Nathan Simms

Free-thinker.

[World Elects @ElectsWorld]

🇵🇹#Portugal:

Celeste Caeiro sadly passed away today at the age of 91.

On April 25 1974, she handed out carnations to soldiers rebelling against the salazarist dictatorship.

The events of that day gave birth to Portuguese democracy and will remain engraved in History as the Carnation Revolution because of her.

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

John Key fails to mention the name of the broader movement of which Trumpism is part. It's called the white nationalist movement.

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

It's fascinating to see what John Key is revealing about himself now that he is no longer desperate to be seen as Mr Nice Guy.

[James Kennedy @JamesKennedyUK]

Today's the day. What a terrible choice the American people have to make.

On the one side, a mouthpiece for the corrupt & entrenched political establishment and on the other, a mouthpiece for the gross & dangerous business elite.

It's gonna be an interesting day.

[Oren Ziv @OrenZiv_]

Now in Tel Aviv: Israeli radical left wing activists protest against the war in Gaza and Lebanon outside the ministry of defense

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

I'm now on bluesky. https://t.co/ip5ugy9IyD

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

If sushi is "woke" then so is katsu chicken.

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

Sign the open letter: Tell Luxon to kill the Treaty Principles Bill https://t.co/yG5ZsW96KS

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

Wellington City Council should appoint an observer to oversee the Govt - the real wreckers.

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

So much for the National Party's commitment to local democracy.

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

At the same time, the current pro-EU President has won a plurality in round one of the election, and will face the pro-Russian candidate in the second round.

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

With around 90% of polling places counted, voters in Moldova appear to have unexpectedly rejected making EU membership part of the country's constitution.

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

The attempted constitutional reform was an attempt to make it much more difficult for a future Govt to reverse the nation's current pro-EU policy.

[David Olusoga @DavidOlusoga]

I made a radio program about the Indian Ocean slave trade as one of the first things I did as a young producer. And my old company made a series on slavery for the Smithsonian Channel 2 years ago that explored the Slave trade and slavery in the Arab world and the Ottoman Empire.

[Antony Green - elections @AntonyGreenElec]

Green vote down 1% is a collapse? The rise of Independents and the vagaries of Hare-Clark have reduced the party from 6 to 3 seats, but that’s not caused by a collapse in Green vote. But ACT and Pittwater results again show affluent districts shifting to Independents.

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Thomas Sankara, the socialist president of Burkina Faso, was assassinated on this day in 1987. He fought to transform Burkina Faso into a truly independent nation, free to chart its own development.

[Nathan Simms @5WinstonSmith5]

I remember the days when National posed as the defenders of local democracy.

[Green Left @GreenLeftOnline]

The French government formally announced on October 1 that it will abandon plans for a constitutional amendment on voting rights in Kanaky (New Caledonia). https://t.co/LPFh6hdpXD

[Labour Māori Caucus @LabourMaoriNZ]

This aged well 🤦🏽 #nzpol