Relatedly, there’s a good piece by @mikesavagelse.bsky.social on the - deluded or disingenuous - idea that the rich earn & deserve the wealth they have, here: theconversation.com/the-uks-weal...

A long-overdue move to loosen one of the remaining shackles of medieval feudalism.

My go-to response to people who say they don’t vote because ‘they’re all the same’ used to be to show them a graphic of child poverty: up under the tories, down under Labour.
I now find it much harder to answer the question of ‘what’s the point?’

That piece is just unhinged

I'm loving the claim that "On every European’s lips—in conversations, on the news, on social networks—there’s only one subject: next Tuesday’s election, which may make 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani New York’s mayor"

I heard nothing of that subject on the bus this morning!

Apropos of nothing in particular, here's a picture of Pugsley, as seen in the popular Netflix series 'Wednesday':

I don't think I've ever met Emma

Charities' attempts to channel voices of the grassroots & those at the sharp end of policy decisions are easily dismissed as out-of-touch, unless a more representative group are - & are seen to be - the curators as well as the exhibits.

But charities could -& should- step up be that channel.

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...Charities & nonprofits will lack the legitimacy & breadth of insights needed to represent society in debates & discourses until they address the fact that their personnel - staff, trustees & other volunteers - don't represent society (see www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...) #charities

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