GrumpyOldFart
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I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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“Collapsing Empire: Hezbollah Crushes 'Greater Israel'”
by Kit Klarenberg in Global Delinquents on Substack
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“As history old and new amply shows, the Empire and its Zionist proxy underestimate AnsarAllah, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and the wider Resistance at their immense peril - but persist in doing so. Over and again across decades, the same failed strategies are applied without success, then aren’t subsequently revised. The Empire’s crushing past defeats by the Resistance are spun as victories, and/or promptly forgotten about. All along though, in the real world, the Zionist-American death machine is ever-weakened, and Palestine’s long-overdue liberation grows irresistibly closer”
https://open.substack.com/pub/kitklarenberg/p/collapsing-empire-hezbollah-crushes
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Hezbollah #AnsarAllah #Hamas
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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4h ago
“LIVE BLOG: Iran Announces Conditional Hormuz Reopening as Israel Violates Lebanon Ceasefire – Day 49”
by Palestine Chronicle Staff
@palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml @iran
“- Israel violates Lebanon ceasefire as Iran announces Strait of Hormuz reopening to commercial vessels for the duration of the truce.
- Trump welcomes the move but insists the US naval blockade on Iran will remain until a deal is fully completed.
- Trump declares Israel will halt bombing Lebanon, stating Washington ‘forbids’ further strikes during the ceasefire period.
- Iranian Revolutionary Guard warns any ground escalation will trigger ‘devastating strikes’ against enemies & their allies.
- Around 40 countries convene under French & British leadership to discuss maritime security and freedom of navigation in Hormuz”
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
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4h ago
All the trustworthy news & analysis on #Israel’s ongoing #PalestinianGenocide in Gaza & the West Bank - and the heroic #Palestinian #resistance - that you won’t get from the genocide-enabling #Vichy #MSM, including the #Zionist-run #BBC! Now also including Day 49 of the #US/ Israel #OperationEpsteinFury vs Iran & the Israeli invasion of #Lebanon!
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/#
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
@BBC5Live@social.bbc
@BBCRadio4@social.bbc
@BBCNews@flipboard.com
@AlJazeera@flipboard.com
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah
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I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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20h ago
Long read but well worth the effort!
“The #Western #media #war: How Larry #Ellison runs #propaganda for 'Israel'”
by Matt Wolfson in Al Mayadeen English
@AltPress@flipboard.com
@uk_politics
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“The Ellison family’s rapid consolidation of media power under Trump has transformed major Western outlets into vehicles for pro-‘Israel’ propaganda. This shift is part of a broader system in which concentrated capital, political access, and Zionist networks reshape public discourse while narrowing real debate”
https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/the-western-media-war--how-larry-ellison-runs-propaganda-for
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Skydance #Oracle #Power #Oligarchy
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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22h ago
Very cogent but scary MUST READ & please boost!
“The Fossil Fuel System Is Collapsing – and Taking Civilisation’s Safety Net With It”
by Nafeez Ahmed, Divyesh Desai and Sandrine Dixson-Declève in Byline Times on Substack
@palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml @iran @UKLabour@mastodon.cloud @ZackPolanski@mastodon.green
“The war on Iran has broken five critical systems at the same time — energy, food, industry, pharmaceuticals and government finances — and each failure is feeding every other in a self-reinforcing spiral. The fossil fuel system driving it all was already in structural collapse before the first missile was fired. The war has accelerated a process that physics and geology had set in motion long before it. There is no return to normal”
https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-fossil-fuel-system-is-collapsing
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #FossilFuel #Civilisation #Collapse #SystemFailure #Fertiliser #Medication
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
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22h ago
Very cogent but scary MUST READ & please boost!
“The Fossil Fuel System Is Collapsing – and Taking Civilisation’s Safety Net With It”
by Nafeez Ahmed, Divyesh Desai and Sandrine Dixson-Declève in Byline Times on Substack
@palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml @iran
“The war on Iran has broken five critical systems at the same time — energy, food, industry, pharmaceuticals and government finances — and each failure is feeding every other in a self-reinforcing spiral. The fossil fuel system driving it all was already in structural collapse before the first missile was fired. The war has accelerated a process that physics and geology had set in motion long before it. There is no return to normal”
https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-fossil-fuel-system-is-collapsing
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #FossilFuel #Civilisation #Collapse #SystemFailure #Fertiliser #Medication #NHS #FoodShock
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
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1d ago
“A Reason for Optimism: America’s Moral Break with Endless War”
by Ramzy Baroud in The Palestine Chronicle on Substack
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“Ordinary Americans are no longer passive recipients of power, but active participants in shaping a more morally conscious political reality”
https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinechronicle/p/a-reason-for-optimism-americas-moral
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #MSM #NarrativeControl #Manufacture #Consensus #Palestine
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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2d ago
“They Always Tell You Why The Empire Uses Violence, But Never Why Its Enemies Do”
by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“One common feature of western empire propaganda is that we are always given reasons for the empire’s violence, while the violence of those who resist the empire tends to be framed as happening for no reason at all.
[..]
“So if you want to have a truth-based understanding of what’s really going on in our world, you need to actively seek out the answers for yourself”
https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/they-always-tell-you-why-the-empire
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #MSM #Propaganda #Lies #Empire #
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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2d ago
All the trustworthy news & analysis on #Israel’s ongoing #PalestinianGenocide in Gaza & the West Bank - and the heroic #Palestinian #resistance - that you won’t get from the genocide-enabling #Vichy #MSM, including the #Zionist-run #BBC! Now also including Day 47 of the #US/ Israel #OperationEpsteinFury vs Iran & the Israeli invasion of #Lebanon!
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/#
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
@BBC5Live@social.bbc
@BBCRadio4@social.bbc
@BBCNews@flipboard.com
@AlJazeera@flipboard.com
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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2d ago
“[UK] Anti-genocide protesters denied bail, first hearing 1 May”
by Skwawkbox with The Canary
@thecanaryuk@independent-media.co.uk
@uk_politics
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“A group of three anti-genocide protesters have been imprisoned without bail until at least 1 May, after appearing at Westminster magistrates’ court on the morning of 14 April. The three, members of People Against Genocide, have been charged over a direct action protest against Keysight Technologies”
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/04/15/anti-genocide-protesters-denied/
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #Protest #DirectAction #Keysight #Jail #Bail #Starmer #Labour #Dictatorship #Israel
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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2d ago
“Golbon and Alicia – Iranian Ships Defy US Threats, Continue Crossing Hormuz”
by Palestine Chronicle Staff
@palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml @iran
“- Iranian vessels, including sanctioned ships, continue crossing the Strait of Hormuz despite US maritime threats.
- Multiple ships, including oil tankers and cargo vessels, successfully transit into the Gulf of Oman.
- Iranian military warns of reciprocal measures if the US naval blockade on Iranian ports continues”
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Blockade
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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2d ago
“Despite Netanyahu’s Manipulation – Trump Likely to Cave in to Iran’s Legitimate Demands”
by Iqbal Jassat in The Palestine Chronicle
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“Having failed miserably to attain any of his military and political goals, Netanyahu is in a fix – domestically as well as internationally.
With Trump desperate to end his malicious adventure that has resulted in a huge fallout of his prestige and power, he is set to cave in to Iran’s legitimate demands in the forthcoming second round of talks hosted by Pakistan”
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/despite-netanyahus-manipulation-trump-likely-to-cave-in-to-irans-legitimate-demands/
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Netanyahu #Pakistan #PeaceTalks
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I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
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2d ago
MUST WATCH & please Boost!!
“UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackout’
via The Grayzone on YT
@palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml @iran
“A shockingly corrupted trial that exposes the British state’s #weaponization of #censorship and secrecy laws has just begun.
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal details how six activists from the direct action protest group #PalestineAction face #terrorism charges [..] – but the jury in the case is forbidden from knowing this.
The UK media is similarly banned from reporting on these facts, while the defendants in the case are blocked by court order from explaining their motives for damaging and occupying Israeli weapons factories on British soil.
[..]
Now, he argues, the British state is [..] rigging the trial and perverting whatever’s left of democracy, all to preserve its special relationship with Israel.
https://youtu.be/rkzxhQU6QIM?si=1POrpN8aHEZ9_3Wg
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Labour #PalAction #Starmer #PalestinianGenocide
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I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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3d ago
“The UK Is Carrying Out A Rigged Trial Of The ' Filton Six' To Continue Palestine Action Crack Down”
by The Dissident on Substack
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
@UKLabour@mastodon.cloud
@uk_politics
“On Saturday, Britain’s Zionist police state arrested 500 protestors in London’s Trafalgar Square for simply holding signs that read ‘I oppose genocide — I support Palestine Action’.
For context, Palestine Action is an anti-war activist group best known for disrupting and causing damage to the UK-based facilities of Elbit Systems, the Israeli arms manufacturing company that played a crucial role in the Gaza Genocide”
https://open.substack.com/pub/the307/p/the-uk-is-carrying-out-a-rigged-trial
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #PalAction #UK #ElbitSystems #IsraelLobby #Labour #Starmer #FiltonSix #Trial #KangarooCourt #MetPolice
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I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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3d ago
“Israeli Losses Rise in Lebanon as Resistance Targets Troops, Positions”
by Palestine Chronicle Staff
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“- Israeli army reports one soldier killed and multiple wounded in southern Lebanon.
- At least 565 Israeli soldiers wounded since ground incursion resumed in March.
- Lebanese Resistance carries out coordinated drone and rocket attacks across multiple fronts.
- Fighting continues in Khiam and Bint Jbeil, with Israeli advances repeatedly repelled”
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah
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I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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3d ago
All the trustworthy news & analysis on #Israel’s ongoing #PalestinianGenocide in Gaza & the West Bank - and the heroic #Palestinian #resistance - that you won’t get from the genocide-enabling #Vichy #MSM, including the #Zionist-run #BBC! Now also including Day 46 of the #US/ Israel #OperationEpsteinFury vs Iran & the Israeli invasion of #Lebanon!
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/#
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
@BBC5Live@social.bbc
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@AlJazeera@flipboard.com
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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4d ago
“Palestine Action activists defeat Starmer regime’s attempt to criminalise them (again)”
by Skwawkbox with the Canary
@uk_politics
@UKLabour@mastodon.cloud
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“Three anti-genocide activists have again been found not guilty of violent disorder at an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol.
Palestine Action activists, Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner and Leona Kamio, were all acquitted at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, 13 April.
The three had already defeated the charges when a jury refused to convict them. However, the Starmer regime ordered a retrial and was ‘secretly’ charging them with terrorism by linking the ordinary criminal charges to supposed terrorism, without informing the jury, to allow for longer sentences”
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/04/13/palestine-action-activists-acquitted/
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #PalAction #UK #Starmer
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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4d ago
“🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸Iran's Hormuz Kill Box: Why a #US #Blockade Could Still Become a Costly Nightmare”
in New Rules Geo on Telegram
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“In the narrow waters of the #Strait of #Hormuz, Iran has built a deadly #asymmetric #trap — one that could turn any #American #blockade into a grinding, expensive ordeal.
The geography favors #Tehran. The shipping channel squeezes to just 21–33 km wide, with shallow depths and an Iranian-controlled northern shore lined with mountains, tunnels, and hidden launch sites. This creates a natural ‘kill box’ where large warships have little room to manoeuvre.”
Read more here: https://t.me/newrulesgeo/1793
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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4d ago
“🚨🇮🇷🇹🇷Is the Iran War Accidentally Rebuilding the Ottoman Empire?”
in New Rules Geo on Telegram
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
“The Ottomans didn't dominate the world through conquest alone. They dominated by controlling Eurasian land trade routes and large swathes of the Mediterranean. The Iran war may be positioning Turkey to rebuild that same combination.
For decades, the Strait of #Hormuz carried nearly 20% of global oil and #LNG supply. The Iran war has created an opening for alternative routes — and Turkey sits at the intersection of several plausible ones:”
Read more here: https://t.me/newrulesgeo/1794
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Turkey #Ottoman
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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5d ago
“Illegal UK weapons shipment intercepted in Belgian airport bound for Israel...”
via The Canary on Telegram
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
Read more here: https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/04/11/israel-illegal-uk-weapons/
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #UK #Belgium
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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Apr 08, 2026
After Iran: Is This the Unraveling of the US-Israeli Order?
By Ramzy Baroud
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“The coming days and weeks are decisive, for an outcome of this magnitude cannot pass without major geopolitical consequences—regionally and globally”
https://open.substack.com/pub/ramzybaroud/p/after-iran-is-this-the-unraveling
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Defeat
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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Apr 07, 2026
“STARMER’S ‘DEFENSIVE STRIKES’ ON IRAN ARE A ‘FICTION’, AIR FORCE VETERAN WARNS”
by Phil Miller in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK@mastodonapp.uk
@uk_politics
@UKLabour@mastodon.cloud
@ZackPolanski@mastodon.green
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
“Keir Starmer’s claim that he is only letting Donald Trump use British bases for ‘defensive’ airstrikes on Iran is a ‘fiction’, a former Royal Air Force officer has told Declassified.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the retired squadron leader said it was ‘glaringly obvious’ that American bomber missions from #RAF #Fairford in Gloucestershire were conducting offensive strikes on Iran”
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Starmer #UK
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
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Apr 03, 2026
“‘Macron – Whose Wife Treats Him Extremely Badly’: Trump’s Iran War Unraveling”
by Ramzy Baroud in The Palestine Chronicle on Substack
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
@france
“The attack on Macron is not an insult—it is a confession. Trump is not managing a war; he is managing its failure. What cannot be won on the battlefield is now being displaced onto allies, rewritten in real time, and stripped of any remaining coherence”
https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinechronicle/p/macron-whose-wife-treats-him-extremely
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Macron #Insults
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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Mar 24, 2026
“This war destroys the US military’s power projection, cripples its role in #WestAsia, demonstrates it is a liability to allies, while representing a victory for its two top enemies, #Russia and #China. #Washington is also now draining its military stockpiles, compromising its military readiness, should it seek to engage in hostilities with either #Moscow or #Beijing. Although predicting the future is impossible, as of right now, this is shaping up to be the most disastrous US war, perhaps in its history”
quoting Robert Inlakesh in “Outlasting the Superpower: The Reasons Why Iran is Beating the US and Israel” on Substack
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinechronicle/p/outlasting-the-superpower-the-reasons
#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity
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@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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GrumpyOldFart
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England who’s looking for a nice place in the fediverse where I can share/ learn/ politely disagree etc with others & (occasionally) vent my frustrations & concerns about the parlous state of the world that my grandkids are growing up in! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.
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Mar 22, 2026
“MET POLICE FAILED TO FOLLOW INTERNAL GUIDELINES ON POLICING PALESTINE PROTESTS”
by Amaar Chowdhury in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK@mastodonapp.uk
@uk_politics
@UKLabour@mastodon.cloud
@metpoliceuk@bird.makeup
“It’s a legal right in the UK to criticise the government’s decision to ban a group and to call for de-proscription.
The MPS [Metropolitan Police Service] acknowledged this in its internal guidance from last July, the same document which says that holding a sign calling for de-proscription alone does not suggest membership of a proscribed organisation and that individuals have to actively express support for a proscribed group for this to be an offence.
The force has nevertheless repeatedly prevented protesters from exercising these rights, although it’s unclear just how many have been arrested for this”
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #MetPolice #Protest #PalestineAction #DeProscription #Guidelines #Arabic #Racism #Islamophobia #Hamas #Hezbollah #TerrorismAct2000 #PalestinianGenocide
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