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My American Dream is in Mexico: Agustín
My American Dream is in Mexico: Agustín
Agustín Barrios Gómez is business leader and politican who found there was no better place in the world to succeed than in Mexico.
·mexiconewsdaily.com·
My American Dream is in Mexico: Agustín
Sensemaking the Shitshow
Sensemaking the Shitshow
The condition we are observing in the body politic is Constitutional Derangement Syndrome. There have been various documented executive derangement syndrome episodes in recent history. This conditi…
·inaniludibrio.com·
Sensemaking the Shitshow
Regarding — and, Well, Against — Substack
Regarding — and, Well, Against — Substack
My advice to any writer looking to start a new site based on the newsletter model would be to consider Substack *last*, not first.
·daringfireball.net·
Regarding — and, Well, Against — Substack
Flooding
Flooding
From Robert Caro’s The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (1974): By building his highways, Moses flooded the city with ca...
·mleddy.blogspot.com·
Flooding
Dionysius the Areopagite - Wikipedia
Dionysius the Areopagite - Wikipedia
Dionysius the Areopagite was an Athenian judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, who lived in the first century. A convert to Christianity, he is venerated as a saint by multiple denominations.
·en.m.wikipedia.org·
Dionysius the Areopagite - Wikipedia
Food delivery service Glovo: tracking riders’ private location and other infringements - AlgorithmWatch
Food delivery service Glovo: tracking riders’ private location and other infringements - AlgorithmWatch
A recent investigation by Tracking Exposed shows that Glovo’s subsidiary in Italy, Foodinho, registers couriers’ off-shift location and shares it with unauthorized parties. The delivery app provider has also been found to have created a “hidden” credit score for their riders.
·algorithmwatch.org·
Food delivery service Glovo: tracking riders’ private location and other infringements - AlgorithmWatch
Requiem for an Empire
Requiem for an Empire
Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of
·counterpunch.org·
Requiem for an Empire
“Inequality”: The Missing Word in the 2024 Election
“Inequality”: The Missing Word in the 2024 Election
In 2022, the Council on Foreign Relations warned, “Income and wealth inequality in the United States is substantially higher than in almost any other
·counterpunch.org·
“Inequality”: The Missing Word in the 2024 Election
How to Stay Alive and Horny Under Authoritarianism
How to Stay Alive and Horny Under Authoritarianism
Sophia Parnok (1885-1933) was born in Taganrog, Russia—Anton Chekhov’s hometown, on the sea of Azov—two decades or so before her country exploded. Born into...
·buttondown.com·
How to Stay Alive and Horny Under Authoritarianism
Second Congo War - Wikipedia
Second Congo War - Wikipedia
The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War or the Great War of Africa, was a major conflict that began on 2 August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), just over a year after the First Congo War. The war initially erupted when Congolese president Laurent-Désiré Kabila turned against his former allies from Rwanda and Uganda, who had helped him seize power. Eventually, the conflict expanded, drawing in nine African nations and approximately 25 armed groups, making it one of the largest wars in African history.
·en.wikipedia.org·
Second Congo War - Wikipedia
Wisecrack (company) - Wikipedia
Wisecrack (company) - Wikipedia
Wisecrack, inc. is an American digital, video production company operated by Jacob Salamon, Jared Bauer, Greg Edwards, Drew Levin, and Todd Mendeloff. The company was founded in 2014 and produces various web series and podcasts such as Thug Notes, Earthling Cinema, and 8-Bit Philosophy. The group is focused on an analysis of anime, film, literature, and video games drawing out philosophy, sociology, psychology and other meanings that can be interpreted from media. Wisecrack was purchased by Blue Ant Media in August, 2019.
·en.wikipedia.org·
Wisecrack (company) - Wikipedia
Blue Ant Media - Wikipedia
Blue Ant Media - Wikipedia
Blue Ant Media Inc. is a Canadian broadcasting and media company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company was founded by Michael MacMillan and formed in 2011 following the acquisition of Glassbox Television. Its name was chosen in reference to William Gibson's informal "Blue Ant" trilogy.
·en.wikipedia.org·
Blue Ant Media - Wikipedia