Cait
@wisecelticlass.bsky.social
#Glasgow #politics #travels #crafts #innovation #fairness #localism
Entrepreneur interested in sustainable development and independent thinking.
Entrepreneur interested in sustainable development and independent thinking.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Speaking of said ballroom...
Is this just a co-inky-dink @mollyjongfast.bsky.social ?
In April, Trump halted work on $524 million DHS/CISA HQ construction led by Clark Construction / ACECO.
In July, Trump announced ballroom project to be led by Clark Construction / ACECO.
Is this just a co-inky-dink @mollyjongfast.bsky.social ?
In April, Trump halted work on $524 million DHS/CISA HQ construction led by Clark Construction / ACECO.
In July, Trump announced ballroom project to be led by Clark Construction / ACECO.
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Speaking of said ballroom...
Is this just a co-inky-dink @mollyjongfast.bsky.social ?
In April, Trump halted work on $524 million DHS/CISA HQ construction led by Clark Construction / ACECO.
In July, Trump announced ballroom project to be led by Clark Construction / ACECO.
Is this just a co-inky-dink @mollyjongfast.bsky.social ?
In April, Trump halted work on $524 million DHS/CISA HQ construction led by Clark Construction / ACECO.
In July, Trump announced ballroom project to be led by Clark Construction / ACECO.
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It's appearing likely that the construction firm that demolished the East Wing didn't follow standard safety procedures to provide asbestos and lead paint mitigation before demolition, putting workers and anyone around the White House at risk of developing serious/deadly illnesses.
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It's appearing likely that the construction firm that demolished the East Wing didn't follow standard safety procedures to provide asbestos and lead paint mitigation before demolition, putting workers and anyone around the White House at risk of developing serious/deadly illnesses.
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ACECO Demolition, the company that took a wrecking ball to the White House East Wing...claims it's still waiting to be paid and has filed a contractor's lien against both Trump and the White House.
boingboing.net/2025/11/10/t...
boingboing.net/2025/11/10/t...
Trump stiffs East Wing demolition crew
ACECO Demolition, the company that took a wrecking ball to the White House East Wing, to make space for the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom, found that Trump still doesn't pay his contractors.
boingboing.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
ACECO Demolition, the company that took a wrecking ball to the White House East Wing...claims it's still waiting to be paid and has filed a contractor's lien against both Trump and the White House.
boingboing.net/2025/11/10/t...
boingboing.net/2025/11/10/t...
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Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Take a moment to consider the 250 million people who have been forcibly displaced by climate disasters over the past 10 years…70,000 per day, on average.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Take a moment to consider the 250 million people who have been forcibly displaced by climate disasters over the past 10 years…70,000 per day, on average.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
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When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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@TheRickWilson : "The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”" https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/schumer-and-the-hateful-eight-betray?r=2lckc&utm_medium=ios
Schumer and the Hateful Eight Betray America
A new low for the Democratic Senate
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@TheRickWilson : "The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”" https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/schumer-and-the-hateful-eight-betray?r=2lckc&utm_medium=ios
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The UK government must stand up to this coordinated bullying by a foreign power or our democracy is dead and buried.
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
Donald Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit as chair says speech edit was ‘error of judgment’ – latest updates
BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for way in which speech from US president was edited after corporation’s two most senior executives resign
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The UK government must stand up to this coordinated bullying by a foreign power or our democracy is dead and buried.
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
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The edit was wrong but the facts substantially true.
WTF is Starmer doing? Preparing to lick boots?
Tell TACO to take a hike. Call Jack Smith in.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
WTF is Starmer doing? Preparing to lick boots?
Tell TACO to take a hike. Call Jack Smith in.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Trump threatens $1bn legal action against BBC over 6 January speech edit - live updates
The BBC chair earlier apologises for the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The edit was wrong but the facts substantially true.
WTF is Starmer doing? Preparing to lick boots?
Tell TACO to take a hike. Call Jack Smith in.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
WTF is Starmer doing? Preparing to lick boots?
Tell TACO to take a hike. Call Jack Smith in.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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Comer: "This is a fake economy. You can't have 1/3 of America receiving some type of free government healthcare and then have another 1/3 that's getting a subsidized rate. That falls on the final 1/3 that's having to pay increased premiums."
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Comer: "This is a fake economy. You can't have 1/3 of America receiving some type of free government healthcare and then have another 1/3 that's getting a subsidized rate. That falls on the final 1/3 that's having to pay increased premiums."
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Labour can find £billions for weapons and bombs to destroy the planet, but no money when it comes to saving it.
www.thenational.scot/news/2560776...
www.thenational.scot/news/2560776...
Keir Starmer slammed for 'posing' in Brazilian rainforest after spurning COP30 fund
KEIR Starmer has been slammed for “posing” in a Brazilian rainforest just days after it emerged the UK would not invest in a key COP30 fund
www.thenational.scot
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Labour can find £billions for weapons and bombs to destroy the planet, but no money when it comes to saving it.
www.thenational.scot/news/2560776...
www.thenational.scot/news/2560776...
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Of course the BBC is institutionally biased - Reform massively over-represented compared to the Libs and Greens, Tufton Street regular guests but no mention of their funding. #politicslive
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Of course the BBC is institutionally biased - Reform massively over-represented compared to the Libs and Greens, Tufton Street regular guests but no mention of their funding. #politicslive
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When will UK Government departments stop posting on X?
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
When will UK Government departments stop posting on X?
Do US residents realise the power they have by just not travelling or spending money in restaurants/take-out food? if Air traffic controllers went on strike for 2 weeks what would happen?
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Do US residents realise the power they have by just not travelling or spending money in restaurants/take-out food? if Air traffic controllers went on strike for 2 weeks what would happen?
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Much as I am pleased about a change of regime at the BBC. It really pisses me off that they allowed a foreign government to exert such power in that decision. We all know Trump encouraged the insurrection - the BBC were just very clumsy how they portrayed it 😡😡
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Much as I am pleased about a change of regime at the BBC. It really pisses me off that they allowed a foreign government to exert such power in that decision. We all know Trump encouraged the insurrection - the BBC were just very clumsy how they portrayed it 😡😡
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When political parties "receive donations", I it's obvious that it's nothing more than bribe money.
#Labour have clearly been "bought" by the same people who funded the #Tories, hence the similarities between them.
This needs to be banned. How can ANYONE trust politicians who are bought so easily?
#Labour have clearly been "bought" by the same people who funded the #Tories, hence the similarities between them.
This needs to be banned. How can ANYONE trust politicians who are bought so easily?
Reform UK and Labour need to face much more scrutiny over the donations they have received. It’s naive to assume that there is no correlation between the policies they are putting forward and the donations they have received ✍️Martin Shipton
When parties become vehicles for vested corporate interests, democracy is fatally undermined
Martin Shipton It was Deep Throat in All The President’s Men, the film based on the Watergate scandal that led to Richard Nixon’s resignation as US President, who popularised the phrase “follow the mo...
wp.me
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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If you were wondering how the United States' allies currently view their relationship with the US, here's the UK parliament holding hearings about how fucked they would be if the US tried to stop them from using their own F-35s in a war with Russia.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
If you were wondering how the United States' allies currently view their relationship with the US, here's the UK parliament holding hearings about how fucked they would be if the US tried to stop them from using their own F-35s in a war with Russia.
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And it never will if we don't become a fairer society & #TaxTheRich.
The establishment parties of #Labour, #Tories & #Reform will never implement it, because they're in their pockets. We need a party that is fair for us all.
Thankfully the #GreenParty are only ones talking sense & giving us hope.
The establishment parties of #Labour, #Tories & #Reform will never implement it, because they're in their pockets. We need a party that is fair for us all.
Thankfully the #GreenParty are only ones talking sense & giving us hope.
Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
And it never will if we don't become a fairer society & #TaxTheRich.
The establishment parties of #Labour, #Tories & #Reform will never implement it, because they're in their pockets. We need a party that is fair for us all.
Thankfully the #GreenParty are only ones talking sense & giving us hope.
The establishment parties of #Labour, #Tories & #Reform will never implement it, because they're in their pockets. We need a party that is fair for us all.
Thankfully the #GreenParty are only ones talking sense & giving us hope.
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What happened to the £800,000 'loan' to Bojo, the £500 million missing in Tees Valley, the 10 billion in PPE scams, the 37 billion in T&T scams, the billions in Sunak fraud loans and grants?
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
What happened to the £800,000 'loan' to Bojo, the £500 million missing in Tees Valley, the 10 billion in PPE scams, the 37 billion in T&T scams, the billions in Sunak fraud loans and grants?
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.