Apollo 🌟💫✨
@apolloman17.bsky.social
Writer | Politics, culture, finance, foreign affairs & news 📝 | Leftwing by nature🌹| Star Wars fan. Bit of a geek. Just a guy dying to live. ✌️😎🔥
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@apolloman17.bsky.social
· Jul 14
The Planet Needs Fewer People
Falling birth rates are a good thing; proof that less really is more.
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Birth rates are falling across the developed and developing world.
What does this mean for the future? Should we be concerned? No.
A smaller world should be celebrated! 🌍🥂🎉
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What does this mean for the future? Should we be concerned? No.
A smaller world should be celebrated! 🌍🥂🎉
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
Birth rates are falling across the developed and developing world.
What does this mean for the future? Should we be concerned? No.
A smaller world should be celebrated! 🌍🥂🎉
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
What does this mean for the future? Should we be concerned? No.
A smaller world should be celebrated! 🌍🥂🎉
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
The Planet Needs Fewer People
Falling birth rates are a good thing; proof that less really is more.
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July 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Birth rates are falling across the developed and developing world.
What does this mean for the future? Should we be concerned? No.
A smaller world should be celebrated! 🌍🥂🎉
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
What does this mean for the future? Should we be concerned? No.
A smaller world should be celebrated! 🌍🥂🎉
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
For people asking: "What good things have Labour actually done?"
They've done quite a lot actually. It's not enough. But it's a good start.
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They've done quite a lot actually. It's not enough. But it's a good start.
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Labour Wins
What Labour got right in their first year on the job.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
For people asking: "What good things have Labour actually done?"
They've done quite a lot actually. It's not enough. But it's a good start.
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They've done quite a lot actually. It's not enough. But it's a good start.
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
I appreciate @ewanmg.bsky.social saying the blatantly obvious.
Renationalising water is FREE there is literally no financial reason to NOT DO THIS.
Market based "solutions" create more problems than they solve.
People over profit wins out every time.
www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...
Renationalising water is FREE there is literally no financial reason to NOT DO THIS.
Market based "solutions" create more problems than they solve.
People over profit wins out every time.
www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...
July 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I appreciate @ewanmg.bsky.social saying the blatantly obvious.
Renationalising water is FREE there is literally no financial reason to NOT DO THIS.
Market based "solutions" create more problems than they solve.
People over profit wins out every time.
www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...
Renationalising water is FREE there is literally no financial reason to NOT DO THIS.
Market based "solutions" create more problems than they solve.
People over profit wins out every time.
www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...
The rise of far right has been a multi-decade process now.
More and more lines are being crossed every day.
So it begs the question, how far are people willing to go?
If Hitler came back, could he actually win?
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More and more lines are being crossed every day.
So it begs the question, how far are people willing to go?
If Hitler came back, could he actually win?
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What If Hitler Came Back and We Made Him a Star?
How a comedy about Hitler returning exposes our ignorance towards extremism.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The rise of far right has been a multi-decade process now.
More and more lines are being crossed every day.
So it begs the question, how far are people willing to go?
If Hitler came back, could he actually win?
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
More and more lines are being crossed every day.
So it begs the question, how far are people willing to go?
If Hitler came back, could he actually win?
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
Crazy to think that Dems used to be the structurally dominant party in American politics just once upon a time.
Democrats controlled the House for 40 UNINTERRUPTED YEARS and they controlled the senate for 26 YEARS UNINTERRUPTED.
They really fumbled the bag.
Democrats controlled the House for 40 UNINTERRUPTED YEARS and they controlled the senate for 26 YEARS UNINTERRUPTED.
They really fumbled the bag.
July 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Crazy to think that Dems used to be the structurally dominant party in American politics just once upon a time.
Democrats controlled the House for 40 UNINTERRUPTED YEARS and they controlled the senate for 26 YEARS UNINTERRUPTED.
They really fumbled the bag.
Democrats controlled the House for 40 UNINTERRUPTED YEARS and they controlled the senate for 26 YEARS UNINTERRUPTED.
They really fumbled the bag.
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL KISSING DAY! 😘
July 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL KISSING DAY! 😘
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Happy birthday, you've fucked it: Seven unrelated thoughts about Labour's first year in power
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Seven unrelated thoughts about Labour's first year in power
A torrid week in Westminster made it a uniquely inopportune time to celebrate an anniversary. What the hell is going on?
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July 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Happy birthday, you've fucked it: Seven unrelated thoughts about Labour's first year in power
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As much as I respect Zarah splitting the progressive vote is the last thing we need.
The only thing you are ensuring is a Reform victory in 2029.
Don’t do this.
The only thing you are ensuring is a Reform victory in 2029.
Don’t do this.
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
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Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
July 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As much as I respect Zarah splitting the progressive vote is the last thing we need.
The only thing you are ensuring is a Reform victory in 2029.
Don’t do this.
The only thing you are ensuring is a Reform victory in 2029.
Don’t do this.
The U.S. is like a trust fund kid blowing their money on booze, drugs and hookers and promising to be better next time.
But next time never comes.
Both parties promise to get the debt down and they never do it.
$37 trillion of debt is wildly unsustainable!
But next time never comes.
Both parties promise to get the debt down and they never do it.
$37 trillion of debt is wildly unsustainable!
July 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The U.S. is like a trust fund kid blowing their money on booze, drugs and hookers and promising to be better next time.
But next time never comes.
Both parties promise to get the debt down and they never do it.
$37 trillion of debt is wildly unsustainable!
But next time never comes.
Both parties promise to get the debt down and they never do it.
$37 trillion of debt is wildly unsustainable!
Tax rises are inevitable.
If they spin this right, a tax on the super rich in the autumn might work.
Labour promised no tax increases for “working people” right? So tax the freeloading wealthy!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If they spin this right, a tax on the super rich in the autumn might work.
Labour promised no tax increases for “working people” right? So tax the freeloading wealthy!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Poorly led, strategically inept and shorn of democracy. Now I truly fear for this Labour government | John McDonnell
The welfare bill passed, but it was chaos. A party this dysfunctional and divided cannot escape the wrath of voters at the next election, says John McDonnell, former Labour shadow chancellor
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July 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tax rises are inevitable.
If they spin this right, a tax on the super rich in the autumn might work.
Labour promised no tax increases for “working people” right? So tax the freeloading wealthy!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If they spin this right, a tax on the super rich in the autumn might work.
Labour promised no tax increases for “working people” right? So tax the freeloading wealthy!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Absolutely this. The lesson Starmer should be taking here is that the most any Labour politicians have connected with the public all year is the "rebels" over the last week. Ditch the world's worst spin doctors and start actually thinking and behaving like the Labour government people voted for.
It should be no surprise whatever that 150 Labour MPs actually wanted to make people's lives better. That's what the party is for. Some of them did actually stand to change things. Starmer needs that, not more triangulation and poll-pivoting.
July 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Absolutely this. The lesson Starmer should be taking here is that the most any Labour politicians have connected with the public all year is the "rebels" over the last week. Ditch the world's worst spin doctors and start actually thinking and behaving like the Labour government people voted for.
In 2013, around 51% of all transactions were made in cash, but a decade later in 2023, this fell to 12%.
Cash is in decline and it must be protected.
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Cash is in decline and it must be protected.
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The Case for Cash in a Cashless World
Unpacking the race towards a cashless society and what it means for people.
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June 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In 2013, around 51% of all transactions were made in cash, but a decade later in 2023, this fell to 12%.
Cash is in decline and it must be protected.
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
Cash is in decline and it must be protected.
open.substack.com/pub/apollo12...
This will literally change nobody's lives.
Even if they change the language, nobody will read the bills.
Why don't they modernise campaign finance rules instead?
Even if they change the language, nobody will read the bills.
Why don't they modernise campaign finance rules instead?
🚨 NEW: The Modernisation Committee is planning to change Parliament's outdated and "confusing" language over fears it alienates the public
Terms such as Bill (proposed law), Division (vote), and Early Day Motions (used by MPs to raise issues) are all set to change
[@thetimes]
Terms such as Bill (proposed law), Division (vote), and Early Day Motions (used by MPs to raise issues) are all set to change
[@thetimes]
June 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This will literally change nobody's lives.
Even if they change the language, nobody will read the bills.
Why don't they modernise campaign finance rules instead?
Even if they change the language, nobody will read the bills.
Why don't they modernise campaign finance rules instead?
Let’s see how this goes in 4 years time.
My take is a Labour minority government with a coalition involving the Lib Dems.
No chance in hell Reform are getting in. I bet that lot can’t even make a decent PowerPoint.
My take is a Labour minority government with a coalition involving the Lib Dems.
No chance in hell Reform are getting in. I bet that lot can’t even make a decent PowerPoint.
🚨 NEW | Reform projected to win most seats
➡️ REF – 271 (+266)
🔴 LAB – 178 (-233)
🟠 LD – 81 (+9)
🔵 CON – 46 (-75)
🟡 SNP – 38 (+29)
🟢 GRN – 7 (+3)
Via @YouGov, 29 May-18 June (+/- vs 2024)
➡️ REF – 271 (+266)
🔴 LAB – 178 (-233)
🟠 LD – 81 (+9)
🔵 CON – 46 (-75)
🟡 SNP – 38 (+29)
🟢 GRN – 7 (+3)
Via @YouGov, 29 May-18 June (+/- vs 2024)
June 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Let’s see how this goes in 4 years time.
My take is a Labour minority government with a coalition involving the Lib Dems.
No chance in hell Reform are getting in. I bet that lot can’t even make a decent PowerPoint.
My take is a Labour minority government with a coalition involving the Lib Dems.
No chance in hell Reform are getting in. I bet that lot can’t even make a decent PowerPoint.
We truly live in special times.
The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead ☠️
The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead ☠️
June 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We truly live in special times.
The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead ☠️
The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead ☠️
I really hope Trump get beta cucked by the markets. Burn baby burn 🔥🔥🔥
The markets are silent — that is worrying https://on.ft.com/40akKdg
The markets are silent — that is worrying
Investors are so stunned they can’t process the warning signs of a looming tail risk
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June 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I really hope Trump get beta cucked by the markets. Burn baby burn 🔥🔥🔥
Sell 👏 Sell 👏 Sell 👏
March 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Sell 👏 Sell 👏 Sell 👏
To those arguing for statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico, think of how unsatisfying it would be to have 104 senators instead of a nice, clean 100.
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
To those arguing for statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico, think of how unsatisfying it would be to have 104 senators instead of a nice, clean 100.
It’s only been a month and Trump’s already turned America into a Russian vassal state. Great job POTUS 👏👏👏
February 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It’s only been a month and Trump’s already turned America into a Russian vassal state. Great job POTUS 👏👏👏
Trump is betraying Ukraine in real-time. He has shown the world what a coward looks like; we must believe him at his word.
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The World Can't Afford Another Munich
Ukraine is being betrayed. We must learn from the lessons of history.
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February 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Trump is betraying Ukraine in real-time. He has shown the world what a coward looks like; we must believe him at his word.
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Dark Pence is back.
February 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Dark Pence is back.
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happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been!
with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.
with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.
February 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been!
with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.
with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.
OPINION PIECE: The Second Trump Presidency
Reviewing Trump’s first week in office.
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January 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Really needed this right now
January 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Really needed this right now