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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Your regular reminder that unless we bill the folks that lied about #ClimateChange for ~ half a century while profiting mightily from it then it falls upon taxpayers to pay more & more for increasingly expensive #ClimateDisasters.
#CostOfClimate #ClimateChange www.ibc.ca/news-insight...

Summer 2024 shatters records for severe weather damage: Over $7 billion in insured losses from floods, fires and hailstorms

Four catastrophic weather events this summer caused a combined total of over $7 billion in insured losses, according to initial estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ).

www.ibc.ca

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1h

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10h

Six people had their visas revoked due to their social media posts.

Six people are being deported because of what they said online.

Six people have had their freedom of speech suspended.

It won’t stop with these six people.

Either we all have freedom of speech or none of us do.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 7h

I use money, I thought everyone did.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 7h

100%

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 7h

That's why a good education system, that encourages critical thinking, is so important.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 7h

Neither side has done enough for the American workers over the last several decades. That's not a party political point, it's a simple fact.

Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 7h

The message of hope and optimism that was the cornerstone of Obamas campaigns got lost in a sea of negativity pushed out by right wing 'news' channels and big corporations. By 2024 both sides spent the campaign just attacking each other which suited the GOP because their policies were terrible.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 7h

The US has definitely regressed, partly through a terrible education system but, I think, too many people spent too much time focusing on the negatives of the GOP rather than pushing the positives of Harris. Obama was smart, he talked about hope at every opportunity. It's a vote winner.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 9h

The EU membership offer is an opportunity.

It is the promise of peace, prosperity, solidarity.

Together, we overcame the 2022 energy crisis.

Today, the EU will continue to help keep Serbia safe during the winter.

This is what it means to be a reliable partner.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 8h

I would love to listen to those, who fought for civil rights, talking about how they were feeling when the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. I bet many were so emotional.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 8h

Spot on because, it means when you get what you were fighting FOR you have something tangible to show for that fight.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 8h

People are more motivated to fight FOR something imo like fighting FOR civil rights, fighting FOR womens rights, or fighting FOR people to understand black lives matter etc
It's just a much more positive vibe.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 8h

I would have preferred 'Defend Our Democracy ' it's more inspiring and puts fire in the belly imo.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 8h

It will definitely help the the big corporations.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 8h

I wish there was a quicker, and easier, way but there isn't and we will only get one shot at this so we have to makes sure our ducks are all in a line before we take it.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 9h

It's a double edged sword. By doing it this way we can prove,to the EU,that we can be trusted to stick to any deals made and it will show the British people that the EU isn't this nasty ogre that wants to make their lives more difficult.People forget that we have to convince both groups to trust us

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 9h

The more agreements and deals we can do over the next few years then the smaller the step will be when it comes to the bigger stuff. But, you have to give people the time to feel the benefits of the first steps before even thinking about the big ones later down the line.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 9h

It's all about the long game, build trust with our EU friends, then do some small, but significant, deals with them , then start talking about the disaster of Brexit so people are more willing to see further deals before we start looking at the big stuff.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks to the policies of Donald Trump the economy is booming. Sadly, for the US it's the economy of Argentina, oh, and Canada.

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Bryan Godbe @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 1d

“Make an effort to understand the imperative [for climate action] and recognise the huge opportunities,” he said. “Those opportunities are your growth story – inaction is catastrophic.” In Feb UK’s net zero sector was growing 3X faster than the overall UK economy.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 9h

It's also why Trump doesn't care that his policies hurt his own base. He knows how dumb they are and, once they get pissed off, will immediately resort to violence. Thus giving him the perfect excuse to declare martial law.

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Kev @splootman.bsky.social · 9h

Of course, they will drop the lower council tax pledge as easily as the wide mouthed frog dropped the income tax pledge. They are a bunch of charlatans, chancers, and racists built in the image of their leader.

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TeeKay @teekayinusa.bsky.social · Dec 3

Yep

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