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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026
I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that
aljazeera.com
DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup
Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/12/2025
Hollywood is bracing itself for more belt-tightening and job losses if Netflix’s $83bn deal to acquire Warner Bros goes through: on.ft.com/4iESo2Q
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Hollywood fears job cuts as opposition to Netflix-Warner deal grows
Actors, screenwriters and theatre owners warn of fewer cinematic releases and less innovation
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Yes, if you provide alternatives to current transport modes, and help reduce the need to travel, it certainly does. Check out Paris. The city is transformed. Incidentally, when you "close" a road to cars, you open it to human beings.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It is a law as old as the hills: Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I'd like an apology from @marycreagh.bsky.social please. She claimed my column on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was "deeply misleading". She failed to explain why. But it was an accurate explanation of the problems with the Bill. Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Ultra-processed food increases risk cancer, heart disease & early death. 13.8% of premature deaths in England caused by UPF. Corporations harm people - UPF, food with extra salt/sugar/fats, tobacco, sewage in rivers - for profit. Make corporations bear the social cost of their harmful practices.
theguardian.com
Ultra-processed food increases risk of early death, international study finds
About 14% of premature deaths in England attributable to unhealthy food, the most among surveyed countries
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The vote share of the two biggest parties has been falling steadily for decades. Recent polling shows it could fall below 50%. And yet we still have a voting system designed to silence all other voices. It's time for a system update. It's time for PR. Graphic by @tldrnews.bsky.social
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 25/04/2025
A bill banning basic income programs has passed the Texas Senate and now needs to also be passed by the House. If passed, it would join Idaho, Iowa, Arkansas, and South Dakota in such a ban. Billionaires are funding these efforts. They are afraid of UBI. www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-...
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Go to hell
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
NatWest bank set for private ownership. Received £45.5bn govt bailout in 2008. Reverse socialism - Lame ducks bailed out but when profitable handed back to private sector. Why? They could form part of industrial strategy - lending to SMEs, investment in new industries.
theguardian.com
NatWest chair thanks UK taxpayers for bailout ahead of return to private ownership
Rick Haythornthwaite said bank was indebted to public for £46bn rescue package that kept it afloat in 2008
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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Further to my post from yesterday on the IMF growth revisions: This chart from today's FT column by Martin Wolf. #economy #Markets @financialtimes.com
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 23/04/2025
🚨 BREAKING: The EU has fined Apple €500 million and Meta €200 million for breaking Europe's digital rules. Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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The Spectator Index @thespectatorindex.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
BREAKING: Trump says it is not possible to give every person he wants to deport a trial, 'because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years'.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 21/04/2025
A Republican proposal to impose a tax hike on millionaires offers to generate about $400 billion over a decade, according to two new estimates provided to Bloomberg News
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Millionaire Tax Would Generate About $400 Billion in Revenue
A Republican proposal to impose a tax hike on millionaires offers to generate about $400 billion over a decade, according to two new estimates provided to Bloomberg News, providing fresh revenue to partially offset the cost of the party’s multi-trillion-dollar tax package.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A downright creepy afternoon note from JPM: “.. It is VERY quiet on our desk .. I can get behind buying high volume panic, but that is not this... this is a continued flight from USD denominated assets and no measure of retail flow, mutual fund flow or prime data will tell you when / if to buy.”
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 21/04/2025
Here's the latest episode of The Basic Income Show where we cover all the findings from Germany's 3-year UBI experiment. As usual, there's all kinds of positive results to dive into. Do you like charts? Cause there's lots of charts!
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The Not at All Surprising Results of Germany's 3-Year UBI Experiment | The Basic Income Show
YouTube video by Scott Santens
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The Spectator Index @thespectatorindex.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
BREAKING: $1.5 trillion wiped from value of US stock market today
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal. Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts. Who in their right mind wants this.
theguardian.com
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal
Reform UK leader on campaign trail as poll predicts rightwing party could be on course to win in a general election
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Ohio and Florida
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Perfect size truck; great for towing.
A small yellow utility vehicle is parked on the street next to a trailer, which holds a large metal container. Behind it is a brick building with multiple windows and a prominent entrance.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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politicaldude.bsky.social @politicaldude.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
If your from America, Canada, UK or Europe you should make sure you are following @neverevertory.bsky.social! Repost, share far and wide! #FBPE #ReJoinEU #BlueCrew #NeverTrump #NeverMAGA #NeverVoteTory #NeverVoteReform
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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
A busy week ahead for the global economy and markets. Things to look for include Data releases: leading indicators and UMich sentiment for the US, PMI and consumer confidence for the Eurozone, and Germany's IFO; Many officials speaking at the IMF meeting, and Lots of quarterly corporate earnings.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Jesus has risen, and so have the prices of literally everything
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 20/04/2025
Someone talking like this in any state and running on universal basic income and healthcare could win.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
With the attacks on science and academia by the current administration, if those of us who have tenure don't speak up, it's really hard to continue justifying the tenure system based on academic freedom.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Reeves to make case for trade deal in first meeting with US treasury secretary. Must not sacrifice the NHS; food/environment standards, worker rights. Any deal must be approved by parliament in a free vote. Trade deal with the EU preferable to US. Can't trust Trump. Our future lies with Europe.
theguardian.com
Reeves to make case for trade deal in first meeting with US treasury secretary
Chancellor will push for deal that protects British car, steel and pharmaceutical industries amid tariff uncertainty
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The curse of private equity. US senators investigate role of PE in higher cost of fire engines defective parts, delivery delays. Usual PE story- profiteering, low investment, staff/wage cuts, tax dodges. It has destroyed UK high street, devouring healthcare, vets and more. archive.ph/QuulQ
nytimes.com
Senators Investigate Private Equity Role in Soaring Fire-Truck Costs
Fire departments say prices for new engines have soared and orders are backlogged for years. Two senators are investigating whether investors who have disrupted the industry are the reason.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
1.3m people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour's benefit cuts. We are all one accident/illness away from needing benefits. It is in our own interest to oppose. It wasn't in the manifesto. Mobilize your MP to oppose this cruel cut. Tax the rich.
bigissue.com
1.3 million ill people could lose PIP under Labour's disability benefit cuts
Labour's benefit reforms could see thousands of people with cancer and more than 200,000 people with arthritis lose their PIP payments.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
So which trade agreement is the UK government briefing too optimistically about this morning?
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This might be because it has been handed over to heavily conflicted management consultants McKinsey under a series of deals that effectively outsourced decisions on how to deal with the economic, technical and even geopolitical questions involved. Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A belated recognition that the world’s sixth biggest economy needs a steel-making capability shows what a shambles successive administrations’ policy-making has been.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 17/04/2025
We live in a country where about half the population thinks the other half must be FORCED TO WORK with the threat of starvation and homelessness. After universal basic income is achieved, we will live in a country where each of us knows that none need to be forced and that we all WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Whatever else divides us, some things we can all agree on.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
UK median wage, £29,628. Net pay, £24,852; barely enough to survive. Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%. Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%. Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.
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Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK - Office for National Statistics
Monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 16/04/2025
Current tariff plans: burn the barn to warm the cows.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16/04/2025
See, this is what lack of education looks like.
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
7 Powerful Reasons to Quit 𝕏 Now It’s not just a bad platform — it’s a weapon. If we’re serious about protecting democracy, it’s time to act. integ.substack.com/p/7-powerful...
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7 Powerful Reasons to Quit 𝕏 Now
It’s not just a bad platform — it’s a weapon. If we’re serious about protecting democracy, it’s time to act.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 16/04/2025
TAX WEALTH. Do universal basic income.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Trump Turmoil China now faces up to 245% tariff on US exports. Trump administration has ignored court judgements, bullied universities, banned books, arbitrarily arrested people; shut govt depts, demanded control of Canada, Greenland, Gaza, Panama. Still no sign of Congress waking up.
independent.co.uk
Trump latest: China warns president to ‘stop whining’ over tariffs
It comes as President Donald Trump claims the U.S. is taking in ‘record’ tariffs after raising import duties
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We need to be better at repairing things in the Western world. In Hong Kong or Taiwan, a 16-year-old at the night market will replace your iPhone screen or battery for a few dollars.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025. Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
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