Richard Bugg

Richard Bugg

@richardbugg.bsky.social

Observer.

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Latest frame shows a near perfect hurricane with a classic "pinhole" eye. Only 9 Atlantic hurricanes have had stronger peak sustained winds (5 of them being from the past two decades). Great concern for #Jamaica.

John Morales@johnmoralestv.bsky.social

Melissa, now with sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/hr) and capable of gusts to 260+ mph (425+ km/hr) on windward hilltops, 40" (1000 mm) of rain, and a 13 ft (4 m) storm surge, has started the feared turn to the northwest. First NW then north is the forecast. #Jamaica #HurricaneAlert

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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

Trump makes video contribution to help support the Democratic mid-term election campaign.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

Trump's Truth Social account just posted this AI video of him flying a fighter jet that reads "King Trump." AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.

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Meanwhile March for White Australia returns this Sunday 19 Oct

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Replying to @melissaryan.bsky.social

It wasn't Hitler or Himmler who kidnapped me, beat me, and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, and the neighbor who were given uniforms and then believed they were the master race." Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor

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Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory. They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth. But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi. RIP, Jamal. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

open.substack.comJamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking OutAs Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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"The dark turn that Jamal warned about in Saudi Arabia, as well as his silencing and murder, should be an alarm bell for us in America, especially for journalists, academics, and writers."

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A sneering midwit with inherited wealth got the facts wrong, and accused an honest public servant—Lisa Cook—of fraud. His meddling created a crisis well beyond his portfolio, undermining the Fed. Bill Pulte can do the right thing and resign. If merit still matters, he should be fired.

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters. Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence. These docs show she did not. www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

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Imagine having a Productivity Summit with the theme of Resilence and failing to address first up the impact on Australian life, community, landscape and infrastructure of existential twin crises of global heating and biodiversity collapse. Instead it’ll be Env is a handbrake on ‘jobs and growth’.

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Dr Yael Harrari, a graduating medical student at Tel Aviv University, protested Israel’s war on Gaza at her commencement by wearing a T-shirt reading: “Do no genocide."

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Tassie folk, we are joining the Nationwide March for Palestine on 24 Aug. The Launnie crew will head south to join tpan lutruwita. Launnie folk are working out car pooling etc for the day. Wherever you are in Tassie or just visiting come join us #FreePalestine #SanctionIsrael

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Let’s just take a moment to thank Donald Jr for his clear eyed, and steadfast determination to get answers with Epstein. He says to ask ourselves DAILY what SCUM would be against disclosure and truth? Hmmm….

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White Christian nationalist and MAGA Trump supporter with anti-abortion hit list Vance Boelter decides killing is his way of showing how pro-life he is, and how much he loves Jesus. If he survives to trial we can probably expect a presidential pardon. abcnews.go.com/US/gov-walz-...

abcnews.go.comMinnesota assassination suspect Vance Boelter on the run; wore realistic latex maskDozens of Minnesota Democrats were on a target list written by the gunman who allegedly shot and killed a Minnesota state representative and her husband.

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Greta Thunberg on why it’s essential for climate activists to speak out on Gaza: "The reason I am a climate activist is not because I want to protect trees. I'm a climate activist because I care about human, planetary well-being and those are extremely interlinked."

democracynow.orgGreta Thunberg Speaks from Aid Ship Heading to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats: “My Moral Obligation”As Gaza faces over three months of Israeli blockade, a group of 12 activists is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. The Madleen ship was launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and initia...

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Massive congratulations to @parentsforclimate.bsky.social for launching the legal action against EnergyAustralia and securing a landmark result: an apology for greenwashing and a commitment to direct emission reduction. Well done to Equity Generation Lawyers as well. Have a read:

parentsforclimate.orgLandmark ‘Greenwashing’ Legal Case over ‘Carbon Neutral’ product closes with EnergyAustralia apology to customers
Parents for Climate@parentsforclimate.bsky.social

Here it is, finally. The truth. In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product

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As the UK and EU carve up fishing rights, I don't give a damn which party gets to trash our marine ecosystems by overexploiting fish populations, ripping up the seafloor and killing vast numbers of "non-target" animals. I just want this orgy of destruction to stop.

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This is big. An Australian energy company has been forced to admit that there is no substitutability between fossil fuel CO2 emissions (average life in the atmosphere of c1,000 years) and the projects/credits offered for carbon offsetting, largely shorter lived nature based avoidance/removal of CO2.

Parents for Climate@parentsforclimate.bsky.social

Here it is, finally. The truth. In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product

The trickle of refugees from the US under Trump will soon grow to a flood.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

With the Israeli government trading on their historical victim status they have set out now to be the abusers. In this moving song David Rovics sings about Israel’s use of mass starvation of children in Gaza, a war crime of mass murder being committed before our eyes, right now.

David Rovics@davidrovics.bsky.social

Entering the third month of Israel's total embargo on Gaza, the starvation has begun. www.patreon.com/posts/128486...