Fun fact about Nigeria: they recently shut down a lot of car battery recycling outfits to conduct tests. Tests to study the large amount of lead being let off by these companies, poisoning the local populations. These companies? US automakers that refuse to start certification programs.

This is profoundly un-American. No—that's not right. It's *anti*-American. It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions. The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.

If they can drive people out of rural spaces, or make them so desperate that they’ll accept any job at any pay rate, they can bring in large corporate farms and there is no one to protest the environmental impacts or force them to pay their fair share in taxes.

Why it feels impossible to contain as soon as you put one fire out, several more show up because the strategy isn’t to win arguments. It’s to prevent stabilization. Stability requires shared reality, standards, consequences, memory Chaos erases all four.

The ‘Peace President’ is bombing people on Christmas.

"The FCC Commissioner announced they'll appoint a "bias monitor" at CBS who would "report directly to the President". Silly me. I thought state run TV would begin with FOX. I guess we should drop the "Columbia" and just call it the BS channel from now on..."

While I hope everyone celebrating Xmas today has had a lovely, peaceful time, my heart remains in Palestine, with the people of Palestine. 🇵🇸 #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions. Apple doesn't recognise unions. Amazon is anti-union. McDonald's is anti-union. Starbucks is anti-union. Google is anti-union. Walmart is anti-union. The big corporations are not on your side.

A Forgotten 80th Anniversary of a Shameful Injustice via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

X is essentially the PR megaphone of an increasingly aggressive U.S Government. You can now earn a lot of money from X’s gamed algorithm if you spend your days attacking the U.K, which is why so many underemployed journalists have blue ticks. We need to tax X income at 100%.

Elon Musk spent $277 million to elect Trump. Now Trump is letting the AI that Musk controls be integrated into our military. This is beyond corruption and way beyond dangerous.

It’s been very obvious where Israeli society was going for much of my adult life, and that it was only a matter of time before one of their governments decreed that the moment had come to Do What Must Be Done. This is why we made all that annoying noise about it, for all those years.

"Many benefiting from predatory delay- when forced to choose between prolonging profitably destructive inertia, or preserving planetary stability, long-term prosperity & even democracy- have doubled down to grab all the money they can"

Really looking forward to tonight. We follow the Icelandic tradition of Jólabókaflóð, literally 'Christmas book flood'. Rather than watching regrettable repeats on TV, you give each other a book and then settle down with a nice hot chocolate to read them. It's fab! 📚 adventures.is/blog/iceland...

This is what I don’t understand. I don’t know where the fuck everyone is either. I honestly thought Trump and his evil stooges would have been taken out by the military by now. I’m kind of shocked actually. We’ve always claimed to be the most powerful country, but nobody has any balls. NOBODY!!

Then there is this. Are we outraged yet? 🤔😏🤬

Shame on the UK Is it a free society anymore??? Netanyahu has poisoned the entire planet. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“Why isn’t there a White History Month?” Because every month is White History Month. History is written by the victors — and colonizers. Much of the American history and literature we learned for generations erased the contributions of marginalized groups. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

Reminder that we are a year into aggressive ICE raids and concentration camps, and there’s not a single example of local cops protecting people against this violence, kidnapping, or death.

Canada bill targeting refugees feared to signal new era of US-style border policy Bill C-12 includes many changes around border security along with new ineligibility rules for refugee claimants www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

411 Palestinians murdered by Israel during the "ceasefire" in Gaza. Albo says nothing. Minimal AUS media coverage. Imagine the AUS media reports if: • 411 UK citizens were murdered. • Or 411 Americans. • Or China murdered 411 in Taiwan. Silence is complicity. #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide

Good to know...

So Republicans lost their minds over outlets squashing the Hunter laptop story (while Trump was president!) because it may have been a Russian op… but now Trump allies are literally buying up networks/social media companies and he is censoring stories — and crickets? 🦗 🦗

When a government knows it cannot be easily voted out, accountability erodes. First-past-the-post turns minority support into unchecked power. Proportional representation changes the incentives and strengthens democratic oversight.

Former President Bill Clinton calling for transparency.

Missouri is already projected to lose $500 million this year by cutting the capital gains tax. We are set to another lose 2/3rds of our state revenue by cutting the income tax. I honestly don’t know what will become of the state, but I think it’s going to be very bad. Republicans can’t govern.

Holy shit this Manhattan Institute focus group is my everything. www.thebulwark.com/p/behold-the...

Yet another reason not to fly: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Seattle Firm Has Second Barge Hit Trouble on BC Coast via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

The white supremacy isn’t a dog whistle. It’s a bullhorn.

Alberta's Health-Care Privatization Push Is Heading to Disaster via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

Since we can't do polls here on bsky, let's try this... If you believe that Donald Trump is guilty of child crimes in relation to Jeffrey Epstein - repost this.

FYI, Mr. Environment! @mark-carney.bsky.social Carbon removal hype is becoming a dangerous distraction Corporations and nations are touting plans to suck greenhouse gases out of the air. But the crucial priority this decade is slashing emissions. www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/08/1...

If political pressure or fear of backlash can override established editorial and legal review, then the administration has effectively gained a veto over critical journalism—an authoritarian dynamic that undermines press freedom and public trust. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

Ok, 16 innocent people brutally killed in Bondi Beach attack – response is wall-to-wall global news coverage & condemnation. Meanwhile, 400+ innocent people brutally killed by Israel *since* Oct “ceasefire” – response is near-total silence from world’s media. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

This @peterbakernyt.bsky.social paragraph is a perfect summary of our descent into authoritarianism. He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond. truthout.org/articles/pol...

I'm thankful for my new and existing supporters who are ready to flip this seat and the state legislature. Together, we will tackle the affordability crisis, deliver quality healthcare, and fully fund public education. #howardforaz #votelocal #voteblue #azleg #ld27

Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese condemned Egypt’s $35bn gas deal with Israel, saying it violates international law and the ICJ’s 2024 advisory opinion, and amounts to political support for Israel during the war on Gaza. She urged states to stop prioritizing profit over humanity.