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It turns out reports of a 'millionaire exodus' from the UK last year were completely unfounded.

submitted 15 hours ago • 20 comments

www.scottsantens.com/how-money-is... Oh this is a deep but good read on how money/tax/currency works (TLDR - Money is a social construct and the govt can make more if it wants to) and is a good component of the conversation on UBI. #UniversalBasicIncome

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Many KLM customers will be heartened to see their support for LGBTQ+ inclusion - yet their online ads have been showing up on the website of GB News - a channel notorious for anti-LGBTQ+ content. You can take action by sending an email here: goodlaw.social/sfh

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I wonder what happened in 2016? …another picture to save to your phone and share everywhere.

submitted 11 days ago • 31 comments

"I've got a brand new content harvester"

submitted 11 days ago • 71 comments

This is extremely significant. Former 🇮🇱 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (2006-9) wrote in a May 22 Haaretz op-ed that Israel is: 🔴 intentionally waging a war of annihilation 🔴 premeditatedly adopting a policy of starvation 🔴 massacring civilians 🔴 making declarations of genocide A thread:

submitted 17 days ago • 17 comments

This is essential viewing. A remarkable interview with Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatrician working in Gaza, following the killing of her colleague’s NINE children by Israeli forces. Going to post this video in two clips. Here she responds to ludicrous IDF denials & calls out the genocide. 1/2

submitted 16 days ago • 13 comments

It can't be healthy for society for one mega corporation to have so much information on our private lives. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

"Research finds the BBC to be the UK’s most recognised cultural export internationally – ahead of the Premier League and British universities. Its hundreds of millions of users are more likely to favour the UK, as well as more likely to support democracy" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments