Major internet companies pretend that they’re best left alone. History shows otherwise.
As the planet warms and biodiversity collapses, those encouraging and profiting from the destruction of the Earth must be charged with ecocide
Every day, we learn more about the royals’ colonial legacy and financial privileges – and it has given a huge boost to the republican movement
"Whatever you think of the contradictions of the British monarchy – a putative democracy with an inherited figure at its head and an unwritten constitution dependent on trust, in which the final arbitrating institution is opaque – you probably didn’t lose much sleep over it until you were forced to learn the word “prorogue” and witness the consequences of a queen who could only assent and a prime minister who could lie to her without facing meaningful censure."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/28/the-monarchy-looks-vulnerable-will-britains-republicans-bring-down-the-king #monarchy
Itttt’s baaack… After not happening for the past three years, the Kottke Holiday Gift Guide has returned. I’ve
Jason's gift guide is really thoughtful and fun. Makes me want to make a gift guide of my own. Dunno if I need to encourage folks to get stuff, but I love to share what I've learned! https://kottke.org/23/11/the-2023-kottke-holiday-gift-guide
Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders.
New revelations show just how bad the oil countries really are
The annual worldwide climate conferences—the next starts this week—represent our species last hope at mitigating climate change.
But the raw greed and corruption of the oil industry have turned them into a total farce.
Here’s Bill McKibben’s scathing, blistering, mind-numbing report.
#Climate #COP28
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-corrupted-cop?publication_id=438146&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=27ssa
The UAE will have its moment of glory while the UK press worries more about petrostate money buying the Telegraph, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
The fact that the president of this week’s Cop28 climate conference in Dubai is also the CEO of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil firm crosses the fine line between mirthless joke and extinction-level distress signal.
#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/28/cop28-save-planet-oil-uae-telegraph
Michael Lewis spoke to TIME about his new book, 'Going Infinite,' and why he thinks most people misunderstand Sam Bankman-Fried.
Journalists have always been among the most thin-skinned people around. They are great at dishing it out, but whine when they're the subject.
I'd thought Michael Lewis -- an author I've greatly admired in the past -- would be less defensive than most. But no. He not only misconstrues the mostly just criticism of his Sam Bankman-Fried hagiography, he's even comparing SBF's prosecution to a lynching. https://time.com/6321668/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-going-infinite/
Embarrassing (at best) on so many levels....
h/t @molly0xfff
Centuries-old settlement patterns — and the attitudes they spawned about government — are to blame for differences in longevity between red southern states and bluer parts of the country.
Republican billionaire donors dropped the average life expectancy of Americans by 5 years.
The 1% is quite proud of that fact.
They killed 1.18 Americans to shave a few points off tax revenues.
Gun violence. Covid.
The rich believe more Americans need to die because they oppose public health care system.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/01/america-life-expectancy-regions-00113369
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/american-life-expectancy-dropping/
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