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Boomers grew rich as their economies were financialised, turning them into 'mini capitalists' who cared more about asset prices than wages.

But the financial boom that made them wealthy was a one-off - and the next generation will never catch up.
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Ghost Rider • Rush

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So you’re getting a data centre! Here’s what to know - CCPA What questions to ask when the next new data centre comes to your town.

Data centre construction is booming. Here are some questions to ask your representatives when the next new data centre project comes to town. By @simonenoch.bsky.social and Rachel Pettigrew
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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…

Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico.

Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.

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Loiterando

(Jan Garbarek · The Hilliard Ensemble)

Israel has confirmed it dug up & bulldozed part of a WW1 and WW2 allied cemetery in Gaza where Canadian soldiers were buried.

We need to get serious about tackling corruption through political donations The government's reforms are welcome but they won't end political corruption

Political donations = corruption.

Super-rich buy influence and power.

Parties reward them - organize threatening issues off the agenda, provide tax perks to the rich, crony contracts, VIP lanes, honours.

Can't have democracy without banning political donations.

YouTube video by Jim Spalink Concert in the Egg

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Concert in the Egg by Thomas Crecquillon

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Egg · Mr. Bungle

“If this guy isn’t impeached and removed, what’s the point to the whole Constitution? You can’t have a fucking criminal running the government for his own benefit screwing the people. And that’s what we have.”

Agreed, Carney's statements aren't contradictory.

Yvette Cooper's ban of Palestine Action was based on a pack of lies.

Absolutely devastating from Huda Ammori

Was Epstein an Israeli weapon of mass extortion? bdsmovement.net/news/Was-Eps...

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Low Rider • War

Reminder that Francesca Albanese is not being targeted for a sentence twisted and lifted out of context in a speech.

She is being targeted for daring to name the names of giant companies complicit in the crime of genocide.

They would rather destroy international law than be accountable to it.

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Joan is sick and ill at ease · Pro Cantione Antiqua

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The Duel · John Williams

YouTube video by The Kinks The Kinks - Money and Corruption/ I Am Your Man (Official Audio)

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“We are sick and tired
Of being promised this and that.
We work all day, we sweat and slave
To keep the wealthy fat.”

The Kinks - Money and Corruption

"... as soon as you shift the frame to, these are politicians who've been bought & paid for by oil & gas, arms trade companies, private healthcare companies, gambling companies, their behaviour makes absolute sense"

@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.

Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.

Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.

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Sail · Oregon

Send Canadian oil to Cuba - CCPA The United States is attempting to deliberately trigger a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Canada must act in concert with regional allies to defy the blockade.

Canada is uniquely positioned to break the siege of Cuba—we should be leading a regional coalition to ship oil and aid to Cuba, and prevent the humanitarian crisis that U.S. regime is attempting to deliberately trigger.

I wrote about it, and the history of the blockade, for @policyalternatives.ca

Scholasticide.

The US campaign to starve Cuba of fuel should be understood as genocidal. They are targeting a whole nation, deliberately destroying conditions necessary for life, in flagrant violation of international law. Pure barbarism, there is no other way to describe it.

Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"

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I can’t read the article it’s behind a paywall. Can you post your draft. Thanks.

Feinstein exposes profiteers of mass slaughter on Gaza and Yemen Feinstein follows the money behind Gaza and Yemen’s bloodshed — exposing the who is cashing in on mass death, and demanding accountability

Feinstein follows the money behind Gaza and Yemen’s bloodshed — exposing the who is cashing in on mass death, and demanding accountability

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