Helen Burggraf
@helenburggraf.bsky.social
London-based freelance journo, ex-editor of the American Expat Financial News Journal (for US expats struggling w/ finance, tax and citizenship issues). . .
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Calling London Ladies (and Gentlemen). If you’re in the area of intersection and are free Saturday night get down to the Water Rats, Kings Cross. Rattus are playing the music of the Stranglers live from 9pm.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Calling London Ladies (and Gentlemen). If you’re in the area of intersection and are free Saturday night get down to the Water Rats, Kings Cross. Rattus are playing the music of the Stranglers live from 9pm.
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Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first
Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first
New law on single-use plastic packaging coming into force on 1 September will ban polyethylene containers in the shape of a fish known as shoyu-tai in Japan
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It has been a familiar sight at takeaway sushi shops around the world for decades but it could be the beginning of the end for the iconic fish-shaped soy sauce dispenser.
South Australia will be the first place in the world to ban the container under a wider ban on single-use plastics that comes into force on 1 September. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first
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Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including:
-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
August 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including:
-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
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I expect many people will disagree with me, and be happy to increase the burden on gamblers to fund anti-poverty programmes...
August 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I expect many people will disagree with me, and be happy to increase the burden on gamblers to fund anti-poverty programmes...
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The IPPR has proposed large increases in gambling taxes, to raise £3bn to "lift around half a million children out of poverty overnight".
I'm torn. It's a good tax to raise. But £3bn may be optimistic. And it will mostly be gamblers paying the tax.
I'm torn. It's a good tax to raise. But £3bn may be optimistic. And it will mostly be gamblers paying the tax.
August 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The IPPR has proposed large increases in gambling taxes, to raise £3bn to "lift around half a million children out of poverty overnight".
I'm torn. It's a good tax to raise. But £3bn may be optimistic. And it will mostly be gamblers paying the tax.
I'm torn. It's a good tax to raise. But £3bn may be optimistic. And it will mostly be gamblers paying the tax.
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‘The City of London Corporation should not give planning permission to the application now in front of it’
@rowanmoore.bsky.social on Liverpool Street Station and the ‘never-ending battle between heritage and development’. Time for a third way?
observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
@rowanmoore.bsky.social on Liverpool Street Station and the ‘never-ending battle between heritage and development’. Time for a third way?
observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
July 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘The City of London Corporation should not give planning permission to the application now in front of it’
@rowanmoore.bsky.social on Liverpool Street Station and the ‘never-ending battle between heritage and development’. Time for a third way?
observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
@rowanmoore.bsky.social on Liverpool Street Station and the ‘never-ending battle between heritage and development’. Time for a third way?
observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
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There is a detailed analysis behind each of the claims in this thread. All set out in full here, with links to the spreadsheet and GitHub with the workings: taxpolicy.org.uk/henley-partn...
July 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
There is a detailed analysis behind each of the claims in this thread. All set out in full here, with links to the spreadsheet and GitHub with the workings: taxpolicy.org.uk/henley-partn...
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Tomorrow I’m doing my first ever radio interview for the BBC. I’ll be talking about my band’s gig playing the music of the Stranglers at the Star Inn Guildford this Saturday night. Anyone got any tip tips?
July 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Tomorrow I’m doing my first ever radio interview for the BBC. I’ll be talking about my band’s gig playing the music of the Stranglers at the Star Inn Guildford this Saturday night. Anyone got any tip tips?
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Out of Catherine Rampell's 11 tips for being a columnist - this has long been a hard rule at the FT www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
July 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Out of Catherine Rampell's 11 tips for being a columnist - this has long been a hard rule at the FT www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Went on Radio Surrey this morning to discuss the #Stranglers, their links with Guildford and Rattus Inheritus's gig at the Star Inn on Saturday night (with our guest of honour, Ava Rave). Starts 1 hour 50 mins into James Cannon’s show. Enjoy/dure.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
James Cannon - 24/07/2025 - BBC Sounds
James brings you the perfect start to your day in Surrey.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Went on Radio Surrey this morning to discuss the #Stranglers, their links with Guildford and Rattus Inheritus's gig at the Star Inn on Saturday night (with our guest of honour, Ava Rave). Starts 1 hour 50 mins into James Cannon’s show. Enjoy/dure.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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My column: I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/o...
Opinion | I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future
Trump’s worldview is stuck in the 1970s, and his whole administration is a cruel farce.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My column: I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/o...
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Good to see my work used. I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/o...
Opinion | I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future
Trump’s worldview is stuck in the 1970s, and his whole administration is a cruel farce.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Good to see my work used. I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/o...
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Decades from now, people will pay trillions of dollars every year to get back to the climate that we have today.
Earth’s 10 Hottest Years Have Been the Last 10 (Gift Article)
A report from the World Meteorological Organization confirms that 2024 was the hottest year on record and the first year to be more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial era.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Decades from now, people will pay trillions of dollars every year to get back to the climate that we have today.
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Elon Musk has called for Amtrak and the Postal Service to be privatized.
Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits.
Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.
Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits.
Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.
The Truth About Privatization | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains why using the private sector for government services can have negative consequences. Watch More: 7 Economics Fundamentals ►► https://youtu.be/utuX4_uD5lE
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Elon Musk has called for Amtrak and the Postal Service to be privatized.
Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits.
Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.
Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits.
Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.
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In @thetimes.com today, Dr Gerhold cuts to the critical question: why here?
#HolocaustMemorial #Westminster #London #DanielFinkelstein #VictoriaTowerGardens
#HolocaustMemorial #Westminster #London #DanielFinkelstein #VictoriaTowerGardens
March 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In @thetimes.com today, Dr Gerhold cuts to the critical question: why here?
#HolocaustMemorial #Westminster #London #DanielFinkelstein #VictoriaTowerGardens
#HolocaustMemorial #Westminster #London #DanielFinkelstein #VictoriaTowerGardens
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Sir Trevor is not the only leading Jewish philanthropist to have questioned the current UK Holocaust Memorial proposal.
#DameVivienDuffield #philanthropy
#DameVivienDuffield #philanthropy
March 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Sir Trevor is not the only leading Jewish philanthropist to have questioned the current UK Holocaust Memorial proposal.
#DameVivienDuffield #philanthropy
#DameVivienDuffield #philanthropy
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After Trump embraced crypto, Coinbase gave millions to PACs backing pro-Trump candidates.
After Trump's win, they gave $1M to his inaugural and listed his meme coin.
Now, Trump's SEC has dropped a major lawsuit against Coinbase.
See how this works?
After Trump's win, they gave $1M to his inaugural and listed his meme coin.
Now, Trump's SEC has dropped a major lawsuit against Coinbase.
See how this works?
February 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
After Trump embraced crypto, Coinbase gave millions to PACs backing pro-Trump candidates.
After Trump's win, they gave $1M to his inaugural and listed his meme coin.
Now, Trump's SEC has dropped a major lawsuit against Coinbase.
See how this works?
After Trump's win, they gave $1M to his inaugural and listed his meme coin.
Now, Trump's SEC has dropped a major lawsuit against Coinbase.
See how this works?
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Smart Clay Bennett cartoon.
February 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Smart Clay Bennett cartoon.
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For 8 years, one of the best places to learn what Trump is up to has been, and still is, DCReport.org.
We broke story after story about Trump skullduggery, published Dr. Bandy Lee, when no one else would, & alerted readers to what DC journalists ignore.
Please bookmark & support ad-free DCR.
We broke story after story about Trump skullduggery, published Dr. Bandy Lee, when no one else would, & alerted readers to what DC journalists ignore.
Please bookmark & support ad-free DCR.
DCReport
DCReport is a non-profit news organization, co-founded by Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston, that reports on the facts of politics.
DCreport.org
February 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
For 8 years, one of the best places to learn what Trump is up to has been, and still is, DCReport.org.
We broke story after story about Trump skullduggery, published Dr. Bandy Lee, when no one else would, & alerted readers to what DC journalists ignore.
Please bookmark & support ad-free DCR.
We broke story after story about Trump skullduggery, published Dr. Bandy Lee, when no one else would, & alerted readers to what DC journalists ignore.
Please bookmark & support ad-free DCR.
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More than 60 major moves that President Trump and his administration have made in his first 23 days, including executive orders and agency memos, have aligned with proposals in the Project 2025 blueprint, according to a New York Times analysis.
How Trump’s Directives Echo Project 2025
President Trump attempted during his campaign to distance himself from the right-wing blueprint to overhaul the federal government, but many of his administration’s actions so far have mirrored it.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
More than 60 major moves that President Trump and his administration have made in his first 23 days, including executive orders and agency memos, have aligned with proposals in the Project 2025 blueprint, according to a New York Times analysis.
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Breaking News: President Trump has suggested paving over the grass in the White House Rose Garden for a patio like the one he has at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago
The president has been discussing plans to rip up the grass in one of the White House’s most iconic locations and put in a hard surface to serve as a patio like the one at his Florida home and club.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Breaking News: President Trump has suggested paving over the grass in the White House Rose Garden for a patio like the one he has at Mar-a-Lago.
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Cost of extending the expiring Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
February 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Cost of extending the expiring Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.