Maurice
@jointhecoo.bsky.social
In the end, we’re all commoners, and on the one common. All my own personal ramblings.
If you can give $40bn PERSONAL BACKING to this kind of giant corporate takeover the system has given you too much power and wealth to still be called a democracy.
So the system must be changed, before democracy is smothered altogether.
So the system must be changed, before democracy is smothered altogether.
Larry Ellison gives $40bn personal backing to Warner Bros Discovery bid ft.trib.al/HmxFhdP
Larry Ellison gives $40bn personal backing to Warner Bros Discovery bid
Oracle co-founder has agreed to backstop Paramount’s $108bn hostile bid personally
ft.trib.al
December 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you can give $40bn PERSONAL BACKING to this kind of giant corporate takeover the system has given you too much power and wealth to still be called a democracy.
So the system must be changed, before democracy is smothered altogether.
So the system must be changed, before democracy is smothered altogether.
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Early this morning, Israeli forces demolished a residential building in the Wadi Qaddum neighborhood of Ras al-Amud, in Silwan in East Jerusalem. The building contained 13 apartments and was home to around 100 Palestinian residents, according to local Palestinian media. (1/3)
December 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Early this morning, Israeli forces demolished a residential building in the Wadi Qaddum neighborhood of Ras al-Amud, in Silwan in East Jerusalem. The building contained 13 apartments and was home to around 100 Palestinian residents, according to local Palestinian media. (1/3)
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“I carried him on my back. It took seven days.” A camp in eastern Chad is now home to more than 100,000 refugees of Sudan’s civil war, and is a key destination for those fleeing El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State. Resources are strained as the number of newly displaced people increases.
Escape From the Abyss: Surviving the Atrocities in El Fasher
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“I carried him on my back. It took seven days.” A camp in eastern Chad is now home to more than 100,000 refugees of Sudan’s civil war, and is a key destination for those fleeing El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State. Resources are strained as the number of newly displaced people increases.
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A decade ago, the first Syrian refugees arrived in Northern Ireland. NI ultimately took in more proportionately than anywhere else in the UK. Understanding why this overwhelmingly worked is important as data shows hearts hardening to those fleeing war.
People in our communities who stir up hatred of innocent refugees aren’t fit to wash their feet
A week ago today, a Muslim Syrian refugee risked his life to save Jews in Australia.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A decade ago, the first Syrian refugees arrived in Northern Ireland. NI ultimately took in more proportionately than anywhere else in the UK. Understanding why this overwhelmingly worked is important as data shows hearts hardening to those fleeing war.
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The goal of the Trump administration is an ethnic cleansing that is actively being enacted, and that promises to destroy the diversity & freedoms that were ever the strength of this imperfect nation.
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The goal of the Trump administration is an ethnic cleansing that is actively being enacted, and that promises to destroy the diversity & freedoms that were ever the strength of this imperfect nation.
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I can't help thinking: the rich pay the right.
They pay the FAR right to keep the poor fighting the poorer instead of combining with them to change the system.
And they pay the MAINSTREAM right to convince the public there's no alternative to that system.
More here: thelivingweft.wordpress.com
They pay the FAR right to keep the poor fighting the poorer instead of combining with them to change the system.
And they pay the MAINSTREAM right to convince the public there's no alternative to that system.
More here: thelivingweft.wordpress.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I can't help thinking: the rich pay the right.
They pay the FAR right to keep the poor fighting the poorer instead of combining with them to change the system.
And they pay the MAINSTREAM right to convince the public there's no alternative to that system.
More here: thelivingweft.wordpress.com
They pay the FAR right to keep the poor fighting the poorer instead of combining with them to change the system.
And they pay the MAINSTREAM right to convince the public there's no alternative to that system.
More here: thelivingweft.wordpress.com
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The ban on foreign journalists entering Gaza was just extended today — almost two months into the ceasefire. International reporters still aren’t allowed to talk to Palestinians on the ground and report on what’s happening. (1/2)
High Court lets government delay response on bid to allow foreign journalists into Gaza, for the 9th time
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www.timesofisrael.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The ban on foreign journalists entering Gaza was just extended today — almost two months into the ceasefire. International reporters still aren’t allowed to talk to Palestinians on the ground and report on what’s happening. (1/2)
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DRC fighting forces 200,000 to flee just days after Washington peace deal
DRC fighting forces 200,000 to flee just days after Washington peace deal
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels clash with Congolese army and other groups as they march on strategic eastern town
About 200,000 people have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic eastern town just days after Donald Trump hosted the Rwandan and Congolese leaders to proclaim peace.
The UN said at least 74 people had been killed, mostly civilians, and 83 admitted to hospital with wounds from escalating clashes in the area in recent days. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
DRC fighting forces 200,000 to flee just days after Washington peace deal
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Now here's a rad idea: Re-imagine politics by debunking modern myths of the self and learn to see humans as interconnected with all life! A great conversation with the authors of 'Relationality: An Emergent Politics of Life Beyond the Human' on 'Frontiers of Commoning' podcast: tinyurl.com/3dawfwer
tinyurl.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Now here's a rad idea: Re-imagine politics by debunking modern myths of the self and learn to see humans as interconnected with all life! A great conversation with the authors of 'Relationality: An Emergent Politics of Life Beyond the Human' on 'Frontiers of Commoning' podcast: tinyurl.com/3dawfwer
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
The RICH
are paying HIM
to keep the POOR
Opposing the POORER
are paying HIM
to keep the POOR
Opposing the POORER
🔴 NEW - Farage rescued (for now) by mega donor
Reform is in a worse financial position than it appears...
Reform is in a worse financial position than it appears...
Farage rescued (for now) by mega donor
Reform lands £9 million from one man...
writesbright.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The RICH
are paying HIM
to keep the POOR
Opposing the POORER
are paying HIM
to keep the POOR
Opposing the POORER
There we go. The press projecting equivalence of the interests of a tiny but wealthy minority with the interests of the ‘Nation’. The other classic is: “foreigners bad”. Now if you just alternate between the two…
I wrote a bit about this last week:
thelivingweft.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/o...
I wrote a bit about this last week:
thelivingweft.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/o...
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
There we go. The press projecting equivalence of the interests of a tiny but wealthy minority with the interests of the ‘Nation’. The other classic is: “foreigners bad”. Now if you just alternate between the two…
I wrote a bit about this last week:
thelivingweft.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/o...
I wrote a bit about this last week:
thelivingweft.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/o...
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3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
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About 100 members of the Sudanese community and supporters rallied at Parliament House to call for an end to the genocide in Sudan. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/ne...
Stop genocide in Sudan!
Members of the Sudanese community and their supporters rallied at Parliament House to call for an end to the genocide in Sudan. Markela Panegyres reports.
www.greenleft.org.au
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
About 100 members of the Sudanese community and supporters rallied at Parliament House to call for an end to the genocide in Sudan. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/ne...
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🔴UK Government Flouted Own Rules Designed to Stop Gaza Intelligence Harming Palestinian Civilians
The revelation raises questions over whether UK applied safeguards designed to prevent information from 600 RAF intelligence flights being used to harm civilians in Gaza
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
The revelation raises questions over whether UK applied safeguards designed to prevent information from 600 RAF intelligence flights being used to harm civilians in Gaza
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
UK Government Flouted Own Rules Designed to Stop Gaza Intelligence Harming Palestinian Civilians
The revelation raises questions over whether the UK applied safeguards designed to prevent information from 600 RAF intelligence flights being used to harm civilians in Gaza
bylinetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🔴UK Government Flouted Own Rules Designed to Stop Gaza Intelligence Harming Palestinian Civilians
The revelation raises questions over whether UK applied safeguards designed to prevent information from 600 RAF intelligence flights being used to harm civilians in Gaza
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
The revelation raises questions over whether UK applied safeguards designed to prevent information from 600 RAF intelligence flights being used to harm civilians in Gaza
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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Watching the Mahmood announcement and debate. Tory backbencher (Karen Bradley) suggests putting refugees into debt and making them repay during the rest of their lives. Mahmood says she’ll think about it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Watching the Mahmood announcement and debate. Tory backbencher (Karen Bradley) suggests putting refugees into debt and making them repay during the rest of their lives. Mahmood says she’ll think about it.
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In my wildest dreams I never imagined that the answer to the question "What does the Labour Party mean to you?" would be "Confiscating jewellery from asylum seekers"
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
In my wildest dreams I never imagined that the answer to the question "What does the Labour Party mean to you?" would be "Confiscating jewellery from asylum seekers"
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Unspeakable suffering in Tawila.
Over half of the fleeing survivors are children. One injured woman I met walked into the camp after surviving an attack, carrying her friend's starving child.
They're asking the world if help is coming.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Over half of the fleeing survivors are children. One injured woman I met walked into the camp after surviving an attack, carrying her friend's starving child.
They're asking the world if help is coming.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
In Darfur, Sudan’s lost children wander through a landscape of death
Around 200 unaccompanied children have arrived in the Sudanese town of Tewila after escaping El Fashir, where RSF fighters have carried out mass killings.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Unspeakable suffering in Tawila.
Over half of the fleeing survivors are children. One injured woman I met walked into the camp after surviving an attack, carrying her friend's starving child.
They're asking the world if help is coming.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Over half of the fleeing survivors are children. One injured woman I met walked into the camp after surviving an attack, carrying her friend's starving child.
They're asking the world if help is coming.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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‘Worrying reports’ continue of abductions and disappearances in Syria — Global Issues
https://www.europesays.com/2553244/
“Eleven months after the fall of the former government in Syria, we continue to receive worrying reports about…
https://www.europesays.com/2553244/
“Eleven months after the fall of the former government in Syria, we continue to receive worrying reports about…
‘Worrying reports’ continue of abductions and disappearances in Syria — Global Issues - EUROPE SAYS
“Eleven months after the fall of the former government in Syria, we continue to receive worrying reports about dozens of abductions and enforced
www.europesays.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
‘Worrying reports’ continue of abductions and disappearances in Syria — Global Issues
https://www.europesays.com/2553244/
“Eleven months after the fall of the former government in Syria, we continue to receive worrying reports about…
https://www.europesays.com/2553244/
“Eleven months after the fall of the former government in Syria, we continue to receive worrying reports about…
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This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.