#greed
If I lived closer, I would definitely attend. This one despicable #Catholic #doctrine has been responsible for countless #suffering & #ReligiousTrauma #greed #power The legal and theological theory of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery https://religionnews.com/2023/10/02/the-legal-and-theological-theory-of-the-doctrine-of-christian-discovery/
https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/
Testimony given during the Google antitrust trial indicates that google is manipulating search results with the intent of making you spend more.
From Wired:
"When you enter a query, you might expect a search engine to incorporate synonyms into the algorithm as well as text phrase pairings in natural language processing. But this overhaul went further, actually altering queries to generate more commercial results."
GETTING MID-EVIL ON YOUR ASS
Protesters brought a catapult to launch burning tires into the French city of Quimper after demands that the hospital, suffering a doctor shortage, should open 24 hours a day and that staff numbers be increased, were ignored.
The protest comes in the wake of the death of a six-month-old girl who was brought to the hospital, but due to greed causing a lack of staff, was left unattended and untreated.
Hospital management and city authorities deny wrong doing and refuse to comment.
#France #Quimper #Hospital #Greed #ShortStaffed #InfantDeath #catapult #burningtires #midevil
Another example of this #greed based dickery is #AmazonPrime making many of its movies available only on rent (over & above the #subscription price for #streaming) and soon inserting #ads as well:
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/amazon-start-ads-in-prime-video/article67337388.ece
..it's a problem in all industrialised countries where for about 75 years we had a middle class and strong syndicated working class. The whole system has now entered a post industrialised stage where middle classes and working classes are no longer essential for profit. In fact, we are going back to societies with a very rich upper class and everybody else is more or less poor... #capitalism #poverty #greed #auspol
The The - Infected: The Movie
This album was one of the most surreal of my teenage years; similar feelings from Pink Floyd's movie for "The Wall," which feels like a #SpiritualPrecursor, but this is more #POP & thus more accessible while also touching on some of the same themes of #dystopian #consumerism #war #greed #lust #ManufacturedDesire and #CorporateTakeOver
This is a synth pop record that hates itself and its glorious, every song is worth listening to.
Neverending tories #greed
Tory donor’s Hastings ‘fun factory’ closes abruptly after £150,000 grant.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/30/tory-donors-hastings-fun-factory-closes-abruptly-after-150000-grant?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Supreme Court justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito own shares in a combined 19 companies that could receive more than $30 billion in tax relief if the court issues a broad ruling in a major tax case
#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #taxes #greed #grift https://jacobin.com/2023/09/samuel-alito-john-roberts-corporate-tax-breaks-recusal-moore-v-united-states/
#exchristian #Liberty #greed What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
#jerryfalwell Jr. Sues Craven Adulterous #hypocrites At Liberty University For Sullying His Father's Good Name https://www.wonkette.com/p/jerry-falwell-jr-sues-craven-adulterous
Transactions involving Bernard Arnault investigated over suspected money laundering.
A billionaire caught up in a money laundering scandal is the least shocking or surprising thing I've ever read! They'll literally do anything NOT to spend their huge accumulated wealth
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/29/bernard-arnault-lvmh-nikolai-sarkisov
We recently had a letter from our ISP saying that they were going to increase prices annually by the RPI rate of inflation /plus an additional 3.9%/
If that isn't #Greedinflation, I don't know what is @ChrisMayLA6 !
#Greed #CorporateGreed
My mom moved into assisted living 11 months ago. Yesterday, because of the services the agency is providing, her care plan went up. Which means her cost went up.
Trying to explain to someone elderly that the U.S. healthcare system is for profit is disappointing. My mom thinks the agency cares for her- which, in all actuality, they don't. They care about the money attached to her. ADLs cost, remaining independent, is so important. #Healthcare #eldercareservices #greed
Jamie
A quotation from Christie, Agatha:
«
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/christie-agatha/63390/
#quote #quotes #quotation #avarice #caution #corruption #distrust #greed #money #riches #wealth
@GottaLaff Look who's talking.
#Target sent their #Canadian stores into bankruptcy, although Target could have paid their service providers, taxes, pension dues, and suppliers. But bankcruptcy was cheaper for Target. They didn't give a damn that this led to bankcruptcies and layoffs at several suppliers. #Shame #greed
In my junk mail, where it belongs:
#desantis #gop #Republicans #usa #politics #corruption #greed #ethics
Discussion.
If you're not a social & or environmental activist, you're part of the problem. 🤔
#ClimateChange #pollution #inequity #Inequality #corruption #greed #apathy #consumerism #capitalist #ThrowAwayEconomy #SingleUsePlastic #plastic #wildlife #SpeciesExtinction #SoilDegradation
#ClimateCrisis #future #disinfomation #money #GroupThink #GeoPolitics #OceanAcidification #CO2 #CoralBleaching #Desertification #RoadKill #cars
US politics
It’s fantastic that Biden is joining the UAW picket line. But he should go further
Robert Reich
Kudos to Joe Biden for joining the United Auto Workers picket line on Tuesday. He’s the first president to join a picket line in living memory.
But he shouldn’t stop there.
He should criticize the CEOs of America’s big corporations who are now raking in more than 350 times what the average American worker is earning. Blast corporations
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/26/biden-uaw-strike-corporate-profit
CEO Pay Has Surged 1,209% Since 1978. Worker Pay Has Risen Just 15%
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"Escalating CEO pay in recent decades has likely pulled up the pay of other top earners," notes a new Economic Policy Institute report. "This concentration of earnings at the top leaves fewer gains for ordinary workers."
A new analysis by the Economic Policy...
https://alaska-native-news.com/ceo-pay-has-surged-1209-since-1978-worker-pay-has-risen-just-15/69968/
#ceo #corporations #greed #pay #workers
Don’t worry American #sports’ fans #GoldmanSachs is here to look out for the best interests of your #team (owners)
What could go wrong?
#GoldmanSachs Opens Door For Clients To Invest In #Sports #Teams 😬
“new opportunities for wealthiest clients”
“the #NFL is reviewing its traditional #ownership rules, and several other pro #leagues allowed the introduction of #privateequity and #sovereignwealth funds into ownership” https://frontofficesports.com/goldman-sachs-opens-door-for-clients-to-invest-in-sports-teams/ #sportswashing #greed #corruption #billionaires
🚨 It's NOT "For The Children".
🏦 💸 Greed Appears To Fuel Ashton Kutcher's Thorn: Client-Side Scanning For Profit From Corporate Interests Using NGO Fronts
#News #AshtonKutcher #encryption #LawEnforcement #crypto #e2ee #Thorn #security #infosec #cybersecurity #privacy #HumanRights #NGO #greed #corporatism #fascism
Money really is the root of all evil. The people that need it the most will never have it no matter how how hard they work.
The people that don't need it will never have enough to satiate their greed.
"But what about you, Adrian?"
Oh, you want to know how I feel about money. There you go:
#MoneyIsEvil #Capitalism #Greed #Monday #SocialMedia #EverythingBurns
This has nothing to do with improving healthcare access, as #Loblaw claims. It’s entirely about the company’s greed to squeeze even more money from Canadians, in this case via precious taxpayer healthcare dollars. #EatTheRich #greed #canHealth #canBiz #business
From: @torontostar
https://botsin.space/@torontostar/111126744535508993
People keep putting their faith and funds in #crypto, to their own chagrin. This sector is #unregulated and is occupied by hackers, drug dealers, and charlatans. It does nothing to advance humanity. #greed #speculation #illicit
'Extremely Serious': #AOC Becomes First House Progressive to Call for #Menendez #Resignation
"Consistency matters. It shouldn't matter if it's a Republican or a Democrat," Ocasio-Cortez asserted.
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday became the first progressive House Democrat to call on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign following the former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair's indictment last week on federal bribery charges.
@GatekeepKen @_L1vY_
We regret to inform you that your claim has been denied. It would not be cost-effective for us to pay for your healthcare because, it may detract from our practice of overpaying the scum executives that run our companies. Thank you for the premiums.
Sincerely,
Insurance industry
Unity doing shady stuff still.
The new pricing plan seems better for small and indie devs, but still fairly greedy at its heart.
They promise people using older version of Unity can adhere to the older ToS not the new ones, however they have erased the ToS from GitHub,
They restored the page but with the new ToS and the History deleted, so now the old ToS for the older versions of Unity can only be seen by using Wayback Machine
councils defend crackdown on people sleeping in vans amid nationwide #rentalcrisis #housingcrisis #greed #housing #ponzi
2🧵2
We pay all this money into the government through taxes and deductions but never seem to get any of the results that we pay for. Healthcare, infrastructure, or whatever. Everything seems to find their way back to us. What is the purpose of the U.S. government, aside from holding their hand out? #govermentalreform #greed
Jamie
Democratic Sen. Robert #Menendez Indicted On #Bribery Charges — Again
The New Jersey #senator and his wife were indicted in New York
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was indicted by federal prosecutors in New York on charges that he accepted bribes including $100,000 in gold bars and $480,000 in cash in exchange for official acts that aided an Egyptian American businessman.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-menendez-indicted_n_650d98c2e4b04db03fdc1805?wef
The last time I purchased Phillips head bits, this was the style in the brand I preferred. Wasn't paying attention when I bought them, as I'm very much the type to buy the "same" product repeatedly without looking for changes. Today, I was looking at other brands to see what my options are. It turns out they are all extra thin in the middle to reduce the amount of metal used while increasing profits. Better yet, all of the packages are touting this as being a "New break-resistant design!" I grow weary of corporate deceit.
"At the root of the problem is a dearth of inventory, experts say." https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/21/housing-market-home-sales/
I'm sure this is one of the roots, but how about the fact that #insurance companies aren't writing policies?
@w7voa
A #journalist's job is not to watch the people being #urinated on and tell us that it's raining...
Call the #fedHike for what it is. #oligarchy #greed.
Conditions on Earth may be moving outside the 'safe operating space' for humanity, according to dozens of scientists
By Laura Paddison, CNN
Published Sep 14, 2023 2:12 PM EDT
"The nine boundaries, first set out in a 2009 paper, aim to establish a set of defined 'limits' on changes humans are making to the planet – from pumping out planet-heating pollution to clearing forests for farming. Beyond these limits, the theory goes, the risk of destabilizing conditions on Earth increases dramatically."
#PlanetaryBoundaries #LimitsToGrowth #Extinction #NoJobsOnADeadPlanet #ClimateCatastrophe #Polycrisis #Colonialism #Capitalism #EndGame #Greed #NoPlanetB #LoveYourMother #ClimateActivism #CallToAction #ClimateJustice
Average asking price for a new tenant has risen by 9.6% in last year, Rentals.ca says
#greed plain old greed
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rentals-august-1.6963839
Addendae 2
Medical Debt Collection Is Vicious Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Industry
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/medical-debt-collection-hospitals-private-insurance-your-money-or-your-life
* ballooned in recent decades
* hospitals, collection agencies making a killing
* erodes trust in health care system
* countless patients financially ruined
#MedicalIndustrialComplex #corporations #DefundCorportations #DefundBillionaires #capitalism #neoliberalism #inflation #PrivateEquity #HumanRights #greed #avarice #profiteering #poverty #debt #PublicHealth #socialism
"Sending a 'special' message
The homemade labels, made to look like real Woolworths and Coles shelf tickets, have been placed in stores across Australia.
They highlight the big profits the businesses have made in the past year, the high wages of executives, the affordability of food,
and the issue of food wastage.
One message labelled as a 'special' with a Woolworths logo on it reads: "We understand that times are tough, and that’s why we pay our CEO over $20,000 a day.""
#Woolworths #Coles #Supermarket #Activism #Affordability #Food #Greed #Profiteering #Australia
President Biden, tear down that Wall!
"Trump's 'racist political stunt has been an ineffective waste of billions of American taxpayers' dollars': watchdog"
https://www.alternet.org/trumps-wall/ #Trump #TheWall #immigration #greed #Texas #Arizona #NewMexico
"A U.S. government watchdog agency on Thursday released a report exposing how former President Donald Trump's wall construction along the nation's border with Mexico negatively affected cultural and natural resources, as critics have long argued."
It sure looks like the rich are begging for a revolution, doesn’t it?
#PrivateEquity #capitalism #greed #ClimateChange #corruption #war #politics #education #employment
@djvanness @academicchatter
I keep on forecasting that our present civilization is done as it is self-destructing between #fascism, the #Oligarchy, #pollution of soil/water/air, #ClimateChange, #SeaLevelRise but most of all - #GREED!
Gooooooood Mornin’!
Yeah for sure it’s all messed up.
#Climate.
#Nature.
#War.
#Covid.
Vacant #leadership.
#Greed.
Manipulated #divisiveness
But you’re #alive.
And alive means possibility.
And that’ll do.
For now.
Have the best one you can!
“Every single worker in the European Union is guaranteed four weeks of paid vacation.
No matter how long they've been at a company.
No matter how low paying the job is.
Vacation is a right.
In fact, all but one of the richest countries in the world guarantees paid vacation,
except: the U.S.”
#HappyLaborDay #USA
#TheyDontCareAboutYou
#Greed
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/17/1194467863/europe-vacation-holiday-paid-time-off
There's enough money for Sunak to helicopter everywhere at our expense. There was enough money for Truss to spend £1300 on one lunch. There's enough money for subsidising MPs food, accommodation and ludicrous expenses claims ( duck palace? Heated stables?) no matter how much that costs.
But repairing schools to make them safe for our children? Soz. No way. #ToriesUnfitToGovern #Greed #selfishness
[thread] Billionaires, existential risk from
Billionaires Are the Real Existential Risk
We have seen calls to consider whether it is moral to allow billionaires to exist
The real question is whether our species can survive billionaires
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/climate-crisis-artificial-intelligence-existential-risk-billionaires-capitalism
#billionaires #greed #profiteering #ExistentialRisks #neoliberalism #capitalism #DefundBillioniares #neofascism #meritocracy #plutocracy #WealthInequality #WealthConcentration #socialism #HumanRights #inequality
Can I just say: This idea of treating same characters played by different actors as "parallel universes" is the worst, stupidest thing that has ever happened in #PopCulture, even before #Hollywood decided to ride it into the ground. It's the perfect antidote for suspension of disbelief, without which a movie is just a waste of time.
(also, I agree that none of this dog's breakfast #CGI is the #VFX artists' fault; Jordan's right, it's a #greed problem)
Personally, I'm not a fan of the shouted question, "Why are so many people living paycheck to paycheck?" It appears to place blame on a single individual for a complex, age-old problem.
It might be a fun #HashtagGame to construct a pithy answer that informs the populace.
How about a one-word answer: #Greed
@BBCRadio4
Will definitely be listening to this.
How to fairly monetise the work of artists, musicians, specialist journalists and TV / film writers is one of the key issues of our time.
What streaming and social media have done to destroy the livelihood of these professions should be the death throes of corporate greed controlling the intellectual output of humanity.
@breadandcircuses @Gary_Host @grickle
It's by Brazilian artist Jota A Costa.
#cartoonists #nature #greed #death
https://www.irancartoon.com/site/artists/jota-a
#Qantas CEO Alan Joyce rules out paying back #covid 'bailout' as company celebrates record profits #socialismfortherich #greed #auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-24/alan-joyce-qantas-record-profits-covid-bailout-730/102772616
https://newrepublic.com/article/170328/charles-mcgonigal-throw-2016-election
“Trump had been thoroughly compromised by Russia and was a grave threat to national security. But the FBI wasn’t doing anything about it!
One reason for that may have been that on far too many occasions, FBI men in sensitive positions ended up on the take from the very people they were supposed to be investigating”
#CraigUnger #TrumpRussia #FBICompromised #greed #CharlesMcGonigal #LouisFreeh
I attempted to read an article about the record labels who are suing the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project, but I couldn't finish it because I was getting so angry. I can't believe the level of greed of these record labels. I sincerely hope all these lawsuits aren't going to bankrupt the Internet Archive. I love using the Internet Archive to find old books in the public domain to download.
#InternetArchive #books #music #law #lawsuits #greed #CorporateGreed #Art #archive
Addendae 1
Private Equity Firm Might Be Your Next Landlord
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/nyregion/private-equity-apartments-nyc.html
* NYC investors buying up 100s of smaller buildings, prompting concerns over NYC’s deepening housing crisis
* private equity firms quietly spent $100s millions buying apartments
* focus on assets -businesses; housing - they can buy cheaply but have big profits
#capitalism #neoliberalism #inflation #PrivateEquity #DerfundBillionaires #HumanRights #AffordableHousing #RentalUnits #greed #avarice #profiteering
Our artists deserve to live.
#spotify #Garbage #MoneyMark #Myrkur #BeastieBoys #BrokenRecord #capitalism #greed #WorkersRights
#Streaming companies are playing a very dangerous game with regards to the ongoing #wgastrike.
As a #filmworker previously employed by Netflix & other companies, I am currently out of work due to the never ending #greed of their rich studio execs.
Today, as we pass day 100, my wife and I concluded to drop our #AmazonPrime and #Netflix accounts in support of the #WGAStrike. We’ve been on Netflix for two decades now, what an end to an era!
At this point I wonder what it will take for these studios to ever bring us back…
Streaming companies have shown their true colours; their greed is toxic to writers, artists and the industry itself.
Is capitalism winning? Not in our home. We control own own dollar, and we’re done shelling out to #corporate junkies.
#WGAstrong #SAGAFTRAstrike #Paramount #Disney #Apple #CorporateGreed #Capitalism
With respect, the main purpose of Disney and the other studios and streaming services is to make money for their investors.
The fact that they are for-profit ventures is WHY they provide content. Other than maybe PBS, we wouldn't have much TV, movies, books, magazines, etc., without the corporate profit factor.
I am NOT saying they're NOT greedy. Yachts and mansions cost a lot. But we have to remember that serving the public with content is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
We need to keep that dynamic in mind as we evaluate their decisions.
Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
Global investment vampires positioned to suck our libraries dry
https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36998643
* U.S. libraries under threat: politicians banning 1000s of books & making it illegal for minors to access library materials
* looming threat: capitalist enshittification
Enshittification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow#Enshittification
* Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (2023-01-21)
* @pluralistic
@arstechnica
I wonder if Mussolini would have a better term for the petro-fascism that’s destroying life on earth as we know it
#Corporatism #PetroFascism #Fascism #ClimateCatastrophe #BiodiversityCollapse #Greed #Evil #Conservative #RepubliCon #Oligarchy
🧵 1/3 Reading newspapers today, one could think, it's time for the great #backlash
The die-hards in #power and #greed place their climate mines
🇬🇧 https://news.stv.tv/scotland/hundreds-of-new-north-sea-oil-and-gas-licences-announced-rishi-sunak-confirms
🇫🇷 https://www.la-croix.com/Debats/En-Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee-Emmanuel-Macron-soutenir-nouvelle-bombe-climatique-2023-07-27-1201276879
🇩🇪 https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/07/27/germany-plans-to-keep-funding-new-gas-projects-overseas-despite-pledge/
I could make it a #gloom & #doom post but the backlash is a normal part of the #change process. When things change, many people’s response is to push back because they feel uncertain, threatened or disagree. Those in power don't want to lose privileges and profit. Resignation?
So, I may be a "doomsayer" (I consider myself a realist), but I'm always trying to see if there's a solution to getting us out of the mess we're in. Perhaps I would describe myself as an optimistic pessimist. Anyhow, based on my recent research, here are some of the solutions I think we (humanity) should pursue collectively...
1. Plug up the #MethaneLeaks! Seriously! That's a big part of the problem!
2. Make the price of #meat expensive! I remember when having meat was considered a special occasion -- not a daily occurrence.
3. Make things out of #RomanConcrete. Now that we've cracked the recipe, there's no excuse not to use it! Especially with rising sea levels (Roman concrete holds up better when exposed to water).
4. Manufacture stuff that lasts! No more #PlannedObsolescence -- items that can't be upgraded and/or repaired by a skilled user or a local repair shop!
5. Grow food locally! Turn empty #office spaces into #IndoorUrbanFarms (and #housing).
6. Utilize new (and ancient) technologies to the max! #SolarPrisms, reflective white paint, building new structures with #skywells, #geothermal and other ways to cool/heat spaces without using #FossilFuels!
That's just a few off the top of my head. I think a lot of the solutions are right in front of us -- but #greed and #Oligarchy are keeping them from being implemented!
"The #greed is almost a legendary comic trope," says John Cusack on studio use of #AI. https://ew.com/movies/john-cusack-goes-off-on-studio-greed-and-ai-in-support-of-actors-strike/ #SAGAFTRA #SAGAFTRASTRIKE #SAGAFTRASTRONG
#Journal, Day 1212
Friday, 14 July 2023
(Day 74 of #WGAstrike)
(Day 01 of #SAGAFTRAstrike)
#wgastrong #sagaftrastrong
#greed #cancelnetflix #gotothelibrary
"Complicity with #terrorism" "#politics doesn't always add up" "#political calculations are also having terrible consequences for the [innocent civilian] population" "neither side looks good"
Again, the #US is directly supporting the brutally murderous #MohammedBinSalman, and "indirectly" #AlQaeda. We've learned nothing from #Afghanistan in the 1980's and 2000's, or 9/11.
#CW Some disturbing images:
https://youtu.be/apxtznjBasU
@arstechnica it's just the #greed of big manufacturers to literally shill the next device and #DarkPattern clients into "#JustBuyANewOne!" that they employ...
I wished @Fairphone hadn't #downgrade|d the #FP4 with neither real #DualSIM [could've that #eSIM on a seperate #NanoSIM card!] nor a #HeadphoneJack [nor some smol adaptor that snugly fits in the bottom of the device to provide both #TRRS #Headset + #USB-C Data & Charging at the same time!
The future #Republicans are building for your kids is one where this is totally legal: In at least 14 states, the #GOP is trying to roll back child labor laws, placing kids into dangerous industrial work environments so employers can save money on labor costs. #greed #economy
https://www.wpr.org/teen-boy-dies-following-industrial-accident-northern-wisconsin-sawmill
@Radical_EgoCom Workers need to remember that they are an expense to be minimized in the pursuit of #greed.
So many #iOS apps are now asking for high yearly subscriptions like my weather app or else I get plummeted with tons of useless ads and way less features. Sorry, won’t be jumping on board anytime soon. I remember when it used to be a reasonable one time fee. I prefer considering streaming services where I can watch something. Sigh.
Great piece by @joshuaphilll on the myth of scarcity. An excellent read.
https://newmeans.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-scarcity?utm_medium=ios
#scarcity #myths #capitalism #greed #poverty #hunger #homelessness #homeless #unhoused #MythOfScarcity