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I wonder how much European capitals have considered what their response would be if the US uses nuclear weapons in Iran this week.

Living in Hell The message we can get anywhere, but he references Tim Snyder and Heather Cox-Richardson, these are not sweaty incels in their mum's basement or old anxious farts like me raging on. And LOOK at him, HEAR him We are ALL in great danger, and most of us are oblivious to the tsunami

I give you the President of the USA The narcissistic wound is really opening up now We are in great danger

GREAT thread, totally unsafe

Excellent graphic description of what is 1 caveat, he's an optimist, he still thinks that after shutting down the rest of the global economy for over a month, it can be restarted somehow Nope No MadMax because no fuel, there's a new world being born, or aborted

Just read the thread, watch the video, and genuinely ask ytourself, in your and my life, "then what?"

We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Authoritarian regime blocking access to information that would enable the public to verify what the authoritarian regime says. Idea is: Without facts you must accept their lies.

At least SOME get it, including the President of the place we get ~50% of our refined fuels "Frankly, the situation is so serious that I cannot sleep,” While the CoC sleep like babes and tell us, "she'll be right, god's on our side, carry on as *normal*"

John Campbell returns to RNZ on Mon 13 April & Aotearoa has the chance to hear coalition MPs & CEOs be interviewed by someone aware of their own Pākehā privilege & who demonstrably gives a shit Potential for reality-checked lens being applied to homelessness, fuel crisis, cost of living & 🏳️‍⚧️ kōrero 🤞

Fair enough rundown of how the Hormuz War can and will affect us, but notice the piece on medications, yes the UK may be weeks away from running out, we already have a supply chain issue Now go and look at your medicine cupboard Take out a blister pack Ignore the pharmaceuticals, look at the pack

2nd good news this morning About to milk Bella and her calf, Tulip, was nuzzling behind Nutmeg, our preggers heifer due in August Then a nuzzle of her udder, then a crafty suck And my lovely heifer went', "ah, so this is what it's about, OK, fine by me" JUST what I want in a prospective house cow

Aside from the fact they have edited "Jess" from the brand story, this is mostly a good news one. Not just "food with provenance", grown to the conditions and for local consumption. ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️

This is a monstrous, Epstein-type crime. The more I think about it, the more I get incandescently angry about it. There are so many societal issues laid bare here: child poverty, child rape, name suppression for wealthy white guys, media executives lining up to vouch for child rapists, etc

⬆️⬆️⬆️ My 2nd thought My wife's first thought

This Exactly, precisely, this "Card spending at fuel stations jumped almost 30 percent in March, or 20.6 percent when seasonally adjusted" Is why we can't have good things

If any party or candidate doesn't clearly, strongly and explicitly denounce NZ First's bullshit transphobia they do not deserve your vote It is nothing but shit-stirring scapegoating to distract from their abject failure to run a country

Whoa! No, really, whoa, and in stop, get off the damned hoprse Engage brain "The BBC and Financial Times are reporting that the UK’s final shipment of jet fuel from the Middle East is arriving this week, with no more booked or on the water" "no more booked or on the water"

It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations. A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes. We are completely lost.

Now as a result of this and other yarns lately, we know the following things about NZME: * its editorial board is dominated by former National party press secs * its largest shareholder funds racist chilling-effect defamation actions * it doesn't act to prevent sexual harassment

Absolutely cackling at the idea of this lineup being a "brains trust"

here’s to the Wellington GP who, outraged by the US attacks on Iran, is issuing fuel vouchers to their patients and invoicing the US embassy to recoup costs archive.is/DzWGh

#30DayChartChallenge Day 1, Comparisons: Part-to-whole As I am getting familiar with traffic counter data, and what it might be saying, here is all the state highway traffic counters in my region, and the overall aggregate showing how transport is changing.

Rory Stuart is in the US talking with Americans about the effects of whatever TF the US is doing in the Persian Gulf, and he is being met with almost universal "blank Incomprehension" Take a minute for some evidence of how exceptionally dangerous is the moment

Gilead has a drug that could prevent HIV with just 2 injections a year. MSF said "we'll buy it name your price." Gilead said no. Let that sink in. Pharmacological innovation without access for those who need it does not accomplish its potential. www.eatg.org/hiv-news/pre...

This brings a moment of genuine joy In an average year we get 8-9kg of macadamias off our trees, plus a tonne of shells which go in the fire and heaps pof husks, which I add to my cows' treat buckets while they last Cows burble thanks Turns out, it's a good move Doing olives right now, macas next

Nope The time to do that was a decade ago, 5 years at best Right now, figuring out how to have a functioning economy that doesn't feature widespread malnutrition is item one

I've seen various mentions that Hormuz closure wont affect the US because reasons Meh "Major airlines have warned that fuel supplies could run dry within weeks" The "dildo of consequences"™️ is being unwrapped and checked for splinters, many splinters

Absolutely nothing of any interest to be seen here, please move along with business as usual 10k tonnes of fresh food/day 98% of demand 19 million litres of diesel/week Holding <3 weeks of of fuel AND fertiliser Wiggle room running out folks

Israel’s holocaust of Palestinians reached a horrific new low today. No different than trains heading to gas chambers. Shame on everyone silent about this.

if a leftist says he's anti-zionist because of the war crimes of a sovereign nation the times will suggest he is an anti-semite. if a conservative says that he is "j-pilled" the times will say it's about foreign policy.

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609... No one else could possibly be a working person. Not the carers, not the stay at home parents, not the job seekers, not the disabled people, not the recently unemployed, not the students, not the ones with no children... #NzPol #Cartoon

“It’s hard to avoid the impression that a government dedicated to making life hard for the lowest earners has decided to double down, leaving those households out of the response to a crisis that affects everyone.” FIFY

There's ignorance, wilful ignorance And there's whatever TF THIS is "the 26¢-a-litre cut and the suspension of the heavy vehicle road user charge for truckies comes just in time for road trips over the Easter long weekend" Good odds the general public is more intelligent than both Govt and media

Oh FFS "Cabinet discussed the option of pursuing further commercial opportunities to add to current supplies" The additive mind will not contemplate reducing anything at all, except costs to the privileged Meanwhile Albo halves fuel excise on petrol & diesel & the heavy vehicle RUC for 3 months

Christ on a crutch we are screwed "Keep working, keep the kids in school, doing all that stuff. Please don't think 'it's Covid 2.0, I'm making sourdough at home again'." All he hears is 2 brain cells hunting each other in the vacuum between his ears, buzzing like a bumble bee in a pumpkin flower

That charicature has GOT to sting

New Theory, strait from my butt Let's stipulate that Hormuz IS in fact open, just under conditions that are anathema to Trump/Israel/Some Gulf States So? What does US/Israel do? They wait till a VLCC tanker is in the narrows, and they sink it 'scuse me, I have to bleach out a dose of Trump brain

Imagine if a left coalition had been voted in at the last election - we’d have - an electric hybrid ferry - be 2.5 years further into renewables - a better economy to face this fuel crisis - less poverty & homelessness - a govt taking proactive steps for the crisis - a more positive outlook

Stressing I fully support covid was far less damaging than 1918 flu, I am not comfortable with the numeric argument when not age adjusting- about 86% of covid deaths were age 70+ and 4% of the Maori population are 70+. The ongoing disparities of people the same age get missed if you don't match age.

The final piece of the genocide jigsaw is about to fall into place. New Israel law allowing the Death Penalty for Palestinians found guilty "terrorism". www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Contact MFAT to expel Israeli Ambassador should this become law. PLEASE REPOST!!! #BHN @chewienz.bsky.social

The Strait of Hormuz is open Just contact IRGC, confirm you have no connections to their aggressors, pay a graduated fee based on a variety of criteria, Yuan/cash/free for some, get a clearance, clear with insurer and off you go Not closed, a toll gate on a club membership See "Dynacom" for more

For those in any doubt that the rules-based order had broken down completely, please explain how this fits into that system The imperial power has gone insane, clinically, demonstrably disconnected from any rational, shared concept of reality, it has retreated into solipsistic fantasy world

More good stuff bubbling up We are NOT all helpless and stupefied by the money-drug And while buying EV's/heatpumps/solar is very middle class panic, at least the herd is moving in the right direction, whether the govt is capable of going there or not

Been trying to say this to my gazillion followers for yrs, Nicole Foss was first on The Oil Drum "The economy is an energy system using money, not a financial system using energy. Money is a claim on energy. It has no intrinsic value. Central banks cannot print physical resources into existence" ✔️

He's drifting SO close to figuring it out And after all that shouting about how a Lab/Green/TPM govt was attacking farmers and "no farmers no food" and tractor convoys up the wahzoo Guess what and who is shafting the farming sector Go on, guess, I'll friggin wait

⬇️ It's an important thread, but it's also good to find in the midst of it, this We need to be clearer about the differences between Price Cost Worth Value and Wealth How each of them relates to how our lives are funded, where and by whom or what the costs are borne