Connected and Disaffected

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[Connected and Disaffected @CandDPodcast]

Hey all

Sorry for the radio silence from us. All of us have day jobs/lives that have gotten very busy recently, so we've decided to be all European and take a Summer hiatus.

Hope to be back later this year with new episodes!

[Robin Flavell @RobinFlavell]

I once took an 80 seat majority and pissed it up the wall in less than 3 years

[Richard Beecham @ReporterRichB]

Well, well, well. If it isn't the people who'd spent the past 20 years telling us not to have children if we couldn't afford them...

[Gender Pay Gap Bot @PayGapApp]

In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 2.7% higher than men's.

[Noah Liebman (@[email protected]) @Noleli]

I made a browser extension that changes the word “billionaire” to “oligarch” and, well, it’s about as perfect as I was hoping.

https://t.co/BznqktvwfP
https://t.co/JdNgtwhI4M

[Sean Mills @BE_Sean_Mills]

This type of deliberate misinformation is only going to get worse and worse until even family and friends are asking you about "the costs" of net zero over drinks. Great thread here from @DrSimEvans 👇👀👏

[Caitlin Moran @caitlinmoran]

So glad this thread has gone viral. Jack's done some brilliant research here. And is the first person to note that whilst basics have risen over 140%, high-end ready meals have stayed the same? Thus disproportionately affecting low-income families.

[Clean Air Task Force @cleanaircatf]

17 leading groups unite in call to center #CutMethane in the #COP26 agreement

@EnvDefenseFund @EIA_News @ClimateGroup @DavidSuzukiFDN @CEMDA @Umwelthilfe @ChangingMarkets @NRDC @RockyMtnInst @Earthworks @iniciativaclima @IGSD_DC @MethaneAction @Pembina

https://t.co/WOaTzlhluk

[Clean Air Task Force @cleanaircatf]

Starting NOW: The Need for Speed

@sarahuhl, @ZerinOsho, Pam Pearson of @iccinet and Prof Tim Lenton of @UniofExeter discuss why #CutMethane is a crucial handbrake to global warming.

#COP26

[Clean Air Task Force @cleanaircatf]

BREAKING

Clean Air Task Force has discovered new evidence of significant UK methane pollution from oil and gas facilities in October 2021.

https://t.co/XgStiv8c9R

[Connected and Disaffected @CandDPodcast]

Very excited for Facebook to officially relaunch as The Jeremy Renner App

[Alex Heath @alexeheath]

Surprise: Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on the metaverse.

I’m told Zuckerberg is planning a formal unveil next Thursday at Connect, the company’s annual AR/VR conference https://t.co/nYoh4PQt4Y

[The Independent @Independent]

Michael Gove celebrates 'stamping on toothless face of northerners' in resurfaced speech

[Connected and Disaffected @CandDPodcast]

Would be happy to pitch in to the cost of care if it wasn't *checks notes* A FLAT TAX THAT COSTS SOMEONE ON THE POVERTY LINE £100 P/A WHAT IN HOT NEOLIBERAL HELL IS THIS.

The answer exists - free social care on the NHS + progressive taxation (...pending overthrow of the system)

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

No one gives a shit that Boris Johnson has broken a manifesto pledge on tax.

People think that funding social care is important, and they'll accept an unfair way to pay for it *unless* someone makes the case for a better alternative.

[Frank_van_Lerven @FrankMacroecon]

I'm actually one of the ppl working on climate change, inequality, and central banks who argues for fiscal policy and wider regulation take a leading role.

But this article by @MerrynSW really needs a bit more thinking through...

1/

https://t.co/JN5bWzmWLx

[Connected and Disaffected @CandDPodcast]

Incredible work! For background, we spoke to Ifeoma about this campaign earlier this year https://t.co/UIwLm4QuGf

[Clean Air Task Force @cleanaircatf]

BREAKING

Our research in Romania covered by @climate.

This new evidence shows the breadth of methane problem and the need for an EU wide solution.

https://t.co/UusbSLVT8H

#CutMethaneEU #EUGreenDeal

[Ludvig Wier @LudvigWier]

From 2015 to 2018 global profit shifting has increased by more than $300Bn.

To our surprise the estimated amount of profits shifted to tax havens has remained remarkably constant at roughly 40% of multinational profits and 10% of global profits throughout 2015-2018. (4/5)

[Ludvig Wier @LudvigWier]

🚨Updated estimate: Multinational firms shifted $946Bn to tax havens in 2018🚨

That's almost 40% of multinational profits.

Go to https://t.co/xlyaWrigAh to see how much your country win or lose in this game for profits

Joint work with
@TTorslov and @gabriel_zucman (1/5)

[Connected and Disaffected @CandDPodcast]

@Lenny_P_Cover @j57mehta @balbecdaze @davidschneider Celebrating we achieved the low hanging fruit (e.g. transition from coal to gas), and being "slightly less terrible" than similarly failing nations, achieves little.

Until we are on course for net zero by 2030 or soon after, we shouldn't let up on the criticism and pressure.