Marv the Ostritch

Marv the Ostritch

@amostritch.bsky.social

Same old AmOstritch and NAFO fella just here for MUGA Not all who wander are lost. Photographs are my own unless otherwise stated or reposts.

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There are two reasons people don't see this coming. Neither one is stupidity. Both are in this article, less than a week ago it was a paid article...now FREE for the first time, with every citation attached. If you only share one thing this month, make it this. open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

open.substack.comWhy It All Makes Sense: The Psychology and Sociology Behind What We’re WatchingA deeper companion to “They’re Not Crazy.” .

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A toxic combination of low wages and high bills is crushing this country. Today is Starmer's last chance to set out a plan that will end Rip-Off Britain: rent controls, nationalising water, freezing energy prices, and taxing wealth. No more half measures.

For everyone in the uk. Check your tax codes. They seem to be overestimating people’s incomes by a lot for the next year and wiping out allowances etc. the only way to resolve it appears to be to contact them by phone and long waits. It has happened to most of the people I know.

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If there's one thing that will be guaranteed to cause people who protect the wealth and power of the super rich - it's people having a great time. I present to you Trafalgar Square today which was beautiful and alive and buzzing with just that. 💚😍

If AI is going to purge lots of jobs, shouldn’t we be working towards taxing the ultra wealthy and corporations to enable social programs. What’s going to happen to all those people without work?

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Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "