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Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>You may not know but three cases that were brought by private schools &amp; parents arguing that the imposition of VAT on private schools was a breach of human rights have been working their way through court... only to be dismissed today, with the conclusion that despite claims, the imposition of VAT did not impede children's access to education, it just reduced rich people's options to those enjoyed by most families.</p><p>Exactly!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> </p><p>h/t FT</p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Exemplar of the transgenocide I ceaselessly rail against: Florida Gov. DeSantis Fails to Mention 2SLGBTQIA+, Latinx People in Pulse Statement<br><a href="https://www.them.us/story/desantis-florida-pulse-mass-shooting-statement-lgbtq-latinx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">them.us/story/desantis-florida</span><span class="invisible">-pulse-mass-shooting-statement-lgbtq-latinx</span></a></p><p>June 2016: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_nightclub_shooting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_ni</span><span class="invisible">ghtclub_shooting</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BTLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLM</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a></p><p>Collaborate, advocate, educate, resist<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanctuaryCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanctuaryCity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRefugia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRefugia</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>🇨🇦 Canada Post celebrates Pride Month w. four 2SLGBTQIA+ postage stamps<br><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/canada-celebrates-pride-month-with-4-beautiful-lgbtq-postage-stamps" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/canada</span><span class="invisible">-celebrates-pride-month-with-4-beautiful-lgbtq-postage-stamps</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-company/news-and-media/corporate-news/news-release/2025-05-29-new-stamp-set-showcases-pivotal-moments-in-canadas-2slgbtqia-history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc</span><span class="invisible">/en/our-company/news-and-media/corporate-news/news-release/2025-05-29-new-stamp-set-showcases-pivotal-moments-in-canadas-2slgbtqia-history</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DanielleSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScottMoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottMoe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BTLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTLM</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p>🇨🇦 Values<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T8eCeeVbYmsEzvvyUmoDC0KeKvjB9E57YG4AvU97RZo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1T8</span><span class="invisible">eCeeVbYmsEzvvyUmoDC0KeKvjB9E57YG4AvU97RZo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a></p><p>Collaborate, advocate, educate, resist<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanctuaryCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanctuaryCity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRefugia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRefugia</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p>Social Security, unemployment insurance and child tax credits are in a sense assets that aren’t usually counted up when discussing wealth and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a>. A sociologist explains how these benefits are worth far more in countries like Norway than in the US: <a href="https://buff.ly/i94nJu5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/i94nJu5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>🇺🇲 Trump2 Immigration Onslaught: No Sanctuary<br><a href="https://www.levernews.com/amid-trumps-immigration-onslaught-there-is-no-sanctuary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levernews.com/amid-trumps-immi</span><span class="invisible">gration-onslaught-there-is-no-sanctuary</span></a><br>nonpaywalled: <a href="https://archive.fo/eEQ9Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.fo/eEQ9Y</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Fear, chaos, violence<br>Collaborate/advocate/educate/resist</p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanctuaryCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanctuaryCity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>«Income inequality depresses support for higher minimum wages.»</p><p>No kidding. If I read the abstract right, the more unequal the society you live in, the less supportive you will be of protests for higher minimum wages. Data from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>.</p><p>Yeah, who knew? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> depresses support for higher minimum wages even more.</p><p>(Image of wealth inequality in the US below. Just saying…)</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001772" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1037/xge0001772</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nerdculture.de/@ByrdNick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ByrdNick</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ByrdNick@nerdculture.de/114669933598322358" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@ByrdNick@nerd</span><span class="invisible">culture.de/114669933598322358</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>Wealthy Australians are worried—not about inequality, but that we might notice how the system is rigged in their favour. <br> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/supertax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supertax</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/superannuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superannuation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2025/jun/12/wealthy-australians-are-worried-we-might-realise-how-rigged-the-system-is-in-their-favour" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/grogo</span><span class="invisible">nomics/2025/jun/12/wealthy-australians-are-worried-we-might-realise-how-rigged-the-system-is-in-their-favour</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Why can economic <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> depress the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/minimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minimumWage</span></a>?</p><p>An is-ought <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/fallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fallacy</span></a>?</p><p>From over 135,000 people in <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a>, experiments, and <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/processTracing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>processTracing</span></a> studies, scientists found that people seemed to infer what people OUGHT to earn from what they DO earn.</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001772" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1037/xge0001772</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> on the Path to Becoming a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailedState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailedState</span></a>?<br>🧐"A govt tt's turned inward &amp; become both self-protective &amp; vindictive. An economy tt's straining under a comb'n of political hubris &amp; international estrangement. A pop'n facing widening <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> &amp; fraying of social bonds.. State failure is a process tt begins w corrosion of political legitimacy &amp; ends in disintegration of central authority"</p><p>By these measures of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a>: costs, obesity &amp; gun deaths, US is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>failure</span></a>.🤦‍♂️<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/u-s-failed-state" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/opinion/u-s-f</span><span class="invisible">ailed-state</span></a></p>
LM Little<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reconciliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reconciliation</span></a> must be reflected in how programs like Jordan’s Principle are funded and delivered.” <a href="https://cabinradio.ca/242778/news/politics/ottawa-undermining-intent-of-jordans-principle-nwt-ministers-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cabinradio.ca/242778/news/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/ottawa-undermining-intent-of-jordans-principle-nwt-ministers-say/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nwtpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nwtpoli</span></a></p>
James Flexner<p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2025/jun/12/wealthy-australians-are-worried-we-might-realise-how-rigged-the-system-is-in-their-favour?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/grogo</span><span class="invisible">nomics/2025/jun/12/wealthy-australians-are-worried-we-might-realise-how-rigged-the-system-is-in-their-favour?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Leaving aside the ONS' current travails with their workforce data, I think we can take as pretty indicative their confirmation that hybrid working is highly class determined, with workers with degrees &amp; in white collar jobs much more likely (unsurprisingly) to be able to work from home....</p><p>Over a quarter of workers now 'enjoy' hybrid working &amp; they are much more likely to be living in the UK's least deprived areas.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/11/over-a-quarter-of-workers-in-britain-engage-in-hybrid-working-ons-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jun/11/over-a-quarter-of-workers-in-britain-engage-in-hybrid-working-ons-finds</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Billionaires helping billionaires: Trump tees up $20 billion to Starlink Contracts<br><a href="https://www.levernews.com/trump-just-quietly-teed-up-20-billion-in-starlink-contracts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levernews.com/trump-just-quiet</span><span class="invisible">ly-teed-up-20-billion-in-starlink-contracts</span></a></p><p>* could redirect $ Billions funding for rural broadband construction to Musk’s satellite company</p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a></p><p>Collaborate, advocate, vote, educate, resist<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticSocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticSocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>🇺🇲 Considering Canada? Information for 2SLGBTQIA+ Americans Looking to Move to 🇨🇦<br><a href="https://egale.ca/awareness/consideringcanada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">egale.ca/awareness/considering</span><span class="invisible">canada</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114659462380398936" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1146</span><span class="invisible">59462380398936</span></a></p><p>* understand options, assess potential risks, consider key factors involved in making an informed decision</p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DanielleSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScottMoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottMoe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p>🇨🇦 Canadian Values<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T8eCeeVbYmsEzvvyUmoDC0KeKvjB9E57YG4AvU97RZo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.k4gn4c9cg8t4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1T8</span><span class="invisible">eCeeVbYmsEzvvyUmoDC0KeKvjB9E57YG4AvU97RZo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.k4gn4c9cg8t4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a></p>
John Colagioia<p>Evidence missing to address burn death disparities <a href="https://www.scidev.net/global/news/evidence-missing-to-address-burn-death-disparities/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scidev.net/global/news/evidenc</span><span class="invisible">e-missing-to-address-burn-death-disparities/</span></a></p><p>The top priority identified in the study was the need for better evidence on effective acute burn treatments, while other priorities related to pain relief and the psychological impact of burns. The survey also highlighted a need for more cost-effective burns data.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Are today’s trade and current account imbalances unique in history? Are international economic relations characterized by self-correcting market mechanisms, or by persistent imbalances and power relations between nations? What does this mean for collective regulation and the organization of the international monetary system and global trade rules?</p><p>In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries. They also present “counterfactual simulations” exploring how these dynamics might have evolved under alternative trade and monetary regimes.</p><p>The study draws on a new database wbop.world tracking global trade flows and the balance of payments (goods, services, income, and transfers) across 57 core territories (48 main countries + 9 residual regions) from 1800 to 2025."</p><p><a href="https://wid.world/news-article/unequal-exchange-and-north-south-relations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wid.world/news-article/unequal</span><span class="invisible">-exchange-and-north-south-relations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GlobalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalTrade</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PoliticalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalEconomy</span></a></p>
&2i<p>"The wealthy love the national debt in the UK.</p><p>There is nothing that suits their purpose better than having the UK government in debt to them, and that's why they love the national debt ... This supposed debt is simply the total amount of money that the government has spent into the UK economy that it has yet to reclaim by way of tax"<br>-Richard Murphy, <a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06/10/the-wealthy-love-the-national-debt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">6/10/the-wealthy-love-the-national-debt/</span></a><br><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMT</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>As Ignacia Pinto (Women's Budget Group) points out, tackling child poverty must start with ending the two child benefit cap, but doesn't stop there. Taking a gendered approach (recognising the real issues for mothers) involves also tackling high childcare costs, the lack of flexible work &amp; inadequate transport links, to help mothers increase their earnings &amp; so help their children.</p><p>Otherwise a Child Poverty Strategy will be just window dressing!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.compassonline.org.uk/a-gendered-approach-to-child-poverty-is-necessary-womens-budget-group/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">compassonline.org.uk/a-gendere</span><span class="invisible">d-approach-to-child-poverty-is-necessary-womens-budget-group/</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p>“… the bill does offer significant tax cuts to the wealthiest people in America while adding trillions of dollars to the national debt. Whatever meager benefits there are to everyone else would likely be eaten up by the increase in the cost of food and health care caused by the benefit cuts.</p><p>For all the insults flying between Trump and Musk, they are both fine with taking from those who have little and giving generously to those who have more than they could ever need.”</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p>“The ability of a few wealthy people to manipulate the system to this extent—leaving two tycoons who possess the emotional register of toddlers with the power to impoverish most of the country, to their own benefit, speaks ill of the health of American democracy, regardless of the outcome.”</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/deficits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deficits</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxtherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxtherich</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/federaldebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federaldebt</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/trump-musk-feud/683070/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/06/trump-musk-feud/683070/</span></a></p>
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