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Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

Resident in #Italy for years - am interested in #politics and #geopolitics plus #technology #photography and a few other things as well. I teach English to business people, often high level managers, hold the odd webinar and did translations from time to time. I like creating β€˜paintings’ from photos.
I am behind
@newsfromitaly on X/Twitter (not active) and on Mastodon. I sometimes write short scifi stories, some appear on Thoughts from Italy on #Medium: https://medium.com/@thoughtsfromitaly


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San Miniato, Tuscany - watercolour conversion
Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I’ve been compiling a list - not in order, feel free to add to it - it has a UK bias. Cc @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

Thanks to the political
#right #neoliberalism and the #farright:
We can no longer afford kids
We no longer have stable employment
We have a polluted earth
University is too expensive for those who could benefit from it
Cars and motorbikes have become too expensive for most
Housing has become too expensive for most people
Healthcare services are failing… (1/3)

Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

We have fewer doctors
We have very expensive dental care
We have to retire later
Hate is widespread
Immigrants and migrants are demonised
We’ll have no jobs and little income in the future
Food quality is falling
Energy costs are rising
Beaches and rivers are polluted
Investment in education and training has virtually dried up
The rich are getting richer
We now have β€œworking poor”.
World war 3 is getting ever closer. (2/3)

Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

List update: Public transport quality has been eroded. National companies have been offshored thus reducing their benefit to local economies.
Trans people are being persecuted for no reason, as are
#LGBTQ and others, for colour or whatever.
The media has become little more than a propaganda arm for the right and the rich.
- This list is not applicable to all nations yet but, please, keep voting for the right
πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰ #politics (3/3) #FarRight

Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I’ve been compiling a list - not in order, feel free to add to it - it has a UK bias. Cc @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

Thanks to the political
#right #neoliberalism and the #farright:
We can no longer afford kids
We no longer have stable employment
We have a polluted earth
University is too expensive for those who could benefit from it
Cars and motorbikes have become too expensive for most
Housing has become too expensive for most people
Healthcare services are failing… (1/3)

Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

We have fewer doctors
We have very expensive dental care
We have to retire later
Hate is widespread
Immigrants and migrants are demonised
We’ll have no jobs and little income in the future
Food quality is falling
Energy costs are rising
Beaches and rivers are polluted
Investment in education and training has virtually dried up
The rich are getting richer
We now have β€œworking poor”.
World war 3 is getting ever closer. (2/3)

Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

I’m a big fan of #sandbattery thermal #renewable #energy storage technology. One of the first players in this market is the Finnish startup Polar Night Energy: https://polarnightenergy.com If you do not know what sand batteries are, this article explains them quite well: https://natnavi.com/science-behind-sand-batteries/ #Renewables


Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

We have fewer doctors
We have very expensive dental care
We have to retire later
Hate is widespread
Immigrants and migrants are demonised
We’ll have no jobs and little income in the future
Food quality is falling
Energy costs are rising
Beaches and rivers are polluted
Investment in education and training has virtually dried up
The rich are getting richer
We now have β€œworking poor”.
World war 3 is getting ever closer. (2/3)

Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

List update: Public transport quality has been eroded. National companies have been offshored thus reducing their benefit to local economies.
Trans people are being persecuted for no reason, as are
#LGBTQ and others, for colour or whatever.
The media has become little more than a propaganda arm for the right and the rich.
- This list is not applicable to all nations yet but, please, keep voting for the right
πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰ #politics (3/3) #FarRight

Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I’ve been compiling a list - not in order, feel free to add to it - it has a UK bias. Cc @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

Thanks to the political
#right #neoliberalism and the #farright:
We can no longer afford kids
We no longer have stable employment
We have a polluted earth
University is too expensive for those who could benefit from it
Cars and motorbikes have become too expensive for most
Housing has become too expensive for most people
Healthcare services are failing… (1/3)

Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

We have fewer doctors
We have very expensive dental care
We have to retire later
Hate is widespread
Immigrants and migrants are demonised
We’ll have no jobs and little income in the future
Food quality is falling
Energy costs are rising
Beaches and rivers are polluted
Investment in education and training has virtually dried up
The rich are getting richer
We now have β€œworking poor”.
World war 3 is getting ever closer. (2/3)

Alex P Roe :mastodon:
@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world

I’m a big fan of #sandbattery thermal #renewable #energy storage technology. One of the first players in this market is the Finnish startup Polar Night Energy: https://polarnightenergy.com If you do not know what sand batteries are, this article explains them quite well: https://natnavi.com/science-behind-sand-batteries/ #Renewables