Much as the money media would like to declare Mamdani’s win as a victory for charisma; the real story is the mayor-elect’s critique of robber-baron capitalism. Read in full open.substack.com/pub/laurafla...

As I said, the nazis will win the "civil war" in MAGA.

This is quite good.

"It’s worth remembering that taxing wealth isn’t just about raising revenue. It’s also a means of tackling the spiralling inequality that has a corrosive effect on democracy and allows for oligarchic concentrations of political and economic power." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Prediction: The Nazis will win the MAGA civil war because that's what MAGA is at the top. The leaders are far more ideological & aggressive than the "base." They tricked their voters to get power. Polls are turning against them but that doesn't mean they can be pushed out now that they have power.

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Powerful people are working overtime to keep poor people from eating.

As @ahjohnson.bsky.social points out here, the US media is stroking its chin & pondering why Trump wants to attack Venezuela. They somehow overlook his stated motivation, which is that Venezuela has the world's biggest oil reserves.

Venezuela has oil. Period.

Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves. Everything else you hear from the US is just propaganda.

Where would a cop get the kind of money it takes to buy a pardon from Trump? www.the-sun.com/news/15458660/

This isn't just about the US.

Prediction: The Nazis will win the MAGA civil war because that's what MAGA is at the top. The leaders are far more ideological & aggressive than the "base." They tricked their voters to get power. Polls are turning against them but that doesn't mean they can be pushed out now that they have power.

That rocks, the food will be better

"It’s worth remembering that taxing wealth isn’t just about raising revenue. It’s also a means of tackling the spiralling inequality that has a corrosive effect on democracy and allows for oligarchic concentrations of political and economic power." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I like the cut of this fellow's jib. (h/t @micheledostert.bsky.social )

There is a huge, well-funded corporate apparatus that shapes public opinion. "Centrist" politicians look at opinion polls & take positions that line up with them, in order to advance their own careers. Now, young "progressive" politicans are talking about making people's lives better and winning.

WHY aren't politicians telling this to the public? Instead they think they can "get votes" by bashing immigrants. PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.

I worked in Silicon Valley for decades. These & most tech companies only wanted to hire white males under 30, and had to be forced into diversity. Now enforcement of these rules is gne and soon you won't see anything but young, white males - like it was. www.wired.com/story/google...

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Any US Democratic candidate for Senate who doesn't promise to get rid of the filibuster should have a primary opponent.

She will soak up hundreds of millions of dollars and lose. Then she'll get a lucrative job on Fox or somewhere similar.

Factual.

I worked in Silicon Valley for decades. These & most tech companies only wanted to hire white males under 30, and had to be forced into diversity. Now enforcement of these rules is gne and soon you won't see anything but young, white males - like it was. www.wired.com/story/google...

Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows. Does this sound familiar? Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."

Primarily I found it extremely welcome that an organisation that’s long been a pillar of U.K political life unequivocally stood up for people of all racial heritage without having to be begged or shamed into doing so. And, yes, my first thought was how starkly that contrasted with Labour.

WHY aren't politicians telling this to the public? Instead they think they can "get votes" by bashing immigrants. PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social shows us how to fight back - without throwing ANY minority under the bus.

It's a declaration of godhood. an unimaginable amount of money indicates an unimaginable source of value. and that, of course, indicates a god.

15 years ago, I said every social media founder should be forced to use and live with the default settings of their platforms. Now I would say that the AI founders should have their tools pointed at their families for a year before they can deploy them elsewhere.

Increase taxes for working people, or make the super-rich pay their fair share? The answer seems obvious – but not to Labour | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

This ‘arachnid megacity’ may be largest spider’s web ever found

“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know” Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:

Don't leave out "grooming". Democrats "grooming" young children. The stopped saying that after Trump/Epstein revelations.

There is a huge, well-funded corporate apparatus that shapes public opinion. "Centrist" politicians look at opinion polls & take positions that line up with them, in order to advance their own careers. Now, young "progressive" politicans are talking about making people's lives better and winning.

It's impossible to be an immigrant in this country. If ICE doesn't get you, a terrified, heavily armed, Fox News viewer will. This poor woman didn't even have the chance to say anything. He shot her through the door and said it was a home invasion.

Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights. And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports. People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.

SNAP-centered racism has been mind-boggling on the right, even as GOP members of Congress daily blame Democrats for preventing funding of what they suddenly call a crucial program. The great @rygraham.bsky.social : mailchi.mp/bostonglobe/...

I heard about the cheering all over NYC

North Carolina www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DaVjuP/

Musk and partners did not buy Twitter for profit. They bought it as a piece of the right-wing takeover of Western democracies.

This is how it currently works in the UK.

Welcome to the future, this is what they've (fossil fuel industry) been trying to prevent for 50 years. This will be the new normal

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Why can't Starmer just say Farage is taking oil company money and spouting oil company lies? yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/why-...

But sure, blame immigrants. Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...