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@W_Lucht
It’s a good reminder Wolfgang - thank you! - the trouble is that the politicians who failed to deal with it when they were in power and could have effected change, won’t suffer any more consequences than the rest of us who weren’t in power and were unable to change things.

#ClimateCatastrophe #consequences #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

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Su_G 4d ago

@ChrisMayLA6
If we were smarter about corruption* we could have less of these corrupt people in power. 😐

* smarter about corruption = finding it, tackling it, preventing it

*UKPol #corruption #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

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Su_G Jun 17

@Beggarmidas
That just about covers it! 🙂

@bagder

I’d add that the disconnect between cause…
and effect seems to get wider everyday.
Sucks that you’re so exposed to it Daniel, so how to deal with it while preserving your own good nature (which you have in spades). Minimise contact, message back that rudeness sends rude_person to the back of the queue, never engage or argue; I’m sure others have better ideas!

#reconnectingConsequencesToCauses #rudePeople

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Su_G Jun 16

@26pglt
Yes! Two really good question areas:

1. “Imagine if our focus all along had been policy. And how policies affect the lives of people.”

and

2. “How do media & political parties shift the narrative once credibility has been so profoundly lost?”

You got me thinking. I wanna see and hear some discussion on these.

#policy #AusPol #effectsOfPolicy #reframing #stenographersNotJournalists #credibility #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

Su_G Jun 16

RE: https://timeloop.cafe/@alienghic/116755786196743629

A very good point that Australia & UK are both affected by News (Murdoch empire legacy media). In fact, Caroline De Cock, author of this piece, explicitly ties the Murdoch-y campaigning to the loss of their revenue stream from Meta, as she says, the timeline was not subtle:

“The timeline of Australia's ban for under-16s is not subtle. In March 2024, Meta declined to renew its commercial agreements with Australian news outlets under the News Media Bargaining Code, a mechanism that had generated over $200 million for publishers in the preceding three years. The "Let Them Be Kids" campaign launched by News Corp Australia across its national mastheads followed closely on the heels of that decision, collecting over 54,000 petition signatures. Nova Radio, owned by Lachlan Murdoch's Illyria Pty Ltd, ran a simultaneous campaign declaring a ban would win the vote of every parent.

“By November 2024, legislation had passed both chambers of parliament after a committee inquiry of three hours, following a 24-hour public submission window. Prime Minister Albanese thanked News Corp by name in his announcement: "I do want to single out News Corp for the campaign that they've run, Let Them Be Kids."

“The remark was striking. A head of government credited a media company, publicly and by name, when announcing legislation affecting millions of children. The legislation that the media company had campaigned for. The legislation whose primary targets were the digital competitors of that same company.

“Not a conspiracy but commercial logic… operating in plain sight.”

#SocialMediaAgeRestrictions #SocialMedia edia #AusPol #LegacyNewsMedia #NewsCorpAustralia #NewsMediaBargainingCode #politicalLobbying #conflictOfInterest #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

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Su_G Jun 14

@cdarwin
Hope Pakistan & Qatar put a ‘Thump pays a penalty if/when he backs out’ clause in. Not that they’d ever see the money. 🫤

#USPol #Pakistan #Iran #Penalty #consequences #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

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Su_G Jun 10

@SusiArnott
Yes, Starmer appears to have zero self-awareness. Or profits from appearing to have zero self-awareness. 😐

#UKPol #Starmer #selfAwareness #practicalPsychology #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

@BBCRadio4

Su_G Jun 10

This piece is worth a read as it details the actions & aftermath; here’s just one taste. 😱
A real s**t show went down at the American Diabetes Association (ADA)’s meeting - you may have seen the video of the 5 diabetes scientists having their handouts snatched & being manhandled out by beefy police:
“Kahn [lead author of the editorial at the center of the story, and the editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care] pointed out that the events as they unfolded brought his editorial more attention than he ever imagined, with page views shooting up to 76,000 as of Monday afternoon, and a flood of views on social media through various channels.

“"Our goal was to hand out 1,000 copies of those editorials, and if we got 200 people to read them, we were lucky," Kahn told MedPage Today. "By the actions of the ADA, we've actually got millions of people to think about it."”
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121657

#StreisandEffect #ADA #consequences #actionAndAftermath #supportForScience #AmericanDiabetesAssociation #Kahn #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses