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It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

submitted 7 days ago • 117 comments

Incredible chart of market performance over the first 100 days of the last four presidential administrations, from @jhelvy.bsky.social: jhelvy.github.io/potus-econ-s...

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies. They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.

submitted 9 days ago • 527 comments

California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy. The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone. grist.org/energy/calif... #CA #California #Solar #Climate #Batteries

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

More scenes from Seattle !#handsoff

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Huge crowds in Seattle #handsoff

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"Whatever the reason was, it exposed half of the electorate—the 77 million people who voted for Trump—as either fundamentally unserious, decadent, or weak. And no empire can survive the degeneration of its people."

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Inspired by @GabyKoppel brilliant article in the Metro about “Ageism" in the UK Film & TV industry. Please find attached a brief survey about the “Who, Where and How” of -Off Screen Talent- within the UK TV & Film Industry. Please share across your network forms.office.com/r/LF99kiFfvc

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

Attention all traditional American allies: Regardless of the current hostility by the current administration, the bulk of America considers you an ally and values your friendship.

submitted 17 days ago • 724 comments

This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 18 days ago • 118 comments

I, David O’Doherty, will be returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August with my new show ‘Highway to the David Zone.’ assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/952...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Great shows and talent nominated here

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Beginning to feel like this week is the one where Jon Ossoff’s candidacy for 2028 took off.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Some news: I'm presenting and co-writing a new short Radio 4 series, Untaxing. It's about how tax affects our lives: from the Laffer Curve, to the Beatles, to Jaffa Cakes, and modern day avoidance. 1.45pm on Radio 4, every day next week, and on BBC Sounds as each episode airs.

submitted 22 days ago • 14 comments

🌱#ukgardens bees were buzzing all over this earlier but now I’m looking I can’t actually see any…

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Can someone in Europe invent a different Facebook pls?

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Focus group tonight. Offered them a chance between partnering with the US on a key policy issue or partnering with France. They were so pro-France I thought they were about to sing "La Marseillaise".

submitted 27 days ago • 67 comments

We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!

submitted 29 days ago • 1292 comments

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submitted 33 days ago • 133 comments

Soft power is something Donald Trump doesn’t understand. He only appreciates the brutal kind. But you can’t buy or bully or invade everybody. The days of American hegemony are gone for good. Pecksniff's Diary on this and other political events from East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

Good morning and welcome to your thread of FT Weekend highlights on this cold but mercifully bright weekend. First before you hear one more tech oligarch redefine free speech please read this fantastic essay on the history of an ideal on.ft.com/4hlBeFq

submitted 32 days ago • 8 comments

What’s your one top gardening tip? 🌱

submitted 32 days ago • 18 comments

The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful good news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

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Response from student leaders at @georgetownlaw.bsky.social: “While we did not expect to be fighting for our basic First Amendment rights, we are prepared to do so—we will not waver, cower, nor hesitate.”

submitted 39 days ago • 6 comments