Ollie Taylor

Another important piece by Jennifer Bridge.

Community Wealth Building: Reduce, Re-use, Repair, Recycle Why waste management should not just be the responsibility of the individual

From Colin Lever with his Community Wealth Building series:

Reduce, Re-use, Repair: Why waste management should not just be the responsibility of the individual
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Community Wealth Building: Jersey Arts & Culture When it comes to Jersey arts and culture there is much to be proud of, but it needs to be better showcased

“When it comes to Jersey arts and culture there is much to be proud of, but it needs to be better showcased”

The latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Arts & Culture
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Bringing Back Senators Why changing the process every four years is a sure-fire way to cause incalculable damage to our democracy

“Bringing Back Senators: Why changing the process every four years is a sure-fire way to cause incalculable damage to our democracy” by Lee Carpenter
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Community Wealth Building: Jersey Hospitality and Tourism Jersey is too expensive to attract mass migration of tourists, but it has much to offer the discerning tourist

Latest from Colin Lever in his Community Wealth Building series: Jersey Hospitality and Tourism:

“Jersey is too expensive to attract mass migration of tourists, but it has much to offer the discerning tourist” medium.com/nine-by-five...

The two state solution is a charade because the West has refused to recognise Palestine as a state, something the rest of the world has done, which is a crucial step towards it. They instead defer to negotiations with Israel, that categorically refuses it. So it's just used to avoid accountability.

And that's the crux of it. The two state solution was always a charade, a way for Israel to keep taking more land while providing cover for Western politicians doing nothing. Trump just doesn't care to maintain that charade, that's the only difference and a lot of why he's so hated.

I think the positive here is that the world sees the USA for what it is and can change accordingly. Presidents like Obama were able to provide cover for the USA and its crimes around the world, the mask has now well and truly fallen.

Here we all are? Well, there's finally been a ceasefire and a load of Palestinians have been released. Feel it's in poor taste to aim your dislike for Trump at the people who couldn't vote in support of a genocide after having watched videos of bombed Palestinians 12+ months is all.

Yeah, certainly not the Democrats fault for running a shockingly awful campaign and doubling down on killing kids in Gaza despite clear public opposition. Let's blame those who didn't want to give a vote for genocide.

Maybe he offered a more comprehensive benefits and pension package compared to Netanyahu.

Trump signs order sanctioning International Criminal Court The Hague-based body has created a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel, the White House says.

“Trump signed the measure as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Washington.”
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Before celebrating Liberation Day and lamenting the horrors of the second world war.

Trump wants US to ‘take over’ Gaza after ethnically cleansing Palestinians Trump unveiled shocking plan for Gaza at news conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after White House meeting.

'President Donald Trump said he wants the US to take over the war-shattered Gaza Strip after Palestinians are displaced to neighbouring countries, and develop the territory so the “world’s people” will live there.'
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

US President Donald Trump says he would like to “just clean out” Gaza, urging Egypt and Jordan to take in more Palestinians from the coastal enclave aje.io/zp2iaa

Storm Eowyn is considered maybe the strongest in a decade for the UK and now Storm Herminia. It's only a matter of time before the tides and weather are "right" and town businesses are testing their BCP and insurance companies are upping their costs, again.
#ClimateEmergency #JerseyCI

Middle East specialist Abdullah al-Arian says US President Trump’s comments asking Egypt and Jordan to accept 1.5 million Palestinians from Gaza is a credible threat and not just an off-the-cuff remark.

🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/8uyutv

Gen Z Americans are leaving their European cousins in the dust Millennials across the west were united in their economic malaise. Their successors not so much

“Britons born in the mid 1990s have seen living standards not merely stagnate but decline. Right across Europe, there is precious little for the youngest adults to be happy about.”
www.ft.com/content/2586...

Collective punishment

The war of attrition is underway.

Community Wealth Building: Jersey’s Housing Crisis The economic benefit of ensuring enough affordable housing

The latest in Colin Lever's Community Wealth Building series in which he now takes on Jersey’s Housing Crisis offering solutions to our long term problem: medium.com/nine-by-five...

Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis

“Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis”

When they say we can't afford to go Net Zero.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The genocide continues.

The profit motive society is really working out for humanity.

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A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
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BlackRock quits climate group in latest green climbdown World’s largest money manager had staked out position as sustainable investment leader

BlackRock quits climate group in latest green climbdown

https://www.ft.com/content/f0fb9841-db1d-442e-a757-1a1327497fb1

YouTube video by Michael Mann Michael Mann on CNN with Brianna Keilar on Climate Change & Current So. Cal Wildfires (JAN 8 2025)

I discussed the role that human-caused climate change is playing in the devastating Southern California wildfires with #BriannaKeilar on @cnn.com early today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVs...

Ooh baby, trickle down is going to be epic in 2025 🫰🤑🤑🤑🤑🫰

Saudi executions double in 2024 as more women and foreigners put to death Rights groups say international leaders' silence on Riyadh's rights record behind surge

Saudi executions double in 2024 as more women and foreigners put to death - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-execution-figures-double-2024-compared-previous-year