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Dragofix
Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social · Jul 29, 2026
UN Food Security Report Finds $540BN in Farm Subsidies Locked Into Commodities That Crowd Out Plant Foods https://vegconomist.com/studies-numbers/un-food-security-report-finds-540bn-farm-subsidies-locked-into-commodities-crowd-out-plant-foods/ #environment #food #FoodSecurity #politics #subsidies #plantbased #food
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RaymondPierreL3
RaymondPierreL3 @RaymondPierreL3@aus.social · Jul 12, 2026
*Inside cybernetics, ANU-style* If this is any indication of how the ANU is run in terms of courses offered, then questions need to be asked and some full and transparant answers are required. What is it about #Universtities these days, it’s just one clusterfuck ofter another at the moment… “The School of Cybernetics is an anomaly in the higher education landscape. The course fees are advertised at $39,925, although it’s unclear how many students, past or present, have paid the full amount. It is rumoured that almost every student has been granted a generous scholarship, although an ANU spokesperson declined to provide numbers. Highly confidential documents seen by this masthead indicate that very few of the 28.2 equivalent full-time students in 2023 paid the sticker price. That year, total revenue from fees, philanthropy, and research income was just $258,000 for the entire school – or $9,000 a student. Expenses attributed to the School of Cybernetics, however, were $7 million. The documents equate that to $237,000 a student, leaving the university with $228,000 per student to be found from elsewhere to cover the cost of teaching its tiny, privileged cohort. The ANU spokeswoman declined to answer how many cybernetics students had been awarded scholarships, the value of those scholarships, or where the money to fund them came from, other than that scholarships were generally funded by “industry and general revenue”. Sack all councils and review how appointments are made. Read more: https://theharereport.substack.com/profile/posts #TertiartyEducation #ANU #CoursesAndFaculties #AusPol #Cybernetics #Grants #Bursories #subsidies #TuitionFees #StudentDebt
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Robin Forlonge Patterson @RFPatterson@mastodon.nz · Jul 03, 2026
https://larssona.substack.com/p/snatching-victory-from-the-jaws-of (defeat) 'Going back to our roots 'I am very lucky to have played a small part in a successful people-powered resistance movement, and it has informed my thinking as a campaigner ever since. 'In #Aotearoa New Zealand, the current right-wing government reversed our country’s historic ban on offshore #oil and #gas #exploration shortly after coming to power. They even went so far as to introduce fresh #subsidies to lure #fossil fuel giants back to New Zealand waters. 'And do you know how many oil giants have packed their bags and rushed back to drill? 'Zero. 'Why? Because the #grassroots and #Indigenous-led #resistance that won the political ban in the first place didn’t just change the law - they changed the culture. They created a permanent, hostile #risk profile. Oil companies now look at New Zealand and realise their social license is completely dead. The financial and reputational risk of fighting an organised public is simply too high. 'So, while #politicians give the #industry a green light, the people block the path.'
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Nonilex
Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jan 08, 2026
Boosted by CM Harrington @octothorpe@mastodon.online
#House passes #bill to extend #healthcare #subsidies in defiance of #GOP leaders In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed #legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired #health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act [#ACA] as “renegade” GOP lawmakers joined essentially all #Democrats in voting for the measure. #law #trump #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #HealthInsurance https://apnews.com/article/house-democrats-republicans-vote-health-care-subsidies-7d69148c6619a190f8d4abb85a7344b8?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-08-Breaking+News
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