Francis 🇾🇪 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @francis@greenplenty.social

Austerity does not save money https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/07/31/austerity-does-not-save-money/ Like almost all economic truths, austerity works in the opposite way to that which most people think. It does not save money. Instead, it prevents the government from creating the money required to deliver what the economy is capable of.

Taxing the rich isn't enough. Don't say "tax the rich," say "expropriate the rich."

Vivian Wilson, a daughter of Elon Musk who he keeps verbally attacking at every possible opportunity for being trans, has spoken out on Threads about all the misinformation Musk has been spreading and how her experience of this abuse has been.

You can read many of her statements in the following posts:

1 - Debunking the Misinformation Thread

2 - Response

3 - “Didn't Know I was Dead”

4 - She Disowned Him

5 - Response to Conservative Reactions

6 - Elon Musk Illegally Keeping Children of Grimes

(if your instance federates with threads you may be able to read them directly)

Keep it going, girl! ✨🏳️‍⚧️

"Obviously Elon can’t say the same because in a ketamine-fueled haze, he’s desperate for attention and validation from an army of degenerate red-pilled incels and pick-mes who are quick to give it to him."

https://www.advocate.com/news/elon-musk-trans-daughter-vivian-wilson

The impact of sports provision (or lack thereof) in the state sector is starkly revealed by the growth in the proportion of athletes who went to private school in the Olympics Team GB

Given, athletic talent (although related to early nutrition) is less aligned with class background, this is a clear example of how people's life opportunities (far beyond sport) are impacted by inequality & being elbowed out of the way by the privileged!

#olympics #inequality
#education
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jul/24/third-of-team-gb-athletes-for-paris-olympics-educated-privately

Hot take: public transit should not be run "for profit". The profit comes from everybody getting to their destination quickly, efficiently, and predictably.

People will call genocide a 'single issue' and then watch their rights to protest and free speech protections be stripped away in response to it and their funding for education, healthcare and welfare be diverted to continue it.

Have you ever wondered why, all of a sudden, The S*n fell in behind The Labour Party during the GE?

Perhaps, here's the reason...

Leveson Inquiry part two won’t go ahead, Culture Secretary suggests
https://inews.co.uk/news/leveson-inquiry-part-two-wont-ahead-3182097