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Steve Masters
@stevemasters.bsky.social
Eco-Socialist, Tree planter. Sometime tree dweller, Biscuit muncher.
Custodian of NB Biscuit.
Living with #Sarcoidosis
Wide range of posts offered, including politics, transport & the environment.
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I don't want to say I told you so but...
#Musk #Coup
A while ago I had high hopes Musk would be a force for good but he seems to be a whining excuse of a Bond villain these days. #FirstPost
elon petulantly overruled his engineers on flame deflectors obliterating his own launch facility and a wildlife refuge, but please notice how it's government and the "regulatory process" that's framed as the real enemy in press reports
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"I knew that being a veteran and wearing my medals, it would amplify the message..."

RAF veteran @stevemasters.bsky.social talks about his arrest for holding Palestine Action placard.

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Palestine Action: How Activists Became 'Terrorists'
Adrian Goldberg explores whether the proscribed organisation Palestine Action are really terrorists - or activists engaged in the great British tradition of non violent direct action. He's joined b...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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When does direct action cross the line into terrorism? And who gets to decide?

@goldbergradio.bsky.social talks Palestine Action with @stevemasters.bsky.social and Saeed Taji Farouky.

@bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Palestine Action: Terrorists or Activists?
Adrian Goldberg explores whether the proscribed organisation Palestine Action are really terrorists - or activists engaged in the great British tradition of non violent direct action. He's joined b...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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"What's going on in #Gaza is absolutely abhorrent, and I see proscription an attempt to silence voices around that..."

RAF veteran @stevemasters.bsky.social talks to @goldbergradio.bsky.social about terror ban on Palestine Action

@bylinetimes.bsky.social

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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Palestine Action: How Activists Became 'Terrorists'
Adrian Goldberg explores whether the proscribed organisation Palestine Action are really terrorists - or activists engaged in the great British tradition of non violent direct action. He's joined b...
podfollow.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Firey red sky before the rain arrived. #Kennet & #Avon
February 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Refugees are welcome!

We need to stop the cruel hate!

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February 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ladies & gentlemen the President of the United States & a golf playing retiree sat at a desk.
February 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I think people putting their arms up, particularly #Musk is what's causing the alarm!
Heaven help America
February 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The big joke on democracy,” he observed, “is that it gives its mortal enemies the means to its own destruction.”
- Goebbels
Learn from history, ignore or forget at our peril.
#Trump #Musk #Coup
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I know there is a lot going on in the world right now but it pales into insignificance compared to the horror I have just witnessed in a #Newbury cafe this morning.
Someone is eating an iced pastry with a knife & fork!
#EndofDays
February 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Went last night to see #ThePalestineLaboratory, based on the book by Antony Loewenstein, filmed by Dan Davies, of Black Leaf Films.
How Israel has tested its weapons and surveillance equipment to expand its lucrative arms sales.
Tested on Palestinians.
A must watch.
www.aljazeera.com/program/feat...
The Palestine Laboratory – EP 1
Uncovering how Israel profits from surveillance technologies using occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
BREAKING: Trump loses EMERGENCY CASE in "BLOCKBUSTER" ruling
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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February 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I don't want to say I told you so but...
#Musk #Coup
A while ago I had high hopes Musk would be a force for good but he seems to be a whining excuse of a Bond villain these days. #FirstPost
elon petulantly overruled his engineers on flame deflectors obliterating his own launch facility and a wildlife refuge, but please notice how it's government and the "regulatory process" that's framed as the real enemy in press reports
February 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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There can be no *new* oil and gas drilling if we want a safe, habitable world.

Yet, a tiny club of wealthy countries – 🇺🇸US, 🇨🇦Canada, 🇦🇺Australia, 🇳🇴Norway and 🇬🇧the UK – are responsible for *51% of all planned oil and gas field developments* from now to 2050.

That's the real hypocrisy ahead of #COP28
October 5, 2023 at 9:04 AM
A while ago I had high hopes Musk would be a force for good but he seems to be a whining excuse of a Bond villain these days. #FirstPost
elon petulantly overruled his engineers on flame deflectors obliterating his own launch facility and a wildlife refuge, but please notice how it's government and the "regulatory process" that's framed as the real enemy in press reports
SpaceX battles regulatory process that could hold up Starship test flight for months – Spaceflight...
spaceflightnow.com
October 19, 2023 at 5:38 PM