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Could have been the UK, we had 3 times as much oil and gas.
Instead it was sold off by Thatcher for pennies and you got nothing.
Instead it was sold off by Thatcher for pennies and you got nothing.
January 1, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Could have been the UK, we had 3 times as much oil and gas.
Instead it was sold off by Thatcher for pennies and you got nothing.
Instead it was sold off by Thatcher for pennies and you got nothing.
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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"digital asbestos" is fantastic framing.
I'm going to be honest here, I think AI is going to do so much damage to the usable internet that even after it's inevitably crashes out, it's going to take years to disentangle from every space it's polluted, like digital asbestos it's gonna be time consuming effort and likely expensive venture.
I think AI is going to eventually tank in the longterm, but...
the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
June 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"digital asbestos" is fantastic framing.
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For 50% of the world’s population, it will take three years to match those ten days of emissions.
Wealth and carbon footprints go hand in hand - carbon policies and taxes should reflect this. The big polluters not only should but can afford to pay.
Wealth and carbon footprints go hand in hand - carbon policies and taxes should reflect this. The big polluters not only should but can afford to pay.
January 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For 50% of the world’s population, it will take three years to match those ten days of emissions.
Wealth and carbon footprints go hand in hand - carbon policies and taxes should reflect this. The big polluters not only should but can afford to pay.
Wealth and carbon footprints go hand in hand - carbon policies and taxes should reflect this. The big polluters not only should but can afford to pay.
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Ministers mull allowing private firms to make profit from NHS data in AI push
Ministers mull allowing private firms to make profit from NHS data in AI push
Anonymised data could help develop treatments, drugs and diagnostic tools but potential misuse worries experts
Ministers are considering allowing private companies to make profits from NHS data as part of a push to revolutionise the health service using…
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Ministers mull allowing private firms to make profit from NHS data in AI push
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Is the UK government bankrupt?
YouTube video by Garys Economics
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency
January 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency
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Billionaires are holding record wealth.
Corporations are raking in record profits.
Working families are struggling to afford groceries, gas, rent, and healthcare.
And Trump's first priority is spending $5 trillion on tax breaks mostly benefiting billionaires and corporations.
Corporations are raking in record profits.
Working families are struggling to afford groceries, gas, rent, and healthcare.
And Trump's first priority is spending $5 trillion on tax breaks mostly benefiting billionaires and corporations.
January 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Billionaires are holding record wealth.
Corporations are raking in record profits.
Working families are struggling to afford groceries, gas, rent, and healthcare.
And Trump's first priority is spending $5 trillion on tax breaks mostly benefiting billionaires and corporations.
Corporations are raking in record profits.
Working families are struggling to afford groceries, gas, rent, and healthcare.
And Trump's first priority is spending $5 trillion on tax breaks mostly benefiting billionaires and corporations.
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Mick Lynch wants a progressive wealth tax with the richest paying the same as everyone else on PAYE, 47%.
That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.
That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.
January 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Mick Lynch wants a progressive wealth tax with the richest paying the same as everyone else on PAYE, 47%.
That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.
That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.
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Or your very sudden interest in Grooming Gangs, because Elon Musk said so.
January 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Or your very sudden interest in Grooming Gangs, because Elon Musk said so.
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I have a feeling this meme format is going to get a lot of use over the next four years.
January 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I have a feeling this meme format is going to get a lot of use over the next four years.
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“Will pay any amount.”
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
January 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“Will pay any amount.”
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
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Laura Kuenssberg’s Time as BBC Political Editor has been a Catastrophic, Systemic Failure – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2022/03/30/l...
Laura Kuenssberg’s Time as BBC Political Editor has been a Catastrophic, Systemic Failure
Thanks to managers at the BBC, the outgoing Kuenssberg repeated lies rather than challenging them, says former BBC journalist Patrick Howse
bylinetimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Laura Kuenssberg’s Time as BBC Political Editor has been a Catastrophic, Systemic Failure – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2022/03/30/l...
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Mark Zuckerberg doesn't just bend the knee to Trump, he throws himself prostrate on the floor in front of the throne.
Darkness falls.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
Darkness falls.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
Meta Moves to End Fact-Checking Program
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes or corrections to posts. It is likely to please the Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Mark Zuckerberg doesn't just bend the knee to Trump, he throws himself prostrate on the floor in front of the throne.
Darkness falls.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
Darkness falls.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
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Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to ditch factcheckers on Facebook and “prioritise free speech” weeks before Donald Trump returns to power was…
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
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Everything you've missed on the economy – and what will happen in 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QROp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QROp...
Everything You've Missed on the Economy
YouTube video by Garys Economics
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Everything you've missed on the economy – and what will happen in 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QROp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QROp...
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Ann Telnaes deserves praise for sacrificing her job at the disgraced Washington Post in service of journalistic independence
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ann Telnaes deserves praise for sacrificing her job at the disgraced Washington Post in service of journalistic independence
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
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Lord Bamford owes £500,000,000 to HMRC he has retired from the House of Lords and fled.
He expects his debt just like Michelle Mone's £232,000,000 debt to be written off.
We must recover every penny from these thieves, and toss them in jail.
He expects his debt just like Michelle Mone's £232,000,000 debt to be written off.
We must recover every penny from these thieves, and toss them in jail.
January 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Lord Bamford owes £500,000,000 to HMRC he has retired from the House of Lords and fled.
He expects his debt just like Michelle Mone's £232,000,000 debt to be written off.
We must recover every penny from these thieves, and toss them in jail.
He expects his debt just like Michelle Mone's £232,000,000 debt to be written off.
We must recover every penny from these thieves, and toss them in jail.
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“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs..”
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...
Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs..”
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...
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China demonstrating a prototype tailless next generation stealth fighter feels very much like a 'Sputnik Moment' because the US could have built something like this a long time ago but has chose other procurement strategies.
Without a tail it has some pretty complicated trailing edge control surface
Without a tail it has some pretty complicated trailing edge control surface
December 26, 2024 at 5:29 PM
China demonstrating a prototype tailless next generation stealth fighter feels very much like a 'Sputnik Moment' because the US could have built something like this a long time ago but has chose other procurement strategies.
Without a tail it has some pretty complicated trailing edge control surface
Without a tail it has some pretty complicated trailing edge control surface
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The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com
December 24, 2024 at 1:25 PM
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
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The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
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Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
MOSCOW—Just days after rebels seized Damascus, deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly returned to practicing ophthalmology at a Moscow LensCrafters, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Which one ...
theonion.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
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The secret talks are partly in anticipation of the return of Donald Trump, who in his first presidency threatened to take the US out of Nato if Europe did not spend more on defence. www.ft.com/content/c494...
December 12, 2024 at 6:35 AM
The secret talks are partly in anticipation of the return of Donald Trump, who in his first presidency threatened to take the US out of Nato if Europe did not spend more on defence. www.ft.com/content/c494...