Von Schiehallion
@vonschiehallion.bsky.social
Pensioner on a pushbike.
Virtual cycled around the world for neuroblastoma research.
Now racing for a virtual Aussie team and playing petanque.
Retired data man but still addicted to dabbling in stuff.
Baggie.
You'll find bard poetry at write2cure.net
Virtual cycled around the world for neuroblastoma research.
Now racing for a virtual Aussie team and playing petanque.
Retired data man but still addicted to dabbling in stuff.
Baggie.
You'll find bard poetry at write2cure.net
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He tanks the stock market, and he and his rich buddies buy low…
Then he pauses the tariffs, and stocks rise…
He and his rich buddies sell high.
Rinse and Repeat…over, and over again.
It isn’t Rocket Science…
It’s actually criminal.
Then he pauses the tariffs, and stocks rise…
He and his rich buddies sell high.
Rinse and Repeat…over, and over again.
It isn’t Rocket Science…
It’s actually criminal.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
He tanks the stock market, and he and his rich buddies buy low…
Then he pauses the tariffs, and stocks rise…
He and his rich buddies sell high.
Rinse and Repeat…over, and over again.
It isn’t Rocket Science…
It’s actually criminal.
Then he pauses the tariffs, and stocks rise…
He and his rich buddies sell high.
Rinse and Repeat…over, and over again.
It isn’t Rocket Science…
It’s actually criminal.
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Scientists are asking the question, is Donald Trump the first person to have a negative IQ.
April 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Scientists are asking the question, is Donald Trump the first person to have a negative IQ.
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Why doesn't Labour tax the billionaires?
March 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Why doesn't Labour tax the billionaires?
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I don't think Man United'll need a hunnerd thou capacity in League One.
March 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I don't think Man United'll need a hunnerd thou capacity in League One.
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The government is cracking down on benefit fraud by spying on claimants' bank accounts. But tax fraud is much bigger. Prof Richard Murphy shows how to crack down on tax dodgers, saving billions. [4-min read]
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Why is the government obsessed with benefit fraud?
The government continues to pursue benefit fraud while ignoring tax fraud. Yet the latter is far larger. Why?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The government is cracking down on benefit fraud by spying on claimants' bank accounts. But tax fraud is much bigger. Prof Richard Murphy shows how to crack down on tax dodgers, saving billions. [4-min read]
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
February 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
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All around the world Electricity prices are going down, but in the UK they are going up, and the Water bills too.
We live on scam island.
We live on scam island.
February 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
All around the world Electricity prices are going down, but in the UK they are going up, and the Water bills too.
We live on scam island.
We live on scam island.
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This is terrifying - it suggests that there is a much bigger picture at play here - where the vision is to overthrow democracy and replace it with corporate, for profit technological entities where algorithms set the rules.
It contends even Trump isn’t aware - he’s just a useful idiot in effect.
It contends even Trump isn’t aware - he’s just a useful idiot in effect.
"DOGE is not about efficiency. It is about erasure. Democracy is being deleted in slow motion, replaced by proprietary technology and AI models. It is a coup, executed not with guns, but with backend migrations and database wipes" www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
www.notesfromthecircus.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is terrifying - it suggests that there is a much bigger picture at play here - where the vision is to overthrow democracy and replace it with corporate, for profit technological entities where algorithms set the rules.
It contends even Trump isn’t aware - he’s just a useful idiot in effect.
It contends even Trump isn’t aware - he’s just a useful idiot in effect.
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Ofgem’s epic cock-up hands the energy fat cats £3.9bn to swim in Scrooge McDuck style, while grandma’s left shivering and wondering if Mr Fluffy’s ‘poultry feast in jelly’ will be more edible with a spoonful of Bisto added to it.
Cheers, regulators, you utter dicks.
Cheers, regulators, you utter dicks.
February 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Ofgem’s epic cock-up hands the energy fat cats £3.9bn to swim in Scrooge McDuck style, while grandma’s left shivering and wondering if Mr Fluffy’s ‘poultry feast in jelly’ will be more edible with a spoonful of Bisto added to it.
Cheers, regulators, you utter dicks.
Cheers, regulators, you utter dicks.
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The Glasgow 49ers:
Strip five titles.
The other one belongs to Sevco.
Strip five titles.
The other one belongs to Sevco.
February 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Glasgow 49ers:
Strip five titles.
The other one belongs to Sevco.
Strip five titles.
The other one belongs to Sevco.
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Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
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Any normal country would put all of Thames Water's management in jail, repossess the lot, and not pay a penny.
February 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Any normal country would put all of Thames Water's management in jail, repossess the lot, and not pay a penny.
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I've not shared this on BlueSky yet.
Fun Game, I stay away quite a bit with work, lots of hotels for a single night.
Every single room in stay in I put a child lock on GBNews.
Petty, yes!
Public service, maybe?
Satisfying knowing there'll be red faced gammons starved of their fuel for hatred.
Fun Game, I stay away quite a bit with work, lots of hotels for a single night.
Every single room in stay in I put a child lock on GBNews.
Petty, yes!
Public service, maybe?
Satisfying knowing there'll be red faced gammons starved of their fuel for hatred.
November 13, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I've not shared this on BlueSky yet.
Fun Game, I stay away quite a bit with work, lots of hotels for a single night.
Every single room in stay in I put a child lock on GBNews.
Petty, yes!
Public service, maybe?
Satisfying knowing there'll be red faced gammons starved of their fuel for hatred.
Fun Game, I stay away quite a bit with work, lots of hotels for a single night.
Every single room in stay in I put a child lock on GBNews.
Petty, yes!
Public service, maybe?
Satisfying knowing there'll be red faced gammons starved of their fuel for hatred.
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"Sorry, we can't make this technology that sucks and nobody wants and that uses enough power to blow up the moon unless we *also* steal people's shit to throw into our content woodchipper in order to produce mediocre digital particleboard out of the cumulative artbarf."
futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
futurism.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:05 PM
"Sorry, we can't make this technology that sucks and nobody wants and that uses enough power to blow up the moon unless we *also* steal people's shit to throw into our content woodchipper in order to produce mediocre digital particleboard out of the cumulative artbarf."
futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
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Thames Water, which is over £16 BILLION in debt, has just been granted a £3 billion rescue loan. Last December it was still paying fat dividends to bosses and shareholders.
This corporate greed and entitlement needs to be stopped.
As I’ve said before: It’s fucking WATER.
This corporate greed and entitlement needs to be stopped.
As I’ve said before: It’s fucking WATER.
February 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Thames Water, which is over £16 BILLION in debt, has just been granted a £3 billion rescue loan. Last December it was still paying fat dividends to bosses and shareholders.
This corporate greed and entitlement needs to be stopped.
As I’ve said before: It’s fucking WATER.
This corporate greed and entitlement needs to be stopped.
As I’ve said before: It’s fucking WATER.
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Elon Musk is requesting all the IRS data so he can see all the taxes everybody has paid.
One of the first things the Nazis did was go through Social Security data and find everybody who had never worked.
They then murdered every disabled person who hadn't.
One of the first things the Nazis did was go through Social Security data and find everybody who had never worked.
They then murdered every disabled person who hadn't.
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Elon Musk is requesting all the IRS data so he can see all the taxes everybody has paid.
One of the first things the Nazis did was go through Social Security data and find everybody who had never worked.
They then murdered every disabled person who hadn't.
One of the first things the Nazis did was go through Social Security data and find everybody who had never worked.
They then murdered every disabled person who hadn't.
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✍️ Open letter to the home secretary
Labour’s cruel asylum plans betray refugees, court the far right, and risk their own downfall – it’s time to change course
By Sue Wilson MBE, with cartoon by Stan
@suewilson91.bsky.social
@sdupp.bsky.social
Labour’s cruel asylum plans betray refugees, court the far right, and risk their own downfall – it’s time to change course
By Sue Wilson MBE, with cartoon by Stan
@suewilson91.bsky.social
@sdupp.bsky.social
Open letter to the home secretary
Labour’s cruel asylum plans betray refugees, court the far right, and risk their own downfall – it’s time to change course
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
✍️ Open letter to the home secretary
Labour’s cruel asylum plans betray refugees, court the far right, and risk their own downfall – it’s time to change course
By Sue Wilson MBE, with cartoon by Stan
@suewilson91.bsky.social
@sdupp.bsky.social
Labour’s cruel asylum plans betray refugees, court the far right, and risk their own downfall – it’s time to change course
By Sue Wilson MBE, with cartoon by Stan
@suewilson91.bsky.social
@sdupp.bsky.social
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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Imagine a world where X Money becomes the government’s payment platform
Amazing insight from Asha Rangappa and the FreedomAcademy
open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
Amazing insight from Asha Rangappa and the FreedomAcademy
open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
The X Factor
We have a dictator. It just isn't the one we expected.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Imagine a world where X Money becomes the government’s payment platform
Amazing insight from Asha Rangappa and the FreedomAcademy
open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
Amazing insight from Asha Rangappa and the FreedomAcademy
open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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2019-2024: £44bn lost to fraud in UK Govt depts under the Tories - often run by members now in Badenoch's Shadow Cabinet.
Contracts for cronies, PPE procurement, COVID loans & furlough scheme, Eat Out to Help Out, R&D tax credits.
Ministers ignored concerns. Who is called to account?
Contracts for cronies, PPE procurement, COVID loans & furlough scheme, Eat Out to Help Out, R&D tax credits.
Ministers ignored concerns. Who is called to account?
Kemi Badenoch's top team ran departments that gave £20k a minute to fraudsters
New analysis reveals that since 2019, over £44 billion of taxpayer money was lost to fraud in departments under the Tories - often while they were run by members of Ms Badenoch's Shadow Cabinet
www.mirror.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
2019-2024: £44bn lost to fraud in UK Govt depts under the Tories - often run by members now in Badenoch's Shadow Cabinet.
Contracts for cronies, PPE procurement, COVID loans & furlough scheme, Eat Out to Help Out, R&D tax credits.
Ministers ignored concerns. Who is called to account?
Contracts for cronies, PPE procurement, COVID loans & furlough scheme, Eat Out to Help Out, R&D tax credits.
Ministers ignored concerns. Who is called to account?