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Semi-retired civil engineer. Itinerant observer. Happy Curmudgeon. Reader of books. Lover of animals and grandchildren (in that order) Knob with a job… (wife’s words, not mine) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦603,628sq.kmπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ“Ž 🚫DMs

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To my Palestinian sister in ICE detention – I will carry you until you are free | Mahmoud Khalil One year ago, ICE arrested me for protesting for Palestine. Leqaa Kordia is still caged – for also daring to speak the truth
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GisΓ¨le Pelicot and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among Hay Festival 2026 speakers The line-up for this year’s festival includes Emma Thompson, Malala Yousafzai, Ian McEwan and other prominent authors and figures

Cannot wait… πŸ™‚πŸ™ƒπŸ™‚

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All on our dime, like everything else.

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β€˜The light will always outshine the dark’: trauma surgeon Shehan Hettiaratchy on his harrowing, heartening calling After operating on victims of the Westminster attack in 2017 and visiting Ukraine and Gaza, Hettiaratchy has seen more horror than most can imagine – but he still believes in humanity, optimism and se...

Excellent article.
Outstanding man.

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MAGA clowns gave up their own patriotism for him.

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The Double Breach:
Saluting while wearing a civilian hat instead of removing it contradicts both the civilian guidelines (hand over heart) and the military rules for rendering a proper salute.
FOX had to switch videos. Of course, this President hates the military. MAGA are traitors.

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Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain Risk Designation The Claude chatbot developer says the Trump administration overstepped by escalating a contract dispute into a federal ban on the company’s technology.

first time we’ve see big tech stand up to the trump administration in a solid, documented way

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It's not just oil and gas though, it's also fertilizer. A significant portion comes from fossil fuel byproducts. This will spike commodities prices in food and create massive global unrest as food prices drive people to famine. It'll be an inflationary shock.

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Gulf states are already taking oil wells offline while their infrastructure is attacked and it could take months to scale back up just from the disruptions thus far. If this goes even a week longer, we're looking at a year of oil supply disruptions at a minimum.

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Because oil demand is so relatively inelastic, we could see $8/gallon gas in the US before we get to equilibrium between supply and demand after the strait of Hormuz was shuttered. That would certainly result in a full blown crisis in the US where there are not many transportation alternatives.

09.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 10

Nuclear capability πŸ‘€

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3 US B-52 bombers just landed at RAF Fairford in the UK.

These are the largest bombers in the world, this is NOT, not taking part in the war with Iran.

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Typical maga...

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The Hunger Gap A gulf in public understanding prevents us from seeing how and why our food supply is at risk.

In 2023, I sought to explain to a parliamentary committee what a structural collapse of the global food system would look like, and why this this is plausible - even likely. I think the likelihood has just ratcheted up a notch. I beg you to read and understand. Thanks
www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...

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Once again, Holly is spot-on with this. A real man isn't threatened by women wanting equality.

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Andrew Malkinson accuser β€˜wasn’t too sure it was the right man’, court told Malkinson spent 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted in rape case for which another man is now on trial

Jesus Christ…

…and it cost this gentleman 17 years.

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Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on β€˜phantom investments’ Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to β€˜mainline AI into veins of economy’

Tomorrow’s terrorist targets…

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Grammarly is using our identities without permission Grammarly’s AI stole my boss’s identity.

Wow, this sucks www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

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#iran

09.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s fucking SIMPLE!

BAN X AS BRASIL DID, AND MUSK WILL Toe THE LINE…

SOMETIMES CONFRONTATION IS THE ONLY ANSWER

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These far-right conspiracists are pushing Trump to take control of voting Election deniers are lobbying the president to declare a national emergency.

Guess who's pushing Trump to declare a national emergency & assume control of the 2026 elections? A bunch of far-right conspiracy theorists & election deniers. They failed to convince Trump in 2020 to seize voting machines. Might they succeed this time?

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β€˜A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

Never give a gun to a violent drunk who thinks he’s a genius.
β€˜A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Spartan politics The Israeli prime minister is leading the country from one conflict to the next

β€œMainstream Israel seems doomed by a certain groupthink, in which force is an answer to the country’s problems”, writes Alona Ferber

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Donald Trump replaced an 86 year old Khamenei saying Death to America with a 56 year old Khamenei saying Death to America.

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…and what %age were women and children.

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β€œFrom 1971 to 2021 the USA murdered 38 million people.”

That's American 'liberation' for you.

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EU to Pitch Infrastructure Fund to Drive Green-Energy Transition The European Union will launch a new investment fund to help deliver the trillions of euros of spending that will be needed over the next 15 years for the bloc’s green-energy transition.

The European Union will launch a new investment fund to help deliver the trillions of euros of spending that will be needed over the next 15 years for the bloc’s green-energy transition.

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Video shows US Tomahawk missile hit base next to bombed Iranian school Footage of attack on Minab compound adds to evidence indicating it was a US strike that killed scores of children

Peadophile Empire murders children.

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Ghislaine Maxwell Friend Named in Epstein Files Found Dead by β€˜Suicide’ A former Russian senator who appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files and reportedly called Ghislaine Maxwell a β€œfriend” has been found dead in Moscow, Russian state media has reported. Umar Dzhabrailov...

"A former Russian senator who appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files and reportedly called Ghislaine Maxwell a β€œfriend” has been found dead in Moscow," Russian state media.

Law enforcement: "no criminal element" in Dzhabrailov death.

Feels to me like sh1t is getting really serious !!

#Epstein

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