David Fell

Dad, social scientist, unpopular poet, author of ‘Visco’ and ‘Bad Habits, Hard Choices’, posting the adventures of Cute & Maggie once a fortnight.

[David Fell @EconEnough]

How you live your life is the politics you have.

[Channel 4 Dispatches @C4Dispatches]

For the first time, Dispatches can reveal the secret millions the Royals are earning.

For years they've kept the details of some of their wealth a secret but now we can reveal who is paying them and for what.

Watch on @Channel4 on Saturday 2nd November at 8.10pm.

[David Fell @EconEnough]

#FallFriday

[Bill Pourquoimec @BillPourquoimec]

Mark E. Smith, 1986, by Chris Buck, part of the Things People Carry Series.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

I'm seen some hysterical takes on this: "£20k could make the difference between a £2m farm being profitable or loss making". [£20k over ten years = IHT on £2m]

Nope. If it's making less than £20k profit/year, it ain't worth £2m.

[David Fell @EconEnough]

Awesome stuff from Louise Gluck

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

Happy Halloween, everyone...

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

This is now ridiculous. UK news shows have been repeatedly citing the OBR’s figures on growth but no one has pointed out to viewers the same report lays bare the Catastrophic cost of Brexit!

We face poor growth & a record tax burden. If you think UK news shows need to step up RT

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Abusive bosses don't drive performance. They undermine it.

471 studies, 149k people, 36 countries: in aggressive workplaces, we do poorer work, collaborate less, and shirk more. Incivility breaks confidence and breeds resentment.

The best way to get results is to show respect.

[Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @OhGodWhatNowPod]

Internet laurel leaf to @juliansheasport who says “At last, the Telegraph finds some compassion for people in small boats.”

[City Lights Books @CityLightsBooks]

City Lights will publish "GAZA: The Poem Said Its Piece, Pocket Poets Series No 64," by Nasser Rabah in April 2025. https://t.co/kttLA4ggUl

Translated from the Arabic by Ammiel Alcalay, Emna Zghal & Khalid Al-Hilli

Foreword by @MosabAbuToha

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

Watch out for the deluge of right wing commentary that tax is at record highs etc etc . These charts are a welcome corrective

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Download the report for free from the Lancet website). Here is a thread of some of the key findings. #Lancetclimate24 (1)

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

The thing about "the UK’s tax burden is now at a record high", is that this is also true for almost all countries 📈

[alex thomson @alextomo]

The North York Moors today - fire after fire as they set grouse moors alight, as if the climate crisis simply doesn’t exist.

[David Fell @EconEnough]

@soniasodha Well, not really: those are changes that will to all intents and purposes be undetectable…

[HENRY MORRIS @mrhenrymorris]

Another @JustStop_Oil stunt, preventing ordinary people from getting to work.

[Jess Asato MP @Jess4Lowestoft]

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[David Fell @EconEnough]

@Graeber_social Funnily enough I had a go at this in fictional form: in the utopian world of Visco (https://t.co/80VfrH3Iyk), set in an approximate present, they divvy up the work very much as David suggests. You might enjoy reading it!

[Jesus Plaza @JesusPlazaX]

@DaveThroup We need international help 🚨

[Jesus Plaza @JesusPlazaX]

Hi @elonmusk we know you are extremely busy, but something Crazy is Happening València Spain and we could use your help. #Dana is killing people and destroying everything. We need eyes and hands here to fix this please. Here’s a thread for you to get an idea 👀👇🏼 #dana #valencia

[Nordic Model Now! @nordicmodelnow]

“Sex trade apologists claim that ‘sex work is work.’ Some of them say: “We just need a proper regulatory framework to make it safe,” while others insist: “All regulatory restrictions are harmful. Prostitution is not the problem; society is the problem. You are the problem! If we get rid of the regulations and stereotypes, it will become just like any other job.

We, the survivors of prostitution who struggle against the sex trade, know the truth: prostitution is not a job. The core harms of the sex trade are not caused by the stereotypes, nor by the ‘working conditions’.

Prostitution has three inherent characteristics that make its framing as ‘work’ fallacious.”

Link to article in the next tweet.

[Matthias Schmelzer @MGSchmelzer]

Here's our Call for Papers on Global Degrowth: (Inter)dependencies, power, and justice - for the journal New Global Studies

Please share with interested persons. Edited with Jenny Ufer, Felix Windegger and @Brototi
https://t.co/trGVZvpWdl