Geraint Williams
@geraintx.bsky.social
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Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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They really are taking a marshmallow to a gunfight
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
They really are taking a marshmallow to a gunfight
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When trade deals were getting rushed through laden with impossible commitments and major issues to be negotiated later, I wrote about why they made me nervous.
Womp womp, as the kids say.
My full article:
www.explaintrade.com/resources/im...
Womp womp, as the kids say.
My full article:
www.explaintrade.com/resources/im...
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports reut.rs/4aRbgK4
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year, which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
reut.rs
December 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
When trade deals were getting rushed through laden with impossible commitments and major issues to be negotiated later, I wrote about why they made me nervous.
Womp womp, as the kids say.
My full article:
www.explaintrade.com/resources/im...
Womp womp, as the kids say.
My full article:
www.explaintrade.com/resources/im...
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
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One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Pepsi allegedly gave Walmart discounts on its products, while charging other retailers higher prices.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Pepsi allegedly gave Walmart discounts on its products, while charging other retailers higher prices.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
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Most Brits want climate action but think their neighbours don't. Most Brits support renewable energy but think their neighbours don't.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
Poll: Majority of Brits support renewables, but think their neighbours disagree with them
Major poll reveals 70 per cent of Brits would back a new solar farm in their local area, but only 27 per cent think that other people would support such a development
www.businessgreen.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Most Brits want climate action but think their neighbours don't. Most Brits support renewable energy but think their neighbours don't.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
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wow this is almost, like, a platform someone could successfully run on
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
wow this is almost, like, a platform someone could successfully run on
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
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After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
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A very good start the the Head of Britain's Intelligence Service, MI6.
Blaise Metreweli said we are in a space between peace and war, accusing Putin of trying to "bully, fearmonger, and manipulate" as well as refusing a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Blaise Metreweli said we are in a space between peace and war, accusing Putin of trying to "bully, fearmonger, and manipulate" as well as refusing a ceasefire in Ukraine.
December 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A very good start the the Head of Britain's Intelligence Service, MI6.
Blaise Metreweli said we are in a space between peace and war, accusing Putin of trying to "bully, fearmonger, and manipulate" as well as refusing a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Blaise Metreweli said we are in a space between peace and war, accusing Putin of trying to "bully, fearmonger, and manipulate" as well as refusing a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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Police have disrupted what they say were the early stages of converting the former M&S store in Neath / Castell-nedd town centre into an industrial-scale cannabis farm.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Police uncover potential industrial-scale cannabis factory at town centre M&S
Police have said that it had the potential to become one of the 'largest ever' cannabis farms in south Wales
www.walesonline.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Police have disrupted what they say were the early stages of converting the former M&S store in Neath / Castell-nedd town centre into an industrial-scale cannabis farm.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
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WTF are we doing here, BBC?
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WTF are we doing here, BBC?
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Britain’s failure to move quickly to fund new NATO defence targets is undermining it in Europe markurban.substack.com/p/defence-an...
Defence and MI6 Warn About Russia Again
And hope Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves get the message
markurban.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Britain’s failure to move quickly to fund new NATO defence targets is undermining it in Europe markurban.substack.com/p/defence-an...
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What happens when a law firm acts for a business widely suspected of fraud — run by a convicted fraudster, owned by unknown parties, and unable to answer fraud allegations?
And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it?
Nothing.
And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it?
Nothing.
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
What happens when a law firm acts for a business widely suspected of fraud — run by a convicted fraudster, owned by unknown parties, and unable to answer fraud allegations?
And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it?
Nothing.
And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it?
Nothing.
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If his supporters think this is OK, we are getting very close to his claim that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not dent his base. Absolutely unhinged thing to post.
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If his supporters think this is OK, we are getting very close to his claim that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not dent his base. Absolutely unhinged thing to post.
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Rob Reiner had one of the most wide-ranging audiences of any American filmmaker. People rewatch his films with nostalgia and joy. They quote them with parents and pass them down to children.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Rob Reiner had one of the most wide-ranging audiences of any American filmmaker. People rewatch his films with nostalgia and joy. They quote them with parents and pass them down to children.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
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A movement that demands grace and empathy whenever someone from their side suffers while offering none to the other isn’t really a movement that gives a shit about anything other than power and control
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A movement that demands grace and empathy whenever someone from their side suffers while offering none to the other isn’t really a movement that gives a shit about anything other than power and control
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Russia launched mercenary recruitment in Iran offering $20,000 signing bonus and $2,000 monthly via Telegram, targeting economically vulnerable populations as part of campaign that recruited 18,000 foreigners from 128 countries, Ukraine's disinformation center reports.
December 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Russia launched mercenary recruitment in Iran offering $20,000 signing bonus and $2,000 monthly via Telegram, targeting economically vulnerable populations as part of campaign that recruited 18,000 foreigners from 128 countries, Ukraine's disinformation center reports.
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At the moment European institutional disintegration is more likely as mainstream political leaders fail to find the paths and explanations out of decline, and populist nationalists have seductive words that will exacerbate the problems.
The simple fact is that domestic politics, security, geopolitics, and economics are all lining up for enormous institutional change at European level.
European values are in jeopardy and we can't just let them fade into the sunset. The UK needs to be at the heart of this change.
European values are in jeopardy and we can't just let them fade into the sunset. The UK needs to be at the heart of this change.
December 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
At the moment European institutional disintegration is more likely as mainstream political leaders fail to find the paths and explanations out of decline, and populist nationalists have seductive words that will exacerbate the problems.
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology