Patrick
@patrickorr3.bsky.social
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Patrick
@patrickorr3.bsky.social
· Nov 29
The aesthetics of the @bsky.app UI is like an airy, scandi-chic café to X’s smelly, teenage-boy bedroom
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Following the Four Corners and ABC reporting based on CICTAR's research cictar.org/news/abc/chi... it's good to see the Australian Government cracking down on 'unscrupulous early childhood education and care providers'
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And from our comrades at UWU:
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And from our comrades at UWU:
April 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Following the Four Corners and ABC reporting based on CICTAR's research cictar.org/news/abc/chi... it's good to see the Australian Government cracking down on 'unscrupulous early childhood education and care providers'
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And from our comrades at UWU:
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And from our comrades at UWU:
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"It's not like they're roasting coffee or researching the different types of beans or anything," Ward said. "There's nothing like that going on there." Business Insider covers CICTAR's latest research on the cosy relationship between Starbucks and Switzerland, here: cictar.org/news/busines...
Business Insider covers CICTAR’s latest report on Starbucks — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
Reporting from ‘Business Insider’ on CICTAR’s latest report on Starbucks
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March 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"It's not like they're roasting coffee or researching the different types of beans or anything," Ward said. "There's nothing like that going on there." Business Insider covers CICTAR's latest research on the cosy relationship between Starbucks and Switzerland, here: cictar.org/news/busines...
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Why is Starbucks using a programme it promotes to improve conditions for growers in the Global South to reduce its declared profits in the countries where it sells its drinks?
March 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why is Starbucks using a programme it promotes to improve conditions for growers in the Global South to reduce its declared profits in the countries where it sells its drinks?
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Our latest report finds that Starbucks seems to have used its ‘ethical sourcing’ programme for coffee beans to route $1.3bn of profits through Switzerland, likely substantially reducing its tax bill cictar.org/all-research...
Starbucks’ Swiss Scheme: ‘Fair’ Trading or Global Tax Dodge? — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
Report reveals $1.3 billion Starbucks profit diverted to Swiss subsidiary over the last decade. 99% of all the corporation's coffee is transferred, on paper, through Switzerland, despite most of it ne...
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March 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our latest report finds that Starbucks seems to have used its ‘ethical sourcing’ programme for coffee beans to route $1.3bn of profits through Switzerland, likely substantially reducing its tax bill cictar.org/all-research...
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Property speculators extract €2.5 bn annually from the French health and care system, finds the new report from CICTAR and
@cfdt-sante-sociaux.bsky.social
That's enough to pay for the salaries of over 82,000 nurses
🤯Read the findings at cictar.org/all-research...
@cfdt-sante-sociaux.bsky.social
That's enough to pay for the salaries of over 82,000 nurses
🤯Read the findings at cictar.org/all-research...
Property Speculators Extract €2.5 bn Annually From the French Health and Social Care System — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
CFDT Santé-Sociaux and the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research launch a new study of private hospital giant Ramsay Santé revealing loss-making hospitals while profits are booked in other companies as rents and sales commissions
cictar.org
January 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Property speculators extract €2.5 bn annually from the French health and care system, finds the new report from CICTAR and
@cfdt-sante-sociaux.bsky.social
That's enough to pay for the salaries of over 82,000 nurses
🤯Read the findings at cictar.org/all-research...
@cfdt-sante-sociaux.bsky.social
That's enough to pay for the salaries of over 82,000 nurses
🤯Read the findings at cictar.org/all-research...
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A moving and sobering piece from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From Beirut to Khartoum, the Arab world is changing beyond our recognition | Nesrine Malik
The Arab world is increasingly divided between those who are losing everything, and those who have everything, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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December 2, 2024 at 9:20 AM
A moving and sobering piece from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Which section of a #Wikipedia article do you jump to first? If the answer is not “Controversies” or “Personal Life”, you’re lying.
December 1, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Which section of a #Wikipedia article do you jump to first? If the answer is not “Controversies” or “Personal Life”, you’re lying.
The trailers inform me that Robbie Williams has made a biopic in which he is portrayed by a CGI chimpanzee. This is why I don’t come to the cinema more
November 30, 2024 at 8:39 PM
The trailers inform me that Robbie Williams has made a biopic in which he is portrayed by a CGI chimpanzee. This is why I don’t come to the cinema more
There needs to be a word for the frustration of knowing the right word in another language but not being able to think of the equivalent in your native tongue
(Me pasó ayer con “vigente”…) #langsky
(Me pasó ayer con “vigente”…) #langsky
November 30, 2024 at 11:38 AM
There needs to be a word for the frustration of knowing the right word in another language but not being able to think of the equivalent in your native tongue
(Me pasó ayer con “vigente”…) #langsky
(Me pasó ayer con “vigente”…) #langsky
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I get the political calculation here. I'm just gonna point out that the predominance of research into European parties' efforts to outflank the far right like this has found that they merely legitimised the far right's political framing and led voters to opt for the "full fat" version.
November 28, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I get the political calculation here. I'm just gonna point out that the predominance of research into European parties' efforts to outflank the far right like this has found that they merely legitimised the far right's political framing and led voters to opt for the "full fat" version.
Thyme is always an adequate substitute for rosemary, but never the other way around. Discuss.
November 29, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Thyme is always an adequate substitute for rosemary, but never the other way around. Discuss.
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We need occupational licensing for using the word ‘neoliberal’ immediately
November 28, 2024 at 8:14 PM
We need occupational licensing for using the word ‘neoliberal’ immediately
Is there a word, in any language, for that sinking disappointment when you want to recommend a particular book to a specific person only to find out it hasn’t been translated into a language they speak? Saudade literária? Übersetzunglosschmerz? Chagrin du traducteur? #langsky
November 28, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Is there a word, in any language, for that sinking disappointment when you want to recommend a particular book to a specific person only to find out it hasn’t been translated into a language they speak? Saudade literária? Übersetzunglosschmerz? Chagrin du traducteur? #langsky
Mood lifts in Labour HQ, as party leadership fully detaches itself from objective reality.
Mood lifts at Labour HQ under McSweeney despite party’s bumpy few months
Mood lifts at Labour HQ under McSweeney despite party’s bumpy few months
Strategists realise supporters will soon expect to see the change they voted for
During a tetchy exchange at prime minister’s questions this week, Keir Starmer was challenged by Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, over a petition signed by more than…
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November 28, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Mood lifts in Labour HQ, as party leadership fully detaches itself from objective reality.
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Rent controls now.
(Starting as we mean to go on).
(Starting as we mean to go on).
November 14, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Rent controls now.
(Starting as we mean to go on).
(Starting as we mean to go on).
Or placed on a women’s ward in an NHS hospital…
Again: mob violence is the intended outcome of the “use your birth gender bathroom” laws. The intent is to provoke violence against trans people and drive them from public life.
November 28, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Or placed on a women’s ward in an NHS hospital…
Hostile environment, Windrush, botched EU settlement were not an experiment in open borders, Keir Starmer. £88,500 in the bank to move to the UK is not open borders. £10k+ me and my husband have to find for the privilege of living in the same country isn’t open borders. More nonsense on #migration
November 28, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Hostile environment, Windrush, botched EU settlement were not an experiment in open borders, Keir Starmer. £88,500 in the bank to move to the UK is not open borders. £10k+ me and my husband have to find for the privilege of living in the same country isn’t open borders. More nonsense on #migration
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Big news from Australia - with a win for CICTAR and our union and civil society allies. A win with truly global implications!
cictar.org/news/world-l...
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Tax transparency win in Australia as parliament approves public country-by-country reporting — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
PRESS RELEASE 2130 AEDT / 1030 GMT 28 NOVEMBER 2024
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November 28, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Big news from Australia - with a win for CICTAR and our union and civil society allies. A win with truly global implications!
cictar.org/news/world-l...
cictar.org/news/world-l...