

I would die for my country Chicago
Simon Cooke
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@SimonMagus
Retired. Write stuff that a handful of people read. Right but y'all ain't listening.


I would die for my country Chicago

I am a democratically elected Member of the European Parliament. I represent the European Union. You will pay for calling me a hate-mongering agitator. I will patiently wait until the British cast you onto the ash heap of history. Then I will come to defend my honor, and the honor of my voters, in court. I will not forget.

The Safer Nicotine Revolution report sets Australia and New Zealand side by side. Australia banned over-the-counter vapes, New Zealand regulated and promoted them. Today nine in ten Australian vapers buy on the black market while New Zealand's smoking rate has halved. Read more: smokefreesweden.org/safer-nicotine…



Este año no estaremos en Eurovisión, pero lo haremos con la convicción de estar en el lado correcto de la historia. Por coherencia, responsabilidad y humanidad.

In a commentary published today in Nature Human Behavior, we argue that regulating vaping needs pragmatic, evidence-based policy. nature.com/articles/s4156…

if you’re watching Eurovision this year you’re a bit of a prick I’m sorry

Speeds on Parkside Drive in the city’s west end have increased more than 200 per cent since the province banned the use of speed cameras, according to data from the City of Toronto. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/05/14/spe…

We've known this for over a year, but were not allowed to say it until today. Our loved ones convicted of criminal damage in Elbit's weapons factory in Filton could be SENTENCED AS TERRORISTS. The jury who convicted them had no idea. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m…







Climate science is now moving away from the most extreme scenarios. @RogerPielkeJr explains why on our podcast: "Our expectation for future emissions has come down dramatically, largely because there was an assumption everything was going to go towards coal... Another big factor—and it’s one that really hasn’t made its way into climate projections yet—are changing outlooks on global population. The leading climate scenarios still have 12, 13 billion people on the planet in 2100 and still growing. And demographers are now seriously talking about a global population peak soon after mid-century."