Brian Coughlan
@briancoughlan.bsky.social
Wishing, desperately, for a kinder gentler world. So far, blue sky is an improvement on YouTwitFace. Long may it last.
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Brian Coughlan
@briancoughlan.bsky.social
· Nov 18
On the way home from Gothenburg to Gräfsnäs, the last leg of the journey happens by bus. In the bus station a few nights ago, I was aggressively accosted by a woman who was clearly quite drunk.
Was this, she wanted to know, the gate for the 560 to Sollebrunn?
Was this, she wanted to know, the gate for the 560 to Sollebrunn?
The EU has got to focus on two things, and only these two things for the energy transition:
RENEWABLES
LONG TERM GRID STORAGE
We should not be buying Russian or American gas, oil or coal.
act.350.org/go/474873?ak...
RENEWABLES
LONG TERM GRID STORAGE
We should not be buying Russian or American gas, oil or coal.
act.350.org/go/474873?ak...
EU: Break free from Trump's Gas
First PutinGas and now TrumpGas: Europe's addiction to fossil gas is chaining us to the whims of authoritarian leaders. Gas is also expensive and disastrous for our climate. We should replace it with ...
act.350.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The EU has got to focus on two things, and only these two things for the energy transition:
RENEWABLES
LONG TERM GRID STORAGE
We should not be buying Russian or American gas, oil or coal.
act.350.org/go/474873?ak...
RENEWABLES
LONG TERM GRID STORAGE
We should not be buying Russian or American gas, oil or coal.
act.350.org/go/474873?ak...
April 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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"Ukraine offers NATO the greatest deal ever presented in military history: It is singlehandedly destroying the alliance’s greatest rival at the cost of no NATO lives." @garrykasparov.bsky.social from the archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ne...
Ukraine Needs NATO—and NATO Needs Ukraine, Too
Arguments against admitting Ukraine into the alliance aren’t convincing.
www.thebulwark.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Ukraine offers NATO the greatest deal ever presented in military history: It is singlehandedly destroying the alliance’s greatest rival at the cost of no NATO lives." @garrykasparov.bsky.social from the archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ne...
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Please share. 🙏🏻
March 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Please share. 🙏🏻
Fuck all spineless Republicans.
March 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Fuck all spineless Republicans.
Proud to stand with Ukraine!!
February 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Proud to stand with Ukraine!!
I'm standing beneath the streetlight, waiting, when I see them.
The weak fluorescent, suspended, shifts and twists in the wind like a hanged man, it's pale light playing back and forth along the rain glistening street and nearby bus shelter.
I see them move.
The weak fluorescent, suspended, shifts and twists in the wind like a hanged man, it's pale light playing back and forth along the rain glistening street and nearby bus shelter.
I see them move.
December 19, 2024 at 5:17 AM
I'm standing beneath the streetlight, waiting, when I see them.
The weak fluorescent, suspended, shifts and twists in the wind like a hanged man, it's pale light playing back and forth along the rain glistening street and nearby bus shelter.
I see them move.
The weak fluorescent, suspended, shifts and twists in the wind like a hanged man, it's pale light playing back and forth along the rain glistening street and nearby bus shelter.
I see them move.
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"I had to take a peek at our competition today. I turned on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. It was 24/7 bashing of President Biden for pardoning his son Hunter. It was pathetic," writes @meiselasb.bsky.social.
How Happy Are You NOT Watching Corporate Media?
Written by Ben Meiselas
www.meidasplus.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:19 AM
"I had to take a peek at our competition today. I turned on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. It was 24/7 bashing of President Biden for pardoning his son Hunter. It was pathetic," writes @meiselasb.bsky.social.
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This is what Elon is offering America—and all he is offering.
A return to America as a Robber Barony.
A return to America as a Robber Barony.
December 3, 2024 at 3:55 AM
This is what Elon is offering America—and all he is offering.
A return to America as a Robber Barony.
A return to America as a Robber Barony.
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JUST IN: In a major foreign policy speech, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump that he will not side with the United States over the EU after Trump allies suggested he must make a choice between the two.
December 3, 2024 at 3:06 AM
JUST IN: In a major foreign policy speech, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump that he will not side with the United States over the EU after Trump allies suggested he must make a choice between the two.
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Without trade unions & the workers willing to back them we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
tuc.org.uk/joinunion
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
tuc.org.uk/joinunion
November 18, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Without trade unions & the workers willing to back them we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
tuc.org.uk/joinunion
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
tuc.org.uk/joinunion
Reposted by Brian Coughlan
The governor of the Bank of England has said Brexit has damaged the UK economy
Bank of England governor says Brexit has damaged UK economy
Governor Andrew Bailey said he took no position on Brexit “per se”, but added: “I do have to point out consequences.”
leftfootforward.org
November 18, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The governor of the Bank of England has said Brexit has damaged the UK economy
On the way home from Gothenburg to Gräfsnäs, the last leg of the journey happens by bus. In the bus station a few nights ago, I was aggressively accosted by a woman who was clearly quite drunk.
Was this, she wanted to know, the gate for the 560 to Sollebrunn?
Was this, she wanted to know, the gate for the 560 to Sollebrunn?
November 18, 2024 at 11:31 AM
On the way home from Gothenburg to Gräfsnäs, the last leg of the journey happens by bus. In the bus station a few nights ago, I was aggressively accosted by a woman who was clearly quite drunk.
Was this, she wanted to know, the gate for the 560 to Sollebrunn?
Was this, she wanted to know, the gate for the 560 to Sollebrunn?