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Mel Bartley

@zetkin.bsky.social

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🇪🇺🦔🦡🌹🕊Emeritus prof of medical sociology UCL. Posting on social inequality in health , work & health, commercial & political determinants of health. Obsessed with social justice. Also sometimes post about badgers, trams & trains. Oublagea

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 33m

Unfortunately, USA was built, first, on genocide of the indigenous people, and second on slavery. It's not so surprising the state it is now in.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 38m

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1h

So there will,be just a few human people, serviced by self-maintaining robots which build their houses & cars , provide power, water, sewage, grow & harvest their food....I am assuming they do their own cooking & cleaning. Interesting thought experiment.

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1h

Shock collars?? 😱

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 3h

Plenty! Follow @sashagusevposts.bsky.social for a start.

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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 12h

Brexiteers in 2016 actively promoted a plan that immigration from elsewhere would fill the employment gap left by leaving the EU. Extracts below ⬇️

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 5h

I get that they do, but not what they think it will be like. Who will build & maintain the robots for them? Will they just sit in some kind of bunker the whole time? Where will their food come from?

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 6h

Our govts seem intent on making life as hard as possible for those who do the actually essential work, such as growing food , care for the sick, maintaining homes, etc. I guess some of this will soon be automated, but not all.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 7h

Phew again
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 1d

Junior and senior faculty positions in computational social scientists at Bocconi, one of the world's best universiites: Assistant Prof: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?id=841
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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 7h

Such a great film, I agree.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 8h

It is tempting to think the billionaires believe that SpaceX will take them to a new planet when they have destroyed this one. But how do you get to be a billionaire if you are that stupid, seriously...

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, other people have told me that. I still dont get it...

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 9h

The weird thing is that in the end the super rich won't benefit from these policies either. There is only 1 Earth for a start. And then, what kind of society has no one making anything & economic activity depending on a casino stock market?

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 9h

Wealth gaps between age groups have widened sharply in recent years.

The difference between those in their early 30s and early 60s has more than doubled in real terms since 2006-08, from £135,000 to £310,000.

Find out more about these trends in our latest report on wealth⬇️

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Chart showing median real family net wealth per adult, by five-year age group: GB
Most age groups saw their wealth rise in the latest period, but gains were far from equal. Those aged 50-54 recorded the largest increase – typical per adult family wealth rose by £35,000 between 2018-20 and 2020-22 – but people in their late 30s saw only a £9,000 rise. These larger gains for older groups have widened existing wealth gaps: the difference between those in their early 30s and early 60s has more than doubled in real terms since 2006-08, from £135,000 to £310,000.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 11h

Jeez. What *is* that?

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 11h

Great idea

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 11h

My Indian friends at the time of Brexit thought it was very funny that the Brits thought it opened us up to more trade with India but wouldn't allow more immigration.

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 11h

I bet the men picked up the phone....

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

It was a 6🫣

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not the one complaining about not seeing enough "white faces".

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

😂😂 But what shocks me is how little is done to build on what research has already shown us.

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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 1d

Stop allowing people like Jenrick to "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" their racism. Call him out as a racist.
The far right are well versed in using irony and plausible deniability to work their filthy ideas into the mainstream discourse.
Don't make their job easier for them.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah