Kaetrin
@kaetrin.bsky.social
Reader/listener & reviewer of romance at Kaetrin's Musings & Dear Author. Loves HEA, cake, reproductive freedom, gender affirmation, kindness, not necessarily in that order. Progressive liberal leftie.
Controversial Sydney AI data centre at Cooks River scrapped following community backlash
Scrapped AI data centre 'victory for people power' after community backlash
It is the latest in a series of proposed data centres to be scrapped following public opposition.
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Question for authors: What's a question you'd like to be asked but haven't been? (I'm interviewing a favourite author and I don't want to be boring) Thx!
This is outrageous. It should be on the front page of every UK paper to shame them into fixing it. The injunction that permanently silenced Russell Brand’s accuser taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/11/07/r...
Russell Brand’s secret injunction: the order that silenced his accuser
The never-published High Court order Russell Brand won in 2015: a lifelong gag on his accuser, Sylvie Berki, that bars her even from speaking to the police.
taxpolicy.org.uk
Literally no excuses, newly elected Ds. Never make an excuse about why you can't make people's lives better. Just make that shit happen. Republicans block your Everyone-Gets-to-Pet-a-Puppy bill? No excuses - set up a puppy petting event at the local church. I AM NOT KIDDING. Make shit happen.
I suspect the real place for Democrats to solidify this win will be at the state and local level. That's where Ds have the chance of IMMEDIATELY making change and helping people in their everyday lives. Push your local pols to Mamdanify the shit out of the entire country, y'all. And BRAG about it.
Statement from King County Executive Zahilay and Seattle Mayor Wilson:
We need a Senate that passes filibuster reform, works to convict & remove corrupt officials, investigates the hell out of big tech & other Trump regime members, & passes popular, holds ICE funding hostage & passes aggressive, popular, progressive legislation that puts Trump in a impossible position
BREAKING: DOJ dismisses its election lawsuit against California — after complaining for two pages about how no one, including SCOTUS, let them break the law. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/us-v-ca-tr... Dismissal notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
What I always find funny of the MSM is that when the GOP wins by 1.5% it's a MANDATE TO TRANSFORM GOVERNMENT AND THE ENTIRE CULTURE. When Progressives win by 13 points, it's only a repudiation of certain aspects of the GOP. I know that Dems aren't popular but progressive policies ARE.
NEW: Democrat Eileen Laubacher has netted 269 votes from a batch of 1484 ballots from Larimer and Arapahoe counties today. It’s difficult to see a path to #CO4 victory for GOP Rep Lauren Boebert. She trails by 3338 votes, or 0.88%, which is 3.5X the recount margin.
The point is not that Stephen Miller will have any more power or influence as formal Chief of Staff; it's that his elevation sends an unambiguous message to Democrats that conciliation ain't happening—sparing them from what otherwise could've devolved into a messy split over how to approach 2027–29.
There's no compromise with Stephen Miller. He doesn't blink (or do anything else human). Democrats needs to hold the line against him. Give him an inch once and he'll run with it forever. Just don't give him anything except grief and subpoenas
I want so much justice that 100 years from now every would-be fascist is still scaring themselves with campfire stories of it. I want so much justice that there's still skiprope rhymes about it two centuries from now. I want so much justice it's a national holiday forever.
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 5d agoI don’t want unity I want consequences. Punishment. Public humiliation. I want them to be just as terrified as they made others. I want accountability. I WANT JUSTICE. fuck unity
Great. Clearly new police are needed instead of the lawless bunch currently in place.
Joey Scott@joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 4d agoLos Angeles Police Protective League official and LAPD officer Jamie McBride told NBC today: “If Nithya Raman becomes the mayor, the city needs to prepare for Armageddon. She won’t have to defund the police. Police officers will just leave the department.”
If your police department refuses to do their jobs because they don't like who is elected, we need to accurately label what that actually is: a mutiny against the jurisdiction they serve. And they should be treated accordingly.
Great! Both Schumer and Jeffries have failed profoundly and must be replaced by functioning active leaders who understand the enormity of this situation.
My message to Democrats is simple: When we have the power, we have to use it. Please don't tell me about a majority—SHOW me what a majority can do. A people-powered majority with a mandate for justice, a mandate for compassion, and a mandate for progress.
Correction Schumer endorsed AES in August. Still: Schumer is too close to Israel. He's too close to AIPAC. He has not denounced the genocide & is happy to continue sending weapons to Israel He had to be dragged kicking and screaming to support Mamdani Plus, he's too tepid to meet the moment IMO
Kaetrin@kaetrin.bsky.social · 3d agoSchumer is too close to Israel. He's just wrong on Gaza. Schumer thought Haley Stevens would be a good senator. It took her defection to get him to endorse El Sayed. He had to be dragged kicking and screaming to support Mamdani. 3rd in line for presidency? No thank you.
Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer say now is not the time to punish convicted rapist Russell Brand
Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer say now is not the time to punish convicted rapist Russell Brand
WASHINGTON D.C. - In a joint statement, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and current U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made clear their position that just-convicted rapist Russell Br...
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Honestly, if nothing else, stop them from getting in the positions now so that we don't have to waste all of our time and energy in a year when we're pissed off that they're useless. We know how this goes. Why wouldn't we set ourselves up for success?! Why are we going to drive on a flat tire?!
“they shepherded in this wave” THE HELL THEY DID, find me the support, show me the receipts!! schumer said “no one saw this coming” anyone with a brain and vision saw this coming
they will get creamed in 2028. Because Republicans are already planning their come back. Meanwhile Jeffries met with fucking Kushner. It's sickening. We did our jobs. They need to do theirs.
If Chuck Schumer is leader, it’ll dampen enthusiasm, the youth excitement, people who care about Gaza/West Bank. For so many reasons, Chuck Schumer as leader will hurt us for 2028
