"The UK’s leading Jewish organisation and a group of MPs have called on GB News and Ofcom to tackle the broadcaster’s indulgence of conspiracy theories, warning that some recent segments and guests risked spreading ideas linked to antisemitism."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/08/jewish-groups-urge-gb-news-to-stop-indulging-conspiracy-theories?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@hollybrigstocke likewise
Today i learned that 40% of cargo shipping is fuel.. They're carting oil and petrol and coal and coke around the planet burning fossil fuels to deliver more fossil fuels to people.
So once we switch to local renewables we won't need those 40%. The problem gets smaller.
https://qz.com/2113243/forty-percent-of-all-shipping-cargo-consists-of-fossil-fuels
@TerribleMaps it took me far too long to spot it
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64511189
What could possibly go wrong?
Great news!
"For the first time, wind and solar power produced more of the EU’s electricity than fossil gas in 2022. Renewable energies were responsible for a record fifth (22%) of the bloc’s electricity. Hydropower dropped to its lowest share of electricity since at least 2000 due to a 1-in-500 year drought in summer which dried out the continent’s hydro reservoirs. The nuclear share also dipped significantly."
#PlanetGreen 💚
#RenewableEnergy 🌻
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/31/major-milestone-for-eu-energy-wind-and-solar-produced-more-electricity-than-gas-in-2022
RT @CentralBylines@twitter.com
Rail firm paid shareholders £500m before asking workers to take wage cut.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CentralBylines/status/1619332387552518144
Senator Chris Murphy:
“You can't make this up.
Republicans added $4 TRILLION to the debt with their tax cut for corporations and billionaires.
Now, they are refusing allow Treasury to pay back the loans unless Congress agrees to cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/president-trumps-4-trillion-debt-increase
Met officer who was posted at school admits child sexual abuse offences - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/25/met-police-officer-hussain-chehab-admits-child-sexual-offences gosh, it's almost as if @metpoliceuk is beyond salvation....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64396513
Shocking but not surprising, given that the #MetPolice have failed vetting in other areas. And of course child abusers would want to work with children.
@beladona and why the UK Tory "bonfire of the regulations" is so dangerous
I am old enough to remember when our rivers were burning and smog enveloped our cities - the regulations were put into place for very valid reasons!
#environment
George Santos: I was definitely never a drag queen. But when I was a drag queen, I won “sevral GAY ‘BEAUTY PAGENTS.’”
Which raises a question. The Republican leadership has no problem with his being a con artist, serial liar, embezzler, and international fugitive serving in Congress under an assumed name. Will the drag queen thing be a dealbreaker?
Engineer, European, Brit. I am also https://mobile.twitter.com/parkinjim
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#BlackLivesMatter