Patricia Maskell

Patricia Maskell

@patmaskell.bsky.social

Married, mum, grandma, retired social worker, intested in politics, climate and environment,social justice, equality, youth justice #BLM, #loveislove, woke, Scottish by birth and half of my geneology, British. Friend of the quiet majority @majorityquiet

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Yes thatcher sold her country to curry favour with ronny. Norway has a sovereign wealth fund of approx £2 trillion. The UK has a debt of £3 trillion.

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Now more people know about this, their attention having been drawn to it by the planned data centre. Praise to the protestors and thank you Labour Govt. (On this occasion). The Guardian article gives you more information. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

theguardian.comDrax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flightsExclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year

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WOOD from virgin forests! Protestors have known about this tragedy for years. Beginning in 2020 they have tried to draw attention to the ridiculous situation of removing trees which absorb CO2 and emit oxygen, while burning them to emit all the CO2.⬇️

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North Yorks Council, the University of York and the Drax group wished to convert part of the biomass power plant into a data centre. Drax group burns wood granules made from virgin wood from forests in southern USA and British Columbian to power the plant. Forests are being decimated. ⬇️

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And it buys a lot of Facebook propaganda. My neighbour has never been in a church, other than for weddings & funerals, said "we need to get back to our Christian values" 🤦‍♀️

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Morning everyone. They're finally all the way there, aren't they? We HAVE to stop this from coming to the rest of the world. Hegseth is *actually revelling* in the bloodlust. Monsters.

Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social

Major update: Trump brings back public executions. First one since 1936. Senator Chris Murphy speaks to me and exposes a major Iran war cover-up. Trump declares anyone who says “Artificial Intelligence,” including his wife, is “THE ENEMY!” And more. Subscribe today:

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As we were saying ⬇️ Keeping Palantir front and centre. February 2027 is the date when the government can pause the Palantir contract. Put pressure on your MP. Let them know you are unhappy.

38 Degrees@38degrees.bsky.social

Thousands of 38 Degrees supporters have now filed formal legal objections demanding NHS England block US spy-tech firm Palantir from handling their private medical records.

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And we'd just like to point out to Reform, Restore et al voters that this is their plan for the UK too.

Quiet Majority@majorityquiet.bsky.social

Americans please listen to @montemader.bsky.social She's telling you how it is, it's always been about stripping back rights, including women's rights. They want only straight, white men anywhere near the levers of power, and women at home, having lots of babies. youtube.com/shorts/SaRFs...

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Apparently Mr Watson has taken a leave of absence from the HoL and handed in his parliamentary pass. This will not however prevent him from passing useful contacts to Palantir, ⬇️

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This is a quote from the Guardian today. The Tom mentioned is Tom Watson. “The Labour MP Chi Onwurah, who chairs the science, innovation and technology committee, which has raised concerns about Palantir, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ⬇️

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Ho hum. We definitely do live in a world where you can gleefully consume untold quantities of life-giving resources to produce sexualised images of celebrities and children, but you can't say boo to a goose. Make it stop.

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Joanne talks about how Hegseth doesn't see the rule of law as a serious consequence, because they don't adhere to the law. She suggests that the only reason to live stream it, is to install fear. She reflects that Trump suggesting that Iran could bomb LA or San Diego is also violence as politics ⬇️

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I always appreciate Dr Joanne Freeman and Dr Heather Cox Richardson’s calm, rational and intelligent perspectives on current events - backed up with historical facts ❤️

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Morning everyone. As Maya Angelou famously said, "When the inept councillors of a corrupt, racist party show you who they are, believe them the umpteenth time." Reform's biggest mistake was winning so many councils on May 7th. They "peaked" way too early; we see them for EXACTLY who they are.⬇️

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Call us hopelessly woke, but we wonder which of the "millions who must go" is the one who wiped Rupert's mum's arse every day on minimum wage? "Good job. Cheque's in the post! Love, Elon 𝕩"

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Morning everyone. Funny isn't it that no sooner than Ukraine destroys Russian data centres (and their Reformy bots with them), a Prime Minister says that pesky quiet bit out loud? Keir laid the groundwork, Volodymyr flattened it, and Andy's painted a big target on his back. ⬇️

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And suddenly, as if by magic, we seem to have remembered what we should've stomped on eight years ago. It's almost as if Carole and Peter were on to something... #RussiaReportNow

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An honest question: what's the *opposite* of "disinformation"? Re-information? Truformation? The Actual Bloody Truth? This might be an apt time to give it some thought. 😉

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As the company behind Scotland’s biggest Data Centre proposal - one of the largest in the world - is owned by the TREASURER OF THE UK CONSERVATIVE PARTY via a Caribbean TAX HAVEN, the Scottish Greens have called for the Scottish Conservatives to come clean over donations to individual SMPs. ⬇️

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In summary we have: Tory Treasurer, Tax Haven, Data Centre, Lack of clarity and scrutiny Further attack on the environment Climate Change issues ignored.

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They ask this because the Scottish Tories refused to back the Scottish Green’s call to pause hyperscale developments while the community and planning authorities can properly scrutinise the effects on the local environment. ⬇️

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As the company behind Scotland’s biggest Data Centre proposal - one of the largest in the world - is owned by the TREASURER OF THE UK CONSERVATIVE PARTY via a Caribbean TAX HAVEN, ⬇️

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🙏 c'mon Newark 🙏 ‘He’s a turncoat’: How Robert Jenrick’s angry constituents could vote him out The former Tory MP caused a storm after defecting to Reform UK. Now many voters in Newark-on-Trent say they have lost faith in him

inews.co.uk'He's a turncoat': How Robert Jenrick's angry constituents could vote him outThe former Tory MP caused a storm after defecting to Reform UK. Now many voters in Newark-on-Trent say they have lost faith in him

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Morning everyone. Our Ukrainian friends told us that Vova is short for Volodymyr. We told them that Slava Ukraini was short for "the world will thank you forever". 🙏🇺🇦

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Well, here I am, a migrant from Threads, two accounts there killed in a week. The pro-trump AI is absolutely relentless, I hope it is costing him a fortune.

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We'll never forget "30 Roubles, 3 Parties" Lee saying the quiet bit out loud. And this was the *Tories*. Like them, Reform and Restore will NEVER fight the Left on policies. All they have are lies, scapegoats, bigotry, hatred and bots.

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Many of us are now coming to the conclusion that the rather infantile tech billionaires are building data centres for just this purpose. Chaos, lies and right wing support. Does that make sense to anyone else?

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Many people observed how the social media sites became different when Ukraine targeted and took out the data centres in Russia. Less right wing support, less aggression, much less disinformation and for some people fewer “followers” esp the main players like Farage and Tice. ⬇️

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We guess that is a positive, some of haven't forgiven him yet for his comments in the 1970's about encouraging people to vote for Enoch Powell, still at least it kicked off Rock Against Racism.

Charles Keener@charleskeener.bsky.social