2026-05-29T10:30:47Z https://njump.me Andii אַנדִֽי https://njump.me/npub1gfv8n6fpgr0qc97jr4gtknz6n2yxnrpuwvtdztnjsl8z3x9mf8jsmmsqkk https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/291/939/111/443/653/original/f64c0f87507bdda5.jpg https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/291/939/111/443/653/original/f64c0f87507bdda5.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqs979e67ljyx372ja2pmlsmcjkqqk2pvtcyyqray8v59zndrdf7d4gzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72r4k6yc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrafd7wkmyp8s0tmgn73428qkn7y4eczgtkvrw0csty69ejzyyldsp68l6w'>nevent1q…8l6w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This alone should be shouted about: &#34;researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly. In a world increasingly damaged by in-group bias, this isn&#39;t a deficit; it&#39;s a collective-level fail-safe feature.&#34; 2026-03-22T06:35:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspu97n4tlmjuvsnzmu2ts7nej0xvsa8nyg7wyg5klplq32f6e8czszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72n26hvl I muse: how conservative Christians don&#39;t seem to argue, on the basis of #Psalm 90:10, that human lives should be terminated at age 80.<br/>Now I&#39;m not arguing they should be, but the text does make a basis for it which is stronger than for many of the positions they hold and claim are biblical.<br/>#fundamentalism #Christian #ethics 2026-03-18T12:40:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz8v0vnw2shpcc56sw8hax72zuj5rwqsn3ns03ueg7j6u6thld77szypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72jcqkak In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzuudeq9tedd25n3554h6tg3pjhjevhjcpjpkfwxmween62j8tsg3g4al3'>nevent1q…4al3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>has it been vulture capitalled? 2026-03-16T18:22:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyamm6xwsa98j95qewuslq8msr9tphmmjtxqda2qs57wv9r6fapaszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72zsc4jt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgu8xaeq69wje2q2038dtz6upkntsve64yzvut6lh9z95rsep4rs0udtpq'>nevent1q…dtpq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#39;Benefits&#39; ... ?<br/>There are some? 2026-02-18T20:42:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrhcqwjgnwh9dek69urfs80ysrcgfa47kw4tkhxdv94fl3thaxyjczypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72un36qv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvnh8ueh54rx2jnqz22ry5wwjd0rqlkka2623xd4et56vk2ne7l4gvct22g'>nevent1q…t22g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The fact that every AI-created work is in the public domain means that if Getty or Disney or Universal or Hearst newspapers use AI to generate works – then anyone else can take those works, copy them, sell them or give them away for nothing. And the only thing those companies hate more than paying creative workers, is having other people take their stuff without permission.&#34;<br/> #copyright #AI 2026-02-04T15:44:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0zqnrgtlpmpcv588lfcsg5n3uavxj2czxflgnt3w2scjpaqdfvuszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72sqpfca In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvnh8ueh54rx2jnqz22ry5wwjd0rqlkka2623xd4et56vk2ne7l4gvct22g'>nevent1q…t22g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks. Loved this, &#34;A depressing number of those people appear to have become AI bros. These guys can’t shut up about the day that their spicy autocomplete machine will wake up and turn us all into paperclip&#34; 2026-02-04T15:19:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq3zlcq74y3dnu239wraatxumpnq6ktksea5rla6yms6wmf0tc84qzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72j6ygyj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspjamna79hnfuwtvfy3pdjsr83lyegkkmev45ldlv8dskypgk0t0szv9uq0'>nevent1q…9uq0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Haven&#39;t we tried this already?<br/>In fact some are still doing it.<br/>But it&#39;s not without difficulties: quality control, and dubious ethical implications ... 2026-01-20T07:21:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsywe5mgpj5q9pl3tj7a6guasnrun3cxguztzk65p4pawtkflxj4mszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy720dqdx9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsda3larenm63nuklq0xpe86a9uf4g6ejslztnp66jla62cmfe2mdsuxr489'>nevent1q…r489</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>... Or worse: capture. 2026-01-20T06:19:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq0wflnrrkqrpggl4ff52rnak64sgyhjlnwlqumrjt4vvpddrhy0qzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72pyq04r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjsj9tlpxl757nm646kv4ejlspytu4uv5pyjhfxunjxx2x5ts9nq2z5fs9'>nevent1q…5fs9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Self examination suggests a bias to be more lenient towards those avoiding tax than towards those receiving public money. I ask myself why. Is it nature, nurture or a configuration of both?I<br/>Self image and idetification? A zero sum bias? Seeing &#39;our money&#39; being used vs &#39;their right to use what they have&#39;? ... There&#39;s something visceral involved ... 2025-12-02T07:35:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstm70xz5ek65zkaj5f7y32z4qchwl8pz47032w36pt0d2njdquhzczypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72mkdpgf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxztuushaacclsfjagtsgq84ryglq22z4dfaa0rgg7k3hwp93uwggfa8rn9'>nevent1q…8rn9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wasn&#39;t there a split between suffragists and suffragettes to do with things like bombs ... ? 2025-11-27T06:58:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst95kcj8yu5yvsd2mmxd23xm2c2untfdlkymvddsm9pfe33mfgeyczypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72y8dwn4 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/>#PostAmericanInternet is a hashtag worth circulating.<br/> &#34;A post-American internet starts with abandoning the laws that give US companies – and therefore Trump – a veto over how your technology works&#34;<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics">https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics</a><br/>#FOSS #politics 2025-10-21T05:11:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvw024y53lhx5a5lmwtxzs4wlrhglc38n2eewzxmpljvqn0qdudzqzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72tjutua &#39;&#39;When England and Wales sold off their water companies in 1989, the claim was that freeing them from public ownership would unleash private capital. Markets ... would provide the investment needed to modernise the network and protect the environment, while competition (though entirely notional in a regional monopoly) would drive efficiency. The public would gain from private dynamism... three decades later, every element of that promise has failed&#34;.<br/><a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10/09/water-privatisation-has-failed-now-it-is-time-to-move-on/">https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10/09/water-privatisation-has-failed-now-it-is-time-to-move-on/</a> #UKpolitics 2025-10-10T05:51:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9ea527qqmkx8tqda7sgfu3retmzf4cpt59wvrgnmxszk8n9l2wxczypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72cwpwvl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00qu5xsvxmdkm87hlsssezuk65fq3m0qhrj3hmak5f2jdf3jar5q3uhwq6'>nevent1q…hwq6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you think they&#39;ll let it go after the big ticket shirkers or are they going to try to squeeze bleed out of the stone of small sum papers making mistakes? Sorry not sorry for the cynicism. 2025-10-07T05:54:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf6htgxyzjjppy7dm8jjv0t4akpyjzmwhy6l9xtz3pfrgmexmrm4czypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72ve58sz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08mpwz8ssfm86kry3flfrxs4gdc5p8wvwr93jz8cez4x9hax34nq037nn6'>nevent1q…7nn6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve not been following in the last few years but what you describe sounds a bit like it used to be with Wales and England. FIFA insisted they tidy things up else Wales couldn&#39;t have it&#39;s own national team (at least so I was told when I was not paying much attention anymore). I&#39;m a bit surprised they haven&#39;t been having words with Canada ... 2025-09-26T06:02:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszj9z4xasd5fmmhknwssq8dl7vs7f9sw34pvgv06zqv8dqwhnkq8gzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72659aqu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hl9562tkctma2axngg4qnv8zfxrh3363cetj6dzvs7f46cmr69c02kvss'>nevent1q…kvss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Indeed it was. I find myself shaking my head at what was considered unremarkable when I was a teen in the 70s. Some TV series and films set then capture it. Watch &#39;em and wince. 2025-09-14T05:47:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstgkaecgzezgq7tqp7r90alfjvgg73qtjjsxpl7mhdsu5009je9mszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72824lau In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdr7elpadxwtehs0tnnnkdcjm3wjzazeu7yf7hd3nl4dy5ac7cdrgltxm4z'>nevent1q…xm4z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Though if that was the situation, lots of sellers in a proper market would bring house prices down as that is the normal market effect of a growth in supply relative to demand. That would open up the possibility that more people could afford a mortgage, surely? Maybe many more.<br/>Taking things to more like the situation in the 1970s when a house cost c.3x annual income rather than 8x. 2025-08-29T18:49:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqrptvc2f98nvs7t7myrf8t8x7y5lqz6f69qkyhycgc8d7l9quhtszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72m0ky4j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmc9yu8nkwx9mag42jd0ej988sm9dr2cn2wksk78wxee9x4drn0gwkpeyn'>nevent1q…peyn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A short but sighificant excerpt, &#34;one example, the Gemma model summarised a set of case notes as: “Mr Smith is an 84-year-old man who lives alone and has a complex medical history, no care package and poor mobility.”<br/>The same case notes inputted into the same model, with the gender swapped, summarised the case as: “Mrs Smith is an 84-year-old living alone. Despite her limitations, she is independent and able to maintain her personal care.” 2025-08-11T05:54:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgqx82mex3gmakcs3y6vzqvlf89s8kqe4f07qefe2dflu23k0skrgzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72wszel8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2zrcn48hp3z5wpujwjw5ax2d4sx0yzrk09e3nyut9u423ec7rvrcalarmh'>nevent1q…armh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought this but worth highlighting:<br/> &#34;Keynes wrote that the problem of economics is to reconcile economic efficiency, social justice, and individual liberty. We are good at the first, and the libertarian streak in economics constantly pushes the last, but social justice can be an afterthought. &#34; 2025-08-07T05:56:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgzzh9kzgc8w28eev38m9auyrl6a23dt0fvqmfcmx7qvctl69spxszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy724ca95q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqvulscmnlszauyf3rc3zry8jhwa573n7ugmwe9z967x7fmvdlg2sesachs'>nevent1q…achs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One name gives pause on the hope: Margaret Thatcher. An exemplar of how any gender can be turned to the economic dark side. 2025-07-21T05:51:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2fhc3l88c5dk6x6hhlk3axqmhm2lrt5swguryhx8g4l95q73a59gzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy7225z9fh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrc0705mmj6u79ftvvzcmkqt40xj080w9yrpmwz49rtjx8gk0qfg3p7fvz'>nevent1q…7fvz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Isn&#39;t that a crime? Entrapment? Forcing someone to commit an illegality... 2025-06-12T05:53:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg5xvadzamvmj5ha33lqn563kf5nnwg050qcrumjrhqc095vfpm0gzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72pu4q0w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs835jryzstgpvxfcuqd22na5qfl9z78p2dyr4uuc2kfr8xawvkedgy0y3u2'>nevent1q…y3u2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just read, &#34;GDP is a made-up number. Ten per cent of it is the made-up number that represents the rent that homeowners supposedly pay to themselves for the privilege of living in their own homes, which is, of course, never paid, and does not exist, and therefore is complete fiction, but nonetheless is a number that the government reports as if it is true.&#34; <a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12/03/has-the-government-given-up-on-governing/">https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12/03/has-the-government-given-up-on-governing/</a><br/>... 2024-12-03T07:23:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqepzf47h4lsy5nxskh98p359easd23mx8rpwfewus82kfmrrmzdgzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72q65jvu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqexrkltr92refsjgxszdu3hr6np07laskcp3ul7qmd34mh0apczs9fhr5d'>nevent1q…hr5d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;What did they want politics to be like? Again, the response was swift and clear. In some ways the answers were more striking, so removed were they from the existing political culture. “Long-term, realistic, grassroots, democratic, meaningful, passionate, local, accessible, hopeful, kind, engaged, relevant, more diverse, trustworthy, transparent, real, empowering.”<br/>#UKpolitics 2024-11-30T07:39:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq09u5sl8rr4dxgf9mjmje4fhgnznf27lg7k9ayr59jdg077yth7gzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72n4hdx0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfl325luwjsz0xmawz7zun23wz0f3t3ynrsf98lufm7p6qglfxzdc0kqahn'>nevent1q…qahn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And Google said &#34;Don&#39;t be evil&#34;, until they didn&#39;t... 2024-11-22T21:34:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2hnj9tlpmk03aj8dp0hn685c7g8sqzdffyh794zenssf0s4cqzlczypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72e3ayg5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszz83venuh8jau89s2glec9k5endemuph4afcgtytem96dns24esqhzw9r0'>nevent1q…w9r0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ends with worthwhile reflection, &#34;Change is always possible, but we should not underestimate how arduous it will be to achieve, or how long it will take. In 2020, we believed that we had broken with history, with the Trump era; in 2024, it is apparent that history has broken some part of us. Acknowledging this is not surrender but a realization that the fights ahead will be formidable, but that anything is possible.&#34; 2024-11-20T06:45:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs886zhkepwslx9drd5gtjfd6h274wvlj2z47y3428kza67v9l64sqzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy725awa8s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlt9wknwntgx6c20x5tpat4sydrenc0ztmdg92dclq29xzll5evgax2sj2'>nevent1q…2sj2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>...And Rieves still thinks in terms of &#39;tax and spend&#39; rather than &#34;spend and tax&#34; 2024-10-31T07:00:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8ae6xqdsfgjyhgyflmchtnpz4ajj3uaapkpy3nms5nh6t5495myszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72e9rz73 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsynzqkpp3g8md6mr4f9s2kn7dswv7amwtmk8q8fzu7lpj4extsypq320r65'>nevent1q…0r65</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope so. Even better would be to underpin that with an approach thoroughly informed by #MMT 2024-10-25T06:07:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswdx25flyrz2uuz6t72wlkq5awacqmdnkjlk2ezq6hcw4mta27jhczypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72244qyx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyq40naf5pg4cpnaeyge8gg9l59veq53zh6pyrxmyc5y82m4rh6ecwcq9zp'>nevent1q…q9zp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m trying to think why it might be infeasible. If needs be: a loan, possibly secured on the assets of the company or a lender&#39;s assessment of the security of the project. That seems well within the parameters of current practice. If it were a legal requirement then that levels the playing field ... 2024-10-24T06:20:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszu6h8ve2uf2lty0jpe8jmrs9m30hy7xcxdtwdujrrherw9mwp5wgzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72v3vh69 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr4hzzpuadlzfjxj80q8qaa2v2mgftucltnkxgg9ljgg97x6m55sqx5hs80'>nevent1q…hs80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thoughtherees really no need to.<br/>Save for widespread misunderstanding about what the books actually mean. 2024-10-04T09:16:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy38fnzew65qv2w0k6wgwz62rwa8p277qtzkd25lkc9y6ra5wkn9gzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72njk87l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrcl0xc9fuye4m9vs42vv7cpnee5m2wv78v7s5vztuqqy0uyy5l9glnn68f'>nevent1q…n68f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m open to DCs as an instrument. I just think that government money is better, cheaper etc than &#39;the markets&#39; for infrasructural investment. 2024-10-04T07:05:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr7eecfnlvj9ck69vkd7v3lffglsv74s5f9m3vdcf4h2dyuwrccfgzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72rr3z0g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2t0zghs7vqcf5jz20pgpvvxaxcqnhc2fpw2q0g63p34nhxf467gc06tgdh'>nevent1q…tgdh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The report appears to accept neolib orthodoxy about public finance - if exec summary is a good guide- what if they&#39;d considered #MMT? 2024-10-04T06:07:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs24szmvnxsx9wz5v9q0syk7gvjaqgufkhec5n6hhpyfsur6ynd4qqzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72fd2zt3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq06ywu5n4knkkpmeafjhgwwykslrxukzq5y0n6dewzyzryxhtm4cwh87p9'>nevent1q…87p9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What a dramatic start to an article: &#34;Denise Prudhomme&#39;s bosses at Wells Fargo insisted that the in-person camaraderie of their offices warranted a mandatory return-to-office policy, but when she died at her desk in her Tempe, AZ office, no one noticed for four days.&#34; 2024-09-27T13:53:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfqmcq0ect5gvzlmpa0t8s2kz9ym97nkh63kezkfjv0hykdm9yzeszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72dal9m8 The Peterhead gas-burning power station in Aberdeenshire is Scotland’s single biggest climate polluter. But energy giant SSE and fossil fuel company Equinor now want to build an additional fossil gas plant beside it which they admit would increase pollution. <br/>The Scottish Government will now decide whether this plan is approved or rejected. We need your help to stop it.<br/><a href="https://act.foe.scot/stop-peterhead-gas-petition">https://act.foe.scot/stop-peterhead-gas-petition</a><br/>#climatecrisis #petition 2024-09-27T13:21:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgu6faznhemxllu4vwc8ry9649l9p7jj4w5m7wyzzzp7vt76xgsvgzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy723p2v3l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd3hf6t8klu3nqt62sltlfnq6xdzt5h6emnzklkacrsh07n9p5nasqrgaz0'>nevent1q…gaz0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s actually confused thinking.<br/>Levy the tax anyway. If they all go, then you&#39;ve lost nothing. If some at least stay, you have clawed back wealth that would otherwise have fled into unproductive or venial uses.<br/>Either way if it doesn&#39;t produce enough, you look for other ways.<br/>Oh and this does not imply endorsement of the handbag economics fiction.<br/>#MMT 2024-09-27T07:53:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxn6yyde4mjhk6vdd54r93y6udyuxlgc83d3ude73c2dzgqt9smjgzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy722wnjkx “Back when Jeremy Corbyn was in charge, Labour made an extra £4 million from membership dues as ordinary people flocked to the party. Labour was awash with money and as such, had no reason to rely on corporate donations. This was a dark period when ordinary Labour voters felt they had representation. Thankfully, the membership revenue has since dried up, thanks to my leadership. This is why I took £4 million from a Cayman Islands-based hedge fund with shares in oil and arms.&#34; 2024-09-22T08:59:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswmf5mte5hgddz7934p0s2yme7yg3xth5q5ds7kcvhtgl342mpcgszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72xd7xr0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7eqxah7k82dugx9q09fnmn4yqafnuzyjk54342u62wl4ljz30ycf4jn3m'>nevent1q…jn3m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So other gifts and inducements are still in play? 2024-09-21T07:13:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspknmxsp3hlpvd7aaz4xae2a7fnzu6zz2fp5j9qqyfdwejp3c9jaqzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72muhrwg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsprsh3hx8fq5ghlqqj3hasmw0d8plvsp605z4aegjaex0gejlmpzgc6h2sz'>nevent1q…h2sz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>.... And I wonder too at their dearth of own brand goods. It&#39;s almost like they cater to their own price comparison metrics more than offering cheaper goods.<br/>I&#39;m looking at eg digestive biscuits: I can only find branded versions in the convenience store. Own brand seem exclusive to the big out -of-towner. 2024-09-21T06:18:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8sjp2ksmcft45v53aluzfz6dtdtmyfz6tzmyff4zq2vklxu4092gzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72nlllhn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfy86ut0th2qkdc4pxa98n0hazwmpejsukskq3ugznj5qsgvllclsqeuqza'>nevent1q…uqza</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And are the manufacturers interested in pursuing claims related to product tampering, reputational damage .... ? 2024-09-19T05:52:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2qskuu4njlrfxd5a09nk29u2jq7q538gx9222paj00y070rve6dqzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72ruhp4g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4axc46xj8scy7j6r4zrslvqjyqsk3mc036auj63ns5ll8maft7s92lzp6'>nevent1q…lzp6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>... justified on the basis that students benefit from being taught by research active lecturers? I&#39;d not seen that set of figures and I&#39;m still thinking through the implications, but it deserves wider debate. 2024-09-17T06:33:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8ap8w83hltfny7298u8f5zkt65lkynu0vk2es009l42c68xwt88qzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72vrx04c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfl837pu40f38vjf337x5kr3e60tralaxl5hajxm55le3ssxlhepgzlhund'>nevent1q…hund</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I liked this point. It&#39;s not often made but it helps frame consideration well, I think.<br/> &#34;The costs of attending university are now covered by a loan system, that is effectively a graduate tax, which in its most recent iteration has become quite regressive.&#34; 2024-09-02T05:42:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspn0f0k9ran6v29u4eglj4jr6c9k9upzuqr9g8s96zr3w4rm8mn4qzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72qlcqpt MPs should no longer be able to claim their utility bills for a single property either in London or their constituency as part of their expenses towards maintaining a second home for work.<br/>It would be consistent and appropriate for MPs to share the pain with pensioners. And if they aren&#39;t willing to do that the Government should drop plans to scrap the Winter Fuel Allowance, and increase wealth taxes ... and the windfall tax on energy companies.<br/><a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/strip-mps-of-their-fuel-allowance">https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/strip-mps-of-their-fuel-allowance</a><br/>#ukpolitics #WinterFuel 2024-08-31T09:52:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspzmwvx24j705egv4r86z799pm5e5cta9d8z2ul2srm5yjhrea72qzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72j0gkhc Stand with environmental defenders in Uganda, fighting against the destructive East East African Crude Oil Pipeline - they are facing unacceptable violence from authorities for peacefully protesting. Take action with me to call out this abuse!<br/><a href="https://nmshr.io/s/email/ZB48ATTEH_XuQmyhKbU=/r">https://nmshr.io/s/email/ZB48ATTEH_XuQmyhKbU=/r</a> 2024-08-25T08:35:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsppgxp2x5r76vw9z2ecya05twscade70e9sxq45xka7hfzql9dcnczypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72jy6s3k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0al48zuzvg4ssmqw686jyr25rmtluhc0p7yn9usltdmmuyxccvms9selwy'>nevent1q…elwy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or between Austerity, Austerity Lite and Austerity Obscured 2024-08-23T08:23:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgyhklzywgrg58z5207h5fx6vz8vg7r3u96l3u2en9kjs9h0g8gsgzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72rr2h7f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs080sk4n7yyrrx7erc2ayjws32wtp37yhp0470pplsvyaz5yrcalswklfvk'>nevent1q…lfvk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>in some cases that seems likely on reflection. 2024-08-13T14:43:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp9x3zl6u9rju49w77jxgp785yzqzmqc5zaz3k8zn37m8ftzcavcqzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72edw0nc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstchy89srdhn28wsytwm27spqmktpvk92nydsskk2u80dz4gzr2qs5jjws0'>nevent1q…jws0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I too assumed that must be the mindset about it. Ridiculous though that the party of business were so miscomprehending of actual business mindsets. 2024-08-13T06:11:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyv4qhtnd0eeyxcsp3rrgnj5gq5nxawdg9lnyct2stpurg3h5xeuqzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72pkz2e5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrlgjm0n2sswhffpewvsvjas4mxj47j2wdq47zx932g3ad3429d5qygv9yc'>nevent1q…v9yc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most egregious example being Water privatisation where no obligation to invest in infrastructure was actually added to the contracts -despite that being a major justification for privatising.<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12pw99cs5a6j6r56yafxt355j8h38hhw6fh3zwunhj99m3gv3nfds7zzvxn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved</span> (<span class="italic">npub12pw…zvxn</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-13T06:04:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyqeq8vmu08cwsnn7zghrn2gcf7acy2mn8f249julzrxnr5cmjffqzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72439thz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9vuq80ek5w2enk2s80etkkyj6ntwkjhzq7d37h6y2yhh96qxsy5gtrva3f'>nevent1q…va3f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sad and interesting to note how turning protest into a crime allows the application of conspiracy laws.<br/>If I&#39;ve understood aright. 2024-08-07T05:58:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqw269gtgneamjrphhdccye88rnfcq638mzf6lnwx453uurxlk6gczypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72f6flzg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfj3mrlwf4lqdp7zfen5savazhs79yjann06zs9hawp4fljmzgaqww35tz'>nevent1q…35tz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d&#39;ve thought that would be exactly the training needed.<br/>I&#39;m also not necessarily saying &#39;every 2 year&#39;s as I&#39;m still thinking on that, having suggested rolling recruitment. Not that it&#39;d be insurmountable since more trainers could be recruited and/ or deployed if needed. Remember, the model is citizen&#39;s juries.<br/>Who trains MPs in politics? Or ministers? In what? How? 2024-08-07T05:38:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2gxs3dskryucfh9krvt7npgjv70qh4x7azksnc69v755r8frmr6czypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72x34kht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstsfrannspfdduh3hyzzqsnr7flcxusgx9ng4c97pt9e3j4y82ntq0h83ld'>nevent1q…83ld</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s more that civil servants help train MPs into their roles. 2024-08-06T17:03:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0g8ex9y4cuapv4gsf4yl74dq5r5tkkfxe82k5e9ljp9uhm0nr94szypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72uj8jev In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxjg77t3l3y5ruu368k6jshncgl044ta073nsfyxlw0duqej037rq395ftl'>nevent1q…5ftl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;d be the kind of thing to turn over to a citizens&#39; jury and have the civil service run the programme as it would be fairly adjacent to their existing training. 2024-08-06T07:24:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx5jjp22q82x5rzq6yhtgclnejl2qq5fyx6u3m9nze9kqqc7szrmszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72vqhdd9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ukv0yj0yjlc7kuwkxqve34kwysc8xvjclpcxrl0t52afzq4pwksa2sr27'>nevent1q…sr27</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>...and PS the agenda setting research sounds really interestung; must look that up sometime when I&#39;ve not got five other research things going on! 2024-08-06T06:30:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8ukv0yj0yjlc7kuwkxqve34kwysc8xvjclpcxrl0t52afzq4pwkszypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy722txhnm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg4nscnlmfdvkj6spqes2jty4dncrzc5ac32gtfnuvgp8g3vcukjcpfk7vp'>nevent1q…k7vp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fair comment. I guess I&#39;m looking for ways that can raise concerns not in manifestos or that can question legislative groupthink. 2024-08-06T06:28:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0nngpg42lx3qyqq89k5xdq7pkvs7c78jcl2aufkg6hqhr4jay2cczypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72g30sv4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsypz9fsrk0d85t84nxra3gh9lc23ctvlaevtnp3pc8p5duu4x3s7c93plr8'>nevent1q…plr8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The agenda setting is an important dimension to think more about.<br/>My own pref for sortition would be a rolling issues-based jury service model rather than fixed term appointments. Kind of citizen&#39;s assembly like the Irish did with the abortion referendum.<br/>Legislation would be needed to safeguard careers.<br/>What I wonder about is the legislative scrutiny dimension. 2024-08-06T06:19:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs24xkv548qqg4swrg4spu7hs3nvs5stczn6upznaqn675edj07qhqzypp9s70fy9qdurqh6gw4pw6vt2dgs6vv83e3d5fww2ruu2ychdy72zwu5sc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjyq8gqkpf2ku90dxfkr9tnsanl0fpqrwxyfrm526k3tlahryxzqfulmv5'>nevent1q…lmv5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d go with that. Fairly close to my prefs for a sortition chamber and drawing in expertise as well as representation by a different means that voting as present. 2024-08-06T05:43:54Z