Stravaiger
@stravaiger1.bsky.social
Scot 🏴 remote glen & mountain fan; cycle trekker; iconoclast; systems thinker; FUBAR analyst; pro-🇪🇺
"If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to worry about!" Nope. Tell that to 800+ persistently demonised wrongly-convicted UK sub-postmasters
"If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to worry about!" Nope. Tell that to 800+ persistently demonised wrongly-convicted UK sub-postmasters
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
Basically all the critical parties have given up 😳 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"Worldwide, every other week seems to bring a new climate-related crisis. Increasingly, the response has seemed to be a dulled acceptance."
"Worldwide, every other week seems to bring a new climate-related crisis. Increasingly, the response has seemed to be a dulled acceptance."
Governments and Billionaires Retreat Ahead of COP30 Climate Talks
Worldwide, every other week seems to bring a new climate-related crisis. Increasingly, the response has seemed to be a dulled acceptance.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Basically all the critical parties have given up 😳 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"Worldwide, every other week seems to bring a new climate-related crisis. Increasingly, the response has seemed to be a dulled acceptance."
"Worldwide, every other week seems to bring a new climate-related crisis. Increasingly, the response has seemed to be a dulled acceptance."
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
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Maybe Nigel Farage should refuse to appear on the BBC in protest.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Maybe Nigel Farage should refuse to appear on the BBC in protest.
“If you go sticking that filthy neck where it doesn’t belong, it’s gonna get sliced right off. You ready for that?” Mr Xue wrotea#o
To a woman PM, China displays its near-the-surface barbaric verbal violence
What an infantile letdown from one of the planet's oldest "civilisations"
To a woman PM, China displays its near-the-surface barbaric verbal violence
What an infantile letdown from one of the planet's oldest "civilisations"
Japan PM Sanae Takaichi defends Taiwan remarks after Chinese criticism
She earlier said if military force were to be used, it could be considered a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“If you go sticking that filthy neck where it doesn’t belong, it’s gonna get sliced right off. You ready for that?” Mr Xue wrotea#o
To a woman PM, China displays its near-the-surface barbaric verbal violence
What an infantile letdown from one of the planet's oldest "civilisations"
To a woman PM, China displays its near-the-surface barbaric verbal violence
What an infantile letdown from one of the planet's oldest "civilisations"
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Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
The Failures of “Centrism”
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
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November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Doing That Day Job
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Doing That Day Job
Dirrty Trickses Preciouss 😳💥
Ian Dunt unleashes the Furies
"This is an attack on public service broadcasting. As prime minister Boris Johnson installed figures who hated the BBC into the corporation. Their allies are now key players in a media storm which has savagely undermined it"
Ian Dunt unleashes the Furies
"This is an attack on public service broadcasting. As prime minister Boris Johnson installed figures who hated the BBC into the corporation. Their allies are now key players in a media storm which has savagely undermined it"
Extra edition: The populist assault on the BBC
Johnson, Gibb and the Telegraph are trying to turn the BBC into GB News.
iandunt.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Dirrty Trickses Preciouss 😳💥
Ian Dunt unleashes the Furies
"This is an attack on public service broadcasting. As prime minister Boris Johnson installed figures who hated the BBC into the corporation. Their allies are now key players in a media storm which has savagely undermined it"
Ian Dunt unleashes the Furies
"This is an attack on public service broadcasting. As prime minister Boris Johnson installed figures who hated the BBC into the corporation. Their allies are now key players in a media storm which has savagely undermined it"
'Bootstraps' are institutional private equity Wheel Clamps locking us normal working people down to the kerbside
leaving aspirational opportunities to ...
... those Middle Class whose parents can afford Private School 🏫 and unpaid internships at bijou Blue chip potential Employers 💙
leaving aspirational opportunities to ...
... those Middle Class whose parents can afford Private School 🏫 and unpaid internships at bijou Blue chip potential Employers 💙
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
'Bootstraps' are institutional private equity Wheel Clamps locking us normal working people down to the kerbside
leaving aspirational opportunities to ...
... those Middle Class whose parents can afford Private School 🏫 and unpaid internships at bijou Blue chip potential Employers 💙
leaving aspirational opportunities to ...
... those Middle Class whose parents can afford Private School 🏫 and unpaid internships at bijou Blue chip potential Employers 💙
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Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
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No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
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Around £500 of a £1700 energy bill is pure profit. In plain English, that's extortion.
November 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Around £500 of a £1700 energy bill is pure profit. In plain English, that's extortion.
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The cost of winter fuel payments is £3bn a year. The profits of the big four gas supply giants in 2023 were £65bn. It's hard to see any obvious policy conclusions here, but I'm sure top economists are working on the problem.
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The cost of winter fuel payments is £3bn a year. The profits of the big four gas supply giants in 2023 were £65bn. It's hard to see any obvious policy conclusions here, but I'm sure top economists are working on the problem.
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Robin Hood robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, without even a second thought for the net negative fiscal impact after numerous barons relocated to Dubai
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Robin Hood robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, without even a second thought for the net negative fiscal impact after numerous barons relocated to Dubai
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Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."
It's the Gestapo
ICE violently arrested a protester and pointed assault rifles at unarmed community members filming today in Little Village, Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's the Gestapo
"Let’s stand up for the rule of law. Let’s stand up for a system of checks & balances. And let’s stand up for our democracy — for ALL of us.”
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Let’s stand up for the rule of law. Let’s stand up for a system of checks & balances. And let’s stand up for our democracy — for ALL of us.”
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GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social in TEXAS: “Let’s stand up for the rule of law. Let’s stand up for a system of checks & balances. And let’s stand up for our democracy — for all of us.”
He celebrated the passage of Prop 50 in Abbott’s backyard. Will other states join? #CaliforniaClapback
He celebrated the passage of Prop 50 in Abbott’s backyard. Will other states join? #CaliforniaClapback
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social in TEXAS: “Let’s stand up for the rule of law. Let’s stand up for a system of checks & balances. And let’s stand up for our democracy — for all of us.”
He celebrated the passage of Prop 50 in Abbott’s backyard. Will other states join? #CaliforniaClapback
He celebrated the passage of Prop 50 in Abbott’s backyard. Will other states join? #CaliforniaClapback
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Rethinking policy on high mountain cascading hazards
Warming is destabilising glaciers in mountain regions, triggering cascading hazards, from glacier collapse to downstream flooding.
Climate impacts are interconnected, not isolated.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Warming is destabilising glaciers in mountain regions, triggering cascading hazards, from glacier collapse to downstream flooding.
Climate impacts are interconnected, not isolated.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rethinking policy on high mountain cascading hazards - Nature Geoscience
Nature Geoscience - Rethinking policy on high mountain cascading hazards
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Rethinking policy on high mountain cascading hazards
Warming is destabilising glaciers in mountain regions, triggering cascading hazards, from glacier collapse to downstream flooding.
Climate impacts are interconnected, not isolated.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Warming is destabilising glaciers in mountain regions, triggering cascading hazards, from glacier collapse to downstream flooding.
Climate impacts are interconnected, not isolated.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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It's not every day that both poles set new monthly temperature records (see my earlier post). Last month also observed the warmest October on record for the #Arctic Circle. Not great!!
Data provided by doi.org/10.24381/cds....
Data provided by doi.org/10.24381/cds....
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's not every day that both poles set new monthly temperature records (see my earlier post). Last month also observed the warmest October on record for the #Arctic Circle. Not great!!
Data provided by doi.org/10.24381/cds....
Data provided by doi.org/10.24381/cds....
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Kind of familiar.
Isn't it.
Isn't it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Kind of familiar.
Isn't it.
Isn't it.
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If Starmer had said, on day one, ‘we need to change the way we talk about immigration. Immigration is not in itself a problem - very much the opposite. It doesn’t cause the problems with housing, health, transport or education that years of Tory mismanagement has caused,’ everything changes.
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If Starmer had said, on day one, ‘we need to change the way we talk about immigration. Immigration is not in itself a problem - very much the opposite. It doesn’t cause the problems with housing, health, transport or education that years of Tory mismanagement has caused,’ everything changes.