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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 22h

A new office for the European Movement in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿(EMiS) just opened in Brussels, led by Ian Forrester KC, former judge at EUCJ and one of 🇬🇧 most respected legal minds. He said

“Brexit damaged us. There is no aspect of Scottish life which has been helped by Brexit.”
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wes...

'No aspect of Scottish life has been helped by Brexit,' says top legal figure

A high-profile lawyer has said "no aspect" of Scottish life has been helped by Brexit, as a new pro-EU office is opened in Brussels

www.heraldscotland.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15h

Serious business here

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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Omas* gegen Rechts Leipzig 🌈🦄🏳️‍🌈 @omasgegenrechtsle.bsky.social · 1d

Wir haben heut mit den Eltern gegen Rechts Leipzig das #Stadtbild auf der Sachsenbrücke ein wenig 'aufgehübscht'. 😉
Unsere Stadt ist bunt, vielfältig und solidarisch - und das soll auch so bleiben.
Höchste Zeit, diese Botschaft auch wieder massenhaft auf die Strasse zu tragen! ❤️‍🔥

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 20h

Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).

OPERATION INFLATION

www.operationinflation.com

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Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 20h

Telling moment: I was walking back from the rally, but a couple miles from it, carrying nothing but my gigantic American flag. An eight year old on his bike sees me with it and yells "No Kings!!" with absolute conviction.

My friends, they have lost the flag.

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 1d

This is disastrous on multiple levels. We already have a high level of mistrust & people opting out of sharing will hit medical research so hard. I’d also hesitate to encourage people to share their protected characteristics data to monitor equality & diversity because of the plausibility of misuse.

Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

US spy-tech giant Palantir is moving into our NHS to handle patient data, the same company with a troubling record of surveillance and deportations.

Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.

What do you think?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Kashing them in their lies.

A tweet from Liam Nissan says: “You sure about that?” It includes a photo of a lavish bathroom with marble counters and a chandelier, filled with stacks of boxes labeled as documents. Below, a tweet from “FBI Director Kash Patel” reads: “Anyone who threatens our national security will be held accountable,” alongside a screenshot of a news article about John Bolton being indicted for mishandling classified documents.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

This is such a thoughtful thread from Brittany Packnett Cunningham about No Kings.

(I'm not tagging her on purpose—some of y'all don't act right.) www.threads.com/@mspackyetti...

brittany packnett cunningham (@mspackyetti) on Threads

Don’t yell at me but… No Kings Day is a demonstration and a march. It’s not a protest, or a strike, or a walkout, or an uprising. And that’s not only perfectly ok, that’s actually *one way* movemen...

www.threads.com

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Maximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 1d

"Das Personal des afghanischen Generalkonsulats in Bonn hat geschlossen gekündigt. Mit dem Schritt protestiert die Belegschaft dagegen, dass die Bundesregierung dort Taliban-Vertreter tätig werden lässt."

www.nds-fluerat.org/63450/aktuel...

Dobrindt verschafft Taliban Zugang zu sensiblen Daten in afghanischen Botschaften – Flüchtlingsrat Niedersachsen

www.nds-fluerat.org

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moflsis @moflsis.bsky.social · 1d

Gesammelte Followerpower:

Wenn jemand jemanden kennt, der sich als MFA in Nürnberg verändern will und Lust auf Arbeit in einem wirklich tollen Team in der Hausarztmedizin hat, bitte DM an mich

Teilen erwünscht

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Badlands 🇪🇺 @badlands.bsky.social · 18h

#Seattle - #Nokings
Da schien eine ganze Stadt auf den Beinen zu sein. 2 min Video von der Demonstration von der Hochbahn aus gefilmt

Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 22h

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 1d

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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 23h

I can see why he would think that.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

Trump railing against signs that were professionally manufactured and given to crowds to hold is hilarious.

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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 1d

Teurer Rückzug aus dem Klimaschutz#Klimawandel #Klimaschutz #Wachstum

Teurer Rückzug aus dem Klimaschutz

Die Schäden durch Naturgefahren steigen - und diese betreffen die gesamte Volkswirtschaft.

www.tagesschau.de

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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · 15h

Ach nein? Mir fällt spontan ein: Migranten als Sündenböcke, Zerstörung des Asylrechts, Herzkampagnen gegen sexuelle Minderheiten, Linke, Grüne, Eingriffe in die Redefreiheit, Umverteilung von unten nach oben, Abschaffung des Bürgergelds, Trump-Bewunderung. Soll ich weitermachen?

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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 1d

Übrigens: Wer meint, die AfD sei noch nicht verfassungsfeindlich genug, um verboten zu werden und würde lieber abwarten, um mehr zu sammeln: Das ist unnötig. Radikalisierung nach dem Verfahrensbeginn fließt mit ein. Es muss nicht alles mit in den Antrag. Es kann noch 2 Jahre dauern. Also legt los.

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Dr. Paula Piechotta MdB @paulapiechotta.de · 1d

Austritte aus der CDU, weil Merz und #Spahn "Vertrauen zerstören" - u.a. mit der fehlenden Zustimmung zu einem Untersuchungsausschuss #Maskendeals. www.fr.de/politik/grus...

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d

For the record, the judges and staff of our federal courts are working without pay,

but Congress is being paid without working.

I am infuriated by the preposterousness of these ridiculous times.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.

Empathy @constant-tummyache.bsky.social · 18h

Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 1d

A federal judge orders ICE & Federal agents must wear body cameras & they must be turn on. This is a good thing because it will help to identify the agents who hide their identity. The camera must be registered to the person who is wearing it.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Chicago judge orders ICE to wear body cams after clash with protesters, reports say

District Judge Sara L. Ellis ordered ICE agents to wear body cameras after agents were seen deploying chemical weapons on protesters.

www.usatoday.com

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Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 3d

Zunächst steht die CDU in NRW und SH mit knapp 40%‼️ deutlich besser da, als im Bund, wo sie unter 30% liegt. Beide Länder sind, anders als BaWü oder Bayern, keine „Stammländer“ der Union. Es sind erfolgreiche schwarz-grüne Landsregierungen, die ein Stil auszeichnet, der ankommt

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17h

This is Boise, Idaho one of the most Republican states in the US joining millions of protestors. The people have had enough of the Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 12d

Dieser ständige Kulturkampfnonsens verbraucht so viel Zeit, Energie, Aufmerksamkeit und Ressourcen,dass man sich fragt, ob die Union wirklich nichts Besseres zu tun hat, als der eigenen Wirtschaft ohne Not zu schaden.Maria Marquart hat natürlich völlig Recht. Was soll das? #Wurst

EU-Parlament zum Veggiefleisch
Merz geht’s um die Wurst, den Preis zahlt die deutsche Wirtschaft
Ein Kommentar von Maria Marquart
Wenn das EU-Parlament für ein Veggiewurst-Verbot stimmt, trifft es eine deutsche Zukunftsbranche am härtesten. Der Bundeskanzler hat es so gewollt.

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