Mark E Thomas FB99% FBPE
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social
Strategist, mathematician, author of 99% (FT Best Books of 2019) and founder of the 99% Organisation.
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Three Baseless Taboos are Derailing National Renewal
Three Baseless Taboos are Derailing National Renewal
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In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.
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Assuming Americans will be allowed to vote again, it’s a sure shot that MN will be a blue state for generations to come. Well done, Republicans.
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Assuming Americans will be allowed to vote again, it’s a sure shot that MN will be a blue state for generations to come. Well done, Republicans.
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i like how abolishing ICE is seen by dems as extreme. like, a world without murderous cops is such a fanciful concept.
January 17, 2026 at 1:57 AM
i like how abolishing ICE is seen by dems as extreme. like, a world without murderous cops is such a fanciful concept.
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The warning signs are clear. Can we get our politicians to act in time?
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
Time to Defend Democracy - 99%
Why we need urgent action to protect our democracy and our social contract European democracy is at risk from hostile actors. In the UK, if we do not act, we […]
99-percent.org
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The warning signs are clear. Can we get our politicians to act in time?
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
@everydoctor.org.uk
Our friends @EveryDoctorUK have launched an open letter demanding Wes Streeting end corridor care.
1 in 5 ED patients treated in inappropriate spaces.
Send your letter (30 seconds!) 👉 everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor-care 💙
Our friends @EveryDoctorUK have launched an open letter demanding Wes Streeting end corridor care.
1 in 5 ED patients treated in inappropriate spaces.
Send your letter (30 seconds!) 👉 everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor-care 💙
Wes Streeting must end corridor care now!
everydoctor.eaction.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM
@everydoctor.org.uk
Our friends @EveryDoctorUK have launched an open letter demanding Wes Streeting end corridor care.
1 in 5 ED patients treated in inappropriate spaces.
Send your letter (30 seconds!) 👉 everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor-care 💙
Our friends @EveryDoctorUK have launched an open letter demanding Wes Streeting end corridor care.
1 in 5 ED patients treated in inappropriate spaces.
Send your letter (30 seconds!) 👉 everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor-care 💙
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Wes Streeting promised to end corridor care in 2024 — but the crisis continues.
EveryDoctor is demanding a clear plan of action. Thousands have already joined them — add your voice and make it harder to ignore 👇
✍️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
EveryDoctor is demanding a clear plan of action. Thousands have already joined them — add your voice and make it harder to ignore 👇
✍️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
January 17, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Wes Streeting promised to end corridor care in 2024 — but the crisis continues.
EveryDoctor is demanding a clear plan of action. Thousands have already joined them — add your voice and make it harder to ignore 👇
✍️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
EveryDoctor is demanding a clear plan of action. Thousands have already joined them — add your voice and make it harder to ignore 👇
✍️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
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🚨 Almost 1 in 5 A&E patients spent time in corridors, cupboards, and other inappropriate spaces — in summer!
Corridor care isn’t a winter issue. It’s a year-round failure.
We must act now.
Send Wes Streeting a letter today and demand action ✍️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
Corridor care isn’t a winter issue. It’s a year-round failure.
We must act now.
Send Wes Streeting a letter today and demand action ✍️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
January 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM
🚨 Almost 1 in 5 A&E patients spent time in corridors, cupboards, and other inappropriate spaces — in summer!
Corridor care isn’t a winter issue. It’s a year-round failure.
We must act now.
Send Wes Streeting a letter today and demand action ✍️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
Corridor care isn’t a winter issue. It’s a year-round failure.
We must act now.
Send Wes Streeting a letter today and demand action ✍️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
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January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The warning signs are clear. Can we get our politicians to act in time?
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
Time to Defend Democracy - 99%
Why we need urgent action to protect our democracy and our social contract European democracy is at risk from hostile actors. In the UK, if we do not act, we […]
99-percent.org
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The warning signs are clear. Can we get our politicians to act in time?
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
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West Midlands Police made a decision based on violence at football game that had been entirely invented by AI.
This is the issue that should have been discussed in UK media.
This over-hyped technology is being embedded in our daily lives.
What if AI is used to fly planes, run nuclear reactors…?
This is the issue that should have been discussed in UK media.
This over-hyped technology is being embedded in our daily lives.
What if AI is used to fly planes, run nuclear reactors…?
January 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
West Midlands Police made a decision based on violence at football game that had been entirely invented by AI.
This is the issue that should have been discussed in UK media.
This over-hyped technology is being embedded in our daily lives.
What if AI is used to fly planes, run nuclear reactors…?
This is the issue that should have been discussed in UK media.
This over-hyped technology is being embedded in our daily lives.
What if AI is used to fly planes, run nuclear reactors…?
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“In retrospect, I would have done it again,” Alice told me. “Like, it was the most miserable day of my whole life. But I would do it again because I think that people need to know how evil ICE is and that this is happening...and we need to do anything we can to stop it.”
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“In retrospect, I would have done it again,” Alice told me. “Like, it was the most miserable day of my whole life. But I would do it again because I think that people need to know how evil ICE is and that this is happening...and we need to do anything we can to stop it.”
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January 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
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I had completely forgotten that Robert Jenrick was nothing at all to do with the disastrous Tory governments, despite being part of it for ten years and holding ministerial posts in Housing, Health and Immigration.
January 16, 2026 at 8:41 AM
I had completely forgotten that Robert Jenrick was nothing at all to do with the disastrous Tory governments, despite being part of it for ten years and holding ministerial posts in Housing, Health and Immigration.
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Canadian PM Mark Carney on Greenland: “We are NATO partners with Denmark.
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Canadian PM Mark Carney on Greenland: “We are NATO partners with Denmark.
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
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WE ARE NOT DISTRACTED.....
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM
WE ARE NOT DISTRACTED.....
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Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
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Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
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"Why would anyone hand the keys back to these people [the Conservative Party] to take the country forward and hope that they would fix it" says Robert Jenrick, who was a Conservative Party Shadow Minister until just a few hours ago, and has been plotting to take it over for years
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"Why would anyone hand the keys back to these people [the Conservative Party] to take the country forward and hope that they would fix it" says Robert Jenrick, who was a Conservative Party Shadow Minister until just a few hours ago, and has been plotting to take it over for years
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Elon Musk is a free speech absolutist who argues that people who teach ideas he dislikes should be imprisoned.
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Elon Musk is a free speech absolutist who argues that people who teach ideas he dislikes should be imprisoned.
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This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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'The widespread narrative about the failures of the Keynesian approach is simply inconsistent with the facts – it is an inversion of the truth.' And the figures and graphics are here to prove it.
This week’s letter to 99% members is a bit of a mythbuster.
What if what we are told about the 1970s is just plain wrong?
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What if what we are told about the 1970s is just plain wrong?
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January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
'The widespread narrative about the failures of the Keynesian approach is simply inconsistent with the facts – it is an inversion of the truth.' And the figures and graphics are here to prove it.