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May Liberty meet wi’ success!
May Prudence protect her frae evil!
May tyrants and tyranny tine i’ the mist,
And wander their way to the devil!

NEXT UP:
Sat. 28th June
Global Protest Party on Elon's birthday
#Glasgow Tesla Centre, 20 Kennedy St., 11am-1pm
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teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Twas the night before protests,
And all through the land,
The sign painting elves were busy
Lending a hand

To help us all say a big F U
To tyrants, to greed, and to hate,
To Nazis, and bigotry,
Before it's too late

#TeslaTakedown
#NoKings
#FightFascism
#FightTheOligarchy

#Resist
#StrongerTogether
Hand painted sign that reads: SAY NO TO HATE BIGOTRY TRUMP MUSK NAZIS GREED
June 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
#Glasgow sign-painting elves getting clever with their all-weather preparations...

(Are those two pillowcases taped together, you ask? Well, perhaps it is, and perhaps it tisn't. 🤷)

(Will look great later on the bed tho)
White cloth sign with hand painted text that reads: LET'S FIGHT FASCISM AND TYRANNY WITH HOPE TAKE ACTION
June 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Zoom out, we're global!!!

🌍 🌎 🌏
Global map showing dots thick over the US, including Alaska and Hawaii, as well as many dots throughout Mexico, Central America, and Europe, and even a scattering of dots across the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Australia.
June 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
"Clean all the things" meme (showing a funny comic character holding a broom and yelling): "JOIN ALL THE PROTESTS"
June 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Lol
Greeting card with a drawing of a stoic-looking hamster. A speech bubble coming from the hamster reads, "EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY". To the side is a label for the hamster that reads, "The HAMSTER of *hope*" where "*hope*" is in pink sparkly letters.
May 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Doing some spring cleaning and unearthed this bumper sticker that I bought years and years ago.

I think it knew it was time.
Bright yellow bumper sticker with an illustration of a zooming handbasket, and shaky red text that reads: "Where are we going, and Why are we in this HANDBASKET?!"
May 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Lots of cool swag to give away at today's Discover #TeslaTakedown Day in #Glasgow

Be there or be ■
A pile of neat swag: - Flyers that read, "Join the Tesla Takedown Movement", with a big picture of someone in a t-rex costume holding a sign that says, "Don't keep calm, The bloomin' Nazis are back" - Stickers with the cool graphic from HonkIfYouHateElon, that show Musk giving his Nazi salute over a Tesla under the words, "Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds" - Round stickers with a red border and a picture of Obama the Pony with a "Sell Your Tesla" sign on his side, with white text that reads, "I met Obama the Pony at #TeslaTakedown Glasgow" - Small buttons that say, "I HATE ELON" or "F-ELON"
May 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
White sign that reads, "Did you know... Elon Musk IS DESTROYING Science & Medicine"
May 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Big white sign that reads: "Did you know... Tesla's Value is being used to fund FASCISM & HATE #BOYCOTT TESLA to tank its stock"
May 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Those pesky #Glasgow sign-painting elves... so sneaky.

#TeslaTakedown
@teslatakedown.co.uk
Big white sign on a table that reads, "Did you know... Tesla is a BIG POLLUTER (and so are Elon Musk's other companies - they break laws wherever they go)" On the floor beside the table can be seen dishes of paint, paint brushes, and markers.
May 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Also this
xkcd.com/1831/
XKCD comic strip. Panel 1: Three stick figures standing around, one with short hair, one with long hair, and one with no hair. Long-haired one says, "Our field has been struggling with this problem for years." Panel 2: No-haired one brandishes a laptop and says, "Struggle no more! I'm here to solve it with ALGORITHMS!" Panel 3: Laptop figure is seated at a desk, working, while the other two look on. Panel 4: Heading says, "Six months later:" Laptop figure is still at desk, and says, "Wow, this problem is really hard." Long-haired figure who spoke in panel one says, "You don't say."
May 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Wow, even the #Glasgow weather gods are excited about our Discover #TeslaTakedown Day this Saturday!
Screenshot of weather forecast: Thu, sunny, high 21, low 4 Fri, sunny, high 24, low 5 Sat, mostly sunny, high 23, low 8
May 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
AND he's also just completely adorable

(this photo from article in next post)
Photo of Obama the Pony rolling around on his back on a golden sandy beach, all four hoofs up in the air, with obvious delight. There is a small caption that reads, "Obama also seems to enjoy the beach visits"
May 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Also stunning: the amount *CUT* from the NIH budget here is greater than the recent annual grant SPENDING of the next two largest medical research funders in the world, combined.
WORLD LEADER The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a budget for biomedical research grants that towers over the world's next-biggest funders of health research. Bar graph titled: Investments in grants by biomedical funder, 2022 Horizontal orange bars showing funding level are sorted in decreasing order Longest bar by a LOT is NIH: 32,828 (US$ millions) Wellcome Trust 1,279 UK Medical Research Council 1,079 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 633 Australian National Health and Medical Research Council 632 European Commission 388 copyright nature
May 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
The US NIH is the single largest funder of medical research worldwide, by a stunning margin.
WORLD LEADER The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a budget for biomedial research grants that towers over the world's next-biggest funders of health research. Bar graph titled: Investments in grants by biomedical funder, 2022 Horizontal orange bars showing funding level are sorted in decreasing order Longest bar by a LOT is NIH: 32,828 (US$ millions) Wellcome Trust 1,279 UK Medical Research Council 1,079 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 633 Australian National Health and Medical Research Council 632 European Commission 388 copyright nature
May 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Stylized black and white photo of a tank coming towards the camera that is crushing the hell out of a Tesla car that is facing away. Just visible on the back of the Tesla are the Tesla logo, and underneath, the vehicle registration plate that reads "FASCISM." The vehicle registration plate is in yellow, the only colourised part of the photo. Black stencil-style block text underneath reads, "LET'S GO, SHALL WE?"
May 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Screenshot from Impact Counter website that reads: All Tracked Programs Deaths caused by Funding Discontinuation 79,826 Adult Deaths 166,569 Child Deaths Deaths Per Hour 103 Deaths
May 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Goooooood morning #Scotland! Excited to announce our next #TeslaTakedown event

Sat 17 May, 11am-3pm
Discover Tesla Takedown Day
#Glasgow Tesla Centre

Tesla is hosting a "Discover Tesla Day" for potential buyers. Join us—and @obamathepony.bsky.social—for our very own "Discover Tesla Takedown Day"
Photo showing pink ice cream cone against a blue sky. Text reads: Discover Tesla Takedown Day Join us for a fun meetup to learn more about Tesla Takedown and our fight for democracy, hang out with cool people, and help show potential buyers why not to choose Tesla. - Eco-vehicle test drives with Obama the Pony - Face painting & henna tattoos - Sign-painting station - Ice cream! - Families welcome Saturday 17th May 11am – 3pm Glasgow Tesla Centre 20 Kennedy Street
May 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Picture of the “I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?” happy cat meme with text that reads: “I CAN HAS MONEEZ 4 PURR-TEST?”
May 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
They sure do! 🔥

#TeslaTakedown #Glasgow
May 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Beautiful weather at our #Glasgow #TeslaTakedown protest yesterday, as part of the International Day of Action Against Billionaires

#FightTheOligarchy
#BoycottTesla
#BoycottX
#Indivisible
Zoomed out view of overpass over the Glasgow M8. Protestors stand at the railing with signs, along with @obamathepony.bsky.social. Two huge banners hang over the railing that read: HONK IF YOU HATE ELON and STOP FUNDING FASCISM
May 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
@ahouseunited.bsky.social asks...

And @teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social answers

#Glasgow
#TeslaTakedown
#TeslaTakedownArt
May 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
This is just gross.
Screenshot of article excerpt: When asked why she made the comment about Overton’s accent, Jenkyns replied: “Cos the irony of saying someone has been parachuted in who is not even from the country.” “So, someone who has got an accent can’t be from this county?,” Barker-Singh responded. Jenkyns then lost composure, stating: “Oh I think actually I’m not even going to answer any more of your questions. I think your questioning is quite divisive. You’re looking into things when it was a little play with words.” The Greater Lincolnshire mayor pushed the journalist’s microphone away and then walked off.
May 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
An American friend just sent me this:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Screenshot of headline: NEWS 01 May 2025 Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with 'agency priorities'.
May 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
teslatakedown-scot.bsky.social
Was wondering who that is way up there... 🧐

And hereby pleased to announce that the official #TeslaTakedown award for highest latitude protest goes to:
@teslatakedownfi.bsky.social !

60°29'N Impressive!
World map showing mostly North America and Europe. There are several dozen blue pins scattered all over the US, a few stretching into Canada, several in the UK, and a couple in Europe. One pin in Finland has a caption showing that reads, TeslaTakedown Raisio Saturday, May 03, 2025 12:00 PM Tesla Store Raisio Allastie 1 Raisio, 21200 FI
May 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM