buccsman1990

Science teacher, dog person, Guinness man. 'You think education is expensive, try ignorance'.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich just delivered a truth bomb about Donald Trump: "He's pathetic. He's small. He's a whiner...He's a damaged man."

[Voice of Yemen 🇾🇪🇵🇸 @Voice_of_yemen]

This speech needs an award!

[buccsman1990 @ruudboy2011]

@KamalaHQ Lies , nonsense, ignorance, zero intelligence and off the scale self absorption from this vacuous idiot . How one person could vote for this moron is beyond me .

[buccsman1990 @ruudboy2011]

Lies , nonsense, ignorance, zero intelligence, off the scale self absorption and stupidity . How one person could vote for this moron is beyond me .

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Q: Given the amount of the mounting evidence of climate change, do you still believe it's a hoax?

Trump: I get awards environmental awards for the way I build it for the water, the way I use the water, the sand, the mixing of the sand and the water, I mean, many different, but I've had many awards over the years for environmental, the way I've built because you know about building, that's what you do. It's very important to me… The real global warming that we have to worry about is nuclear. The water is coming up an eighth of an inch over 300 years, the ocean is gonna rise and, you know, nobody knows if that's true or not, but they're worried about the ocean rising an eighth of an inch or a quarter of an inch in 300 years

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

This is one of Ireland's most beautiful Nature Reserves: Derryclare in Co. Galway. Like all our Atlantic rainforests, words, or even images, cannot do it justice. Also, like all our native forests it's under pressure, but here there is at least some good news...

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This is how it's done. This should be required viewing for the American press -- who are still engaging in bothsidesism, balance over objectivity, and false equivalencies. This is how you conduct an interview with a serial lying sociopath like Kari Lake.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

If you want to understand Asian geopolitics today, this is an absolute must-watch.

This is George Yeo, who was a Singaporean cabinet minister during 21 years, including Minister for Foreign Affairs during 7 years. In my humble opinion, very few people out there have such a subtle understanding of geopolitics in Asia as he does.

Here's a quick summary of what he says:

The US has little knowledge of China
He says that "the US political system is decentralized and because of the need to win votes, it goes through emotional phases and is entering such a phase now where China is demonized out of mass emotion. There's some manipulation behind the scenes, but it's not based on knowledge."

To him, the US "don't understand the nature of China", the fact that China "is constantly building walls around itself because it is happy in its own homogeneity". He says it is wrong for the US to believe that "China wants to displace them as the top dog in the world" and "trying to contain China, even pull it down" as a result. Not only is this a wrong understanding of China's objectives but the US "may exhaust itself in the process and I don't think it will succeed". He says that with its tariffs and sanctions the US risks making the same mistake as China's Qing dynasty and "become very weak".

He believes the primacy of the US dollar will break, and that US actions are "bringing forward that day"
He says that "the key event will be when the primacy of the US dollar breaks. We all know it's going to break sometime or other because it's abnormal. If it is 30 years from now, well, let's drink and be merry. But if it's five years, well, we've got to calculate, right? Do we know when the cookie will crumble? We don't know. But the way the US is moving is bringing forward that day."

It's "bringing forward that day" because "they try to control countries by sanctions" and as a result more and more countries put counter-measures in place, putting themselves out of the grasp of the US.

China is not in trouble and "overcapacity" is "information warfare"
He says "there's information warfare against China" and that he "doesn't think" China is in trouble. "Look at the factories, look at the EVs, look at how terrified the Europeans are, accusing China of having overcapacity. I mean, how can you blame China for overcapacity when you have, when you're taking liberties with yourself, having long summers and working short hours and you say no, no, no, no, no, you are working too hard! There are consequences. If families take liberties with their children, with themselves, there's consequences."

He believes that Asian societies' "wholesomeness" is an advantage versus the West
"Look at Asia, look at China, look at Southeast Asia, look at India. There are people who are hardworking, who are obsessed over their children, who want to have of them a higher education, in order that the kids will have a better education, better health, a better life. [...] They'll do well and we're lucky to be in the part of the world where strange values have not taken over societies. [...] Why is America such a big market for drugs today? And I was watching the Eurovision contest... [...] Parts of it, almost satanic. But it's now part of the fashion in most of Europe. What is happening?

PM Lee talked about how we should keep all these woke things away from us as much as possible. I fully agree with him. Keep our societies wholesome. Keep our families intact. I mean, AI is very important, but AI cannot answer moral questions for us. In the end, it is every individual, every child who must make the choice. Be immersed in technology. Make use of it. But have our own sense of what it means to be a human being. So if we use that as a template to judge human society, I say we are very lucky to be in a part of the world where society is by and large wholesome and will do well."

It's critical for ASEAN to stick together and not be balkanized, which is what the US is trying to do with the Philippines
"If we [ASEAN] don't stick together, we'll be balkanized and instead of becoming neighbours, become clients of big powers. Instead of using them, they make use of us. There's always a threat.

Look at the Philippines now. The Philippines have legitimate disputes with China. Both sides have their cases. The Americans see an opportunity there. And jump in, and bring in the Japanese. And now Philippine politics is caught up in this [...]

[China and the Philippines] had an agreement, a gentleman's agreement with Duterte, which Marcos has repudiated. So OK, so they must find a new way to equilibrium. And make use of the Americans and not be made use of by the Americans. But it's very difficult when you try to make use of a big power, you end up being made use of by them."

Most countries in ASEAN do not want China to be an enemy
For instance he says "Vietnam has made a very important decision to go with China": "it was not well reported, but Vietnam has agreed that Hanoi will be linked to Kunming and Nanning by high-speed rail. This is big because each connection is tens of billions of dollars. And will change the topological configuration of logistics and supply chain and human movement for decades to come."

Same with Indonesia, noting that "Prabowo's first visit [was] to China" and that when he met Xi Jinping "it was Xiao Di talking to Da Ge. A little brother talking to big brother. But when we went to Japan, then it's brother talking to brother."

He adds: "Look at the other countries, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei. No one wants China to be an enemy. And the Americans don't understand this, yet. That because China is getting bigger and bigger for us, all of us want the Americans to be in the room. But if the Americans say no, you have to choose between China and us, then they say no, we can't. How can we choose? I mean, China is where our bread is buttered, you know."

[putasinghonit @putasinghonit]

ALLY-SHIP IN ACTION.

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[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Prince performing "Cream" Live at Webster Hall, April 20, 2004.

One of the few musicians who gets the public to follow him the way he wants them to.

Untouchable in the music industry!
#Prince

[Stephen Barlow @SteB777]

I find myself in a quite frankly surreal position, tweeting about the possible collapse of our civilization, and the insanity of our leadership, in failing to address the climate and ecological crisis.

I'm no ideologue, and just someone fascinated by the natural world.
1/🧵

[Harry Moore @harrymooreis]

@RuthCoppingerSP @TonightVMTV They had no difficulty deciding how to manage protesters to the Corrib gas pipeline https://t.co/PWVWYK9cRu

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

Refusal of planning permission by @GalwayCityCo raises serious questions about our ability to restore lands damaged by forestry plantations. Essential we find a wag through this... fast!

https://t.co/BQj0LbIFaz

[buccsman1990 @ruudboy2011]

@implausibleblog Why anyone ever voted for this ignorant, bumbling , entitled , lying charlatan I will never understand but you get what you pay for in elections .

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

It’s almost as if he didn’t understand what he was voting for …..

[Roger Hallam @RogerHallamCS21]

Update on how you are going to starve.

First up - it's good to read the industry press - Potato News Today @potatonewstoday- no less. And/or ask a farmer like myself.

So here's the deal with spuds:
When it rains too much in the spring you can't plant them (what's happening now);

When it does not rain in the summer they do not grow and it is difficult to irrigate big fields of crops.

They are difficult to store for more than a year (unlike grains).

They are a major source of carbohydrate - i.e., stuff that stops you going hungry (staple).

Just about every year now there is a potato growing crisis for the above reasons.

Get it - the first time you go hungry will be when the European crop totally fails - combined with a bad year for wheat and rice (staples).

The presents odds for this are, not unreasonably, within 10 years.

Get it - climate is not an "issue" - it is a matter of life or death - your life or death.

You decide to resist or the people in power will continue to organise the death of yourself and your family.
It's happened before - it's happening again.

https://t.co/z6WBFwUD2G

[Sophie Gabrielle @CodeRedEarth]

Physics and the laws of nature speak louder than the fools that lead us. They don't have McKinsey to run their propaganda but they are more powerful than the voices of every human fool that has ever been.
#ClimateEmergency
@gretathunberg arrested at the Hague
because dystopia

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

“If we had a 40C rise in the UK now that would take temperatures for a spring day to over 50C – and that would be deadly for the population.” Yup.
>The Antarctic has just experienced exactly that rise.<
…I’m scared. And sad. (You?)
READ: https://t.co/mQVnStNbkb

[Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @IrishRainforest]

Evidence is mounting that Israeli soldiers in Gaza are operating a policy of killing every male of "fighting age" on sight. This important thread documents just some of it.

In real time, we are witnessing *the* mass crime of our age, lacking none of the hallmarks of genocide.

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

Do you Remember this Voice?

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

Well that was the best #climate documentary yet broadcast on @rte & among best produced anywhere.

Major kudos to @boucherhayes, @Marcusdstewart & @EcoEye team for episode 1 of #risingtides

If you’re not yet alarmed by this unfolding calamity, then you will be, soon enough.