Simon Jones
@lifeistobeexperien.bsky.social
Blissfully retired mid-market turnaround director with a 96% success rate. Now free to follow my life-long interests in travelling through cultural and geographical landscapes, political economics, and family history.
Brilliant analysis of what to do to resist and challenge US fascism.
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From McCarthyism to Algorithms
For years, Americans have been told that expanded surveillance and border scrutiny are about safety.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Brilliant analysis of what to do to resist and challenge US fascism.
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Don’t use ‘boilerplate’ reasons to justify big exec pay rises, UK firms warned.
Exec pay has no link to performance. Remuneration cttees, non-execs serve their paymasters.
Need worker/consumer elected directors on boards, let them also vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Exec pay has no link to performance. Remuneration cttees, non-execs serve their paymasters.
Need worker/consumer elected directors on boards, let them also vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Don’t use ‘boilerplate’ reasons to justify big executive pay rises, UK firms warned
Investment Association, influential group of shareholders, urges pay committees to avoid ‘benchmarking’
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Don’t use ‘boilerplate’ reasons to justify big exec pay rises, UK firms warned.
Exec pay has no link to performance. Remuneration cttees, non-execs serve their paymasters.
Need worker/consumer elected directors on boards, let them also vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Exec pay has no link to performance. Remuneration cttees, non-execs serve their paymasters.
Need worker/consumer elected directors on boards, let them also vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Reposted by Simon Jones
NHS staff will be working through Christmas whilst MPs wind down for recess.
That's why we're making sure every single MP receives one of our cards—a reminder of what we stand for and who we're fighting for.
650 cards. 650 MPs. One powerful message.
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That's why we're making sure every single MP receives one of our cards—a reminder of what we stand for and who we're fighting for.
650 cards. 650 MPs. One powerful message.
👉 shop.everydoctor.org.uk/products/spo...
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NHS staff will be working through Christmas whilst MPs wind down for recess.
That's why we're making sure every single MP receives one of our cards—a reminder of what we stand for and who we're fighting for.
650 cards. 650 MPs. One powerful message.
👉 shop.everydoctor.org.uk/products/spo...
That's why we're making sure every single MP receives one of our cards—a reminder of what we stand for and who we're fighting for.
650 cards. 650 MPs. One powerful message.
👉 shop.everydoctor.org.uk/products/spo...
Follow the money.
Americans are calling on their leaders to take action on affordability – and housing is the biggest expense for families.
But House Republicans just rejected a bipartisan bill to lower housing costs that received unanimous support in the Senate.
Let’s talk about it.
But House Republicans just rejected a bipartisan bill to lower housing costs that received unanimous support in the Senate.
Let’s talk about it.
Republicans just rejected a bill to lower housing costs that got unanimous support in the Senate.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Follow the money.
Sorry US friends, not coming to the US anytime soon.
Not that I've anything to hide, but I do object to preemptive surveillance.
Not that I've anything to hide, but I do object to preemptive surveillance.
See the chilling list of information required from visitors to the US includes:
About the visitors;
Their families (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
Business - telephone numbers used in the last five years; email addresses used in the last ten years
Unprecedented state surveillance.
About the visitors;
Their families (parents, spouse, siblings, children);
Business - telephone numbers used in the last five years; email addresses used in the last ten years
Unprecedented state surveillance.
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Sorry US friends, not coming to the US anytime soon.
Not that I've anything to hide, but I do object to preemptive surveillance.
Not that I've anything to hide, but I do object to preemptive surveillance.
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Corporate welfare is out of control.
One example - Drax produces electricity by burning trees, most expensive electricity, UK's biggest single polluter.
In 2024, Drax had £1.06bn operating profit, paid £100m dividend, £300m in share buyback.
Received billions in subsidies for decades. Why?
One example - Drax produces electricity by burning trees, most expensive electricity, UK's biggest single polluter.
In 2024, Drax had £1.06bn operating profit, paid £100m dividend, £300m in share buyback.
Received billions in subsidies for decades. Why?
December 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Corporate welfare is out of control.
One example - Drax produces electricity by burning trees, most expensive electricity, UK's biggest single polluter.
In 2024, Drax had £1.06bn operating profit, paid £100m dividend, £300m in share buyback.
Received billions in subsidies for decades. Why?
One example - Drax produces electricity by burning trees, most expensive electricity, UK's biggest single polluter.
In 2024, Drax had £1.06bn operating profit, paid £100m dividend, £300m in share buyback.
Received billions in subsidies for decades. Why?
Follow the money!
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Follow the money!
Trump has consistently sold out its MAGA supporters.
The cruel irony of Republicans voting down ACA subsidies is that it will end up hurting Trump voters the most.
57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Trump has consistently sold out its MAGA supporters.
Deeply faked wellness industry social media posts immitating genuine world experts.
Don't be fooled.
fullfact.org/health/acade...
Don't be fooled.
fullfact.org/health/acade...
Revealed: how academics are being deepfaked on TikTok and Instagram to promote supplements – Full Fact
Strange videos of a professor offering cures for “thermometer leg” led Full Fact to uncover an army of social media accounts promoting wellness products with fake AI ‘endorsements’.
fullfact.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Deeply faked wellness industry social media posts immitating genuine world experts.
Don't be fooled.
fullfact.org/health/acade...
Don't be fooled.
fullfact.org/health/acade...
It is the same political situation everywhere.
It is a political decision. Governments do not want to fix the housing crisis, the one you contribute a huge proportion of your monthly earnings towards paying your mortgage.
Upset yet? Angry yet? What action can you take to resolve this painful situation?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Upset yet? Angry yet? What action can you take to resolve this painful situation?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Fixing the housing crisis isn’t complicated, governments just don’t want to do it
The easiest way to boost the supply of housing in Australia would be for governments to build new houses. And the easiest way to provide affordable rental accommodation would be to rent the new govern...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It is the same political situation everywhere.
It is a political decision. Governments do not want to fix the housing crisis, the one you contribute a huge proportion of your monthly earnings towards paying your mortgage.
Upset yet? Angry yet? What action can you take to resolve this painful situation?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Upset yet? Angry yet? What action can you take to resolve this painful situation?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Fixing the housing crisis isn’t complicated, governments just don’t want to do it
The easiest way to boost the supply of housing in Australia would be for governments to build new houses. And the easiest way to provide affordable rental accommodation would be to rent the new govern...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It is a political decision. Governments do not want to fix the housing crisis, the one you contribute a huge proportion of your monthly earnings towards paying your mortgage.
Upset yet? Angry yet? What action can you take to resolve this painful situation?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Upset yet? Angry yet? What action can you take to resolve this painful situation?
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Loved the first edition.
Have you just joined @greenparty.org.uk, or thinking about joining the rush?
With perfect timing @wiltonsquare.bsky.social has published the Second Edition of #ChangeEverything, setting out, in accessible, easy-to-read form, Green political thinking
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With perfect timing @wiltonsquare.bsky.social has published the Second Edition of #ChangeEverything, setting out, in accessible, easy-to-read form, Green political thinking
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/cha...
Change Everything
A practical and hopeful guide for anyone who wants a route map to a fairer, greener future, by a veteran former Green Party leader
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December 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Loved the first edition.
Boycott Paypal, I have already.
March to barbarism
Billionaire member of the “PayPal Mafia”, co-founder of Palantir wants public executions.
Not content with profiteering, exploitation, wants public hangings.
Who will they hang - poor, homeless, hungry, people falsely convicted?
Too much money creates insanity.
Billionaire member of the “PayPal Mafia”, co-founder of Palantir wants public executions.
Not content with profiteering, exploitation, wants public hangings.
Who will they hang - poor, homeless, hungry, people falsely convicted?
Too much money creates insanity.
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Boycott Paypal, I have already.
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All tourists to US will have to provide social media details from the last 5 yrs.
Email addresses, phone numbers; names, addresses, and birthdays of family members.
Plus face, fingerprints (already collected) and DNA data of visitors.
Boycott the felon.
Email addresses, phone numbers; names, addresses, and birthdays of family members.
Plus face, fingerprints (already collected) and DNA data of visitors.
Boycott the felon.
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
All tourists to US will have to provide social media details from the last 5 yrs.
Email addresses, phone numbers; names, addresses, and birthdays of family members.
Plus face, fingerprints (already collected) and DNA data of visitors.
Boycott the felon.
Email addresses, phone numbers; names, addresses, and birthdays of family members.
Plus face, fingerprints (already collected) and DNA data of visitors.
Boycott the felon.
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: End Government Secrecy
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. But the Labor Government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws threaten ...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
Quote of the day:
"The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America."
To which I add, people everywhere & their institutions.
"The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America."
To which I add, people everywhere & their institutions.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Quote of the day:
"The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America."
To which I add, people everywhere & their institutions.
"The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America."
To which I add, people everywhere & their institutions.
Think about this next time sipping on a Starbucks coffee.
While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line!
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Think about this next time sipping on a Starbucks coffee.
Follow the money to the end. Who benefited?
"The Australian Government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply all of Australia’s gas power stations for 60 years” – Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Follow the money to the end. Who benefited?
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"The Australian Government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply all of Australia’s gas power stations for 60 years” – Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"The Australian Government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply all of Australia’s gas power stations for 60 years” – Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...