@ClaireFromClare@h-net.socialA shift from agricultural employment to manufacturing accelerated a century before the steam engine & the boom in coal usage: intriguing findings from 20 years of archival research in England & Wales.
If it wasn't the energy... new techniques, in process or organisation? (eg printing?) Hard-working immigrants? Ideas thus spread? Any ideas here re the past, or for our future?
@jerome@jasette.facil.servicesThe messaging on the carbon tax has been so bad. People just don’t get it. Even thought it’s likely the most market and consumer friendly way to put a price on carbon and reduce usage. https://mas.to/@robsonfletcher/112204059472104307
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTax the Rich is Actually a Popular Bipartisan Stance, Poll Shows (Laura Davison/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-26/swing-state-voters-favor-tax-the-rich-movement-election-poll
http://www.memeorandum.com/240326/p5#a240326p5
@cdarwin@c.imA united Ireland is closer than ever.
Let’s make it a paradise for all of us, not just corporate tax-dodgers
A united Ireland is closer than ever. Let’s make it a paradise for all of us, not just corporate tax-dodgers
Since the Brexit referendum ate away at the untouchability of the border, a shift in political mood has been building.
Majorities on both sides of the border are now in favour of holding a border poll, while 64% in the south and 30% in the north were fo…
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