American Ex-pat in Scotland, girl-dad, UK Denizen, medium-old guy. Renewable energy and retrofit expert. Moonlights as a pitch black nightmare deep sea creature.
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Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
The failure of the government and many Labour MPs to leave X after the 2024 riots suggests they just don't get the challenge they face or the power they have to fight back. Completely weak and callow.
Wonderful. This just in from little Amy, 7, who has entered our Little Flyerās Lego competition. She writes, āmummy helping daddy find his contact lens I hope I win!ā Smashing Amy, very best of luck!
A simple test of humanity. Do you support Palestine and their right to exist?
Nigel Farage says he hates Europe but all his children, which have European mothers, have EU passports not British ones. He is a disgraceful fraud everything he says is a lie.
The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years. CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kidsā futures. Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
Iām gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Donald Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. #trumpsteinfiles #EpsteinClientList #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #pedodonnie #epstein #fucktrump
Wow. What a cunt.
Palantir CEO laughs about profiting from killing Palestinians using AI. He calls them 'Hamas' 'useful idiots' and 'mostly terrorists'. But there is only one terrorist here, and Palantir are war criminals.
Leaving the ECHR wonāt āTake Back Controlā ā it will hand your rights to politicians āThe myths are seductive, the reality is very different ā without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpyā eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
That guy in uniform is not fat enough.
So the amount of money just spent to deal with two homeless people arguing could house those homeless people for a year. Do I have that right?
It's legal tender so if you try to pay and they don't accept it, they can't arrest you for not paying.
Todayās PSA!
Great attention to detail, Amy!
Alex Phillips kid, probably: "I'm not eating this broccoli! It's woke!"
Certifiable insanity is the only explanation for this By 2050, extreme weather will cost $38 TRILLION a year - one third of today's global GDP For a 2C rise by 2050 the UK Society of Actuaries predicts 2 BILLION dead But do these idiots give a f*ck? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This a very big oversight on my part. Thank you.
Has there ever been a generation that betrayed the sacrifices & principles of their parents' gen. or destroyed their children's future more than the boomers (not all boomers)? And GenX men? Has there ever been a generation that betrayed their own principles as soon as the right charlatan showed up?
What happened to his nickname being "Doughy Pantload?" We should revive that.
A reminder that everything we call ābike infrastructureā or āpedestrian infrastructureā is really just CAR infrastructure. Only needed because CARS.
Don't older folks lean Republican?
Also, isn't everone who isn't Native American the child of immigrants or an immigrant?
My grandfather was in the US army air corps (colonel). We worked on D-Day prep. I have a map from 1944 of all the concentration camps in Germany with camp population stats. They knew.
And the prodigy CEO is the boy from Le Mans '66 (Ford vs Ferrari)
They'll distance themselves from his record with the help of the media and Chuck Schumer, who will immediately start a let's move on and focus on "kitchen table issues that Americans care about" campaign.
This here - is not a conspiracy, will not go viral, but it is real. She was 2. She was killed by Russia.
Well, if that doesn't sinch that trump is a Russian asset, nothing will.
We talk about Trickle Down Economics a lot but let me point out the key fallacy The money that is supposed to be trickling down is money that was taken from you in the first place, using profiteering and wage cutting. So what you want to do, is stop the theft in the first place
30 August 1942 | A transport of 608 Jews deported from the Westerbork transit camp in the occupied Netherlands arrived at Auschwitz After the selection all people were murdered in gas chambers. No one was registered in the camp.
Why do you stretch before you run?
I did not think Europeans could be this stupid.
"Adolf Hitler pushed the boundaries of antisemitism."
Well, that and we wish with every fibre of our being that he would shuffle off his mortal coil post haste.
I just noticed a typo in a post. 14 hours later is too long to correct it so I'm gonna let it go. It's fine. I'M FINE.
This headline is really something. A better version would be: "Removal of a mere seven parking spots provides room for safety improvements for $12mil trail, which will be enjoyed by thousands" Morro Bay-Cayucos connector trail will result in loss of some parking spots share.google/ZvLHRnL8LWtQ...
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social has the hardest job in show business
āOver the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible ā in the air itself.ā Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
isā¦is the senate minority leader who spent the weekend before the hhs secretary confirmation voteāafter choosing not to deny unanimous consentāin a grocery store howling at the elderly about oncoming tomato price hikes telling one of *us* to fire rfkā½
It's extremely unfair to speculate about Donald Trump's health just because he's elderly and can't form linear thoughts and has the diet of a first grader who won the lottery and his flesh has been changing color like autumn leaves.
Come into my light little worm!
āSafety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.ā Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size. Itās about space & safety.
Iām a big fan of @mizzwelch.bsky.social
Itās baffling to me that so much of the U.S. (and the world) has decided that letting their kids get sick at school all the time (and spread illness to their parents and everyone else) is preferable to just ā¦ adequately cleaning indoor air
Why Kash Patel look like he sharted himself all the time?
Critics say Nazis might be doing bad things.
Nice chart this week which reminded me of this shocking map that we ran five years ago. Clean energy production can't come to Poland soon enough www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
I do not understand why government officials resign when asked to do something bad. The resignations will no longer be treated by the public like a scandal. Itāll be out of the news within 24 hours. People should stay and force the White House to fire them. Do not make it easy.
And then they forgot all about that and went out and voted for him again!
I call shotgun!
I remember when having been a heroin addict would have been disqualifying for public life. You know, back when America was great or something.
Whether it's Barack Obama asking for dijon mustard or RFK Jr. asking for a vaccine ban that will kill hundreds of thousands of Americans, there have been unusual requests on both sides of the aisle.
Jeffrey Epstein. There have been more inhumane orders, actions & quotes this month by The Felon. Media lost interest in Epstein. WHERE ARE THE PRESS CONF QUESTIONS? Whereās the follow-up on the drawing on the b-day card & strategic signature? Bondiās files? All else. Heāll skate away again?
Hitler targets ethnic and religious minorities. Critics see big risks.
yāall know what one of the first nazi book burnings was right? yāall know why they did it yāall know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else yāall see whatās right in front of you, right?
canāt blame Dems for being so intimidated by the scorching charisma, sky high popularity, and really normal vocal cadence that RFK Jr brings to the public square
I'm getting General Ripper vibes from Dr. Strangelove.
Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, bless him for saying it out loud. "The utmost leader of the biggest global superpower, objectively, is a Russian asset. I'm saying that, objectively speaking, the new American leadership has strategically favoured the Russian Federation." #Krasnov šµš¹
www.borowitzreport.com/p/greenland-...
The CDC has learned its lesson. by Susan Collins
We also did this for reducing child poverty
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
Is the BBC Reform UK's mouthpiece? Yup. "Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBCās flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
What I did there you see.
Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,
What kind of person posts this about a genocide?
Undermining the Fed to get lower rates now is like ripping the batteries out of your smoke alarm because itās beeping. Itās quiet for a bit. Then your house burns down. Credibility anchors expectations; expectations anchor inflation.
An update on this: Sean is appealing his firing and has a hearing tomorrow, with his union behind him. Wish him luck, & to be sure, please contact Metro's board members to demand his reinstatement & protection of riders against ICE: boardagendas.metro.net/board-members/
Being a heroin addict used to be a disqualifying act for someone in public life.
Sadly, there are documented cases:
The thread reveals that this is not true. The video is old and his reasons have nothing to do with the present issues. It's probably best to delete this post.
AI hack: So you know how you have to edit and check AI search responses to make sure It's not hallucinating? I asked ChapGPT how many moons there are in our solar system as a whole and then asked it to site its sources. The answer was comprehensive & had links to each source for checking. Not bad.
AIPAC SHAKUR is legit gold.
Fuck no, he's a Republican. Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle, you never hear right wingers let Democrats off like this. Republicans voted for him and have at every stage supported him and enabled him. They ARE him. FFS learn the lesson.
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape peopleās reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
Maybe we can arrange kore meetings with JD Vance and he can pull his Pope act?
The ECHR has protected British people from abuses of power by its own government. Will Nigel Farage be mentioning that fact today when he announces his proposals for mass deportations, Prison camps & leaving the European Convention on Human Rights?
"Are asylum seekers the biggest political issue in Britain?" Asks radio 4. "We interview man who is determined to make it the biggest issue in Britain. And make it a headline every morning until it definitely is"
You need to read @trillingual.bsky.social's important and authoritative review of Disaster Nationalism, by Richard Seymour.
It's now on record Labor is spending more on consultants than Morrison. Is this the same party boasting about its savings on consultants & commitment to cultural change? Data shows Labor spent nearly $1 billion on contracts in 24-25 & already $76.5 mil in 25-26. š§µ
If you are on the left, get a gun and lots of ammo.
The US civil war has begun. They intend to cancel the mid-terms and dare anyone to oppose them.
26 August 1919 | A Pole, Kazimierz Superson, was born in PeÅkinie. A paramedic. In #Auschwitz from 10 January 1941. No. 9140 Shot in the camp on 25 January 1943.
Trump ILLEGALLY tries to remove a Fed Governor, something he has no authority to do.
Politico: "Members of the House of Lords will be forced to resign if they are deemed to be failing in their duties, the Telegraph reports... "The government intends to monitor how often the ermined ones speak in debates or vote ā and theyāll face the boot if they donāt meet the mark" Long overdue.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
The constitutional crisis is behind us. We are now in free fall.
Did it come out of RFK Jr.'s head?
The BBC are becoming the media outlet for Reform and Trump. Always pushing the far right agenda. Top stories the other day as a case in point. Why do we get an almost blackout of news from Europe?
25 August 1923 | A German Jewish woman, Bertha Katz, was born in Schlitz. On 3 March 1943 she was deported from Berlin to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
This is so painful to watch.
Do we need to wait?
As an expat American who lives in Scotland, this thread makes me so sad and angry. Just know that it doesn't have to be this way. You could have Medicare for all, and you need to push Dems to make that happen.
It is an incredible indictment of the senior Democrats that this thin gruel is something we need to be thankful for.