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Tim Chatterton retweeted
Died of NATURAL CAUSES, if by natural causes you mean Long Covid. How stupid these people are to not connect Long Covid to his demise. đ€Źđ€Źđ€Ź
ALT Google search explaining how actor Richard Riehle experienced a near fatal Covid infection in early 2026, causing him lingering Long Covid symptoms.
ALT Variety magazine saying that actor Richard Riehle died of natural causes on October 15, 2026. They neglect to connect that the cause of death was from the Long Covid he got earlier in 2026.
Tim Chatterton retweeted
đŽSummary of Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory on October 19, 2026:
đ Airstrikes:
Wadi al-Hujair
Kfartibnit
Hadatha
Talousa
Outskirts of Baraachit
đ Artillery shelling:
Wadi al-Salouqi
Al-Mansouri
Al-Mansouri â Majdal Zoun
Outskirts of the town of Baraachit
Hadatha
Outskirts of Kfartibnit
Wadi Zibqin
Outskirts of Mifdoun
Marwahin
Beit Lif
Beit Yahoun
đ Demolitions:
Al-Zafata â Arnoun
Adshit al-Qusayr
Khiam
đ Illumination Flares:
Zawtar al-Sharqiya
đ Incursion by Israeli forces into neighborhoods surrounding the town of Kfarshouba.
Tim Chatterton retweeted
Andy, we know just the policy prescription: public ownership. đ
Water run for the people who pay the bills. Democratic accountability. Money reinvested in fixing pipes and cleaning rivers.
Happy to pop round with the notes. Some of us have kept them handy.
Tim Chatterton retweeted
Flooding in Lunel, southern France, after torrential overnight rain. The town opened a crisis cell at midnight, 23 people had to be taken in and 24 streets are closed.
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The whole concept of this is absurd on its face. If you donât coordinate a visit to a tiny Palestinian village with the IDF, you are liable to be attacked by feral Israeli settlers
The IDF strongly condemns the severe act of violence that took place in the area of Taybeh, during which diplomatic representatives were attacked by Israeli rioters.
Police forces and forensic investigators from the Judea and Samaria District are entering the area accompanied by IDF soldiers and will begin collecting findings and evidence, as well as taking testimonies, in support of an investigation that has been opened.
The consulate's visit was not coordinated with the IDF. Such coordination is important to prevent incidents of this kind.
According to a preliminary inquiry, no IDF soldiers were present at the scene at the time of the attack. The report was sent to the brigade operations room, which is designated to receive reports from security personnel only, and not from civilians. The operations room receives dozens of operational reports each day and responds only to authorized personnel, not civilians. It should be emphasized that other designated channels are available for civilians to submit complaints. All circumstances surrounding the incident will be examined.
Tim Chatterton retweeted
BREAKING: đ«đ· EPSTEIN CLASS AGENTS are in the crowds of the French protests causing trouble so the frauds on X can cherry pick their clips to try and turn this class war into a culture war.
Divide and conquer. Oldest trick in the book.
Tim Chatterton retweeted
France, Education, Thomas Piketty ecrit:
âdes centaines de milliers de jeunes ont travaillĂ© dur pour obtenir leur baccalaurĂ©at, mais que rien nâa Ă©tĂ© prĂ©vu pour les accueillir dans le supĂ©rieur. En particulier, le nombre de bacheliers technologiques et professionnels a fortement progressĂ©, mais les places en IUT et BTS nâont pas suivi, si bien que beaucoup se retrouvent affectĂ©s dans des filiĂšres universitaires surpeuplĂ©es et moins coĂ»teuses, et souvent totalement inadaptĂ©es Ă leurs besoins et aspirations. Le gĂąchis humain et Ă©conomique est gigantesque,âŠâ
Pas dâargent pour lâEducation?
âle pouvoir en place et ses soutiens expliquent que la France nâa pas les moyens dâinvestir davantage. Ils commettent une double erreur de raisonnement. La dette publique est certes passĂ©e de 20 % du PIB en 1970 Ă 120 % aujourdâhui. Mais dans le mĂȘme temps, les patrimoines privĂ©s ont augmentĂ© beaucoup plus fortement : ils sont passĂ©s de 300 % Ă 600 % du PIB, avec une concentration extrĂȘme au sein des plus grandes fortunes financiĂšres. Autrement dit, le patrimoine national de la France â somme du patrimoine privĂ© et public, aprĂšs dĂ©duction des dettes privĂ©es et publiques â nâa jamais Ă©tĂ© aussi Ă©levĂ©, non seulement en montant absolu, mais aussi en pourcentage du PIB (qui lui-mĂȘme nâa jamais Ă©tĂ© aussi Ă©levĂ©).â
âAutrement dit, la France nâa jamais Ă©tĂ© aussi riche : le problĂšme que nous avons Ă rĂ©gler est uniquement une question de rĂ©partitionâŠâ
Câest pourquoi @Amnesty considere que les impots equitables constituent un enjeu de protection des droits humains. Câest pourquoi nous plaidons pour lâadoption dâune Convention sur la coopĂ©ration internationale en matiĂšre fiscale.
lemonde.fr/la-chronique-de-tâŠ
Tim Chatterton retweeted
What most people already understand, even without the economic terminology, is that firms like BlackRock operate less like investors and more like modern feudal landlords.
They buy essential infrastructure,water networks, ports, energy grids, data centres, and other public necessities, often using vast amounts of borrowed money and paying prices that ordinary market participants cannot match.
Once the acquisition is complete, the debt is pushed onto the acquired company itself.
The result is simple: the public pays.
Consumers repay that debt through higher water bills, rising energy prices, increased fees, and declining service quality.
The infrastructure becomes a cash-extraction machine.
Profits flow upward to shareholders and executives, while the financial burden flows downward to ordinary households.
When the model inevitably breaks down, the consequences are socialised. Communities are left with crumbling infrastructure, polluted rivers and failing services.
Thames Water's ÂŁ14 billion debt mountain and repeated sewage scandals are a stark example of what happens when financial engineering takes precedence over public stewardship.
The executives who loaded the company with debt have already collected their bonuses.
The investors have already taken their returns.
And when the system finally reaches its breaking point, taxpayers are expected to pick up the bill.
Privatise the gains.
Socialise the losses.
That is the business model......
Tim Chatterton retweeted
I wonder which area of the UK will be the first to have its now yearly once-in-a-generation flood in autumn 2026?
Tim Chatterton retweeted
What mitigations do care homes have in place now, during the ongoing pandemic @covidinquiryuk?
Tim Chatterton retweeted
The government has officially blocked my call for a public inquiry into Britain's role in Gaza.
Delaying scrutiny will not make questions about British complicity in genocide disappear - and we will never give up until we have brought about justice for the Palestinian people.
Tim Chatterton retweeted
"The reason I keep bringing up the Palestinians throwing rocks to protect Heidi is because, I mean, I canât emphasize enough how much these young men are . . . Yesterday, they put their lives on the line. There were soldiers there, and soldiers will shoot when somebody is throwing rocks. These young men put their lives on the line to protect a sixty-three-year-old Jewish American journalist. And, I mean, these guys are heroes. If they were not doing that, so many villages wouldâve been overtaken. They are literally the only defense. [On Saturday] I was in a village called Jalud, and the exact same thing happened. We got attacked by settlers, and it was these young men, whom we call the shabab, who fought them back with rocks. And the reason I just want to put a fine point on this is because, for me, just in terms of where things are going with Israel-Palestine politically, I think that a sort of discursive shift in how we talk about Palestiniansâ right to defend themselves needs to happen." @infinite_jaz to @IChotiner
Tim Chatterton retweeted
UK Chancellor rejects calls to raise Capital Gains Tax.
UK wages taxed at 20%-45% + NIC. CGT 18%-24%.
Subject to ifs and buts:
Denmark 27%-42%
Norway 37.84%
Netherlands 36%
Finland 34%
France 30%-34%
Sweden 30%
Spain 30%
UK showers gifts to the rich.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c50mâŠ
Tim Chatterton retweeted
To be clear: both the Lib Dems and Labour are saying that they will refuse to form a coalition with the Greens, even if it as the expense of a Reform or Tory government, because of a Green Party conference motion condemning a political ideology thatâs led to genocide?
Really?
Tim Chatterton retweeted
Imagine if in 1943 FDR had decided that the US would stop helping Britain and instead would side with the Third Reich. That's a bit like what President Trump is now doing by cozying up to Russia as it tries to destroy Ukraine. Utterly shameful. A humiliating moment for the US.
Tim Chatterton retweeted
Overnight storms have caused widespread flooding across southern France. More than 200 millimetres of rain fell on parts of the Bouches-du-RhĂŽne and Gard, and Salon-de-Provence had its wettest day since records began in 1938.
Towns from Lunel to Martigues are flooded, motorways and trams have been shut, and rescuers have worked through the night.
đ Aimargues
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Donald Trump canceled his scheduled Oct. 16 deposition in his lawsuit against the BBC because of "matters of national importance."
The BBC alerts the judge that those matters were: a rally in Dalton, Ga. and a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago.
ALT The BBC submits this Notice to raise newly available information regarding the âmatters of national importanceâ that Plaintiff claimed kept him from his scheduled deposition. As the BBC now knows, on October 16, Plaintiff attended and addressed a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, alongside Plaintiffâs favored candidates in Georgiaâs upcoming U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections. Plaintiff subsequently traveled to his resort club and residence at Mar-a-Lago for a Republican National Committee fundraising event.
Tim Chatterton retweeted
đš BLADES ON THE MOVE đš
At one of our Octopus Energy Generation sites in rural France, weâre ârepoweringâ old turbines by replacing them with more efficient, modern and bigger turbines. And huge blades = HUGE LOGISTICS to get these bad boys up and running.
Normally, blades are delivered on two supports, but where space is limited *cough, rural France, cough*, we use a snazzy machine called a blade lifter (which youâre seeing here!) Blade lifters are much slower than traditional delivery methods, but in this case itâs the only option to transport these 57m long blades through the narrow village streets.
At this site, four out the six wind turbinesâ blades have now been delivered carefully via blade lifter. Not long now until theyâre all in action creating clean green energy. đȘđ
As for the old turbines - a majority have been resold to go up at other sites. Weâre also converting one of the old blades into furniture for the local community to use in a nearby forest. Talk about a win-win. đł
Tim Chatterton retweeted
NEW: Andy Burnham has officially rejected Jeremy Corbyn's call for a public inquiry into "British complicity" in Gaza.
The former Labour leader wrote to the PM in July asking him to back his Private Member's Bill for a Chilcot-style inquiry, which would look at any UK military, economic or political cooperation with Israel since October 2023.
This would include the power to question ministers on the supply or use of weapons, surveillance aircraft and Royal Air Force bases.
The idea was rejected by Starmer. The govt have confirmed in response to a written question today that their position remains unchanged under Burnham, saying an inquiry isn't necessary due to the "extensive mechanisms already available for parliamentary accountability and oversight".
Corbyn said:âAndy Burnham rightly said that the last Labour government âgot it wrongâ over Gaza. But his words will mean very little if he doesnât break with the last governmentâs shameful record of complicity, secrecy and evasion.
"Many of us will remember in the aftermath of Iraq, the government of the day spent many years resisting attempts to uncover the truth. In the end, they could not prevent the inevitable. Just like Iraq, we will remember those who obstructed the path to justice."