Reposted by RafSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Laser’s broken bro 416645 0
Reposted by RafJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/01/2026This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India. It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comCoal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says 7533691106 0
Reposted by RafZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/01/2026"Green Party leader Zack Polanski joined public ownership advocates today in demanding the government withdraw the water company’s licence after an investigation was launched into breaches of standards." www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/camp...morningstaronline.co.ukCampaigners call for South East Water to be taken into public ownership immediatelySOUTH East Water must be brought into public ownership immediately, campaigners warned, after tens of thousands of residents were left without water this week.Green Party leader Zack Polanski jo... 27928264 0
Reposted by RafPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Oh dear www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...bbc.co.ukElon Musk's X down for tens of thousands of usersUsers across the globe are reporting they are unable to access the social media platform. 7040155 0
Reposted by RafRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents. Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center. Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.propublica.orgWe Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off BreathingCivilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p 9021883510046 0
Reposted by RafBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 16/01/2026Hello refugees from X, The Everything App! Come, pull up a stool! It's Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil here on Bluesky! 102006160 0
Raf @raffia.bsky.social · 16/12/2025@marcdaalder.bsky.social - Govt deficits ought to have something to show for them, right? - the point of govt spending is to fuel prosperity. Whereas all chasing a 'surplus' is going to do is fuel austerity - QED. Can you explain why a deficit is bad? Esp when govt is a currency-issuer? 000 0
Reposted by RafBRICS News 📄 @bricsinfo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025JUST IN: 🇭🇺 Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says globalists seek to destabilize Serbia, Slovakia, and Hungary after 'losing Washington to the patriots' 041 0
Raf @raffia.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Shutting USA down for a while would do wonders for the world. 020 0
Reposted by RafAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Mexico has issued a travel warning to not to travel to Texas and seven other US states due to a measles outbreak. At least one case has been registered in Mexico after an infected person crossed from the US. The outbreak comes as Trump is slashing infectious diseases protections. #EndAutogenocide 762802834 0
Reposted by RafDame Rainbow Warrior @damerainbowwarrior.bsky.social · 03/03/2025www.change.org/p/we-want-th...change.orgSign the PetitionWe want those with "the broadest shoulders" to be taxed NOW France has done it already! 17231 0
Reposted by RafRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025BP might be the most obvious company to have given up on green energy and its sustainability programme, but it is not alone. In Trump’s world being green is out of fashion. What price will we pay for that? youtu.be/r0fk_hHjrJA?...youtu.beHas the drive towards sustainability ended?YouTube video by Richard J Murphy 510742 0
Reposted by RafPaul van Brakel @paulvanbrakel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025RNZ had this in morning report today. Why the lag, who knows. Their article does show his spin and misinformation. Fossil fuel advocate who slammed clean energy grants joins energy agency board www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...rnz.co.nzFossil fuel advocate who slammed clean energy grants joins energy agency boardAn oil and gas lobbyist was appointed to the board of the country's main energy-saving agency, despite having slammed the agency's clean energy grants as harming the fossil fuel industry. 011 0
Reposted by RafAliya D @alinasu33.bsky.social · 25/02/2025URGENT: Public consultation on the Arms Act rewrite closes THIS FRIDAY at midnight Feb 28. The Islamic Women’s Council of NZ & I personally oppose these changes. We fought hard for strong firearm regulations after 15 March Terrorist Attacks. We must speak up now. 🧵1/7 #GunControlSoNeededjustice.govt.nzArms Act rewrite public consultation commences | New Zealand Ministry of JusticeThe Government is rewriting the Arms Act to provide for greater protection of public safety and to simplify regulatory requirements to improve compliance. The rewrite is a key part of the commitment m... 210383 0
Reposted by RafBridget Vee @bridget-v.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Hmmm, could it be they no longer wanted to be the political pawns of Minister "I've never seen such a high value on life" van Velden? #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...stuff.co.nzCovid Inquiry hit by top level resignationsWhat is going on at the Covid Inquiry? Executive director and two legal counsel quit. 0134 0
Reposted by RafNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Fyi since i no longer have time to play with this, I will publish guest pieces (no compensation for this though) based on this database where you will benefit from my editorial oversight and deep knowledge of them. Email me 0546 0
Reposted by RafViktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 24/02/2025@australianlabor.bsky.social Any comment? 34812 0
Reposted by RafEmergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social · 24/02/2025How Common Ground Cafe workers won a union and a cafe Common Ground workers began fighting against mistreatment at work and ended up winning a union and ownership of the business.workerorganizing.orgHow Common Ground Cafe workers won a union and a cafeCommon Ground workers began fighting against mistreatment at work and ended up winning a union and ownership of the business. 04410 0
Reposted by RafEben Muse @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Yesterday I had the privilege of joining Cwmparc residents on a peaceful march, protesting the blocking of a historic right of way that separates the community from their mountain. There was rain, mud, a little bit of trespassing, and hypothermic stand-off 🌧️ Here's my report of events. /THREAD 🧵 35721 0
Reposted by RafCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 23/02/2025This is what the world thinks about us. 16556721758 0
Reposted by RafCuriousCat @felissapien.bsky.social · 23/02/2025“Despite the bluster coming from Luxon that his government is 'laser-focused' on growth, all he has to offer the country is another dose of failed neoliberal trickle-down economics. And this is certainly 'backward-looking'.”… #nzpol nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com/2025/02/chir...nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.comCHRIS LUXON: PEDDLING FAILED TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICSWhen Chloe Swarbrick asked the Prime Minister whether he thought the job of Government was to reduce inequality, Chris Luxon dodged the ques... 097 0
Reposted by RafJaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 23/02/2025#ProudBlue Good morning, friends! I’m on THEIR team! Wanna join? 🙋♀️ 50798170 0
Reposted by RafAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 23/02/2025It is 2025 A.D. The Nazis lost in elections in Germany today despite attempts to buy it by the American King and his edgelord Cromwell, and the winning political coalition is already talking about the US as an enemy to democracy. Wild wild wild. 17948234 0
Reposted by RafChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/02/2025What’s happening now is part of a plan to end democracy: “It is clear that Thiel sees corporations as the governments of the future and capitalists such as himself as the kings, and it is also clear that this is a shockingly common view in Thiel’s cohort.” thebaffler.com/latest/mouth...thebaffler.comMouthbreathing Machiavellis Dream of a Silicon Reich | Corey PeinMeet the neo-reactionaries who influenced the rightward drift of Silicon Valley. 451167477 0
Reposted by RafNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025"Even Socialist Zionists have betrayed the fundamentals of Socialism by not understanding that it is not possible to build a socially just society while negating the national rights of the Arab inhabitants and forcing them from their land"- Bundist Leader Victor Alter 1574 0
Reposted by RafNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Jewish Labor Bund leaders inveighed against violating the national rights of Palestinians. E.g. this Henry Ehrlich article from 1938. www.derspekter.org/is-zionism-a...derspekter.orgIs Zionism a Liberating Democratic Movement?"Zionism has all along been a Siamese twin of anti- Semitism and every kind of nationalist chauvinism." 1192 0
Reposted by RafNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Thank you! Its Yiddish. Its often associated with the term Doi'kayt which means hereness which is similar to the Palestinian-Arabic concept Sumud. Its about fighting for your place where you are rather than Dorti'kayt ("thereness") which means looking for the solution to your problems elsewhere. 1314 0
Reposted by RafNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025"To me, the most powerful way I could deny the racist interpretation of this slogan as a call for the genocide of Jews is tattooing it on my body." You don't have to agree with me, but the bare minimum I expect is keeping your stupid pro-genocide or pro-democrat apologia about genocide away from me 01398 0
Reposted by RafNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025It is time for some of you to learn who I truly am. I'm not just a nerdy payments system, economic policy expert and legal researcher. I'm also the grandchild of Jewish Anti-Zionists who tattooed this on my body December 30th 2023. Accept that you don't get one without the other or get lost. 256757 0
Reposted by RafDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Tad late to link, but this is a revealing interview in the New York Times with Curtin Yarvin. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m... (Gift link) Yarvin's very influential with Peter Thiel (a New Zealand citizen too), JD Vance, Marc Andreessen, & Michael Anton - all part of Trump's proto-fascist fabric. 1106 0
Reposted by RafMMT101.ORG @learnmmt101.bsky.social · 14/02/2025"Stephanie Kelton, the author of ‘The Deficit Myth’ tells us, that governments should not aim to balance the books; rather it should aim to balance the economy." Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in 67 Bullet Points tinyurl.com/29hhtu96 #Economics #StephanieKelton #DeficitMythtinyurl.comModern Monetary Theory (MMT) in 67 Bullet PointsThis is a working document. Although I am publishing it now, I intend to continue editing and adding to each of these bullet points over time. 11110 0
Reposted by RafMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025But, knowing that Govt is not fiscally constrained changes things. The question becomes 'how will we do this important thing?' rather than 'how will we find the money?' Eg, if we need to spend billions on green infra, how can taxes be used to free up the resources required to do the work? [10/n] 33710 0
Reposted by RafSusan @socialistvegan.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Why R IsraHELLIs cowards/psychopaths? Takes years of mind control starting age 3, 2 turn kids into heartless automatons, 2 become soldiers 4 the fascist state. My concern is for the victims of these soul-less robots, but this is also child abuse of Jewish children. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrxT...youtube.comIsraeli professor and author Nurit Peled Elhanan blasts the Israeli education system as racist.YouTube video by Robert Martin 111 0
Reposted by RafGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Trump is capitalism in human form, stripped of its disguises. The violent seizure of other people's resources, the exploitation of other people's catastrophes, the predatory gleam in the psychopath's eye. #Gaza #Genocide 682282578 0
Reposted by RafAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/02/2025Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, slams international community for ignoring Israeli genocide in Gaza 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/o4j0jj 7899249 0
Reposted by RafCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Trump's threats of ethnic cleansing in Gaza are abhorrent and the UK government must stand firmly against them 18716234 0
Reposted by RafCarol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 23/01/2025🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸 Like this. Like it a lot From Threads. #bishopmariannbudde #trump 10378122 0
Reposted by RafAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 23/01/2025What an incredible, brave woman. 671932195 0
Reposted by RafLabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 23/01/2025USA: ‘Fighting Goliath’: Amazon workers to hold union election at North Carolina warehouse www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.com‘Fighting Goliath’: Amazon workers to hold union election at North Carolina warehouseNLRB-sanctioned vote in February of 4,300 workers could produce only second unionized Amazon warehouse in US 03414 0
Raf @raffia.bsky.social · 12/01/2025This campaign to privatise NZ's health care system has got to be stopped. We need nationwide strikes. ACT & co may try their 'holding the country to ransom' crap, but don't believe it - ALL of NZ will be in support. This wreckage has got to stop NOW. 164 0
Reposted by RafGrant Brookes (he/him/ia) @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Te Whatu Ora has stopped outsourcing surgeries to Canterbury Charity Hospital. It will outsource to more expensive, for-profit private hospitals instead. Privatisation of health is one of David Seymour’s stated priorities this year. #nzpol www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...thepress.co.nzThe Press 46045 0
Reposted by RafPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Only effective permanent structural fix for the NZ economy is to get off oil as fast and much as possible. Essentially a transportation story. Incentivise a rapid EV transition, and investment in trains, buses, and bikes in and between cities. Plus renewables to power them With urgency = prosperity 33413 0
