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Fossil fuel/auto industry lobbyists: Hey EU, can we like, pollute a little longer? Cutting emissions is hard
EU: sure thing! But only cos you asked nicely X

(also they say it's cos they're struggling with "unfair competition" from Chinese EVs, f**cking subsidise European EVs then!)
EU set to ease 2035 combustion-engine ban amid auto industry pressure
Europe’s plan to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars is under fresh scrutiny, as Brussels prepares changes that could reshape the pace and direction of the continent’s shift to electric vehicle...
rfi.my
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Neat 2 minute game that perfectly illustrates the extent to which the deck is stacked. Can you outpace a 1 percenter with a massive head start through the power of hard graft? (Spoilers, no)

Tax wealth not work.

therichdont.work
Idle — The Wealth Race
Can your hard work beat The Rich? Play and find out!
therichdont.work
September 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
3 years left. This is not a drill. Sack all the politicians that are letting this happen. Tax fossil fuel companies out of existence.
Carbon budget to keep global warming at 1.5 C could be exhausted in 3 years: report
Goal of limiting warming to 1.5C looks increasingly out of reach, study finds
ground.news
June 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This was in no manifesto. This is ridicuous pandering to the immigration-obsessed far right. Supposedly center-left parties meekly appeasing the right has never worked. If people want something they'll get the real thing, not the cheap knock-off. The answer? Be a DIFFERENT thing, boldly.
UK’s new immigration rules: 10 year wait for citizenship and stricter requirements for foreign workers - BusinessToday
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), made his stance clear: "If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense."
www.businesstoday.in
May 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is bravery
The imprisoned Israelis refusing military service in Gaza
YouTube video by The Guardian
youtu.be
March 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Make this man chancellor
Gary Stevenson on taxing the rich and why you're getting poorer | WTCTW podcast
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
www.youtube.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Sometimes you have to call a spade a gardening implement which displaces dirt collaterally
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill hundreds, Francesca Albanese reacts | podcast
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
March 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When governments and international institutions fail to hold power to account, it falls to the fourth estate. This ban amounts to a dereliction of duty at best and censorship at worst. Let documentary filmmakers do their job. #BBC #Gaza
Ken Loach, Riz Ahmed, Mike Leigh and More Sign Open Letter in Support of Pulled BBC Gaza Documentary: It’s ‘Politically Motivated Censorship’
Ken Loach, Riz Ahmed and other U.K.-based film and TV professionals have signed a letter against the BBC's decision to pull its recent Gaza doc.
variety.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Went to see #Conclave last night. Bloody brilliant, beautifully shot, great performances, very timely. Curious to hear what the catholics make of it, although really it explores how religions are NOT monoliths. You can get the church out of politics, but you can't get politics out of the church.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Upping defence spending at a time like this: sure fine I guess. Explicitly tying it to cutting overseas aid in some kind of reverse virtue-signalling stunt to appeal to xenophobes: disgusting. Tax the rich.
#Starmer #Labour
UK to Hike Defence Spending to 2.5% of GDP by Cutting Aid Budget, Says Starmer
Britain will raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and target 3% in the longer term by cutting its overseas development budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday.
ground.news
February 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Say the people who are literally sending "banned word lists" to public agencies. "Free speech warriors" are hypocrites. When they promote free speech you might think "sure, free speech=good", but when you ask "free speech for who?" the answer is invariably "Us, not you".
Ground News - JD Vance takes aim at UK and Europe over free speech and democracy
Vice President JD Vance addresses free speech issues and NATO defense spending at the Munich Security Conference, focusing on Ukraine and Trump policies
ground.news
February 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Great piece by Hank Azaria on A.I. and voice acting: "Believability is earned through craftsmanship, with good storytelling and good performances, good cinematography and good directing and a good script and good music."
Opinion | Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’ Voices Won’t Be Fully Replicated by A.I.
Soon enough, artificial intelligence may be able to recreate the sounds — but there will be something missing.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"These people have billions upon billions of dollars, like more money than any human person has ever amassed and what are they doing with it? Oh, they're doing it to curry favour with somebody who's preaching hate."
Jesse Eisenberg: I don't want to be associated with Mark Zuckerberg
The star who played Meta's Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network slams his plan to ditch fact-checkers.
www.bbc.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Reposted
James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.
November 27, 2024 at 5:03 PM