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Happy 100th birthday David Attenborough! Thank you for educating us about our wondrous & precious planet and all its inhabitants. “Rewilding our planet is essential if we are to reduce the carbon in the atmosphere and stabilize our climate” #rewilding

@FlintDibble Has @JeffBezos heard of Tang Ping? 996? It’s humiliating to pee in bottles to make your company more profitable, don’t you think Jeff? Striping ppl of their dignity. Slavery never ended! And you’re proud of that???? Why Gen Z are refusing to work. youtu.be/QPv-rRgLDMw?si…

Nah dude. You, and other billionaires, are a huge negative on society Increasing economic inequality in the industrialized world has decreased quality of life, birth rates, and life expectancy. It has decimated our political system, weakened science, and ravaged the environment

@FlintDibble People like @JeffBezos are more than happy with the Brazilianisation of the world. Seeing others in dire straits makes them feel better about themselves. They’re cosplaying being human.

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@FlintDibble @susan_taylor07 The rich, along with everyone else, do better living in more equal societies. #TheSpiritLevel #TheInnerLevel “All social ills are much more common in unequal societies”-social epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson. #InequalityIsCorrosive

@AndyBurnhamGM @CentreforCities #SDOH

“Manchesterism” is working. Good to get proof of that today from the @CentreforCities.

“It is argued that the justifications made by policymakers in favour of the CGT discount, at the time of its enactment, lacked sound tax policy foundations. It follows that the case for the CGT discount continuing in its current form is diminished.”#auspol research-repository.griffith.edu.au/server/api/cor…

“the CGT discount has greatly undermined equity and fiscal adequacy. Further, this policy appears to have created significant economic distortions and contributed to complexity.” They knew this back in 2005. #auspol papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

‘Capital gains are main driver of rising wealth inequality’ Wealth and inequality in Australia, 2024. Australia Institute. australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/upl… #auspol

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“Treasury data show tax deductions for rental properties disproportionately benefit the well-off. More than a third of benefits go to about 500,000 landlords in the top 10% of income earners.” #auspol theconversation.com/drop-the-talk-…

Australia’s oligarchs are afraid that the tax changes will stop the Brazilianisation of Australia. Everyone wants to be a gas company & extract from Australia & pay no tax. Passive income is king & working is for suckers. #abc730 #auspol

The 10% who are whinging about the changes to negative gearing & CGT should be ashamed of being so greedy & uncaring about Australia & its future. No longer screwing over other Aussies frightens them. We’re rivalling America with ME ME ME! #abc730 #auspol #NegativeGearing

Strands #807 “On the rise” 💡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵

Kudos to Zohran Mamdani for exposing the lie behind Ronald Reagan’s most famous quote. This is what true public service looks like.

@AndyBurnhamGM Shattered Nation: Danny Dorling on how we ended up here youtu.be/RAJIJ2-8a8c?si…

Politics isn’t working for places like ours. I will change that. #AndyBurnham #ForUs

@PMalinauskasMP is looking to his career post politics. Another eg. showing zero regard for our flora & fauna. Keep cutting down trees at your peril. Trees are vital to help counter climate change. This is about you not the community. #auspol #PossumPark abc.net.au/news/2026-05-1…

@jeremycorbyn “Of the million excess deaths, Marmot calculated that 148 000 can be directly linked to austerity measures brought in by the coalition government in 2010.”bmj.com/content/389/bm…

The cheap, headline-grabbing nonsense of Reform UK won’t build council-housing, lower people’s bills or fix our NHS.

@BeckettUnite It’s a political choice. There’s a fear that if there’s decent support & welfare the business world will be less profitable, as ppl no longer need their slave conditions. The commercial world has the ear of the govt & require poverty. It’s a disgusting amoral world.@jeremycorbyn

Jeremy Corbyn destroys all politicians for homelessness: ‘We walk past the homeless every day’ ‘Begging for money for shelter’ ‘A terrible existence’ ‘We travel’ ‘It’s the same in every major city’ And asks: ‘Why haven’t we acted to prevent this?’ “What is wrong with us?”

Connections Puzzle #1072 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦