Dr. Punc.

Dr. Punc.

@drpunc.bsky.social

father, linguist, language teacher, cyclist, music lover, pacifist, but who needs labels? I no longer post on X

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774 partners of scandal-ridden accountancy firm EY collect £870,000 each. Average partner pay up £83,000 in a year. EY does not pay employer national insurance on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for every £1m of profit shared. Despite scandals, gets govt contracts.

cityam.comEY partner pay jumps to £870k despite consulting slumpBig Four giant EY posted a rise in UK fee income and hiked payouts for its partners, even as its consulting arm came under pressure.

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Water companies want ANOTHER price hike on your water bills. They want you to take the 💩hit for their chronic, catastrophic performance. Write to your MP - demand that the Chancellor blocks any more bill hikes. 🚨But don't put it off - the deadline is this Thursday. vist.ly/5q7j8

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Profit from pollution, then profit from the clean-up. BlackRock and Vanguard invest in 92% of companies in Oxfam’s Destroy & Rebuild Index from our new #DisasterDivide Report. Governments must curb disaster profiteering and #MakeRichPollutersPay Demand action: bit.ly/3LGrQ5u

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"I wouldn’t be excluded from places because I’m considered undesirable or not part of the community. That’s what democracy would mean: full equality. Dropping a ballot into a ballot box doesn’t undo the racist apartheid nature of the state,” says Buttu.

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While Palestinian citizens can vote, political parties led by Palestinians or in partnership with them are largely excluded from governing coalitions, with Israeli politicians repeatedly refusing to partner with them.

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Equal rights are also denied to the 20% of the Israeli population who are Palestinian citizens, who face discrimination from more than 60 Israeli laws.

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Roughly 3 million Palestinian adults across Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have no vote in the government that controls their borders, movement and legal status.

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That’s because the Israeli state was founded on the principles of Zionism, the racist colonial movement that envisioned a Jewish-only state on Palestinian land. Regardless of who becomes prime minister, Palestinians will continue to face occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and now genocide.

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A state cannot be truly democratic when rights are allocated on the basis of identity. Under Israeli law, Jewish rights are repeatedly placed over Palestinian rights.

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Today, Israelis are voting for their next prime minister. But don’t be fooled. Regardless of who wins the election, Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians will continue, because the Israeli government is rooted in settler colonialism and racism.

Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

you.38degrees.org.ukStop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

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25,000 people have signed our petition calling for Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout. Add your name today. 👉weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailout👈

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This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

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💚🙏👇 Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

you.38degrees.org.ukStop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

you.38degrees.org.ukStop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

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Just listen to this. Then consider these polls: 76% of Jewish Israelis think there are no innocents in Gaza (Aug 2025) 82% support expelling Palestinians from Gaza (May 2025) 47% support killing all inhabitants of conquered enemy cities (May 2025)

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An Israeli🇮🇱soldier assaults an elderly Palestinian man, Al-Jalda area of Hebron, which is facing a large-scale Israeli military assault. This isn’t new; it’s the norm. #Israel #AntiPalestinianRacism No one from the West Bank was involved with 10/7 not is there a Hamas govt there @us.theguardian.com

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The Palestine Project@palestineproject.bsky.social

Israeli occupation forces released Palestinian doctor Mazen al-Rantisi, 71, from Ofer prison on Sunday after nearly four months in detention, with visible signs of physical abuse on his body.

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World Priority No.1 "Get food to Gaza. Stop Violence in Palestine. Push Zio's out on a limb." THE WEST HAS TO ACT NOW or revolt will worsen. Share repeatedly, far and wide. We have to do this together Starving Gaza. Almost a week without supplies. #GetFoodToGaza #StopIzraelsViolence

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World Priority No.1 "Get food to Gaza. Stop Violence in Palestine. Push Zio's out on a limb." THE WEST MUST ACT NOW or revolt will worsen. Share repeatedly, far and wide. Starving Gaza. Almost a week without supplies. #GetFoodToGaza #StopIzraelsViolence mandissent.com/p/starving-g...

mandissent.comStarving Gaza, Again.Our sources from Gaza tell us Israel is using the renewed strikes on Iran to shut Gaza borders from all sides. 25 trucks entered today after almost a week of complete halt.

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“The British authorities repeatedly refused to investigate Russian interference in the Brexit campaign and the UK’s broader politics”.

Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social

The Conviction of Estonia’s ‘Lord Haw-Haw’ Links Russian Intelligence to Moscow’s Interference on Brexit A 'diplomat' who launched the 'Conservative Friends of… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/10/26/the-conviction-of-estonias-lord-haw-haw-links-russian-intelligence-to-moscows-interference-on-brexit/

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Meta's $10 Billion data center in Indiana produced 300 permanent jobs That's $33 million per job In a typical manufacturing plant, a similar investment would create at least 300,000 jobs Data centers benefit wealthy investors, not communities

qz.comAI data centers employ very few people: What the numbers howA $10 billion data center may employ 300 people. The same money in manufacturing would support thousands. What that gap means for communities

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CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to £7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut. CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay. Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for £1m profit shared. £899m shared. 108 govt contracts in 2026, worth £650m. Friends in high places.

cityam.comDeloitte hikes pay for top boss while headcount shrinksBig Four giant Deloitte hiked pay for one of its chief executives last year by almost half while overall headcount at the firm fell, with some of being due to targeted job cuts.

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World Priority No.1 "Get food to Gaza. Stop Violence in Palestine. Push Zio's out on a limb." THE WEST MUST ACT NOW or revolt will worsen. Share repeatedly, far and wide. Starving Gaza. Almost a week without supplies. #GetFoodToGaza #StopIzraelsViolence mandissent.com/p/starving-g...

mandissent.comStarving Gaza, Again.Our sources from Gaza tell us Israel is using the renewed strikes on Iran to shut Gaza borders from all sides. 25 trucks entered today after almost a week of complete halt.
Josep Goded@josepgoded.bsky.social

Gaza.

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World Priority No.1 "Get food to Gaza. Stop Violence in Palestine. Push Zio's out on a limb." THE WEST MUST ACT NOW or revolt will worsen. Share repeatedly, far and wide. Starving Gaza. Almost a week without supplies. #GetFoodToGaza #StopIzraelsViolence mandissent.com/p/starving-g...

mandissent.comStarving Gaza, Again.Our sources from Gaza tell us Israel is using the renewed strikes on Iran to shut Gaza borders from all sides. 25 trucks entered today after almost a week of complete halt.

da.gd/UniScam Wait. Universities take fees from students, Withhold wages, & that's not the legal scam of the ages? Refund the fees every time you keep the wages. Negotiate @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social Save jobs. Protect H.E. from vulture capitalism. #WeCantAffordTheRich

theguardian.comGoldsmiths fine art students call for compensation over record tutor strikeWith industrial action over job cuts heading into its 21st week, students at famed London college are unhappy

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Everyday I understand that FDR was so ahead of his time, he knew that the US needed to move beyond greed and more & the only way to do it was to give the working class the ability to be happy & more