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W. Andy Knight
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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 · 21m
Lisa Hannah shares her thoughts about building back the sense of community and belonging in the midst of hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3h
Unbelievable.

Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 4h
Canada is not playing around. It is demonstrating its ability to diversify away from the USA.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 4h
www.threads.com/@well_i_wasn...
Darn Eas (@well_i_wasnt_expecting_that) on Threads
Carney strong 💪 🇨🇦
www.threads.com

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 4h
www.facebook.com/share/r/16er...
Redirecting...
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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 5h
One of my pen and ink portait sketches - found in one of my sketch books. For me sketch books are like diaries in which observations are made with the intent of someday producing a full
manuscript that relates the whole story.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h
I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 9h
People should not let the snake oil salesman in the White House fool them with misinformation and outright lies.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 18h
He is a felon.
dashannestokes.com Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 1d
Someone has to remind him that he swore an oath to defend the Constitution, which includes obeying our laws.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 18h
Carney has got to be careful!
charlieangus104.bsky.social Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 1d
Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 18h
How is that even possible?
lukaszukab.bsky.social Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 23h
How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.

Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.

#ableg
thebreakdownab.bsky.social The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d
Wait WHAT?!?

Dale Nally somehow audited the voting records of Albertans and is using that as a metric for who can initiate recall?

And now all of the applicant statements and member statements have been removed from Elections Alberta?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 18h
Let’s not forget that the current president of the USA is a felon.
dashannestokes.com Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 1d
Aa handful of complicit sycophants does not count as "many great legal scholars." Also, they urged people to disobey illegal orders, which is part of their training and required by law.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 18h
Alan Dershowitz is a charismatic figure? Since when? If the vast majority are where Dershowitz is, all I can say is God help AMERICA.
thelincoln.bsky.social Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 22h
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch at CBS News to “redraw the lines of what falls in the 40 yards of acceptable debate” in American political and cultural life. She says the aim is to sideline voices like Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and elevate “charismatic” figures such as Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch who reflect “where the vast majority of Americans actually are.”

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 20h
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Carney opens door to more trade with India at G20
Prime Minister Mark Carney used the G20 meeting to diversify Canada’s trade options including an agreement to work toward a new trade deal with India after years of tension between the two countries.
www.cbc.ca

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 21h
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America Should Be Declared A Pariah State
Podcast Episode · Real Talk Ryan Jespersen · 2025-04-14 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h
Garcia: The oversight committee and Democrats launched our official oversight immigration enforcement dashboard. The dashboard that allows our committee to investigate and document and archive for the public record, possible misconducts by federal agents, ICE, and DHS.

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 22h
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch at CBS News to “redraw the lines of what falls in the 40 yards of acceptable debate” in American political and cultural life. She says the aim is to sideline voices like Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and elevate “charismatic” figures such as Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch who reflect “where the vast majority of Americans actually are.”

Reposted by W. Andy Knight, Gerald Friedman

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Hopeful in AZ @shimanti.bsky.social · 22h
If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset.

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GingerSpice💙 @thedesertginger.bsky.social · 22h
If anyone needs to be reinstated back into service to be court martialed, it's
Gen Mike Flynn

#TraitorFlynn

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 23h
www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding pays tribute to cultural icon Jimmy Cliff - Jamaica Observer
Opposition Leader Mark Golding has joined Jamaicans at home and abroad in mourning the passing of Jimmy Cliff, hailing the legendary singer, songwriter, and actor as a singular force in Jamaican cultu...
www.jamaicaobserver.com

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 23h
How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.

Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.

#ableg
thebreakdownab.bsky.social The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d
Wait WHAT?!?

Dale Nally somehow audited the voting records of Albertans and is using that as a metric for who can initiate recall?

And now all of the applicant statements and member statements have been removed from Elections Alberta?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d
www.thedailybeast.com/confused-tru...
Confused Trump, 79, Mistakenly Amplifies Calls to Impeach Himself
The president’s tirade against a group of Democratic lawmakers backfired.
www.thedailybeast.com

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 1d
Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d
If you haven’t yet tuned into blacktalk podcast, check it out. Here is an episode on Pan Africanism. blacktalk.ca/episodes/
blacktalk.ca

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d
Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him.

Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?

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@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social @keepitbluedems.bsky.social · 1d
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Republicans who dodged Epstein vote now want credit
Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. GOP ...
www.dailykos.com

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d
Flipping through an old sketch book from my McMaster University days, I came across this pen and ink drawing. Now trying to recall the exercise.

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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d
These are crimes against humanity. The IDF and Israeli government will, at some point, have to account for this criminal behaviour.
dcmatt1.bsky.social Dale Matthew @dcmatt1.bsky.social · 3d
So much Israeli cruelty that even extraordinary stories like this barely cause a ripple. A 15-year old Palestinian boy in the West Bank was shot point-blank by the IDF last week. Wounded, soldiers prevented paramedics from reaching him. Video shows him writhing on the ground
youtu.be/_7oOnkZvqQE?...
Palestinian teenager left to die: 15-year-old shot by Israeli forces and denied help
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 1d
Move the World Cup entirely to Mexico and Canada. Between those two countries there should be up-to-date facilities &, more importantly, a civil & welcoming environment for football teams & fans from all over the globe. The USA is becoming a pariah in the eyes of much of the rest of the world.