Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid) 70 veterans and active duty military members were arrested at the Capitol yesterday protesting Trump's illegal war in Iran — including my friends @Dylan Thomas Blaha and Demi Palecek. Corporate media ...

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Australians are being played by Rinehart and Hanson, and the media is helping – Amy Remeikis Legacy media's refusal to scrutinise One Nation is going to hurt the country

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we are being lectured to by the billionaire class. not good for every policy to do with human needs.

Sarah Ferguson asks if we should ‘give something back’ to gas giants in exchange for a tax.
David Pocock “why we bargain with them?”
“I don’t think we need to give anything back. We just want a return for our gas!” 🔥 #auspol

Larissa Waters asks former Treasury chief Ken Henry if it’s too simplistic to say wartime gas profits from the war on Iran can either go to Australians, or to overseas investors & shareholders.
Henry “That’s not simplistic, that’s how it is!” “It is as simple as that.” 💥 #auspol

Electric car sales soar 51% in mainland Europe as Iran war drives up fuel prices Data shows 224,000 new EVs were registered in March, with Norway leading way in terms of switching

Perfectly logical response, but probably not what "backward-looking" US car manufacturers wanted to see!
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The Minority Report (@theminorityreport1) George Monbiot is on 🔥 in what is quite possibly the best 2 minutes of tv ever! We cover much of what George raises in the 'Progress', 'Plant-Based Diets', 'Degrowth vs Collapse', 'Sustainability-as-...

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I Fucking Love Australia (@ifloz) I had to pause the dishwasher to make sure I was reading it right. 150 veterans. Some in wheelchairs. Some on crutches. Carrying folded flags of friends who didn't make it home. Standing in the Canno...

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"despite"

Can "second life" EV batteries work as grid-scale energy storage? Colin Campbell explains how Redwood drains every drop of capacity from used batteries before they are recycled.

Lots of questions about Redwood's use of second-life batteries. Luckily I did a pod on it! Super-interesting stuff:

Rivian and Redwood announce energy storage partnership Rivian and Redwood Materials are deploying the first repurposed EV battery storage system at a U.S. auto plant, delivering 10 MWh of second-life capacity at Rivian's Normal, IL facility.

Very cool: Rivian sends old batteries to Redwood, who hooks them all up via its special sauce, and now the batteries are helping power a Rivian manufacturing plant!

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Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will say

I have a request in to Ed Milliband's people for a pod interview. If you have any connections or inside info, help me out! Put in a good word! Really want to talk to this dude.

BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war? The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of announcements by President Trump

Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war?

The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades on financial markets ahead of public announcements by President Trump, including during the Iran war.

Screenshot of a social post by President Donald J. Trump that says: 'Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did. I watch and read the FAKE NEWS Pundits and Polls in total disbelief. 90% of what they say are lies and made up stories, and the polls are rigged, much as the 2020 Presidential Election was rigged. Just like the results in Venezuela, which the media doesn’t like talking about, the results in Iran will be amazing - And if Iran’s new leaders (Regime Change!) are smart, Iran can have a great and prosperous future! President DJT'

This reads like someone trying very hard to believe their own story.

Climate Change Concern Near Its High Point in U.S. The 44% of U.S. adults who currently worry "a great deal" about climate change or global warming is near its 46% high point from 2020.

US elites decided, like a school of fish, that climate concern is old, boring, "woke," square, not hip & popular any more. As usual, it was based almost entirely on internal elite dynamics. It had nothing to do with the actual public, which is more concerned than ever.

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“The Israeli strike happened at 3:30 in the morning. There was absolutely no reason, but Israel’s known for this. … They target civilians and, in some places, children. Here a woman with her daughter and son were killed. Imagine, they were sitting at home thinking they were safe”

Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles Autotrader says average EV cost is £785 cheaper, in an important milestone in the move away from fossil fuels

Forget "total cost of ownership." In the UK, the average EV is now cheaper than the average ICE vehicle, up front. Sticker cost.

And of course the savings just keep accumulating after that.

Back to the simple natural order of things…….. not human arrogance based on destruction of our water,air, environment for profit…… for the 1%

Be sure to follow @pflag.org, friends. This work matters now more than ever.

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

Apollo v Artemis: How the Earth changed in 58 years After the Apollo 8 crew captured the iconic Earthrise photo in 1968, Artemis astronauts have recreated the image, revealing changes to our fragile blue planet.

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Nearly a million birds shipped from Africa to Asia in 15 years; canaries top the list Worldwide, people buy and hunt nearly half of the 11,000 bird species in existence. In Asia, Europe, and North and South America, songbirds and parrots are highly desired pets. Collectors pay exorbita...

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I want the names. Of every mane who visited the online ‘rape academy’. I want their next of kin. I want their place of work. I want their headshots on every billboard, I want them in the town square. Right where we can see them. I want them fearful. I want them second guessing every woman they know. I want them looking over their shoulders. Harried. Hurried. Nervous and afraid. I want their palms sweaty. Their breathing shallow. I want them to taste the fear that we have lived with for all out lives. I want them to wonder if their next step will be their last. Then, I’ll gently tell them that it’s not all women and we’ll see if that appeases them. If they sleep easier. If they can relax. Knowing that not all women want to drag a knife across their throat for what they’ve done. Only some. ~ salmaelwardany

#RapeAcademy #WeSeeYou #TooManyMen #CallItOut #StopMVAF

sorry. not buying the words ‘constructive’ and trump in the same sentence @albomp.bsky.social
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Zelenskyy makes a big announcement: “We have already reached 10-year agreements with three key countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. We already have requests from 11 countries – the Middle East and the Gulf, plus we’re also gradually turning our attention to the Caucasus.

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Plum Hollow (@plumhollow) Protect this man at all costs

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the future is so much more bright in your hands ❤️

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backed by this unconscionable US administration and its weaponry

backed by weapons from this unconscionable US administration.

Yeah, destroying everything to lifeless dust and rubble. Not because 'Hezbollah' - that's just the pathetic cover. But actually preparing the way for full occupation by the ever-expanding Israeli state under the knowing eye of Trump and his enabling executive government.

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i support whichever candidate will vow to eradicate palantir and its owners

Scientists are missing and dead, and "we haven't found anything alarming".

...stunning.