Ned Pagella
@njpag.bsky.social
He threw money at me, which felt wrong
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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
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Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.
April 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.
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A play in two acts.
April 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A play in two acts.
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Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza paramedics
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza paramedics
Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances using flashing emergency lights
Mobile phone footage of the last moments of some of the 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers killed by Israeli forces in an incident in Gaza last month appears to contradict the version of events put forward by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The five-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle, and shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza paramedics
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On BBC tv this morning, my take on the Trump Shock: It will be substantial but NOT unprecedented. The ball is now in Europe's (& the UK's) court to rejig radically its defunct economic model. youtu.be/dduefDMgoUs?...
Donald Trump set to announce sweeping global tariffs on US 'Liberation Day' | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
On BBC tv this morning, my take on the Trump Shock: It will be substantial but NOT unprecedented. The ball is now in Europe's (& the UK's) court to rejig radically its defunct economic model. youtu.be/dduefDMgoUs?...
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Five ambulances, a fire truck and a UN vehicle were struck one by one.
The bodies of the first responders were then ditched in a mass grave.
A war crime. Without anything close to the appropriate level of global outrage.
The bodies of the first responders were then ditched in a mass grave.
A war crime. Without anything close to the appropriate level of global outrage.
March 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Five ambulances, a fire truck and a UN vehicle were struck one by one.
The bodies of the first responders were then ditched in a mass grave.
A war crime. Without anything close to the appropriate level of global outrage.
The bodies of the first responders were then ditched in a mass grave.
A war crime. Without anything close to the appropriate level of global outrage.
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"Our governments are letting a handful of giant multinational oil and gas companies drain Australia of gas."
"There's only one way to keep Australian gas for Australians, and that is to cut gas exports. "
- Principal Advisor Mark Ogge
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
"There's only one way to keep Australian gas for Australians, and that is to cut gas exports. "
- Principal Advisor Mark Ogge
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
March 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
"Our governments are letting a handful of giant multinational oil and gas companies drain Australia of gas."
"There's only one way to keep Australian gas for Australians, and that is to cut gas exports. "
- Principal Advisor Mark Ogge
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
"There's only one way to keep Australian gas for Australians, and that is to cut gas exports. "
- Principal Advisor Mark Ogge
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
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Calvin was onto something for the coming age of AI supremacy...
January 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Calvin was onto something for the coming age of AI supremacy...
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This. This picture.
December 25, 2024 at 9:34 PM
This. This picture.
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We're being cooked in our own juices so that a bunch of trust fund babies could sip champagne on a super yacht while we choke on the ashes
December 24, 2024 at 12:46 PM
We're being cooked in our own juices so that a bunch of trust fund babies could sip champagne on a super yacht while we choke on the ashes
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Thames Water intentionally diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups towards other costs including bonuses and dividends
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses
Exclusive: UK’s biggest water company assessed risks before cutting back on cost of environmental work, investigation shows
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Thames Water intentionally diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups towards other costs including bonuses and dividends
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The sheer horror of what Israel is doing in Gaza is difficult to comprehend.
Meanwhile those here who first supported it, then denied it, then excused it, now ignore it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meanwhile those here who first supported it, then denied it, then excused it, now ignore it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action? | Nesrine Malik
It may feel hopeless to see supportive states continue to back Israel, but bearing witness matters for future reckoning, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 8:52 AM
The sheer horror of what Israel is doing in Gaza is difficult to comprehend.
Meanwhile those here who first supported it, then denied it, then excused it, now ignore it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meanwhile those here who first supported it, then denied it, then excused it, now ignore it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The BBC is in civil war over Israel and Palestine.
BBC journalists are in revolt over what they call "systematic Israeli propaganda" churned out by the Corporation.
My exclusive investigative piece for @dropsitenews.com 👇
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...
BBC journalists are in revolt over what they call "systematic Israeli propaganda" churned out by the Corporation.
My exclusive investigative piece for @dropsitenews.com 👇
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...
The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza
The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Owen Jones investigates.
www.dropsitenews.com
December 19, 2024 at 9:41 PM
The BBC is in civil war over Israel and Palestine.
BBC journalists are in revolt over what they call "systematic Israeli propaganda" churned out by the Corporation.
My exclusive investigative piece for @dropsitenews.com 👇
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...
BBC journalists are in revolt over what they call "systematic Israeli propaganda" churned out by the Corporation.
My exclusive investigative piece for @dropsitenews.com 👇
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...
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Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 17, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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“wealthy billionaires and corporations… hoard land as an asset, Britain now having among the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world.
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
Land barons reap the rewards of new agrarian populism
Farmers' protests at the budget's IHT proposals raise many questions
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 8:09 AM
“wealthy billionaires and corporations… hoard land as an asset, Britain now having among the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world.
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
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For those unaware, Michael Moore has just posted on his Youtube, his film SICKO, about the Private Health Industry.
Completely free to view.
Please do share it so everyone knows about the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbEQ...
Completely free to view.
Please do share it so everyone knows about the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbEQ...
SiCKO | A Film by Michael Moore | 2007 | Full Movie
YouTube video by Michael Moore
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:18 AM
For those unaware, Michael Moore has just posted on his Youtube, his film SICKO, about the Private Health Industry.
Completely free to view.
Please do share it so everyone knows about the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbEQ...
Completely free to view.
Please do share it so everyone knows about the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbEQ...
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"Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds." And yet the civilised West is doing precisely nothing to bring about a ceasefire as a prelude to saving these hundreds of thousands of children who now live on death row. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds
Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:55 PM
"Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds." And yet the civilised West is doing precisely nothing to bring about a ceasefire as a prelude to saving these hundreds of thousands of children who now live on death row. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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If you can't choose not to buy it, Power, Water, Healthcare, Housing.
It shouldn't be legal to sell it for profit.
It shouldn't be legal to sell it for profit.
December 11, 2024 at 10:04 PM
If you can't choose not to buy it, Power, Water, Healthcare, Housing.
It shouldn't be legal to sell it for profit.
It shouldn't be legal to sell it for profit.
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Jesse Welles’ UHC song whips, I gotta post it in 2 parts because of Bsky’s video limit, and here’s part 1 (part 2 goes way harder fyi)
volume up
volume up
December 11, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Jesse Welles’ UHC song whips, I gotta post it in 2 parts because of Bsky’s video limit, and here’s part 1 (part 2 goes way harder fyi)
volume up
volume up
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World GDP is $105 trillion.
Value of derivatives (clever bets on price of food, everything) is $667 trillion.
It hikes prices, enriches few speculators, produces nothing of value to society.
UK Govt thinks finance industry will deliver prosperity. Madness.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
Value of derivatives (clever bets on price of food, everything) is $667 trillion.
It hikes prices, enriches few speculators, produces nothing of value to society.
UK Govt thinks finance industry will deliver prosperity. Madness.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry
Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.
leftfootforward.org
December 10, 2024 at 11:21 AM
World GDP is $105 trillion.
Value of derivatives (clever bets on price of food, everything) is $667 trillion.
It hikes prices, enriches few speculators, produces nothing of value to society.
UK Govt thinks finance industry will deliver prosperity. Madness.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
Value of derivatives (clever bets on price of food, everything) is $667 trillion.
It hikes prices, enriches few speculators, produces nothing of value to society.
UK Govt thinks finance industry will deliver prosperity. Madness.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
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I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.
December 7, 2024 at 1:12 PM
I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.
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Assad has fled Syria after returning from Russia, the Kremlin denied further assistance to the regime citing "their own issues", the collapse of the Assad regime may be hours away. Reportedly he is meeting with Iranian officials in Tehran. Likely to form a government in exile.
December 7, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Assad has fled Syria after returning from Russia, the Kremlin denied further assistance to the regime citing "their own issues", the collapse of the Assad regime may be hours away. Reportedly he is meeting with Iranian officials in Tehran. Likely to form a government in exile.