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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · Aug 12

FWIW - this is how food prices spiked in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how the cost of essentials is spiking again now.

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 7h

Neil de grasse Tyson has become my second favorite "YouTube physics is amazing" guy. He's a slow burner.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 7h

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”

Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 7h

reactionary centrists insist trans acceptance went too far & generated a backlash

but the UK legal transition for 20 years, it wasn't an issue until the press made it one

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 13h

Really liberal TINA comment and opinion these days amounts to mere sentries on the ramparts, keeping progressive ideas at away from the sensitive ears and minds of the corporate and billionaire class. Refusing to accept that they've let the really uncouth enemy in already.

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 13h

They claim to be interested in what works, but I can't remember the last time I picked up a paper, or read some research that made me think! "Wow, they're on to something there."

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 13h

They've got zero intellectual curiosity outside pol sci. The right to be heard intellectually is gatekept by weird middle class tone policing.

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 13h

It's all so Westminster, like the rinse it dry. It's not even low brow, it's just ignorant. Ignorant to the whole world taking place outside of Westminster. Like, they can't see the country in front of them - to borrow a Keir'ism.

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 13h

Oh some mad bastard who used to be a pollster like us just done a Twitter Tweet....

Oh why are the government all still on Twitter...

Rachel Reeves' snail remarks are acshually very clever polidics Acksually.

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 13h

It's a real eye opener to watch the discourse on here, it really is.

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 13h

The UK commentariat out of touch & useless.
We're in the middle of a cost of living crisis that billionaires and corporates overwhelmingly fuelled.
We just had the 2nd worst harvest in a century - A CENTURY - as food prices take off again.
And.... tumbleweeds... the silence is deafening.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

The young progs yelled at you online, and, well, I guess you showed them! You helped render their culture an ugly, violent, stupid, contemptible wreck that will likely take decades to return to any form worthy of pride.

You showed those fucking kids! That will teach them to talk back.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 13h

make sure you are a paid subscriber to @thenation.com

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 22h

As @isabellamweber.bsky.social says, if we are to defeat the rise of the far right, we need an "Anti-fascist economics"
www.thenation.com/article/econ...

To Defeat the Far Right, We Must Adopt an Anti-Fascist Economic Policy

Opposition to the status quo must not be monopolized by the right-wing extremist visions of parties like Alternative für Deutschland.

www.thenation.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, here's part of the amicus brief from the military brass also filed today in the same case, in support of neither party, but definitely not in support of Trump.

Our experience as military leaders has taught us that this commitment keeps our military
stronger and our communities safer. Any domestic deployment that fails to comply with the
foundational principles of the Posse Comitatus Act and similar authorities5
poses multiple risks to
the core mission of the Guard, the well-being of the troops, and the safety of the communities they
are committed to protect. First, deploying military personnel in the context of domestic law
enforcement diverts them from their primary mission, which is to train and to be ready to fight and
win the nation’s wars and protect communities after disasters. Accordingly, such assignments
come at the expense of local, state, and national safety, as well as troop morale. Second, activeduty National Guard personnel are neither intended nor specifically trained to conduct domestic
law enforcement operations. This poses a danger to the safety of both the troops and the public.
Third, use of federal military personnel in the context of law enforcement operations should be a
last resort to avoid the politicization of the military, which inevitably erodes public trust, hurts
recruitment, and undermines troop morale. Peaceful protests of government actions are
constitutionally protected political speech deserving of the highest protection, not intimidation by
the military

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 15h

It will be interesting to see if this is repeated in other polls, but even on it's own terms this is quite something.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15h

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 15h

It is less easy to understand why American unions and Democrat party representatives are not fighting this attack on the rights of all American workers - valiantly defended by a black governor of the Federal Reserve.

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 15h

It is easy to see why financiers - and Silicon Valley tech billionaires - would want to remove the full employment mandate of the Federal Reserve. Robots and Ai are expected to displace human labour and increase profits.

annpettifor.substack.com/p/lisa-cook-...

Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve, Full Employment & Civil Rights. CBs Pt 3

The Real Reason for Trumpist Attacks on a Black Fed Governor

annpettifor.substack.com

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 16h

Awwww, bless her mate! Same with my mum. She was overjoyed last year when we worked together to get a printer working.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

"On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, rode the full route of the M57, a crosstown bus that traverses Midtown Manhattan and is one of the city’s slowest, to remind New Yorkers that he wanted to speed up their commutes."

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

www.nytimes.com

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 17h

I mean, what is Lisa Nandy for? There's a load of stuff she could be doing that would be massively in her own and her own party's interest. But there's nothing. Nothing at all.

Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 18h

Please join my campaign for the British government to set up a department that would deal with issues around culture, media (and sport - why not?). And also to set up a specific regulator for broadcast media.

Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 19h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 18h

Please join my campaign for the British government to set up a department that would deal with issues around culture, media (and sport - why not?). And also to set up a specific regulator for broadcast media.

Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 19h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21h

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 17h

This is what we're up against. On just a single project a far right billionaire can spaff £33 million up the wall.

Likely multitudes more than the entire progressive policy space receives in a single year for work on making the country a better place.

www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 18h

Second worst harvest on record guys. After last year, which was the third worst harvest on record guys.
eciu.net/media/press-...

England has second worst harvest on record: comment

2024 harvest pushed into third place, as three of the five worst harvests on record seen this decade alone.