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Danica Ognjenovic

@blytheroad.bsky.social
2.6K followers 3.7K following 1.9K posts

Likes: politics, art, flute players, quirky guitar tutors… environmentalists, libraries, Old English and animals. Pro EU🇪🇺 Dislikes: autocrats, oligarchs

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Danica Ognjenovic @blytheroad.bsky.social · 6h
Goodnight, Hookland. Rest well.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 15h
“You could almost believe that the real purpose of government was to do the bidding of corporations, foreign states and the ultra-rich.” Time to kick Palantir out of the NHS 💥 www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot
Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Teletubbies Dipsy Runs Away Scared
ALT: Teletubbies Dipsy Runs Away Scared
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9h
I said in my speech to conference, the RNLI are the best of us. For those lucky enough to have parents volunteering with RNLI, I hope they feel nothing but pride in their parents.
Children of RNLI lifeboat volunteers are bullied at school because their parents rescue migrants in the English channel
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026
Correction: they've hit THREE data centers :D
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h
English football's finances are dangerously exposed, majority of clubs living on the edge of financial disaster. 94% of clubs are loss-making, 60%+ of EFL and National League clubs are technically insolvent. Clubs are playthings of owners, corporations. Day of reckoning approaching.
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Independent regulator report says English football finances are 'dangerously exposed'
English football's finances are "dangerously exposed, with the majority of clubs living on the edge of financial disaster", a new report says.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 20h
A 90 second tour of some of our very sickest new arrivals. Every dog in this video would be in huge trouble (a couple would be dead) were it not for the medial care. Some very special dogs here ❤️
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18h
Having worked with the insurance and banking sectors for many years, this comes as absolutely no surprise whatsoever Only a matter of time before the continuing explosion of extreme weather begins to take down major insurance companies www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis | Anonymous
Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences, says an anonymous modeller and whistleblower
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23h
I lost my career after refusing to keep quiet about the risks that Palantir poses to our NHS goodlawproject.org/forced-out-of-a-…
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Forced out of a job in the NHS for speaking out on Palantir | Good Law Project
I lost my career after refusing to keep quiet about the risks that a US spy-tech company poses to our NHS
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Mike Bailey @linusd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zack Polanski has never killed a child. The Green Party has never maimed a child. Who are the media castigating?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13h
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni tells the Senate: Trump’s diesel deal with Putin “legitimises Moscow while it bombs Ukraine”. “The surge in fuel prices is due primarily to the war in Iran, not the conflict in Ukraine.”
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Danica Ognjenovic @blytheroad.bsky.social · 11h
Via South China Morning Post
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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John McGowan @jmc223.bsky.social · 20h
Slimy Waxcap seen in St. Kenelm's Churchyard Clent Worcestershire UK - 13-10-26 #photography #fungi #mushrooms #autumn #canon #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 14/10/2026
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Joseph Wells @josephwells.bsky.social · 17h
Congratulations @bradfordgreens.bsky.social 💚💚💚🎉🎉🎉 You always have some of the best videos made in Politics, not just for @greenparty.org.uk and your own local Party, but across the whole of politics! Please follow Bradford Green Party Link here to all their socials: linktr.ee/bradfordgreens
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Bradford District Green Party Official: TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, Threads | Linktree
💚 Bradford District Green Party | Real Hope. Real Change #VoteGreen
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13h
@andyburnham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support
Irish writer of Normal People says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales and she cancelled UK trip due to fear of arrest
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 13h
We can't seriously expect people to choose rail when it costs three times as much as flying. We need a clear duty on the Secretary of State and Great British Railways, to improve the affordability of travelling by train and make fares fair.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 22h
Private water companies are trying to convince you that taking our water into public ownership is too expensive But we can bring water into public hands for LESS than they will siphon out of our bills over the next 5 years Public ownership now!
Graphic that says "Water privatisation is a scam. Public ownership now. £14 billion the cost of bringing water into public ownership, according to Moody's in 2019 VS £22 billion amount banks and shareholders will take out of our water bill in the next 5 years"
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 13/10/2026
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "Scientists are coming under pressure from some petro-states and major developing countries to delay publication of a key global report on the climate, despite pleas from vulnerable countries worried that postponement could spell disaster for them."
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IPCC is under pressure to delay publication of key global climate report
AR7 report was scheduled for 2028 in time for Cop33 summit but some petro-states and major developing countries want to postpone it
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12/10/2026
“Tom Watson has taken a job lobbying for Palantir. Revolving doors. They really are a problem in British politics.” Natalie Bennett criticises the links between politicians and powerful corporations, and Watson’s comments about “mob rule" deciding government contracts.
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Danica Ognjenovic @blytheroad.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Goodnight, Hookland.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#GoodNews from Australia. "High court upheld a ruling that planning commission should not have approved the expansion of Mach Energy’s Mount Pleasant coal mine without considering how burning this coal would affect the region through extreme weather events" www.ft.com/content/870e...
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Australian court ruling on climate impact of coal mining a ‘blow’, says industry
Verdict is latest in a series of legal cases to examine the relationship between fossil fuel producers and global warming
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linealoca.bsky.social @linealoca.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Polanski interviews the award winning journalist Carole Cadwalladr about Farage/ Reform donations +sponsors. But so much more discussing Brexit,Trumps 2016 election, the relationships of Putin, Trumps Maga, the Tech Bros,+ the implications for Europe + the world in general. youtu.be/43m0LKNDz6M?...
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Who Is Funding Reform UK? | Carole Cadwalladr | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Private equity puts PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu up for sale. All devoured and declining brands, asset-stripped. PE has no long-term commitment to any product, people or place. Chances are another PE group will see opportunity for scavenging. archive.ph/DFYPq
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Private equity puts string of UK high street names up for sale
Owners of PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu seeking exits as buyout groups cool on sector
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Danica Ognjenovic @blytheroad.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Goodnight, Hookland. Sleep well on the banks of another vivid fragment.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
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Danica Ognjenovic @blytheroad.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Goodnight, Hookland. Dream well.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Most people think of Holly as being a bush, when if allowed to grow as we do, is actually a tree A European Holly (Ilex aquifolium) in the hamlet of Campoerbolo in Morbegno, Lombardy, Italy Photo: Fontanaelia on Monumental Trees
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via British Virgin Islands. It could receive £23m public subsidy. BVI facilitates opacity and tax avoidance. Successive UK govts have defended the use of tax havens by wealthy elites.
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The Tory treasurer, an offshore company and Scotland’s biggest data centre plan
Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Huge regulatory failure. "No independent regulator oversees the trade-effluent process and there is no central register." On this #PoisonedPlanet huge #PublicHealth implications www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants
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Danica Ognjenovic @blytheroad.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Goodnight, Hookland. I learned to drive on a Vauxhall Chevette. Terrifying experience. Sleep well x
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨 💯💯💯
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Kevin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen @kevbro1969.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Absolutely THIS!!! 👇 👏👏👏👏
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 09/10/2026
By August, some livestock farmers were already feeding their animals the supplies they'd put aside for winter. After five heatwaves and months of drought, the consequences for our food supply are becoming impossible to ignore. Martin Lines explains
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Food security and resilience vital after extreme summer drought
After this summer, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. We need major changes to how we farm if our food system is to remain resilient
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The damage being done to teachers, and pupils' education, cannot continue. Longtime @greenparty.org.uk policy is to abolish Ofsted www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ofsted faces fresh calls to halt graded school inspections in England
A second head teachers' union says it is "increasingly concerned" about members' "welfare and morale".
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Congratulations!! #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/10/2026
“Burnham wouldn’t be there without Zack, because we won four times as many votes from Labour as Reform.” Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward, on BBC Newsnight, discussing Zack Polanski’s influence on moving Labour to the left.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.
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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
From Aberdeen to Lambeth, Newcastle-under-Lyme to Holborn & St Pancras, Reform contested five by-elections yesterday. 💪 They lost all five… 😬 Five contests. Five defeats. That’s eleven out of eleven lost in a fortnight. Reform are not inevitable. 😉 Have a great weekend! #ReformLose
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Danica Ognjenovic @blytheroad.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Goodnight, Hookland. Sleep well, rest easy.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 09/10/2026
Buses are the most-used form of public transport in England. They were deregulated under Thatcher in 1986, & we've been paying the price ever since., Bus fares have risen over 500% since 1987. Since 2009-10 we've lost 3,300 routes. We need more than public control of buses, we need ownership.
Graphic that highlights four models of bus ownership in the UK from full privatisation to the Manchester model where buses are privately owned but the market is regulated, to the Reading model where the buses are publicly owned but the market is deregulated, and lastly to We Own It's proposed model where the buses are publicly owned and the market is regulated
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 09/10/2026
It's not just the endless bill increases. It's not just that 1/3 of your bill goes to paying shareholder dividends and servicing debt. It's not just the 1/2 million sewage discharges in one year. It's the corrupt system, which rewards water bosses for failure, that people can't stand.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The number of people suffering mental distress up significantly in England. 22.6% of 16- to 64-year-olds have a common mental disorder. Poverty, insecurity, anxiety in everyday life key factors NHS poorly equipped. Years of austerity, wage/benefit cuts take toll. No govt deals with root causes.
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NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds
England-focused review led by Prof Peter Fonagy returns stark warning and calls for shift to ‘needs-led’ system
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All those saying “so you lost” really don’t understand politics or how change happens. In one of Labour’s safest seats, the Greens gave them a real battle. This momentum will build because change is a process not an instant action #RealHope #RealChange #DeedsNotWords
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#FOTW Daily Post 9 We're in uncharted territory The air you are breathing today is different in composition to any breathed by humans before. This is because CO2 levels are higher than at any time in the last 14 Million years, and still climbing Please share + tag 2 #FateOfTheWorld
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Questions remain for Green Party Leader Zack Polanski” says Chris Mason but he has no questions whatsoever for Reform leader Farage, thrashed by Greens with only 1,612 votes vs 8,928 🤷‍♂️ Are voters turned off by #FaragesFishyFiveMillion by all the sleaze & corruption Nah that’s not important to BBC
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