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As Orwell predicted.

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Re-writing history is Winston Smith's job in 1984. Now trump is doing it for real. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

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The Truth Behind the Labels: The meat and dairy industries paint a picture of happy animals on lush farms, but the reality is far grimmer. Factory farming confines animals in cruel, industrial conditions—hidden from consumers. Don’t fall for the illusion. Choose compassion and live vegan.

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Better than Boeing

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In 1890, Clement Ader succeeded in getting a heavier-than-air machine off the ground, a plane called Eole. However, its ‘feather’ type propellers would not have allowed it to make long flights, as the more the propellers accelerated, the more their deformation limited traction.

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Yup! ⬇️

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Positive, opening the larder to find a bottle of OMV pancake mix. Negative, discovering Shrove Tuesday, the reason i bought it, was 4th March this year

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Accurate.

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Politician who based his whole career on division shocked there’s division in his party. Sunday Telegraph tomorrow.

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Raskin: "This is what Viktor Orban has done in Hungary -- to clear out the civil service with real expert professionals and people devoted to the public interest and replace them with a bunch of party hacks and sycophants to the dear leader."

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Capitalism- Anyone could be rich, but most people are just born poor and stay poor. Communism- Everyone is equal and nobody can be rich. A great idea but humans being what they are... Socialism- Anyone could be rich but no-one is poor. Which is why i prefer socialism

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Boris Johnson has reappeared. And he's still a full-on Trump apologist. Dear oh dear.

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Reading Powers and Thrones and Medieval history and it’s wild how crusades went from Christians getting their butt kicked in the levant to calling everything a crusade to justify power grabs. Funny how words used to justify violence become devoid of all meaning historically and today.

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What's funny is that this is just as effective at stopping purchases as a protest would be. Possibly more so. Because sure. Regular people love the idea of buying a car brand that clearly requires active police protection.

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Those of you wanting a really good laugh can consult the National Assembly debates in late 1789, where Mirabeau literally invokes what the USA owes them as a route out of their looming bankruptcy...

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Germany will need bases as it is rearming, and most of the old barracks and airfields have been redeveloped, so this is a win for Germany. They can stand up my old JaboG34 ‘Allgäu’ again and put it there, as Memmingerberg is now a civilian airfield.

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Absolutely appalling. Can you imagine the outcry if funds were pulled from an organisation dealing with antisemitism?

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This direction of travel for the UK is looking increasingly likely, it’s a misinformation platform that’s essentially a weapon for a hostile regime. Think it may well become time sooner rather than later to grasp the nettle. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

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“What’s transpired over the last three or four days just takes it to a whole new level of cruelty and inhumanity and, frankly, a whole new level of stupidity in doing this is the most non-strategic way.” Tens of thousands of people will die as a result of this action. www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a...

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My goodness... Farage turned Kuenssberg down on a Sunday morning. The Russian stooge is still keeping his head down, I see.

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Just pop along to Tufton Street, where they are in plain sight. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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On the 5th Anniversary of the acknowledgement of the Covid pandemic, we should reflect on the tens of thousands of lives AVOIDABLY lost under the partying ‘let the bodies pile high’ partying, Johnson. What really drove that callous recklessness? Will it ever be exposed? Covid is not over. Cont..

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“Man, was I wrong.”

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Due to our huge wealth disparity, a modest wealth tax of 2% on assets over £10million would only affect 200,000 people, but would raise £24Billion a year. Mull on that for a second or two. taxjustice.uk/blog/six-wea...

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Military aid to 🇺🇦: 🇺🇸: $64.13 billion 🇩🇰: $7.54 billion Pop: 🇺🇸: 347 million 🇩🇰: 6 million Aid per person: 🇺🇸: $184 🇩🇰: $1256 The U.S. was paying the equivalent of 3 large pizzas per person per year to destroy the Russian military & someone convinced them it was a bad deal

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For fascism to prosper you need four things. Financial instability A scapegoat, or scapegoats (the more the "merrier"). Control of the flow of information. A scared, and ideally uneducated populace (they are easiest to convince to accept your scapegoats).

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I know other people have pointed this out alread but, announcing tariffs that cause the stock market to plunge then revoking the tariffs so prices recover allows rich people to buy shares at the low and the recovery increases their nett "worth".

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Unfair to Vader who, unlike Leon, saw the error of his ways & repented.

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Few realize what happened at USADF (not USAID). The situation got so tense that Trump and Musk's agents threatened to call the Marshals _and_ Secret Service to resolve the standoff...by force. It turns out that what they were doing was illegal—in fact, the most illegal thing "DOGE" has done yet.

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China now dominates the future of energy & transport: 85% of solar, 80% of batteries, 60% of EVs & wind turbines. The West scrambles, but China sets the rules. Tariffs won't stop the shift—cost leadership & scale win. The 21st century is a green energy century, made in China. #EnergyShift #Disrupt

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We need more people like Frankie in the world.

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