MaddestMa

MaddestMa

@maddestma.bsky.social

Increasingly mad boomer granny. Fan of Clem and Nye. Beneficiary of the Welfare State. Thought I was a woolly liberal centrist but seems I’ve become a ravin’ lefty without changing my beliefs.

685 Followers 1,009 Following 251 Posts Joined Oct 2023
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Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

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Demonstrably impossible to tell.

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Speaking of misogyny, it's like climate people are the woman who just need to be more beautiful, sexy, charming, irresistible, flawless, understanding so the man will behave himself. No pressure on the man to stop the bad behavior.

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The "sleepy" version so many are waiting for. 💙

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Let’s clear this up now: Trump wore that stupid-ass white ball-cap because he’s the same man who called fallen troops “suckers” and “losers.” He does photo ops, not sorrow.

Let's take it up another level. Donald Trump does not give a F*ck about our troops or their family members.

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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Could solar panels help strengthen global food security? - Positive News A Canadian study suggests solar farms could increase global crop yields by hundreds of billions of pounds, thanks to the protective microclimate created beneath their panels

Solar farms could increase global crop yields by hundreds of billions of pounds, thanks to the protective microclimate created beneath their panels.
www.positive.news/environment/...

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The Hill
United CEO: Airfare likely to rise as jet fuel prices surge
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned this week that soaring jet fuel prices tied to conflict in the Middle East could soon push airline...
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Aerospace Global News
Airfares could rise as Iran conflict drives soaring fuel costs and flight detours
Airlines face rising jet fuel prices and costly rerouting around Middle East airspace after US-Israel strikes on Iran, and may raise...
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BBC
Surge in jet fuel prices could push up air fares, analysts warn
Disruption to supplies from the Gulf, in the wake of the US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, has pushed the cost of aviation kerosene up by...
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Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
War with Iran triggered a sharp rise in fuel prices in the US
УНН Economy ✎ Gasoline prices in the US rose by 11% due to the conflict with Iran and oil at $90. This creates political risks for...
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Simple Flying
Airfare Warning: United CEO Says Ticket Prices Will Rise ‘Quickly’ As Fuel Costs Skyrocket
As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, airlines brace for the impact on their pocketbooks, with United CEO warning of rising...

Public service announcement: this is a FOSSIL FUEL CRISIS

Not an 'energy crisis'. People need energy: it keeps them alive. This is a crisis due to forced dependency on the most unreliable and unstable fuel product in human history.

THIS IS A FOSSIL FUEL CRISIS.

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Mike Sommers, President and CEO of API, stating: "Encouraging to see momentum building again around permitting reform negotiations in Washington. America is the world's top producer, but we can’t deliver affordable, reliable energy if critical infrastructure is stuck in red tape. The time for durable reform is now."

The American Petroleum Institute's #1 priority is "permitting reform," a euphemism for letting energy & tech data center industries bulldoze over our lands, waters, & communities.

This is about money & power. Not climate. Not our economy. Not even energy.

Money. And power.

Act accordingly.

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The people who told us austerity was crucial, Brexit would be brilliant, Boris Johnson’s amazing and Liz Truss is an economic genius, are now insisting the country should join an illegal war

#BBCLauraK

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Trump bombs Iran, starves Cubans and kills US service personnel. Business as usual for him.

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New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an IRGC facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, where 175 people were reportedly killed, including children.

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It’s now almost 2 months since Nigel Farage was scheduled to appear on #bbclaurak as part of her Leaders Interview but pulled out due to being “under the weather”

He’s currently in America supporting a foreign president over his own country

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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The US is the only participant in the war that is known to have Tomahawk missiles. Israel is not known to have Tomahawk missiles.

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Oil market prepares for $100 a barrel as Middle East producers cut output Further attacks on energy infrastructure over weekend also pose new threat

I preferred commodities stories when they made me look at my breakfast cereal and its components with a heightened sense of wonder at the achievements of modernity, not feel mounting dread about the political consequences:

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Take Your Hat Off, A-Hole! This isn't a McDonald's.
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ARD-Hochrechnung zur Wahl: Grüne in Baden-Württemberg vor CDU Bei der Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg liegen die Grünen laut erster ARD-Hochrechnung vor der CDU. Die AfD holt ihr bisher bestes Ergebnis. Die SPD fällt auf ein historisches Tief, FDP und Linke ba...

🌻 German Greens have won the election in Baden-Württemberg! – holding the state and making Cem Özdemir the first Minister President in Germany with a so-called "migration background" (his parents were both Türkish immigrants). Özdemir describes himself as an "Anatolian Swabian" and "secular Muslim".

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America hates Trump’s Iran war Even his MAGA base thinks it’s madness. But amongst the outrage, there are still some Americans who cling to magical thinking, and to the idea that it’ll all work out fine

Even his MAGA base thinks it’s madness. But amongst the outrage, there are still some Americans who cling to magical thinking, and to the idea that it’ll all work out fine

✏️ Charlotte McDonald-Gibson

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Trump's illegal war began with his military murdering 175 people, mainly children. Trump is still pretending that Iran killed its own people.

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Bahrain was part of the British Empire until 1971.

Imagine if Britain just pre-emptively struck them and took over, would that be fine?

Or is it just Israel/USA that is allowed to break International law as much as they like?

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Post comments on the fact that after meetings with Farage, Trump always attacks Starmer.

Farage bad-mouthing Britain to the orange war-monger again.

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The way it works.

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World War III? Trump's and Netanyahu's illegal war turns global

So why are we at the precipice of World War III? What is our reason for committing so many troops at such great cost and risk? What is America’s interest?

Trump isn’t saying, except to talk in vague generalities. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/world-war-iii

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You know who invades Iran without going to Congress?

Someone who is not “fully exonerated” for raping kids in the Epstein files.

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Watching this White House press briefing, it’s clear Trump has culled the room so thoroughly that no hard questions...ones that would cast him in an accurate light...will get asked.

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The only plan is to distract from the Epstein files.

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It seems like America can't spend a night without a war.

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