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Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?
The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. -
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. -
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Alan Dershowitz Sues Farmers Market Vendor For Refusing To Sell Him Child
Alan Dershowitz Sues Farmers Market Vendor For Refusing To Sell Him Child
WEST TISBURY, MA—Following through on his threat of legal action, civil liberties lawyer Alan Dershowitz confirmed Monday that he had filed a lawsuit against a Martha’s Vineyard farmers market vendor ...
theonion.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Alan Dershowitz Sues Farmers Market Vendor For Refusing To Sell Him Child
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unironically, this is the song of the summer. it's been in my head for three days straight.
August 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
unironically, this is the song of the summer. it's been in my head for three days straight.
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“Wow, you’ve got the whole room tarped up—you guys doing some painting later?” said Ghislaine Maxwell theonion.com/ghislai...
Ghislaine Maxwell Can’t Help But Notice Interview Room Covered In Plastic Sheeting
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Perplexed that the Department of Justice had chosen a setting with such strange decor to ask her about Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators, Ghislaine Maxwell confirmed Thursday that she couldn’t help but notice her interview room was covered in plastic sheeting. “Wow, you’ve got the whole room tarped up—you guys doing some painting later?” said Maxwell […]
theonion.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“Wow, you’ve got the whole room tarped up—you guys doing some painting later?” said Ghislaine Maxwell theonion.com/ghislai...
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Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is an answer:
Degrowth.
Work toward a circular economy in ‘democratic’ nations.
Autocratic states will follow, or face economic & political instability.
The West started us down this suicidal, fossil-fuel-addicted path. We must lead the world by example.
Degrowth.
Work toward a circular economy in ‘democratic’ nations.
Autocratic states will follow, or face economic & political instability.
The West started us down this suicidal, fossil-fuel-addicted path. We must lead the world by example.
‘Keeping us hooked on fossil fuels’: how can we negotiate with autocracies on the climate crisis?
The bulk of global greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic, and many big oil and gas exporters are also authoritarian
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
There is an answer:
Degrowth.
Work toward a circular economy in ‘democratic’ nations.
Autocratic states will follow, or face economic & political instability.
The West started us down this suicidal, fossil-fuel-addicted path. We must lead the world by example.
Degrowth.
Work toward a circular economy in ‘democratic’ nations.
Autocratic states will follow, or face economic & political instability.
The West started us down this suicidal, fossil-fuel-addicted path. We must lead the world by example.
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It's this sort of thing which would really put a kink in the step of Reform UK Party Ltd. aka Reform 2025 Ltd. MPs 👍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying
Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's this sort of thing which would really put a kink in the step of Reform UK Party Ltd. aka Reform 2025 Ltd. MPs 👍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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MAY EVERY DAY BE ANOTHER WONDERFUL SECRET
July 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
MAY EVERY DAY BE ANOTHER WONDERFUL SECRET
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Is he wrong? Are they all wrong?
July 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Is he wrong? Are they all wrong?
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Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.
Genocide in Gaza is.
June 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.
Genocide in Gaza is.
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When an ad agency reaches out and gives me a list of other talents they've worked with
June 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
When an ad agency reaches out and gives me a list of other talents they've worked with
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
May 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Tasmanian salmon is a classic case of why industry needs strong regulations to succeed. Tasmanian and federal regulators have failed to rein in the worst excesses of the fish farm industry. The industry is now under threat, because its products are toxic www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Is diseased salmon reaching supermarket shelves, and is it a health risk?
Tasmanian salmon farming is facing criticism, with an MP and environmental groups calling for an inquiry into the industry and whether diseased fish are being sold to the public.
www.sbs.com.au
April 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Tasmanian salmon is a classic case of why industry needs strong regulations to succeed. Tasmanian and federal regulators have failed to rein in the worst excesses of the fish farm industry. The industry is now under threat, because its products are toxic www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Studies show a massive return of fish and marine megafauna to sites with these underwater tidal turbines. How?
Simple: overfishing is prevented.
If they proved suitable for Irish locations, it would be *such* a win-win, generating clean electricity AND providing a haven for marine ecosystems.
Simple: overfishing is prevented.
If they proved suitable for Irish locations, it would be *such* a win-win, generating clean electricity AND providing a haven for marine ecosystems.
France’s new tidal turbines aim to power thousands of homes with clean energy supplying electricity to 8 million people.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
World’s most powerful underwater turbines are coming to French coast
One of France's first commercial-scale tidal energy pilot projects, NH1 is due to supply thousands of locals with clean electricity.
www.euronews.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Studies show a massive return of fish and marine megafauna to sites with these underwater tidal turbines. How?
Simple: overfishing is prevented.
If they proved suitable for Irish locations, it would be *such* a win-win, generating clean electricity AND providing a haven for marine ecosystems.
Simple: overfishing is prevented.
If they proved suitable for Irish locations, it would be *such* a win-win, generating clean electricity AND providing a haven for marine ecosystems.
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I would politely suggest that officialdom in Irish Education (particularly the support services!) migrate their material and updates from X to here. It is so unfair that teachers are forced to engage with that platform in an effort to be informed. #edchatie
November 17, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I would politely suggest that officialdom in Irish Education (particularly the support services!) migrate their material and updates from X to here. It is so unfair that teachers are forced to engage with that platform in an effort to be informed. #edchatie
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Elon Musk Begins Cabinet Meeting By Putting Index Finger Through Fly Of Pants
March 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Elon Musk Begins Cabinet Meeting By Putting Index Finger Through Fly Of Pants
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This struck a chord thinking of some principals I've met.
"Principals and their staff need a healthy relationship defined by trust and support. Many teachers I’ve worked with over the years don’t feel valued, respected or trusted. It’s them-and-us." #edchatie
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
"Principals and their staff need a healthy relationship defined by trust and support. Many teachers I’ve worked with over the years don’t feel valued, respected or trusted. It’s them-and-us." #edchatie
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Secret Teacher: Too many school leaders bow to parent power. They bend the knee or rarely back their staff
I’m sure there are principals who have the conviction to do the right thing. I just haven’t met them yet
www.irishtimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This struck a chord thinking of some principals I've met.
"Principals and their staff need a healthy relationship defined by trust and support. Many teachers I’ve worked with over the years don’t feel valued, respected or trusted. It’s them-and-us." #edchatie
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
"Principals and their staff need a healthy relationship defined by trust and support. Many teachers I’ve worked with over the years don’t feel valued, respected or trusted. It’s them-and-us." #edchatie
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Daily task: ❌❌BOYCOTT AMAZON! ❌❌
This is a tough one I know but here are some other options!
✅ Costco.com ✅ Famers markets ✅ Thrivemarket.com
✅ CVS.com ✅ Trader Joe's ✅ Ulta.com
✅ Poshmark.com ✅ NewEgg.com ✅ Ikea.com
Art by @trilemma.bsky.social - love it! 💙
Please SHARE‼️‼️
#fuckjeffbezos 🖕
This is a tough one I know but here are some other options!
✅ Costco.com ✅ Famers markets ✅ Thrivemarket.com
✅ CVS.com ✅ Trader Joe's ✅ Ulta.com
✅ Poshmark.com ✅ NewEgg.com ✅ Ikea.com
Art by @trilemma.bsky.social - love it! 💙
Please SHARE‼️‼️
#fuckjeffbezos 🖕
February 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Daily task: ❌❌BOYCOTT AMAZON! ❌❌
This is a tough one I know but here are some other options!
✅ Costco.com ✅ Famers markets ✅ Thrivemarket.com
✅ CVS.com ✅ Trader Joe's ✅ Ulta.com
✅ Poshmark.com ✅ NewEgg.com ✅ Ikea.com
Art by @trilemma.bsky.social - love it! 💙
Please SHARE‼️‼️
#fuckjeffbezos 🖕
This is a tough one I know but here are some other options!
✅ Costco.com ✅ Famers markets ✅ Thrivemarket.com
✅ CVS.com ✅ Trader Joe's ✅ Ulta.com
✅ Poshmark.com ✅ NewEgg.com ✅ Ikea.com
Art by @trilemma.bsky.social - love it! 💙
Please SHARE‼️‼️
#fuckjeffbezos 🖕
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January 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I'm here at the Blinken press briefing, and Max Blumenthal just disrupted with questions about Blinken's role in the genocide. Will post video shortly.
(He will probably also post video, he was filming as well.)
He ended with, "You too, Matt, you smirked through a genocide."
(He will probably also post video, he was filming as well.)
He ended with, "You too, Matt, you smirked through a genocide."
January 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm here at the Blinken press briefing, and Max Blumenthal just disrupted with questions about Blinken's role in the genocide. Will post video shortly.
(He will probably also post video, he was filming as well.)
He ended with, "You too, Matt, you smirked through a genocide."
(He will probably also post video, he was filming as well.)
He ended with, "You too, Matt, you smirked through a genocide."
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America's wealthiest tech oligarchs are showering Trump's inaugural committee with millions in donations.
Why are billionaires aligning with fascists?
So the rest of us fight each other and don't look up to see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Why are billionaires aligning with fascists?
So the rest of us fight each other and don't look up to see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Why Big Money Supports Trump | Robert Reich
Fascism backed by Big Money is one of the most dangerous of all political alliances. It happened in 1930s Germany, and it’s happening again today.
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
America's wealthiest tech oligarchs are showering Trump's inaugural committee with millions in donations.
Why are billionaires aligning with fascists?
So the rest of us fight each other and don't look up to see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Why are billionaires aligning with fascists?
So the rest of us fight each other and don't look up to see where all the wealth and power have gone.