Teq
@teq2.bsky.social
I believe in a better world.
Where people are put before money.
Where we think about the legacy for the next generation
Not the next election.
We are not all born equal,
But we, all things being equal, doors should be opened
Not minds closed.
Where people are put before money.
Where we think about the legacy for the next generation
Not the next election.
We are not all born equal,
But we, all things being equal, doors should be opened
Not minds closed.
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Teq
@teq2.bsky.social
· Aug 12
12 Myths About Taxing the Rich | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
Reminder that this government needs to "tax wealth, not work" if we are to improve the economy.
Poor people spend on goods and services. This grows the economy.
Rich people buy your homes, your business, your working hours.
This from 6 years ago on the myths: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnoL...
Poor people spend on goods and services. This grows the economy.
Rich people buy your homes, your business, your working hours.
This from 6 years ago on the myths: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnoL...
It's not just Gill. Even if he is doing it for free, Farage often repeats Pukin's talking points.
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's not just Gill. Even if he is doing it for free, Farage often repeats Pukin's talking points.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
"The solutions – progressive taxation, corporate accountability, and reinvestment in public goods – are not mysteries. They are political choices."
stories.theconversation.com/visualising-...
stories.theconversation.com/visualising-...
Visualising Elon Musk's record-breaking pay deal
Elon Musk's latest pay package has just been approved, which will make him the world's first trillionaire in the next 10 years. How can one person wield such tremendous wealth?
stories.theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"The solutions – progressive taxation, corporate accountability, and reinvestment in public goods – are not mysteries. They are political choices."
stories.theconversation.com/visualising-...
stories.theconversation.com/visualising-...
The US has been miscalculating the poverty line, based on an out-of-date 1960s metric.
Food prices are now 1/18th of the average family's costs, not 1/3rd.
Food prices are now 1/18th of the average family's costs, not 1/3rd.
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The US has been miscalculating the poverty line, based on an out-of-date 1960s metric.
Food prices are now 1/18th of the average family's costs, not 1/3rd.
Food prices are now 1/18th of the average family's costs, not 1/3rd.
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@jennifernadel.bsky.social from @compinpolitics.bsky.social spoke at our recent event in the House of Commons about the bill they've devised which would make deliberate factual deception by candidates an offence.
Find our more about their work👇 www.compassioninpolitics.com/truth_in_pol...
Find our more about their work👇 www.compassioninpolitics.com/truth_in_pol...
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
@jennifernadel.bsky.social from @compinpolitics.bsky.social spoke at our recent event in the House of Commons about the bill they've devised which would make deliberate factual deception by candidates an offence.
Find our more about their work👇 www.compassioninpolitics.com/truth_in_pol...
Find our more about their work👇 www.compassioninpolitics.com/truth_in_pol...
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Just a reminder pre-budget: this is how much income someone on £15K has left after tax v someone on £50K, £100K or £1million.
People on low pension or minimum wage, minimum hours contracts shouldn't be taxed.
Keep the upper tax limit static by all means, but raise the lower tax limit.
People on low pension or minimum wage, minimum hours contracts shouldn't be taxed.
Keep the upper tax limit static by all means, but raise the lower tax limit.
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Just a reminder pre-budget: this is how much income someone on £15K has left after tax v someone on £50K, £100K or £1million.
People on low pension or minimum wage, minimum hours contracts shouldn't be taxed.
Keep the upper tax limit static by all means, but raise the lower tax limit.
People on low pension or minimum wage, minimum hours contracts shouldn't be taxed.
Keep the upper tax limit static by all means, but raise the lower tax limit.
Negotiation by an "Independent party" should not start with just ONE side's items.
It needs Ukraine (and Europe's position) to be in a written proposal too.
It needs Ukraine (and Europe's position) to be in a written proposal too.
Too late. Marco Rubio already spilled the truth. The so called peace plan was Russia’s wish list, not something the US drafted. He’s trying to walk it back but the damage is done.
He’s scrambling.
He’s scrambling.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Negotiation by an "Independent party" should not start with just ONE side's items.
It needs Ukraine (and Europe's position) to be in a written proposal too.
It needs Ukraine (and Europe's position) to be in a written proposal too.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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They have global customers, too, but not that they compare to the potential of the US market. As it stands we have two economies now, one for wealthy people who are doing just fine, thank you, and a second economy for the rest of the country -- and those people are struggling.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
They have global customers, too, but not that they compare to the potential of the US market. As it stands we have two economies now, one for wealthy people who are doing just fine, thank you, and a second economy for the rest of the country -- and those people are struggling.
It used to be true that the pie was not finite. When there were still empty lands to explore. At the turn of the last century.
Now the world is full of people (and we, generally, respect native people's land rights). www.youtube.com/watch?v=cePH...
We need a new economic system. That's sustainable
Now the world is full of people (and we, generally, respect native people's land rights). www.youtube.com/watch?v=cePH...
We need a new economic system. That's sustainable
The Growth Fantasy That’s Breaking the Economy- Barry's Economics
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It used to be true that the pie was not finite. When there were still empty lands to explore. At the turn of the last century.
Now the world is full of people (and we, generally, respect native people's land rights). www.youtube.com/watch?v=cePH...
We need a new economic system. That's sustainable
Now the world is full of people (and we, generally, respect native people's land rights). www.youtube.com/watch?v=cePH...
We need a new economic system. That's sustainable
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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UK Budget – is this the end of democracy? youtu.be/g0lEbH2kEw8
UK Budget – The End of Democracy?
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
UK Budget – is this the end of democracy? youtu.be/g0lEbH2kEw8
Are you listening yet, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ?
UK Budget – is this the end of democracy? youtu.be/g0lEbH2kEw8
UK Budget – The End of Democracy?
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Are you listening yet, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ?
I was in two minds about leaving X. Part of me wanted to continue countering disinformation (deliberate misinformation), but the volume simply got too much.
Also hilarious, for want of a better word, that British ‘patriots’ are amplifying & funding foreign actors who live in unsafe countries & have never been near Britain slagging off Britain. Good old Elon.
I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I was in two minds about leaving X. Part of me wanted to continue countering disinformation (deliberate misinformation), but the volume simply got too much.
I hope I taught my sons better:
Trigger warning for anyone who has been a victim of sexual assault www.huffpost.com/entry/promis...
Trigger warning for anyone who has been a victim of sexual assault www.huffpost.com/entry/promis...
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I hope I taught my sons better:
Trigger warning for anyone who has been a victim of sexual assault www.huffpost.com/entry/promis...
Trigger warning for anyone who has been a victim of sexual assault www.huffpost.com/entry/promis...
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#StandWithUkraine
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#StandWithUkraine
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
I wonder if any internet sleuth can track the source of this particular rumour?
Oh, wait, Palm-in-Facebook stopped researchers accessing this sort of meta-data a while ago. /sigh
Oh, wait, Palm-in-Facebook stopped researchers accessing this sort of meta-data a while ago. /sigh
There is no “healthy basket bill” that will track people’s shopping habits through their loyalty cards.
This is another fake government policy that has fooled some people on social media.
fullfact.org/health/fake-...
This is another fake government policy that has fooled some people on social media.
fullfact.org/health/fake-...
The government is not going to track people’s shopping and fine them for buying unhealthy food – Full Fact
A series of social media videos falsely claim the government has introduced a “healthy basket bill” to monitor people’s food shopping.
fullfact.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I wonder if any internet sleuth can track the source of this particular rumour?
Oh, wait, Palm-in-Facebook stopped researchers accessing this sort of meta-data a while ago. /sigh
Oh, wait, Palm-in-Facebook stopped researchers accessing this sort of meta-data a while ago. /sigh
The logic of paying 80% for a service and 20% for shareholder profit, when we could be paying 100% for a service, eludes me.
NHS private finance diverts money away from healthcare, towards the pockets of private shareholders.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The logic of paying 80% for a service and 20% for shareholder profit, when we could be paying 100% for a service, eludes me.
As short-sighted as Dominic Cummings on a trip to Barnard Castle.
When will people stop believing their dis-information and realise who is funding it?
When will people stop believing their dis-information and realise who is funding it?
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
As short-sighted as Dominic Cummings on a trip to Barnard Castle.
When will people stop believing their dis-information and realise who is funding it?
When will people stop believing their dis-information and realise who is funding it?
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It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This story from six years ago makes real sense now.
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This story from six years ago makes real sense now.
