@orbitalrhubarb.bsky.social
Great response to AI doomers, and an important perspective on just how far the propaganda may have spread.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKy...
Your Favorite Science YouTubers Are Wrong About AI, (e.g. SciShow, Kurzgesagt, and Kyle Hill )
YouTube video by Internet of Bugs
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December 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Great response to AI doomers, and an important perspective on just how far the propaganda may have spread.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKy...
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Modern Monetary Theory describes how money works in the real economy.
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
12 questions that expose the truth about money
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Modern Monetary Theory describes how money works in the real economy.
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
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The Bank of England has issued a stark new Financial Stability Report — and beneath the cautious language lies a clear message: the global risk environment has deteriorated sharply. A systemic crisis now looks more like “when” than “if”.
youtu.be/NMDdkEZhNbI?...
youtu.be/NMDdkEZhNbI?...
The Bank of England is warning a financial crash is coming
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The Bank of England has issued a stark new Financial Stability Report — and beneath the cautious language lies a clear message: the global risk environment has deteriorated sharply. A systemic crisis now looks more like “when” than “if”.
youtu.be/NMDdkEZhNbI?...
youtu.be/NMDdkEZhNbI?...
So I finally asked. ctrl-alt-minus (keypad) inserts an em-dash—the machines have won.
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
So I finally asked. ctrl-alt-minus (keypad) inserts an em-dash—the machines have won.
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Why does poverty still exist in one of the richest countries on earth? In this video, I explain how antisocial neoliberal economics deliberately creates poverty.
youtu.be/GfihKzPmRIg?...
youtu.be/GfihKzPmRIg?...
Why do we still have poverty in UK?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Why does poverty still exist in one of the richest countries on earth? In this video, I explain how antisocial neoliberal economics deliberately creates poverty.
youtu.be/GfihKzPmRIg?...
youtu.be/GfihKzPmRIg?...
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Europe’s water reserves are drying up because of climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Europe’s water reserves are drying up because of climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
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One in 10 UK parents say their child has been blackmailed online, NSPCC finds
One in 10 UK parents say their child has been blackmailed online, NSPCC finds
Harms include threats to release intimate pictures as charity warns against parents sharing photos or details of children online
Nearly one in 10 UK parents say their child has been blackmailed online, with harms ranging from threatening to release intimate pictures to revealing details about someone’s personal life.
The NSPCC child protection charity also found that one in five parents know a child who has experienced online blackmail, while two in five said they rarely or never talked to their children about the subject. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
One in 10 UK parents say their child has been blackmailed online, NSPCC finds
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Ultra-processed foods now make up at least half of all food sold in UK supermarkets. The Lancet has described them as a “corporate-engineered public health crisis.”
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
How ultra-processed food became a corporate-engineered health crisis
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ultra-processed foods now make up at least half of all food sold in UK supermarkets. The Lancet has described them as a “corporate-engineered public health crisis.”
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
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Australia has more than played its part in undermining COP climate change summits over the years, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
Australia has been key in undermining COP from the very start
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November 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Australia has more than played its part in undermining COP climate change summits over the years, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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Most people in the UK still believe in the power of royalty. And we accept that a knighthood is created from nothing with a tap of the King’s sword. Yet many refuse to accept that the government creates money in exactly the same way: by tapping a few keys on a keyboard. youtu.be/Nt-_qzKRI2Y?...
The magic money sword: Why money works like honours
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Most people in the UK still believe in the power of royalty. And we accept that a knighthood is created from nothing with a tap of the King’s sword. Yet many refuse to accept that the government creates money in exactly the same way: by tapping a few keys on a keyboard. youtu.be/Nt-_qzKRI2Y?...
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Hey look, Gates didn’t just hobnob with Lomborg, he funded Lomborg for years. Nobody should take Bill Gates seriously on climate change. www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Hey look, Gates didn’t just hobnob with Lomborg, he funded Lomborg for years. Nobody should take Bill Gates seriously on climate change. www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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The tipping point? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... Japanese and South Korean stock markets fell heavily overnight. Is the crash starting?
The tipping point?
I suggested yesterday that one reason why Rachel Reeves might have made her speech yesterday was that she wanted to speak before a market crash hit the economy, setting the scene as a result of a Budg...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The tipping point? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... Japanese and South Korean stock markets fell heavily overnight. Is the crash starting?
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Why is it that the rich always seem to win? youtu.be/KKwCTaUQ5gM?... In this video, I unpack how political choices and not economic laws have made wealth compound and wages stagnate, and what we can do to reverse it.
Why is it that the rich always seem to win?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Why is it that the rich always seem to win? youtu.be/KKwCTaUQ5gM?... In this video, I unpack how political choices and not economic laws have made wealth compound and wages stagnate, and what we can do to reverse it.
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If you didn’t know who you’d be, would you design this society? youtu.be/fPAMQer1K8I?... If not, why put up with it?
If you didn’t know who you’d be, would you design this society?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If you didn’t know who you’d be, would you design this society? youtu.be/fPAMQer1K8I?... If not, why put up with it?
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Trump is demolishing the East Wing of the White House to build a privately funded $300 million ballroom. This is a hostile takeover of one of democracy’s most symbolic buildings, and when money rebuilds power, citizens lose it. youtu.be/7Rc54skqD_Y?...
Trump is marching on the East
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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October 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Trump is demolishing the East Wing of the White House to build a privately funded $300 million ballroom. This is a hostile takeover of one of democracy’s most symbolic buildings, and when money rebuilds power, citizens lose it. youtu.be/7Rc54skqD_Y?...
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity
As the Guardian reported last night:
Ministers are considering dropping one of their central green pledges in an effort to keep energy bills down, sources have told the Guardian.
Government insiders say Keir Starmer is prepared to miss his own target of removing almost all fossil fuels from the UK’s electricity supply...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
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And let’s not forget the tyrant is Putin, the leader Farage admires most.
October 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
And let’s not forget the tyrant is Putin, the leader Farage admires most.