Thérèse
@tiggertherese.bsky.social
European, veg grower, archaic surfer, economist & extremely appalled ex-central banker.
RT ≠ endorsement. I may not entirely agree with all my own views either.
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RT ≠ endorsement. I may not entirely agree with all my own views either.
https://mastodon.social/@tiggertherese
https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/784397322696509320
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The things Twitter's For You drops in your feed.
January 18, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The things Twitter's For You drops in your feed.
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
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The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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The tracker is about to hit 100,000 accounts soon, a very satisfying number ice.0x0.boo
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January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
The tracker is about to hit 100,000 accounts soon, a very satisfying number ice.0x0.boo
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Good hustle everybody
January 18, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Good hustle everybody
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In case you still think Elon Musk ever cared about climate change and the environment.
Tesla is sued over air pollution from factory operations in Fremont, California
A California nonprofit has sued Tesla over what it calls the company's "ongoing failure to comply with the Clean Air Act" at its Fremont assembly plant.
www.cnbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
In case you still think Elon Musk ever cared about climate change and the environment.
Apparently there are lots of European "bourbon-style" whiskies. They're just not allowed to call it bourbon.
www.englishwhisky.co.uk/products/the...
www.englishwhisky.co.uk/products/the...
The Norfolk Popcorn
The Norfolk Popcorn Grain Whisky continues our exploration of grain distillation with this sweet and gently spicy expression - a profile reminiscent of top-shelf bourbon, but made right here in Englan...
www.englishwhisky.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Apparently there are lots of European "bourbon-style" whiskies. They're just not allowed to call it bourbon.
www.englishwhisky.co.uk/products/the...
www.englishwhisky.co.uk/products/the...
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"Anti-fascist hairdresser". Excellent!
#OtD 17 Jan 1928 Vidal Sassoon, anti-fascist hairdresser born. Aged 17 he joined the 43 Group, formed by Jewish ex-servicemen, which smashed Oswald Mosley's fascists off the streets of London. Sassoon's weapon of choice? A pair of scissors. Learn more: workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...
January 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM
"Anti-fascist hairdresser". Excellent!
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The whole world is a reality show now
Trump is demanding $1B from countries seeking permanent seats on his “Board of Peace,” per draft obtained by Bloomberg. Plan puts Trump in control of funds, terms many states deem unacceptable. Netanyahu rejected it, as several countries push back, wary Trump is building a UN rival under his control
January 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The whole world is a reality show now
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Are we honestly doing the World Cup over there? For real?
January 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Are we honestly doing the World Cup over there? For real?
1980 and 1984 were not the only years where there were huge boycotts.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of Olympic Games boycotts - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:19 PM
1980 and 1984 were not the only years where there were huge boycotts.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Still can't get my head round John Bolton being one of the good guys now.
January 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Still can't get my head round John Bolton being one of the good guys now.
Including Meloni? That really would be an own goal for Trump.
All key European leaders now said they won’t go along with this. So if the objective was coercion it has already failed. (This is not a US miscalculation- its a very Trumpian one).
Keir Starmer often takes 2-3 days to issue very mild criticism of US actions. This is both direct and issued fast.
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
January 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Including Meloni? That really would be an own goal for Trump.
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Keir Starmer often takes 2-3 days to issue very mild criticism of US actions. This is both direct and issued fast.
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
NEW - Starmer says US "completely wrong" in threatening tariffs over Greenland
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Keir Starmer often takes 2-3 days to issue very mild criticism of US actions. This is both direct and issued fast.
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
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So, I suppose it's not unreasonable to suggest that the prospect of chlorinated chicken and hormone fed cattle is off the British menu then?
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
So, I suppose it's not unreasonable to suggest that the prospect of chlorinated chicken and hormone fed cattle is off the British menu then?
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Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
January 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
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I just came back from China and people there are laughing their asses off.
They are convinced he’s the most effective agent of all time, single-handedly ending the West from the inside.
They are convinced he’s the most effective agent of all time, single-handedly ending the West from the inside.
Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?
January 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I just came back from China and people there are laughing their asses off.
They are convinced he’s the most effective agent of all time, single-handedly ending the West from the inside.
They are convinced he’s the most effective agent of all time, single-handedly ending the West from the inside.
Hey, Keir Starmer! Wes Streeting! We can have Palantir and all those GMO soy beans all to ourselves!
Looks like the EU-US trade deal is now dead, with all three major groups in the EU Parliament calling at least for suspension. The downward spiral has already begun.
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Hey, Keir Starmer! Wes Streeting! We can have Palantir and all those GMO soy beans all to ourselves!
Brighton gets Minnesota.
January 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Brighton gets Minnesota.
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European Union lawmakers are poised to block approval of the EU’s trade deal with the US over President Donald Trump’s vow to impose tariffs on countries that supported Greenland in the face of American threats.
EU Set to Halt US Trade Deal Over Trump’s Latest Tariff Threat
European Union lawmakers are poised to block approval of the EU’s trade deal with the US over President Donald Trump’s vow to impose tariffs on countries that supported Greenland in the face of American threats.
bloom.bg
January 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
European Union lawmakers are poised to block approval of the EU’s trade deal with the US over President Donald Trump’s vow to impose tariffs on countries that supported Greenland in the face of American threats.
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I don’t know who created this, someone sent it to me, but I thought it was one of the funniest and most apt comments on Trump’s peace price. For those not British, Jimmy Saville (the UK’s most notorious sex offender) used to have a kids show where he ‘fixed’ their dreams. A huge show in its day.
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I don’t know who created this, someone sent it to me, but I thought it was one of the funniest and most apt comments on Trump’s peace price. For those not British, Jimmy Saville (the UK’s most notorious sex offender) used to have a kids show where he ‘fixed’ their dreams. A huge show in its day.
Reminds me of English football in the 1970s. 🤣
INSANE!
The Canadian Premier League Final in Ottawa was played as temperatures dropped to −8°C.
Snow kept delaying the match, with field lines being cleared every 15 minutes.
The Canadian Premier League Final in Ottawa was played as temperatures dropped to −8°C.
Snow kept delaying the match, with field lines being cleared every 15 minutes.
January 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Reminds me of English football in the 1970s. 🤣
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