Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org
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Well yes, the one guy with the shiny faced photo was legit, but how is it possible that there's *no requirement* to check a candidate is a real boy?
https://emptycity.substack.com/
p/what-if-a-parliamentary-candidate
@davidallengreen Having read it, it's an acceptable grumble.
The main point is pretty shocking tho: the requirements for ID being effectively non-existent for a candidate.
Hoping that, this time round, devolution reform is made within the context of wider constititional fabric of the UK. I feel that the previous efforts were scattergun, confusing the lines of responsibility between local & central government, and even the EU.
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Ok, you've had your break, now get back to work, @davidallengreen
Looks like they're already pushing on with "devolution", so let's hope it's not as scattergun as before.
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Fascinating blog post by my #BartlettSchoolOfArchitecture colleague Prof Sophia Psarra on the configuration of the House of Commons and how Labour's supermajority might change the dynamics of the opposing benches political culture
#archidons #SpaceSyntax #Architecture #parliament @politicalscience
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The book on "Parliament Buildings" includes a short chapter written by me on "Degrees of opposition and cooperation: how seating plans and parliament layouts reflect and give rise to political cultures"
In this, I compare visibility relations in the House of Commons and the German Bundestag, and analyse who sits next to whom in the plenary of the European Parliament in Brussels and how that shapes solidarities and political cultures
@HighlandLawyer @Wil @ScottishGreens I'd start that journey now. Move Parliament temporarily to the NEC in Birmingham. Westminster desperately needs 10 years of refurbishment, and in that time we can work through electoral reform, and decide whether those ancient buildings fit a 21st century democracy.
@HighlandLawyer @Wil @ScottishGreens This is what needs to happen before we can think about rejoining. Reconstitution of a broken English empire that's no longer relevant after 200+ years calling itself a United Kingdom. We were part ways towards becoming a modern federation in the late 90s but that chance was missed. Part devolution was as close as we got.
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Trump’s tax law cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%.
What did corporations do with the money saved?
They didn’t invest it or raise wages.
They spent a record $1 trillion on stock buybacks the year after the law went into effect.
Nothing trickled down to workers.
@urbanfoxe Perfect for Ascot races!
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'Stanford, the SIO’s institutional home, denies that it is dismantling the unit and loudly proclaims its commitment to independent research. On the other hand, according to DiResta, the university has run up “huge legal bills” defending SIO researchers from harassment by Republican politicians and conservative conspiracy theorists, and may have decided that enough is enough.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/29/closing-the-stanford-internet-observatory-will-edge-the-us-towards-the-end-of-democracy
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I've seen two friends toot today that men are sliding into their DMs here in the fediverse, and non-consensually engaging in sexual chat.
That's just not okay.
While, obviously, I'd hope that no-one reading this would do such a thing, if this does sound like you, please, do better.
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Economists: Spurring immigration increases growth and wages for natives
Greece: Nah, we'll just work 6 days a week
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/nx-s1-5027839/greece-six-day-workweek-law
@JuliusGoat A key point: for the fundies, the world burning and the end of civilization is a key milestone towards paradise. Nuclear apocalypse, climate change and suffering of humanity is literally a feature. Providing they're ok, of course.
@rodlux Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy warned us, just weeks after the 2010 election:
https://youtu.be/CHQEolKJakY
@Free_Press "Realized"? There's a lot of steps, yes, but it starts with just one. Turn round and head back to Moscow.
@mattbors Excellent. A whole back I posted Thomas Flight's essay on the movie. He argues that the protagonists (possibly Garland as well) have given less thought to the background of the scenario they're in than you have.
https://thomasflight.substack.com/p/civil-war-on-the-complicated-power
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A new post with comics and ramblings on Civil War (the movie), The Purge, and fun stuff like that.
https://mattbors.substack.com/p/this-is-war
@LouisIngenthron "Alternative".
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