Julie Benson
julesbenson.bsky.social
Julie Benson
@julesbenson.bsky.social
Book-lover, cat enthusiast, trying to use my follows here to get a wide, diverse view of the world
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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New UN estimate: The Gazan economy contracted by 87% in 2023-2024 (so the situation is likely worse now). Israel’s military operations had “significantly undermined every pillar of survival”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Rebuilding ‘human-made abyss’ in Gaza will cost at least $70bn, UN says
Report says Israel’s operations ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and reduced the economy by 87%
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
uk.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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And food? I don’t get much food stamps so I save food stamps for emergency things when we run out of food. The amount I get doesn’t even cost one grocery trip. I feed four kids and myself. One of those kids is a teenager. Food goes fast. I try to buy things that will stretch but I also have kids
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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It’s not been thought through at all. It’s back of a fag-packet hate stuff, that’s all. Incompetent as well as viciously horrible.
It will also mean people's refugee status will be reviewed every 2 and half years. If this policy was in place now, that would mean the Home Office having at least another 67k decisions to process over the next year (the number of initial decision grants made between April 2023 and March 2024)
Shabana Mahmood has vowed to end Britain’s “golden ticket” for asylum seekers by forcing people arriving illegally to wait 20 years before they can apply for permanent settlement
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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This is the point. Policy *should not* be adjusted or fine-tuned in response to minor forecasting judgements. Decisions about whether or not to break a prominent manifesto promise *should not* depend on minor forecasting judgements. This stuff matters. We've got to do better than this.
I know it’s always like this. But one striking thing from the budget kite flying and kite pulling back in, is how major policy decisions are constantly being buffeted around by iterative forecast changes.
All feels a bit of a silly way to be making major economic policy & political decisions.
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Two years on, Israel’s war in Gaza might be finally drawing to a close. The conflict built an unprecedented arms pipeline from the U.S. to Israel that continues to flow, generating substantial business for big U.S. companies.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...
The Gaza War Has Been Big Business for U.S. Companies
The conflict has generated billions of dollars in sales for American firms.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.

So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Can I just say, as I've seen a few posts along these lines, it's a logical fallacy to suggest that because you're criticised by both sides you must be being neutral or impartial.

One (or both) sides may be criticising unfairly or in bad faith. Indeed, they very often are.

Please don't do this.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Of course the right to work isn't a silver bullet which solves all the issues of human trafficking, exploitation, and actual criminals, but it does go one hell of a lot further than this government's policies of weakening modern slavery protections, and, primarily, targeting those being exploited 4/
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Once you provide people seeking asylum with the right to work they are less likely to become victims of exploitation, which directly impacts the genuine criminals, making it harder for them to sell illegal vapes etc, so you combat actual crime, while protecting people. 3/
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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I do also find it ironic that some of the most hated people on the Internet are people who like being around people. But I think some people confuse being introverted with being a misanthrope.
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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It's mad how much people care about immigration when it is so proportionately unimportant compared to healthcare, cost of living, poverty, climate change, wealth inequality, war etc. How easily people are convinced to rage about the wrong things by charismatic manipulators and social media posts.
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
September 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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What are these wacky hourly posts??

- Link was our daily sharer yall - join in!

- Six families & a camp are still starving in thin tents in the cold, their homes destroyed

- Each day we have a big goal because we’re sending rapidly for food & shelter

- We’ll match £250

19 hours left 🚨 61/1000
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Please share: 1.97 million Palestinians in acute hunger, over 90% of buildings gone: the slow genocide, and one we can fight.

The deal may say “aid trucks,” but they haven’t entered, and food will STILL cost money. Our attention + boldness still matter ‼️

7 hours left 🚨 398/1000 for six families.
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
October 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM