Wednesday, December 28, 2022
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'Free speech' is whatever the rich say it is
'Free speech' is whatever the rich say it is: As Elon Musk’s tragicomic Twitter takeover makes clear, ‘free speech’ and other rights become hollow slogans when power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a few.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Video appears to show right-wing streamer Tomas Morales illegally entering the Capitol on Jan 6
Video appears to show right-wing streamer Tomas Morales illegally entering the Capitol on Jan 6: Tomas Morales, a Los Angeles-based right-wing streamer and notorious troll associated with the Proud Boys and the racist Groyper movement, appears to have...
Return to Foretop's Father | PBS
Return to Foretop's Father | PBS: Return to Foretop's Father follows 78-year-old Crow tribal elder Grant Bulltail.
Monday, December 19, 2022
Our conflicted relationship with animals | Salon.com
Our conflicted relationship with animals | Salon.com: Why do we get so angry with animal abusers, but eat more animals than ever before? An expert provides some clues
Sunday, December 18, 2022
Biden Moves Ahead With Embassy on Stolen Palestinian Land
Biden Moves Ahead With Embassy on Stolen Palestinian Land: Objections from the land’s rightful owners — including U.S. citizens — are going unacknowledged by the administration.
Ron DeSantis Is a Case Study in the Threat of Fascism in the US - Truthout
Ron DeSantis Is a Case Study in the Threat of Fascism in the US - Truthout: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has pursued white supremacist policies with deep roots in the Jim Crow era.
Elon Musk’s Takeover Through The Eyes of Twitter’s Janitors - In These Times
Elon Musk’s Takeover Through The Eyes of Twitter’s Janitors - In These Times: Three weeks before the holidays, Twitter laid off its custodial staff. We spoke to them on what they saw at HQ.
Saturday, December 17, 2022
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PIG LITTLE LIES: THE MOVIE - Featured - UnchainedTV
PIG LITTLE LIES: THE MOVIE - Featured - UnchainedTV: The hit UnchainedTV reality series featuring a family of pigs is now a movie. Grab the popcorn. Prepare to laugh & cry!
Home - INSURRECTION EXPOSED
Home - INSURRECTION EXPOSED: Attempts by former President Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election—culminating in the violent assault on Congress on Jan. 6, 2021—were a dramatic prelude to escalating efforts to undermine public confidence in voting in the U.S., eroding the foundation of democracy. The 147 members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election ... Read more
Franco, Hoover, Kissinger, McNamara, Pinochet, Reagan, Thatcher, George W, Bush, Cheney, Tony Blair, etc. and now Trump, all members of the global unarrestable class allowed to walk away free from their crimes.
Noam Chomsky Believes Trump Is “the Worst Criminal in Human History” | The New Yorker: The activist and linguist has serious concerns about the future of American democracy, although, in his view, it “was never much to write home about.”
The Weirdest Animal Products Used in Non-Vegan Food & Goods | VeganFriendly.org.uk
The Weirdest Animal Products Used in Non-Vegan Food & Goods | VeganFriendly.org.uk: If you are a vegan the aim is to avoid all animal products, from the obvious and straightforward through to the weird and (not very) wonderful. Not eating meat is, in theory, simple, but there are lots and lots of rather strange non-vegan items that find their way into the diets and lives of those
Monday, December 12, 2022
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Unvaxxed father of 11 dies of COVID. You can't make up what happened next
Unvaxxed father of 11 dies of COVID. You can't make up what happened next: This series documents stories from the Herman Cain Awards subreddit, tracking the COVID mis- and disinformation on Facebook that is leading to so many deaths. Today’s cautionary tale is a bizarre story of stupid and … greed? Greed would be a new one,...
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Friday, December 9, 2022
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
What if We Cancel the Apocalypse? - New Lines Magazine
What if We Cancel the Apocalypse? - New Lines Magazine: How the aesthetic, utopian yet pragmatic movement of Solarpunk reimagines a future without a climate catastrophe
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Monday, December 5, 2022
Puerto Rican Cities Sue Fossil Fuel Companies in Major Class-Action, Climate Fraud Case - DeSmog
Puerto Rican Cities Sue Fossil Fuel Companies in Major Class-Action, Climate Fraud Case - DeSmog: Nearly 25 years ago, oil major Shell predicted in an internal 1998 report that a class-action lawsuit would be brought against fossil fuel companies following “a series of violent storms.” That prediction is finally coming true: A group of Puerto Rican communities, which were ravaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, are suing Shell […]
European Research Group Loses Two-Thirds of its Paid-Up Members – Byline Times
European Research Group Loses Two-Thirds of its Paid-Up Members – Byline Times: The hard-Brexit lobbying group, which produces research paid for by taxpayer-funded expenses, appears to be losing support
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Saturday, December 3, 2022
For Your Consideration: The Candidates Of Flatch | Season 2 Ep. 8 | WELC...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
AC/DC - Baby, Please Don't Go LIVE 1975 FULL HD
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Onetime Trump Appointee Helps Spark Sweeping ESG Backlash - Bloomberg
Onetime Trump Appointee Helps Spark Sweeping ESG Backlash - Bloomberg
"American Legislative Exchange Council, a group that produces model laws for conservative states, is using Puzder’s anti-ESG draft bill as a template. ALEC had fought socially responsible investing and anti-apartheid divestment efforts back in the 1980s."
Meet the oldest pot plant in the world | Kew
Meet the oldest pot plant in the world | Kew: Our Eastern Cape giant cycad (Encephalartos altensteinii) arrived at Kew in 1775. Here's its unique story.
Monday, November 28, 2022
Covid-19 origins: New studies agree that animals sold at Wuhan market are most likely what started pandemic | CNN
Covid-19 origins: New studies agree that animals sold at Wuhan market are most likely what started pandemic | CNN: In June, the World Health Organization recommended that scientists continue to research all possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, including a lab leak. Two newly published studies take totally different approaches but arrive at the same conclusion: The Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, was most likely the epicenter for the coronavirus.
Sunday, November 27, 2022
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022
White Nationalist Book Publishers in Pennsylvania Revealed | Southern Poverty Law Center
White Nationalist Book Publishers in Pennsylvania Revealed | Southern Poverty Law Center: Hatewatch has identified three previously anonymous principals in the publishing company Antelope Hill Publishing, which specializes in translating historical works by Nazis, fascists and ultranationalists, and original works by contemporary white nationalists, neo-fascists and others on the far right. Hatewatch identified these individuals using a combination of public
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Climate Change, Deforestation Drive Bat Virus Spillover Into Humans | The Scientist Magazine®
Climate Change, Deforestation Drive Bat Virus Spillover Into Humans | The Scientist Magazine®: Bats that experience food shortages due to climate change and habitat loss end up roosting in urban settings, where they shed more of the deadly Hendra virus.
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future - The New York Times
Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future - The New York Times: Choosing crops wisely and managing water are crucial for Jordanian agriculture as climate change accelerates. The sector once used about 70 percent of the country’s water supply, though it contributes relatively little to the gross domestic product.
Use has decreased to around 50 percent, which Mr. Salameh, the government spokesman, cited as a promising indicator. But many farmers still focus on water-intensive crops that are becoming more difficult to grow.
Khaireddin Shukri, 68, is a retired farm owner and a consultant who has long pushed for crops that require less water and bring in more money. He said the water issue revolves around planning and pointed to inefficient practices and waste.
“It’s a country with huge potential but lack of management,” he said of Jordan.
On a visit to a date farm that Mr. Shukri helps oversee, he showed off the crop that he has championed for years: Medjool dates, which can tolerate salty, lower-quality water, and garner high prices.
Yields at farms in the area were small this summer because the fields received less water and what did come was saltier than usual. At one farm, they grew only half of the more water-intensive crops like eggplant
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Trump's Takeover (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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The Monarchy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Sunday, November 13, 2022
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Revealed: Four Supreme Court justices attended right-wing gala — further imperiling SCOTUS credibility - Alternet.org
Revealed: Four Supreme Court justices attended right-wing gala — further imperiling SCOTUS credibility - Alternet.org: Four U.S. Supreme Court justices attended the black-tie dinner gala at the first Federalist Society convention since the court overturned Roe vs. Wade in its controversial Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health decision.Associated Press correspondent Mark Sherman reported Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney ...
Peter Thiel: The Billionaire Buying The End of Democracy | The Class Roo...
Thursday, November 10, 2022
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Military Bases Are Disproportionately Poisoning Communities of Color
Military Bases Are Disproportionately Poisoning Communities of Color: North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune exemplifies the concerning extent to which toxic contamination has gone unaddressed.
Monday, November 7, 2022
The 2022 Midterms Are a Referendum on the Future of Democracy in the US
The 2022 Midterms Are a Referendum on the Future of Democracy in the US: The coming election will show whether the mass of voters in the U.S. support democracy or fascism.
Ahead of Midterms, Americans Say Crime is Up. Is It? | The Marshall Project
Ahead of Midterms, Americans Say Crime is Up. Is It? | The Marshall Project: More people than ever believe crime is up in their area, polls show. But public perception doesn’t always match reality.
Friday, November 4, 2022
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Make America Great, At Last | Democracy Now!
Make America Great, At Last | Democracy Now!: By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Political violence must be condemned, and countered with massive voter turnout.
Defying Pentagon Secrecy, Reporting Exposes Retired US Generals on Saudi Payroll
Defying Pentagon Secrecy, Reporting Exposes Retired US Generals on Saudi Payroll: "The government fought us for two years to keep these records a secret," said one Washington Post journalist. "We sued, and won."
Wow. "The government fought us for two years to keep these records a secret."
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Sunak - speculator, corporate raider, bailout beneficiary, um... and "racist imperialist" too
Rishi Sunak’s rise khanucked smug assumptions about ‘ra...: In ‘racist’, ‘imperialist’ Britain, a prime minister drawn from a minority community is quite real. In progressive South Africa it is impossible to even imagine this eventuality.
"Screenplay" The Marlowe Inquest (TV Episode 1986) - IMDb
"Screenplay" The Marlowe Inquest (TV Episode 1986) - IMDb: The Marlowe Inquest: Directed by Anthony Garner. With Michael Pennington, Geoffrey Beevers, Nicholas Gecks, Nicholas Le Prevost. In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant figures of the 16th century in order to determine what really happened to the playwright and poet, Christopher Marlowe.
CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978: CEOs were paid 399 times as much as a typical worker in 2021 | Economic Policy Institute
CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978: CEOs were paid 399 times as much as a typical worker in 2021 | Economic Policy Institute: What this report finds: Corporate boards running America’s largest public firms are giving top executives outsize compensation packages that have grown much faster than the stock market and the pay of typical workers, college graduates, and even the top 0.1%. In 2021, we project that a CEO at one of the top 350 firms in the U.S. was paid $27.8 million on average (using a “realized” measure of CEO pay that counts stock awards when vested and stock options when cashed in). This 11.1% increase from 2020 occurred because of rapid growth in vested stock awards. Using a different “granted” measure of CEO pay (which counts the value of stock awards and options when granted rather than realized), average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.4% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989. CEOs are even making a lot more than other very high earners (wage earners in the top 0.1%)—almost seven times as much. From 1978 to 2021, CEO pay based on realized compensation grew by 1,460%, far outstripping S&P stoc
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Home - Spotlight on the Border
Home - Spotlight on the Border: Spotlight on the Borderlands: Mapping Human Rights The Spotlight initiative aims to create tools and resources to deepen the understanding of the border and animate social change. Through digital mapping, storytelling, and participatory popular education methodologies, we aim to highlight the complex topographies and cartographies of human rights at the border. The human rights map […]
When Your Neighbor Turns You In | WIRED
When Your Neighbor Turns You In | WIRED: Authoritarian societies depend on people ratting each other out for activities that were recently legal—and it's already happening in the US.
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Can and Does Plastic Get Recycled? Report Finds Shockingly Low Rates in U.S., around 4.5 percent.
Does Plastic Get Recycled? Report Finds Shockingly Low Rates in U.S.: Does plastic get recycled? A Greenpeace report found that 2021 recycling rates in the U.S. were abysmal.
Friday, October 28, 2022
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Rishi Sunak’s net worth makes him one of the richest U.K. prime ministers - The Washington Post
Rishi Sunak’s net worth makes him one of the richest U.K. prime ministers - The Washington Post: To those who ask if he's too rich to be prime minister, his backers say that it's his financial acumen that the country needs right now.
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Roger Scruton and the Fascists Who Love Him
Roger Scruton and the Fascists Who Love Him: Is an intellectual responsible for the people who choose to champion his legacy?
I'll never get back those torturous hours I had to read the insufferable Scruton during Grad School.
Friday, October 21, 2022
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Miles Davis - Sanctuary, Live in Europe 1969 (Live Video)
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Billionaire Peter Thiel Goes All-In to Disrupt America's Democracy
Billionaire Peter Thiel Goes All-In to Disrupt America's Democracy:
Re-energized this election cycle, the tech entrepreneur joins other mega-donors apparently out to undercut the political system
Peter Thiel is...
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Thursday, October 13, 2022
When Will the Victims of Oil Companies’ Lies Get Their Day In Court?
When Will the Victims of Oil Companies’ Lies Get Their Day In Court?: It’s past time for the fossil fuel industry to face the same type of courtroom reckoning the tobacco industry did in the late 1990s and Alex Jones faced yesterday
Catastrophe: Historians reveal Israel's use of Poisoning, Typhoid against Palestinians in 1948
Catastrophe: Historians reveal Israel's use of Poisoning, Typhoid against Palestinians in 1948: By Nasim Ahmed | - ( Middle East Monitor ) - The details of Israel's secret use of biological weapons and poison against Palestinians during the 1947/48 ethnic cleansing campaign has been revealed in a recent article by historians Benny Morris and Benjamin Kedar. The 84-year-old Kedar is professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the more well-known Morris is famed for his work as one of Israel's 'New Historians'. This group of Israeli scholars, including Professors Ilan Pappe and Avi Shlaim, dismantled the occupation state's official narrative about its creation in 1948 and the birth of the
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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The European Union Is Deliberately Leaving Migrants Abandoned at Sea
The European Union Is Deliberately Leaving Migrants Abandoned at Sea: In recent years, European coastguards have illegally pushed tens of thousands of people back across the EU’s sea borders. Now, a court challenge is exposing EU border agency Frontex’s conduct — and an immigration regime that deliberately drowns people.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
The Labour Files | Al Jazeera Investigative Unit
The Labour Files | Al Jazeera Investigative Unit: The Labour Files, the largest leak in British political history, examines thousands of internal documents, emails and social media messages.
Marvel Heads Revealed to be Closely Connected to Israeli Intelligence
Marvel Heads Revealed to be Closely Connected to Israeli Intelligence: With Marvel’s U.S. military propaganda in full swing, it seems the studio is now turning its focus to Israeli nationalism.
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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Friday, September 30, 2022
Inside Trump's Plot to Send Rapists and Killers to 'Destabilize' Liberal Cities
Inside Trump's Plot to Send Rapists and Killers to 'Destabilize' Liberal Cities:
Years before Ron DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard stunt, the then-president asked his team to take migrants suspected of violence and bus t...
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Watchdog publishes 'staggering' list of Donald Trump's 55 'credibly accused' criminal offenses - Alternet.org
Watchdog publishes 'staggering' list of Donald Trump's 55 'credibly accused' criminal offenses - Alternet.org: A nonpartisan federal government watchdog has updated its list of “uncharged” criminal offenses it says Donald Trump stands “credibly accused” of committing, and is urging the Dept. of Justice to prosecute them, warning that “the rule of law is not self-enforcing.”
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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Little Richard: Tutti Frutti was actually a graphic, NSFW tribute to anal sex
Little Richard: Tutti Frutti was actually a graphic, NSFW tribute to anal sex: Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard, once sang a little ditty called "Tutti Frutti", a song all about lust, lube and anal sex.
Friday, September 23, 2022
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WATCH: Hilarious Parody From the Daily Show, It’s Time For MAGA To Have “The Talk” About Their Cult | PolitiZoom
WATCH: Hilarious Parody From the Daily Show, It’s Time For MAGA To Have “The Talk” About Their Cult | PolitiZoom: This is who we are in 2022. We are not in the same political climate that the vast majority of us grew up in. No, we are in something called the Culture War and the
Friday, September 16, 2022
Fascist influencer Oswald Mosley, I mean Tucker Carlson, says British civilised India - BBC News
Tucker Carlson: Anger after Fox News host says British civilised India - BBC News: Tucker Carlson of Fox News said India produced no architectural marvels after the British left.
Thursday, September 15, 2022
BREAKING NEWS: DOJ Investigating Ties Between the FBI and the Kremlin Agent Behind 2016 Trump-Russia Collusion; Jared Kushner May Also Be Implicated
BREAKING NEWS: DOJ Investigating Ties Between the FBI and the Kremlin Agent Behind 2016 Trump-Russia Collusion; Jared Kushner May Also Be Implicated: A new Insider report is here expanded upon by Proof to reveal a potentially harrowing triangle linking Trump’s lead agent in Trump-Russia collusion, Putin’s lead agent in the same events, and the FBI.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Bank of America Memo: “We Hope” Worker Power Worsens
Bank of America Memo: “We Hope” Worker Power Worsens: The financial behemoth privately fears that regular people have too much leverage.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Monday, September 12, 2022
Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History
Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History: No institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy as effectively as the British monarchy.
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Hundreds in Congress, law enforcement, and military are members of fascist groups – People's World
Hundreds in Congress, law enforcement, and military are members of fascist groups – People's World: The names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of the Oath Keepers, an extremist group that’s accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S.
Friday, September 9, 2022
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Lies, Politics and Democracy | FRONTLINE
Lies, Politics and Democracy | FRONTLINE: The FRONTLINE documentary "Lies, Politics and Democracy" looks at political leaders and choices made that have threatened American democracy.
Crime pays, for sleazy, coal-addicted Glencore (including its new "Astron Energy" brand in SA) - whose mates (incl Cyril Ramaphosa) "need some 'chocolates',” but their "excrement is bound to hit the aircon"
Parliament to shine spotlight on Glencore operations - The Mail & Guardian: It has called for an official investigation into mining licences and contracts awarded to the company in South Africa
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Right Wing Round-Up: Oath Keepers Unmasked | Right Wing Watch
Right Wing Round-Up: Oath Keepers Unmasked | Right Wing Watch: A project of People For the American Way
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Patriot Front | Southern Poverty Law Center
Patriot Front | Southern Poverty Law Center: Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that broke off from Vanguard America in the aftermath of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, of August 12, 2017.
Friday, September 2, 2022
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Two-Day Whited Sepulchre Records Music Fest Brings Local and National Experimental Acts to Northside | Live Music | Cincinnati | Cincinnati CityBeat
Two-Day Whited Sepulchre Records Music Fest Brings Local and National Experimental Acts to Northside | Live Music | Cincinnati | Cincinnati CityBeat: The fest takes place at Urban Artifact and Hexagon House and also includes a record and cassette fair.
The Federal Reserve is wrong: Corporations should pay to stop inflation, not workers
The Federal Reserve is wrong: Corporations should pay to stop inflation, not workers: The Federal Reserve says wages should go down to get inflation under control. What if we just stopped corporate profiteering and the lax rules that make it possible?
The Senate is 50/50, Yet America is Not - and This is Democracy?
The Senate is 50/50, Yet America is Not - and This is Democracy?: The ten least populous states have a combined 7.9 million residents but throw equal weight in the senate to the ten representing 164 million Americans. How can we fix this?
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
The Fed’s inflation plan is class war - Tempest
The Fed’s inflation plan is class war - Tempest: By quickly raising interest rates over the summer, the Federal Reserve Board has pushed the economy toward recession. The Fed is waging class war, argues Shamus Cooke, and workers need independent politics to fight back.
EXPOSED: Starbucks' Illegal Union-Busting Campaign - YouTube
EXPOSED: Starbucks' Illegal Union-Busting Campaign - YouTube: Starbucks is engaged in an unprecedented illegal union-busting scheme that spans two dozen states. Unreported documents, filings, and interviews reveal a sho...
When We Rose to Fight COVID, We Were Deliberately Turned Against Each Other
When We Rose to Fight COVID, We Were Deliberately Turned Against Each Other: There was a time when we came together to fight COVID, but that energy threatened the status quo more than the virus.
Monday, August 29, 2022
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Friday, August 26, 2022
Climate Crisis Is Killing Off Key Insects and Spreading Insect-Borne Diseases
Climate Crisis Is Killing Off Key Insects and Spreading Insect-Borne Diseases: Although climate change is undoubtedly bad news for many insects, some that spread disease are thriving.
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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Saturday, August 13, 2022
Full Frontal Rewind: Sam's Hottest GOP Burns
So sad to see one of the best of the very of the few woman-centered shows cancelled. 
Friday, August 12, 2022
Friday, June 10, 2022
Shipping Chaos Is the Latest Sign that Capitalism Is Eating Itself
Shipping Chaos Is the Latest Sign that Capitalism Is Eating Itself
A great place to study how the psychopaths in power use semiocapitalism and the temptations of "stuff" to destroy the planet and all life on it. #ExtinctionRebellion #SystemChangeNotClimateChange
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Bifo on [Gun] Violence
“Today, the psychotic framework of hyper-stimulation and constant mobilization of nervous energy is pushing people, especially suggestible young people, socially marginalized and precarious, to a different kind of acting out: an explosive demonstration of energy, a violent mobilization of the body, which culminates in the aggressive, murderous explosion of the self.”
Franco 'Bifo' Berardi, Heroes: Mass Murder and Suicide, Verso, 2015, p. 56.
Monday, June 6, 2022
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The present extinctions...
Some 20,000 species are now on the brink of extinction, including one in four mammal species, one in three amphibians, and one in eight birds. In the last 500 yers human activity has caused more than 1,000 extinctions.
Friday, May 27, 2022
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Why is Matt Yglesias? - by Parker Molloy - The Present Age
Why is Matt Yglesias? - by Parker Molloy - The Present Age: Søren Kierkegaard as I did less than two weeks ago: we live in an “age of advertisement and publicity. Nothing ever happens but there is immediate publicity everywhere.”
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
The Greatest Casualty of the Ukraine War Could Be Planet Earth Itself | Portside
The Greatest Casualty of the Ukraine War Could Be Planet Earth Itself | Portside: he war in Ukraine has already caused massive death and destruction, with more undoubtedly to come as the fighting intensifies in the country’s east and south. Many thousands of soldiers and civilians have already been killed or wounded, some 13 million Ukrainians have been forced from their homes, and an estimated one-third of the country’s infrastructure has been destroyed. Worse yet, that war’s brutal consequences have in no way been limited to Ukraine and Russia: hunger and food insecurity are increasing across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East as grain deliveries from two of the world’s leading wheat producers have been severed. People are also suffering globally from another harsh consequence of that war: soaring fuel prices. And yet even those manifestations of the war’s “collateral damage” don’t come close to encompassing what could be the greatest casualty of all: planet Earth itself.
Any major war will, of course, inflict immense harm on the environment and Ukraine’s no exception. Although far from over, the fighting there has already resulted in widespread habitat and farmland destruction, while attacks on fuel-storage facilities (crucial targets for both sides) and the
Texas elementary school shooting updates: Students, 1 teacher killed in Uvalde - The Washington Post
Texas elementary school shooting updates: Students, 1 teacher killed in Uvalde - The Washington Post: A gunman killed at least 14 people at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said.
Monday, May 23, 2022
Don't Be So Hard On Yourself: Advice for ADHD Adults
Don't Be So Hard On Yourself: Advice for ADHD Adults: Don't be so hard on yourself! Adults with ADHD tend to be self-critical. Learn how to practice self-compassion.
'More Evil Than Even I Imagined': Theologian Calls Southern Baptists' Massive Sexual Abuse and Coverup an 'Apocalypse'
'More Evil Than Even I Imagined': Theologian Calls Southern Baptists' Massive Sexual Abuse and Coverup an 'Apocalypse': Russell Moore, the former President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, is calling the massive sexual abuse – including child molestation and rape – in the SBC an “apocalypse.” He says, “I cannot help but wonder what else this can be called but a criminal conspiracy.” The Southern Baptist …
Useful passage that gets to the heart of Baudrillard's 'fatal strategies'
Objects and images are traps which reality is kind enough to walk into, playing an intelligent extra's role, but the traps never close on it, nor it on them. If illusions are always illusions of a reality, reality, for its part, is never the reality of anything but an illusion. Or rather, illusion does not stand opposed to reality, whether we are speaking of the illusions of childhood, war or love: it is a more subtle reality, which envelops primary reality in the sign of its disappearance.
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The whole world is merely an illusion of the senses and the sensory trace of that disappearance. It is in the sense that objects deceive us by the space, the distance from their own sources – but in the end, we become the object of the objects which deceive us, and we fall under the spell of that distance.
Jean Baudrillard, Fragments: Cool Memories III, trans. Emily Agar, London: Verso, 1`997, p. 116.
Sunday, May 22, 2022
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From fake customer accounts to fake job interviews, Wells Fargo is just the worst
From fake customer accounts to fake job interviews, Wells Fargo is just the worst: Wells Fargo is once again making headlines for being a terrible, unethical company even by the poor standards of the financial industry. Just over two years after the bank paid a $3 billion fine for opening millions of fake accounts in the names of...
Friday, May 20, 2022
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14 May 1938 the England football team gave a Nazi salute before a match in Berlin.
They had been ordered to do so by the govt which had made a pact with Hitler when much of the ruling class supported fascism.
Friday, May 13, 2022
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