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Volewica

@nigel-purchase.bsky.social

Lapsed neo-liberal, economist, former fund manager, fantasy & SF author, loves Ancient Greek, indifferent clarinettist & sax player. #Xitter exile. Deeply worried about #ClimateChange. No, I don't want to have sex with you. **No** DMs, please

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How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far:

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Because Trump is a worthless, petty POS.

05.03.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump cut off supplies of Sidewinder missiles for Ukraine’s F-16s, which limited their ability to prevent Russian strikes on Ukraine’s cities during the dead of winter when Putin ramped up attacks. And yet, when we need help with interceptor drones for Iran, Ukraine offered them without hesitation.

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Irans best and only play right now is to make this as expensive and unpopular as they can, by dragging as many other countries into the conflict as they can, and we're 100% taking the bait and broadening the conflict

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If you claim to not be able to feed Americans and provide healthcare for Americans but can find the money to murder Iranian school girls go fuck yourself.

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The US Is Losing The Iran War - Here’s Why
YouTube video by Owen Jones The US Is Losing The Iran War - Here’s Why

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4eQ...

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Republican candidate charged with assault after 'body-slamming' Guardian reporter Audio of Greg Gianforte attacking Ben Jacobs corroborated by Fox News journalists in the room, who described candidate β€˜slamming him to the ground’

Jesus Christ. Not surprising behavior from a Montana politician. Our governor, Greg Gianforte, was charged with assault after body slamming a reporter from The Guardian for asking about healthcare.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017...

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Part 3.

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Part 2, with more from the veteran. Please note that security is perp walking the Marine out of the hearing WITH HIS BROKEN ARM TWISTED BEHIND HIS BACK.

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[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone]

Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

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This is INSANE. Military commanders told troops Trump was "anointed by Jesus" to start the apocalypse in Iran, according to over 200 complaints. Since Saturday, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been flooded with complaints from service members in every branch of the armed forces

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Listening to Hegseth brief is like listening to the slobbering drunk at a bar...maybe never even served...spinning sloppy bravado for one reason: to sound β€œmacho.”

It never lands. Anyone sober hears insecurity, and the stink of a serious drinking problem.

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Tasmanian salmon farms blocked from using antibiotic florfenicol after detection in wild fish 10km away Regulator suspends permit due to β€˜unacceptable risk’ antibiotic poses to other species in move welcomed by environmental campaigners * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s veterinary medicines regulator has suspended the use of florfenicol in salmon in Tasmania because of the β€œunacceptable risk” the antibiotic poses to other species. The Bob Brown Foundation said the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority’s (APVMA) decision was an β€œindictment of the industrial fish farm companies and their complete disregard for the marine environment”. Continue reading...

Tasmanian salmon farms blocked from using antibiotic florfenicol after detection in wild fish 10km away

05.03.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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As a middle power, Australia should be careful what it wishes for when it comes to an illegal war with Iran | Andrew Wilkie I resigned from the intelligence services over the fraudulent case for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. And I see some alarming parallels with this case

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

05.03.2026 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My neighbour parked their car with a half inch of their tires on my lawn.
I’m declaring them a domestic terrorist.

05.03.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Best evidence yet that GLP-1 drugs reduce the risk of substance abuse, from >600,000 US Veterans with T2 diabetes across alcohol, nicotine, opioid, cocaine, cannabis @zalaly.bsky.social
@bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

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@hallieshoffner.bsky.social
Are you in Kansas?

05.03.2026 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Karoline Leavitt told us the US State Department was helping Americans stranded in the Middle East.

She lied.

One Texas woman in Dubai called the State Department hotline, was scolded for being scared and then hung up on.

This administration is *full* of incompetent, rude people.

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Working for the wishes of Donald Trump, NOT the welfare of their constituents.

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β€œThe Worst Part Was The Shame”: What Happened After Jack Was Lured Into A Gay Hate Crime Ambush Off Grindr Jack Jacobs shares his story of being targeted and attacked after using a gay dating app, and what it's like reporting these gay hate crimes.

www.starobserver.com.au/news/jack-ga...

#Gay #Queer

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Maybe

But that outlook is only valid until the first tanker is on fire/sinking in the Strait

Also, sinking a ship doesn’t require a navy…

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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Today, joining the list of things that never happened...

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Imagine an Iranian bomb had slaughtered 165 Israeli school kids.

Imagine the response of the Western media and politicians.

And note the lack of outrage and disgust here.

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El β€˜efecto bandera’: la colisiΓ³n con Trump otorga a SΓ‘nchez una baza electoral La impopularidad en EspaΓ±a del presidente de EE UU y los antecedentes de otros mandatarios de paΓ­ses aliados que se han enfrentado a Γ©l sugieren que la crisis puede favorecer al lΓ­der socialista

What is the domestic political consequence to Prime Minister Pedro SΓ‘nchez of his current feud with Donald Trump over the Iran War? It's giving him a huge boost with the electorate, as Trump supplants Putin as the single most reviled political figure on the global stage among Spaniards.

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Broadening Mideast Conflict Risks Pulling In U.S.’s NATO Allies A U.S. Navy destroyer shot down an Iranian missile fired at Turkey, crossing another line in the conflict.

".. on Wednesday, a U.S. Navy destroyer .. shot down an Iranian missile on its way toward an important Turkish military base that hosts American forces, a U.S. official said, marking the crossing of another line in the rapidly expanding conflagration."

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/middle...

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