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Tammy Bruce: "Beginning August 20, nationals of Malawi and Zambia applying for B1, B2, business ,and tourist visas will be required to post a bond of up to $15,000."

05.08.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 881 πŸ” 350 πŸ’¬ 235 πŸ“Œ 81
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The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enoughβ€”and what the latest energy data really shows.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧡
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...

04.08.2025 08:13 πŸ‘ 1841 πŸ” 750 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 64

Evidence - rare, like hens teeth, great share:

03.08.2025 20:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have started asking humans to prove that they are not robots.

The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have started asking humans to prove that they are not robots.

Got from my sister

03.08.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See full thread, including:

"The take-home message is clear.
Overlooking nature’s tree planters risks missing β€˜win-win’ pathways for both climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation."

31.07.2025 10:55 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

New: After Gaza aid flotilla volunteer & US citizen Christian Smalls was taken into Israeli custody, seven uniformed individuals beat him, choking him & kicking him in the legs, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.

29.07.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 1091 πŸ” 497 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 34
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Millionaire exodus numbers β€œfabricated” warns forensic analysis; Tax Justice Network comments - Tax Justice Network This simply confirms our thorough debunking of these scare stories, and shows how far the opponents of fair wealth taxes are willing to go.

As a general rule, regardless of the topic, the media is at least 50% of any problem.
taxjustice.net/press/millio...

27.07.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 1251 πŸ” 374 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 19
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⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.

πŸ—³οΈ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

23.07.2025 06:46 πŸ‘ 4108 πŸ” 1618 πŸ’¬ 260 πŸ“Œ 794

I'm a Scottish Greens member, so separate to the Green Party of England & Wales, but Zack is exactly the type of political leader the UK needs.

Not afraid to clearly call out the snake oil of Reform, & offer solutions to properly improve the lives of all communities who have been left behind βœŠοΈπŸ’š

27.07.2025 18:34 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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The realest of the real ones ❀️

21.07.2025 21:34 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

Across the Western world, public opinion is overwhelmingly hostile to Israel’s crimes.

That isn’t being acted on because the Western media forms a protective shield around Israel, cementing its impunity.

21.07.2025 19:06 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ™ŒGo @ealingcouncil.bsky.social

"Ealing Council is committed to becoming a zero-carbon borough by 2030 ...To achieve this target .. Passivhaus certification is the baseline standard for all new buildings being designed in Ealing."

Read more πŸ‘‡

www.passivhaustrust....

@beyondcarbon.bsky.social

22.07.2025 06:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Is there any shred of silver lining to this dark cloud? If they divest from commercial interests in renewables (US wind example in article), aren’t they entities that have no part to play in a sustainable future and the focus on them can be that much more intense wrt anti-ff campaigns?

21.07.2025 12:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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London library forced to briefly close after fox 'made itself comfortable' inside Foxes have been known to live everywhere in London from back gardens to the top of the Shard

Fantastic

19.07.2025 08:36 πŸ‘ 4332 πŸ” 780 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 187
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U.S. socked with 15 billion-dollar weather disasters during the 1st half of 2025 Β» Yale Climate Connections Four of the top 20 costliest weather disasters have occurred in the last year.

Of the 20 costliest weather disasters in history, four have occurred in just the last year.

16.07.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Rhetorical question I assume?!

17.07.2025 06:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DON’T LOOK AWAY: Children seen shackled and escorted by federal agents out of a downtown Los Angeles detention center.

Multiple minors. In chains. In public. This is not a β€œborder issue”—this is a fucking human rights crisis.

12.07.2025 10:38 πŸ‘ 906 πŸ” 525 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 59

Guys, this is a standard staple of every authoritarian regime ever

You call the Secret Police on your neighbour for listening to Radio Free Europe to stop them mowing the lawn on Sunday morning

12.07.2025 12:12 πŸ‘ 906 πŸ” 294 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 12

Helps us understand how Nazification of Germany happened….

12.07.2025 13:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨BREAKING: Prince Andrew is now free to travel internationally after the FBI quietly shut down its investigation into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

No charges. No accountability. Just a royal hall pass.

10.07.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 8287 πŸ” 2931 πŸ’¬ 543 πŸ“Œ 387

Shitstorm brewing?

08.07.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

03.07.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 97258 πŸ” 37809 πŸ’¬ 4431 πŸ“Œ 2659
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Plastic nurdles may sound harmless - but, when a spill of nurdles occurs, as in the X-Press Pearl disaster, or off the coast of East Yorkshire this year, these tiny pieces of plastic can absorb other pollutants, & are eaten by sea creatures who cannot digest them, as Dr Megson explains here:

02.07.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
Group of people sat on in a hill in "we are all Palestine Action" t-shirts.

Group of people sat on in a hill in "we are all Palestine Action" t-shirts.

Our government is selling arms being used to commit genocide.

Israel kills a child every 45 minutes.

We are all Palestine Action. πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

29.06.2025 10:07 πŸ‘ 574 πŸ” 200 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 18
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Palestine Action is part of Britain's proud history of protest. Proscribing it is an assault on democracy | Suresh Grover Through decades of anti-racist campaigning, I have seen that peaceful, direct action can be the only way to get results, says campaigner Suresh Grover

Palestine Action is part of Britain's proud history of protest. Proscribing it is an assault on democracy | Suresh Grover

29.06.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 181 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2

'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack'
Wednesday 2nd July, 10 pm
Channel 4

29.06.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Channel 4 to air BBC-commissioned documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack BBC last week announced it had dropped the film over concerns it may create a β€˜perception of partiality’

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Channel 4’s head of news and current affairs :β€œThis is a meticulously reported and important film examining evidence which supports allegations of grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces that deserves to be widely seen (...)"

29.06.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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This…in LA. The home of which they exploded the door off of…was reportedly occupied by all US Citizens.

Are you beginning to understand why the people who you could never understand why they boarded those cattle cars…went ahead and got on?

28.06.2025 04:18 πŸ‘ 2244 πŸ” 1000 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 51