I am because U are! Ubuntu philosophy. Be.
@springray88.bsky.social
Striving to be a Success…is about striving to be of VALUE, to oneself and others, to humanity and habitat (…to biodiversity and neurodiversity), a realm of the well-educated, humble intellectuals.
January 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12... Educate: people, planet, prosperity 😅
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12... Educate: people, planet, prosperity 😅
The next best invention was Reading n wRiting. The MEracle, 'I am because You are' - Ubuntu Philosophy, to Teach n Learn, our Value n Worth, Health n Wealth, Safety n Security, Well-being n Quality of LIFE, Prosperity n Posterity for All Humanity n Habitat 🤗🙏🏽
"We invented phonetic writing so we could put our sounds down on paper and, by glancing at a page, hear someone speaking in our head—an invention that became so widespread in the last few thousand years that we hardly ever stop to consider how astonishing it is."
-Carl Sagan, Billions & Billions
-Carl Sagan, Billions & Billions
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The next best invention was Reading n wRiting. The MEracle, 'I am because You are' - Ubuntu Philosophy, to Teach n Learn, our Value n Worth, Health n Wealth, Safety n Security, Well-being n Quality of LIFE, Prosperity n Posterity for All Humanity n Habitat 🤗🙏🏽
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
How to Get Rid of Throwaway Culture www.yesmagazine.org/issue/solvin...
How to Get Rid of Throwaway Culture
Waste is built into modern culture. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
www.yesmagazine.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
How to Get Rid of Throwaway Culture www.yesmagazine.org/issue/solvin...
Art and science: Intersections of art and science through time and paths forward: EMBO reports: Vol 20, No 2 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Art and science: Intersections of art and science through time and paths forward: EMBO reports: Vol 20, No 2
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
www.embopress.org
September 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Art and science: Intersections of art and science through time and paths forward: EMBO reports: Vol 20, No 2 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."
August 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."
Global Green New Deal: 10 ways to secure a fairer, better future for all via @waronwant.bsky.social waronwant.org/news-analysi...
Global Green New Deal: 10 ways to secure a fairer, better future for all
The world is in crisis. Only a just transition to fairer, greener economies and societies — through a Global Green New Deal — can ensure a dignified life for all.
waronwant.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Global Green New Deal: 10 ways to secure a fairer, better future for all via @waronwant.bsky.social waronwant.org/news-analysi...
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UK govt handed £895bn of QE to banks. It bought bonds/gilts, now selling them at a loss.
It also pays interest on banks' central reserves.
Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable.
Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn.
Tax the banks.
It also pays interest on banks' central reserves.
Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable.
Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn.
Tax the banks.
Fixing the leak: How to end the £22 billion annual taxpayer losses at the Bank of England | IPPR
After a period of making significant profits on this programme, the Bank of England is now making record losses, which is historically very unusual for cen
www.ippr.org
August 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
UK govt handed £895bn of QE to banks. It bought bonds/gilts, now selling them at a loss.
It also pays interest on banks' central reserves.
Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable.
Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn.
Tax the banks.
It also pays interest on banks' central reserves.
Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable.
Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn.
Tax the banks.
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Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
The Biggest Economic Lies We’re Told | Robert Reich
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
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Thames Water paid lawyers/advisers £136m to secure £3bn emergency funding at 9.75% interest.
It has a debt pile of over £20bn, debt at privatisation was ZERO. More debt inevitable.
28% - 35% of customer bills pays interest. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged, people fleeced.
It has a debt pile of over £20bn, debt at privatisation was ZERO. More debt inevitable.
28% - 35% of customer bills pays interest. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged, people fleeced.
Thames Water spent £136m on securing emergency funding, leaked document suggests
‘Atypical expenditure’ document suggests utility’s costs over 12 months outstripped the £130m it paid in fines
www.theguardian.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thames Water paid lawyers/advisers £136m to secure £3bn emergency funding at 9.75% interest.
It has a debt pile of over £20bn, debt at privatisation was ZERO. More debt inevitable.
28% - 35% of customer bills pays interest. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged, people fleeced.
It has a debt pile of over £20bn, debt at privatisation was ZERO. More debt inevitable.
28% - 35% of customer bills pays interest. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged, people fleeced.
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Released 45 YEARS AGO
Give Me The Night (1980)
George Benson
Give Me The Night (1980)
George Benson
June 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Released 45 YEARS AGO
Give Me The Night (1980)
George Benson
Give Me The Night (1980)
George Benson
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY on June 8, 1985, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
June 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
40 YEARS AGO TODAY on June 8, 1985, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
... going 10yrs, I boogied😅
48 YEARS AGO TODAY on June 11, 1977, "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC and the Sunshine Band reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
July 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
... going 10yrs, I boogied😅
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Climate breakdown tripled the death toll in Europe’s June heatwave. From Texas to Turin, we are watching the deadly effects of climate breakdown before our very eyes.
The UK has slashed its emissions over recent decades - but we need to go much further and faster.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
The UK has slashed its emissions over recent decades - but we need to go much further and faster.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths, scientists estimate
Around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the severe heatwave that ended last week, according to a rapid scientific analysis published on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Climate breakdown tripled the death toll in Europe’s June heatwave. From Texas to Turin, we are watching the deadly effects of climate breakdown before our very eyes.
The UK has slashed its emissions over recent decades - but we need to go much further and faster.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
The UK has slashed its emissions over recent decades - but we need to go much further and faster.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Billionaires accumulating more and more wealth is a threat to our democracy, our planet, and the everyday economy.
@sebmang.bsky.social and @febalata.bsky.social wrote for Social Europe on why it's time for an Extreme Wealth Line.
www.socialeurope.eu/how-the-bill...
@sebmang.bsky.social and @febalata.bsky.social wrote for Social Europe on why it's time for an Extreme Wealth Line.
www.socialeurope.eu/how-the-bill...
How the Billionaire Boom Is Fueling Inequality—and Threatening Democracy
As wealth concentrates at the top, Europe must act now to defend democracy and economic stability for all.
www.socialeurope.eu
May 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Billionaires accumulating more and more wealth is a threat to our democracy, our planet, and the everyday economy.
@sebmang.bsky.social and @febalata.bsky.social wrote for Social Europe on why it's time for an Extreme Wealth Line.
www.socialeurope.eu/how-the-bill...
@sebmang.bsky.social and @febalata.bsky.social wrote for Social Europe on why it's time for an Extreme Wealth Line.
www.socialeurope.eu/how-the-bill...
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Carl Sagan's insights were far ahead of his time.
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Carl Sagan's insights were far ahead of his time.
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
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Released 35 YEARS AGO
Everybody Everybody (1990)
Black Box
Everybody Everybody (1990)
Black Box
May 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Released 35 YEARS AGO
Everybody Everybody (1990)
Black Box
Everybody Everybody (1990)
Black Box
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There's broad public support for net zero by 2050 & people are concerned about the impact of the climate crisis. So let's deliver net zero policies that benefit ordinary people rather than calling it into question. @alchap.bsky.social spoke to LBC News in light of Tony Blair's comments.
May 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
There's broad public support for net zero by 2050 & people are concerned about the impact of the climate crisis. So let's deliver net zero policies that benefit ordinary people rather than calling it into question. @alchap.bsky.social spoke to LBC News in light of Tony Blair's comments.
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🚨BREAKING: The UK is cracking down on peaceful climate protest while handing £2 MILLION a day in ‘RENEWABLE’ subsidies to energy company Drax - for burning wood pellets that can be more polluting than coal. Everything about this is absurd - and should shock you 🧵👇
March 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨BREAKING: The UK is cracking down on peaceful climate protest while handing £2 MILLION a day in ‘RENEWABLE’ subsidies to energy company Drax - for burning wood pellets that can be more polluting than coal. Everything about this is absurd - and should shock you 🧵👇
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Curse of private equity.
Asda and Morrisons struggle under weight of private equity ownership.
Victims of PE business model: Lower market share, higher prices, staff/wage cuts, higher debt and interest payments, asset-stripping.
Govt letting PE devour the NHS, care homes.
archive.ph/0KrOB
Asda and Morrisons struggle under weight of private equity ownership.
Victims of PE business model: Lower market share, higher prices, staff/wage cuts, higher debt and interest payments, asset-stripping.
Govt letting PE devour the NHS, care homes.
archive.ph/0KrOB
Asda and Morrisons struggle under weight of private equity ownership
Several years after debt-fuelled takeovers the supermarket chains are grappling with high interest payments and shrinking sales
www.ft.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Curse of private equity.
Asda and Morrisons struggle under weight of private equity ownership.
Victims of PE business model: Lower market share, higher prices, staff/wage cuts, higher debt and interest payments, asset-stripping.
Govt letting PE devour the NHS, care homes.
archive.ph/0KrOB
Asda and Morrisons struggle under weight of private equity ownership.
Victims of PE business model: Lower market share, higher prices, staff/wage cuts, higher debt and interest payments, asset-stripping.
Govt letting PE devour the NHS, care homes.
archive.ph/0KrOB
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Can we all finally agree that billionaires owning our media is a bad thing?
February 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Can we all finally agree that billionaires owning our media is a bad thing?
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Kristin Bride tragically lost her son to online harms. When she tried to get justice for him, social media companies let her down.
She spoke to CCDH about her story, platform regulation, and the growing movement fighting for online safety for kids & teens.
Read more ⤵️
She spoke to CCDH about her story, platform regulation, and the growing movement fighting for online safety for kids & teens.
Read more ⤵️
Online harms: a parent’s fight for social media regulation
Kristin Bride spoke to CCDH about losing her son to online harms, the need to reform legislation, and a growing advocacy movement to protect kids online.
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kristin Bride tragically lost her son to online harms. When she tried to get justice for him, social media companies let her down.
She spoke to CCDH about her story, platform regulation, and the growing movement fighting for online safety for kids & teens.
Read more ⤵️
She spoke to CCDH about her story, platform regulation, and the growing movement fighting for online safety for kids & teens.
Read more ⤵️
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Debt-laden Thames Water will raise exec pay in response to bonus caps.
During the parliamentary passage of the Water (Special Measures) Bill I told the govt that the caps were worthless.
Govt needs to cap total remuneration of, let customers vote on exec pay.
hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-1...
During the parliamentary passage of the Water (Special Measures) Bill I told the govt that the caps were worthless.
Govt needs to cap total remuneration of, let customers vote on exec pay.
hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-1...
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]' on Monday 28 October 2024.
hansard.parliament.uk
January 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Debt-laden Thames Water will raise exec pay in response to bonus caps.
During the parliamentary passage of the Water (Special Measures) Bill I told the govt that the caps were worthless.
Govt needs to cap total remuneration of, let customers vote on exec pay.
hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-1...
During the parliamentary passage of the Water (Special Measures) Bill I told the govt that the caps were worthless.
Govt needs to cap total remuneration of, let customers vote on exec pay.
hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-1...
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"The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes and we must."
-- Jimmy Carter, 2002, Nobel speech
R.I.P
-- Jimmy Carter, 2002, Nobel speech
R.I.P
December 29, 2024 at 10:25 PM
"The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes and we must."
-- Jimmy Carter, 2002, Nobel speech
R.I.P
-- Jimmy Carter, 2002, Nobel speech
R.I.P