Shay.P.Leighton
@shaypleighton.bsky.social
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Community Organizer / Unionist / Spooky Liker
https://linktr.ee/SPLeighton
One more time.
www.lse.ac.uk/research/res...
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Tax cuts for the wealthy only benefit the rich | LSE Research
Trickle-down economic policies are destined to fail, research suggests. David Hope explains why the issue is so controversial.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/economics/tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy-only-benefit-the-rich-debunking-trickle-down-economics
2 days ago
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Constantly saying she ran a fish-and-chip shop isn't the effective tactic you think it is. It just tells some working-class people that you don't think people like them deserve to be in politics & that only people like you should be allowed to have a say.
#auspol
3 days ago
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Wow this decades energy crisis really makes you wish we started building a national high-speed electric rail network during the last one.
#numtot
#rail
#auspol
12 days ago
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Im kind of shocked more people dont mention Flatliners (1990)
16 days ago
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No matter how you present this data, the drunk uncles of Australia won't believe it. We're going to cook our country by listening to the people in your life that you won't take advice from.
#auspol
#climate
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
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The summers of today are vastly different to those of our grandparents
Australia has always been hot. On average, summer is now one degree warmer than it was 50 years ago. But that number hides the stark reality that the summers our kids experience today are much more ex...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-12/australias-summers-are-getting-longer-with-more-extreme-heat/106419414
29 days ago
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If a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory. —Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
29 days ago
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Quote of the day, "Is America sure it wants to live in the world it is currently creating?" - Matthew Petti
about 1 month ago
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Joe McDonald died over the weekend. I think he would like the irony.
youtu.be/3W7-ngmO_p8?...
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Country Joe McDonald - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
YouTube video by PatchouliHaze
https://youtu.be/3W7-ngmO_p8?si=9OSCZMNE7KAm9JSV
about 1 month ago
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Dana White is coming to ruin boxing. Collective bargaining should be the right of all workers. Even sports ones.
#boxing
#union
#iww
youtu.be/7iKoH6LceBo?...
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Why UFC Sucks Now
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
https://youtu.be/7iKoH6LceBo?si=IKrg9iH2gMqebfkV
about 1 month ago
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Your cynicism is not post-ideological.
#cynicism
youtu.be/1NkmZxp56Fs?...
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Cynicism is killing us.
YouTube video by Phil0bot
https://youtu.be/1NkmZxp56Fs?si=UGBHk8LjkWOa7x-3
about 1 month ago
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Captain Renault: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
#food
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Vegetarian diet lowers risk of cancer, Oxford study finds
The new study - led by University of Oxford researchers - is the largest ever of its kind.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w5g18vny9o?at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_campaign_type=owned&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_link_id=C7FAD710-13AE-11F1-8C90-D919FE264E2E&at_format=image&at_link_origin=BBC_Oxfordshire&at_bbc_team=editorial&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPHbNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF3ckRpVmFWSWozT3VYQmFZc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuNwRlGDsmR430YJDDKLR2_8jZBmb1UB6UnQDjNgv_z7K7q0WP8l8wl4Rtcz_aem_iY7XV0itqjrKeqTKT2QAIA
about 1 month ago
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Perhaps we should be a Republic so that family is not the royal family of our country. You know, that one that sucks.
#auspol
about 2 months ago
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Dear street artists of my neighbourhood. I like people painting things on the front of my house; it's one of the things I love about it, but please lay off the gold and silver. It's so tacky. It's starting to look like a suburban hip-hop themed burger chain from 2004.
#streetart
#art
#painting
about 2 months ago
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But why do people who are economically hurting want to see people they think are less valid crying in the streets, even though it won't solve their problem? This.. This is what has radicalised your drunk uncle.
academic.oup.com/scan/article...
#auspol
#neuroscience
#racism
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The pleasure of revenge: retaliatory aggression arises from a neural imbalance toward reward
Abstract. Most of daily life hums along peacefully but provocations tip the balance toward aggression. Negative feelings are often invoked to explain why p
https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/11/7/1173/1753550
about 2 months ago
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The next Australian election is going to be disgusting. One Nation is going to drag us all into a racism fight and beat everyone with their experience. Don't let them
#auspol
#racism
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Steve Earle - City Of Immigrants (live 2008) 0815007
YouTube video by Doris0815007
https://youtu.be/75H8J6lURZc?si=drJRSAJOqgOd0cPM
about 2 months ago
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Perhaps it's wrong for our country to beat up its citizens for not showing sufficient deference to foreign leaders. Just things to think about.
#auspol
#australia
about 2 months ago
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It's great that we dont have coffee chains in my neighbourhood. That way all the coffee shops can independently decide to look exactly the same and serve the exact same things.
#Melbourne
#coffee
#brunswick
about 2 months ago
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The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down!
YouTube video by TheStyleCouncilVEVO
https://youtu.be/k5HfOipwvts?si=74RlD53Uhhpm4f94
2 months ago
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Still second class.
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People from sexual minorities really do die younger, new data suggests
New census-linked data reveals a stark UK health inequality: sexual minority people die younger and at higher rates than heterosexual people.
https://theconversation.com/people-from-sexual-minorities-really-do-die-younger-new-data-suggests-273415?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawPlF25leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFDUTRiekowbDdId203UmlMc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhcEp9lHW9mDiz_9d45JuexEiCsUAUP8rJWJouqX-q_wen89_ygCe5Da6Oax_aem_z19rrEmoJrnd7o8113Llhg#Echobox=1769448750
2 months ago
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This year, more people than ever have forgotten that we've never really been a flag-worshipping country. That whole thing is being imported from the States. Nothing says "I Love My Country" like importing your politics, positions, and rituals from another country.
#auspol
#australia
2 months ago
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I love that every 2 year we have to re-explain "infinite diversity in infinite combinations" to the same guys. While they say "but not this combination!".
#treksky
3 months ago
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It's pretty funny how little will change if Newsom wins the next US election.
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Nothing reminds you of your position in the universe than a barber fucking your hair right up.
3 months ago
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During the 1980 Olympic Boycott, Carter proposed that the Olympics be permanently moved to Greece to avoid political entanglement. It's time to make that happen.
#olympics
3 months ago
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The state always expects the untrained average citizen to protect the professionally trained law enforcer from confusion or fear in times of stress, or they get to pay with their lives.
3 months ago
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What about one of those incompetence vs job movies where, due to convoluted reasons, Matt Berry is forced to be a Jame Bond style spy.
#movie
#spy
3 months ago
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Working Class History
3 months ago
#OtD
8 Jan 2003 two train drivers from Motherwell, Scotland, refused to drive a train full of ammunition for UK forces in the Gulf to the Glen Douglas NATO military base. It was a protest against the threat of invading Iraq. More on the anti-war movt:
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The Royal Commission I was really hanging out for, but will never get.
#auspol
#media
#newscorpse
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The Murdoch royal commission is dead
A royal commission into the influence of the Murdoch media empire just isn't happening, Malcolm Turnbull tells Crikey.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/20/murdoch-royal-commission-malcolm-turnbull/
3 months ago
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Australia today is a library day. Your local library are one of the few free to visit public places that have air-conditioning, so grab the kids and head there! And today is the perfect time to meet them and see if they would like to come with you.
#auspol
#heatwave
#australia
3 months ago
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Collapses are as complex as beginnings.
3 months ago
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Mood.
#music
#red-light
#politics
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QELD - You Know ft. AWATE (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by TheQELD
https://youtu.be/Ik5MF6_ZQVM?si=RatBvohgFiEQ5MIP
3 months ago
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Its been pretty funny watching people who don't know much about Brigitte Bardot besides photos, post RIPs about her and then in real time learn about Brigitte Bardot.
#filmhistory
#googlethings
3 months ago
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If you're a progressive politician in charge of the government and you lose to bad guys, it's your fault. Maybe some others too but 100% If you had power to change laws, funding and help people, and you didn't do enough of it for people to vote for you, it's your fault.
#auspol
#usapol
#politics
3 months ago
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"They don’t want me because I won’t follow orders and I won’t do the kind of Muppets they believe in." - Frank Oz
#muppets
#disney
#hopefulcontent
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The Great Muppet Problem
YouTube video by Stevie
https://youtu.be/3rLPkR8teTs?si=0304sH2YZz4d0w7t
3 months ago
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Xmas Shopping
4 months ago
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Hank Green
4 months ago
It's the most wonderful time of the year: Watching Muppet Family Christmas and then re-discovering how the Ripped from TV version someone uploaded to YouTube ends:
youtu.be/Bi9qSKZuvC4?...
#doomedbaby
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A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) - Full Special
YouTube video by Parkscope Blog (Parkscope)
https://youtu.be/Bi9qSKZuvC4?si=3CvoyJ8u7GLdwsh-&t=2833
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Looking for radical festive presents of Politics & Design.
#politics
#protest
#typography
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Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest
A nonprofit center for inspiration, education, and community in the graphic arts.
https://letterformarchive.org/shop/strikethrough-typographic-messages-of-protest/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAObWihleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAY-5th4EHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqbOCgIU5WIXDpJ_pVV_1QrRdWs2NGjrLGl2TMvPIrlXKYQ5qujb82dTr7pb_aem_jGhtuNIF8JD1cL1vJvrqYg&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=6867226856600&utm_content=6867229882800&utm_term=6867226856400&utm_campaign=6867226856600
4 months ago
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I wish more of our cities were named after scientists. Is it just Darwin, or are there more?
#darwin
#australia
#cities
4 months ago
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Remember the International Brigades.
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IBMT compilation: volunteers for liberty
YouTube video by IBMTnews
https://youtu.be/5g_fVwqTsCg?si=bqg_a1ryrcziMAWb
4 months ago
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Chess should be in the Olympics right?
#chess
#Olympic
4 months ago
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Shopping for presents? If you live far from your friend, send them a book so you can talk about it when they finish. If you live in the same town as your friend, buy them a ticket to join you for the theatre. In the end, spending more time with you is probably what they really enjoy.
#Xmas
4 months ago
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Unsubscribe to a streaming service today and spend the next month watching Brollie for free.
watch.brollie.com.au
#streaming
#australia
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https://watch.brollie.com.au/
4 months ago
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Ivan's Childhood (1962).
4 months ago
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Dear Melbourne, its time for 50c buses.
#auspol
#Melbourne
#transit
#buses
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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A friend of mine walking in their neighbourhood got detained and handcuffed because they didn't have their wallet with them so they couldn't prove their citizenship. Pretty weird how comfortable people are with being a "Papers Please" country.
#usapol
#ice
#community
4 months ago
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Of all airport's I hate Hobart the most. Maybe improve this barn before you start building more tourism infrastructure.
#hobart
#airports
#Tasmania
4 months ago
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Almost Dec 1 so its time for: Setting up your xmas decorations. The introduction of an asset tax and Scaling council rates based on property value.
#politics
#auspol
4 months ago
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