"Pollution now kills three times as many people worldwide as Aids, tuberculosis and malaria combined. (...) Burning fossil fuels, according to a recent paper, is now “the world’s most significant threat to children’s health”
“The wealthy are looking for an escape. Often they want to get some sense of a back-to-basics lifestyle and learn the skills of our ancestors, like how to hunt and cook their own food."
It's official, we're back to pre-French revolution levels of depravity, when dressing up to "emulate the poor" was the latest fashion hit at Versailles. Bring out miss Guillotine, she will be needed again.
"Argentina’s capital city will go into a total security shutdown on Thursday as the heads of state of the world’s 20 biggest economies start arriving for the two-day G20 summit, which begins on Friday. All flights over Buenos Aires will be diverted and trains, subways and all public transport will be cancelled for the duration of the summit"
Hey, stupid poor people, go the hell out of the city while the elite meets and decides how to fuck you up!
Your periodic reminder that cooperatives are revolutionising society and economy in Rojava and Northern Syria, even in the face of Turkish aggression and ISIS presence.
@ekaitz_zarraga Have you considered making the first letter of each section so big it will fill the space where the logo was meant to be? See attachment :)
"GM captured minuted details such as station selection, volume level, and ZIP codes of vehicle owners, and then used the car’s built-in Wi-Fi signal to upload the data to its servers. The goal was to determine the relationship between what drivers listen to and what they buy and then turn around and sell the data to advertisers and radio operators."
"On 26 September, the prominent scientific journal Critical Reviews in Toxicology issued an “expression of concern”, saying that its published research finding glyphosate to be safe had not fully declared Monsanto’s involvement. The high-profile correction came after litigation revealed that the company was involved in organizing and editing article drafts."
If glyphosate is as safe as pure water, why would Monsanto ever want to meddle with those drafts?
"In the end this is the greatest crime we have committed on the ZAD: that of building the commons, sharing worlds together and deserting the pathology of individualism."
"The chief executive of a small pharmaceutical company defended hiking the price of an essential antibiotic by more than 400 percent and told the Financial Times that he thinks “it is a moral requirement to make money when you can.”
"MORAL REQUIREMENT TO MAKE MONEY" let these 5 words sink in.