Raj Thamotheram
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Raj Thamotheram
@rajtham.bsky.social
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Formerly a sustainable finance guy who's also not fond of pandemics or genocides or fascists. On here for as long as it helps us organise a centre left response to the polycrisis. If we have something in common, feel free to send me a DM.
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You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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Bertrand Russell, a renowned British philosopher born in 1872, lived through the late 19th century and witnessed firsthand the escalating rivalry between the great powers of Europe.
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They are truly rattled 😉
Sharlet nails it. Ironic detachment is clever but makes building mass movements nearly impossible. Who wants to join a cause led by smart-arse cynics?

The movable middle needs to see we genuinely believe change is possible AND we're realistic about the fight ahead.
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📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
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Maccabi TA fans are historically among the most top 3 or 4 most racist *in* Israel, going back to at least 2003, as this linked Haaretz article from back then reported on archive.is/z1tEx

Ronay's abysmal piece severely downplays what happened in Amsterdam as well: www.dw.com/en/fact-chec...
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I want every single child to breathe clean air in and around their school.

This new £2.7 million City Hall initiative will provide indoor air quality filters to at least 200 schools across all London boroughs, benefitting tens of thousands of children.
Air filters to be rolled out to 200 London schools
The Mayor of London has launched a £2.7 million programme to improve air quality in schools by installing indoor air filters across the capital. At least 200 schools will receive High Efficiency Part...
airqualitynews.com
Is it true he's now against US arms for Israel?

Seems like a pretty significant shift if so?
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Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
Fascinating research by a well respected Israeli Jewish scholar, Neve Gordon, about how a Jewish newspaper has repeatedly created moral panic in the UK about "anti semitism".

We are being shown the power of the Israel lobby in the UK.

What's our response?

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The weaponisation of antisemitism: The Jewish Chronicle and the production of a moral panic - Neve Gordon, 2025
This article maps the word antisemitism on the pages of The Jewish Chronicle (TJC), the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper, examining first the frequency of the te...
journals.sagepub.com
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I highly recommend this 30-min convo between @kevinfolta.bsky.social & @joho.bsky.social

Dr Howard, Chief of Neurology at Bellevue, worked as a frontline clinician during the worst phase of COVID; he also documented COVID misinformation peddled by folks who now work for Trump running US healthcare
This week's Talking Biotech Podcast is an interview with Dr. Jonathan Howard about his new book, "Everyone Else is Lying to You". We discuss the rise of the bad science and fake scientists now running the CDC and public health. #COVID19 #Vaccination podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Cindy and I were joined by Dr Jonathan Howard to discuss his new book, Everyone Else is Lying to You, which explains how the pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders weaponised doubt to normalise quackery and undermine public health.
youtu.be/4xgP5Fa_6_8
How misinformation superspreaders manipulate you
YouTube video by Back to the Science
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Caroline Lucas is wondering why Michelle Mone is still a member of the House of Lords

And most of us are wondering the same as well!

But if Mone is going to be removed from the Lords, there are others too who fail to meet the standard and should be removed as well
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The wet tropical rainforests of Queensland are now a carbon source because CO₂ emitted from trees dying and decaying outstripped the CO₂ taken up by trees growing. 😕
Australia's tropical trees emit more carbon than they absorb: study
Climate change is killing trees faster than they can be replaced leading to greater carbon emissions, according to a new study.
www.abc.net.au
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Americans have gotten more than $21 billion back in their bank accounts after being cheated and scammed by big corporations, thanks to the CFPB.

But Trump and his Administration love grifters and scammers.

So they're trying to kill the agency holding them accountable.
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A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
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Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."