Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@qoto.org

"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

I like this!

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

HA.
#Balloon #china

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

Attention flock: Please let all your Mastodonian friends know that the deity formerly known as TheTweetOfGod has switched universes, moved here, and brought his wit, wisdom, and unceasing need for more followers with him.

Q: How to export 50,000 barrels/day of oil into Europe?

A: Start by exporting 1,600,000 barrels a day into Europe THEN start a genocidal war with it's largest country.

Wenn #Schnee Spaß macht 😊

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....

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?

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/20/george-santos-appears-to-admit-drag-queen-past-in-wiki-post-00078812

Suella Braverman has refused to apologise to a Holocaust survivor who said the home secretary’s description of migrants as an “invasion” was akin to language the Nazis used to justify murdering her family.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/14/suella-braverman-wont-apologise-to-holocaust-survivor-for-calling-migrants-invasion

'The British Medical Association has warned that relying on the private sector threatens the "sustainability of the NHS”, which has suffered from “a decade of underinvestment”.'

Private health firms donated £800,000 to Conservative Party | openDemocracy https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/private-health-firms-donate-to-conservative-party-amid-nhs-crisis/?utm_source=SEGMENT%20-%20Newsletter%3A%20oD%20weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Conservatives%20took%20more%20than%20%C2%A3800%2C000%20from%20private%20health%20firms&_kx=u21e0qqT6J7jw__c2srKO-SI0dMizRafjc_2d6g4uiMltCkKqCY0pZm1jLnP4TV2.YjCYwm