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Robyn D - Difficult Woman

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Movement As Medicine advocate. Follow my writing on Limberation.com Rheumatoid arthritis patient. Previously diagnosed Psoriatic arthritis patient. Probably both! 🤔 Ex-pat Kiwi in Kangaroo land (Melbourne). Arrived (on Earth) at 313.7 CO²

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Mother Jones@motherjones.com · yesterday

Recently unearthed records show that, in one set of trials carried out by the US Army, the electric shock gloves caused “overwhelmingly immediate” pain to soldiers in a mock forced cell extraction scenario, who then reported that “just seeing the glove” frightened them into obedience.

Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers

After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.

motherjones.com

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 8h ago

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Prof Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 23h ago

A record-breaking UK summer may be shifting climate attitudes. 62% now say extreme heat is the most pressing climate impact, up from 36% in October 2024. Concern about wildfires has soared from 13% to 47%. But still little change in behaviour… theconversation.com/did-the-hot-...

Did the hot summer make more people worry about climate change? Here’s what the latest indications show

Around 65% of the British public are now concerned about climate change.

theconversation.com

Patrick Stokes@patrickstokes.com · 22h ago

My dad was a plumber who was quietly appalled that I was becoming a philosopher. During his career he fell off at least four roofs. To date I have not fallen off a single roof in a professional (or any other) context so I think I made the right call.

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 23h ago

To my philosophy friends who think they’ll retrain as a plumber if/when AI comes for our jobs. It’s hard. I fixed one running toilet and half-fixed a second. This isn’t a cake walk. (Parents are visiting, so naturally Dad wanted to visit Bunnings (aka, Aussie Home Depot))

Kent Parkstreet@kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 21h ago

At Singapore’s Changi airport a corporation profits from moving disabled folk between connecting flights and storing them in an awful room for a while. Their system is appalling, rude, indecent. On my return flight I’ll just hang out in a restaurant and ask strangers for directions.

Simon Rosenberg@simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21h ago

"The decision provides Australia with some much-needed climate credibility, as it faces pressure from Pacific neighbours over fossil fuel approvals at the pre-COP31 negotiations in Fiji and Tuvalu this week." A shame that the "climate credibility" comes from judges, not governments. #nswpol #auspol

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · yesterday

Has the high court set Australia’s fossil fuel producers shaking in their boots? They should be | Jacqueline Peel

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2d ago

Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.

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Kon Karapanagiotidis@kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 2d ago

To every Australian banging on this morning on talkback radio about wanting ZERO migration, I concede. You can have it. As long as you are ok with the high chance of ZERO emergency medical care when you’re sick. ZERO aged care when you’re old. ZERO fresh food when you’re hungry.