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the scrapping of the winter fuel allowance at a time where energy bills are extortionate, increasingly more pensioners are forced to live in energy-inefficient privately rented homes, & our limited social housing stock isn't being retrofitted at the pace we need, is beyond cruel

YIMBY transitioning to Hotels in My Backyard, I see

Block the Block, the four year campaign that tenants in Hulme have been fighting, is taking the Council to court. Permission has now been granted by the judge for a hearing. We are fundraising for legal costs. Support if you can. buff.ly/4dNAoAh

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We often hear that “all economists agree rent controls don’t work”. But is this actually true? My new long-read for @futureeconscot looks at the evidence – and finds the reality is far more nuanced than is often claimed. Some key points 🧵 futureeconomy.scot/posts/57-can-r…

laurie doing the lord's work 🙏

we wouldn't accept the arrogance of this response from any other industry, and landlords routinely act is if they are above above regulation. if they can't comply with regulation like any other business would, then there shouldn't be any landlords

A man named Matt Nelson self-immolated outside the Israeli consulate in Boston on September 11th, in protest against the Gaza genocide. He is the third person in the United States to have self-immolated outside an Israeli consulate or embassy since October 7th 2023.

diggers is the best pub in edinburgh

some people acting surprised that AOC is a through and through liberal. did you not clock that when she showed up to the met gala wearing a “tax the rich” dress

from the women in revolt exhibition. if you can, go see it. it made me feel very hopeful

no diet coke in the local coop…. misogyny in action smh

Surgeon’s Hall Museum in Edinburgh today!!! Second visit this trip!!!

There's a variety of "leftist intellectual" that exists only to write op-eds in centrist outlets which can be summarized as "I'm a leftist, and even *I* think we're going too far" often followed by "we'd more successfully organize the working class if we embraced their bigotry"

Last day of the Museum of Neoliberalism 🌐 today, opening a bit early at 11:30 and closing later at 8pm. It'll be busiest between 2-5 so if you're visiting today please try to come a bit earlier or later in the day. Thanks to everyone who has visited over the years! We'll be back.

11 years ago, britney spears released ‘work bitch’ and ended procrastination

don't think you can pin this one on em

Said this elsewhere but a lot of Labour's anti-Green yimby rhetoric is about co-opting environmental issues for productivism