Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 22/03/2025From Colin Lever with his Community Wealth Building series: Reduce, Re-use, Repair: Why waste management should not just be the responsibility of the individual medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comCommunity Wealth Building: Reduce, Re-use, Repair, RecycleWhy waste management should not just be the responsibility of the individual 011
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 22/03/2025“When it comes to Jersey arts and culture there is much to be proud of, but it needs to be better showcased” The latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Arts & Culture medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comCommunity Wealth Building: Jersey Arts & CultureWhen it comes to Jersey arts and culture there is much to be proud of, but it needs to be better showcased 011
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 22/03/2025“Bringing Back Senators: Why changing the process every four years is a sure-fire way to cause incalculable damage to our democracy” by Lee Carpenter medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comBringing Back SenatorsWhy changing the process every four years is a sure-fire way to cause incalculable damage to our democracy 011
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Hospitality and Tourism: “Jersey is too expensive to attract mass migration of tourists, but it has much to offer the discerning tourist” medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comCommunity Wealth Building: Jersey Hospitality and TourismJersey is too expensive to attract mass migration of tourists, but it has much to offer the discerning tourist 011
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Maybe he offered a more comprehensive benefits and pension package compared to Netanyahu. 000
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 07/02/2025“Trump signed the measure as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Washington.” www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comTrump signs order sanctioning International Criminal CourtThe Hague-based body has created a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel, the White House says. 010
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 05/02/2025'President Donald Trump said he wants the US to take over the war-shattered Gaza Strip after Palestinians are displaced to neighbouring countries, and develop the territory so the “world’s people” will live there.' www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...aljazeera.comTrump wants US to ‘take over’ Gaza after ethnically cleansing PalestiniansTrump unveiled shocking plan for Gaza at news conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after White House meeting. 110
Reposted by Ollie TaylorAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/01/2025US President Donald Trump says he would like to “just clean out” Gaza, urging Egypt and Jordan to take in more Palestinians from the coastal enclave aje.io/zp2iaa 69377175
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Storm Eowyn is considered maybe the strongest in a decade for the UK and now Storm Herminia. It's only a matter of time before the tides and weather are "right" and town businesses are testing their BCP and insurance companies are upping their costs, again. #ClimateEmergency #JerseyCI 010
Reposted by Ollie TaylorAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/01/2025Middle East specialist Abdullah al-Arian says US President Trump’s comments asking Egypt and Jordan to accept 1.5 million Palestinians from Gaza is a credible threat and not just an off-the-cuff remark. 🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/8uyutv 43583248
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 26/01/2025“Britons born in the mid 1990s have seen living standards not merely stagnate but decline. Right across Europe, there is precious little for the youngest adults to be happy about.” www.ft.com/content/2586...ft.comGen Z Americans are leaving their European cousins in the dustMillennials across the west were united in their economic malaise. Their successors not so much 010
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 17/01/2025The latest in Colin Lever's Community Wealth Building series in which he now takes on Jersey’s Housing Crisis offering solutions to our long term problem: medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comCommunity Wealth Building: Jersey’s Housing CrisisThe economic benefit of ensuring enough affordable housing 021
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 16/01/2025“Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis” When they say we can't afford to go Net Zero. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGlobal economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuariesExclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis 011
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 10/01/2025The profit motive society is really working out for humanity. 000
Reposted by Ollie TaylorDr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 09/01/2025If this has whetted your appetite for Island Archaeology then follow people on @helendawson.bsky.social starter pack. With Helen, @duvalrv.bsky.social and JICAS we run and island archaeology field school. So consider joining us. 🏺 www.jicas.ac.je/island-arcah...jicas.ac.jeIsland Archaeology - Jersey — Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies 0239
Reposted by Ollie TaylorNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 09/01/2025These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph... 7825168114114
Reposted by Ollie TaylorFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/01/2025BlackRock quits climate group in latest green climbdown www.ft.com/content/f0fb9841-db1d-44…ft.comBlackRock quits climate group in latest green climbdownWorld’s largest money manager had staked out position as sustainable investment leader 84523
Reposted by Ollie TaylorMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I discussed the role that human-caused climate change is playing in the devastating Southern California wildfires with #BriannaKeilar on @cnn.com early today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVs...youtube.comMichael Mann on CNN with Brianna Keilar on Climate Change & Current So. Cal Wildfires (JAN 8 2025)YouTube video by Michael Mann 725480
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Ooh baby, trickle down is going to be epic in 2025 🫰🤑🤑🤑🤑🫰 010
Reposted by Ollie TaylorMiddle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Saudi executions double in 2024 as more women and foreigners put to death - www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-ar…middleeasteye.netSaudi executions double in 2024 as more women and foreigners put to deathRights groups say international leaders' silence on Riyadh's rights record behind surge 01510
Reposted by Ollie TaylorJeremy Scahill @jeremyscahill.com · 07/01/2025Re: Zuckerberg's announcement: Censorship of Palestinians & pro-Palestine voices has been pervasive across Meta's platforms. A lot of people who claim to be pro-free speech go very quiet when it's those voices being quashed or they want that kind of speech suppressed. 318055
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 07/01/2025We're in the insane situation after a year of a country committing genocide and ministers are still talking about right to self defence. 022
Reposted by Ollie TaylorBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025✔️ Money to the Trump inaugural ✔️ Dinner at Mar-a-Lago ✔️ Getting rid of fact-checking ✔️ Putting UFC's Dana White (a key Trump ally) on Meta's board Hard not to see these moves as an effort to avoid being politically targeted by an illiberal president. 43782208
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Read the latest from Jennifer Bridge: “My wish for 2025: Transparency, accessibility and improved search functionality of parish websites“ medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comMy wish for 2025: Transparency, accessibility and improved search functionality of parish websitesIt’s time for all parishes to prioritise openness and serve the public with the transparency they deserve 011
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Give at a few years and we're going to have Amazon Prime healthcare, banking, University, Transport. "Amazon Prime member? Great, that's 10% off your next hip replacement. The Amazon Prime Bus should also be along in the next 10 mins to take you home". www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comAmazon aims to branch into UK internet market with satellite broadband planProposed space launches within next two years could ultimately deliver mobile phone signal even to most remote areas 130
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Promoting Falsehoods: A Challenge to JEP Columnist Susana Rowles’ Article by Ollie Taylor medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comPromoting Falsehoods: A Challenge to JEP Columnist Susana Rowles’ ArticleMy aim today is to dismantle the main points of what she wrote and explain why so much of it was downright wrong 042
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Community Wealth Building Part 3: Revitalising St Helier Town Centre by Colin Lever medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comCommunity Wealth Building: Revitalising St Helier Town CentreWalk through the Christmas market and you can almost touch the atmosphere being created under canvas. The ambience, the sense of a… 011
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Community Wealth Building Part 2: Eat healthy or eat cheap. Revitalising Jersey’s Farming by Colin Lever medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comCommunity Wealth Building: Eat healthy or eat cheap. Revitalising Jersey’s farmingIt is down to us, the Jersey public, to help rebuild our community’s wealth 011
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Community Wealth Building Part 1: Re-discovering Jersey. How to make Jersey more resilient, more locally competitive, and less reliant on outside businesses by Colin Lever medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comCommunity Wealth Building: Re-discovering JerseyHow to make Jersey more resilient, more locally competitive, and less reliant on outside businesses 011
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 05/01/2025A schism or an inevitable evolution? Replacing the Bailiff as President of the States Assembly with an elected speaker by Jennifer Bridge medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comA schism or an inevitable evolution?Replacing the Bailiff as President of the States Assembly with an elected speaker 011
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 05/01/2025The Normalisation of Intolerance: The Case for Inclusivity as a Societal Imperative by Jennifer Bridge medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comThe Normalisation of Intolerance: The Case for Inclusivity as a Societal ImperativeDebates over identity, rights, and representation are growing louder in an era dominated by polarising media narratives and social media… 051
Reposted by Ollie Taylor9x5Media @9x5media.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Why paying a living wage in Jersey is about more than just eradicating poverty by Jennifer Bridge medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comWhy paying a living wage in Jersey is about more than just eradicating povertyFirst published: Jersey Evening Post 22.06.2022 011
Reposted by Ollie TaylorJay Plaite @lebiss.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Great to see 9x5Media over on Bluesky 071
Reposted by Ollie TaylorJonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Yael Kahn is the latest Jew to be arrested by Keir Starmer's Met police, using the UK's draconian anti-protest and terror laws, for expressing opposition to Israel's genocide in Gaza. Kahn, who lost family in the Holocaust, has begun a hunger strike in her prison cell. skwawkbox.org/2025/01/03/e...skwawkbox.orgExclusive video: Israeli anti-genocide protester Kahn arrested, goes on hunger- and sleep-strikeVeteran Jewish anti-Zionist held in custody by Met, begins protest Yael Kahn, the Jewish Israeli anti-genocide protester who has been repeatedly targeted by the UK state for her uncompromising oppo… 34749
Reposted by Ollie TaylorWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...anntelnaes.substack.comWhy I'm quitting the Washington PostDemocracy can't function without a free press 13478362777
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 03/01/2025He's a threat to democracies everywhere, these billionaires need to be reigned in. 000
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 03/01/2025“If the UK authorities prevail, no journalist travelling to London will be safe any longer when it comes to source protection” 010
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 16/12/2024'"Strengthening the Golan is strengthening the State of Israel, and it is especially important at this time. We will continue to hold onto it, cause it to blossom, and settle in it," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.' www.reuters.com/world/middle...reuters.comIsrael plans to double population on occupied Golan, citing threats from SyriaIsrael captured most of the plateau from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, annexing it in 1981. Syria demands Israel withdraw but Israel refuses. Various peace efforts have failed. 110
Reposted by Ollie Taylornataliestrecker.bsky.social @nataliestrecker.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Next Saturday, 21st Dec (Winter Solstice) - weather permitting - we will be lighting our lanterns of hope for Palestine & all those suffering due to the genocide & other wars, which demean us as a species. We will send our prayers & hopes out on the longest night of the year. Please join us 🇵🇸🕯🙏🏻🕊 063
Reposted by Ollie TaylorChris Edmond @chrismedmond.bsky.social · 14/12/2024What do we need if we are to develop Jersey’s MedTech industry? In today’s @jepnews.bsky.social you can read my thoughts on the topic. 181
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Yours truly in this weekend's @jepnews.bsky.social #WeekendEssay 171
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 11/12/2024"complicate", as in the US will no longer have some puppet stooge who acts more on behalf of America than his own people? 000
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Great letter in today's JEP news from Terry Thuillier. 031
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 09/12/2024“Only richest 10% can afford to buy as figures show average household needs 8.6 times disposable income to meet asking price” You do wonder at what point this lunacy is going to end. www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...theguardian.comCost of buying average home in England now unaffordable, warns ONSOnly richest 10% can afford to buy as figures show average household needs 8.6 times disposable income to meet asking price 000
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Things still left out of my latest: - ICJ arrest warrants - Child/Palestinian prisoners - West Bank Palestinian pogroms - Israeli war crimes before Oct 7th - Qatari funding of Hamas under Netanyahu - Hannibal Directive on Oct 7th - How Israel helped create Hamas - Israel's plan for Greater Israel 140
Ollie Taylor @ollie9x5.bsky.social · 08/12/2024“Promoting Falsehoods: A Challenge to JEP Columnist Susana Rowles’ Article” My latest piece on apartheid, genocide, settler colonialism and the dehumanisation of Palestinians: medium.com/nine-by-five...medium.comPromoting Falsehoods: A Challenge to JEP Columnist Susana Rowles’ ArticleMy aim today is to dismantle the main points of what she wrote and explain why so much of it was downright wrong 282
