Simon Brader

Simon Brader

@bradersi.bsky.social

A woke, car and music loving, Pro-EU, antifascist, anti-Zionist, Palestine & Ukraine-supporting socialist. Vegan for the animals, Green for the politics.

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Today Oct 27@ 7:40am masked ICE agents violently abducted two neighbors in Corona and threatened bystanders with pepper spray. This is not normal. NYC will continue to stand up and protect each other. Abolish ICE.

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'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear. “After defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is now overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.” #Solar

bbc.com'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclearAfter defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.

The BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a massive blow for millions of us. Sign the petition to help save Radio 4 Extra 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave Radio 4 ExtraRadio 4 Extra is a fabulous showcase of the BBC's phenomenal archive of radio comedy and drama, fields in which the Corporation is an undoubted pioneer, with a reputation for quality rivals woud envy....

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Nobels: Literature - Naguib Mahfouz, Abdulrazak Gurnah Chemistry - Ahmed Zewail*, Omar Yaghi*, Elias James Corey*, Moungi Bawendi (*=also Wolf) Medicine: Peter Medawar Peace - Anwar Sadat, Yasser Arafat, Mohamed ElBaradei, Tawakkol Karman Fields: Michael Atiyah Booker: Jokha Alharthi

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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When you've been sold the same crock of shit for as long as you can remember, why would you even consider buying it one more time, especially when it's being resold by the biggest bullshit artist of all time.

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Lula wins 4th term! I love it that Lula’s win is terrible news for Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former criminal president who is serving a 27-year jail sentence for his botched power grab and hoping to be freed to be given a role in government had his son prevailed. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comLula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio BolsonaroLeftist incumbent Lula stages unprecedented comeback weeks after narrowly losing first round of election to Bolsonaro

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🇧🇷🇵🇸 Brazilian President Lula publicly shows solidarity with Palestine by holding its flag alongside supporters at a public event. 👏🇧🇷👏🇵🇸👏🇧🇷👏🇵🇸👏🇧🇷👏🇵🇸

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Trump Unleashes Racist Tirade That should be the headline in every newspaper.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."

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“While each of us (voted Brexit) for different reasons, we all believed that the UK could do a better job of running its own affairs than *unelected officials* in Brussels could." Ben Houchen... November 2020 Six years later 👇👇👇

Private Eye Magazine@privateeyenews.bsky.social

Since his ennoblement in Boris Johnson’s 2023 resignation list, Tees Valley regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen has claimed more than £25,000 in tax-free daily “attendance” allowances from the House of Lords for 73 days when he hasn’t voted, spoken or performed any recorded parliamentary activity.