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"Capitalism has entered a radical and apocalyptic phase. There is no utopian vision in any of this." Interview ⤵️

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Government officials make a long list of possible causes of penguin deaths, including “unusually high sea temperatures”. The aversion to even mentioning climate change and global heating is astonishing and fundamentally dishonest. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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Women making up 57% of the ALP party room is pretty fricken amazing. Be interesting though to see what percent of the cabinet/ministry….

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US to begin immediate removal of up to 1,000 trans military members

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I suppose a BS in economics can only help so much.

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“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.

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Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

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Could refer to this absolute banger of a paper title again today. ✌️ A title so good, you don't even have to read the paper anymore. doi.org/10.1177/1094...

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Israel to expand military operations in Gaza to establish ‘sustained presence’

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“Europe has made its choice. We are choosing to start a new age of invention and ingenuity. We are choosing to put research and innovation, science and technology, at the heart of our economy...” commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_25_1130

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Europe’s choice is clear. To put science at the heart of its economy. To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration. And to welcome talent from all over the world. I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative. → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ

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Trump promised his tariffs would create jobs. They’re already destroying them. Auto workers supported tariffs to protect their jobs. They caused layoffs instead www.vox.com/today-explai...

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Targets without teeth will get you nowhere. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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“As a custodian of hope, Gaga takes audiences through an emotionally laden and inclusive journey that reminds us how struggles can be overcome through acts of confrontation, defiance and resilience.” A fabulous piece by @tdacin.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-lady-gag...

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7 new Qld Labor women. Ali France - Dickson, Emma Comer - Petrie, Kara Cook - Bonner, Madonna Jarrett - Brisbane, Renee Coffey - Griffith, Julie-Ann Campbell - Moreton & Corinne Mulholland - Senate. A Rhiannyn Douglas win in Longman would make it 8. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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🧬🩺 Gender differences in health A global study found men are more likely to die from diabetes, HIV, and high blood pressure – but less likely to get diagnosed or treated. 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosmedicine... #SciComm #GlobalHealth 🧪

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Well, hopefully we won’t have more imagined African gangs terrorising people on the streets of Melbourne for a while.

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Some might argue they are actually aiming for a very White place… and Rubio is too thick to realise what this means for him.

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By tariffing one bird order, you attack us all. Our allies will continue to respond. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Did Trump supportes really vote for scientifuc research to be destroyed, at home and abroad? I can’t remember whether they campaigned on this. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Interesting first episode on working hours and the four day week with @heejungchung.bsky.social and @joeocon.bsky.social For more, read ESCoE work on productivity: tinyurl.com/mry4zuab

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Musk’s companies got billions from the government. Now he’s pulling up the ladder behind him | Christopher Marquis

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Welp, the federal minimum wage is now officially a poverty wage (as in, a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage gets paid less than the poverty line for a single person). www.epi.org/blog/the-fed...

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For those who think Elon Musk just “turned” bad a few years ago: In 2014, Musk threatened an entire team at Tesla with deportation when their leader asked him to address a brake safety issue with the Model S. She was forced to resign.

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Feminists’ attitudes towards men – Six studies, in the most systematic examination yet of feminists’ actual and perceived attitudes toward men, find that feminists’ attitudes toward men are broadly positive and broadly similar to other people’s attitudes toward men. Findings: 1/4

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The cruelty and the stupidity is the point

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Horrifying. Tragic. Terrible. people.com/virginia-giu...

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We just published a new study on COVID-19 in Ontario, and it turns out, the way we measured cases may have been way off. Why? Because testing wasn’t equal across age and sex groups. That skews what we think we know. In epi-speak this is called “ascertainment bias”. Here's what we found:

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The CUNY faculty union has a pretty strong statement demanding that the administration ban ICE and Homeland Security from recruiting on campus, and provide legal representation to any student or employee facing deportation or visa cancellation. psc-cuny.org/issues/immig...

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This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...

submitted 16 days ago • 600 comments

The free speech website where the owner (who believes in free speech) will throttle your access if you criticize him - even if you support all the far-right conspiracy theories and bigotry he supports. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Elon Musk has said he will step back from the U.S. DOGE Service next month and focus on Tesla, his reeling electric vehicle company, which on Tuesday reported a stunning 71 percent plunge in profits compared with the first quarter of 2024 www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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What a great night listening to these amazing women in conversation. Can’t believe it was free too. Thanks @giwlanu.bsky.social 🙏

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“the true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the ‘Good Samaritan’ … that is, by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception.”

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it's always “address reviewers’ comments” never “you do you”

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Artificial “inteligente” using ridiculous amounts of water and energy to make everyone dumber 🫠

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El Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México es una serie de publicaciones sobre las distintas lenguas habladas en México. Actualmente suma más de 40 monografías sobre las distintas variantes y agrupaciones lingüísticas de México. Enlace de acceso a las publicaciones: cell.colmex.mx/proyecto/arc...

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Good.

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“Hi, I’m proudly ignorant and should be at home, under supervision, playing with goo.”

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My government will streamline credential recognition and attract global talent — including Canadian doctors and nurses working in the U.S.

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Dutton: "Labor's always wanted to end negative gearing, which would be a disaster for people who are saving for a rental property" Holy shit. #leadersdebate

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Breaking News: Trump officials blame a mistake for setting off the tectonic confrontation with Harvard.

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New study looking at very long trends: nearly 4 in 10 women said they would rather be a man in 1947, down to 9% today, though that's still twice as high as proportion of men who would rather be a woman... www.kcl.ac.uk/news/homewor... @giwlkings.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

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