Ollie Taylor
@ollie9x5.bsky.social
'Socially irresponsible' founder of 9x5 Media. Occasional columnist in the JEP.
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Ollie Taylor
@ollie9x5.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Promoting Falsehoods: A Challenge to JEP Columnist Susana Rowles’ Article
My aim today is to dismantle the main points of what she wrote and explain why so much of it was downright wrong
medium.com
“Promoting Falsehoods: A Challenge to JEP Columnist Susana Rowles’ Article”
My latest piece on apartheid, genocide, settler colonialism and the dehumanisation of Palestinians: medium.com/nine-by-five...
My latest piece on apartheid, genocide, settler colonialism and the dehumanisation of Palestinians: medium.com/nine-by-five...
Another important piece by Jennifer Bridge.
“Gorey Harbour: Preserving Its heritage, shaping Its future:
Why Gorey needs a master plan and unified vision to ensure it continues to be a treasured landmark for generations to come”
The latest piece from @jennbridge.bsky.social
medium.com/nine-by-five...
Why Gorey needs a master plan and unified vision to ensure it continues to be a treasured landmark for generations to come”
The latest piece from @jennbridge.bsky.social
medium.com/nine-by-five...
Gorey Harbour: Preserving Its heritage, shaping Its future
Why Gorey needs a master plan and unified vision to ensure it continues to be a treasured landmark for generations to come
medium.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Another important piece by Jennifer Bridge.
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From Colin Lever with his Community Wealth Building series:
Reduce, Re-use, Repair: Why waste management should not just be the responsibility of the individual
medium.com/nine-by-five...
Reduce, Re-use, Repair: Why waste management should not just be the responsibility of the individual
medium.com/nine-by-five...
Community Wealth Building: Reduce, Re-use, Repair, Recycle
Why waste management should not just be the responsibility of the individual
medium.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
From Colin Lever with his Community Wealth Building series:
Reduce, Re-use, Repair: Why waste management should not just be the responsibility of the individual
medium.com/nine-by-five...
Reduce, Re-use, Repair: Why waste management should not just be the responsibility of the individual
medium.com/nine-by-five...
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“When it comes to Jersey arts and culture there is much to be proud of, but it needs to be better showcased”
The latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Arts & Culture
medium.com/nine-by-five...
The latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Arts & Culture
medium.com/nine-by-five...
Community Wealth Building: Jersey Arts & Culture
When it comes to Jersey arts and culture there is much to be proud of, but it needs to be better showcased
medium.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“When it comes to Jersey arts and culture there is much to be proud of, but it needs to be better showcased”
The latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Arts & Culture
medium.com/nine-by-five...
The latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Arts & Culture
medium.com/nine-by-five...
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“Bringing Back Senators: Why changing the process every four years is a sure-fire way to cause incalculable damage to our democracy” by Lee Carpenter
medium.com/nine-by-five...
medium.com/nine-by-five...
Bringing Back Senators
Why changing the process every four years is a sure-fire way to cause incalculable damage to our democracy
medium.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
“Bringing Back Senators: Why changing the process every four years is a sure-fire way to cause incalculable damage to our democracy” by Lee Carpenter
medium.com/nine-by-five...
medium.com/nine-by-five...
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Latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Hospitality and Tourism:
“Jersey is too expensive to attract mass migration of tourists, but it has much to offer the discerning tourist” medium.com/nine-by-five...
“Jersey is too expensive to attract mass migration of tourists, but it has much to offer the discerning tourist” medium.com/nine-by-five...
Community Wealth Building: Jersey Hospitality and Tourism
Jersey is too expensive to attract mass migration of tourists, but it has much to offer the discerning tourist
medium.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Hospitality and Tourism:
“Jersey is too expensive to attract mass migration of tourists, but it has much to offer the discerning tourist” medium.com/nine-by-five...
“Jersey is too expensive to attract mass migration of tourists, but it has much to offer the discerning tourist” medium.com/nine-by-five...
Maybe he offered a more comprehensive benefits and pension package compared to Netanyahu.
Hey world, please wake up and accept this horrible truth: Donald Trump works for Putin. Trump is on Putin’s side. He always has been. The President of the United States is on Putin’s side. And world, please know that so many of us in the United States apologize for this horrible truth. We truly do.
February 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Maybe he offered a more comprehensive benefits and pension package compared to Netanyahu.
“Trump signed the measure as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Washington.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump signs order sanctioning International Criminal Court
The Hague-based body has created a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel, the White House says.
www.bbc.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“Trump signed the measure as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Washington.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'President Donald Trump said he wants the US to take over the war-shattered Gaza Strip after Palestinians are displaced to neighbouring countries, and develop the territory so the “world’s people” will live there.'
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Trump wants US to ‘take over’ Gaza after ethnically cleansing Palestinians
Trump unveiled shocking plan for Gaza at news conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after White House meeting.
www.aljazeera.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
'President Donald Trump said he wants the US to take over the war-shattered Gaza Strip after Palestinians are displaced to neighbouring countries, and develop the territory so the “world’s people” will live there.'
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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US President Donald Trump says he would like to “just clean out” Gaza, urging Egypt and Jordan to take in more Palestinians from the coastal enclave aje.io/zp2iaa
January 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
US President Donald Trump says he would like to “just clean out” Gaza, urging Egypt and Jordan to take in more Palestinians from the coastal enclave aje.io/zp2iaa
Storm Eowyn is considered maybe the strongest in a decade for the UK and now Storm Herminia. It's only a matter of time before the tides and weather are "right" and town businesses are testing their BCP and insurance companies are upping their costs, again.
#ClimateEmergency #JerseyCI
#ClimateEmergency #JerseyCI
January 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Storm Eowyn is considered maybe the strongest in a decade for the UK and now Storm Herminia. It's only a matter of time before the tides and weather are "right" and town businesses are testing their BCP and insurance companies are upping their costs, again.
#ClimateEmergency #JerseyCI
#ClimateEmergency #JerseyCI
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Middle East specialist Abdullah al-Arian says US President Trump’s comments asking Egypt and Jordan to accept 1.5 million Palestinians from Gaza is a credible threat and not just an off-the-cuff remark.
🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/8uyutv
🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/8uyutv
January 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Middle East specialist Abdullah al-Arian says US President Trump’s comments asking Egypt and Jordan to accept 1.5 million Palestinians from Gaza is a credible threat and not just an off-the-cuff remark.
🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/8uyutv
🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/8uyutv
“Britons born in the mid 1990s have seen living standards not merely stagnate but decline. Right across Europe, there is precious little for the youngest adults to be happy about.”
www.ft.com/content/2586...
www.ft.com/content/2586...
Gen Z Americans are leaving their European cousins in the dust
Millennials across the west were united in their economic malaise. Their successors not so much
www.ft.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Britons born in the mid 1990s have seen living standards not merely stagnate but decline. Right across Europe, there is precious little for the youngest adults to be happy about.”
www.ft.com/content/2586...
www.ft.com/content/2586...
Collective punishment
Israel says it will not allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza until the issue of the release of female captive Arbel Yehud is resolved.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/s3c9de
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/s3c9de
January 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Collective punishment
The war of attrition is underway.
The owner of the Nude Dunes site in St Ouen's Bay has submitted another planning application to open the building as a cafe and holiday let. https://www.channel103.com/news/jersey/nude-dunes-owner-resubmits-holiday-let-idea/
Nude Dunes' owner resubmits holiday let idea
The owner of Nude Dunes in St Ouen's Bay has submitted another planning application to open the building as a cafe and holiday let.
www.channel103.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The war of attrition is underway.
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The latest in Colin Lever's Community Wealth Building series in which he now takes on Jersey’s Housing Crisis offering solutions to our long term problem: medium.com/nine-by-five...
Community Wealth Building: Jersey’s Housing Crisis
The economic benefit of ensuring enough affordable housing
medium.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The latest in Colin Lever's Community Wealth Building series in which he now takes on Jersey’s Housing Crisis offering solutions to our long term problem: medium.com/nine-by-five...
“Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis”
When they say we can't afford to go Net Zero.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When they say we can't afford to go Net Zero.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis”
When they say we can't afford to go Net Zero.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When they say we can't afford to go Net Zero.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The genocide continues.
At least 32 Palestinians have been killed and 193 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 48 hours, according to the besieged enclave’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/jgxs7w
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/jgxs7w
January 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The genocide continues.
The profit motive society is really working out for humanity.
👜 This is how the leather industry lobbied against environmental regulation all while faking sustainability ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/greenwash...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/greenwash...
January 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The profit motive society is really working out for humanity.
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If this has whetted your appetite for Island Archaeology then follow people on @helendawson.bsky.social starter pack.
With Helen, @duvalrv.bsky.social and JICAS we run and island archaeology field school. So consider joining us. 🏺
www.jicas.ac.je/island-arcah...
With Helen, @duvalrv.bsky.social and JICAS we run and island archaeology field school. So consider joining us. 🏺
www.jicas.ac.je/island-arcah...
January 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If this has whetted your appetite for Island Archaeology then follow people on @helendawson.bsky.social starter pack.
With Helen, @duvalrv.bsky.social and JICAS we run and island archaeology field school. So consider joining us. 🏺
www.jicas.ac.je/island-arcah...
With Helen, @duvalrv.bsky.social and JICAS we run and island archaeology field school. So consider joining us. 🏺
www.jicas.ac.je/island-arcah...
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These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
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BlackRock quits climate group in latest green climbdown
https://www.ft.com/content/f0fb9841-db1d-442e-a757-1a1327497fb1
https://www.ft.com/content/f0fb9841-db1d-442e-a757-1a1327497fb1
BlackRock quits climate group in latest green climbdown
World’s largest money manager had staked out position as sustainable investment leader
www.ft.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
BlackRock quits climate group in latest green climbdown
https://www.ft.com/content/f0fb9841-db1d-442e-a757-1a1327497fb1
https://www.ft.com/content/f0fb9841-db1d-442e-a757-1a1327497fb1
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I discussed the role that human-caused climate change is playing in the devastating Southern California wildfires with #BriannaKeilar on @cnn.com early today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVs...
Michael Mann on CNN with Brianna Keilar on Climate Change & Current So. Cal Wildfires (JAN 8 2025)
YouTube video by Michael Mann
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I discussed the role that human-caused climate change is playing in the devastating Southern California wildfires with #BriannaKeilar on @cnn.com early today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVs...
Ooh baby, trickle down is going to be epic in 2025 🫰🤑🤑🤑🤑🫰
January 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Ooh baby, trickle down is going to be epic in 2025 🫰🤑🤑🤑🤑🫰
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Saudi executions double in 2024 as more women and foreigners put to death - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-execution-figures-double-2024-compared-previous-year
Saudi executions double in 2024 as more women and foreigners put to death
Rights groups say international leaders' silence on Riyadh's rights record behind surge
www.middleeasteye.net
January 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Saudi executions double in 2024 as more women and foreigners put to death - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-execution-figures-double-2024-compared-previous-year
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Re: Zuckerberg's announcement: Censorship of Palestinians & pro-Palestine voices has been pervasive across Meta's platforms. A lot of people who claim to be pro-free speech go very quiet when it's those voices being quashed or they want that kind of speech suppressed.
January 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Re: Zuckerberg's announcement: Censorship of Palestinians & pro-Palestine voices has been pervasive across Meta's platforms. A lot of people who claim to be pro-free speech go very quiet when it's those voices being quashed or they want that kind of speech suppressed.