the point that if the reason of ‘aligning with national priorities’ means more policy-driven & less free ideas-driven research then this move is of even more concern.
www.msn.com/en-in/politi...
www.msn.com/en-in/politi...
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I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.
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I sincerely hope NH library workers have found a way to avoid keeping records altogether because you can't share what doesn't exist and children deserve privacy and safe access to information just as much as any adult does.
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New law to make New Hampshire library records available to parents • New Hampshire Bulletin
Borrowing records at public libraries have long been confidential under New Hampshire state law, even for the parents of a child borrower. A new law changes that.
newhampshirebulletin.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I sincerely hope NH library workers have found a way to avoid keeping records altogether because you can't share what doesn't exist and children deserve privacy and safe access to information just as much as any adult does.
newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/new-l...
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Minneapolis ICE watchers face violence, teargas and arrests. They keep showing up
Bystanders say they are determined to keep recording federal agents’ actions: ‘There will be absolutely no accountability unless people are documenting’
Minneapolis ICE watchers face violence, teargas and arrests. They keep showing up
Bystanders say they are determined to keep recording federal agents’ actions: ‘There will be absolutely no accountability unless people are documenting’
Minneapolis ICE watchers face violence, teargas and arrests. They keep showing up
Bystanders say they are determined to keep recording federal agents’ actions: ‘There will be absolutely no accountability unless people are documenting’
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:14 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Minneapolis ICE watchers face violence, teargas and arrests. They keep showing up
Bystanders say they are determined to keep recording federal agents’ actions: ‘There will be absolutely no accountability unless people are documenting’
Minneapolis ICE watchers face violence, teargas and arrests. They keep showing up
Bystanders say they are determined to keep recording federal agents’ actions: ‘There will be absolutely no accountability unless people are documenting’
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
"Trump has had terrible bruises on the tops of his hands and even more terrible excuses for why they keep appearing. Aspirin, Swiss furniture, shaking lots of hands – the list of things that aren’t cannula sites grows longer every week" 😂
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From ICE to Melania’s black carpet, are Trump’s techlords getting pangs of buyer’s remorse? | Marina Hyde
The first lady’s premiere was marked by conspicuous absences. It turns out chumminess with the president might just come at a cost, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"Trump has had terrible bruises on the tops of his hands and even more terrible excuses for why they keep appearing. Aspirin, Swiss furniture, shaking lots of hands – the list of things that aren’t cannula sites grows longer every week" 😂
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...