It's Gaz! #FBPE

It's Gaz! #FBPE

@ftg01.bsky.social

Writer, reader, musician, teacher, student, leftie, Scot, European, Resister. Inclined to be sarcastic. All the opinions I express are mine or my wife's. Слава Україні! NO DMs, IT'S YOUR OWN TIME YOU'RE WASTING!

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Why are the people who accuse those talking about reversing Brexit of "living in the past" never asked about their own plans to rip up an international agreement that was first signed by the UK some 75 years ago?

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Replying to @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social

If we start having the hard conversations, knocking doors... If we step outside our party lines. That's how they did it. That's how we do it too. I know so many of you are tired. I am too... Students in Belgrade are dancing in the streets because they didn't give up on each other. Thread 5/5🧵

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Imagine a world where we are no longer dependent on oil and nuclear energy. It's coming and it's better and that's why the vested interests are doing everything in their power to stop it

Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

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Super rich are cashing in from the of costs climate crisis. By investing in climate crisis intervention, investors are profiting from creating the climate crisis and intervening after a disaster strikes. All for profiting schemes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comSuper-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report findsOxfam says investing by rich in disaster recovery widens inequality and gives incentive to delay climate action

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The Australian political & media class may read this and smugly think: 'We're not as bad the US'. But all the signs are that, without real change, we are heading in a similar direction. And as grievances build, we will need far more than "civility" to maintain a fraying social contract. #auspol

David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social

American capitalism killed American democracy. Fail to admit that and it doesn't matter what election results may bring because we won't be able to fix the real issues that are hurting us as a country. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/america-is...

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Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

youtube.comCould This Actually End Citizens United?Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti

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This is a rare moment of bipartisanship. And a reliable indication that Darline Graham is a horrible, inexperienced nepo-candidate.

Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree.bsky.social

Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC