Michael Baxter
michaelbaxter.bsky.social
Michael Baxter
@michaelbaxter.bsky.social
Host of the ESG Show
Author of Living in the Age of the Jerk
Editor: Techopian.

Trump’s idea to move Palestinians from Gaza is interesting. I am assuming he is going to suggest they all move to the US, where they will all be made most welcome.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My problem with BlueSky is this: I find myself agreeing with around 90% of all posts. It all so civilised and adult and thoughtful and even occasionally supports nuance.
My other problem is with the verb “to tweet.” Now that you X a post on the other platform can’t I call a post on here a tweet?
February 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I guess these are what you might call DEM hires. (Definitely Elon Musk.)
futurism.com/the-byte/tru...
Trump Broke the Federal Email System and Government Employees Got Blasted With Astonishingly Vulgar Messages
A breach in an email server setup by Musk's lackeys just allowed over 13,000 government email addresses to be overrun with spam.
futurism.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
According to Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... high house prices explain falling birth rate. I usually disbelief what I read in the paper but there is some evidence of a correlation. But this would suggest it’s cyclical — spanning a century or more — but a cycle nonetheless.
How soaring housing costs have crushed the birth rate
Property crisis is leaving Britons with fewer children than they want – and the economy needs
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I wonder what might happen if all billionaires were taxed at the marginal rate of 100% on their net asset wealth exceeding a billion dollars.
January 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I’m interested: can a relationship between two narcissists work? I ask, because I hear one such relationships has already hit a rocky patch and they haven’t even moved into the marital home yet.
PS: the home is called the White House.
December 24, 2024 at 7:54 AM
“If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.”
Joseph Goebbels
November 8, 2024 at 12:07 PM
I broadly support what Keir Starmer is doing (with a few concerns, but thought ‘give him time’) but this is a truly bad move www.politico.eu/article/uk-e.... I would say ‘little Englanders’ thinking is one of the UK’s biggest problems and Erasmus is a partial solution.
UK snubs EU over rejoining popular Erasmus student swap scheme
Government spokesperson said the U.K. has “no plans” to rejoin European program.
www.politico.eu
August 28, 2024 at 7:49 AM