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Why is the far right triumphing across the West?
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe is a continent soaked in economic pessimism. Until we change that, the far right will rise and rise | Owen Jones
Since 2008, struggling communities have been told they are in competition with migrants. Only a model that gives them hope will halt the populists, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why is the far right triumphing across the West?
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty
For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families t...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
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Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools
Conservative governments spent £325m creating 67 free schools that subsequently failed or disappeared, many through lack of demand, according to data revealed by a freedom of information request.
The figures from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the government committed more than £10bn to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools, which critics say left England with a backlog of crumbling and decaying buildings. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
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Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
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A reminder Japan on-sells more Australian gas to other countries than is consumed on the entire East Coast of Australia.
We don't need *more* gas, we need to tax our gas exports properly
We don't need *more* gas, we need to tax our gas exports properly
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
A reminder Japan on-sells more Australian gas to other countries than is consumed on the entire East Coast of Australia.
We don't need *more* gas, we need to tax our gas exports properly
We don't need *more* gas, we need to tax our gas exports properly
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“Australians lose close to $32 billion a year from gambling” but “Labor's leadership decided it was not worth acting on gambling advertising and upsetting the powerful lobby”.
Pure ALP.
Pure ALP.
Fear rules on gambling in Albanese government
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“Australians lose close to $32 billion a year from gambling” but “Labor's leadership decided it was not worth acting on gambling advertising and upsetting the powerful lobby”.
Pure ALP.
Pure ALP.
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Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion.
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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The shape of the economy matters as much as the size…investment in renewables & coal mines both lift GDP, but one improves the future & one harms it…our MPs should talk as much about the shape of economic activity as its rate of growth
Great podcast
thepoint.com.au/podcasts/251...
Great podcast
thepoint.com.au/podcasts/251...
Is this growth...good?!
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The shape of the economy matters as much as the size…investment in renewables & coal mines both lift GDP, but one improves the future & one harms it…our MPs should talk as much about the shape of economic activity as its rate of growth
Great podcast
thepoint.com.au/podcasts/251...
Great podcast
thepoint.com.au/podcasts/251...
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South Korea announced it's going to phase out coal-fired power by 2040, a massive win for the climate.🌏
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
South Korea announced it's going to phase out coal-fired power by 2040, a massive win for the climate.🌏
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
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The system... selects people at all levels of management specifically b/c they resemble the kind of specious, work-averse dullard that runs seemingly every company — a person built to go from meeting to mtg with the vague consternation that suggests they're "busy"
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
The Era Of The Business Idiot
Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize.
Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic
Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch.
Last week, Bloomberg profiled ...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The system... selects people at all levels of management specifically b/c they resemble the kind of specious, work-averse dullard that runs seemingly every company — a person built to go from meeting to mtg with the vague consternation that suggests they're "busy"
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
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Great piece on new env laws. Key point on more powers to states:
"Smaller govs in particular, such as the ACT and the NT, often struggle to properly enforce their own environmental laws."
By @kirstyhowey.bsky.social & Simon Copland in @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
"Smaller govs in particular, such as the ACT and the NT, often struggle to properly enforce their own environmental laws."
By @kirstyhowey.bsky.social & Simon Copland in @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The devil is in the devolution: are the states mounting an EPBC takeover?
Speaking to the press after passage of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act last Thursday, Western Australian Premier, Roger Cook, indicated that he expect...
thepoint.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Great piece on new env laws. Key point on more powers to states:
"Smaller govs in particular, such as the ACT and the NT, often struggle to properly enforce their own environmental laws."
By @kirstyhowey.bsky.social & Simon Copland in @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
"Smaller govs in particular, such as the ACT and the NT, often struggle to properly enforce their own environmental laws."
By @kirstyhowey.bsky.social & Simon Copland in @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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She said this a month before reports surfaced that the military ordered a second strike without evidence of an imminent threat and without due process.
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
She said this a month before reports surfaced that the military ordered a second strike without evidence of an imminent threat and without due process.
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It seems this man isn’t happy with his job.
Dadgum it!
Dadgum it!
GOP Rep SLAMS his own party "crooked as a dog's leg"
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It seems this man isn’t happy with his job.
Dadgum it!
Dadgum it!
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'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia.
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
'The good has become the enemy of better’: why the Senate refused to accept Labor’s first EPBC draft
'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia. But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better.
thepoint.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia.
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Can guarantee this won’t end well for them
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Can guarantee this won’t end well for them
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When corporate interests tell farmers that they can’t fix their own equipment, they should know they’ve crossed a line.
My bill would make it clear that Congress's loyalties are with America’s farmers – not the multinational conglomerates who are rolling them over a barrel.
My bill would make it clear that Congress's loyalties are with America’s farmers – not the multinational conglomerates who are rolling them over a barrel.
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When corporate interests tell farmers that they can’t fix their own equipment, they should know they’ve crossed a line.
My bill would make it clear that Congress's loyalties are with America’s farmers – not the multinational conglomerates who are rolling them over a barrel.
My bill would make it clear that Congress's loyalties are with America’s farmers – not the multinational conglomerates who are rolling them over a barrel.
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"I've got a lot of empathy for J.D. Vance here asking for patience...I was talking to my partner last night and I asked her for patience. I'm trying to work on having a better personality...I'm not all the way there yet right now." And maybe that's how we should interpret JD's views on the economy.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"I've got a lot of empathy for J.D. Vance here asking for patience...I was talking to my partner last night and I asked her for patience. I'm trying to work on having a better personality...I'm not all the way there yet right now." And maybe that's how we should interpret JD's views on the economy.
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Rare and blunt, Richard Alley speaking at INSTAAR in 2015, he goes back to Mercer's work. With a sense of an internal discussion this video changed my views about a few things. Cued:
youtu.be/yCunWFmvUfo?...
youtu.be/yCunWFmvUfo?...
Richard Alley at INSTAAR, April 2015
YouTube video by INSTAAR
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Rare and blunt, Richard Alley speaking at INSTAAR in 2015, he goes back to Mercer's work. With a sense of an internal discussion this video changed my views about a few things. Cued:
youtu.be/yCunWFmvUfo?...
youtu.be/yCunWFmvUfo?...
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November 20, 1988 – Will Thatcher pick up the Green Gauntlet? (spoiler: no, no she won’t)
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allouryesterdays.info/2024/11/19/n...
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
November 20, 1988 – Will Thatcher pick up the Green Gauntlet? (spoiler: no, no she won’t)
allouryesterdays.info/2024/11/19/n...
allouryesterdays.info/2024/11/19/n...
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Traffic deaths are policy choices.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Traffic deaths are policy choices.
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social's Greens have got the establishment rattled
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social's Greens have got the establishment rattled
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New Australia Institute research shows that the theft of legally owned guns is the cause behind the high number of illegal firearms.
More than 2000 guns are stolen every year in Australia. That’s one every four hours.
📺Research Director Rod Campbell on 7.30
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
More than 2000 guns are stolen every year in Australia. That’s one every four hours.
📺Research Director Rod Campbell on 7.30
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
New Australia Institute research shows that the theft of legally owned guns is the cause behind the high number of illegal firearms.
More than 2000 guns are stolen every year in Australia. That’s one every four hours.
📺Research Director Rod Campbell on 7.30
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
More than 2000 guns are stolen every year in Australia. That’s one every four hours.
📺Research Director Rod Campbell on 7.30
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol