FIFA's corruption lain bare for all to see. I adore football, but if ever a sport was in need of grassroots revolution...

McDonalds eating surrender monkey

A scream in the dark over the latest madness as the world moves further down a deal and dangerous path..the Trump Gaza video, Bezos' libertarian pledge for Wap's editorial page, news that the US is essentially going to take Ukrainian rare minerals. Just another day in Paradise.

Vance projecting... European leaders are "scared of democracy". Looking at the democracy index for 2024, I think this another facts-be-damned comment from that half of the US that simply thinks truth is whatever nonsense they choose to spout at any particular time

The latest lie...that Greenland wants to become part of the US. Where is the evidence for that?

Donald Trump is a liar. We all know that, but we need to state it over and over and not let anything he lies about slip by unchallenged. This is also where the US media fails its populace, time and time again. It doesn't matter that it's boring or repetitive to state it.

Struggling not to be depressed about the state of the world. Relentless bad news.

It seems to me that the world is about to be led by the school bully, aided and abetted by the rich kid who thinks he's the smartest in the class, and cheered on by the kids who want to be onside with the bully. Playground stuff.

Just started reading 'One hundred years of insanity' by Bob Lloyd, former Physics Professor at the University of Otago, which once more lays out the scale of the problems facing us, and the clear causal links to neoliberal ideology. It's a well-sourced, depressing read.

First ever Bluesky post, having never posted on X/Twitter...

A random, unoriginal thought after having had a heated discussion with friends - the old saying the perfect is the enemy of the good seems apposite to the left side of politics, and seems to hinder what should be productive coalitions