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The new budget is going to hurt the economy massively. There are 4.5 trillion in tax cuts to high earners and corporations and 880 billion in cuts from “Energy and Commerce”.

Energy and commerce probably sounds innocuous, but that committee overseas healthcare and it has only 200 billion in spending that isn’t health care, which means cuts to Medicaid, CHIP and ACA.

DOGE has put in some massive cuts to research, but the cuts hit research hospitals hard and are going to result in a lot of loss of hospital jobs because of loss of overhead.

Tariffs will also hit the economy hard, especially tariffs on energy, where there’s little ability to domestic producers to eat cost increases.

With little fear of competition, the tech giant is jacking up prices for its cloud-based software as it aims for another monopoly.

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“The golden age of America begins right now.” — President Donald Trump, during his inauguration speech.

We promised that, if elected, we would return America to “a golden age.” And by God, we did it. We delivered on that promise.

Admittedly, it’s not the golden age you were expecting—the one when stuff was affordable, employment was high, traditional industries were booming, weather patterns were still basically predictable, and a sense of national pride coursed through the healthy, fluoropolymer-free veins of every man, woman, and child in the land. If you were hoping for a golden age like that—a gilded era of health, wealth, and prosperity—we can’t really help you. But you can’t blame us for that. Because that’s not the golden age we were talking about.

You assumed. And that’s entirely on you.

Social cohesion is supposedly the order of the day. Our rights are being steadily eroded in its honour. One would hardly imagine that a religious institution would host a political figure for whom fear and division are lifeblood. Yet, on Thursday, 20 February, Emanuel Synagogue hosted Peter Dutton. Dutton’s current shtick is weaponising antisemitism for Continue reading »

Racism has always been at the core of Australia’s hard culture. A hard culture is one which entrenches meanings of exclusiveness (or uniqueness), resistance to change, hostility towards outsiders, and acceptance of the status quo as normal. Any deviance from the status quo is seen as perverse, undermining “respectable” cultural beliefs. The recent explosion of Continue reading »

Choosing a nuclear power future over renewables will blow up Australia’s carbon emissions budget and create a carbon time bomb of up to two billion tonnes in extra greenhouse gases by 2050, a new analysis from the federal government’s Climate Change Authority says. The analysis, released on Monday, poses a grim picture of what the Continue reading »

Jeffrey Sachs, the American economist and public policy analyst who is also a professor at Columbia University, gave an unconventional address to the EU Parliament last week. Below is a short version of his comments; the full version is here. Text: The NATO enlargement, as you know, started in 1999 with Hungary, Poland and the Continue reading »

Police in Victoria last week arrested a woman over unprovoked attacks against two Muslim women wearing hijabs in a northern suburbs shopping centre near Epping. Speaking about the incidents after they were reported, Prime Minister Albanese said it “would be inappropriate to comment” because police were investigating. That is as it should be. There should Continue reading »

So, US Secretary of Defence Hesgeth has made it clear that what most of us knew three years ago will come to pass. Ukraine is getting no more support, Trump has declared he wants their mineral rights and Putin has declared he’s not giving up territory, Ukraine will not become a NATO country and half Continue reading »

History rarely surprises those who pay attention. The trajectory of the current geopolitical order — from the war in Ukraine to the economic realignments centred on China and the Global South — follows patterns as old as recorded time. Yet, in the West, political elites and media institutions remain bewildered. How could the unchallenged dominance Continue reading »

The leading US journal Foreign Policy has just published an extended profile, written by Jonathan Landreth, of Professor Jerome A. Cohen, entitled: “The Last China Hand. Jerry Cohen will be 95 in July this year. The article lucidly explains how he “has spent a lifetime trying to understand the People’s Republic of China”.   I first Continue reading »

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While the billionaire is touting cuts to government, the new administration has already delivered $86 million to Musk’s rocket company since the inauguration.

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WINEP helped push the Iraq War and now backs regime change in Iran and Syria—all while keeping its funding sources hidden. A new transparency report exposes its role as an AIPAC cutout shaping US policy.

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The Conservative leader's spokesman backed a "foreign power" intervening in the UK's sovereign interests

Another media appearance, this time on one of my favourite tech podcasts, the Vergecast. I did a talk with David Pierce about new developments in ActivityPub, how to increase adoption, and our work at the Social Web Foundation. I hope it’s interesting for people who a) like hearing me talk (more here) and b) like … Continue reading Me on The Vergecast →

Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who returns for Season 2 on April 12th - with Alan Cumming joining the cast.

The BBC announced the supporting cast for Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd's new series Half Man - including Doctor Who's Neve McIntosh.

Greatest Generation: People born between 1901 and 1927 who lived through the Great Depression and definitely never made a TikTok of themselves jumping into a kiddie pool full of nachos.

Second-Greatest Generation: “My Generation” by the Who.

Silent Generation: People born between 1928 and 1945 who came of age at the start of the Cold War and are called “silent” because they’re quietly miffed about not being named the Greatest Generation.

Loud Generation: Boomers at Chili’s who have just been told that their coupon for free popcorn shrimp expired seven months ago. And also, it’s for TGI Fridays.

Participation Generation: See “Millennials.”

Cremation Generation: Most of the Greatest Generation, plus Gen Zers who did the Tide Pod Challenge.

As Trump axes all aid and humanitarian efforts grind to a halt, the country's Pro-Russian Government is cracking down on dissent, reports Will Neal