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

Trickle down doesn't work. Build up does.

https://volewica.blogspot.com/2020/12/trickle-down-doesnt-work-build-up-does.html

#Inequality #Billionaires #Neoliberalism #Capitalism #TrickleDown

Women need to be kept safe from the ‘your body, my choice’ peddlers. Here’s how

https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/your-body-my-choice-peddlers-women-self-protection-ntwnfb

Almost 500 carbon capture lobbyists granted access to Cop29 climate summit

More lobbyists for the controversial technology were present this year, despite debate about its viability

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/16/500-carbon-capture-lobbyists-cop29-climate

#COP29 #ClimateChange

CCS does not work. Why are we pretending to do something when we could actually JUST CUT EMISSIONS????

Karl Marx was right?

https://volewica.blogspot.com/2018/05/karl-marx-was-right.html

#Socialism #Democracy

@w7voa

That reminds me of a joke current in apartheid South Africa, decades ago.

At a diplomatic function, an SA diplomat is intruduced to Zambia's Minister for the Navy. "But you don't have a coastline," he says. (Zambia is completely landlocked)

"Well," replies the Minister, "*you* have a Minister of Justice"

@Tharpa

Don't give up! That's what the #OrangeBaboon wants. They want a nice complaint population. Fight back!

@Tharpa

I personally have been in this situation before. It took decades to fix. But it was eventually sorted. So, yes, the USA has regressed to 1950. Or, in truth, 1850. But, we shall overcome, some day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM39QUiAsoM&ab_channel=John1948SevenB

#ElonMusk helped swing the election to #Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3vMJOADlE&ab_channel=LedByDonkeys

What can YOU do in response? 1] Close your #Xitter account, and never spread anything form #Xitter again. 2] Never buy a #Tesla. There are plenty of other #EVs out there. 3] Do not report on anything done by Musk. Do not give him or his lies any oxygen.

Russian stock market rises 2.6%. Russia knows that #Trump is going to hand #Ukraine to her. The Russian regime and economy, which were both showing signs of significant stress has been saved. Ukraine has been sacrificed. Who will be next? #Finland? #Poland? And since #NATO will be eviscerated by the #Republicans, who will save them?

Recommending Thrift to the Poor

https://volewica.blogspot.com/2014/05/recommending-thrift-to-poor.html

#OscarWilde #Poverty #Inequality #Capitalism #Neoliberalism

Furor over Washington Post’s decision to not endorse presidential candidate: ‘Stab in the back’, ‘dying in darkness’

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/25/washington-post-will-not-endorse-presidential-candidate

‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge

Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow #Republicans

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/11/meteorologists-death-threats-hurricane-conspiracies-misinformation

#Stupidity #Imbeciles #FarRight

Marjorie Taylor Greene condemned over Helene weather conspiracy theory
Far-right congresswoman says ‘they control the weather’ as top disaster relief official decries those making false claims

#Trump obviously didn't control the weather, because there were hurricanes, floods and heatwaves while he was in office. So you should vote for #KamalaHarris, because she has this power.

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

Williams long maintained his innocence and the killing was opposed by victim’s family, jurors and office that tried him

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams

#Republicans

I still think there's a high possibility that #KamalaHarris wins the popular vote and loses the electoral college. Make sure you vote, make sure you are registered to vote, don't assume she'll win.

How to Debate (Sarah Cooper)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXmi5ea2hIY&ab_channel=SarahCooper

‘Two incredible extreme events’: Antarctic sea ice on cusp of record winter low for second year running

Last year Antarctica’s sea ice was 1.6m sq km below average – the size of Britain, France, Germany and Spain combined. This week it had even less than that

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/two-incredible-extreme-events-antarctic-sea-ice-on-cusp-of-record-winter-low-for-second-year-running

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

Yet still we refuse to act. We stumble towards the precipice, comatose with greed and stupidity.

To move from one Mastodon server to another:

1. Set up a new account, on your new server.
2 in your *new* account, click "edit profile", go to the bottom, and click "create an account alias"
3. in your "old" account, click "edit profile" then click "move to a new account". Enter your *new* account handle and the password of your *old* account.
4. Go to your *new* account. Your followers should have been signed up to your new account.
5. re-follow them (go to notifications)

#Republicans #AOC

I kept my #Xitter account open in the hope that #ElonMusk would see the light. But he hasn't and he won't. His support for the racist fascist riots in the UK proved that, and was the final straw.

I had to find my scrappy piece of paper with all my passwords written on it (in code!), which I eventually did. Both accounts closed this morning. 15,000 followers gone. Along with 15 years of interaction.

No regrets.