Angus Proud
@angusproud.bsky.social
Geographer; hooked on places, stories, people, Burnley FC, Hans Rosling, Bob Marley, Manu Chao, ...
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Not a Tesla in sight.
“70.6% of all newly registered cars in October were electric cars, and among private car buyers, the figure was even higher: a full 88.9% chose electric cars. Aka: electric cars have become the standard choice in Denmark.” 🇩🇰
“VW Group strong, taking 8 out of 10 in the top 10”
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#alwaysbecharging
“VW Group strong, taking 8 out of 10 in the top 10”
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#alwaysbecharging
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Not a Tesla in sight.
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“How bad slavery was”.
August 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“How bad slavery was”.
This is what we are still doing, and this will be the consequence, in two posts.
May 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is what we are still doing, and this will be the consequence, in two posts.
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Quite apart from anything else, this a major opportunity for UK higher education which we are currently doing our best to neutralise.
BBC: “US halts student visa appointments and plans expanded social media vetting”
The Trump war on universities hots up.
Chilling.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Trump war on universities hots up.
Chilling.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US halts student visa appointments and plans expanded social media vetting
The state department says the policy will have "significant implications" for embassies and consulates.
www.bbc.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Quite apart from anything else, this a major opportunity for UK higher education which we are currently doing our best to neutralise.
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Carl Sagan speaking at MIT in 1987 on lowering our C02 emissions.
Apply these words to any technological problem our world faces today and it holds up.
Apply these words to any technological problem our world faces today and it holds up.
May 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Carl Sagan speaking at MIT in 1987 on lowering our C02 emissions.
Apply these words to any technological problem our world faces today and it holds up.
Apply these words to any technological problem our world faces today and it holds up.
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France also wants to attract foreign researchers as Europe seeks to reap an intellectual windfall from the US president’s battles with academia
EU sets out to lure US scientists amid Trump funding cuts
France also wants to attract foreign researchers as Europe seeks to reap an intellectual windfall from the US president’s battles with academia
www.thetimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
France also wants to attract foreign researchers as Europe seeks to reap an intellectual windfall from the US president’s battles with academia
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Liz Truss has announced plans to launch her own 'free speech' social media platform, inspired by her experiences as PM. So, presumably you'll be able to post whatever you like for 42 days
April 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Liz Truss has announced plans to launch her own 'free speech' social media platform, inspired by her experiences as PM. So, presumably you'll be able to post whatever you like for 42 days
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HBO responds to criticism of its casting for the new Harry Potter film series by bringing in some actors who better reflect the original films
April 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
HBO responds to criticism of its casting for the new Harry Potter film series by bringing in some actors who better reflect the original films
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Europeans must accept their efforts to flatter or cajole Trump into doing the right thing on Ukraine have failed. Trump is on Putin's side. Europe (minus Hungary, of course) now needs either to ensure RU is defeated in UA, or prepare for Putin to attack other parts of the former Russian empire.
Trump full-on accusing Zelensky of starting the war Russia launched against Ukraine in 2014, before Zelensky was even president, and escalated in 2022 with it unprovoked, full-blown invasion. Not a single criticism toward Putin, a day after the deadliest single attack of the war by Russia this year.
Trump has fully turned on Zelenskyy: "He's always looking to purchase missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you gotta know you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."
April 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Europeans must accept their efforts to flatter or cajole Trump into doing the right thing on Ukraine have failed. Trump is on Putin's side. Europe (minus Hungary, of course) now needs either to ensure RU is defeated in UA, or prepare for Putin to attack other parts of the former Russian empire.
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I’ve spent some of today digging into the life of an ancestor of mine (this is a lie, it was @onekdog.bsky.social who did the actual work). But it really highlighted to me how much pain and suffering and hardship has been a significant part of the human experience.
April 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’ve spent some of today digging into the life of an ancestor of mine (this is a lie, it was @onekdog.bsky.social who did the actual work). But it really highlighted to me how much pain and suffering and hardship has been a significant part of the human experience.
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"These 15 medics and first responders were heroes. They ran towards danger. They served their people. They believed in the sanctity of life, even in a place where life is constantly under siege. Their memory should be sacred."
— #AJOpinion by Ahmed Najar ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Ahmed Najar ⤵️
Israel kills, lies, and the Western media believe it
The execution of 15 Gaza medics and rescuers demonstrates just how normalised the dehumanisation of Palestinians is.
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April 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"These 15 medics and first responders were heroes. They ran towards danger. They served their people. They believed in the sanctity of life, even in a place where life is constantly under siege. Their memory should be sacred."
— #AJOpinion by Ahmed Najar ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Ahmed Najar ⤵️
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Trump’s whopping great tariffs on the tiny African nation of Lesotho sum up the full madness of the scheme.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
April 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Trump’s whopping great tariffs on the tiny African nation of Lesotho sum up the full madness of the scheme.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Mark Carney: “I have seen this movie before. I know exactly what’s going to happen.”
April 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Trump says his tariffs will raise $6 trillion.
Assuming that's over 10 years, that's $600 billion per year.
There are 134 million households, so this is nearly $5,000 per household per year.
And it's like a sales tax, so it's a flat tax. A huge hit to the budgets of working folks.
Assuming that's over 10 years, that's $600 billion per year.
There are 134 million households, so this is nearly $5,000 per household per year.
And it's like a sales tax, so it's a flat tax. A huge hit to the budgets of working folks.
April 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump says his tariffs will raise $6 trillion.
Assuming that's over 10 years, that's $600 billion per year.
There are 134 million households, so this is nearly $5,000 per household per year.
And it's like a sales tax, so it's a flat tax. A huge hit to the budgets of working folks.
Assuming that's over 10 years, that's $600 billion per year.
There are 134 million households, so this is nearly $5,000 per household per year.
And it's like a sales tax, so it's a flat tax. A huge hit to the budgets of working folks.
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The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
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Every time I dipped in he was talking about health care for seniors & disabled, veterans benefits, democracy, tax cuts for billionaires, tariffs, selling out our allies, etc, while doing something this small, petty, weak propagandist could never do physically or intellectually.
April 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Every time I dipped in he was talking about health care for seniors & disabled, veterans benefits, democracy, tax cuts for billionaires, tariffs, selling out our allies, etc, while doing something this small, petty, weak propagandist could never do physically or intellectually.
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McConnell breaks with party to reject Trump’s Canada tariffs. The former Senate Republican leader will likely deliver the deciding vote on a resolution to block a national emergency used to justify the new tariffs on Canadian imports.
McConnell breaks with party to reject Trump's Canada tariffs
The former Senate Republican leader will likely deliver the deciding vote on a resolution to block a national emergency used to justify the new tariffs on Canadian imports.
www.politico.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
McConnell breaks with party to reject Trump’s Canada tariffs. The former Senate Republican leader will likely deliver the deciding vote on a resolution to block a national emergency used to justify the new tariffs on Canadian imports.
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France’s hard-right leader was given a five-year ban on standing for election after her embezzlement conviction but a swift appeal process offers her a lifeline ⬇️
Marine Le Pen could still be in the running for 2027 election
www.thetimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
France’s hard-right leader was given a five-year ban on standing for election after her embezzlement conviction but a swift appeal process offers her a lifeline ⬇️
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April 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The View from Westminster newsletter comes from Archie Mitchell tonight. Free sign-up here www.independent.co.uk/newsletters
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New with @pmdfoster.bsky.social - ahead of 'Liberation Day', a look at what an escalating trade war could mean for the global economy, based on new modelling by @shepotylo.bsky.social and Jun Du at @astonuniversity.bsky.social. Gift link: on.ft.com/4iOHIOi
April 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New with @pmdfoster.bsky.social - ahead of 'Liberation Day', a look at what an escalating trade war could mean for the global economy, based on new modelling by @shepotylo.bsky.social and Jun Du at @astonuniversity.bsky.social. Gift link: on.ft.com/4iOHIOi
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Exclusive: India plans to lower import tariffs on electric cars, rejecting requests from local automakers to delay such cuts by four years, as New Delhi prioritizes closing a trade deal with the US, government and industry sources told Reuters reut.rs/4jkuTvj
Exclusive: India backs EV tariff cuts for Trump trade deal, defying autos lobby, sources say
India plans to lower import tariffs on electric cars, rejecting requests from local automakers to delay such cuts by four years, as New Delhi prioritises closing a trade deal with the United States, government and industry sources told Reuters.
reut.rs
April 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Exclusive: India plans to lower import tariffs on electric cars, rejecting requests from local automakers to delay such cuts by four years, as New Delhi prioritizes closing a trade deal with the US, government and industry sources told Reuters reut.rs/4jkuTvj
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Residents of other nations have the benefit of having media outlets that report on Trump as he is
The collapse of America as a trusted ally in just six weeks is quite the story.
70% of Brits see France as an ally but fewer than half see the US that way, and this is in a country that had a so-called special relationship.
In Germany only 23% see the US as an ally, 24% in France.
70% of Brits see France as an ally but fewer than half see the US that way, and this is in a country that had a so-called special relationship.
In Germany only 23% see the US as an ally, 24% in France.
March 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Residents of other nations have the benefit of having media outlets that report on Trump as he is
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Quelle surprise! Turns out the people with lots of money in this country do, in fact, have lots of money
March 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Quelle surprise! Turns out the people with lots of money in this country do, in fact, have lots of money