Interesting News, Articles & Stuff

[bhasma]

Climate change threatens everything, and penguins are just the tip of an iceberg.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08...ss-affects-emperor-penguin-breeding/102765634

 

[florduh]

From the people who originally brought us the weekend and the 40 hour work week...

Striking UAW auto workers want 4-day, 32-hour workweek, among other contract demands

United Auto Workers – the union that represents workers at the Big Three automakers in Detroit – went on strike overnight.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[EarthworldTim]

Speaking of shitbags...

Fights erupt at eviction party thrown by Berkeley landlords

A party thrown by the Berkeley Property Owners Association on Tuesday resulted in multiple physical altercations between landlords and protesters.

www.sfgate.com

 

[florduh]

Speaking of shitbags...

Fights erupt at eviction party thrown by Berkeley landlords

A party thrown by the Berkeley Property Owners Association on Tuesday resulted in multiple physical altercations between landlords and protesters.

www.sfgate.com

If you throw a party to celebrate people getting thrown out of their homes, you deserve to get your teeth knocked out.

 

[cybrguy]

Wow!!

New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease

Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed

scitechdaily.com

 

[florduh]

Wow!!

New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease

Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed

scitechdaily.com

Big JB stays winning

 

[florduh]

Workers strike at all 3 Detroit automakers, a new tactic to squeeze companies for better pay

Nearly one in 10 of America’s unionized auto workers went on strike Friday at Detroit’s three automakers.

apnews.com

Given how anti-labor the media tends to be, this is a surprising result:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1702684081165631741

These fuckin people. "I'm paid for performance!" LOL, translation: I make money off the labor of the workers, AND by ensuring they get to keep as little of the fruits of that labor as possible!

Edit:

UAW Temporarily Loses Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three

Some 13,000 members of the United Auto Workers are participating in what they’re calling their Stand Up Strike.

theintercept.com

Maybe letting a union busting billionaire buy "the new digital town square" wasn't some boon to free speech after all?

 

[CANtalk]

Neuralink Monkeys Reveal What It’s Like Working With Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s company Neuralink confirmed that dozens of its primate test subjects died after having medical devices implanted in their brains. The Onion asked Neuralink monkeys what it’s like working with the billionaire tech genius, and this is what they said.

www.theonion.com

After watching the documentary 100 years of Warner Bros.: the stuff that dreams are made of, some content led me here,

Hollywood's most hated movie mogul? Meet Jack Warner

Marking 100 Years of Warner Bros. means remembering the despised studio boss who battled his brothers, fought his stars, and left a ruthless legacy

www.avclub.com

And here,

America's Top Nazi Sued Warner Bros. for Libel in 1939 Because He Didn't Like the Movie Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Fritz Kuhn was a despicable man. But he and his fellow Nazi followers in the United States thought he had a valuable reputation to protect. Which is why Kuhn sued Warner Bros. for libel in 1939 after the Hollywood studio released a film called Confessions of a Nazi Spy.

gizmodo.com

And indirectly to this more recent content,

The Man in Charge of (HBO) Max Has Had Quite the Villainous Week

In a sea of media mega-millionaires, one man has managed to make himself the center of every outrage.

slate.com

GQ pulls article that slammed Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav

The story, written by freelance film critic Jason Bailey, excoriated the 63-year-old CEO for his handling of the company At one point, comparing Zaslav to 'Succession' antagonist Logan Roy.

www.dailymail.co.uk

GQ Deletes Article Criticizing David Zaslav As “The Most Hated Man In Hollywood” Following Objections From Warner Bros. Discovery CEO

The article claimed Zaslav was “only good at breaking things.”

decider.com

‘Shameful, Crappy, and Corrupt’: GQ Gets Pummeled by Journalists for Taking Down Article Which Criticized David Zaslav

The journalism world is standing by reporter Jason Bailey, author of the now-deleted GQ profile of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.

www.mediaite.com

“It’s culturally damaging, and insulting to creators”: David Zaslav’s Cruelty Seems Limitless as WB Permanently Deletes ‘Final Space’ as Tax Write-Off, Sets Precedent For Capitalism Destroying Art

Final Space gets permanently cancelled as Warner Bros. deletes it due to a tax write off. Fans as well as Olan Rogers express their views.

fandomwire.com

How GQ erased its article that was critical of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav

GQ deleted an article that was critical of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav this week, just hours after it was published. Find out why.

www.latimes.com

The original unedited GQ article

https://archive.ph/ftmBd

 

[CANtalk]

 

[florduh]

Twice in this century the US Presidential candidate with the most votes lost the election.

And the democratic "choices" we're presented with are: a Neoliberal Capitalist Party, or a Neoliberal Capitalist Party that wants to put trans people in camps. Democracy!

 

[Abele Rizieri Ferrari]

No idea why Netherlands gets the highest score.

Dutch police violating demonstrators' privacy on a massive scale: Amnesty International

The Dutch police violate protesters’ privacy on a large scale with unjustified ID checks, social media monitoring, drone surveillance at demonstrations, infiltration of group chats, and unannounced home visits, Amnesty International said in a report titled Unchecked Power.

nltimes.nl

Dutch childcare benefits scandal - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

PM Rutte's deleted texts can't be recovered; Parliamentary debate today

The text messages that Prime Minister Mark Rutte deleted every day for years can not be recovered. He said this in a letter to parliament. For years the Prime Minister only forwarded messages he considered "important for administrative decision making" to an official for archiving and deleted...

nltimes.nl

Trust in Parliament at 10-year low

In the last quarter of 2022, 25 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years and over had confidence in the lower house of Dutch Parliament, the so-called Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives).

www.cbs.nl

Some issues that spring to mind... If this is the best the nations of the world are doing, well that's a pitiful state of affairs.

 

[cybrguy]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1703123084566294981

 

[Abele Rizieri Ferrari]

People of the State of California v. Big Oil | Governor of California

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Oil executives deceived the public for decades about how fossil fuels are hurting our health and destroying our planet, protecting their own profits while sticking taxpayers…

www.gov.ca.gov

 

[florduh]

People of the State of California v. Big Oil | Governor of California

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Oil executives deceived the public for decades about how fossil fuels are hurting our health and destroying our planet, protecting their own profits while sticking taxpayers…

www.gov.ca.gov

Not sure why it took this long. They knowingly lied, just like the tobacco industry. And the results are far more disastrous.

 

[Farid]

This is the absolute worst choice of colors possible for color blind people. Usually I can still tell the colors apart by their contrast but here it's absolutely impossible.

 

[florduh]

This is the absolute worst choice of colors possible for color blind people. Usually I can still tell the colors apart by their contrast but here it's absolutely impossible.

It's basically this map

 

[Knewt]

This is the absolute worst choice of colors possible for color blind people. Usually I can still tell the colors apart by their contrast but here it's absolutely impossible.

I am very red-green color blind and I don’t have a problem with that graphic. However, red lettering on a dark background, it might as well be in invisible ink for me.

 

[Farid]

For me it's the purple blue that makes it impossible.

 

[cybrguy]

Proposed punitive Florida EV tax is right-wing social engineering

Last week Senator Ed Hooper (R-Clearwater), a onetime moderate who I happened to somewhat like as a House member continued his drift into DeSantistan with an absolutely ridiculous proposal meant to…

thefloridasqueeze.com

 

[Canna Chameleon]

I don’t even know what to say anymore

Truth Social

Truth Social is America's "Big Tent" social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating on the basis of political ideology.

truthsocial.com

 

[florduh]

I don’t even know what to say anymore

Truth Social

Truth Social is America's "Big Tent" social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating on the basis of political ideology.

truthsocial.com

Yep. This Rosh Hashanah, The Jews really need to atone for not voting for Trump. Many people have been saying this.

I also like that he allocated millions of dollars for Holocaust education. Because I'm pretty sure that whole business started with blaming The Jews for destroying the country.

 

[cybrguy]

This ABC News producer should lose his job. What a piece of shit.

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/abc-producer-harasses-biden-at-cemetery-with-hunter-questions

 

[florduh]

The girls are fighting...

Trump calls DeSantis abortion ban ‘a terrible mistake’

Regarding the bill signed by DeSantis, which bans abortions before many women know they are pregnant, Trump said, “I think what he did is a terrible thing and a terrible mistake.”

www.wesh.com

 

[florduh]

UAW braces for more strikes as deal with automakers remains elusive

United Auto Workers members picketing in Michigan and Ohio urged union leaders to hold firm on their biggest demands on pay hikes and compensation as their first-ever strike against the Detroit Three automakers hit its fifth day.

www.reuters.com

I gotta say, UAW President Sean Fain (which sounds suspiciously like Sinn Fein) is a very impressive leader. He's doing targeted strikes that are exacting a huge price on the Big 3, while keeping most workers on the job and preserving their strike fund.

People forget, auto workers made a huge sacrifice to keep these companies afloat back in '08. And they were never made whole. These fucking CEO's claiming their demands will bankrupt them is hilarious as well.

 

[Grass Yes]

I gotta say, UAW President Sean Fain (which sounds suspiciously like Sinn Fein) is a very impressive leader

I laughed my ass off when I heard his name on the radio. So I am glad someone else noticed.