Day 16 cont

“two leaders (#LNP / #Liberal / #Coalition / #Labor) drew swift criticism for promising #tax breaks and deposit #guarantees that could fuel #demand for homes without doing enough for #supply, prompting economists to warn of a surge in #HousePrices.”

#AusPol / #housing / #NegativeGearing / #InvestmentProperties <https://archive.md/JNmvu> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-and-dutton-s-signature-policies-risk-inflaming-housing-crisis-20250413-p5lrdh.html> (paywall)

Knitting Our Internet Italy Tour!

(Versione italiana nel post precedente)

Tomorrow will begin the unbelievable tour of Knitting Our Internet, bringing the workshop around Italy!

If you’ll be in the places where the workshop will be happening, you are most definitely welcome to join, participation is completely free. If you won’t be around, please help me spread the word to friends and curious folks around the country! Everyone is invited.

Thanks to the awesome people who will be hosting me! @collettivodemand @reclaimthetech

Special note: while I will be in Bologna, we are planning to gather in person and collectively attend @fediforum, all together, from Scift, the newborn hackerspace in Làbas!

To get the latest info, visit https://ournet.rocks/

"Economists, generally insulated from the dirty realities of turning a buck by tenure and/or wealth, think of demand as a vast natural force to be harnessed, like wind or oil—a conception that fits hand in glove with the equally simplistic “great man” theory, which posits that some people (men) are just born great. Sounds nice, but things look a little less elegant to the salesmen in the trenches."

#FranklinSchneider, 2024

https://slate.com/life/2024/12/work-jobs-sales-telemarketing-america.html

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@carnage4life oh, the public is just starting to get a taste of the squeeze #government institutions have been having to contend with.

#Libraries have to find blood in the corners just to stay afloat. The majority of their tech for the public's #demand of all the latest "bells and whistles" come at steep costs, because #ZERO competition.

Even if one does show up, it's not long before...gobble, #gobble !

Who needs #books anyway, right?

Enticing #ingenuity with a bunch of "attaboys" just doesn't seem to pique the interest of the fawning over #FAANG folks.

Huh. The #FFF #FawningOverFAANGfolks

Any similarity to that other abbreviated clan that fawned for something?

Just a record. Spinning right 'round.

Look, here it comes again.

https://youtu.be/PGNiXGX2nLU

#DeadOrAlive #YouSpinMeRound #LikeARecord
#MuzakLessons

#FCC #Chair #HitsBack at #Trump’s #Demand for #CBS #Broadcast #License to Be #Revoked.

‘Trump's #Threats Against #FreeSpeech Are #Serious’

https://www.mediaite.com/news/just-in-fcc-chair-hits-back-at-trumps-serious-threats-against-free-speech/

From the Bruegel thinktank: "In the absence of good public data, special interests find it much easier to lobby for suboptimal approaches. The EU has a substantial problem in this respect, as energy data is not available currently in a timely way or at the level of granularity, reliability and consistency needed for informed policymaking."
https://www.bruegel.org/memo/memo-commissioner-responsible-energy

Enrollment in #Medicaid & #federal #food assistance & #welfare programs surged. So did #rents & vehicle accidents, including a collision last year when a Haitian w/o a US driver's license drove into a school bus, killing 11-yr-old Aiden Clark & injuring 26 other children.

The number of affordable housing vouchers fell as landlords moved to market-based rents that were rising in the face of higher #demand, a blow to existing residents relying on them.

#FactCheck

#Trump claimed that the US wouldn’t have experienced “any #inflation” had it not been for “bad #energy problems” during the #Biden admin.

False.

He appeared to be referencing the spike in gas prices that occurred after #Russia invaded #Ukraine in Feb 2022. That contributed to inflation at the time, but it was trending higher before then as a result of pent-up #demand from the #pandemic & #labor shortages.

#Trump #Allies Try to #Bully #Dems, #Media to #ShutUp About His #Fascist #Plans.

#Republicans are seeking to #capitalize on #Trump’s #assassination #attempt — using it to #demand everyone stop #talking about his #threat to #democracy

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-allies-fascist-plans-dems-media-1235060142/