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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

What we should really tax if we want the rich to pay more youtu.be/Y6dzBpfIli8?... Taxing the wealthy sounds easy. But what happens when we don’t actually know what they own or what it’s worth?

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What we should really tax if we want the rich to pay more

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 20/06/2025

Confirms what I'm sure a lot of us have suspected.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

An anniversary worth marking. I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Twitter’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research. Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover www.timeshighereducation.com/news/xs-domi...

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X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research

Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Meanwhile, in Canada…

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Dr Milan Milanović @milanmilanovic.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗟𝗦, 𝗦𝗦𝗟, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗧𝗧𝗣𝗦 When you visit some websites, the browser will display a security warning without HTTPS because your connection is unencrypted. Anyone monitoring the network can see your data, including passwords and personal information. 🧵 #programming #webdevelopment #security

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Rip Chief Pontiac, Odawa leader, died this day 1769. "They came with a Bible and their religion, stole our land, and crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved."

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

UK-US trade deal is a joke: minimal US concessions, whilst U.K. will be forced to shrink food standards, product rules, and digital services. Frontier Economics shows US tariffs = -0.7% GDP EU deal = +1.5% GDP Kiss Trump’s arse or rebuild prosperity with Europe? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Donald Trump is now badly wounded. Europe can seize an advantage | Will Hutton

It’s time to fashion a new global trade order without the US

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Rust Language @rust-lang.org · 05/04/2025

🦀 Hello World! The Rust project now has an official presence on Bluesky! ✨ We'll be posting the same on our Mastodon and Bluesky accounts, so you won't miss anything on either platform.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The suffering that will be unleashed on Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos is horrific. And that's not because they have "raped" America. It's because they're poor, they can't afford many US goods but they can become wealthier by exporting to rich countries.

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Rewild Scotland @rewildscotland.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Happy rewilding news. Captive bred haggis released to bolster wild population.

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Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base! and they want to do it ... ... in *a few months* I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ... ... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here 1/9

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

In June 2017 a-ha recorded a live acoustic album during two performances in Giske, Norway. A couple of hundred people were lucky enough to be present on those special nights…

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Dr. Marcus H. Johnson @marcushjohnson.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

These are the same people who lost the Civil War, whose belief system lost in World War 2, who lost colonial wars that came after, who lost in apartheid. These people are losers, and they’re dreadfully afraid they are losing again. And they should be, because they’re going to keep losing.

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 03/03/2025

If Trump was President in 1940

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Winston Churchill visiting the WH in 1942. Not wearing a suit

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 17/02/2025

"oppose NHS privatisation"? 💯

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NestEgg @nestegg.ai · 15/02/2025

In 2025, NestEgg & its partner lenders are set to prevent £250 million of financial harm across the UK. This is made possible thanks to our participation at FinTech Scotland’s Consumer Duty Challenge! 🏆🎉 Learn more 👉 nestegg.ai/improving-ou... #FinancialInclusion #ConsumerDuty #FintechScotland

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Improving outcomes for vulnerable borrowers

NestEgg's participation in FinTech Scotland's Consumer Duty Challenge accelerates Machine Learning to improve vulnerable borrowers outcomes

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 09/02/2025

The kitchen is often annoyingly low on food on a Sunday evening. I've found ChatGPT to be great for suggesting a recipe based on a handful of ingredients I do have in. Tonight it was a lovely soup based on celeriac and red lentils. And adjusted for the number of people and the metric system. 👨‍🍳

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

🔥 AMAZING. Today, the Baltic states disconnected their power grids from that of Russia. It’s taken years of prep. What a moment.

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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Don't confuse being a fast talker with being a deep thinker. Speaking quickly signals confidence, not complexity. Don't mistake volume for expertise. Speaking loudly reflects conviction, not credibility. Sometimes the best ideas come from the least assertive voice in the room.

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 05/02/2025

This does not look good.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This is advice every dem politician should take to heart. Don’t sell against the competition. Sell what you are doing to reduce people’s stress and make their life better It’s not about what’s wrong with the competition. It’s about what is right with you

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/01/2025

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

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Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data

If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

2025 in a nutshell…

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GDP Dynamics @gdpdynamics.com · 12/01/2025

Definitely one of the better graphics that illustrates human caused climate change.

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 07/01/2025

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past” (1984, George Orwell)

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/12/2024

A rare actual good news story: bees – both honey bees and wild bees – seem to be doing better in the UK. Bee-friendly planting, less pesticide use and an uptick in beekeeping are all having results 🐝 🎉 inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

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The good news about bees: Why they're returning to British gardens

Thanks to a combination of efforts by beekeepers, better farming practices and reduced pesticide use, populations are showing signs of recovery

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jduts.bsky.social @jduts.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I work with many Americans and from a young age, they’re taught the principles of public speaking (think elementary show & tell). You can see the impact to their confidence in the workplace vs Brits. Drama is more useful than just for those who want to join the film industry.

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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

From Thursday, GM residents can apply to a credit union to buy an annual bus pass via weekly/monthly payments. It means unlimited bus travel for: 🐝 £2.20 a day 🐝 £15.40 a week 🐝 £66.70 a month All people should be able to get the discount that comes with being able to afford to pay up front. 👍🏻

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 25/11/2024

I'm not sure how many Bluesky users are even aware of this (yet) and what it means... ... but, the open nature of Bluesky gives it huge potential, way beyond being a 'nicer' clone of the other place. Just look at how (and why) WordPress came to power 40%+ of all websites.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22/11/2024

It's really fun and exciting seeing folks discover all the ways that social media innovation was being stifled by the monopolies of the giant players. There are new risks here, to be completely clear about it, but even just having a new set of problems to wrangle with may open up opportunities.

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 21/11/2024

That's normal for us too - a fully remote team of 12. ZERO EMAIL and ZERO Slack for internal use. We collaborate and communicate internally over Basecamp and Linear. Intercom with customers. We only use email for external comms with partners, suppliers and leads/onboarding. Works like a charm.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 20/11/2024

With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size. At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 21/11/2024

Hey Brett, great point. I was merely thinking that for a new 'system' to fly, it would need to: a) align with intrinsic incentives (people's positive internal motivations), and b) provide appropriate extrinsic incentives to push & pull people towards its goals / desired outcomes (taxes, grants...)

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 20/11/2024

Wow... more people in the US are now using Bluesky than Threads on a daily basis. 😜

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 17/11/2024

I'm seriously enjoying the films on BFI Player. 📽️🎬 Hugely refreshing to watch international (i.e not just American) classics, art house and offbeat movies from as early as the 1920s. You can get direct or as an add-on to Prime Video. *BFI: British Film Institute

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 17/11/2024

Sounds good. I guess the challenge is coming up with and putting in place the incentives to make it happen.

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 17/11/2024

The original 'Sky' walker

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Ben Breen @benbreen.net · 17/11/2024

This time of year I'm always amazed to see olives in my London garden. Hopefully, there are enough to cure and eat over the winter. Extra jars make great Xmas presents too.

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