Oz Turtle
@ozturtle.bsky.social
Love cycling. Worried about climate. Support democracy. Support free and honest media. Australia. ebikes, mountainbikes, packrafts. Vegetarian.
My God. This is a crime against humanity, as well as a war crime. We are truly the bad guys now.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 5mo ago(Reuters) - Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on Saturday, the country's grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system.
Like a two year old having a tantrum because he has literally no idea what to do. He ignored his advisors and then pretends he wasn't warned. If he thinks he can verbally bully Iran into surrendering he is even dumber than I thought, which seems impossible.
Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5mo ago- Iran won’t close the Strait because that would be very bad for them - we knew they would close it, I expected oil prices to be worse - the strait will open itself - we don’t use it, allies should open it - OPEN THE STRAIT RIGHT NOW OR WE’LL DESTROY YOUR POWER PLANTS
It is completely tasteless and unacceptable for the sitting President of the United States to celebrate anybody’s death — let alone someone who served this country. Donald Trump continues to show us time and time again that there are no limits to how low he is willing to go.
The Ellisons are destroying CBS on purpose. Doing their oligarchic duty to please the boss. Like Bezos & WaPo, Musk & Twitter.
I hadn’t watched a whole lot of Pritzker tape, and I still haven’t, but he’s got pipes. Presidential timbre.
JB Pritzker@jbpritzker.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe Trump Administration's violence and corruption is impossible to ignore. I created the nation’s first Accountability Commission to gather the evidence of wrongdoing in Illinois by ICE so we can hold them criminally and civilly liable.
Let’s put an unhinged malignant narcissist sundowning into dementia in control of the most powerful military force in the history of mankind because what could go wrong.
Hawaii is facing its worst flooding in 20 years—5,500 evacuations, a 120-year-old dam at risk, homes and roads destroyed. In Nebraska, historic wildfires have burned over 800,000 acres, killed one, and are still threatening ranches. Trump hasn’t said a word about either.
This is how you know he’s panicking and trying to bluff. The incoherence bsky.app/profile/atru... Trump knows high oil prices will absolutely kill his approval ratings. He’s absolutely desperate to get oil prices (and interest rates) down
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoTrump: “We don’t use the Strait. We don’t need it”
When ever I used to see these posts from Trump… I would fact check them every time. Now I don’t bother. It would be extraordinary if he DIDN’T say something crass, classless, vengeful and entirely self-centred.
#US #USA #Israel #Lebanon #Iran…
Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · 5mo agoPay attention to Lebanon. Trump and Netanyahu started a regional war in the Middle East, creating a humanitarian disaster. And now, the Israeli army has killed over 1,000 people in Lebanon—about 20% of them are kids. Congress should not bankroll this escalating war of choice.
Mueller: “I have been very lucky. I always felt I should spend some time paying it back.“ fallows.substack.com/p/one-man-a-...
One Man a Hero. One Man a Monster.
America has lost a very good man. It must find a way to control a very bad one.
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James Fallows: “This is the most despicable public statement by an American public official in my lifetime. It needs to be recognized as such.”
United States is cutting ties with influential global cancer agency “It’s very concerning,” says cancer epidemiologist Logan Spector of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. “IARC is pretty central in cancer prevention, control, etiology, and registration.” www.science.org/content/arti...
United States is cutting ties with influential global cancer agency
Trump’s pullout from WHO bars federal scientists from working with the International Agency for Research on Cancer and could slash its funding
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The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025. The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined. Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
The Pentagon is currently run by Pete Hegseth, who was escorted out of his National Guard unit in 2021 after being deemed an "insider threat." He reports to Donald Trump, who dodged the draft five times, once by lying about his medical condition. Only the best people run our military!
I think the only way to win the war with Iran is to end our dependence on fossil fuels.
You gotta admit, Trump's a multi-tasker: he can do many terrible things at once. Now it's building "hundreds of miles of border wall through iconic national parks, public lands and ecologically sensitive wilderness," which will "destroy pristine... 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
A massive border wall expansion is underway
The aggressive pace of expansion has alarmed advocates who say the construction will destroy pristine country, threaten endangered species, and cut off access to sacred Indigenous and archaeological s...
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This is incredibly irresponsible journalism. You cannot write this headline without acknowledging all the times Elon Musk has promised to pay for things, then didn't. Let's take a stroll down memory lane. 🧵
Reuters@reuters.com · 5mo agoElon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries amid budget battle, airport lineups reut.rs/4bFJcbk
Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia
Citizen.Coping@propcazhpm.bsky.social · 5mo agoThompson's hematologist at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Robert A. Brodsky, published a study revealing that the research now has an overall 94% disease-free survival rate. "[A cure is now] available to the majority, almost the entirety, of sickle cell patients.” #GoodNews #BlackSky 🌱
Republicans are most certainly not pushing back on Trump's attacks on mail-in voting. I started Democracy Docket because you deserve better. Subscribe to independent, pro-democracy media. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
Tommy also gave a presentation to a closed door meeting of the congressional GOP the other day. Nothing like a misadventure in Iran to help spread some Islam fear, am I right? The congressional anti-sharia caucus is growing bc why waste an opportunity to push the baser buttons of populism.
UK hate-monger Tommy Robinson was at Mar-A-Lago last night to cheer on a Trump speech abt bombing Iran. Joining Tommy were several infamous fascist coup plotters, such as the Oathkeepers' Stewart Rhodes & Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio, as well as J6 Proud Boys Barry Ramey & Ethan Nordean.
Uzza@uzzamodea.bsky.social · 5mo agoTommy Robinson's visit to the State Dept was hosted by Special Advisor to the Bureau of Consular Affairs Joe Rittenhouse, an actor / activist from PA who appears to be entirely unqualified for his senior State Dept role. He casts Tommy as a "free speech warrior" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The only people Robert Mueller hurt were criminals. That's why trump hated him.
I know this is an obvious thing to say but we should talk more about what a racist this guy is. He’s as racist as George Wallace or Strom Thurmond but unlike them he often escapes having racism mentioned as a leading cause for all his decisions.
I'm confused how an American president can reduce sanctions on two countries currently killing American citizens and others and remain in office. Perhaps 'treason' means something different in the US?