Andrew J Galea
@bonobosoul.bsky.social
#SocialPolicy & #SocialJustice
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In case this comment is lost on anyone, an Gorta Mór – the Great Famine – of 1845-52 ultimately cut Ireland's population in half.
It was overtly provoked by overreliance on the potato, but the fundamental cause was rule by a foreign power: England.
It was overtly provoked by overreliance on the potato, but the fundamental cause was rule by a foreign power: England.
If only there was an example from our history of over dependence on a monoculture that we could draw wisdom from.
April 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
In case this comment is lost on anyone, an Gorta Mór – the Great Famine – of 1845-52 ultimately cut Ireland's population in half.
It was overtly provoked by overreliance on the potato, but the fundamental cause was rule by a foreign power: England.
It was overtly provoked by overreliance on the potato, but the fundamental cause was rule by a foreign power: England.
"The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR), for example, predicts that the living standards of the bottom 40% won’t recover to 2022 levels until 2028."
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Are we headed for a recession?
You're asking the wrong question...
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR), for example, predicts that the living standards of the bottom 40% won’t recover to 2022 levels until 2028."
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
History, it was said, repeats itself first as a tragedy, then as a farce. Yet there is nothing farcical about the impact this short termism will have on future generations.
Tax breaks for developers to build apartments under consideration by Minister of Housing
Tax breaks for developers to build apartments under consideration by Minister of Housing
Housing crisis: Paschal Donohoe warns against return similar tax incentives of Celtic Tiger years
www.irishtimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
History, it was said, repeats itself first as a tragedy, then as a farce. Yet there is nothing farcical about the impact this short termism will have on future generations.
Schrodinger's Russia:
1. Russia's economy is collapsing www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
2. Russia will invade Europe
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
1. Russia's economy is collapsing www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
2. Russia will invade Europe
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
Russia economy meltdown as inflation and sky-high interest rates devastate firms
Mounting pressure on civilian firms as Putin relies even more heavily on military and defence amid Ukraine war
www.express.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Schrodinger's Russia:
1. Russia's economy is collapsing www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
2. Russia will invade Europe
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
1. Russia's economy is collapsing www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
2. Russia will invade Europe
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
Would it not be simpler to simply nationalise the waste service and remove the financial barrier for use?
The council says it's going to use data from waste-collection companies to target people without bin contracts. “We can then follow that up with cold calling, calling at houses, calling at properties and then we can then prosecute.” dublininquirer.com/2...
Council to use data from waste-collection companies to target people without bin contracts - Dublin Inquirer
“We can then follow that up with cold calling, calling at houses, calling at properties and then we can then prosecute.”
dublininquirer.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Would it not be simpler to simply nationalise the waste service and remove the financial barrier for use?
@oliverscottcurry.bsky.social I believe I've understood the essential premise to MAC. Where I'm stuck is in understanding how MAC might be prescriptive when it comes to, say, two warring claims of prior possession.
February 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
@oliverscottcurry.bsky.social I believe I've understood the essential premise to MAC. Where I'm stuck is in understanding how MAC might be prescriptive when it comes to, say, two warring claims of prior possession.
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Brilliant description of the market-capitalist economy using analogies from attachment theory, by @brettscott.bsky.social.
And god yes, it's totally anxious-avoidant, and encouraging (by design) unnatural behaviours in us all. open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
And god yes, it's totally anxious-avoidant, and encouraging (by design) unnatural behaviours in us all. open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
Detachment Theory
Libertarianism in the anxious-avoidant economy
open.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Brilliant description of the market-capitalist economy using analogies from attachment theory, by @brettscott.bsky.social.
And god yes, it's totally anxious-avoidant, and encouraging (by design) unnatural behaviours in us all. open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
And god yes, it's totally anxious-avoidant, and encouraging (by design) unnatural behaviours in us all. open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
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$152 Trillion. That's How Much Wealthy Countries 'Drained' From the Global South Since 1960 www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05...
$152 Trillion. That's How Much Wealthy Countries 'Drained' From the Global South Since 1960 | Common Dreams
"Poor countries are developing rich countries, not the other way around."
www.commondreams.org
February 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
$152 Trillion. That's How Much Wealthy Countries 'Drained' From the Global South Since 1960 www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05...
@doubledownnews.bsky.social always have the best, most accessible, & most informative videos. This is probably the most succinct, concise, comprehensive summary of the Zionist narrative:
youtu.be/jwsKBBFG728?...
youtu.be/jwsKBBFG728?...
Jewish Journalist EXPOSES Israel's DARK SECRET History
YouTube video by Double Down News
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
@doubledownnews.bsky.social always have the best, most accessible, & most informative videos. This is probably the most succinct, concise, comprehensive summary of the Zionist narrative:
youtu.be/jwsKBBFG728?...
youtu.be/jwsKBBFG728?...
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1. A few years ago, people like me were widely attacked in the media for “declinism”. How could we fail to see that we were heading into a capitalist utopia, in which everything would keep getting better?
This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵
This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵
February 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
1. A few years ago, people like me were widely attacked in the media for “declinism”. How could we fail to see that we were heading into a capitalist utopia, in which everything would keep getting better?
This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵
This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵
This could be spent on degrowth transition, sustainable communities, transitioning to green public transport, improving health systems, housing the homeless, making more child friendly cities, green farming practices, cancer research...
#academicsky #eu #budget
www.ft.com/content/f28b...
#academicsky #eu #budget
www.ft.com/content/f28b...
EU considers tapping €93bn in unspent Covid recovery funds for defence
Brussels explores redirecting post-pandemic financing as part of options to boost investments in military
www.ft.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This could be spent on degrowth transition, sustainable communities, transitioning to green public transport, improving health systems, housing the homeless, making more child friendly cities, green farming practices, cancer research...
#academicsky #eu #budget
www.ft.com/content/f28b...
#academicsky #eu #budget
www.ft.com/content/f28b...
"A key learning of the Knocknaheeny experience has been the necessity for regeneration areas to have the security of ring‐fenced, multi‐annual funding commitments to ensure essential projects and services continue to operate."
February 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"A key learning of the Knocknaheeny experience has been the necessity for regeneration areas to have the security of ring‐fenced, multi‐annual funding commitments to ensure essential projects and services continue to operate."
Fortress EU has been militarizing borders for years in response to irregular migration (see @tninstitute.bsky.social).
It seems the fear mongering & saber rattling has persuaded citizens an EU army would be a good idea www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/ar...
youtu.be/yq4Pi4ONpvc?...
It seems the fear mongering & saber rattling has persuaded citizens an EU army would be a good idea www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/ar...
youtu.be/yq4Pi4ONpvc?...
Zelensky calls for ‘army of Europe’ against Russia
YouTube video by The Times and The Sunday Times
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fortress EU has been militarizing borders for years in response to irregular migration (see @tninstitute.bsky.social).
It seems the fear mongering & saber rattling has persuaded citizens an EU army would be a good idea www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/ar...
youtu.be/yq4Pi4ONpvc?...
It seems the fear mongering & saber rattling has persuaded citizens an EU army would be a good idea www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/ar...
youtu.be/yq4Pi4ONpvc?...
Birds of a Feather
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he has not yet received an invitation to the White House for St Patrick's Day, but he has no reason to believe that the invitation will not be forthcoming
Taoiseach would accept White House invitation if offered
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he has not yet received an invitation to the White House for St Patrick's Day, but he has no reason to believe that the invitation will not be forthcoming.
www.rte.ie
February 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Birds of a Feather
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‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears | Climate crisis | The Guardian https://buff.ly/40MFfMB
February 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears | Climate crisis | The Guardian https://buff.ly/40MFfMB
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Climate Action Tracker: The climate is warming and sea levels rising way faster than governments are acting
RELEASE: The climate is warming and sea levels rising way faster than governments are acting
Only six of the countries the Climate Action Tracker analyses (1) have submitted their new 2035 climate targets in time for the Paris Agreement's 10 February 2025 deadline, and only one — the UK — is proposing actions at home that are 1.5°C-aligned.
climateactiontracker.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Climate Action Tracker: The climate is warming and sea levels rising way faster than governments are acting
I've just signed this petition calling on the ESB to not pass the cost of Storm Éowyn repairs on to customers through price hikes. The ESB is hugely profitable – they should foot the bill, not the people of Ireland. my.uplift.ie/petitions/do...
@pbp.ie
@pbp.ie
Don't hike electricity prices to cover Storm Éowyn damages
I've just signed this petition calling on the ESB to not pass the cost of Storm Éowyn repairs on to customers through price hikes. The ESB is hugely profitable – they should foot the bill, not the peo...
my.uplift.ie
February 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I've just signed this petition calling on the ESB to not pass the cost of Storm Éowyn repairs on to customers through price hikes. The ESB is hugely profitable – they should foot the bill, not the people of Ireland. my.uplift.ie/petitions/do...
@pbp.ie
@pbp.ie
@vistamilk.bsky.social welcome! Slight typo in your name there, easily edited :)
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
@vistamilk.bsky.social welcome! Slight typo in your name there, easily edited :)
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Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals?
This is not how it works, Mr President.
Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
This is not how it works, Mr President.
Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals?
This is not how it works, Mr President.
Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
This is not how it works, Mr President.
Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Surprise, surprise.
Marko Elez, a 25-yr-old DOGE staffer who had access to U.S. Treasury payment systems, resigned after his links to a social media account that advocated for racism, eugenics, and repealing the Civil Rights Act was exposed.
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Marko Elez, a 25-yr-old DOGE staffer who had access to U.S. Treasury payment systems, resigned after his links to a social media account that advocated for racism, eugenics, and repealing the Civil Rights Act was exposed.
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Exclusive | DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, whose access to Treasury payment systems was approved by a judge, has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism ...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Surprise, surprise.
Marko Elez, a 25-yr-old DOGE staffer who had access to U.S. Treasury payment systems, resigned after his links to a social media account that advocated for racism, eugenics, and repealing the Civil Rights Act was exposed.
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Marko Elez, a 25-yr-old DOGE staffer who had access to U.S. Treasury payment systems, resigned after his links to a social media account that advocated for racism, eugenics, and repealing the Civil Rights Act was exposed.
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
"Despite a 65% increase in GDP per capita, the number of people living below $5-a-day has risen by 370 million since 1990" [Hickel,2017 quoted in Langridge et al, 2023]
doi.org/10.1515/bis-...
doi.org/10.1515/bis-...
An Ecological Basic Income? Examining the Ecological Credentials of Basic Income Through a Review of Selected Pilot Interventions
While basic income (BI) has long been advocated for its social benefits, some scholars also propose it in response to the ecological crises. However, the empirical evidence to support this position is...
doi.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Despite a 65% increase in GDP per capita, the number of people living below $5-a-day has risen by 370 million since 1990" [Hickel,2017 quoted in Langridge et al, 2023]
doi.org/10.1515/bis-...
doi.org/10.1515/bis-...
So the richest Nazi in the world [military deals with the Pentagon, wants to put chips in people's brains, part of the AI arms race] has illegally hacked the US Treasury & controls Fed government's financial spigot & sensitive data such as the Social Security #s of most taxpayers?
Coo coo.
#bad
Coo coo.
#bad
February 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Scientists say a newly detected asteroid has a greater than 1% chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years - so how worried should we be?
How worried should we be about an asteroid hitting Earth?
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the Sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for...
www.rte.ie
February 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Scientists say a newly detected asteroid has a greater than 1% chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years - so how worried should we be?
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