CIRCLE WITH A DOT

I’m old enough to remember when US Presidents actually cared about an economy that worked for all Americans, not just #Billionaires and the one percent. Obama felt our pain, and got the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) passed to reduce our health insurance payments. #Republicans got back into power and immediately cut taxes for the rich and launched a multi-billion dollar war. #Trump #Affordability #CostOfLiving #economy #RepublicansDidthis

Seen elsewhere: 1. Space (adj) billionaires (n)2. Space (v) billionaires (n)#EatTheRich #oligarchs #billionaires

Sergey Brin, a billionaire architect of today's ruthless surveillance capitalism, does not want any of his billions going to support health care spending in California.https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/04/28/google-billionaire-sergey-brin-compares-california-wealth-tax-to-soviet-union-socialism/#uspol #California #Google #billionaires #healthcare

@persagen Quelle surprise.

Billionaires: How Wealth Reduces Compassion“being truly rich doesn’t mean amassing enough money to afford superyachts, private jets, or a million acres of land. It means that everything becomes effectively free.Any asset can be acquired but nothing can ever be lost, because for soon-to-be trillionaires, no level of loss could significantly change their global standing or personal power.For them, the word failure has ceased to mean anything.”https://bit.ly/42ublhl#Billionaires #bezos #zuckerberg #musk

@grrlscientist@mastodon.social this should be taught in school

We finished watching the limited series A Murder At The End Of The World on Disney+ (HULU) last night. Very intense. It covers #ClimateChange #AI #billionaires #SerialKiller Highly recommended.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Murder_at_the_End_of_the_World

@touaregtweet @maartenkoning Utrecht University researchers R.M. van Westen et al. published similar in August last year, “Physics-Based Indicators for the Onset of an AMOC Collapse Under Climate Change“, J. Geophys. Research, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC022651

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Probably because they didn't go to college /s

... for those interested, Avi Lewis is married to acclaimed author Naomi KleinStephen (father): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_LewisAvi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_LewisNaomi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Klein

@blogdiva As a Californian, I am beating my head against the wall right now. We seem completely screwed. Who thought one big primary for both parties sounded like a good idea???