Josh Paul
@joshpaul.bsky.social
On/off affair with sitting down and shutting up. Off/on affair with Social Anarchism.
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In the city of Karlsruhe it seems like AfD members put these "deportation tickets" in the mailboxes of people with migration background. Among other things we read "only remigration can save Germany". The ominous date on the ticket corresponds to the election day, February 23d 2025.
January 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In the city of Karlsruhe it seems like AfD members put these "deportation tickets" in the mailboxes of people with migration background. Among other things we read "only remigration can save Germany". The ominous date on the ticket corresponds to the election day, February 23d 2025.
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A new Lancet study finds Gaza has massively undercounted the numbers killed in Israeli attacks.
It argues that the most likely death toll from traumatic injuries alone stood at more than 64,000 – *seven* months ago. Most of the dead were women and children. The figure will be far, far higher now.
It argues that the most likely death toll from traumatic injuries alone stood at more than 64,000 – *seven* months ago. Most of the dead were women and children. The figure will be far, far higher now.
January 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A new Lancet study finds Gaza has massively undercounted the numbers killed in Israeli attacks.
It argues that the most likely death toll from traumatic injuries alone stood at more than 64,000 – *seven* months ago. Most of the dead were women and children. The figure will be far, far higher now.
It argues that the most likely death toll from traumatic injuries alone stood at more than 64,000 – *seven* months ago. Most of the dead were women and children. The figure will be far, far higher now.
This was the first thing I read this morning, and I needed it. Thank you @caitoz.bsky.social 🙏💯💯
We Live In A Nightmare
Awakening from the propaganda matrix is like being a conservative: you’re frequently disgusted with society and where it appears to be headed. But unlike a conservative, you’re disgusted by actual problems instead of imaginary nonsense.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/we-live-in...
Awakening from the propaganda matrix is like being a conservative: you’re frequently disgusted with society and where it appears to be headed. But unlike a conservative, you’re disgusted by actual problems instead of imaginary nonsense.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/we-live-in...
We Live In A Nightmare
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
January 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This was the first thing I read this morning, and I needed it. Thank you @caitoz.bsky.social 🙏💯💯
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A Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O'Brian Discussion
A Very Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian - Unseen Histories
A quarter of a cetury after his death, Nikolai Tolstoy tells us about the writer Patrick O'Brian
www.unseenhistories.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O'Brian Discussion
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Ballpark flat tax numbers: a fiscally neutral income tax flat tax would be about 25% - i.e. 5% increase in basic rate, 15% cut in higher rate. So the average earner would pay about £1,200 more tax/year. Someone on £100k would pay £5k less. Someone on £200k, £30k less.
December 17, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Ballpark flat tax numbers: a fiscally neutral income tax flat tax would be about 25% - i.e. 5% increase in basic rate, 15% cut in higher rate. So the average earner would pay about £1,200 more tax/year. Someone on £100k would pay £5k less. Someone on £200k, £30k less.
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“Leaked documents show the extent of collaboration between the pro-Israel legal advocacy group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) and the Israeli Government, in their attempt to “counter” the work of human rights organisations”
Israeli Government Lashes Out at ICC as Leaked Documents Reveal Secret Links to UK Lobby Group
The International Criminal Court is under enormous pressure to drop its arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:32 PM
“Leaked documents show the extent of collaboration between the pro-Israel legal advocacy group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) and the Israeli Government, in their attempt to “counter” the work of human rights organisations”
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NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵
December 12, 2024 at 11:51 PM
NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵
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Across Europe and the US, neither the centre-right nor centre-left (i.e. Liberal democracy) know how to deal with the far-right insurgency. Why? Because they have no policy to deal with growing inequality, unlike the far-right, which (acting on behalf of billionaires), pretend to
December 4, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Across Europe and the US, neither the centre-right nor centre-left (i.e. Liberal democracy) know how to deal with the far-right insurgency. Why? Because they have no policy to deal with growing inequality, unlike the far-right, which (acting on behalf of billionaires), pretend to
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What a surprise! Turns out the "Department of Government Efficiency" has nothing to do with government efficiency but is simply a pro-business deregulation, mass layoff and cost-cutting exercise...
It's all explained by Musk and Ramaswamy in the WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/musk...
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It's all explained by Musk and Ramaswamy in the WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/musk...
A small 🧵
Opinion | Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government
Following the Supreme Court’s guidance, we’ll reverse a decadeslong executive power grab.
wsj.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:05 AM
What a surprise! Turns out the "Department of Government Efficiency" has nothing to do with government efficiency but is simply a pro-business deregulation, mass layoff and cost-cutting exercise...
It's all explained by Musk and Ramaswamy in the WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/musk...
A small 🧵
It's all explained by Musk and Ramaswamy in the WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/musk...
A small 🧵
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The fiction of the rule of law applying equally to all.
Duchy of Cornwall doesn't pay inheritance, corporation and capital gains tax even though it trades.
P&O Ferries knowingly violated employment law when sacking 800 workers. Faced no action from govt.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Duchy of Cornwall doesn't pay inheritance, corporation and capital gains tax even though it trades.
P&O Ferries knowingly violated employment law when sacking 800 workers. Faced no action from govt.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Whatever happened to the ‘rule of law’ in the UK?
Even if people can get access to the courts, at best they will get an interpretation of law, not justice.
leftfootforward.org
December 1, 2024 at 9:00 AM
The fiction of the rule of law applying equally to all.
Duchy of Cornwall doesn't pay inheritance, corporation and capital gains tax even though it trades.
P&O Ferries knowingly violated employment law when sacking 800 workers. Faced no action from govt.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Duchy of Cornwall doesn't pay inheritance, corporation and capital gains tax even though it trades.
P&O Ferries knowingly violated employment law when sacking 800 workers. Faced no action from govt.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...
Great. Now tell me something I don't already know, or hasn't already been covered in depth by DeSmog, Byline Times, etc... it's like the coverage of Tufton Street years after it first mattered. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Great. Now tell me something I don't already know, or hasn't already been covered in depth by DeSmog, Byline Times, etc... it's like the coverage of Tufton Street years after it first mattered. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Did you vote for this? Freeports are part of a process through which libertarian ideologues are installing a global push to reconfigure nation-states, to reverse and dismantle democracy in the 21st century. Thread
November 30, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Did you vote for this? Freeports are part of a process through which libertarian ideologues are installing a global push to reconfigure nation-states, to reverse and dismantle democracy in the 21st century. Thread
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“Despite creating a social media platform that could have been borne from a Nigel Farage fever dream, Musk has a bunch of pals with opinions that make Farage look like a cappuccino-sipping woke hippie”
@writesbright.bsky.social
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-nigel-...
@writesbright.bsky.social
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-nigel-...
Why Nigel Farage should be scared of Elon Musk
The X owner’s obsession with British politics could soon turn out to be a mixed blessing for the Reform leader.
writesbright.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:13 PM
“Despite creating a social media platform that could have been borne from a Nigel Farage fever dream, Musk has a bunch of pals with opinions that make Farage look like a cappuccino-sipping woke hippie”
@writesbright.bsky.social
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-nigel-...
@writesbright.bsky.social
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-nigel-...
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"The story of how the Tryweryn valley was systematically scoured of buildings, trees and graves is an appalling synecdoche for England’s 800-year subjugation of Wales and, as I see it, a striking metaphor for the ravages of man-made climate change."
Matthew Green regales the fate of Capel Celyn👇
Matthew Green regales the fate of Capel Celyn👇
Shadowlands by Matthew Green - Unseen Histories
Matthew Green tells the extraordinary stories of Britain's lost settlements, the people who lived, dreamed and died there and how their disappearances explain why Britain looks the way it does today.
www.unseenhistories.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:39 AM
"The story of how the Tryweryn valley was systematically scoured of buildings, trees and graves is an appalling synecdoche for England’s 800-year subjugation of Wales and, as I see it, a striking metaphor for the ravages of man-made climate change."
Matthew Green regales the fate of Capel Celyn👇
Matthew Green regales the fate of Capel Celyn👇
"Understanding TESCREAL — the Weird Ideologies Behind Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn" washingtonspectator.org/understandin...
The Wide Angle: Understanding TESCREAL — the Weird Ideologies Behind Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn
For decades, the conventional wisdom about Silicon Valley was that it leaned progressive. And by many measures (like donations by Big Tech employees to political candidates), the industry has been ali...
washingtonspectator.org
November 26, 2024 at 10:13 PM
"Understanding TESCREAL — the Weird Ideologies Behind Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn" washingtonspectator.org/understandin...
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We can’t understand the geography of capitalism in our present moment without seeing how these old industries overlap with the new.
"Two Towns" features an interactive map showing how ex-industrial towns were not “left behind” but actively made into havens for low-paid work.
"Two Towns" features an interactive map showing how ex-industrial towns were not “left behind” but actively made into havens for low-paid work.
November 26, 2024 at 1:12 PM
We can’t understand the geography of capitalism in our present moment without seeing how these old industries overlap with the new.
"Two Towns" features an interactive map showing how ex-industrial towns were not “left behind” but actively made into havens for low-paid work.
"Two Towns" features an interactive map showing how ex-industrial towns were not “left behind” but actively made into havens for low-paid work.
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The FCA is incompetent at best, dishonest at worst; slow and inadequate, its leaders opaque and unaccountable, say MPs/Peers.
Mistreats consumers and small businesses, does little/nothing to punish wrongdoing.
All UK regulators are puppets of industries.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Mistreats consumers and small businesses, does little/nothing to punish wrongdoing.
All UK regulators are puppets of industries.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
FCA is ‘incompetent at best, dishonest at worst’, claim MPs and peers
Financial watchdog needs a radical shake-up after scandals and failures, says all-party group’s report
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Our new research supported by @financialfairness.bsky.social 'A Charter for Fair Pay' is now out.
Polling for the report revealed that 55% support the pay of company CEOS being capped in relation to the pay of their average employee to avoid high pay inequality.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Polling for the report revealed that 55% support the pay of company CEOS being capped in relation to the pay of their average employee to avoid high pay inequality.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Pay gap between bosses and employees must be reduced, UK workers say
Poll reveals appetite for rethinking relationship between the boardroom and low or middle earners
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Our new research supported by @financialfairness.bsky.social 'A Charter for Fair Pay' is now out.
Polling for the report revealed that 55% support the pay of company CEOS being capped in relation to the pay of their average employee to avoid high pay inequality.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Polling for the report revealed that 55% support the pay of company CEOS being capped in relation to the pay of their average employee to avoid high pay inequality.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Starter pack of people and organisations who do work on policies to promote economic democracy, primarily through social ownership and democratisation of finance. I'm sure there's a lot missing here so please give suggested additions
November 25, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Starter pack of people and organisations who do work on policies to promote economic democracy, primarily through social ownership and democratisation of finance. I'm sure there's a lot missing here so please give suggested additions