Hacker News<p>Florida is letting companies make it harder for highly paid workers to swap jobs</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-made-it-harder-highly-paid-workers-to-swap-jobs-2025-7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/florida-ma</span><span class="invisible">de-it-harder-highly-paid-workers-to-swap-jobs-2025-7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Job</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Market" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Market</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Policies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Employment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Highly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Highly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a></p>
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beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> rammed through legislation that fundamentally reshapes American life. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> is a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trojan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trojan</span></a> horse: wrapped in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/populist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>populist</span></a> language, paraded around as gift to American people, but filled w <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> meant to enrich the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silence</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dissenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissenters</span></a>, strip away the last threads of a functioning <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>. And now that it’s law, the question isn’t whether it’s bad. The question is: How bad? And more importantly: What the hell are we going to do about it? <a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/history-will-ask-where-were-you" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">meidasplus.com/p/history-will-</span><span class="invisible">ask-where-were-you</span></a></p>
The Xylom<p>Just 1% of active voters in Georgia (74,464 people) voted early in the primary for Public Service Commission. Election Day is THIS Tuesday! </p><p>Learn more about why your vote reshapes state climate and energy policy here: <a href="https://www.thexylom.com/post/explainer-what-s-at-stake-in-the-georgia-public-service-commission-s-upcoming-primary-elections" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thexylom.com/post/explainer-wh</span><span class="invisible">at-s-at-stake-in-the-georgia-public-service-commission-s-upcoming-primary-elections</span></a>. We also recommend coverage from Atlanta Civic Circle and VOTEATL.</p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/Atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atlanta</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/gapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gapol</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obama</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yemen</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/saudis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saudis</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biden</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>2/2 US Protest Law Tracker - Updates to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> Laws introduced in 2025.</p><p>Latest updates: Jun. 10, 2025 (US Federal)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/S982" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>S982</span></a>: Potential penalties for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> based on protest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> </p><p>Would make federal accreditation of colleges and universities—and thus their access to federal funds—contingent on the institution’s policies on responding to protests. Under the “No Tax Dollars for College <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Encampments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encampments</span></a> Act of 2024,” universities would have to regularly disclose how they respond to campus “incidents of civil disturbance,” defined to include “a demonstration, riot, or strike,” and their accreditation would be linked to such policies and practices. The bill sponsor cited <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestine</span></a> campus protests as motivation for the bill; he introduced the same bill in 2024. <br>(Full text of bill: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/982" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">congress.gov/bill/119th-congre</span><span class="invisible">ss/senate-bill/982</span></a>)<br>Status: pending<br>Introduced 12 Mar 2025.<br>Issue(s): Campus Protests, Riot</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR2065" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HR2065</span></a>: Harsh penalties for protesters who conceal their identity</p><p>Would make it a federal crime, subject to a lengthy prison sentence, to wear a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mask</span></a> or other disguise while protesting in an "intimidating" or “oppressive” way. Under the “Unmasking Hamas Act,” anyone "in disguise, including while wearing a mask" who "injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates any person" exercising their constitutional rights could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison as well as fined. The bill does not define “oppress,” nor does the bill specify what is meant by “disguise,” other than that it includes a “mask.” The bill’s substantive provisions are identical to the “Unmasking Antifa Act,” which lawmakers have introduced in several previous sessions. Sponsors of the bill made clear that it is a response to pro-Palestine protesters, some of whom have worn masks to avoid retaliation.<br>(Full text of bill: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2065/text?s=1&r=64&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22actionDate%3A%5C%22119%7C2025-03-11%5C%22+AND+%28billIsReserved%3A%5C%22N%5C%22+OR+type%3A%5C%22AMENDMENT%5C%22%29%22%7D" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">congress.gov/bill/119th-congre</span><span class="invisible">ss/house-bill/2065/text?s=1&r=64&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22actionDate%3A%5C%22119%7C2025-03-11%5C%22+AND+%28billIsReserved%3A%5C%22N%5C%22+OR+type%3A%5C%22AMENDMENT%5C%22%29%22%7D</span></a>)<br>Status: pending<br>Introduced 11 Mar 2025.<br>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FaceCovering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaceCovering</span></a> </p><p>S 937: Barring student protesters from federal loans and loan forgiveness</p><p>Would exclude student protesters from federal financial aid and loan forgiveness if they commit any crime at a campus protest. The bill would cover someone convicted of “any offense” under “any Federal or State law” that is “related to the individual’s conduct at and during the course of a protest” at a college or university. As such, a student convicted of even a nonviolent, state law misdemeanor at a campus protest, such as failing to disperse, would be deemed ineligible for federal student loans; they would also be ineligible for having existing federal loans forgiven, cancelled, waived or modified. The sponsor of the bill said it was a response to pro-Palestine protests at colleges and universities.<br>(Read full text of bill: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/937" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">congress.gov/bill/119th-congre</span><span class="invisible">ss/senate-bill/937</span></a>)<br>Status: pending<br>Introduced 11 Mar 2025.<br>Issue(s): Campus Protests, Limit on Public Benefits</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR1057" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HR1057</span></a>: Penalties for protesters on interstate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a></p><p>Would create steep new penalties for protesters deemed to be “deliberately delaying traffic,” “standing or approaching a motor vehicle,” or “endangering the safe movement of a motor vehicle” on an interstate highway “with the intent to obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of the interstate highway.” The new federal offense would be punishable by up to $10,000 and 15 years in prison—a far harsher penalty than is the case under many states' laws, which generally already criminalize walking or standing on the highway. The bill provides an exception for “any lawful activity” authorized by federal, state, or local law. However, it could still seemingly cover far more than “blocking” the interstate, including a peaceful protest on the shoulder of an interstate or a convoy-style, driving protest that slowed traffic. The sponsor of the bill made clear that it was in response to protesters. The same bill was introduced as HR 7349 in 2024. <br>(Full text of bill: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1057" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">congress.gov/bill/119th-congre</span><span class="invisible">ss/house-bill/1057</span></a>)<br>Status: pending<br>Introduced 6 Feb 2025.<br>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protestors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protestors_in_prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protestors_in_prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAFascist</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Trump quietly throws out Biden-era <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyber</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a><br>Following Biden-era programs is now out or significantly rolled back:<br>- Requirement for federal <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> vendors provide <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SBOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SBOM</span></a> gone<br>- Several <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> research mandates, have been scrapped or deprioritized.<br>- Requirement that software contractors formally attest they followed secure development practices has been cut. Instead, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIST</span></a> will now coordinate a new industry consortium to review security guidelines. <br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/trump-executive-order-cybersecurity-biden" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/06/10/trump-exe</span><span class="invisible">cutive-order-cybersecurity-biden</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2145674/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2145674/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> African Tribunal to challenge IMF, World Bank policies – EnviroNews <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AfricanInternationalPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanInternationalPeople</span></a>'sTribunal <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMF</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternationalMonetaryFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalMonetaryFund</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternationalMonetaryFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalMonetaryFund</span></a>(imf) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBank</span></a></p>
a̸m̵n̵e̴s̴i̶a̸c̷7̷ 👊🇺🇸🔥<p><a href="https://www.constructiondive.com/news/job-openings-construction-economy-skills/749771/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">constructiondive.com/news/job-</span><span class="invisible">openings-construction-economy-skills/749771/</span></a></p><p>Job openings stagnate as labor churn flattens</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>report</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/slowdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slowdown</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retail</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decline</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/sentiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sentiment</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/stores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stores</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/goods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goods</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/layoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoff</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>families</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construction</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Parental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parental</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/leave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leave</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> by <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a>-some offer both, some offer none. ( As on 2024)</p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Trump vowed to help <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a>. These four say his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> are ‘wreaking havoc’</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/23/trump-farmers-policy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/may/23/trump-farmers-policy</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens 86 47<p>I had hoped that <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DavidHogg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidHogg</span></a>, emerging as a leader from the Stoneman Douglas shooting, would be a progressive leader who eschewed the corrupt, money-driven politics that have landed us where we are.<br>But nope, he's apparently just another privileged white politics bro who thinks the rules don't apply to him and the only reason to illegally spam supporters is to ask them for money.<br>I suppose that we do indeed have the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/LeadersWeDeserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeadersWeDeserve</span></a>, but not in the way he meant. *sigh*<br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>31 years later, after dinner at Mar-a-Lago, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> agreed to finance a promotional film about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MelaniaTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MelaniaTrump</span></a> that will reportedly put $28M directly in her pocket—280 times the Clinton lucre & in this case from a person with a vested interest in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> set by her husband’s govt. Scandal? Furor? Washington moved on while barely taking notice.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
8Petros [$ rm -rv /capitalism/*]<p><a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=Liberated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberated</span></a> from FB<br><a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=OliverKornetzke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OliverKornetzke</span></a><br></p><blockquote>Apologies for the length, but not for the substance. In a country where immigrants are routinely dehumanized by those who misunderstand or ignore the truth, this couldn’t be said briefly. I chose clarity and completeness over convenience—because some things deserve the space to be said right:<p>You hear it all the time across America—in every corner of this country, though it echoes most clearly in predominantly white, rural, and small-town places: “Why don’t they just come here legally?” It’s said like a mic drop, as if immigration were as simple as waiting in line at the DMV and filling out a few forms. But it’s not—and it never has been. The truth is, for most people around the world—especially the poor, the displaced, and those from the Global South—there is no line. There is no straightforward path. For the vast majority, there is no legal way to immigrate to the United States at all.</p><p>The people who parrot that question usually don’t know a single thing about U.S. immigration policy. They haven’t read about quotas or waitlists, and they have no idea what it actually takes to get a visa, green card, or citizenship. They don’t realize that the system is not just broken—it’s designed to exclude. It’s a maze of bureaucracy, arbitrary limits, and near-impossible requirements, particularly for those without wealth, education, or existing family connections in the U.S. Many fall back on slogans like “Follow the rules,” “Wait your turn,” or “Come the right way,” as if those options exist for everyone. They don’t. And they never did—not for today’s migrants, and not even for the European ancestors they’re so proud of.</p><p>Many of the same people who preach this way about legal immigration often proudly celebrate their own family’s immigrant roots. They talk about their German, Irish, English, Dutch, or Scandinavian ancestors who “did it the right way.” What they fail to understand—or deliberately ignore—is that those ancestors came to America during a time when there was essentially no immigration system. There were no visa requirements, no green cards, no numerical quotas. People showed up, often with little more than the clothes on their backs, and were waved in because the country wanted white settlers to displace Native populations and populate the land with white, Christian communities.</p><p>Some facts: The first federal immigration law—the Page Act—wasn’t passed until 1875, and it wasn’t about regulation as much as exclusion: specifically banning Chinese women. The Chinese Exclusion Act followed in 1882, targeting an entire ethnic group. The modern “legal immigration” system—with quotas, country caps, and green cards—didn’t begin to take shape until the Immigration Act of 1924. That law baked white supremacy into immigration policy by explicitly favoring northern and western Europeans and virtually banning everyone else, particularly Asians and Africans. And passports? The U.S. didn’t even require them consistently until World War I, and universal enforcement didn’t become standard until the 1920s. Before that, coming to America was as easy as hopping on a ship and landing at Ellis Island.</p><p>What about those green cards, you ask? The concept wasn’t formalized until the 1940s, after which the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 finally abolished the explicitly racist quota system—but it didn’t make the system fair or accessible. It just created new hoops and barriers wrapped in bureaucratic tape and double standards.</p><p>Back to those beloved ancestors. They didn’t “follow the rules” because there weren’t any. What they followed was the scent of opportunity on land that didn’t belong to them. That land was stolen—from Native tribes through military force, genocide, and broken treaty after broken treaty. Then, with cold bureaucratic precision, the U.S. government handed out vast tracts of that stolen land to white settlers through policies like the Homestead Act of 1862. Over 270 million acres were handed out this way—almost 10% of the entire U.S.—to white citizens and immigrants deemed “desirable.” These were not people escaping quotas or earning their place through some meritocratic visa process—they were beneficiaries of a state-sponsored campaign of ethnic cleansing and settler colonialism. Meanwhile, the Indigenous peoples who had stewarded that land for millennia were pushed onto tiny, often barren and economically useless reservations, stripped of their ancestral homes and ways of life. Their children were ripped from their families and shipped off to government and church-run boarding schools, where they were beaten for speaking their native languages and forced to assimilate into white, Anglo-American norms—language, dress, religion—under the twisted banner of “civilizing” them.</p><p>And let’s be crystal clear while we’re at it: this country was not built solely by white settlers. It was built—quite literally—on the backs of Black slaves, kidnapped from Africa and forced into generations of brutal, dehumanizing labor. Enslaved Africans built the Southern plantation economy that fueled American capitalism, laid the bricks of our cities, dredged canals, harvested cotton, picked tobacco, and raised the wealth of white America while being denied humanity and freedom. And while white settlers were being handed land, Black Americans were being bought, sold, whipped, raped, lynched, and later redlined, incarcerated, and economically ghettoized into second-class citizenship.</p><p>And it wasn’t just Black labor. Asian immigrants—many of whom were also kidnapped, trafficked, or coerced—played an enormous role in building this country, especially in the West. Chinese laborers built the transcontinental railroad under conditions so brutal that many died doing it. They laid the steel skeleton that tied the country together—and when the job was done, they were met with riots, exclusion acts, and segregation. Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, and other Asian migrants also helped build American agriculture, shipping, and manufacturing—only to be excluded, vilified, and later incarcerated in camps for daring to exist during wartime.</p><p>These communities didn’t just contribute—they made America possible. They have every bit as much claim to this country as any descendant of Ellis Island settlers. In fact, they have more right to say who belongs here than the MAGA cultists who think citizenship should be based on melanin levels and Protestant decorum. They earned it through centuries of blood, labor, resilience, and resistance—and they’re still being told to shut up, assimilate, and “go back” by the same people who wouldn’t know a work visa from a library card.<br>And now? The descendants of those white settlers want to pull up the ladder behind them. They want to slam the door shut and pretend that their families bootstrapped their way into a better life purely through virtue and hard work, when in reality they were handed land soaked in Native blood and protected by a military hell-bent on erasing anyone who got in the way. They arrived with nothing and were given everything. Today’s immigrants arrive with nothing and are given cages, court dates, and contempt. Why? Simple. They’re brown and they’re poor.</p><p>What was once an open or loosely controlled frontier has morphed into a militarized apparatus—a prelude to full-on genocide exported abroad by deputizing thugs and enabling them to act like Gestapo fascist secret police, disappearing people off the streets in broad daylight, targeting those who don’t look white. This brutal display of state repression and violence is the inevitable conclusion of a society that has continued to feed on the myths and lazy, intellectually and morally bankrupt lies of those at the top, who profit off a distracted and divided working-class America.</p><p>These same folks will wave their flags and clutch their Bibles, never realizing the soul-crushing irony that Jesus himself—by today’s standards—would have been detained, denied entry, and deported. Born to a poor family, fleeing violence, and without proper documentation, he would have been seen as a threat, locked up, and put on a plane. These Americans forget that morality and legality are not the same thing—and never have been.<br>Today’s migrants are often fleeing not just poverty, but the direct consequences of U.S. foreign policy. For decades, the U.S. installed dictators, funded coups, trained death squads, and armed right-wing paramilitaries—so long as those regimes served American business interests. We supported brutal governments that suppressed unions and massacred civilians because it helped our corporations extract more profit. The violence, poverty, and instability that people now flee didn’t just happen. America helped create it. And now that those same people are showing up on our doorstep, Americans act shocked. We criminalize their desperation and turn them into villains.</p><p>Meanwhile, many Americans continue to blame immigrants for problems they didn’t cause. Undocumented workers didn’t outsource manufacturing, bust unions, or cause the opioid crisis. They didn’t automate away entire industries or sell family farms to agribusiness giants. That was the work of the capitalist class—the same billionaires and corporations who profit off division, who underpay workers, and who benefit from scapegoating brown people whenever working class consciousness starts to materialize. It’s easier to blame the undocumented worker cleaning hotel rooms than to question a system that has been bleeding communities dry for decades.</p><p>People want someone to blame. And for generations, politicians and media outlets have handed them a convenient target: the immigrant. That scapegoating has deep roots in American history. But it’s a lie. A distraction. And one that continues to poison our politics and our humanity, and prevent us from addressing the real causes of inequality and decline.</p><p>The ruling elite have a vested interest in maintaining an undocumented, exploitable class of people. This segment of society can be wielded both as a political cudgel and as a weapon against organized labor and social movements. Employers use the constant threat of deportation to keep wages low and silence demands for better working conditions, knowing that fear of losing their livelihood prevents many undocumented workers from asserting their rights. Politicians and interest groups exploit anti-immigrant sentiment to divide the working class, making it harder for people to unite around common economic goals. This strategy ensures that those at the top maintain power by keeping the rest distracted and fragmented.</p><p>So the next time someone says, “Why don’t they just come legally?”—don’t nod along. Don’t let it slide. It’s not a real question. It’s a shield for ignorance or cruelty—often both. Because if you’re born in the wrong country, with the wrong skin color, and no U.S. family or corporate sponsor, there is no legal path. Not now. Not ever. And pretending otherwise only deepens the injustice.</p><p>The immigration system isn’t about justice. It never was. It’s about control, exclusion, and maintaining power—deciding who gets to belong and who gets left out. And if we’re going to have an honest conversation, we need to stop pretending that legality is the same as morality, that past immigrants followed a path that never existed then, or that the people trying to come here today are anything less than human beings responding to conditions we helped create.</p><p>P.S.</p><p>Of course, there’s a lot I didn’t cover—like immigration during and after slavery, or how even those trying to “do it the right way” are set up to fail. This post isn’t exhaustive, just necessary. I’m not done writing, and I’ll be back to dig into all of that—and more—in future posts.</p></blockquote>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2097589/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2097589/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> How teachers are using Artificial Intelligence, and why one student says it’s not fair <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/feedback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feedback</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Grading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grading</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teachers</span></a></p>
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦<p>“For <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Canadians" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canadians</a>, the take-away should be not alarm but awareness: this <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23fringe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fringe</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a>, while unlikely to dominate, could subtly shape <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23U.S" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#U.S</a>. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23policies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policies</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23markets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#markets</a>, with ripple effects northward.” <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-anti-democratic-dark-enlightenment-ideas-have-spread-from-silicon/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DarkEnlightenment" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkEnlightenment</a><br><br><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-anti-democratic-dark-enlightenment-ideas-have-spread-from-silicon/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Opinion: Anti-democratic ‘Dark...</a></p>
infoDOCKET<p>NEW IFLA Journal Article: “The Development of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Policies</span></a> on Generative Artificial Intelligence in UK <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a>” <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/05/13/journal-article-the-development-of-policies-on-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-uk-universities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/05/13/jour</span><span class="invisible">nal-article-the-development-of-policies-on-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-uk-universities/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ifla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ifla</span></a></span></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 31 cont 🛢️🛢️🛢️🚗🚙🚗</p><p>A reminder, the seat of Aston was the seat of a former (discraced) Liberal MP, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AlanTudge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlanTudge</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TudgyFudge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TudgyFudge</span></a>. </p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a>) continues his campaign swing through <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Melbourne</span></a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/suburbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suburbs</span></a>, and you’ll never guess where the bus has stopped now.</p><p>That’s right, we’re now at Dutton’s 15th PETROL STATION PHOTO-OP of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> – that’s 15 – at a truck stop in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Aston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aston</span></a>. Dutton’s plan to cut the fuel excise by 25 cents per litre is getting a major airing in his campaign material, the backdrops of his <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PressConferences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PressConferences</span></a>, and his <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/opportunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunities</span></a>.”</p><p>Slogans, propaganda and stunts…</p><p>OR </p><p>Policies? </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slogans</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/30/australia-election-2025-live-housing-crisis-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-campaign-final-week-labor-coalition-cpi-inflation-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6811b11f8f08f0938cf49225#block-6811b11f8f08f0938cf49225" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/30/australia-election-2025-live-housing-crisis-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-campaign-final-week-labor-coalition-cpi-inflation-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6811b11f8f08f0938cf49225#block-6811b11f8f08f0938cf49225</span></a>> / “Education Minister Alan Tudge stands aside amid abuse allegations, PM tells parliament” <<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-02/alan-tudge-stands-aside-amid-abuse-allegations/100669592" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2021-12-02/ala</span><span class="invisible">n-tudge-stands-aside-amid-abuse-allegations/100669592</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 31 cont 🏡🧍🧍♀️</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Young" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Young</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>'s most expensive <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/towns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>towns</span></a> slam <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> ahead of federal <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>”</p><p>Australia eats it’s young. 😔</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>land</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/young-voters-slam-housing-policies-federal-election-2025/105223452" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/you</span><span class="invisible">ng-voters-slam-housing-policies-federal-election-2025/105223452</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 29 🗳️</p><p>“It’s the election billed as the battle between <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Boomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boomers</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Zoomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zoomers</span></a>. By most estimates, it’s the first time <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenZ</span></a> s and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Millennials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Millennials</span></a> outnumber their parents and grandparents as a voting bloc.</p><p>The parties have attempted to tailor their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> pitches accordingly on issues that disproportionately affect <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/YoungPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YoungPeople</span></a>: the cost of living, HECS debts and housing. A tide of social media <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a>, AI ads and several diss tracks have been met with varying levels of enthusiasm from their target audience.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Policies</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Independents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Independents</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/kx6gL" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/kx6gL</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/not-so-pitch-perfect-young-voice-concerns-and-it-s-not-just-the-cost-of-living-20250421-p5lt4n.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/national/nsw/not-so</span><span class="invisible">-pitch-perfect-young-voice-concerns-and-it-s-not-just-the-cost-of-living-20250421-p5lt4n.html</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 28 cont ☢️</p><p>“When she (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BridgetMcKenzie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BridgetMcKenzie</span></a>) was asked directly by host David Speers whether the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> had any <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> to reduce the emissions responsible for 🔥<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GlobalHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalHeating</span></a>, McKenzie appeared to laugh before moving on to talk about the Coalition’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> ☢️ proposal. </p><p>This appears to be the first time a Coalition MP has been asked this question directly during the campaign.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / ☢️ <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> 🔥 / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EmissionsReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmissionsReduction</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/27/australia-election-2025-live-updates-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-debate-labor-liberal-cost-of-living-medicare-telehealth-nsw-vic-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-680d85d68f08082b6071e9fb#block-680d85d68f08082b6071e9fb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/27/australia-election-2025-live-updates-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-debate-labor-liberal-cost-of-living-medicare-telehealth-nsw-vic-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-680d85d68f08082b6071e9fb#block-680d85d68f08082b6071e9fb</span></a>></p>
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