Thoughtful words from fellow Dunedinite Sam Neill - who has sadly passed away.
Daniel Benneworth-Gray@danielgray.com · 3w agoSam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
Dr Simon Perkins 🇪🇺🌻🌊🌈 ally #FBPE
@simonperkins.bsky.social
🇪🇺 🇳🇿 Pākehā/Tauiwi living in the UK - the largest British region of *Europe* I'm an academic and my research centres on 'affective economies' i.e. http://trigg.gr/ I've been on Twitter since 2007 i.e. https://twitter.com/SimonPerkins
Daniel Benneworth-Gray@danielgray.com · 3w ago
I couldn't have said it more clearly. Thanks @russincheshire.bsky.social :-)
Ghislaine Hull@ghizzybear.bsky.social · 2mo ago
Whenever Robert Arnold speaks, the muddy water becomes crystal clear. youtu.be/yLT7xhZ0Fa0?...
On Modern Social Democracy
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
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Enjoyed telling GB News *how* we actually go back into the EU. Pt I:
Seemingly, this an excerpt from the interview conducted by The Economist's Zanny Minton Beddoes and Edward Carr in Jerusalem, which aired in the UK on 9 January 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH2B...
Binyamin Netanyahu on how Israel justifies its war in Gaza
YouTube video by The Economist
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@edonalife.bsky.social · 3mo agoEvery Journalist should do this to him evey day, every time he steps in a studio. Remind him of his criminality. They should do the same to to the 34xFelon, Fraud, Adjudicated RAPIST!. youtube.com/shorts/FM3ol...
"Reform is not an insurgency; it's more of a counter-elite. It is using the language of popular grievance while advancing the interests of its own patronage networks. ... There is something ironic in seeing someone climb out of a golden Land Rover to demand the smashing of the establishment..."
Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 3mo agoit’s worth reading every word of this brilliant, excoriating column by Fraser Nelson
Robert Reich's post spurred me on to watch his 2021 clip on the subject www.youtube.com/watch?v=srJZ...
Does Trickle-Down Economics Actually Work? | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 4mo agoAmazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.
"'Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out.' Prof Michael E. Mann" 😆
Amy Oddo✌🏻💙☀️@amyoddo.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnd her movie sucks too😆
1. Idaho banned the pride flag on government property. So Boise made the pride flag their official city flag, which allowed them to fly it. Then Idaho banned new city flags. So in response, Boise has now wrapped the poles themselves in rainbows! Subscribe to support our journalism.
Idaho Banned The Pride Flag. So Boise Wrapped the Flagpoles Themselves In Pride Colors.
As public acknowledgements of LGBTQ life come under attack, local governments and citizen activists alike are fighting back in bold and creative ways.
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Gee, this really is bleak. Sadly, voting Reform UK Party Ltd. is only a symptom - and promises to be as useful for disenfranchised British people as voting for Trump was for those MAGA who were similarly desperate for change.
Hamish 💧@hamishoz.bsky.social · 4mo agoDoesn’t seem to mention how neoliberalism broke the UK.
“we’ve never seen in recent history a chemical that’s accumulating in so many media at such a high rate,” ... Accumulation [in the environment] is essentially irreversible and I’m afraid the impact on humans and the environment won’t be recognised by scientists until it is too late.”
Leana Hosea@leanahosea.bsky.social · 4mo agoScientist @hanspeterarp.bsky.social told us TFA is: “accumulating in our tap water, the food we’re eating, plants, trees, the sea, + all in the past few decades" + "we’ve never seen in recent history a chemical that’s accumulating in so many media at such a high rate". share.google/HLIuKWo5BhA6...
An upcoming Montana ballot referendum would deny corporations the power to spend in state and federal elections. If it passes in deep red Montana, it could pass anywhere. State by state, this could effectively nullify Citizens United. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fPbGHe3xE
Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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A politician with the guts to say it: "No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War." - Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.
De Niro: It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent—no one, no one voted for new wars. No one voted for higher prices at the pump. No one voted for higher prices in grocery stores, and no one voted for government-masked thugs shooting down our citizens in the streets.
Our phones, our f-ing doorbells, the supermarket, cameras in parking lots & cameras on the street are all tracking our movements and our identities. ICE now has software that tracks billions of social media posts & images & software that taps into the DMV, IRS & Social Security to identify us.
I can sort of understand people treating climate breakdown as a distant, peripheral issue when they thought it was just a future threat to polar bears and Pacific Islands But we're seeing these sorts of warnings all the time now, and little seems to have changed
UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns
Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable
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In 2020 Nigel Farage said of MPs who defect & refuse a by-election “it’s not right, it’s dishonorable” Giving voters the right to have a say on an MPs defection is vital to restoring trust in our politics - and isn’t that exactly what the government has pledged to do?
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 5mo ago🚨VERY IMPORTANT! ON 16 MARCH PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT Make sure your MP attends! youtu.be/LPO_ZWlyb7Q?...
If you want to understand the risks of climate change, listen to insurers. Their business Is assessing risk - www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How extreme weather is leaving thousands of homes uninsurable
In this week’s newsletter: The climate crisis is making insurance unaffordable for many – and it should worry all of us, even if we think we’re safe from floods, wildfires and hurricanes
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Dat Trump in de zak van Poetin zit lijkt steeds waarschijnlijker, dat Poetin 'Kompromat' heeft die de smoking gun is, is niet onwaarschijnlijk.
Peter Jukes@peterjukes.bsky.social · 6mo agoThread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12 bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.
