Neil Robertson
@neildrobertson.bsky.social
Proud father. Software engineer. Amateur commentator on politics, economics, and environmental issues. Also a (self-identified) fount of wisdom on everything else 😀 Likes: Family, Food, Travel, Dogs, Wine, Arsenal, Lefties, Comedy, Science, Evidence!
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Sunrise in Scarborough, UK
December 30, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Sunrise in Scarborough, UK
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Note to feckless House Republicans: Regardless of what Elon Musk thinks, Trump’s so-called “mandate” did NOT justify slashing $190 million for 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 from the government funding bill.
Restore the funding, you heartless bastards!
Restore the funding, you heartless bastards!
December 20, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Note to feckless House Republicans: Regardless of what Elon Musk thinks, Trump’s so-called “mandate” did NOT justify slashing $190 million for 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 from the government funding bill.
Restore the funding, you heartless bastards!
Restore the funding, you heartless bastards!
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Steve Bartlett as a case study in how misinformation is popular & lucrative- clickbait -> more listeners -> more advertising revenue. It’s a sound business model if you don’t care about evidence or data.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Steve Bartlett as a case study in how misinformation is popular & lucrative- clickbait -> more listeners -> more advertising revenue. It’s a sound business model if you don’t care about evidence or data.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Goldman Sachs analysts : The money men saying the quiet part out loud
Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies.
Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies.
Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.
www.cnbc.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Goldman Sachs analysts : The money men saying the quiet part out loud
Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies.
Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies.
Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
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We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.
December 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.
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Bernie Sanders: "We are moving rapidly into an oligarchic form of society. Never before in American history have so few people had so much wealth and so much power."
"In Russia, Putin has an oligarchy. We have an oligarchy here, too.
"In Russia, Putin has an oligarchy. We have an oligarchy here, too.
December 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We are moving rapidly into an oligarchic form of society. Never before in American history have so few people had so much wealth and so much power."
"In Russia, Putin has an oligarchy. We have an oligarchy here, too.
"In Russia, Putin has an oligarchy. We have an oligarchy here, too.
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Third of Yorkshire Water customer bill cash goes on debt & dividend
Similar with other water companies.
Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT.
Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Similar with other water companies.
Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT.
Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Third of each Yorkshire Water bill goes on debt and dividend
The firm has amassed debts of £6.2bn and paid out dividends worth £522m since 2017-18, figures show.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Third of Yorkshire Water customer bill cash goes on debt & dividend
Similar with other water companies.
Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT.
Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Similar with other water companies.
Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT.
Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Are we surprised?
In the old days, fizzy drinks came in glass bottles which could be returned for reuse at most shops for welcome pennies.
The wanton waste of resources has to stop #PlasticBottles #GlassBottles
We need an effective #DepositReturnScheme system and a shift in practice by sellers.
In the old days, fizzy drinks came in glass bottles which could be returned for reuse at most shops for welcome pennies.
The wanton waste of resources has to stop #PlasticBottles #GlassBottles
We need an effective #DepositReturnScheme system and a shift in practice by sellers.
After 2 years, Coca-Cola’s promise to scale up reusable packaging is dead #Climate
After 2 years, Coca-Cola’s promise to scale up reusable packaging is dead
The pledge was born out of shareholder activism — and was withdrawn as regulators crack down on greenwashing.
grist.org
December 13, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Are we surprised?
In the old days, fizzy drinks came in glass bottles which could be returned for reuse at most shops for welcome pennies.
The wanton waste of resources has to stop #PlasticBottles #GlassBottles
We need an effective #DepositReturnScheme system and a shift in practice by sellers.
In the old days, fizzy drinks came in glass bottles which could be returned for reuse at most shops for welcome pennies.
The wanton waste of resources has to stop #PlasticBottles #GlassBottles
We need an effective #DepositReturnScheme system and a shift in practice by sellers.
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The wonders of private healthcare.
December 12, 2024 at 11:22 PM
The wonders of private healthcare.
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“How will an ambulance get through?”
A question only asked of those trying to save our planet, not millionaire landowners trying to hoard wealth.
Farmers received record support in the budget. Pay what is still less than your fair share, take your tractors and piss off.
A question only asked of those trying to save our planet, not millionaire landowners trying to hoard wealth.
Farmers received record support in the budget. Pay what is still less than your fair share, take your tractors and piss off.
December 12, 2024 at 1:07 PM
“How will an ambulance get through?”
A question only asked of those trying to save our planet, not millionaire landowners trying to hoard wealth.
Farmers received record support in the budget. Pay what is still less than your fair share, take your tractors and piss off.
A question only asked of those trying to save our planet, not millionaire landowners trying to hoard wealth.
Farmers received record support in the budget. Pay what is still less than your fair share, take your tractors and piss off.
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The problem is not the EU but rather the last Gov’t negotiated the first trade deal in history which actually involved walling the country off from a trading bloc made up of its nearest neighbours - making it harder both to sell your stuff & buy their stuff. Some might call that economic lunacy
December 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
The problem is not the EU but rather the last Gov’t negotiated the first trade deal in history which actually involved walling the country off from a trading bloc made up of its nearest neighbours - making it harder both to sell your stuff & buy their stuff. Some might call that economic lunacy
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It is always someone else's fault. Always.
Morning.
Morning.
December 10, 2024 at 6:26 AM
It is always someone else's fault. Always.
Morning.
Morning.
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UK Govt is unleashing finance industry for economic growth.
History:
2007-08 crash, Govt provided £133bn cash + £1,029bn guarantees for bailouts, £895bn QE.
Mid-1970s banking crash. Govt negotiated loan with IMF.
What next? How much finance does the UK need?
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
History:
2007-08 crash, Govt provided £133bn cash + £1,029bn guarantees for bailouts, £895bn QE.
Mid-1970s banking crash. Govt negotiated loan with IMF.
What next? How much finance does the UK need?
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry
Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.
leftfootforward.org
December 9, 2024 at 7:01 PM
UK Govt is unleashing finance industry for economic growth.
History:
2007-08 crash, Govt provided £133bn cash + £1,029bn guarantees for bailouts, £895bn QE.
Mid-1970s banking crash. Govt negotiated loan with IMF.
What next? How much finance does the UK need?
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
History:
2007-08 crash, Govt provided £133bn cash + £1,029bn guarantees for bailouts, £895bn QE.
Mid-1970s banking crash. Govt negotiated loan with IMF.
What next? How much finance does the UK need?
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
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THIS is my Sentiment
December 9, 2024 at 2:05 PM
THIS is my Sentiment
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Vaccinated and still alive.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
December 9, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Vaccinated and still alive.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
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World GDP is $105 trillion.
Value of derivatives (clever bets on price of food, everything) is $667 trillion.
It hikes prices, enriches few speculators, produces nothing of value to society.
UK Govt thinks finance industry will deliver prosperity. Madness.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
Value of derivatives (clever bets on price of food, everything) is $667 trillion.
It hikes prices, enriches few speculators, produces nothing of value to society.
UK Govt thinks finance industry will deliver prosperity. Madness.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry
Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.
leftfootforward.org
December 10, 2024 at 11:21 AM
World GDP is $105 trillion.
Value of derivatives (clever bets on price of food, everything) is $667 trillion.
It hikes prices, enriches few speculators, produces nothing of value to society.
UK Govt thinks finance industry will deliver prosperity. Madness.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
Value of derivatives (clever bets on price of food, everything) is $667 trillion.
It hikes prices, enriches few speculators, produces nothing of value to society.
UK Govt thinks finance industry will deliver prosperity. Madness.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
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Someone needs his diaper changed.
December 9, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Someone needs his diaper changed.
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After I got my doctorate in health admin, I could have taken a cushy job atop a corporate health firm & gotten rich off denying claims, but instead, I chose a low-paying civil service job to help care for Veterans & the Military. So don't give me that "he was only doing his job" crap.
December 9, 2024 at 6:14 PM
After I got my doctorate in health admin, I could have taken a cushy job atop a corporate health firm & gotten rich off denying claims, but instead, I chose a low-paying civil service job to help care for Veterans & the Military. So don't give me that "he was only doing his job" crap.
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Thames Water customers risk paying £263 a year extra to rescue firm.
Serial offender, dumped sewage for decades, neglected investment, borrowed to pay dividends.
Now wants customers to bail it out. They will own nothing.
Let it go bust. Nationalise at nominal cost
www.mirror.co.uk/money/thames...
Serial offender, dumped sewage for decades, neglected investment, borrowed to pay dividends.
Now wants customers to bail it out. They will own nothing.
Let it go bust. Nationalise at nominal cost
www.mirror.co.uk/money/thames...
Thames Water customers 'risk paying extra £263 a year' to rescue embattled firm
Campaigners say £800million cost of emergency loan will hit bill payers - as former government adviser adds to calls for Thames Water to be temporarily renationalised
www.mirror.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Thames Water customers risk paying £263 a year extra to rescue firm.
Serial offender, dumped sewage for decades, neglected investment, borrowed to pay dividends.
Now wants customers to bail it out. They will own nothing.
Let it go bust. Nationalise at nominal cost
www.mirror.co.uk/money/thames...
Serial offender, dumped sewage for decades, neglected investment, borrowed to pay dividends.
Now wants customers to bail it out. They will own nothing.
Let it go bust. Nationalise at nominal cost
www.mirror.co.uk/money/thames...
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There is ZERO connection between vaccines and autism!
NONE!
NONE!
December 10, 2024 at 3:00 AM
There is ZERO connection between vaccines and autism!
NONE!
NONE!
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