Don Quixote de la Masto

@don_quixote
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Monster raving loony lefty, boat dweller, linux geek.

I'm all for renewable energy, so I leave the windmills alone now.

#refugeeswelcome #anticapitalism #anarchism #socialism #literature #books #literaryfiction #joinaunion #animals #cats #freepalestine #bds #vegan

Initial reports on the #VirginOrbit Cornwall launch failure indicate that the clotted cream and jam tanks had been placed the wrong way round.

Exclusive: Musk’s #Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash over animal tests.

«In all, the company has killed about 1,500 animals, including more than 280 sheep, pigs and monkeys, following experiments since 2018, according to records reviewed by Reuters and sources with direct knowledge of the company’s animal-testing operations. »

https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-neuralink-faces-federal-probe-employee-backlash-over-animal-tests-2022-12-05/

Exclusive: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash over animal tests

Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/" target="_blank">medical device</a> company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and sources familiar with the investigation and company operations.

Reuters

If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏

Thanks to anyone who can do this. It is really appreciated! This server is small but will be hosting several #peace #SocialJustice and #Humanistic groups, so it is for a good cause.

I need to report this whenever I know it’s happening. I want you to know how often it does happen. Gaza is under air strikes now.
#GazaUnderAttack #Palestine #FreePalestine

BREAKING: The ‘Israeli’ Military Occupation Forces is bombing Palestinian territory including West Khan Younis and East Rafah in the south of Gaza.

The Occupation Forces are bombing the Inidgenous Palestinian People. The Palestinian People do not have a military. Whereas ‘Israel’ is a global nuclear superpower with one of the most advanced militaries in the world.

This is not a war, this is a massacre.

#FreePalestine #Palestine #HumanRights #Israel #WarCrimes #Colonialism #Gaza

CW: Graphic video of an Israeli border police officer shooting a Palestinian at point blank range.

We're linking to a Twitter post from our Palestine News Director about a video circulating in Palestine. It shows an Israeli border police agent in a scuffle with three Palestinians near Nablus. He draws a gun and shoots on Palestinian four times at point blank range.

https://twitter.com/yumna_patel/status/1598695851903311872

#Palestine #Israel

Yumna on Twitter

“⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ GRAPHIC Videos out of Huwwara (Nablus) show Israeli border police officer in a scuffle w/ a Palestinian, purportedly in an attempt to arrest him. As the Palestinian man resists, the officer pulls out his pistol and shoots him at point blank range FOUR TIMES. /1”

Twitter
Video circulating of what appears to be Israeli soldier shooting a Palestinian at close range near Nablus. Palestinian Ambassador @[email protected] calling it "execution". Israel Border Police says "attempted attack" by "terrorist"
Appeal against Rachel Riley libel judgment set to be filed next week

Here’s some good news: the appeal against the High Court’s surprising judgment in favour of Rachel Riley in her libel case against me is set to be filed next week. The flipside of that …

Vox Political
The government is on average going to pay £27bn a year for five years to keep interest rates high to punish everyone with a mortgage, to deny the NHS and education the funding they need, and to keep bankers’ bonuses high. You literally could not make stupidity on this scale up.
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RT @RichardJMurphy
The government is going to pay our commercial banks £136 billion of excess interest over the next five years on money the government g…
https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1593547769440002053
Richard Murphy on Twitter

“The government is going to pay our commercial banks £136 billion of excess interest over the next five years on money the government gifted to them using the QE process. That’s £27bn a year that could be used in the NHS and education. This is outrageous. A thread….”

Twitter

Linear time is a convenient illusion.

(Art from the book "Mr. Invincible: Local Hero" - by Pascal Jousselin)