Naomi Fowler
@naomifowler.bsky.social
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Podcast suprema @taxjustice.net Producer and host of the Taxcast. I direct Justicia ImPositiva, Impôts et Justice Sociale, É Da Sua Conta, الجباية ببساطة Unequal India Decoded, & The Corruption Diaries. All available here: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/
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naomifowler.bsky.social
Everyone who uses Amazon should read this: "Now Amazon is in the terminal stage. We’re all still stuck to the platform, but we get less and less value out of it." Bad for customers, sellers, business (and definitely bad for fair taxes) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
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taxjustice.net
It's impossible to earn a billion, but there are more billionaires every year. How?

We talk w/ @theguardian.com's @josh-tou.bsky.social about "collected wealth" vs "earned wealth", how we tax them unequally & why #WealthTax protects our earner way of life #TaxTheSuperRich youtu.be/vPZRDt1kcV8?...
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sparkerworld.bsky.social
Keir Starmer was once a distinguished human rights lawyer who wrote texts on the European Convention on Human Rights. That Starmer would be appalled by this Prime Minister trying to replace the independence of the courts with government approved 'reinterpretation' of IHRL
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Starmer wants rethink on international law to tackle migration
The PM gives the clearest sign yet the government wants to reform how human rights laws are applied in immigration cases.
www.bbc.com
naomifowler.bsky.social
I love this, from Alex Evans of Larger Us. Actions like this are not naive as they might appear to some. They're definitely challenging, not easy at all to do, but it's essential. The Good Apocalypse Guide is like a light in a dark place, sign up to it. (I also love that 'cake or death?' sketch...)
Cake or death?
How cupcakes are helping to defuse far right protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers
goodapocalypse.substack.com
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journalismarena.eu
🚨 NEW: By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch.

This rate of loss, amounting to 600 football pitches a day, is 1.5 times higher than official EEA estimates.

This is the #GreenToGrey project. [1/3]
naomifowler.bsky.social
France's wealthiest man says @gabrielzucman.bsky.social's French wealth tax would 'destroy the French economy.' Inequality destroys economies. He wouldn't even notice this extra tax on his unimaginable wealth. He reportedly has a 101.5-meter superyacht with a 6-meter glass-bottom swimming pool.
New rock-star economist Gabriel Zucman’s wealth tax transfixes France
The 38-year-old has a recipe to save the EU’s second-biggest economy from a debt crisis — but will the government dare act on it?
www.politico.eu
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naomifowler.bsky.social
On the #Taxcast: @garethgore.bsky.social on Opus Dei, from Franco to Trump & the bank it controlled for 60 years. Plus: the US's financial regulator plans to actually delete company ownership info. Erica Hanichak @factcoalition.bsky.social on stopping the US sliding further into a corruption abyss
#157 Banking on Opus Dei - Tax Justice Network podcasts
Μonthly podcast show sizzling with the latest developments in the corrupt world of tax havens, financial secrecy and tax dodging.
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naomifowler.bsky.social
Out soon on the #Taxcast, @taxjustice.net's podcast: @garethgore.bsky.social talks about his book on  the outsized influence of the secretive Opus Dei, from Spain's dictator Franco to Trump. Plus: the battle to end anonymous ownership in the US - the govt is DELETING company ownership information...
naomifowler.bsky.social
"Over 140 organizations and 110 public figures from across the world urge #COP30 to address the interconnected crises of colonial legacies and climate breakdown." assets.nationbuilder.com/eurodad/mail...
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naomifowler.bsky.social
Out soon on the #Taxcast, @taxjustice.net's podcast: @garethgore.bsky.social talks about his book on  the outsized influence of the secretive Opus Dei, from Spain's dictator Franco to Trump. Plus: the battle to end anonymous ownership in the US - the govt is DELETING company ownership information...
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carnage4life.bsky.social
The article echoes what I’ve seen and heard from peers: AI makes it easy to produce slick but shallow work that looks plausible on the surface, yet riddled with errors or bad assumptions underneath.

Your coworkers end up having to fix or redo it.

It’s workslop, and it’s spreading fast.
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
hbr.org
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taxjustice.net
🌎 Next month at @UNICAMP, Brazil, we’ll co-host #ClimateforChange2025 ahead of #COP30.

Why must #TaxSovereignty & #ClimateJustice go hand in hand for #JustTransitions? Find out in our latest blog 🔗 bit.ly/3KgiImR
Why Climate Justice Needs Tax Sovereignty - Tax Justice Network
Tax sovereignty is the missing link for climate justice — reclaiming wealth, repairing harms, and funding just transitions.
bit.ly
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equalitytrust.bsky.social
The CEO of Tesco is paid 431 times more than his workers and doubled his pay while announcing job cuts. But that's just one example of the UK's unequal pay – we have some of the most unequal incomes in the developed world.
Line graph showing income growth from 1977 to 2024, with the richest 10% income rising sharply, average income moderately, and poorest 10% barely increasing.
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
It really looks like it's happening friends, though we should believe it when we see it.

All I can think about is Alaa finally being able to hug his son Khaled - an infant when this torment began, now a teen as big as his father. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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alexcobham.bsky.social
Fascinating (and worrying) analysis, with some grounds for optimism - and potentially a number of warnings for the UN #TaxConvention negotiations...
magnuslovold.bsky.social
After the Geneva round of the #PlasticsTreaty talks ended without a deal, troubling questions are being raised about the role played by @unep.org Executive Director Inger Andersen — and an apparent bid to topple the Committee’s elected Chair medium.com/points-of-or...
Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
medium.com
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taxjustice.net
🎤 Meet the lineup driving climate action! The full #ClimateForChange2025 programme is now live. Register to join global voices in #TaxJustice & #ClimateJustice in Brazil or online & shape the conversation for fair finance a & just transition 👉 bit.ly/4jbO2zp #COP30