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1/Reminder: The AfD is not just any far-right party. Its leaders use Nazi slogans, members have been arrested for allegedly spying for the Chinese, and it is monitored as a suspected extremist group. Even the French National Rally has broken off relations. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Le Pen’s party cuts ties with Germany’s AfD after Nazi SS scandal
Far-Right group crossed ‘red line’ with claim that not all members of group that ran death camps were criminals
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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31 days of December, 31 ways to resist:

#14: Do not obey in advance.

Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. When fear is a primary concern, people think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.

Don’t.
December 14, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Mega-thanks @mcspocky.bsky.social for this fabulous Bluesky Starter Pack!
Please follow all these wonderful friends, dedicated to protecting and preserving democracy. 💙🦋

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November 29, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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The world needs a whopping 338 new copper and lithium mines by 2035 if it's going to satisfy demand for all those batteries, solar panels, wind turbines we've promised.
V striking chart from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
All the more so when you ponder how hard it is to get new mines approved
November 20, 2024 at 11:05 AM
The mentally deranged Laurence Fox:
Part of Laurence Fox's racist rant to Sangita Myska which he has since deleted, and which has been sent to the Police.

Don't RT his shame.

Or do.
November 20, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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Crying 😂
November 18, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Follow JIM! Get him some traction!
Bit by bit, little by little. That's how climate breakdown works... until! 😱
Satellites find abrupt drop in global freshwater levels science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-s... and the paper link.springer.com/article/10.1... note: higher temps mean faster soil evaporation even with floods. Floodwater often flows to ocean before it sinks into soil, especially after drought.
November 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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The growth in this place feels extraordinary. Could be one of the big media stories of the year.
November 14, 2024 at 1:40 PM