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Inside: How much (little) are the AI companies making? and more!
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- AI (6%, 10 votes)
- Religion (4%, 7 votes)
- I see what you did there (88%, 129 votes)
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Trump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report finds
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Right wingers don't care.
Trump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report finds
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.Stuart Lau (BBC News)
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Sharaa–Netanyahu meeting in the works for upcoming UN session: Report
Israel’s foreign minister confirmed that any agreement between Tel Aviv and Damascus will maintain the illegal Israeli occupation of the Golan Heightsthecradle.co
I know this guy, he used to decapitate ancient statues and women who weren't wrapped in bedsheets being dragged with a rope by their husband/owner as goats.
The Kurds fighting those fascists effectively were bombed by NATO forces (Turk-branch) and Russia pulled out just in time so they can advance and take over Syria.
If there is an equivalent to Nazi-ism in the Arabic world, that is it, #ISIS
Such a cute couple
Mastering Corporate Governance for Singapore Companies
Running a business in Singapore involves more than just meeting filing deadlines. Effective corporate governance is about making informed decisions, clearly defining responsibilities, and addressing risks before they become serious problems.
For companies, especially private limited ones, strong governance reduces legal risks, builds investor trust, and ensures operational efficiency. Here's a practical guide to getting it right.
Understand Your Legal Obligations
Every company registered in Singapore must comply with the Companies Act, which outlines directors' duties: act in the company's best interest, avoid conflicts, and maintain accurate records. Non-compliance can lead to fines or directorship disqualification.
Corporate secretarial services are vital for meeting these requirements. They handle tasks like filing annual returns, drafting resolutions, and ensuring records are accurate and accessible. This isn't just about compliance—it's about protecting your business.
The Crucial Role of a Company Secretary
Singapore law requires every company to appoint a company secretary. This role goes beyond administrative tasks, involving expertise in meeting protocols, ACRA submissions, and compliance with the company's constitution.
Many businesses opt for outsourced corporate secretarial services. This approach is often more cost-effective and ensures a qualified professional keeps things in order, particularly for smaller teams.
Make Board Meetings Effective
Board meetings are more than a legal obligation—they're where strategy is set and risks are identified early. Skipping or rushing them can lead to undocumented decisions and unclear accountability.
Even small boards with a few directors benefit from regular, documented meetings. This ensures alignment and supports the company's growth.
Balance Power and Oversight
In smaller companies, one person might serve as director, shareholder, and manager. While legal, this can lead to unchecked decisions or oversights.
Where possible, separate these roles or ensure key decisions are reviewed by another party. A second perspective on contracts or finances can prevent errors and maintain balance.
Communicate With Shareholders
Shareholder disputes often arise from miscommunication or missing records. These are avoidable. Keep your share register updated, document ownership clearly, and notify shareholders about meetings or major decisions.
These steps are mandated by Singapore law and often managed by a company secretary. However, it's your responsibility to ensure they're done correctly.
Prioritize Accurate Recordkeeping
A common mistake is assuming records are being maintained when they're not. Missing documents can complicate fundraising or business sales.
Ensure your company has:
- An up-to-date constitution
- Accurate registers
- Resolutions for key decisions
- Proper financial statements
Many corporate secretarial services in Singapore offer digital storage solutions—use them and review records periodically.
Anticipate Potential Risks
Good governance means thinking about what could go wrong. Consider:
- Are you monitoring cash flow?
- Is customer data secure?
- What's the plan if a key employee leaves?
You don't need a formal risk committee to address these. Regular discussions about potential risks can keep your business prepared.
Stay Informed on Regulatory Changes
Singapore's regulations are clear but evolve over time. Deadlines shift, new reporting standards emerge, and incentives change.
A reliable secretarial services Singapore provider will notify you of relevant updates. If managing compliance in-house, ensure someone tracks changes from ACRA, IRAS, or MOM. Ignorance isn't a valid excuse.
Final Thoughts
Corporate governance doesn't need to be complex—it just requires consistency. Clear roles, accurate records, and proactive risk management strengthen your business, whether you're scaling or staying compliant.
A capable company secretary, whether in-house or through corporate secretarial services, is more than a legal necessity. They're a key partner in ensuring compliance and clarity.
Understanding Company Secretarial Services: What They Include and How They Benefit Your Business - Entrust Public Accounting
Being in business in Singapore is associated with numerous roles, including legal and regulatory requirements of which companies must comply to remain legal.Entrust (Entrust Public Accounting)
⚠️ WATCH OUT! European Commission's questionnaire for public consultation on #DataRetention has some really tricky and misguiding questions! ⚠️
But don't worry - we'll be publishing an answering guide in early August to help you understand the questions and avoid the traps. Well in time for the September 12 deadline! 😌
Stay tuned for the guide! 🗺️
#BobVylan reminds us:
"Teaching our children to speak up for the change they want & need is the only way that we make this world a better place."
"As we grow older & our fire possibly starts to dim under the suffocation of adult life and all its responsibilities, it is incredibly important that we encourage & inspire future generations to pick up the torch that was passed to us."
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"Let them see us marching in the streets, campaigning on ground level, organising online & shouting about it on any and every stage that we are offered."
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Bob Vylan banned from US over 'hateful' Glastonbury outburst as visas revoked
The United States Deputy Secretary of State has revealed Bob Vylan's US visas have been rejected following their controversial appearance at GlastonburyThe Mirror
#mediosdecomunicacion
"There is no instruction, no particular method to study the way."
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#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #spirituality
Meeting and Disappearing
Shido Bunan, master of the master of Hakuin: »There is no instruction, no particular method to study the way,It is enough to see and hear directly.By seeing directly, the action of seein…Notes & Silence
The Rage of Billionaires and the Frenzy to Stop Zohran Mamdani From Becoming New York’s Mayor - CounterPunch.org
The Supreme Court’s first chief justice, John Jay, would have empathized with the billionaires who’ve been freaking out ever since Zohran Mamdani won theNorman Solomon (CounterPunch.org)
The Excuse of the "Iranian Nuclear Threat" - CounterPunch.org
It is now widely accepted that Iraq's alleged possession of nuclear weapons was the excuse, not the reason, for the Israeli/American desire to destroy Iraq.John Whitbeck (CounterPunch.org)
We need to show that America Ukraine and Israel are beating their enemies because we take the moral high ground on environmental matters
We need to take the technology for Elon Musk's electric cars and apply it to aircraft carriers and tanks and jets and helicopters and planes
We need solar powered jets to run stealth night missions to defeat our enemy
The military had to high a carbon footprint for too long and we can only win these conflicts with a lower carbon footprint than our enemies
Lors de l’assise, ce n’est pas tout de passer au travers des pensées...
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#zen #silence #méditation #prière #spiritualité
Pensées Du Corps
Lors de l’assise, ce n’est pas tout de passer au travers des pensées.De la même manière que celles-ci sont une émanation de l’esprit,Il convient de passer au travers des « pensées du corps ».J’ente…Notes & Silence
La chute primordiale de l’homme est due à un renversement du sablier de son être.
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#zen #silence #prière #méditation #spiritualité
Chute En Surface
La chute primordiale de l’homme est due à un renversement du sablier de son être.Il opère un retournement de son univers intérieur.Ainsi, l’homme chute depuis les profondeurs jusqu’à son être de su…Notes & Silence
It’s really lovely to hear you say this. What a simple gesture that anyone can make that has a huge impact for those who need it most.
I once saw a sticker on the streets with this passage, which aligns with your sentiment. I made a graphic of it because that’s how my family rolls, and I’d love to think more people every day are doing the same thing.
#LGBTQ #Pride #PrideMonth
Industrial cooperation seen as engine of integration in Eurasian Economic Union
Industrial cooperation should become the engine of integration in the Eurasian Economic Union, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
Keir “Sir U-Turn” Starmer on the Skids - CounterPunch.org
Rather than taxing the rich to rescue a welfare system devastated by 14 years of Conservative austerity, a move consistently favoured in opinion polls, Starmer-Reeves have given paltry increases to a few welfare programmes while cutting several of th…Kenneth Surin (CounterPunch.org)
Food Aid or Firing Squads - CounterPunch.org
In Gaza today, hunger has a price—and for far too many civilians, that price has been death. The Israeli Newspaper, Haaretz described the GazaJamal Kanj (CounterPunch.org)
Dozens killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Palestinian media outlets have reported a new wave of Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, leaving scores dead and injured amid the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.ABNA English
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Gibt es mit der RC Probleme in Verbindung mit RSS-Feeds? Im Profil steht zwar, dass die Aktualisierung erfolgreich war, es werden aber keine Beiträge angezeigt. Allgemein dauert es zum Teil extremst lange, bis Feeds abgeholt werden. Teilweise bis zu drei Tagen.
- Yes! (71%, 10 votes)
- No! (28%, 4 votes)
#DontByApartheid #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine
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SEND this one to Starmer and every #gazagenocide apologists
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'Will Kill Them All': Israeli Children Sing Shocking Song On Gaza; Video Sparks Outrage
A video of young Israeli children allegedly calling for the destruction of Gaza has gone viral. In the viral video, Israeli kids can be seen singing a song w...YouTube
This thing called Narkis, singing about "finish Gaza" while dancing with #idfterrorists is also very interesting. (Do any search about israelí singers ASKING to murder Palestinians and you'll find quite a bunch of videos)
The hypocrisy goes to the roof and beyond
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Israeli pop singer Narkis sings with soldiers, calling for “finishing off Gaza”
Israeli pop singer Narkis is filmed singing with soldiers, calling for “finishing off Gaza”, and for bringing back Gush Katif, a bloc of former Israeli settl...YouTube
As a christian, it deeply saddens me to see oyher people who call themselves "christians", yet they spread hate and antipathy, going agaisnt basically everything that Jesus taught.
Wait, what do you mean you aren't born bla—
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François Bayrou S'ACCROCHE À MATIGNON comme une moule à son rocher (et bonus bagarre à l'Assemblée) - Pol Express
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The ones that don’t interrupt the thing I am doing/doesn’t obscure the thing I am doing (non-invasive ones?)are not an issue?
Surely you understand that these sites rely on ad revenue to stay free?
Does it seem like a higher percent of adult men have a negative chin length in 2025 than in 2015
I have never remember noticed seeing a man or woman with a negative chin length in real life until after the 2019 "pandemic"
Was I just exposed to information about women judging men by chins so I noticed something in plain sight that I did not notice before or have demographics changed
It looks like the front of the bottom of their jaw is behind the part of their face between the nose & the lips
UK withheld evidence from court in Israel arms export case
Judges say Britain can supply fighter jet parts to Israel, but the case has exposed how the government conceals its own evidence of Gaza war crimes.JOHN McEVOY (Declassified Media ltd)
LES CAUCHEMARS DU GÉNÉRAL - mozinor
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LES CAUCHEMARS DU GÉNÉRAL
- Palais de l'Élysée, 27 novembre 1967- L' estimation de 15 milliards d’euros de dette publique en 1967 (par chatGPT): "La dette publique représentait enviro...YouTube
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Thomas Keith on X: "Israel entered the 12-day exchange convinced it could absorb costs; the ledger now shows a nation bleeding cash, talent, and confidence. Direct military outlays hit $5 B in the first week, then ballooned to $725 M every 24 hours, $593 M on offensive strikes that failed to silence Iran, $132 M on frantic mobilisation and missile intercepts that still let 400 warheads through. Iron Dome batteries alone inhaled $10 M to $200 M per day while Iranian salvos sailed past them and erased $1.47 B in civilian property, triggering 38 700 damage claims, 11 000 evacuations, and 30 condemned high-rise skeletons across Tel Aviv’s financial spine.
The Weizmann Institute, Israel’s prestige export, lies in shards, 45 labs gone and $500 M in biomedical IP incinerated, pulling decades of grant pipelines and pharma partnerships off the table overnight. Intel’s Kiryat Gat fabs froze mid-wafer, choking a supply chain that feeds 64 % of Israel’s exports and 1/5 of its GDP; the high-tech sector now runs on skeleton crews because 300 000 reservists were yanked from R&D floors and data centers to guard empty runways at Tel Nof. Commercial flights halted twice at Ben Gurion, insurers jacked premiums, and foreign airlines rerouted around a country that once sold itself as the region’s safe hub.
Capital is already in flight. More than 80 000 Israelis emigrated in 2024, the largest outflow since 1948, pushing the two-year total above 500 000 and forcing Netanyahu’s cabinet to slap a travel ban on Jewish dual nationals to stem the leak. Investor confidence cratered: venture funds paused term sheets, construction sites stand idle, and mega-projects wait on credit that no longer clears. The finance ministry, staring at a deficit set to shove public debt past 75 % of GDP, begged for an extra $857 M in defence cash while slicing $200 M from hospitals and schools.
Analysts peg Israel’s aggregate loss between $11.5 B and $17.8 B, up to 3.3 % of GDP, before counting long-tail hits from halted exports, cancelled IPOs, and sovereign-risk downgrades. Iran, still sitting on its uranium stockpile, spent a fraction of that yet forced the self-styled “Start-Up Nation” into a liquidity scramble, an insurance panic, and a brain-drain spiral. Tel Aviv promised deterrence; Tehran handed it a balance sheet in red ink and the visible stamp of strategic humiliation.
#geopolitics #war #Israel
https://x.com/iwasnevrhere_/status/1938013471486185551
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Les destructions causées par l’Iran en Israël sont impossibles à cacher – Le Courrier des Stratèges
Les capitaux sont déjà en fuite. Plus de 80 000 Israéliens ont émigré en 2024, le plus grand exode depuis 1948, portant le total sur deux ans à plus de 500 000 et obligeant le cabinet de Netanyahu à imposer une interdiction de voyager aux Juifs ayant la double nationalité afin d’endiguer l’hémorragie.
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Les destructions causées par l’Iran en Israël sont impossibles à cacher
La poussière du conflit entre Israël et l'Iran commence à retomber. Et l'étendue des destructions causées par les frappes deEdouard Husson (Le Courrier des Stratèges)
Does it seem like 18 year old Korean women in 2025 are more ugly or less attractive than 18 year old Korean women in 2005
And likewise for 30 year old Korean women in 2025 compared to 30 year old Korean women 2005
And likewise for 40 year old Korean women in 2025 compared to 40 year old Korean woman in 2005
Actually it probably did work
It probably notified shortstories at poa dot st instead of shortstories at merovingian dot club
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Terms matter
Japan Times: Immigration raids leave crops unharvested and California farms at risk
""OXNARD, California... In the fields, I would say 70% of the workers are gone," she said in an interview. "If 70% of your workforce doesn't show up, 70% of your crop doesn't get picked and can go bad in one day. Most Americans don't want to do this work. Most farmers here are barely breaking even. I fear this has created a tipping point where many will go bust.""
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#VenturaCounty #agriculture #farms #ICE #economy #food #foodsupply
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested and California farms at risk
In the vast agricultural lands north of Los Angeles, farmers and field supervisors have said that ICE raids have led a majority of workers to stop showing up.Tim Reid (The Japan Times)
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To "human rights" according to the U.S., an artificial commissioner according to Rubio
The new head of the IACHR lacks political capital and followersen.granma.cu
The German Catechism
For many, the memory of the Holocaust as a break with civilization is the moral foundation of the Federal Republic. To compare it with other genocides is therefore considered a heresy, an apostasy...Geschichte der Gegenwart
for the millionth time, White America is just racist, no Russian interference required.
And also, both major US political parties deserve the criticism. Both parties have advanced capitalist minority rule, white supremacy, and imperialism against (among others) the Vietnamese, Palestinian, and Chilean peoples.
Also, Putin is America's fault. 100%.
Our Chicago School ratfuckers helped Russia implement capitalist oligarchy (aka "democracy"), and it led to Putin rising to power a couple decades later.
Just like we are seeing here in America with Trump
The US political establishment is complicit in genocide, fascism, and exploitation around the globe, and this criminal enterprise has been going on since the first British colonies were founded on the North American continent in the 1600s.
It's not all Kamala's fault or Biden's fault or even Trump's fault, but they willingly integrated themselves into it instead of working to destroy it and replace it with something less murderous and cruel.
Jonathan Cook on Substack
Under Israel lobby pressure, the BBC pulled a documentary showing how Israel has systematically destroyed Gaza's heath care system. Not everyone is so cowardly. This Wednesday it will be broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK, and Zeteo elsewhere.Substack
Oliver North being invited to Fox News as a “military analyst” talking about how Iran shouldn't have missiles and is a threat to peace in the middle east, as if it wasn't him who sold missiles to Iran in order to create untraceable funds through which to support the Contras in Nicaragua when congress cut funding (which was high treason).
You're a threat to peace everywhere.
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Climate breakdown is making life more expensive
The cost of living crisis isn't going away, because climate breakdown isn't going away.Grace Blakeley
Israeli settlers attack Israeli soldiers in occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
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They're out of control!
#Palestine #WestBank #Israel
@palestine
Israeli settlers attack Israeli soldiers in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers targeted Israeli soldiers in an occupied West Bank riot.Al Jazeera
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Israel bombs Gaza aid sites, cafe and school, killing 95 Palestinians | Gaza News | Al Jazeera
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And still the west (largely) does nothing.
#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
@palestine
Israel bombs Gaza aid sites, cafe and school, killing 95 Palestinians
Victims include at least 39 people who were killed in an Israeli strike on a seaside cafe in Gaza City.Al Jazeera
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Yet another act of state sponsored murder
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Penge in southeast London has become a graffiti hotspot — but a fast-food franchise owner threatened legal action over one man’s mischievous design
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Trump wields both.
That is what is needed.
Do you think a squishy feeble untethered elected politician would ever bring you that?
Brass knuckles.
Truth.
Everything is not going to suit you.
Big picture.
All pieces don’t fall into place according to your vision.
Accept that one crucial fact.
Relax.
Have faith.
Trust.
Who is willing to stand up in the face of all aligned against him?
One last question.
Who else has been willing?
Go ahead…
6 Policies That Could Be Affected by Supreme Court's Decision On Nationwide Injunctions
The Supreme Court on June 27 handed down a decision restricting federal judges’ ability to impose nationwide injunctions against executive policies, a ruling that was immediately hailed by President Donald Trump as a win for his administration.
6 Policies That Could Be Affected by Supreme Court's Decision On Nationwide Injunctions
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroTyler Durden (www.zerohedge.com)
Israeli forces demolish several Palestinian structures in Nablus, Ramallah
Nablus /PNN/ Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by two bulldozers, began demolishing residential structureenglish.pnn.ps
Israel Called Its Initial Attack on Iran ‘Red Wedding,’ Referring to a Fictional Massacre that Relied on Deception
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Israel Called Its Initial Attack on Iran 'Red Wedding,' Referring to a Fictional Massacre that Relied on Deception - News From Antiwar.com
According to The Wall Street Journal, Israel codenamed its initial attack on Iran that killed senior military leaders "Red Wedding," referring to a gruesome massacre from the book series "Game of Thrones," which was adapted into a TV series on HBO.News From Antiwar.com
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🇺🇸💰🇮🇱 While Americans argue over rent hikes, groceries, and student loans, Israel has extracted $124 M per day from the U.S. Treasury for an entire year, much of it hidden behind opaque appropriations and congressional loopholes.
According to Brown University’s Costs of War project, Washington has shouldered 70% of Israel’s military costs since Oct 7, 2023. That includes $17.9 B in direct aid, $4.86 B in Pentagon regional ops, $20.3 B in deferred arms deals, and billions more in shipping losses, stockpile transfers, and corporate handouts.
Since 1948 the United States has pumped $317 B into Israel, including $251.2 B in military aid since 1959; that torrent began with the first Pentagon loan in 1959, switched to grants in 1974, became 100% grants in 1985, and now flows automatically as a $3.8 B lump-sum every Oct 1 plus a $500 M missile-defense kicker under the 2019-2028 MOU, money on which Israel pockets the interest because Washington lets it sit in a Fed account. Even so, FY-2024 set a new single-year record: $17.9 B, dwarfing the 1973 and 1978 surges and landing entirely on U.S. taxpayers.
That FY-2024 fire-hose breaks down as $6.8 B Foreign Military Financing, $4.5 B for Iron Dome and David’s Sling reloads, $1.2 B for the Iron Beam laser, $1 B to crank out more 155 mm shells in U.S. factories, and $4.4 B to refill Pentagon stockpiles stripped for Israeli use, again, $17.9 B in 11 months. The administration also slid at least 100 separate weapons deals under congressional reporting thresholds to keep the true cost opaque.
On 8-13-2024 Washington promised another $20.3 B: 50 F-15EX fighters priced at $18.8 B for delivery in 2029, 32 000 120 mm tank rounds at $774 M, $583 M in tactical vehicles, 30 AMRAAMs at $102 M, and 50 000 mortar bombs at $61 M, all deferred to future U.S. budgets via Israel’s “cash-flow” privilege.
Meanwhile the money flows back to the usual corporate feeders. 60 % of the $14 B April supplemental, $8.4 B, went straight to U.S. arms firms. Boeing’s defense arm booked $8 B in Q4-2023 orders, 36 % of its annual revenue. The Financial Times projects $52 B in free cash flow for the top-15 defense contractors in 2026, $26 B pocketed by the U.S. “big five,” cash they historically plow into buybacks and dividends. Israel still may divert 25 % of each yearly grant, $950 M this cycle, to its own industry before that carve-out expires in 2028.
Add it up and the past 12 months have drained $17.9 B in direct aid, $20.3 B in new contractual obligations, $4.86 B (and climbing) in Pentagon regional costs, and $2.1 B in trade losses, a $45.16 B extraction. That works out to $124 M every day, $1.5 M every hour, funneled from American households to a foreign military and a handful of weapons conglomerates that treat the U.S. Treasury like an open vein.
When then US Senate passes the budget bill which defunds Medicaid, raises energy costs to protect a dying and toxic fossil fuel industry by crippling renewables, and give a huge handout to the domestic criminal cartel known as "Department of Homeland Security", it will result in more carnage than if a foreign adversary aerially bombed the whole country for a couple years.
But the oligarchs who own our politicians have their interests protected, which is the point of all of this.
of course i agree. i was looking more ground level here, and maybe voicing a little exasperation at the trap we are in.
refusing to buy oil (in this case gasoline) says: im not going to be sitting in traffic two hours a day going to a bullshit job to make money for you.
refusing to buy plastic says: im not supporting your worldwide labor exploitation.
unrealistic, i know. let a guy dream 😁
So, the question on everyone's mind is "Why isn't anyone stopping him?" And unfortunately, the answer to that question is "Because fundamentally the Constitution is not designed to stop someone like him".
The Constitution is designed to handle the occasional weak, ineffectual, or even ignorant President. But the founders never in their wildest dreams imagined they would need to protect against widespread, coordinated attacks by multiple partisan bad faith actors abusing the power given to them by the document to dismantle the Republic the document is supposed to safeguard.
So let's call this what it is. Not a Presidency. Not a regime. A coup.
The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is home to tens of thousands of caribou, migratory birds, and fish. The Trump administration’s new plan could open 82% of this fragile landscape to oil and gas development. Public comment ends on Tuesday.
An ecologist explains the consequences: buff.ly/kz1lGmQ
Why Jay Cutler Reduced His Squat Weight After 2003 🤔 #shorts
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F-35 exports are legal says High Court - despite all the evidence
The High Court's F-35 judgement is a cowardly ruling that absolves any responsibility from it of the UK's compliance with international lawSteve Topple (The Canary)
BRICS portal
BRICS is an informal group of states comprising the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa.BRICS
DWP reforms slammed in last minute report before crucial vote
We’ve gone beyond co-production – disabled people must run the DWP" is the verdict of a sweeping response to the governmentSteve Topple (The Canary)
DWP cuts: five reasons MPs should vote against Labour's bill
As new details of DWP reforms emerge, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation outlines what MPs would be supporting if they vote for the BillSteve Topple (The Canary)
Labour’s Welfare Reform: A Transparent Political Failure
Labour’s welfare reform creates a two-tier system punishing future claimants. MPs are fighting back. Compassion—or a cynical political fix?Mike Sivier (Vox Political)
Genocide-promoters still bleating about ‘Death to IDF’. Here are a few of many times they said slaughter EVERYONE
Mass murderers say what? The friends of genocide are still whining and agitating about Bob Vylan and Kneecap, two performers at Glastonbury last weekend who chanted ‘Death to the IDF’ a…SKWAWKBOX
BBC m I really outraged by a call to kill genocidal soldiers, starving kids or luring people into food distribution so as to use them as human targets than by the deaths of more than 300.000 Palestinian civilians (lattest US surveys).
How beautifully obnoxious.
Imagine Churchill and 1945 BBC outraged by a song on the tune of "Bridge of River Kway" calling to kill all nazi.
No better, Brad Pitt prosecuted for his character in "Obnoxious bastards".
They all make me sick and very, very angry !
Yep, #DeathToIOF !
Far from being a threat to the British people, activists fighting for the Palestinian cause are in fact reflective of public opinion and helping to close the gap between international law and Britain’s support for Israeli oppression.
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm at the end of my 24-city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*!
Catch me in #LONDON with RILEY QUINN from #TRASHFUTURE TONIGHT (July 1):
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And in #MANCHESTER at Blackwell's Bookshop on TOMORROW (July 2):
eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-…
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Cory Doctorow – The Fight Against the Big Tech Oligarchy | How To Academy
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How much (little) are the AI companies making?: Ed Zitron does the math.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11477646…
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Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* How Bezos and Sánchez’s Venetian Bacchanal Delivered a Pitch-Perfect Ad for Socialism thedailybeast.com/how-jeff-bez… (h/t Metafilter)
* Facebook’s Enshittification Continues Apace by Penalizing Link Posts opus.ing/posts/facebooks-enshi… (h/t Roz Doctorow)
* Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach global.oup.com/academic/produc…
* Stop Destroying Videogames eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/…
* Fall '25 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Politics & Current Events publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top…
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How Bezos and Sánchez’s Venetian Bacchanal Delivered a Pitch-Perfect Ad for Socialism
Joanna Coles (The Daily Beast)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Wil Wheaton’s Slashdot interview slashdot.org/story/05/06/27/09…
#20yrsago Anti-DRM badges web.archive.org/web/2005070100…
#15yrsago ACLU: America is riddled with politically motivated surveillance aclu.org/files/assets/Spyfiles…
#15yrsago Toronto cops justify extreme G20 measures with display of LARPing props, weapons from unrelated busts web.archive.org/web/2010070200…
#15yrsago Copyright best practices for communications scholars web.archive.org/web/2010062800…
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Wil Wheaton Strikes Back - Slashdot
slashdot.orgCory Doctorow
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#15yrsago G20 police used imaginary law to jail harass demonstrators and jailed protestors in dangerous and abusive “detention center” memex.craphound.com/2010/06/29…
#15yrsago Canada repeating Britain’s dirty copyright legislation process theguardian.com/technology/201…
#15yrsago London cops enforce imaginary law against brave, principled teenaged photographer independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim…
#15yrsago Globe and Mail journalist arrested and kettled at G20 Toronto web.archive.org/web/2010063011…
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Canada's copyright laws show Britain's digital legislation is no exception
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#15yrsago UK government hushed up internal analysis of anti-drug strategy to avoid ridicule transform-drugs.blogspot.com/2…
#15yrsago My Twitter debate with Minister who introduced Canada’s DMCA memex.craphound.com/2010/06/28…
#10yrsago Why I’m leaving London memex.craphound.com/2015/06/29…
#10yrsago Neal Stephenson on the story behind Seveneves bookotron.com/agony/audio/2015…
#10yrsago Brian Wood’s Starve: get to your comic shop now! memex.craphound.com/2015/06/29…
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Home Office internal document reveals bunker mentality of secrecy and suppression
transform-drugs.blogspot.comCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago BBC’s list of pages de-indexed through Europe’s “right to be forgotten” bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%…
#5yrsago NYC housing lottery favors the least-needy pluralistic.net/2020/06/29/fem…
#5yrsago Facebook and Trump collaborate on rule-rigging pluralistic.net/2020/06/29/fem…
#5yrsago How to break up Google pluralistic.net/2020/06/29/fem…
#5yrsago Female Furies pluralistic.net/2020/06/29/fem…
#5yrsago Bailouts should come with strings attached pluralistic.net/2020/06/28/kin…
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BBC pages removed from Google search results
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#1yrago The reason you can't buy a car is the same reason that your health insurer let hackers dox you pluralistic.net/2024/06/28/dea…
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Pluralistic: The reason you can’t buy a car is the same reason that your health insurer let hackers dox you (28 Jun 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Saturday's threads: Antitrust defies politics' law of gravity; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11476132…
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Cory Doctorow
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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
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My next nonfiction book is "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," out from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux on October 7:
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374…
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Cory Doctorow
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
craphound.com/shop/
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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #London: How To Academy with Riley Quinn, Jul 1
howtoacademy.com/events/cory-d…
* #Manchester: Picks and Shovels at Blackwell's Bookshop, Jul 2
eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-…
* #Manchester: Co-operatives UK Co-op Congress keynote, Jul 4
uk.coop/events-and-training/ev…
* Virtual: ORG at 20: in conversation with Maria Farrell, Jul 16
openrightsgroup.org/events/org…
* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, Oct 8
politics-prose.com/cory-doctor…
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Cory Doctorow – The Fight Against the Big Tech Oligarchy | How To Academy
How To AcademyCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
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* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
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Booksmith presents: Cory Doctorow Enshittification
Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* If We Had a Choice, Would We Invent Social Media Again? (The Agenda/TVO)
youtube.com/watch?v=KJw38uIcmE…
* Forward Kentucky
youtube.com/watch?v=LpMxBBMBkZ…
* Democrats Abroad
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Cory Doctorow on Enshittification by Democrats Abroad: The Blue Vote Café
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Cory Doctorow
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I'm at the end of my 24-city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*!
Catch me in #LONDON with RILEY QUINN from #TRASHFUTURE TONIGHT (July 1):
howtoacademy.com/events/cory-d…
And in #MANCHESTER at Blackwell's Bookshop on TOMORROW (July 2):
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Cory Doctorow – The Fight Against the Big Tech Oligarchy | How To Academy
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CyberFrog
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •hey, just a heads up, your new bot filtering software is breaking firefox with noscript enabled for some reason
this seems to be because of the 301 redirects which attempt to set a
deflect_session
cookie, which firefox + noscript strips on page reload as far as I can tell, causing an infinite reload loopI fixed it by pre-allowing your website in noscript before the page even loads, but I'm guessing this is new because it hasn't really happened to me before on your site
Cory Doctorow
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •@froge Oh, wait, I figured it out - that's actually a bug with my Wordpress redirection plugin. Here's a working link:
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