🇨🇦 Katherine D. Watson 🇬🇧
@drkdwatson.bsky.social
Historian of forensic medicine and crime at Oxford Brookes University. Cricket lover. Collector of shoes, perfumes and nail varnish.
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What a mess. This is the damage done by social media lies and disinformation - aided by a government that subsidises and cossets the platforms that spread it. news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
UK loses measles elimination status, warns WHO
Vaccination rates in 2024-25 among five-year-olds who had received both MMR jabs hit the lowest level in 15 years.
news.sky.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:25 PM
What a mess. This is the damage done by social media lies and disinformation - aided by a government that subsidises and cossets the platforms that spread it. news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
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Imagine voters sitting there after the Beeb has gone, worrying about paying to see a GP and thinking about an EU orange or tomato tgat costs a fiver. While watching Nige suck up to Vance for a dogturd trade deal. Imagine the rage then.
One of the many things that worries me is that Brits might have got so angry about immigration, and so desperate about public services, that they'd even vote Reform - a bunch of fringe extremists they'd normally laugh at.
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Imagine voters sitting there after the Beeb has gone, worrying about paying to see a GP and thinking about an EU orange or tomato tgat costs a fiver. While watching Nige suck up to Vance for a dogturd trade deal. Imagine the rage then.
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Canadians will continue to boycott the US and its administration because they have a rabid dog loose in the Whitehouse. Canada will never forget, we hold grudges. Time to ramp up the boycott on US industries.
Threatening Canada is a huge mistake 🖕
Threatening Canada is a huge mistake 🖕
Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner
January 24, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Canadians will continue to boycott the US and its administration because they have a rabid dog loose in the Whitehouse. Canada will never forget, we hold grudges. Time to ramp up the boycott on US industries.
Threatening Canada is a huge mistake 🖕
Threatening Canada is a huge mistake 🖕
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Last summer, we secured a two-year visa extension for people on the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
But the Government still only allows extensions in the final 28 days, even though processing takes longer. Lib Dems will keep fighting for justice for Ukrainians.
Martin Wrigley MP
But the Government still only allows extensions in the final 28 days, even though processing takes longer. Lib Dems will keep fighting for justice for Ukrainians.
Martin Wrigley MP
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Last summer, we secured a two-year visa extension for people on the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
But the Government still only allows extensions in the final 28 days, even though processing takes longer. Lib Dems will keep fighting for justice for Ukrainians.
Martin Wrigley MP
But the Government still only allows extensions in the final 28 days, even though processing takes longer. Lib Dems will keep fighting for justice for Ukrainians.
Martin Wrigley MP
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A 3 year JRF at Magdalene and Notre Dame in Irish Studies – sounds like a pretty great opportunity for someone.
‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition at University of Cambridge
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a ‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 24, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A 3 year JRF at Magdalene and Notre Dame in Irish Studies – sounds like a pretty great opportunity for someone.
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Top two articles are about ICE abducting a 5 year old and a 2 year old.
Below that, news about a historically large protest and general strike.
Then articles detailing how ICE lies about their actions and how the White House makes/publishes fake images about the anti-ICE protests.
Below that, news about a historically large protest and general strike.
Then articles detailing how ICE lies about their actions and how the White House makes/publishes fake images about the anti-ICE protests.
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Top two articles are about ICE abducting a 5 year old and a 2 year old.
Below that, news about a historically large protest and general strike.
Then articles detailing how ICE lies about their actions and how the White House makes/publishes fake images about the anti-ICE protests.
Below that, news about a historically large protest and general strike.
Then articles detailing how ICE lies about their actions and how the White House makes/publishes fake images about the anti-ICE protests.
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We work, we hold on, and we keep moving through a tunnel where no light is visible yet.
And we know that darkness at the end of the tunnel means a turn, not the end.
The most important thing is to keep going.
Good will win.
And we know that darkness at the end of the tunnel means a turn, not the end.
The most important thing is to keep going.
Good will win.
January 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM
We work, we hold on, and we keep moving through a tunnel where no light is visible yet.
And we know that darkness at the end of the tunnel means a turn, not the end.
The most important thing is to keep going.
Good will win.
And we know that darkness at the end of the tunnel means a turn, not the end.
The most important thing is to keep going.
Good will win.
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Tired, dirty, exhausted - but alive - the guys from the Khartiia unit are returning from Kupiansk for a brief rest.
Glory to the fighters!
📹: vitaliyfalcon/X
Glory to the fighters!
📹: vitaliyfalcon/X
January 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Tired, dirty, exhausted - but alive - the guys from the Khartiia unit are returning from Kupiansk for a brief rest.
Glory to the fighters!
📹: vitaliyfalcon/X
Glory to the fighters!
📹: vitaliyfalcon/X
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Historians and legal scholars: please submit your articles for the Burbank Global Legal History prize! Any article published in 2025 is eligible. The deadline is June 1.
I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions!
aslh.net/award/jane-b...
I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions!
aslh.net/award/jane-b...
Jane Burbank Global Legal History Article Prize | American Society for Legal History
The Jane Burbank Article Prize in global legal history will be awarded annually to the best article in regional, global, imperial, comparative, or transnational legal history published in the previous...
aslh.net
January 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Historians and legal scholars: please submit your articles for the Burbank Global Legal History prize! Any article published in 2025 is eligible. The deadline is June 1.
I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions!
aslh.net/award/jane-b...
I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions!
aslh.net/award/jane-b...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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'You cannot rewrite history': Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne rebuffs Trump's claims about allies in Afghanistan #Canada
Hundreds of NATO soldiers, including 158 Canadians, died during the Afghan war
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Hundreds of NATO soldiers, including 158 Canadians, died during the Afghan war
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'You cannot rewrite history': Minister rebuffs Trump's claims about allies in Afghanistan | CBC News
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's latest comments about America's allies in Afghanistan as an attempt to rewrite the history books.
www.cbc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM
'You cannot rewrite history': Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne rebuffs Trump's claims about allies in Afghanistan #Canada
Hundreds of NATO soldiers, including 158 Canadians, died during the Afghan war
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Hundreds of NATO soldiers, including 158 Canadians, died during the Afghan war
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Okay mate, you explain that to angry voters. They'll see your true colours.
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Okay mate, you explain that to angry voters. They'll see your true colours.
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Trump’s Afghanistan remarks ‘insulting and appalling’ says Starmer
www.channel4.com/news/trumps-...
www.channel4.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Afghanistan remarks ‘insulting and appalling’ says Starmer
The White House has doubled down on Donald Trump's false claim that British and other Nato troops avoided the front line in Afghanistan.
www.channel4.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Trump’s Afghanistan remarks ‘insulting and appalling’ says Starmer
www.channel4.com/news/trumps-...
www.channel4.com/news/trumps-...
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There is a short reel where you can actually watch them set Orange up, and then Putin Responds. Putin looks very joyful. They took the bait and outted themselves as Traitors to the Country and the World.
January 20, 2026 at 12:37 PM
There is a short reel where you can actually watch them set Orange up, and then Putin Responds. Putin looks very joyful. They took the bait and outted themselves as Traitors to the Country and the World.
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Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
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When I spotted this 2-spotted octopus near the Mesa in Santa Barbara it was in the open so I swam over to get a photo. I must have looked like a hungry sea lion & it wanted nothing to do with me. It swam into an old concrete pipe to hide so I waited just out of sight & curiosity go the better of it.
January 20, 2026 at 3:52 PM
When I spotted this 2-spotted octopus near the Mesa in Santa Barbara it was in the open so I swam over to get a photo. I must have looked like a hungry sea lion & it wanted nothing to do with me. It swam into an old concrete pipe to hide so I waited just out of sight & curiosity go the better of it.
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Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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How do you transform a fragile book into carefully maintained digital images & provide free, round-the-clock access for anyone, anywhere in the world?
On January 28 at 11am (CT), join us for “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library,” a free, virtual program: hmml.org/events
On January 28 at 11am (CT), join us for “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library,” a free, virtual program: hmml.org/events
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 PM
How do you transform a fragile book into carefully maintained digital images & provide free, round-the-clock access for anyone, anywhere in the world?
On January 28 at 11am (CT), join us for “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library,” a free, virtual program: hmml.org/events
On January 28 at 11am (CT), join us for “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library,” a free, virtual program: hmml.org/events
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#dugong #Thailand
"In 2022, at least 273 dugongs lived in Thai waters..."
They're now losing about 42/year
😨
Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores? | Global development | The Guardian share.google/qIUzUfAX3faR...
"In 2022, at least 273 dugongs lived in Thai waters..."
They're now losing about 42/year
😨
Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores? | Global development | The Guardian share.google/qIUzUfAX3faR...
Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores?
The Andaman coast was one of very few places in the world with a viable population but then dead dugongs began washing up. Now half have gone
share.google
January 21, 2026 at 12:15 AM
#dugong #Thailand
"In 2022, at least 273 dugongs lived in Thai waters..."
They're now losing about 42/year
😨
Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores? | Global development | The Guardian share.google/qIUzUfAX3faR...
"In 2022, at least 273 dugongs lived in Thai waters..."
They're now losing about 42/year
😨
Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores? | Global development | The Guardian share.google/qIUzUfAX3faR...
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): This European, North African & Asian species of Kingfisher has a wingspan of 25cm (9.8in). They nest in burrows close to lake edges or in riverbanks and defend their feeding territories from other kingfishers. Super photo taken by Crestyl K. in the UK. #kingfisher
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): This European, North African & Asian species of Kingfisher has a wingspan of 25cm (9.8in). They nest in burrows close to lake edges or in riverbanks and defend their feeding territories from other kingfishers. Super photo taken by Crestyl K. in the UK. #kingfisher
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#Iqaluit MLAs raise #Greenland flag as U.S. President Trump escalates annexation threat
'We are with you, we stand with you and we will be vocal,' Nunavut MLA says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'We are with you, we stand with you and we will be vocal,' Nunavut MLA says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Iqaluit MLAs raise Greenland flag as U.S. President Trump escalates annexation threat | CBC News
Members of Nunavut's Legislative Assembly raised Greenland's flag at the legislature building on Tuesday, in solidarity with the Inuit-majority island pushing back against annexation threats from U.S....
www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 5:32 PM
#Iqaluit MLAs raise #Greenland flag as U.S. President Trump escalates annexation threat
'We are with you, we stand with you and we will be vocal,' Nunavut MLA says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'We are with you, we stand with you and we will be vocal,' Nunavut MLA says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Phone theft: 5 must-dos to secure your data in case your mobile’s nicked!
Courtesy of @itvmlshow.bsky.social ‘Slash mobile phone bills and insurance costs’. Watch the full show on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...
Courtesy of @itvmlshow.bsky.social ‘Slash mobile phone bills and insurance costs’. Watch the full show on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...
January 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Phone theft: 5 must-dos to secure your data in case your mobile’s nicked!
Courtesy of @itvmlshow.bsky.social ‘Slash mobile phone bills and insurance costs’. Watch the full show on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...
Courtesy of @itvmlshow.bsky.social ‘Slash mobile phone bills and insurance costs’. Watch the full show on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...
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“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
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It may not have the hot clang of the Book of Revelation, but when the Danes are selling your bonds it has not been a good day.
January 20, 2026 at 11:42 PM
It may not have the hot clang of the Book of Revelation, but when the Danes are selling your bonds it has not been a good day.
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Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland