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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 4d

More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists from 859 fossil fuel organisations were given access to UN climate summits over the past 4 years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, pathetic climate action and record oil and gas expansion.
I want MY say!

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

300 million volts would solve the problem, if you’re feeling omnipotent this evening. ⚡️

epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

Well you should have made that clearer! Perhaps write it down somewhere so we don’t forget?

epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

The intellectual standards being applied in current US political and media discourse would shame a preschool.
Come on America, you are better than this.

epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

And that is the basis of Grok and Grokipedia: every source is given equal weight, whether it’s from a credible scientist, or RFK jr.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 7d

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

Hilarious that one of Yaxley Lennon’s crimes was attempted illegal entry into the US.
Obviously the assault on a police officer and the drugs offences were bad too.

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

Extremity Care? 😂

Sorry, I’m British.

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

Or any other half decent human being. The bar has fallen so far.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 7d

Ellison’s goal is to turn Paramount into a MAGA-friendly environment, with content in the TV and movie divisions expected to be more “America-centric” and geared toward “the middle of the country.”

In other words, he bought Paramount to redpill the country, and make our culture more conservative.

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

Sales in the top five European markets increased by 32% in 2025. Tesla still bombing though, I’m pleased to say.

epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

Agreed, we have the 6 now. Excellent.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7d

I'm sick of ridiculously rich people.
I'm sick of being told we have to make them richer.
I'm sick of them not having to pay tax like everyone else.
I'm sick of them pretending to be essential.

When actually they are worse than useless.

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 7d

An internal Exxon document from 1984 said: “We can either adapt our civilization to a warmer planet or avoid the problem by sharply curtailing the use of fossil fuels.”

Yet they spend fortunes each year, in league with “think tanks”, telling people that human-created climate change isn’t real.

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 8d

The rise of UKIP mirrors deprivation within communities. Deprivation mirrors low educational attainment. Low educational attainment leads to a tendency to vote for right-wing ideology.
The poverty caused by Brexit, the banking crash and austerity makes the rise of the right much more likely. ⭕️

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 29d

Moreover, Russia pays Europe's saboteurs in crypto, says Polish official.
(better link)
www.ft.com/content/2157...

Russia pays Europe’s saboteurs in crypto, says Polish official

Warsaw’s national security chief says Moscow is also using a shadow fleet to launch drones into European airspace

www.ft.com

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · Oct 13

"Is Farage responsible for the economy's troubles because of Brexit?"

Farage laughing his socks off while pointing at the pound crashing on the night of the EU Ref

3:35am, June 24, 2016. Sterling is in freefall. And Nigel Farage is beaming

The events of the referendum night, writes JAMES BALL, shine a fascinating light on the world of finance, polling and politics It was the week a major

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 8d

The problem with EVERYTHING is that organisations are allowed to do things “on the cheap”.
They closed branches and warehoused customer “services”. Then they cut the number of operatives. Then they employed cheap, unqualified staff. From prisons to utilities.
No wonder everyone’s p****d off.

epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 8d

NO, entitled humans and their spoiled pets do NOT have the “right” to invade every square centimetre that remains to nature. We are in one of the most nature depleted countries on Earth. I live in a National Park and watch the daily destruction of habitats caused by stunningly selfish humans.

Walkers protest over riverbank access - BBC News

Campaigners take to the banks of the River Dart, calling for the right to access all English rivers.

www.bbc.com

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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO @dailyherald.bsky.social · 9d

Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin stated on BBCQT that he worked in polls, and goes on to say Immigration is the No.1 issue in polls. It’s not.

YouGov poll just 2 days ago.

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 8d

That’s how giraffes fight so not sure it wants a hug.

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 8d

So far this week Musk has said “civil war in Britain is inevitable”, called for the English “to ally with the hard men” such as far-right Tommy Robinson (with convictions for cocaine, assaulting a police officer and illegal entry to the US), and said only the far-right AfD party could “save Germany”

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 9d

Sky News Ridge tears into Tory MP Philp for cherry-picking knife crime data to claim rates fell under the Conservatives - only to be exposed as twisting the truth. #ukpolitics

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epicurious.bsky.social @epicurious.bsky.social · 8d

Psychopaths.

100s of previously unseen documents show Texas-based Exxon and Atlas Network, a US-based coalition of 500+ free-market thinktanks, spread climate change denial across Latin America, in a campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process.

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal

Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process

www.theguardian.com

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Richard 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 #SaveGaza #ClimateAction #RejoinEU @richardfbpe.bsky.social · 9d

Profits should never cost lives. I’m standing with the survivors of Typhoon Odette in the Philippines in their fight against Shell. Sign now to join me: www.odettecase.org?utm_source=b...

The Odette Case

A fight for justice like no other.

www.odettecase.org

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