Richard Coates
@gringoperuano.bsky.social
NOT a : 1 Christian, Muslim, Jew 2: NOT a not proud dad/grand-dad (Pappi) 3: NOT a not dog lover 4: etc 😎 BUT I am - a concerned UK citizen 💋 BE INFORMED 👍
https://youtu.be/_L2-1sXJlQ0?si=5gqAR1lb4Bs4GOpv
https://youtu.be/_L2-1sXJlQ0?si=5gqAR1lb4Bs4GOpv
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Shetland councillors voted 14 – 6 to keep Israeli-linked investments, weighing £1.4mn costs against campaigners’ moral divestment plea | Ryan Nicholson
Shetland’s councillors decide not to divest funds from Israel -
Shetland councillors voted 14 – 6 to keep Israeli-linked investments, weighing £1.4mn costs against campaigners’ moral divestment plea
bylines.scot
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Shetland councillors voted 14 – 6 to keep Israeli-linked investments, weighing £1.4mn costs against campaigners’ moral divestment plea | Ryan Nicholson
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Listen up, folks.
Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Slams Trump In Blistering New Ad: 'I Am P*ssed Off As Hell'
www.comicsands.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Listen up, folks.
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A minimum tax on the EU's richest individuals will not discourage innovators and start-up founders from investing in the bloc, prominent economist Gabriel Zucman argued at our #POLITICO28 Gala.
Billionaire tax won’t stop innovation in EU, insists economist Zucman
Critics of his controversial tax proposal warn about the risk of scaring off investors.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A minimum tax on the EU's richest individuals will not discourage innovators and start-up founders from investing in the bloc, prominent economist Gabriel Zucman argued at our #POLITICO28 Gala.
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The Pentagon diverted at least $2 billion from its core missions this year to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, a group of Democratic lawmakers said in a report released on Wednesday.
$2 Billion in Pentagon Funds Said to Go to Anti-Immigrant Operations
Democratic lawmakers said in a report that shifting Defense Department funding to support the Trump administration’s immigration agenda has hurt military readiness.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Pentagon diverted at least $2 billion from its core missions this year to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, a group of Democratic lawmakers said in a report released on Wednesday.
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President Donald Trump, defense secretary Pete Hegseth and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr are facing impeachment articles.
Full List of Republicans Facing Articles of Impeachment
www.newsweek.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
President Donald Trump, defense secretary Pete Hegseth and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr are facing impeachment articles.
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Satellites spot rapid collapse collapse of Thwaites Glacier Doomsday Glacier Antarctica
It is melting at 50 billion tons of ice per year, holding enough to raise sea levels by over 2 feet upon collapse and up to 11 feet more as it affects surrounding ice sheets
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
It is melting at 50 billion tons of ice per year, holding enough to raise sea levels by over 2 feet upon collapse and up to 11 feet more as it affects surrounding ice sheets
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Satellites spot rapid “Doomsday Glacier” collapse
Two decades of satellite and GPS data show the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf slowly losing its grip on a crucial stabilizing point as fractures multiply and ice speeds up. Scientists warn this pattern co...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Satellites spot rapid collapse collapse of Thwaites Glacier Doomsday Glacier Antarctica
It is melting at 50 billion tons of ice per year, holding enough to raise sea levels by over 2 feet upon collapse and up to 11 feet more as it affects surrounding ice sheets
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
It is melting at 50 billion tons of ice per year, holding enough to raise sea levels by over 2 feet upon collapse and up to 11 feet more as it affects surrounding ice sheets
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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I love women who take no shit 👊
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I love women who take no shit 👊
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Happy to have contributed to this week's @spiegel.de cover story. www.spiegel.de/ausland/wie-...
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Happy to have contributed to this week's @spiegel.de cover story. www.spiegel.de/ausland/wie-...
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Preventable diseases:
December 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Preventable diseases:
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AP: “Only 31% of U.S. adults now approve of how Trump is handling the economy, the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center …finds. That is down from 40% in March & marks the lowest economic approval he’s registered in an AP-NORC poll in his first or second term.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling
A new AP-NORC poll finds President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy has fallen substantially since he reentered the White House.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
AP: “Only 31% of U.S. adults now approve of how Trump is handling the economy, the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center …finds. That is down from 40% in March & marks the lowest economic approval he’s registered in an AP-NORC poll in his first or second term.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
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Russian troops in Kherson Oblast are faking illness to avoid redeployment to Pokrovsk, partisans claim - entire groups seeking hospital admission
In Kherson, they hunt civilians with drones. In Pokrovsk, they'd have to face Ukrainian soldiers who shoot back
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/r...
In Kherson, they hunt civilians with drones. In Pokrovsk, they'd have to face Ukrainian soldiers who shoot back
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/r...
Russian troops faking illness to avoid meat-grinder Pokrovsk, partisans claim
Entire groups reportedly seeking hospital admission; spike exceeds normal medical rates.
euromaidanpress.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Russian troops in Kherson Oblast are faking illness to avoid redeployment to Pokrovsk, partisans claim - entire groups seeking hospital admission
In Kherson, they hunt civilians with drones. In Pokrovsk, they'd have to face Ukrainian soldiers who shoot back
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/r...
In Kherson, they hunt civilians with drones. In Pokrovsk, they'd have to face Ukrainian soldiers who shoot back
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/r...
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More vile attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.
Trump is again targeting trans people by ordering trans women inmates to be housed with men despite the extremely high chances of rape.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/dona...
Trump is again targeting trans people by ordering trans women inmates to be housed with men despite the extremely high chances of rape.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/dona...
Donald Trump orders trans women inmates to be housed with men: "There will be rapes" - LGBTQ Nation
Trans inmates are "in a panic" about what could happen to them.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
More vile attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.
Trump is again targeting trans people by ordering trans women inmates to be housed with men despite the extremely high chances of rape.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/dona...
Trump is again targeting trans people by ordering trans women inmates to be housed with men despite the extremely high chances of rape.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/dona...
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Plant communication is not a fantasy; it's a biological response to specific cues.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
The More We Study Forests, the More It Seems Like Plants Might Be Cooperating and "Talking" to Each Other
Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.
www.zmescience.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Plant communication is not a fantasy; it's a biological response to specific cues.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
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"Metropolitan police officers must tell their bosses if they are Freemasons, the force has announced, amid fears membership could be linked to corruption
"Anyone who is part or had been a member of a “hierarchical organisation that require members to support and protect each other” must declare it"
"Anyone who is part or had been a member of a “hierarchical organisation that require members to support and protect each other” must declare it"
Met officers must tell bosses if they are Freemasons, force announces
Move comes amid fears that requirement for Freemasons to ‘protect each other’ could lead to corruption
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"Metropolitan police officers must tell their bosses if they are Freemasons, the force has announced, amid fears membership could be linked to corruption
"Anyone who is part or had been a member of a “hierarchical organisation that require members to support and protect each other” must declare it"
"Anyone who is part or had been a member of a “hierarchical organisation that require members to support and protect each other” must declare it"
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Voters will pay the price if their representatives represent them.
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Voters will pay the price if their representatives represent them.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Ooooh, this is an interesting bit of breaking London news! The Met police, as of today, will require all officers to declare if they're a member of the freemasons.
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Ooooh, this is an interesting bit of breaking London news! The Met police, as of today, will require all officers to declare if they're a member of the freemasons.
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VIDEO: 🇵🇸 🇻🇦 Popemobile transformed into Gaza children's clinic
The popemobile used by the late Pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem has been modified to be used as a mobile children's clinic in Gaza, in accordance with the late pope's wishes
The popemobile used by the late Pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem has been modified to be used as a mobile children's clinic in Gaza, in accordance with the late pope's wishes
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
VIDEO: 🇵🇸 🇻🇦 Popemobile transformed into Gaza children's clinic
The popemobile used by the late Pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem has been modified to be used as a mobile children's clinic in Gaza, in accordance with the late pope's wishes
The popemobile used by the late Pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem has been modified to be used as a mobile children's clinic in Gaza, in accordance with the late pope's wishes
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‼️ The administration of US President Donald Trump is said to have discussed the idea of forming a new body of major powers, Core 5, which would include China and Russia, bringing traditional adversaries closer together and sharply contrasting with the existing G7.
📸: GettyImages
📸: GettyImages
December 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
‼️ The administration of US President Donald Trump is said to have discussed the idea of forming a new body of major powers, Core 5, which would include China and Russia, bringing traditional adversaries closer together and sharply contrasting with the existing G7.
📸: GettyImages
📸: GettyImages
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Canada understands the threat. The government is establishing a 300,000 civilian volunteer army. This is unprecedented.
@meidastouch.com and @meidascanada.ca break down what this means.
Btw... will you volunteer? I will.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWk2...
@meidastouch.com and @meidascanada.ca break down what this means.
Btw... will you volunteer? I will.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWk2...
Canada Defies Trump With Citizen's Army - FAFO !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Canada understands the threat. The government is establishing a 300,000 civilian volunteer army. This is unprecedented.
@meidastouch.com and @meidascanada.ca break down what this means.
Btw... will you volunteer? I will.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWk2...
@meidastouch.com and @meidascanada.ca break down what this means.
Btw... will you volunteer? I will.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWk2...
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🚨 Federal jobs data may have vastly overstated jobs creation, swinging US from net job creation to net job loss over past 6 months
“The real number could be something more like a loss of 20,000 jobs a month”
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
“The real number could be something more like a loss of 20,000 jobs a month”
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers
Powell said that Fed staffers believe federal data could be overstating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month—which suggests the jobs market might be shrinking.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨 Federal jobs data may have vastly overstated jobs creation, swinging US from net job creation to net job loss over past 6 months
“The real number could be something more like a loss of 20,000 jobs a month”
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
“The real number could be something more like a loss of 20,000 jobs a month”
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
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Did anyone celebrate that latest and greatest of popular public holidays, Brexit Day, this year?
It was going to be a critical new event in the calendar. It was meant to be one of those concrete Brexit Benefits, celebrating the "Will of the People".
Whatever happened to it?
It was going to be a critical new event in the calendar. It was meant to be one of those concrete Brexit Benefits, celebrating the "Will of the People".
Whatever happened to it?
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Did anyone celebrate that latest and greatest of popular public holidays, Brexit Day, this year?
It was going to be a critical new event in the calendar. It was meant to be one of those concrete Brexit Benefits, celebrating the "Will of the People".
Whatever happened to it?
It was going to be a critical new event in the calendar. It was meant to be one of those concrete Brexit Benefits, celebrating the "Will of the People".
Whatever happened to it?