Foz
@nickfoz.bsky.social
Evidence, Equity, Empathy.
And sometimes surprising graphs.
Restrain the destroyers of ancient planets.
And sometimes surprising graphs.
Restrain the destroyers of ancient planets.
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Norway used their North Sea oil to build a sovereign wealth fund thats now worth c.$2 trillion, & it owns around 1.5% of all the worlds listed companies
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Norway used their North Sea oil to build a sovereign wealth fund thats now worth c.$2 trillion, & it owns around 1.5% of all the worlds listed companies
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
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They aren't "patriots" they're a racist militia.
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
They aren't "patriots" they're a racist militia.
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
My Long Read of the Week.
It's not that long. And a child could understand it.
But add to this the control of the media and it's plain to see where voters are being short-changed.
It's not that long. And a child could understand it.
But add to this the control of the media and it's plain to see where voters are being short-changed.
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My Long Read of the Week.
It's not that long. And a child could understand it.
But add to this the control of the media and it's plain to see where voters are being short-changed.
It's not that long. And a child could understand it.
But add to this the control of the media and it's plain to see where voters are being short-changed.
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The United States should be abolished so that individual states can represent their people.
Who is it that thinks Musk is intelligent?
Who is it that thinks Musk is intelligent?
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The United States should be abolished so that individual states can represent their people.
Who is it that thinks Musk is intelligent?
Who is it that thinks Musk is intelligent?
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At some point politicians and commentators in Europe might want to start defending our system as really not too bad and far better than any realistic alternative notwithstanding frustration that we aren't all richer.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
At some point politicians and commentators in Europe might want to start defending our system as really not too bad and far better than any realistic alternative notwithstanding frustration that we aren't all richer.
'..concluded that the paper relied entirely on Monsanto’s internal studies and ignored other evidence suggesting that Roundup might be harmful.'
Awkward timing to offer help, when Bayer faces cancer-related legal costs now approaching $18 billion.
MAHA is muddled and facing both ways.
Awkward timing to offer help, when Bayer faces cancer-related legal costs now approaching $18 billion.
MAHA is muddled and facing both ways.
A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
Science journal retracts widely cited study that claimed Roundup is safe
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
'..concluded that the paper relied entirely on Monsanto’s internal studies and ignored other evidence suggesting that Roundup might be harmful.'
Awkward timing to offer help, when Bayer faces cancer-related legal costs now approaching $18 billion.
MAHA is muddled and facing both ways.
Awkward timing to offer help, when Bayer faces cancer-related legal costs now approaching $18 billion.
MAHA is muddled and facing both ways.
On two of the most important breeding colonies of the African penguin, some 95% of the birds that bred in 2004 were estimated to have died over the next eight years.
Fishing boats hammered a sardine population already reduced through environmental change.
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Fishing boats hammered a sardine population already reduced through environmental change.
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Penguins ‘starved to death en masse’ as food supply collapsed
Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely starved to death en masse during their moulting season as a result of collapsing food supplies. In fact, on two of the most important breeding
news.exeter.ac.uk
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
On two of the most important breeding colonies of the African penguin, some 95% of the birds that bred in 2004 were estimated to have died over the next eight years.
Fishing boats hammered a sardine population already reduced through environmental change.
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Fishing boats hammered a sardine population already reduced through environmental change.
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
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This chart to me says that opportunities are very unequal in the US. Source: buff.ly/NpnJeWy
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This chart to me says that opportunities are very unequal in the US. Source: buff.ly/NpnJeWy
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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God forbid they let people actually affected by the issues being debated ask questions about the issues being debated
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
God forbid they let people actually affected by the issues being debated ask questions about the issues being debated
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A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Why was this story about the Young Britons Foundation 10 years ago so important?
Read my follow up four years later about how it was a Mercer organisation and incubated Trump, Bannon and Brexit bylinetimes.com/2019/06/21/t...
Read my follow up four years later about how it was a Mercer organisation and incubated Trump, Bannon and Brexit bylinetimes.com/2019/06/21/t...
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Why was this story about the Young Britons Foundation 10 years ago so important?
Read my follow up four years later about how it was a Mercer organisation and incubated Trump, Bannon and Brexit bylinetimes.com/2019/06/21/t...
Read my follow up four years later about how it was a Mercer organisation and incubated Trump, Bannon and Brexit bylinetimes.com/2019/06/21/t...
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The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here!
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system
A new report from prominent migration expert Zoe Gardner has been enthusiastically welcomed by senior Labour backbenchers.
www.anothereurope.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here!
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
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Thames Water risks being forced into special administration.
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
Thames Water risks being forced into special administration
Creditors are proposing to inject cash and write off some of the troubled water company’s record debt as its customers struggle to afford rising bills
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thames Water risks being forced into special administration.
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
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Burning trees is not a climate solution
UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show
Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly share
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Burning trees is not a climate solution
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🔴 Farage's Reform took in £10M in donations in last quarter - more than any other party.
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
The ‘black hole’ in Reform UK’s finances
Plus: We’ve spotted Liz Truss in Davos (again)
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🔴 Farage's Reform took in £10M in donations in last quarter - more than any other party.
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
“Instead of breaking their business model, it is being boosted.”
Interviews with over 80,000 migrants and hundreds of people smugglers from the Med to West Africa shows that the cause of irregular migration is the lack of safe and legal routes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Interviews with over 80,000 migrants and hundreds of people smugglers from the Med to West Africa shows that the cause of irregular migration is the lack of safe and legal routes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Hardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report finds
As leaders try to break smugglers’ business model, research suggests strategy so far has had opposite effect
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
“Instead of breaking their business model, it is being boosted.”
Interviews with over 80,000 migrants and hundreds of people smugglers from the Med to West Africa shows that the cause of irregular migration is the lack of safe and legal routes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Interviews with over 80,000 migrants and hundreds of people smugglers from the Med to West Africa shows that the cause of irregular migration is the lack of safe and legal routes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Latest voting intention - Reform lead remains at 9 points, Tories up 2 to tie with Labour at 21%.
➡️ REF UK 30% (nc)
🌹 LAB 21% (nc)
🌳 CON 21% (+2)
🔶 LIB DEM 13% (-1)
🌍 GREEN 11% (+1)
🟡 SNP 2% (-1)
❓OTH 1% (-2)
N = 2,114 | 28/11 - 01/12 | Change w 24/11
➡️ REF UK 30% (nc)
🌹 LAB 21% (nc)
🌳 CON 21% (+2)
🔶 LIB DEM 13% (-1)
🌍 GREEN 11% (+1)
🟡 SNP 2% (-1)
❓OTH 1% (-2)
N = 2,114 | 28/11 - 01/12 | Change w 24/11
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Latest voting intention - Reform lead remains at 9 points, Tories up 2 to tie with Labour at 21%.
➡️ REF UK 30% (nc)
🌹 LAB 21% (nc)
🌳 CON 21% (+2)
🔶 LIB DEM 13% (-1)
🌍 GREEN 11% (+1)
🟡 SNP 2% (-1)
❓OTH 1% (-2)
N = 2,114 | 28/11 - 01/12 | Change w 24/11
➡️ REF UK 30% (nc)
🌹 LAB 21% (nc)
🌳 CON 21% (+2)
🔶 LIB DEM 13% (-1)
🌍 GREEN 11% (+1)
🟡 SNP 2% (-1)
❓OTH 1% (-2)
N = 2,114 | 28/11 - 01/12 | Change w 24/11
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“The government only started tracking immigration figures in 1964. For the next two decades, net migration was consistently negative.” This week's New World column is a brief history of migration to the UK.
Nerd's Eye View: 11 things you need to know about immigration
Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“The government only started tracking immigration figures in 1964. For the next two decades, net migration was consistently negative.” This week's New World column is a brief history of migration to the UK.
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First three words superfluous.
This framing of unlawful things as a mere matter of legal opinion sadly not limited to US press.
This framing of unlawful things as a mere matter of legal opinion sadly not limited to US press.
Legal experts say there is no basis in the US Constitution for a president to revoke pardons.
Trump says he has revoked Biden’s autopen pardons: But can he do it?
Legal experts say there is no basis in the US Constitution for a president to revoke pardons.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
First three words superfluous.
This framing of unlawful things as a mere matter of legal opinion sadly not limited to US press.
This framing of unlawful things as a mere matter of legal opinion sadly not limited to US press.
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IBM’s Arvind Krishna doing the math that AI tends to struggle with
This is from an interview with @reckless.bsky.social on @theverge.com
This is from an interview with @reckless.bsky.social on @theverge.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
IBM’s Arvind Krishna doing the math that AI tends to struggle with
This is from an interview with @reckless.bsky.social on @theverge.com
This is from an interview with @reckless.bsky.social on @theverge.com
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I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Interestingly, Rosen says if the Trump admin strikes Venezuela, "we [in the Senate] know we're ready to put a War Powers resolution together in a bipartisan way to stop them."
"We're going to find every tool in the toolbox to stop this administration from going rogue and starting World War III.”
"We're going to find every tool in the toolbox to stop this administration from going rogue and starting World War III.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Interestingly, Rosen says if the Trump admin strikes Venezuela, "we [in the Senate] know we're ready to put a War Powers resolution together in a bipartisan way to stop them."
"We're going to find every tool in the toolbox to stop this administration from going rogue and starting World War III.”
"We're going to find every tool in the toolbox to stop this administration from going rogue and starting World War III.”