Story of many many Americans lives.. the medical stuff shouldn’t be political But somehow that has become Toxic too????

EMERGENCY PODCAST! Andy Burnham has pledged to 'end 40 years of neoliberalism' - but is that what he's actually set out to do? Compass Director Neal Lawson sits down with @labourlewis.bsky.social, @profafinlayson.bsky.social @jemgilbert.bsky.social & Sue Goss. Wherever you get your podcasts!

Nice piece in @yorkshirebylines.co.uk on the need to take Yorkshire more seriously. For US readers: imagine if California was run from Washington? That’s how the UK works. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/cult...

Giving Yorkshire Day new meaning

Yorkshire Day is about more than celebrating the county – it's a chance to renew the case for meaningful devolution

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@scottsantens.com - here’s my take on Sapolsky… good science… bad philosophy. simonduffy.info/blog/are-we-...

Are we free or not?

Robert Sapolsky's book Determined aims at proving the non-existence of Free Will - but it fails.

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South Korea's 49th PM knew AI should fund UBI. This is common sense policy now that all technologically advanced societies should adopt. "I am considering the idea of combining the massive wealth that will arise in relation to the AI great transformation with basic income." UBI works.

This is really important. Debt, like money, is a convenient or inconvenient fiction. Not only the Jews, but also the Athenians recognised this fact. In fact it was fundamental to Solon’s democracy,

David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 5d ago

Question to Prof Michael Hudson about Debt. 'If King or Emperor holds the power to declare a jubilee and to cancel all debts at once, (i.e. resetting the clock). Does this time have a ceiling and does this mean debt cannot grow forever because the sovereign retains the right to cancel it?'

Providing care is a shareholder's dream - and that's what needs to change - The i Paper Great and hopeful article from Neal Lawson @compassoffice.bsky.social Shout out for @simonduffy.bsky.social Citizens Network 👍 But NCS can be national standards, pay, training etc with max subsidiarity.

For years, Telegraph columnists told us climate breakdown is a hoax. Now they say: it's real, but it's too late to do anything about it, so let the bodies pile high (again). Just one long list of excuses not to reduce fossil fuel use. Such newspapers bear as much responsibility as the oil firms.

And on the same front page:

I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.

Thanks for the heads up @lynnebowers.bsky.social - yes - as Neal Lawson of @compassoffice.bsky.social argues - the way forward with social care has more than 1 dimension. End means-testing - But also end the exploitation of communities built into the current system. inews.co.uk/opinion/prov...

Providing care is a shareholder's dream - and that's what needs to change

Can we care better, in a way that is rooted in human connection, interdependence, and kindness?

inews.co.uk

🎙️ The Imperfect Citizens podcast is back! Glyn Butcher and Simon Duffy explore what real “help” means in our communities. 🎧 Listen now: Spotify: https://ow.ly/uWK350Zm9XP YouTube: https://ow.ly/pP2950Zm9XO 👇 What does good help mean to you? #ImperfectCitizens #NewPodcast

I've got a plan to clean up British politics. 🚫No second jobs for MPs. 💷Cap political donations. ❌No contracts for party donors. Politics should work for you - not the highest bidder. Let's stop the sleaze for good!

Organizers for a new EU-wide Unconditional Basic Income initiative now have six months to begin a 12-month period of collecting signatures. It must gather at least one million valid statements of support from EU citizens, and also reach minimum thresholds in at least seven member states.

EU takes formal step on basic income bid amid AI-driven job fears

A European plan for basic income is now officially registered, but hitting the million-signature mark is just the first obstacle.

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Trump's big pharma deal with the NHS will cause 229,000 extra deaths. @greenjennyjones.bsky.social is proud to stand with @weownit.org.uk, who are calling for an end to this disastrous deal.

Never forget that we can chose to have a society without an Oligarchy having such power.

But, but, but....... If you spend money on welfare, How are the elite expected to maintain their salubrious lifestyles? There is more profit to be gained from the misery of war than what there is in the day to day mundane societal issues of the proletariat scum.

New LS Lowry exhibition in Milton Keynes aims to demolish ‘naive and uncultured’ myth. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

New LS Lowry exhibition aims to demolish ‘naive and uncultured’ myth

Gallery director says collection of 140 paintings will offer a more balanced view of Manchester painter’s work

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The Economist on housing and LVT: "There are also ways to reduce landlords' profits that do not interfere with housing supply, such as taxing the value of land regardless of how it is used." In fact, research shows shifting taxes to land can promote more supply.

South Korea launched basic income in rural counties across the nation to boost local businesses Kim Pan-jong, who runs a tomato juice business, said he expanded into local retail after previously selling only online. "We expect more customers from within the region" 🫰

Mamdani got into office and instantly: • Froze rent for 2 million New Yorkers • Cut subway fares in half for low-income riders • Fully funded NYC parks • Added $680M for public schools • Launched free child care for 2-year-olds If establishment politicians actually wanted to help you, they could.

David Graeber wrote Revolt Of the Caring Class. There exists the economy of people who take care of us. People who help us when we need help. But these classes of people are often not appreciated and mostly underpaid. davidgraeber.org/articles/the...

"When we sat down and listened, I said: ‘Oh my God, all of this can be stopped with money.' That’s really where we started thinking about what it would look like if we just gave families the financial support that they need to actualize the goals that they have for themselves and their families.”

This program gives Black single moms $1,000 a month for a year. The results are undeniable

The Magnolia Mother’s Trust is the first to target low-income families led by Black mothers in Jackson, Mississippi

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Here's what the landlord lobby don't want you to know: If rents went down by 20%, renters would save £2400 a year. The government would save £2 billion a year. And landlords would still make 4.5 times as much profit as the average business.

If you need some morning cheer: baby bottlenose dolphins choose their own name and are called by it by others throughout their lives. We need to #Unlearn so much of what we've been taught about non-human animals #AnimalSentience spacedaily.com/d-within-the...

Within the first few months of life, every bottlenose dolphin invents a unique whistle that becomes its name for the rest of its life — and other dolphins learn that whistle, remember it, and use it t...

The proposition that another animal species besides humans uses personal names was, for essentially the entire history of comparative animal cognition

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Will a Trumpian Victory become the term used to describe a subset of Pyrrhic Victories ie short-term victories achieved by cheating? Probably not. www.msn.com/en-us/sports...

"Women held high social status within Iron Age Scythian society." As in many other societies. Only reason to be surprised by this is still far-to-prevalent Victorian ideas about history #Unlearn www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Elite families ruled nomadic Scythian society 2,500 years ago, DNA analysis reveals

Nomads of the Eurasian steppe were ruled by elite dynastic families, including women, a large-scale genetic analysis reveals.

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