Notices by Fight the Right (nigel_purchase@mstdn.social)

‘I’ve been getting 100 messages a day’: Church of Scientology accused of intimidating UK critics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/uk-scientology-critics-targets-harassment-online-abuse

America is no longer a trustworthy ally. It would be unsafe to buy military hardware from them. Meanwhile, all the US's former allies will need to double their defence spending, buying jets, tanks, missiles, etc., from non-US democracies.

#AOC #Billionaires #Inequality #Socialism

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship explodes in space, raining debris over Caribbean

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/spacex-rocket-starship-explosion-musk/105022842

Maybe, just maybe, if he spent more time on SpaceX instead of sending 300 tweets a day, or trying to destroy democracy, his rockets might not blow up.

#SpaceX #Ukraine #Musk

Lunatic
By Nick Anderson

https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/02/lunatic.html

#RFKjr

There is a clear Trump doctrine. Those who can’t see it won’t have a say in reshaping the world

The sooner the US’s former friends realise the old global order is over, the sooner they can organise to regain power and agency – the only language Trump understands

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/24/donald-trump-doctrine-usa-reshape-the-world

#Trump #PresidentKrasnov

Courage. Integrity. Honour. Decency. Patriotism

All things that #PresidentKrasnov does not have.

#PresidentKrasnov

#Musk

Privilege

https://volewica.blogspot.com/2017/08/privilege.html

#Inequality #Privilege

Europeans are right to be angry with Donald Trump, but they should also be furious with themselves

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/16/europeans-are-right-to-be-angry-with-donald-trump-but-they-should-also-be-furious-with-themselves

#Ukraine

Trump has thrown out the global economic playbook. It’s time for Australia to write its own rules

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/07/trump-has-thrown-out-the-global-economic-playbook-its-time-for-australia-to-write-its-own-rules-ntwnfb

#Trump and the #USA are not to be trusted. We must find new allies.

Donald Trump’s Gaza plan: the key takeaways

The US president has unveiled a plan for the US to take long-term ownership of the Gaza Strip. Here are are the key points from the press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/donald-trump-gaza-strip-plan-take-over-move-palestinians-ownership

#Gaza #Israel #Trump #Genocide

‘Witchcraft’ medicine and God’s ‘healing power’: inside the Australian ‘cult’ that killed an eight-year-old

For 17 years Brendan Stevens led a small conservative Christian sect known as the Saints, disavowing birthdays, schooling and medicine – including the insulin that would have saved Elizabeth Struhs’ life

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/01/saints-conservative-christian-sect-brendan-stevens-elizabeth-struhs-insulin

#Evangelicals

EVs/PHEVs near 20% of total car sales

https://volewica.blogspot.com/2023/09/evsphevs-near-20-of-total-car-sales.html

A bit out of date (I *must* update it!) but the conclusions are pretty much the same. Look especially at the log scale chart.

#EVs #ClimateChange #PeakOil

United we stand
By Patrick Chapatte

https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/01/united-we-stand.html

#Trump #Musk #Oligarchy

Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets, airline says

Delays on Sydney-Johannesburg route after advice from US government over debris from SpaceX rocket re-entry in southern Indian Ocean

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/14/qantas-flights-delayed-spacex-falling-debris-sydney-to-johannesburg

#Qantas #SpaceX

Our farm caught fire on New Year’s Day, and helpers poured out of the scrub. It’s given me fresh hope for 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/13/our-farm-caught-fire-on-new-years-day-and-helpers-poured-out-of-the-scrub-its-given-me-fresh-hope-for-2025

#Bushfires

#GQP "freedom":

-- not allowed to wear what you like
-- not allowed to read what you like
-- not allowed to be gay or trans
-- not allowed to learn what you like at school or uni
-- not allowed to protest
-- not allowed to buy or sell abortion pills

But you *can* carry as many guns as you want.

@glynmoody

Meanwhile, #PresidentMusk was completely silent on Matt Gaetz's behaviour.