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thomaspiketty.bsky.social
Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions.

👇Share this thread, share the report!
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World Inequality Report 2026
YouTube video by World Inequality Lab
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December 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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ronnisalt.bsky.social
My latest article in @theshot.net.au on the dark days of McCarthyism coming to Australia to eclipse our cultural landscape under the guise of eradicating communism - whoops sorry - antisemitism

The Adelaide Festival, the arts and the dark arts

#allfeedbackwelcome

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The dark arts - The Shot
The ideology of the Israel lobby in Australia is this - burn it to the ground rather than ever allow an opposing voice.
theshot.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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davemilbo.bsky.social
Whether it's illegal to say it or not (?), Israel is quite clearly committing genocide in Palestine. The Australian government (but not the Australian people) is quite clearly supporting it. And our farce of a democracy is being further eroded so people don't speak this truth.
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
This is what happens when you set up a Liberal Party to only have Abbott, Morrison, Dutton types.

Anyone slightly sane either leaves or loses and you are left with Sussan and Hastie and people like Ted O’Brien.

Well done Johnny. Your dream is achieved!
grogsgamut.bsky.social Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 54m
It would be the perfect end to Howard’s destruction of the Menzies Liberal Party.
pollytics.bsky.social Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1h
I am quite happy if most of the Nats and a handful of Libs defect to One Nation, and in doing so destroy the orthodoxy of Australian political conservatism (including the Libs and the Nats) that has already been effectively dead for a decade. Too many on the left will shit the bed. You don't need to
January 21, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
Prime Minister @albomp.bsky.social, please read 👇this speech👇 from the @CanadianPM on the rupture in the world order.

“You cannot “live within the lie” of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”

#auspol
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Thank you, Larry.It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world.Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story, and th...
www.pm.gc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Australian charities funnelling money to the IDF and illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine. Taxpayers are subsidising. Investigation p1 @sstephanietrann.bsky.social
#auspol #ACNC
michaelwest.com.au/revealed-aus...
Revealed: Australian taxpayers subsidising the IDF, illegal settlements in Israel - Michael West
Australian taxpayers are subsidising the Israel Defense Forces and illegal settlements in the West Bank via the ACNC charities regulator
michaelwest.com.au
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 AM
100dianne.bsky.social
Books on my list
Goliath’s Curse by Luke Kemp
Is it the best of times or the end of times. History rhymes

States captured by corrupt elites, using coercion & stealth to secure their dominance, seize control of community & private resources, led to extreme social, political & economic inequality..
Goliaths Curse by Luke Kemp
January 21, 2026 at 4:37 AM
100dianne.bsky.social
Trumps Healthcare Plan sorry Healthcare Scam.
It’s always in the fine print not the headlines.
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
“We do prefer respect to bullies, We do prefer science to politicism and we prefer rule of law to brutality"

President Macron👏
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Just a shocking series of replies by Penny Wong
STEFANOVIC: Okay. The responsibility now rests with you, I think, to explain, I think, what is it, 500 pages of this document, to the Aussie public. As an example, if someone or a group says Israel engaged in genocide, will they be prosecuted now? FOREIGN MINISTER: Can I start with what the legislation does, it does a number of things. Obviously, one of the things it does is it enables the Minister to cancel and suspend visas of people who come to Australia to preach hatred. We have the gun legislation, which is toughening up the gun laws in the ways that I've described. In relation to the hate groups, what this legislation does is it enables the Minister to determine and prescribe that a group is a hate group in accordance with the legislation. But that's not a political decision. That's a decision that is done on the advice of security agencies, and the Leader of the Opposition is briefed. So, I just want to say to your viewers and to you, what we are trying to do is to crack down on groups who seek to incite hatred for the purposes of engaging in incitement and criminal activity. We're not seeking to crack down on people's, you know, difference of political debate. STEFANOVIC: So, under that, under the legislation, people will still be able, or groups will still be able to say that? FOREIGN MINISTER: Well, I'm not going to get into hypotheticals about what can and can't be said. I'm making a point about the way the legislation works. STEFANOVIC: Do you think people should be able to say that? FOREIGN MINISTER: I don't believe that, well, the Government's position is that the State of Israel has a right to exist, and we seek two states, because that is the way to ensure long-term peace and security for both Israelis and Palestinians. STEFANOVIC: All right. Senator, there's a lot to digest in all of this, and we appreciate you being on. Thank you. FOREIGN MINISTER: Good to be with you.
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Solid.
My @smh cartoon.
January 20, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
100dianne.bsky.social
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Tales of peace deals that aren’t.
Carney showman with smoke and mirrors, illusions sold as peace.
Countries trading away their wealth and sovereignty for illusions of cooperation, teetering solely on a vacillating codger

theconversation.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s peace agreements are also business deals
Combining diplomacy with deals has long been a feature of US foreign policy, but Donald Trump seems to have taken that to a new level.
theconversation.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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lawfaremedia.org
"Don’t kid yourself, folks: There is no magic bullet here," writes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org in The Situation.

"There is, instead, a long hard slog ahead of us—a long hard slog of elections, advocacy, protest, litigation, and people fighting for their rights."
The Situation: “Evident Clinical Symptoms”
There is no magic bullet solution to a deranged president.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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spottie999.bsky.social
Make them pay for their greed. Please Re Post!
January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Amazing when you have a system that lets the private sector deliver a public service it gets rorted.

Grog’s Rule: When you privatise public services be sure to also allocate space in a few years for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system.
kentparkskeet.bsky.social Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 23h
Weird that it’s turning out to be the providers, not the recipients, ripping off the NDIS.

It’s almost as if the Morrison government was so incompetent that it’s taken three years of organised work to clean it up. Incompetent and/or corrupt.

#AusPol
Director of NDIS provider charged over alleged $3.6m fraud
Australian Federal Police allege Billal Chami submitted claims for supports and services never provided to participants.
www.abc.net.au
January 20, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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newscientist.com
Countries have spent beyond their sustainable water budgets for so long that critical assets are depleted and the world faces huge economic, social and environmental costs
World is entering an era of 'water bankruptcy'
Countries have spent beyond their sustainable water budgets for so long that critical assets are depleted and the world faces huge economic, social and environmental costs
www.newscientist.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
January 19, 2026
January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer

www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries By Investing.com
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries
www.investing.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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rk70534.bsky.social
Imagine if #Russia would be destroying the headquarters of UN's UNCHR in #Ukraine today.

It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.

#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.

And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
“The reason the state of our hospitals, schools and other essential services are getting worse is that, while Australia is one of the richest countries in the world, our governments act as if we are poor.” - Dr Richard Denniss

Read the full article: https://theaus.in/3NnGHCh
January 19, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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reneweconomy.com.au
Queensland’s troubled #coal plant suffers new outages, just two months after huge maintenance spend, leading to evacuation and new questions about #LNG energy plan.
Queensland's fossil-first energy plan under attack with new outages and evacuation at troubled coal plant
Queensland's troubled coal plant suffers new outages, just two months after huge maintenance spend, leading to evacuation and new questions about LNG energy plan.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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rowecartoon.bsky.social
sussan..?
January 19, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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doritreiss.bsky.social
Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them part 2: vaccines don't cause autism, SIDS, etc', VAERS does not show causation, the flu shot will not cause influenza, and mRNA vaccines do not cause cancer, explains @jakescottmd.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them—part 2
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 18, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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amyremeikis.bsky.social
Was going to launch this at Adelaide - but will now be Canberra in March. I suck at promotion, but it’s open for pre order at wherever you get your books (and you can ask your library for it too) 🩷
peterwmurphy1.bsky.social Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 3d
"Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard"
by @amyremeikis.bsky.social
On the thirtieth anniversary of John Howard coming to power, a searing analysis of the untouchable prime minister: how the ‘great economic manager’ sold our future. 26Feb2026 #auspol #AusHistory #politics #BookSky
Book cover: "Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard" by Amy Remeikis
January 18, 2026 at 6:09 AM