JD³
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The quality of Politicians everywhere in the Western World has plummeted in the last 50 years, because they no longer care about the voters.
It's all about keeping the Billionaire Media and the Billionaire Donors happy.
It's all about keeping the Billionaire Media and the Billionaire Donors happy.
May 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The quality of Politicians everywhere in the Western World has plummeted in the last 50 years, because they no longer care about the voters.
It's all about keeping the Billionaire Media and the Billionaire Donors happy.
It's all about keeping the Billionaire Media and the Billionaire Donors happy.
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I'm rewatching Andor, which I believe to be the best Star Wars artwork ever made, and I strongly suggest you consider (re)watching it as well. It is relevant to our moment in too many ways to count—not just all the obvious ones, and not just with respect to the protagonists but the antagonists also.
April 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I'm rewatching Andor, which I believe to be the best Star Wars artwork ever made, and I strongly suggest you consider (re)watching it as well. It is relevant to our moment in too many ways to count—not just all the obvious ones, and not just with respect to the protagonists but the antagonists also.
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Reeves is right - the world has changed. So why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Obsession with arbitrary fiscal rules & ruling out wealth taxes is political choice that’s causing huge pain as well as laying out the welcome mat for populist Reform UK #SpringStatement
March 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reeves is right - the world has changed. So why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Obsession with arbitrary fiscal rules & ruling out wealth taxes is political choice that’s causing huge pain as well as laying out the welcome mat for populist Reform UK #SpringStatement
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After 14 years of Conservative rule, we were told that austerity was over. That was a lie.
A statement from The Independent Alliance on the Chancellor's decision to abandon those in need.
A statement from The Independent Alliance on the Chancellor's decision to abandon those in need.
March 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
After 14 years of Conservative rule, we were told that austerity was over. That was a lie.
A statement from The Independent Alliance on the Chancellor's decision to abandon those in need.
A statement from The Independent Alliance on the Chancellor's decision to abandon those in need.
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Carla Denyer proposes a common sense 2% wealth tax that would raise 5 times the amount that would be raised from Rachel Reeves disability cuts, which would be £24 billion a year!
March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Carla Denyer proposes a common sense 2% wealth tax that would raise 5 times the amount that would be raised from Rachel Reeves disability cuts, which would be £24 billion a year!
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Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK
March 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK
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Disabled people across the country were already terrified of the impact Reeves's cuts will have on them - and now she's set to announce more? This is unconscionable. This government must change course immediately, and tax wealth to repair our broken economy.
March 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Disabled people across the country were already terrified of the impact Reeves's cuts will have on them - and now she's set to announce more? This is unconscionable. This government must change course immediately, and tax wealth to repair our broken economy.
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A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is a seminal moment: a Labour government cutting disability benefits. Not just continuing Tory levels. Cutting.
This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.
These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.
This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.
These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.
March 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is a seminal moment: a Labour government cutting disability benefits. Not just continuing Tory levels. Cutting.
This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.
These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.
This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.
These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.
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“The climate crisis poses a bigger existential threat to this country than Putin does or ever will, so if money can be found for the military there’s no reason why it couldn’t also be found to accelerate self-sufficiency in clean energy.That might really do something for national security”. Spot on👇
Labour needs an urgent history lesson. Its plans couldn’t fund a war and won’t boost growth | Larry Elliott
We are seeing a pale version of military Keynesianism, and for what? That money would be better spent fighting the climate crisis, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“The climate crisis poses a bigger existential threat to this country than Putin does or ever will, so if money can be found for the military there’s no reason why it couldn’t also be found to accelerate self-sufficiency in clean energy.That might really do something for national security”. Spot on👇
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Fiona Bruce jokes when Richard Tice keeps interrupting that she might have to put a gag on him.
How about we stop having Reform on every single TV and radio show possible and constantly giving them a platform?
It's so obviously disproportionate. And it's constant.
#BBCQT
How about we stop having Reform on every single TV and radio show possible and constantly giving them a platform?
It's so obviously disproportionate. And it's constant.
#BBCQT
March 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Fiona Bruce jokes when Richard Tice keeps interrupting that she might have to put a gag on him.
How about we stop having Reform on every single TV and radio show possible and constantly giving them a platform?
It's so obviously disproportionate. And it's constant.
#BBCQT
How about we stop having Reform on every single TV and radio show possible and constantly giving them a platform?
It's so obviously disproportionate. And it's constant.
#BBCQT
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What a load of old bollocks - Farage shouldn’t be allowed to get away with spouting this nonsense. The CBI reported just last week that the net zero sector is growing 3 times faster than the overall UK economy, & renewable energy is far cheaper than fossil fuels 🙄
Net Zero is hiking your bills - UK industry is being MASSACRED by Labour
IT is clear for all to see that Sir Keir Starmer and his Government can’t stop talking about Reform UK. Up until just a few weeks ago, the Prime Minister had not mentioned us once in the House of C…
www.thesun.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What a load of old bollocks - Farage shouldn’t be allowed to get away with spouting this nonsense. The CBI reported just last week that the net zero sector is growing 3 times faster than the overall UK economy, & renewable energy is far cheaper than fossil fuels 🙄
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Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
March 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
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🚨 Labour/Tories.
🔥 Dancing to Farages tune - they are a danger to us all.
💚 We need to tackle inequality.
🚮 We can't go on like this.
🔥 Dancing to Farages tune - they are a danger to us all.
💚 We need to tackle inequality.
🚮 We can't go on like this.
February 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🚨 Labour/Tories.
🔥 Dancing to Farages tune - they are a danger to us all.
💚 We need to tackle inequality.
🚮 We can't go on like this.
🔥 Dancing to Farages tune - they are a danger to us all.
💚 We need to tackle inequality.
🚮 We can't go on like this.
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If you voted Labour is this what you voted for?
Rather than make the positive case for why this country absolutely benefits from migration - let alone the moral case - Labour have turned into Reform.
Don't just get angry - get active.
Join @greenparty.org.uk
Rather than make the positive case for why this country absolutely benefits from migration - let alone the moral case - Labour have turned into Reform.
Don't just get angry - get active.
Join @greenparty.org.uk
February 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If you voted Labour is this what you voted for?
Rather than make the positive case for why this country absolutely benefits from migration - let alone the moral case - Labour have turned into Reform.
Don't just get angry - get active.
Join @greenparty.org.uk
Rather than make the positive case for why this country absolutely benefits from migration - let alone the moral case - Labour have turned into Reform.
Don't just get angry - get active.
Join @greenparty.org.uk
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"There's no money!"
"Oh it's for us?"
"Oh in that case we can afford it"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Oh it's for us?"
"Oh in that case we can afford it"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Watchdog recommends £2,500 pay rise for UK MPs
Under Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority’s proposal, a backbench MP’s wage would rise from £91,346 to just under £94,000
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"There's no money!"
"Oh it's for us?"
"Oh in that case we can afford it"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Oh it's for us?"
"Oh in that case we can afford it"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives *now*
Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off Reform
Exclusive: Pressure group set up by MPs from seats where Reform came second amid concern about party’s rise
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives *now*
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Yesterday Google updated their AI Principles. Google has removed their pledge to not use AI for weapons or surveillance.
“There’s a global competition taking place for AI leadership within an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape” — Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind
“There’s a global competition taking place for AI leadership within an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape” — Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind
February 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yesterday Google updated their AI Principles. Google has removed their pledge to not use AI for weapons or surveillance.
“There’s a global competition taking place for AI leadership within an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape” — Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind
“There’s a global competition taking place for AI leadership within an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape” — Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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Over 50 million years oak trees (Genus: Quercus) have evolved into 500 species on 5 continents
Due to variable conditions these include deciduous & evergreen varieties
90 are in North America, but only 2 in Britain because there are not weather extremes to trigger variations
Due to variable conditions these include deciduous & evergreen varieties
90 are in North America, but only 2 in Britain because there are not weather extremes to trigger variations
February 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Over 50 million years oak trees (Genus: Quercus) have evolved into 500 species on 5 continents
Due to variable conditions these include deciduous & evergreen varieties
90 are in North America, but only 2 in Britain because there are not weather extremes to trigger variations
Due to variable conditions these include deciduous & evergreen varieties
90 are in North America, but only 2 in Britain because there are not weather extremes to trigger variations
Hey @stokecityfc.bsky.social please get yourselves over here and start posting regularly!
February 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Hey @stokecityfc.bsky.social please get yourselves over here and start posting regularly!
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Spain built a 385.9 mile high speed train line from Madrid to Barcelona it cost £8.1bn.
The UK is still building a 140 mile high speed train line which will cost over £100bn.
Who is stealing all the money?
The UK is still building a 140 mile high speed train line which will cost over £100bn.
Who is stealing all the money?
February 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Spain built a 385.9 mile high speed train line from Madrid to Barcelona it cost £8.1bn.
The UK is still building a 140 mile high speed train line which will cost over £100bn.
Who is stealing all the money?
The UK is still building a 140 mile high speed train line which will cost over £100bn.
Who is stealing all the money?
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"Whenever one person stands up and says, 'wait a minute, this is wrong', it helps other people to do the same." (Gloria Steinem)(Photo Credit: Mick Haupt/Pexels)
Happy Thursday, everybody.
#Felon47
Happy Thursday, everybody.
#Felon47
January 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Whenever one person stands up and says, 'wait a minute, this is wrong', it helps other people to do the same." (Gloria Steinem)(Photo Credit: Mick Haupt/Pexels)
Happy Thursday, everybody.
#Felon47
Happy Thursday, everybody.
#Felon47
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Rachel, please listen to Louise: “I wonder what you were thinking, when things could still be changed, when science predicted the consequences of global warming with great certainty, when people who knew what they were talking about rang alarm bells all over the world” #WeTheHopeful wethehopeful.org
The story of 2050 is being written today
Scientists have a clear vision of what 2050 will look like, shaped by the choices we make today.
wethehopeful.org
January 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Rachel, please listen to Louise: “I wonder what you were thinking, when things could still be changed, when science predicted the consequences of global warming with great certainty, when people who knew what they were talking about rang alarm bells all over the world” #WeTheHopeful wethehopeful.org