@jedgoode.bsky.social
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Before the 1970s, a child diagnosed with leukemia had a 90% chance of dying within 5 years.
Today, those odds are flipped: they have an almost 90% chance of survival.
My colleague @scientificdiscovery.dev's article on progress against childhood cancer.
ourworldindata.org/childhood-le...
Today, those odds are flipped: they have an almost 90% chance of survival.
My colleague @scientificdiscovery.dev's article on progress against childhood cancer.
ourworldindata.org/childhood-le...
Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable
Before the 1970s, most children affected by leukemia would quickly die from it. Now, most children in rich countries are cured.
ourworldindata.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Before the 1970s, a child diagnosed with leukemia had a 90% chance of dying within 5 years.
Today, those odds are flipped: they have an almost 90% chance of survival.
My colleague @scientificdiscovery.dev's article on progress against childhood cancer.
ourworldindata.org/childhood-le...
Today, those odds are flipped: they have an almost 90% chance of survival.
My colleague @scientificdiscovery.dev's article on progress against childhood cancer.
ourworldindata.org/childhood-le...
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
Worth looking at and signing?
Join us in demanding fairer, greener pensions for all: act.350.org/sign/fairer-...
Join us in demanding fairer, greener pensions for all: act.350.org/sign/fairer-...
Demand fairer, greener pensions for all!
Our pensions system is broken, with millions of us facing poverty in retirement. It also fuels the climate crisis by investing billions in fossil fuels. But this money could instead be funding our tra...
act.350.org
May 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Worth looking at and signing?
Join us in demanding fairer, greener pensions for all: act.350.org/sign/fairer-...
Join us in demanding fairer, greener pensions for all: act.350.org/sign/fairer-...
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The 45th president can rest easy that the 47th president replaced him as the worst president.
April 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The 45th president can rest easy that the 47th president replaced him as the worst president.
Where is new, social/truely-affordable housing going to come from?
In my opinion, it has to come from local government, with national government support. which it where it has almost always come from in post war times.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
In my opinion, it has to come from local government, with national government support. which it where it has almost always come from in post war times.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
Only 2.5% of private rentals in England affordable on housing benefit, study finds
Exclusive: Charities say freeze to housing benefit will push more people into rent arrears and homelessness
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Where is new, social/truely-affordable housing going to come from?
In my opinion, it has to come from local government, with national government support. which it where it has almost always come from in post war times.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
In my opinion, it has to come from local government, with national government support. which it where it has almost always come from in post war times.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
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Growth is totally dependent upon people having enough money to spend. Without the redistribution of wealth in the UK, that is not going to happen.
youtu.be/8Xu2x3AwOKM?...
youtu.be/8Xu2x3AwOKM?...
To get growth, money must be redistributed from those who don’t need it to those who do
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
April 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Growth is totally dependent upon people having enough money to spend. Without the redistribution of wealth in the UK, that is not going to happen.
youtu.be/8Xu2x3AwOKM?...
youtu.be/8Xu2x3AwOKM?...
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How much foreign aid is spent domestically (rather than being spent overseas)?
That's the question @simonvanteutem.bsky.social and I look at in our latest article on Our World in Data: ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-...
That's the question @simonvanteutem.bsky.social and I look at in our latest article on Our World in Data: ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-...
How much foreign aid is spent domestically rather than overseas?
In many countries, a significant share of aid is spent domestically on hosting refugees, offering student scholarships, and administrative costs.
ourworldindata.org
March 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
How much foreign aid is spent domestically (rather than being spent overseas)?
That's the question @simonvanteutem.bsky.social and I look at in our latest article on Our World in Data: ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-...
That's the question @simonvanteutem.bsky.social and I look at in our latest article on Our World in Data: ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-...
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This is the most dangerous and stupid moves of them all to date.
March 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is the most dangerous and stupid moves of them all to date.
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The government is going to slash benefits for some of the most vulnerable people today - and no impact assessment is going to be published to explain why or what the reason is. I hope someone challenges this by judicial review. I'll chip in towards the costs. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
There is no evidence to support today’s benefits cuts
As The Guardian notes in an email news alert this morning:
Keir Starmer will unveil drastic cuts to disability benefits on Tuesday, despite deep opposition from Labour MPs and poverty campaigners, and...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The government is going to slash benefits for some of the most vulnerable people today - and no impact assessment is going to be published to explain why or what the reason is. I hope someone challenges this by judicial review. I'll chip in towards the costs. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
This should be spread far and wide ... 👇👇👇
With power comes the opportunity to be abusive, and that is the option Starmer has chosen www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
With power comes the opportunity to be abusive, and that is the option Starmer has chosen www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
With power comes the opportunity to be abusive, and that is the option Starmer has chosen
The Guardian reports this morning that Starmer is determined to keep up his assault on people with disabilities in the UK. Like Wes Streeting, who yesterday declared himself to know better than doctor...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This should be spread far and wide ... 👇👇👇
With power comes the opportunity to be abusive, and that is the option Starmer has chosen www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
With power comes the opportunity to be abusive, and that is the option Starmer has chosen www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
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“Frightened for the safety of their families.”
America, 2025.
America, 2025.
March 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Frightened for the safety of their families.”
America, 2025.
America, 2025.
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Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
February 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
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Worst. Episode. EVER.
February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Worst. Episode. EVER.
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
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Yes think about how judges are supposed to decide if things the president does are constitutional, and why the richest man in the world who just bought the election might not be into that.
February 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Yes think about how judges are supposed to decide if things the president does are constitutional, and why the richest man in the world who just bought the election might not be into that.
Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
theconversation.com/almost-2-mil...
theconversation.com/almost-2-mil...
Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
British Election Study shows lack of voter ID did favour the Conservatives.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
theconversation.com/almost-2-mil...
theconversation.com/almost-2-mil...
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Trump is going to hit the ground running this time youtu.be/4fUaSG9-B8Q?... Trump was slow to get going in his first presidency. This time he’s planning on an impact from day one, and that impact could be horrible, and the repercussions terrible.
Trump is going to hit the ground running this time
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Trump is going to hit the ground running this time youtu.be/4fUaSG9-B8Q?... Trump was slow to get going in his first presidency. This time he’s planning on an impact from day one, and that impact could be horrible, and the repercussions terrible.
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The Mirror report that Liz Truss, Priti Patel, Suella Braverman, and Tobias Ellwood who have all travelled to Trump's inauguration have not been allocated seats as it has moved indoors
January 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Mirror report that Liz Truss, Priti Patel, Suella Braverman, and Tobias Ellwood who have all travelled to Trump's inauguration have not been allocated seats as it has moved indoors
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The UK’s housing costs are sucking life out of our economy youtu.be/yMB9HsJCWmg?... The UK has housing costs 44% more than in similar countries. That means instead of fueling growth and providing for children, the younger people who pay these costs are fueling growing inequality.
The UK’s housing costs are sucking life out of our economy
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The UK’s housing costs are sucking life out of our economy youtu.be/yMB9HsJCWmg?... The UK has housing costs 44% more than in similar countries. That means instead of fueling growth and providing for children, the younger people who pay these costs are fueling growing inequality.
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Rounding differences www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01... Changes of 0.1% in GDP are not news. They are literally statistical rounding differences. Meanwhile, the economy and our society are riven with problems the media do not talk about. Why are they so willing to miss the real news?
Rounding differences:
The media is making much this morning of the fact that the economy supposedly returned to growth in November after declining last October.
Let's be clear. The growth was 0.1% in November.
In October...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Rounding differences www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01... Changes of 0.1% in GDP are not news. They are literally statistical rounding differences. Meanwhile, the economy and our society are riven with problems the media do not talk about. Why are they so willing to miss the real news?
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Experts say Musk's social media activity “comfortably sits within any definition of an extremist”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/counter...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/counter...
Counter-extremism unit probes Elon Musk tweets
Elon Musk's social media activity is set to be probed by the British government's counter-extremism unit, it has been revealed.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Experts say Musk's social media activity “comfortably sits within any definition of an extremist”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/counter...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/counter...
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Could this be the same Wes Streeting as is overwhelmingly funded by private healthcare interests? Reader, it could. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Streeting defends NHS use of private sector but says it must ‘pull its weight’
Health secretary accused of talking ‘utter nonsense’ about private sector’s ability to help cut NHS waiting times
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Could this be the same Wes Streeting as is overwhelmingly funded by private healthcare interests? Reader, it could. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...