Truzeke
@truzp.bsky.social
Interested in words and how they influence debate. Interested in chat gpt, the good, the bad. Nature lover. Happiness or unhappiness has a lot to do with circumstances entirely out of your control.
Halloween candy prices have jumped over 15% from last year. Hershey’s alone saw its profits soar by 50%, after raising prices due to Trump’s tariffs. The chocolate giant then pocketed a $9 million tariff refund instead of passing the savings back to customers. Spooky.
The 703rd consecutive day of protests in Georgia.
We branden het Amazonewoud af voor rundvlees. Hierdoor stoot het inmiddels meer CO₂ uit dan het opneemt. Onze levensverzekering gaat in rook op. Maar kom vooral niet aan de hamburger. Hoeveel toekomst offeren we op voor onze eetgewoonten? #planetaryhealthdiet www.fastcompany.com/91631717/ama...
The Amazon rainforest, long known as the 'lungs of our planet,' now releases more carbon than it absorbs
Human activity, like deforestation, is turning the Amazon rainforest from a carbon sink into a carbon emitter.
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Ian McKellen reciting Shakespeare's writing on racist anti-immigration riots in London during his time. It is excellent. They have been banging the same drum for 400 years.
I wrote about the New York Times’ multimedia full-court press on the dumb Alaska story — a dozen print, video, audio, and newsletter reports at last count — and the news media’s responsibility to cover things in proportion to their importance. www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york...
Wat zou je kunnen doen om het feitenvrije debat meer feitelijk te maken? Hoe kun je beinvloeding met leugens minder aantrekkelijk maken? Hoe zouden talkshows bijvoorbeeld het ook kunnen doen?
Forget about ghost stories this Halloween. Here's something truly terrifying: Lies about our economy that just won’t go away. Or as I call them, "zombie myths." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vbYwZecFU
Zombie Myths: The Economic Lies that Just Won't Die | Robert Reich
Some myths about the economy are like zombies — they just keep crawling back. Here are the three that eat at me the most
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Mike Rogers owns up to $2.6 million of investments in companies that would benefit from the data center boom. He's not looking out for you. He's looking out for his investments.
Halloween celebration by Trump. Nothing unusual, just some children dressed in Soviet military uniforms and traditional russian kokoshnik headdresses.
£1.25bn subsidy for Rolls-Royce to develop a new engine. RR will keep assets and income streams. RR had operating profit of £3.5bn in 2024-25, will pay £9bn to shareholders over next 3 years. Why are shareholders not funding new engine? UK Govt won't take equity stake, £1.25bn not repayable.
Hold your nose: a £1.25bn subsidy for rich Rolls-Royce’s new engine had to happen
The chancellor’s budget giveaway is, unfortunately, a reflection of how life works in the global aerospace business
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🇺🇦 The AFU is having a problem… But don’t worry — it’s a great problem to have! It’s running out of Russians. “We’re facing a problem: our guys aren’t meeting their target numbers simply because there aren’t that many Russians.” — Serhiy Beskrestnov (aka Flash)
Big Oil corporations, including ExxonMobil and Chevron, have seen their profits skyrocket thanks to Trump’s war on Iran. Meanwhile, Trump’s own wealth has soared by as much as $35.8 million thanks to his holdings in Big Oil, including ExxonMobil and Chevron. Don’t forget what this was all about.
De gisteren door de VS goedgekeurde bestelling van 500 Patriot-raketten wordt pas vanaf 2030 geleverd, schrijft journalist van Radio Free Europe @ralexdc.bsky.social:
Oekraïne Vandaag@oekrainevandaag.bsky.social · 22h agoDe 500 Patriot-raketten waarvan de aanschaf net is goedgekeurd door de VS worden pas over een paar jaar geleverd, zegt Zelensky. "We vragen onze Amerikaanse partners een oplossing te vinden voor het moment dat er echt gevaar dreigt (...) Russen vallen onze energie-infrastructuur elke dag aan."
California's billionaire class is becoming far richer by the day — they could have paid the Prop 40 tax with the additions to their wealth since Labor Day. Wealth isn’t a zero-sum game, but power definitely is. Taxing wealth isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
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With 'Largest Coordinated Port Action Ever,' Dockworkers in 22 Countries Strike Against Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams
"We, the workers in the ports, know very well that without us nothing moves. Without our hands, containers remain still, ships are not loaded, the war machines are blocked."
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Terwijl jij online het nieuws leest, kunnen je privégegevens ongemerkt naar Rusland verdwijnen. Via online-advertenties verzamelt een Russisch bedrijf gegevens van Europese internetgebruikers en speelt die door naar de dochteronderneming van een Russisch staatsbedrijf. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
Hoe jouw privégegevens via energiegigant Gazprom in het Kremlin kunnen belanden
Het Russische staatsbedrijf Gazprom verzamelt via online-advertenties persoonsgegevens van nietsvermoedende Europeanen. Zodra die gegevens in Rusland zijn, valt niet te controleren wat ermee gebeurt.
ftm.nl
Massive protests in Bologna, Italy. Protestors are marching towards the main ring road which was blocked in similar protests last year. Italy's cost of billionaires crisis is the worst in Europe, and poverty is crushing with many homeless and having to skip meals.
This US government is on the side of our enemy. Switch to European tech, don't buy American (or Chinese!), vote for a party that wants to cut the US out of our defense where possible. And donate to Ukraine. We cannot trust these people. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say
Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia, arguing that some statements by European leaders and officials h...
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At least six fires are seen at Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery after last night's attack 🔥 Ukraine avoided striking oil refineries for two weeks, yet Russia keeps bombing and killing Ukrainians daily. We must not hold back, especially after yesterday's horrific Russian attacks.