Matt B

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UK migration could be negative this year – how will that hit the economy? Universities, builders and health trusts are feeling the squeeze, as thinktank says effect of zero net migration could be similar to Brexit

Thinktanks warn zero net migration could hit like Brexit: slower growth & fewer opportunities for all.

Slashing migration won’t fix the cost-of-living crisis. It will pile even more pressure on our universities, NHS & the key sectors keeping the country running.

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Monthly review, the low carbon contradiction, Revolution: a short shape history of Scottish wind power.

I'm reading all about electricity generation this afternoon.

Also, my dog is very asleep and I've put these books on her butt

The US shouldn't do this

Always a race to the bottom for the right!

They've raised your rent, increased energy prices, and stagnated your wages. The super-rich are exploiting the people of Scotland.

The same billionaires are now bankrolling Reform UK.

We need to tax the super-rich and return power to our communities. #VoteScottishGreens

I've been meaning to go see that, but if it's just a box it really hinders my plans to become a St. Valentine completionist.

Computer, enhance

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's the skull of St. Valentine in Rome.

Folks, no one needs to understand Rod Dreher's worldview.

For a dude who is all about white identity, it's very funny to use the word "Scotch" to refer to Scots.

Register to vote Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.

People are scared of the spread of fascism, rightly so. We have 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 elections in May and it’s essential to keep Reform out. The far right thrive on apathy and hopelessness.

Good turn out almost always beats them. Register to vote. Why wait? Do it today

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As a former Missourian, it is my duty to say this.

Important context about Josh Hawley: he doesn't even live in Missouri, the state he represents.

Act NOW! Stop the removal of indefinite leave to remain rights

New government plans shift the goalposts for vital health and care staff and leave migrant workers open to exploitation

Consultation closes midnight 12 Feb
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UNISON’s guidance unsn.uk/ILRguide

Jim Ratcliffe abandoned workers in Grangemouth and fled to Monaco to avoid paying taxes in the UK.

His hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Another super-rich man blaming immigrants for the problems caused by billionaires.

NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months

* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor

If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…

www.carbonbrief.org/...

A call to action We urge policymakers and leaders to pursue a course that reduces hardship for ordinary people and expands humanitarian space. We call for steps that: reduce barriers that prevent communities from accessing food, medicine, and basic necessities by lifting the embargo and removing US sanctions enable faith-based and humanitarian partners to provide assistance without fear, obstruction or unnecessary delay support sustained diplomatic engagement and practical cooperation that serves human life reject rhetoric and strategies that rely on escalation, destabilization or collective punishment.

We call on communities of faith across the United States to respond with prayer, public witness and active solidarity. Speak about the suffering of the Cuban people in your congregations and communities. Share accurate information and resist rhetoric that treats hardship and instability as acceptable tools of policy. Contact your members of Congress and urge them to support a course of engagement that expands humanitarian access and rejects strategies that deepen deprivation in order to force political change.

A group of 18 Christian churches or organizations in the US have released a call to action for Cuba, directed to decision-makers and faith communities. Please share--and answer yourself!
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Putting economic growth above well-being is such a brain worm that prohibits politicians from thinking.

Come on guys...

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

Anyways, that's my comms take for today.

Demonstrating that you're not afraid to tell the truth will do more to demonstrate your credibility and persuade the unpersuaded.

A lot of comms work, especially for progressive orgs, is often about finding ways to say something challenging without making too many people mad.

Sometimes you need that, but I think a bold and morally correct take is worth making people mad!

an orange cat is being a really silly guy. he’s half upside down with his head hanging off the radiator cord with one ear bent and some teef showing

I understand I was really disruptive today but in my defense I’m literally a silly little guy

Keir Starmer declares that he is "never going to give you up."

He continued saying that he's "never going to let you down. Never going to run around and hurt you."

300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR

The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?

A white doodle

It's her birthday. I'll tell her you liked her picture

an american white pelican shaking its body dry, forward facing, the pouch and the break look very weird

Normal bird doing normal bird shit that they've done for over 30 million years. #birds

The secret to a long-lasting and well-respected lineage is getting all wiggly.