NEW: Astounding scenes on the streets of Tel Aviv tonight as 300,000 join an anti-war protest.
(π₯ Noga Tarnopolsky)
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NEW: Astounding scenes on the streets of Tel Aviv tonight as 300,000 join an anti-war protest.
(π₯ Noga Tarnopolsky)
Back in 2015, various meteorological modelling exercises for 2050 produced extreme heat #climate scenarios like the below.
Except this isnβt a model, itβs todayβs temperature chart for southern France & the Iberian Peninsula.
There little Fellas rocked it yesterday, recording their own version of Ukraine's National anthem (hymn) for yesterday's Constitution Day.
29.06.2025 20:04 β π 87 π 21 π¬ 2 π 0You're a fucking idiot who knows nothing about me and can only make disgusting slurs.
28.05.2025 22:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Why do I need to "deal with it"? I was merely asking what rights they should have that the rest of us don't have?
28.05.2025 21:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ainβt no hole big enoughβ¦
25.05.2025 15:09 β π 554 π 94 π¬ 17 π 5Unpopular opinion: I think it's a good idea to have the Ten Commandments on every classroom wall. Then the children can have a project to track each day how many of the Ten Commandments Trump has broken. They may need a lot of ink.
26.05.2025 10:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Narrator: he didnβt
26.05.2025 04:18 β π 11335 π 3234 π¬ 718 π 333What about women? And what on earth rights should 'pansexual' and 'asexual' people have that the rest of us have and they don't?
26.05.2025 10:51 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Labour doesn't have to follow the same BoE/Treasury orthodoxy as the Tories did (mostly). We desperately need bold progressive measures. A Labour Govt with 5 years and an unprecedented majority should be expected to do this, but all the signs are they won't.
26.05.2025 10:48 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0You simply don't understand, do you? Until you and others like you do, the Dems will have no chance. Fortunately here in Europe people, including some on the left, are beginning to row back from trans extremist positions.
12.04.2025 22:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It frustrates the hell out of me because it contributed to the return of the orange moron/fascist to the WH, a disaster for the US and the whole world. With respect I question your priorities. The left should avoid prioritising issues around identity politics. It rarely ends well.
12.04.2025 21:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Every single one of these cowardly law firms is enabling the growth of fascist authoritarianism. Every. Single. One.
They are accomplices of fascism.
It frustrates the hell out of me how the Dems continue to support the misogynist nonsense of allowing males to play women's and girls' sports despite 80% of Americans opposed to it. The MAGA mob can hardly believe their luck.
12.04.2025 21:35 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1I confess to being a supporter of women's rights and the safeguarding required to protect them. I have no problem with the issue of trans rights at all as long as they don't impinge on the above. I prefer rational discussion to simplistic and vacuous sloganising typical of political cults.
01.04.2025 12:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cultist nonsense.
01.04.2025 12:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trans women remain biological males and have no right to play women's or girls' sports.
01.04.2025 11:59 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1The US spends almost twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation. Yet 85 million Americans are uninsured or under-insured and 68,000 die each year because they canβt afford a doctor.
Health care must be a human right, not a privilege. We need Medicare for All.
So where's the lying snow we see in the picture come from?
26.03.2025 23:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They're hardly the people who are going to suffer from the benefit cuts, are they?
26.03.2025 23:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not to mention appointing a known Russian asset as head of US National Intelligence.
26.03.2025 23:11 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You automatically knew the Pentagon and US intelligence was going to be fucked up when a drunken Fox host rapist was chosen by a deranged felon to replace a supremely qualified highly decorated 4-star General and now our national security is in the toilet.
26.03.2025 20:12 β π 7406 π 1718 π¬ 214 π 65Pete Hegseth: βNobody texted war plans.β
26.03.2025 12:51 β π 18737 π 5625 π¬ 1305 π 512Word at the Pentagon is that if you need something from Pete Hegseth itβs best to catch him before lunch ππ₯πΊπΈ
26.03.2025 14:10 β π 878 π 101 π¬ 59 π 9NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
20.03.2025 12:40 β π 13177 π 6413 π¬ 406 π 616Huge protests are now taking place in Istanbul and across Turkey after Erdogan had his main political rival arrested earlier.
Looks like Turkey is going to face the same public uprising against autocracy that weβve seen recently in Hungary, Serbia and Georgia.
Personally I won't be happy till the red lines begin to go.
20.03.2025 18:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And remember, any one of us can become disabled out of the blue.
20.03.2025 15:13 β π 18 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0This is spectacular news.
20.03.2025 05:31 β π 10964 π 1667 π¬ 251 π 114