Neil The Nellster
@nellster.bsky.social
ex-forester, ex-code-monkey, ex-husband, atheist, scientist, ancient history fan, bee-keeper, law-curious, lover, cyclist/car-driver/motorcyclist, politically centre/left of centre, vaguely pro-vegetarian but not there yet myself
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Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich.
They know that a hostile environment is not conducive to accumulation. They can increase real wages for workers.
Govt can tax super-rich at higher rates, impose wealth tax and redistribute.
They know that a hostile environment is not conducive to accumulation. They can increase real wages for workers.
Govt can tax super-rich at higher rates, impose wealth tax and redistribute.
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich.
They know that a hostile environment is not conducive to accumulation. They can increase real wages for workers.
Govt can tax super-rich at higher rates, impose wealth tax and redistribute.
They know that a hostile environment is not conducive to accumulation. They can increase real wages for workers.
Govt can tax super-rich at higher rates, impose wealth tax and redistribute.
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When will we learn from our mistakes?
Japan, a wealth country endowed with a robust healthcare infrastructure, watched flu and pneumonia deaths spike after their govt stopped pushing parents to get their kids vaccinated.
🧪We are slipping downward while Japan is trying to catch up.
Japan, a wealth country endowed with a robust healthcare infrastructure, watched flu and pneumonia deaths spike after their govt stopped pushing parents to get their kids vaccinated.
🧪We are slipping downward while Japan is trying to catch up.
What happens if fewer children get vaccinated? Japan holds lessons for US
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr slashes the US childhood vaccine roster, Japan is racing to make up for lost ground after decades of setbacks.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:08 AM
When will we learn from our mistakes?
Japan, a wealth country endowed with a robust healthcare infrastructure, watched flu and pneumonia deaths spike after their govt stopped pushing parents to get their kids vaccinated.
🧪We are slipping downward while Japan is trying to catch up.
Japan, a wealth country endowed with a robust healthcare infrastructure, watched flu and pneumonia deaths spike after their govt stopped pushing parents to get their kids vaccinated.
🧪We are slipping downward while Japan is trying to catch up.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech today is one of the most insightful, albeit sobering, political speeches in a long time. Carney tells it as it is: "If you're not at the table you'll be on the menu."
Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech today is one of the most insightful, albeit sobering, political speeches in a long time. Carney tells it as it is: "If you're not at the table you'll be on the menu."
Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
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This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
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Britain's Ed Davey addressing Parliament:
January 20, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Britain's Ed Davey addressing Parliament:
I AM EUROPEAN
January 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I AM EUROPEAN
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Somehow I got the impression that I'd seen all the Digging for Britain series, you'd moved on, and Aunty was repeating them ... After a couple of yrs I've just found out, tonight, that I am completely wrong and an undoubted idiot! That's OK - hours of catchup.
Glorious
Somehow I got the impression that I'd seen all the Digging for Britain series, you'd moved on, and Aunty was repeating them ... After a couple of yrs I've just found out, tonight, that I am completely wrong and an undoubted idiot! That's OK - hours of catchup.
Glorious
January 20, 2026 at 11:26 PM
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Somehow I got the impression that I'd seen all the Digging for Britain series, you'd moved on, and Aunty was repeating them ... After a couple of yrs I've just found out, tonight, that I am completely wrong and an undoubted idiot! That's OK - hours of catchup.
Glorious
Somehow I got the impression that I'd seen all the Digging for Britain series, you'd moved on, and Aunty was repeating them ... After a couple of yrs I've just found out, tonight, that I am completely wrong and an undoubted idiot! That's OK - hours of catchup.
Glorious
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Too bloody right!
ASAP
( “And you at the back there- don’t even bother to talk about “ sovrinty” because you don’t even know what it means and you certainly won’t have any if Trump extends his reach” )
Too bloody right!
ASAP
( “And you at the back there- don’t even bother to talk about “ sovrinty” because you don’t even know what it means and you certainly won’t have any if Trump extends his reach” )
In the face of Trump’s threats, Britain’s best path is clearer than ever: hurry back to Europe | Stella Creasy
Labour must urgently seek new roles and alliances, while also enhancing the UK’s own military capabilities, says Stella Creasy, MP and chair of the Labour Movement for Europe
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:35 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Too bloody right!
ASAP
( “And you at the back there- don’t even bother to talk about “ sovrinty” because you don’t even know what it means and you certainly won’t have any if Trump extends his reach” )
Too bloody right!
ASAP
( “And you at the back there- don’t even bother to talk about “ sovrinty” because you don’t even know what it means and you certainly won’t have any if Trump extends his reach” )
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Good to see President Macron in Davos today.
Canada and France will always stand together for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and peace.
Canada and France will always stand together for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and peace.
January 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Good to see President Macron in Davos today.
Canada and France will always stand together for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and peace.
Canada and France will always stand together for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and peace.
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Watching GB News or reading the Telegraph you realise there is a slice of right-wing opinion that would happily betray this country.
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Watching GB News or reading the Telegraph you realise there is a slice of right-wing opinion that would happily betray this country.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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London's Sadiq Khan on Zahawi and Jenrick joining Reform ...
"Same cockroaches, different restaurant."
👏
"Same cockroaches, different restaurant."
👏
January 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
London's Sadiq Khan on Zahawi and Jenrick joining Reform ...
"Same cockroaches, different restaurant."
👏
"Same cockroaches, different restaurant."
👏
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Israel is still killing Palestinians.
SCUM
SCUM
January 17, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Israel is still killing Palestinians.
SCUM
SCUM
BBC News - Iran warns it will retaliate if US attacks, as hundreds killed in protests - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is hideous! Hundreds killed by their government's agents. Weak populist leaders hanging on long after they have failed their people
It reminds me of ICE
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is hideous! Hundreds killed by their government's agents. Weak populist leaders hanging on long after they have failed their people
It reminds me of ICE
Iran warns it will retaliate if US attacks, as hundreds killed in protests
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 11:53 PM
BBC News - Iran warns it will retaliate if US attacks, as hundreds killed in protests - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is hideous! Hundreds killed by their government's agents. Weak populist leaders hanging on long after they have failed their people
It reminds me of ICE
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is hideous! Hundreds killed by their government's agents. Weak populist leaders hanging on long after they have failed their people
It reminds me of ICE
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Carbon offsets give big polluters a get-out-of-jail-free card on climate change. And although there are *some* high-quality offsets out there, there's a helluva lotta junk.
I made a deep-dive video on the wild west of offsetting. Took me bloody ages so check it out pls 😅
I made a deep-dive video on the wild west of offsetting. Took me bloody ages so check it out pls 😅
The FALSE solution to climate change
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Carbon offsets give big polluters a get-out-of-jail-free card on climate change. And although there are *some* high-quality offsets out there, there's a helluva lotta junk.
I made a deep-dive video on the wild west of offsetting. Took me bloody ages so check it out pls 😅
I made a deep-dive video on the wild west of offsetting. Took me bloody ages so check it out pls 😅
Doc Gilbz is one of the best climate change commentators imo, and this is one of her best videos
youtu.be/KKkZYYxDoRo
youtu.be/KKkZYYxDoRo
The FALSE solution to climate change
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Doc Gilbz is one of the best climate change commentators imo, and this is one of her best videos
youtu.be/KKkZYYxDoRo
youtu.be/KKkZYYxDoRo
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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The highest gust speed as a result of Storm Goretti is currently 99 mph, recorded at St Mary's Airport in the Isles of Scilly, making it a new record for the site
Here are the top gust speeds so far 👇
Here are the top gust speeds so far 👇
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The highest gust speed as a result of Storm Goretti is currently 99 mph, recorded at St Mary's Airport in the Isles of Scilly, making it a new record for the site
Here are the top gust speeds so far 👇
Here are the top gust speeds so far 👇