Nick

@badger0us.bsky.social

40 something guy from Nottingham, UK living aboard a narrowboat. Freelance sustainable web designer/developer, keen cyclist, soundsystem lover, crap scuba diver
 https://nick-hayward.co.uk Projects: https://econotts.org - https://bansuvs.org

🚨 New research by us! 📣 Most British drivers don't know how dangerous SUVs are to other road users, but adding information to SUV marketing materials seems to do almost nothing to change people's plans to buy SUVs Here's a 🧵 on why harder action is going to be needed 1/10

A mockup SUV advert image with a prototype safety warning

1/7 I’m a Green Party councillor for City Ward #Sheffield. It’s a densely populated urban ward. I’m going to talk about digital advertising screens, which doesn’t sound exciting, but please bear with me. I want to explain why I spend time objecting to so many of these. Since 2023, I’ve …

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Was looking at new kitchen cabinets, but then used part of the kitchen my physio was ripping out - £200 worth of perfectly usable cabinets and doors were going in the skip!

interior of narrowboat, fitting a recycled white kitchen base unit with oak worktop

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Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple, Microsoft dodged $278bn US corporation taxes over 10 years. Paid 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average. Profits shifted to low/no tax jurisdictions. Same companies operate in the UK, dodge taxes, create social squalor. Force companies to publish tax returns.

‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years

Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average

theguardian.com