Laws for thee, but not for me
In 2011, Aaron Swartz was arrested after he downloaded millions of academic journal articles from JSTOR via the MIT network. He was charged under federal laws (including wire fraud and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) with up to 13 felony counts, carrying the possibility of decades in prison, large fines, and other penalties. These federal charges eventually led to his death in 2013.No AI company was ever charged under federal laws.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Emails Reveal Close Correspondence With Harvard Professors, Bloomberg Reports
Several Harvard professors — including former Social Science divisional dean Stephen M. Kosslyn, education professor Howard E. Gardner, and former Harvard Medical School professor Mark Tramo — maintained contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein after he was first indicted in 2006 for soliciting prostitution.
Epstein planned gatherings and discussed funding for Harvard research with the professors, who offered the now-deceased felon words of encouragement after the first indictment was filed, according to a collection of more than 18,000 emails from Epstein’s inbox obtained by Bloomberg News.
Between Epstein’s indictment in 2006 and subsequent guilty plea to soliciting prostitution with a minor in 2008, Kosslyn sent Epstein emails arranging dinner with other scholars, and with Harvard Law School professor Alan M. Dershowitz — Epstein’s close friend and attorney.
Gardner sent Epstein a list of book recommendations and promised to follow up with “advice about offsprings.” Two months after Epstein negotiated a guilty plea to two state charges, Gardner advised him to “take a deep breath” and “take one day at a time.”
Jeffrey Epstein’s Emails Reveal Close Correspondence With Harvard Professors, Bloomberg Reports | News | The Harvard Crimson
Several Harvard professors maintained contact with Jeffrey Epstein after he was first indicted in 2006 for soliciting prostitution, according to Bloomberg News, which reviewed more than 18,000 emails from Epstein’s inbox.www.thecrimson.com
The Case Against Generative AI
Brian Merchant has done excellent work covering how LLMs have devoured the work of translators, using cheap, “almost good” automation to lower already-stagnant wages in a field that was already hurting before the advent of generative AI, with some having to abandon the field, and others pushed into bankruptcy. I’ve heard the same for art directors, SEO experts, and copy editors, and Christopher Mims of the Wall Street Journal covered these last year.These are all fields with something in common: shitty bosses with little regard for their customers who have been eagerly waiting for the opportunity to slash contract labor. To quote Merchant, “the drumbeat, marketing, and pop culture of ‘powerful AI’ encourages and permits management to replace or degrade jobs they might not otherwise have.”
Across the board, the people being “replaced” by AI are the victims of lazy, incompetent cost-cutters who don’t care if they ship poorly-translated text. To quote Merchant again, “[AI hype] has created the cover necessary to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output for video games and media products.”
Generative AI creates outputs, and by extension defines all labor as some kind of output created from a request. In the case of translation, it’s possible for a company to get by with a shitty version, because many customers see translation as “what do these words say,” even though (as one worker told Merchant) translation is about conveying meaning. Nevertheless, “translation” work had already started to condense to a world where humans would at times clean up machine-generated text, and the same worker warned that the same might come for other industries.Yet the problem is that translation is a heavily output-driven industry, one where (idiot) bosses can say “oh yeah that’s fine” because they ran an output back through Google Translate and it seemed fine in their native tongue. The problems of a poor translation are obvious, but the customers of translation are, it seems, often capable of getting by with a shitty product.
The problem is that most jobs are not output-driven at all, and what we’re buying from a human being is a person’s ability to think.
Every CEO talking about AI replacing workers is an example of the real problem: that most companies are run by people who don’t understand or experience the problems they’re solving, don’t do any real work, don’t face any real problems, and thus can never be trusted to solve them. The Era of the Business Idiot is the result of letting management consultants and neoliberal “free market” sociopaths take over everything, leaving us with companies run by people who don’t know how the companies make money, just that they must always make more.
When you’re a big, stupid asshole, every job that you see is condensed to its outputs, and not the stuff that leads up to the output, or the small nuances and conscious decisions that make an output good as opposed to simply acceptable, or even bad.
The only thing “powerful” about generative AI is its mythology. The world’s executives, entirely disconnected from labor and actual production, are doing the only thing they know how to — spend a bunch of money and say vague stuff about “AI being the future.” There are people — journalists, investors, and analysts — that have built entire careers on filling in the gaps for the powerful as they splurge billions of dollars and repeat with increasing desperation that “the future is here” as absolutely nothing happens.You’ve likely seen a few ridiculous headlines recently. One of the most recent, and most absurd, is that that OpenAI will pay Oracle $300 billion over four years, closely followed with the claim that NVIDIA will “invest” “$100 billion” in OpenAI to build 10GW of AI data centers, though the deal is structured in a way that means that OpenAI is paid “progressively as each gigawatt is deployed,” and OpenAI will be leasing the chips (rather than buying them outright). I must be clear that these deals are intentionally made to continue the myth of generative AI, to pump NVIDIA, and to make sure OpenAI insiders can sell $10.3 billion of shares.
OpenAI cannot afford the $300 billion, NVIDIA hasn’t sent OpenAI a cent and won’t do so if it can’t build the data centers, which OpenAI most assuredly can’t afford to do.
NVIDIA needs this myth to continue, because in truth, all of these data centers are being built for demand that doesn’t exist, or that — if it exists — doesn’t necessarily translate into business customers paying huge amounts for access to OpenAI’s generative AI services.
NVIDIA, OpenAI, CoreWeave and other AI-related companies hope that by announcing theoretical billions of dollars (or hundreds of billions of dollars) of these strange, vague and impossible-seeming deals, they can keep pretending that demand is there, because why else would they build all of these data centers, right?
That, and the entire stock market rests on NVIDIA’s back. It accounts for 7% to 8% of the value of the S&P 500, and Jensen Huang needs to keep selling GPUs. I intend to explain later on how all of this works, and how brittle it really is.
The intention of these deals is simple: to make you think “this much money can’t be wrong.”
It can. These people need you to believe this is inevitable, but they are being proven wrong, again and again, and today I’m going to continue doing so.
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 words.Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)
The US Empire has never been a democracy, it's been a dictatorship of capital, and is now the world's dominant empire. The waning influence of western imperialism and the rise of the global south has led to dramatic improvements in developing countries now that the US Empire is more clearly in its death throes.
Hopefully we can have a socialist revolution within the empire to mitigate internal damage, but the rest of the world seems to be benefiting off of the US Empire's downfall.
AI will soon have a say in approving or denying Medicare treatments
Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients.
The pilot program, designed to weed out wasteful, “low-value” services, amounts to a federal expansion of an unpopular process called prior authorization, which requires patients or someone on their medical team to seek insurance approval before proceeding with certain procedures, tests, and prescriptions. It will affect Medicare patients, and the doctors and hospitals who care for them, in Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington, starting Jan. 1 and running through 2031.
'Arrest Netanyahu': Israeli PM gets a New York welcome outside the UN
Protesters said the Israeli prime minister should be in the Hague, not New York City
'Arrest Netanyahu': Israeli PM gets a New York welcome outside the UN
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to a half-empty room at the UN General Assembly, thousands of protesters were gathered in Times Square to condemn his presence in New York City.Maysa Mustafa (Middle East Eye)
Get ready for the next big bailout
When the Great Recession hit in 2008 and Americans stopped buying cars, it soon became clear that the auto companies might well go out of business. The millions of jobs that would’ve been lost and the terrible blow to the American economy were considered intolerable, so the government bailed the industry out to the tune of almost $80 billion.It was hugely controversial at the time; you might remember Mitt Romney’s famous “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” op-ed, which he never quite lived down. But what few Americans probably know is that there was a bailout almost as big during Donald Trump’s first term. The difference was that Trump’s bailout was entirely predictable and entirely avoidable. And now he’s about to do it all over again.
In this case, the ones being bailed out are farmers.
Just as he did in his first term, Trump seems to be implementing the following brilliant economic strategy. First, impose tariffs on foreign goods, knowing that other countries (especially China) will retaliate by no longer importing American agricultural products. Next, take the revenue raised by tariffs — which are essentially a sales tax imposed at ports of entry — and hand the money to the farmers who were harmed by his trade war.What that means is that the farmers will be insulated at least somewhat from the damage Trump’s foolish trade war did to them; in other words, they’ll get a bailout. The rest of us will pay for it. And the economy will get no benefit at all.
Get ready for the next big bailout
Trump's tariffs are wrecking the agribusiness economy — again.Paul Waldman (Public Notice)
Swift To Build a Global Financial Blockchain
In a move that is sure to make Ripple nervous, traditional financial network Swift announced yesterday that it is partnering with Consensys and more than 30 global banks to build a blockchain based network that will run in parallel with its traditional network. Interestingly, unlike XRP, there is no native coin, rather it aims for interoperability (probably using Chainlink with whom the company did case studies for a few years already). There is also a strong focus on regulatory compliance.
Swift To Build a Global Financial Blockchain - Slashdot
Camembert writes: In a move that is sure to make Ripple nervous, traditional financial network Swift announced yesterday that it is partnering with Consensys and more than 30 global banks to build a blockchain based network that will run in parallel …news.slashdot.org
Pete Hegseth tells top generals "prepare for war"
Pete Hegseth Tells Top Generals ‘Prepare For War’
Hegseth said: "Preparing for war and preparing to win. Unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit."Martha McHardy (Newsweek)
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Texas stops issuing commercial driver’s licenses to refugees, asylum seekers and DACA recipients
The announcement came after the Trump administration last week issued new rules to “drastically” restrict non-U.S. citizens from getting trucking licenses, and threatened to withhold federal funding from states that did not comply.
DPS said it would immediately suspend issuance of the licenses to non-citizens who are refugees, asylees or covered by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that protects from deportation children brought to the country without authorization.
Texas stops issuing CDLs to refugees, asylum seekers, DACA
The announcement is in line with a Trump administration rule to “drastically” restrict non-U.S. citizens from getting trucking licenses.Benjamin Wermund (Houston Chronicle)
The Trump-Appointed Diplomat Accused of Shielding El Salvador’s President From Law Enforcement
Bukele wanted the contractor out of the country — and in Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson, he had a powerful American friend. Johnson was a former CIA officer and appointee of President Donald Trump serving in his first diplomatic post. He had cultivated a strikingly close relationship with the Salvadoran president. After Bukele provided Johnson with the recordings, the ambassador immediately ordered an investigation that resulted in the contractor’s dismissal.
It was not the only favor Johnson did for Bukele, according to a ProPublica investigation based on a previously undisclosed report by the State Department’s inspector general and interviews with U.S. and Salvadoran officials. The dismissal of the contractor was part of a pattern in which Johnson has been accused of shielding Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement, ProPublica found. Johnson did little to pursue the extradition to the United States of an MS-13 boss who was a potential witness to the secret gang pact and a top target of the FBI-led task force, officials said.
How a U.S. Ambassador Allegedly Shielded President Bukele From Law Enforcement
A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement.ProPublica
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Louisiana issues a warrant to arrest California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills
New York officials cite a law there that seeks to protect medical providers who prescribe abortion medications to patients in states with abortion bans — or where such prescriptions by telehealth violate the law.
New York and California are among the eight states that have shield laws with such provisions, according to a tally by the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.
The Abortion Coalition of Telemedicine said they “fully expect” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, to uphold his state’s shield law in the new case.
Murrill told The Associated Press that she will sue governors whose shield laws “purport to protect these individuals from criminal conduct” in Louisiana.
White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer
WASHINGTON—The White House is planning to unveil a direct-to-consumer website for Americans to buy drugs, dubbed TrumpRx, while also announcing that Pfizer plans to lower prices on several of its medications in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.
TrumpRx would allow people to pay cash for certain drugs directly from a government website, at a discounted price negotiated by the government. It’s unclear how many drugs would be offered, or whether the website would be useful for the majority of Americans who are already covered by private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid.
California Gov. Newsom Could Put Big Oil’s Risky CO2 Pipelines Next To Homes, Wildlife
A Climate Leader Could Put Big Oil’s Risky Pipelines Next To Homes, Wildlife
California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines.The Lever
We never have money to desalinate water or bury power lines or bring fiber internet to homes.
But there’s always money for oil and gas projects.
Ballando slitta alle 21.30, torna Affari Tuoi nell’access del sabato di Rai 1
Cambio di strategia in casa Rai 1: da sabato 4 ottobre 2025, Ballando con le Stelle di Milly Carlucci inizierà più tardi, intorno alle 21:30, mentre lo slot post TG1 delle 20:00 tornerà ad essere occupato da Affari Tuoi con Stefano De Martino. Una scelta dettata dalla necessità di fronteggiare lo strapotere di Canale 5, che in access e prime time domina con l’accoppiata La Ruota della Fortuna e Tú Sí Que Vales.
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Ballando con le Stelle slitta alle 21:30: torna Affari Tuoi al sabato su Rai 1
Ballando con le Stelle slitta alle 21:30. Rai 1 riporta Affari Tuoi al sabato per contrastare La Ruota della Fortuna. Ecco cosa cambia.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Colombia manufactures its first rifles to replace 'Israeli' weapons
Colombian officials said Monday the country has produced its first combat rifle, a cheaper, lighter weapon aimed at replacing the arms that were once supplied its former military ally 'Israel'.
State-owned weapons manufacturer Indumil produced the arms, the first combat rifle manufactured in Colombia, to replace the "Galil", a rifle that had been assembled in Colombia using 'Israeli' components since the 1990s.
According to the AFP, the goal is to manufacture 400,000 lighter and cheaper rifles in five years and "gradually replace current weapons in the armed forces," Indumil manager and retired Colonel Javier Carmago said.
Colombia manufactures its first rifles to replace 'Israeli' weapons
An engineer holds a new rifle designed and manufactured in Colombia on September 29, 2025.(AFP)Roya News
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I'm not sure. I wouldn't trust our media to do anything close to factual reporting on him. He is a major enemy of the empire.
There is also much corruption in Colombia from previous governments. It's not all magically fixed overnight. And resisting the empire also comes with big sanctions.
The Feedback Loop That’s Breaking America
The Feedback Loop That’s Breaking America
Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a Utah event, sparking political blame, media bias debates, and Trump’s directive targeting “anti-fascist” groups.Pragmatic Papers
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The Old Playbook with a New Strongman
The Old Playbook with a New Strongman
Trump’s actions echo classic fascist patterns—media suppression, corruption, xenophobic rhetoric, and criminalizing dissent—posing a grave threat to U.S. democracy.Pragmatic Papers
Recognition and Repercussions: The UK Backs Palestinian Statehood
Recognition and Repercussions: The UK Backs Palestinian Statehood
The UK has recognised Palestine along 1967 borders, offering a boon to legal pressure on Israel but what effects will it have on the ground?Pragmatic Papers
The Recognition of Palestine
The Recognition of Palestine
European recognitions of Palestinian statehood signal a diplomatic shift, strengthening legal standing and international pressure, though immediate relief in Gaza is limited.Pragmatic Papers
Cooperative Social Networks @ Berlin Fediday
One of the current areas of interest for the Social Web Foundation is the use of cooperative legal structures for Fediverse services. Federation gives all of us a choice in services we use, without losing connection to our friends, family, colleagues and neighbours. These services can compete on technology, but they also provide us a chance to choose the kind of governance we want — individual or family servers, commercial services, or benevolent-dictator-for-life (BDFL) admins. The SWF thinks cooperatives may be a useful option for this governance mix.
Co-ops are a legal structure where users and/or workers co-own the organisation, and use participative, democratic processes for making decisions and running the services. Studies show that cooperatives in grocery stores or utility companies often provide better service and lower prices than their commercial, for-profit competitors. Applying this model to Fediverse servers has had mostly positive results, with social.coop, data.coop and cosocial.ca as sustainable examples.
I (Evan) will be speaking about the potential of cooperatives for Fediverse service governance at Berlin Fediday 2025, this coming Saturday, October 4. 2025 is the International Year of the Cooperative, which makes it a great time to talk about Fediverse cooperatives. I’m a fan of cooperatives; cosocial.ca is my home Fediverse service for personal use. I’ll be discussing some of SWF’s ideas to take the learnings of existing coops on the Fediverse and expand them to new users.
Consumer Cooperatives · Consumer Federation of America
CFA has long believed that cooperatives are a vital element in the American economy. Consumer cooperatives are businesses which belong to the people who use them.Consumer Federation of America
Hegseth Flies in Every General to Hear Him Rant About Beards
“We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans,” he said.
“No more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression,” he added. “We’re going to cut our hair, shave our beards, and adhere to standards.”
Pentagon Pete Melts Down at Generals in Deranged Trumpy Rant
The Secretary of War announced an overhaul of the military.Farrah Tomazin (The Daily Beast)
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Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped
Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped
The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan: A Rubber Stamp of Legitimacy on Israel’s Subjugation of Palestine
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36889349
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Sep 30, 2025
Three weeks after Israel attempted to assassinate Hamas’s lead negotiators in a series of airstrikes on the group’s offices in Doha, Qatar, President Donald Trump hailed the public announcement of his 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza as “potentially one of the great days ever in civilization.” The framework was drafted in coordination with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top adviser, Ron Dermer, and spearheaded by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Several Arab and Muslim states also contributed. No Palestinian officials from Hamas or any other faction, including the internationally-recognized Palestinian Authority, were consulted in crafting the plan.
Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan: A Rubber Stamp of Legitimacy on Israel’s Subjugation of Palestine
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Sep 30, 2025Three weeks after Israel attempted to assassinate Hamas’s lead negotiators in a series of airstrikes on the group’s offices in Doha, Qatar, President Donald Trump hailed the public announcement of his 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza as “potentially one of the great days ever in civilization.” The framework was drafted in coordination with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top adviser, Ron Dermer, and spearheaded by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Several Arab and Muslim states also contributed. No Palestinian officials from Hamas or any other faction, including the internationally-recognized Palestinian Authority, were consulted in crafting the plan.
Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan: A Rubber Stamp of Legitimacy on Israel’s Subjugation of Palestine
After his White House speech, Netanyahu said Israel will never withdraw from Gaza and promised to resume the genocide if Hamas does not disarm.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan: A Rubber Stamp of Legitimacy on Israel’s Subjugation of Palestine
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36889349
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Sep 30, 2025
Three weeks after Israel attempted to assassinate Hamas’s lead negotiators in a series of airstrikes on the group’s offices in Doha, Qatar, President Donald Trump hailed the public announcement of his 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza as “potentially one of the great days ever in civilization.” The framework was drafted in coordination with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top adviser, Ron Dermer, and spearheaded by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Several Arab and Muslim states also contributed. No Palestinian officials from Hamas or any other faction, including the internationally-recognized Palestinian Authority, were consulted in crafting the plan.
Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan: A Rubber Stamp of Legitimacy on Israel’s Subjugation of Palestine
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Sep 30, 2025Three weeks after Israel attempted to assassinate Hamas’s lead negotiators in a series of airstrikes on the group’s offices in Doha, Qatar, President Donald Trump hailed the public announcement of his 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza as “potentially one of the great days ever in civilization.” The framework was drafted in coordination with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top adviser, Ron Dermer, and spearheaded by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Several Arab and Muslim states also contributed. No Palestinian officials from Hamas or any other faction, including the internationally-recognized Palestinian Authority, were consulted in crafting the plan.
Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan: A Rubber Stamp of Legitimacy on Israel’s Subjugation of Palestine
After his White House speech, Netanyahu said Israel will never withdraw from Gaza and promised to resume the genocide if Hamas does not disarm.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan: A Rubber Stamp of Legitimacy on Israel’s Subjugation of Palestine
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Sep 30, 2025
Three weeks after Israel attempted to assassinate Hamas’s lead negotiators in a series of airstrikes on the group’s offices in Doha, Qatar, President Donald Trump hailed the public announcement of his 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza as “potentially one of the great days ever in civilization.” The framework was drafted in coordination with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top adviser, Ron Dermer, and spearheaded by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Several Arab and Muslim states also contributed. No Palestinian officials from Hamas or any other faction, including the internationally-recognized Palestinian Authority, were consulted in crafting the plan.
Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan: A Rubber Stamp of Legitimacy on Israel’s Subjugation of Palestine
After his White House speech, Netanyahu said Israel will never withdraw from Gaza and promised to resume the genocide if Hamas does not disarm.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
Att använda sociala medier kan innebära ett en person bara läser och inte skriver nåt. Det är betydligt färre som skriver nåt på sociala medier än det totala antallet som använder sociala medier. På en del sociala medier behöver en person inte ens ha ett konto för att läsa på sajten.
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Near a Garden Where Popes Go to Pray, Leo Plans to Speak on Climate
The address comes 10 years after his predecessor’s groundbreaking statement on global warming. His words will be watched for signals on the direction of the new papacy.
Microsoft’s AI boom is a climate threat Canada can’t ignore
Microsoft’s AI boom is a climate threat Canada can’t ignore
The scale of Microsoft’s energy footprint matters because of the environmental consequences imposed on local communities.Canada's National Observer
California Governor Newsom stakes claim as U.S. climate leader. Some back home no longer buy it
Environmental justice advocates say California missed an opportunity to advance its clean-air goals against a hostile Trump administration and resurgent oil industry
Newsom stakes claim as U.S. climate leader. Some back home disagree
Environmental justice advocates say California missed an opportunity to advance its clean air goals against a hostile Trump administration and resurgent Big OilRaheem Hosseini (San Francisco Chronicle)
At her boss’s urging, she pushed through the pain without a break until her body gave out
What a mystery. I guess the title "US capitalism continue to kill workers via weather" doesn't have the same ring to it.
Can China’s Emissions Plan Change the World’s Climate Future? China’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases will largely determine the world’s emissions trajectory, researchers say
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How China’s New Emissions Pledge Could Radically Alter Climate Change
China’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases will largely determine the world’s emissions trajectory, researchers sayYou Xiaoying (Scientific American)
mancanza di skill in tempi orari: così appare la tragedia ultimissima (ho perso il bus e succedono cose perché non riesco a regolarmi con il tempo)
Oggi è uno di quei giorni in cui che palle l’universo, odio la miseria, evviva la morte!!! Perché ancora non mi capacito di come le cose mi possano andare superstorte in modi così scemi che non dovrebbero essere proprio nemmeno in primo luogo concepibili… e si, d’accordo, in fondo in fondo questo tipo di questione […]
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mancanza di skill in tempi orari: così appare la tragedia ultimissima (ho perso il bus e succedono cose perché non riesco a regolarmi con il tempo)
Oggi è uno di quei giorni in cui che palle l’universo, odio la miseria, evviva la morte!!! Perché ancora non mi capacito di come le cose mi possano andare superstorte in modi così scemi che non dovrebbero essere proprio nemmeno in primo luogo concepibili… e si, d’accordo, in fondo in fondo questo tipo di questione va sempre a ricondursi direttamente ed unicamente ai miei problemi di skill, e non ho vergogna a dirlo, ma questo non mi fa magicamente perdere il diritto di lamentarmi… non ce la posso più fare. La cosa per niente simpatica di cui sto facendo esperienza ultimamente è che la mattina, quando devo uscire di casa (e già qui…), se mi sveglio ad un orario per cui mi lascio giusto il poco tempo di fare colazione, lavarmi e preparare la roba che manca, sapendo che ho quel tempo lì abbastanza definito e scandito senza troppo margine di sminchiamento — entro un limite, chiaramente; meno 3 quarti d’ora comunque non ce li posso mettere — allora non faccio tardi… Ma se, piuttosto, mi posso alzare alle 10, non cucinata di sonno, ma allo stesso tempo con un enorme margine di manovra per perdere tempo involontariamente… il tempo lo perdo, e succede come stamattina… 🥱
Zio canino del carbossile carbonizzato, perché come ho perso tempo stamattina, e di conseguenza l’autobus, e di conseguenza ancora più tempo in una misura anche questa allucinante, mai nemmeno in passato io! Sono scesa verso le 11:59 anziché le 11:56 (e non mi sembra una differenza significativa!), sapendo che il fottuto autobus è segnato per le 12, ma tale fottuto autobus non l’ho mai visto passare (neanche per la strada fino alla fermata, dove di solito lo vedo; quindi, o proprio non è passato, e in tal caso veramente ci sarebbe da far cadere il cielo, perché pure per gli standard della SITA una cosa così è infinitamente terribile, o ha fatto prima di quanto gli sarebbe concesso). E però, le altre mattine, essendo solo di poco meno in ritardo, non l’ho mai perso… anzi, no; le altre mattine è sempre passato e ho preso quello che è segnato come 10 minuti prima, ma che fa sempre tardi, addirittura! 😭
Zio porcinante della sminchianza terminale (oggi si bestemmia!), ho controllato 3 volte sulla tabella merdosa complicatissima della SITA che si, questo autobus delle 12 esiste davvero e deve passare nei giorni scolastici (come oggi), ma nella pratica non ho potuto fare altro che rimanere lì un’ora buona per niente, aspettando poi l’autobus delle 13, che però fa via lunga e quindi sono arrivata pure con mezz’ora di ritardo a lezione… E ok, in realtà niente di valore fu perduto in questo, perché tanto non è che stia spiegando cose epiche, ma il culo non può fare altro che rodermi. Pure perché non è che aspettare a quella fermata di minchia sia comodo (ma anche altre fermate di minchia nella mia città, tranne forse una o due), senza uno straccio di panchina e con ombra presente solo in punti super-sconvenienti… 😾
Ma ok, dopo ormai più di 2 anni dovrei aver imparato a non cadere più negli inganni dei poteri forty applicati per mezzo della SITA… quindi, se ancora mi succede, allora si, magari è colpa mia… ma davvero non comprendo questo fenomeno del tempo, al di là di tutto. Se ne ho troppo, non mi regolo, e finisco non solo per perderlo avendo poco di valore in cambio (perché non è che spendo tempo a fare chissà cosa, semplicemente mi distraggo), ma a strisciarmi tutta la roba più avanti del dovuto, e boh… però semplicemente far finta di dover prendere il bus prima del dovuto nemmeno funziona, perché poi mi secco ad aspettare lì 15-20 minuti, col sole che cuoce (e quello rimane pure in inverno alla mia fermata a quest’ora, è insensato!) senza uno straccio di panchina e con addosso lo zaino che inspiegabilmente mi fa sudare le ascelle (e solo le ascelle, ma come cazzo è possibile?) e mi rovina la maglietta pulita e mi fa puzzare… BASTA! 💔
(Bombe, bombe, mi servono le bombe per scappare da questa tortura…)
#pensieri #tempo #vita
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