Reposted by Dakota FannyJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A real welfare state and universal health care require broad taxation, including the middle class. But high end wealth taxation is the kind of tax that protects democracy and the rule of law, and prevents aristocratic dynasties. It keeps us human. 101668321
Reposted by Dakota FannyEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 19/07/2025another good way of thinking about what cracking value radio 4 is that it makes twenty hours of programming a day - news, drama, comedy, documentaries, a soap opera, arts - for about £90m/yr, while spotify pay joe rogan about £60m/year to listen gullibly to liars for about nine hours per week 426984
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026@emilyoram.bsky.social fyi www.reddit.com/r/seriea/s/t...reddit.comFrom the seriea community on Reddit: Calafiori’s gf marking her territoryExplore this post and more from the seriea community 000
Reposted by Dakota FannyDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 7070131918
Reposted by Dakota FannyRick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I want to hear more about the second of these writing sessions 491537282
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026True Detective season 1 finale. Forced something ambiguously strange and disturbing and ambitious into a boringly typical slasher villain 1112
Reposted by Dakota FannyCasmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I think we've solved the definition of "English". You're English if you can do a terrorist action and it doesn't count. 1399
Reposted by Dakota FannyPunished 'Woke' Bane @baneforyou.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Naw man I got this great deregulation tip that's gonna pay off, just need to cut some disability and healthcare to get it going 0112
Reposted by Dakota FannyPunished 'Woke' Bane @baneforyou.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Austerity junkies be like "just one more spending cut man, that'll solve all the problems" for decades and never admit they have a problem 27219
Reposted by Dakota FannyYgrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 04/10/2026cop: license and registration please me: (hands him uno reverse card) license and registration please cop: ah man 747993
Reposted by Dakota FannyMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The problem has never really been that conservative voters are reluctant to criticize Trump. The problem is a relentless right-wing media apparatus that tells them Democrats are worse. 16957139
Reposted by Dakota FannyEarn @nregib.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If this was from a movie that came out in 2016 set in future Trump’s America people would’ve called it alarmist and laughed but now it’s just life 220650
Reposted by Dakota FannyMike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026VOTE NO on Pro 75 (the 'TAX DRACULA' bill.) If we try to tax Dracula, he will simply move away to Texas. 141137159
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026youtu.be/LsCvNMda3_M?...youtu.beÆvestaden - Motorbåt (Official Video)YouTube video by Ævestaden 011
Reposted by Dakota FannyRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 541904772
Reposted by Dakota FannyPaul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tax these people out of existence. Ban billionaires, they serve no socially useful purpose for any civilisation that has hopes of a future. 062
Reposted by Dakota FannyShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Britain’s big four banks are on track for a record-breaking year, buoyed by high interest rates. Now their lobbyists are out in force, warning the government not to tax them more, so they can continue to give huge bonus packages and payouts to shareholders. 124
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026'Operation Mincemeat' has ruined any interest in this film for me. Take a potentially really exciting WW2 true story and make it into a typically boring British movie. 'Pressure' looks exactly the same, but starting with a boring sounding WW2 story instead 010
Reposted by Dakota FannyIain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"BRITAIN BECOMES DUMP FOR THE NAXI EXILES. Scores of Jews and other exiles are being smuggled into England in small foreign ships, for £25 a time." Daily Mirror, 1938. Sound familiar? 2230103
Reposted by Dakota FannyGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Why is George Osborne not widely seen as the most disastrous Chancellor the UK had in decades? One reason is the r/w media did not frame him that way. He was an economic & social vandal who damaged the fabric of UK society. For a host of reasons he should be nowhere near the British Museum. 88429
Reposted by Dakota FannyThe Balderdook @balderdash.bsky.social · 02/10/202675 today! Happy birthday Sting. 4955961
Reposted by Dakota FannySpace Yak 🇻🇪🇨🇺🇵🇸 @spaceyak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We remember far too much history through the lens of the upper classes: "Oh it was terrible in the 70s, any time you wanted to enrich yourself your workers went on strike and demanded they get a share.. " 184
Reposted by Dakota FannyNeil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026 4215
Reposted by Dakota FannyNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Energy prices are going up AGAIN – this time by an average of £276. But we don’t have to accept a future of permanently rising bills. This government can stop prices spiraling – here’s how 🧵 34122
Reposted by Dakota FannyJohn Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 30/09/2026Definitely looks like a centaur that's had the back legs removed. 7578
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026From the people who brought you robots to spend time with your kids so you can do more work 020
Reposted by Dakota Fannyrichiebryan.bsky.social @richiebryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rent controls are a win win! Renters would have better and fairer housing security and the government would save billions in housing benefit We can do this 🙏🏽💚🎉 075
Reposted by Dakota FannyBeth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Opponents of rent controls typically argue that rent controls would lead to landlords selling up. Of course that presents risks. But it also presents a historic opportunity. Because when a landlord sells, the home does not vanish – only the owner changes! 16814
Reposted by Dakota FannyRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 157165165566
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Did Trump tell us whether AI's pronouns are still it/its? 000
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Urgh British insecurity about the reality of our status in the world is such a millstone around our necks. Who cares that the new Heathrow runway will be bad for the UK and its economy if we can tell foreigners we have a bigger airport than them? 001
Reposted by Dakota FannyBeth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well, I for one am an economist who supports rent controls! Here’s why 🧵: Markets only work well if: -buyers & sellers have roughly equal power -producers respond to price signals & expand supply in response to scarcity -buyers can walk away if prices get too high 11418199
Reposted by Dakota FannyJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They should reveal that care workers have a 10% chance of wiping out humanity, and raise the investment that way. 419841
Reposted by Dakota FannyMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Climate change is as straightforward as it gets: Democrats vote to address it and Republicans vote not to. There's a weird tic among the pundit class where they think saying "it's more complicated than that" is the intelligent stance on everything but sometimes it's not complicated! 16967118
Reposted by Dakota FannyMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why are progressive politicians so reluctant to admit that conservatives are wrong about something 28965115
Reposted by Dakota FannyGary Bainbridge @garybainbridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The people most furious about the idea that Labour might break its 2024 manifesto commitments on tax and public spending are people who voted against Labour in 2024. 032
Reposted by Dakota FannyIndy @indy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The hard truth is we have implemented every centre-right nostrum, from slashing local government through conditionality of benefits to junking resilience measures for society and the economy - and as many predicted, it all turns out to be very costly in the long run. 04220
Reposted by Dakota FannyMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 29/09/2026My top 5 English films? 1. Tax Dodge Meets The Bankrupt American Actor 2. Shite Comedians, Shite Film 3. Geezers! 4. Sad Posh People 5. Oh No! The Locals Are Welsh! 4235
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Great, now I need to pretend I know what red diesel is 000
Reposted by Dakota FannyLuca Tiratelli @lucatiratelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I await the first time a politician proposing some nuts new immigration restriction is asked what is otherwise the media’s favourite question: how are you going to pay for it?? 219067
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Banana Splits - kinda the original Gorillaz 000
Reposted by Dakota FannyNosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for 3443901230
Dakota Fanny @sammypotatoes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As the Chancellor makes his speech, a concrete example of why fixating on balancing the books is not progressive. Fail to invest today and you're just pushing higher costs on to people tomorrow 000
Reposted by Dakota FannyDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets. 132500832
Reposted by Dakota FannyScuzzy Mortspider 🕷️ 🎃 @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“Hope is earned with fiscal restraint”: rhetoric that soars like a beagle. 183