Successful Tool Lending Libraries Force Us to Rethink What the Public Is Willing to Share
Tool libraries lend implements and devices and provide guidance to community members who can’t afford to own or store their own tools.
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Stop Worshiping Central Banks
Preoccupied with ‘credibility’ and reputations, central banks are again driving the world into recession, financial turmoil and debt crises.
Read more...Links 11/1/2022
“Nikkei-Owned Financial Times Begins to Crack on Sanctions”
Some serious whinging from Japan about the supposedly new and improved oil and gas sanctions on Russia.
Read more...The U.S. Diesel Shortage Is Worsening
That diesel shortage we warned you about is arriving. So what is likely to happen?
Read more...Electro-Shock Therapy for Slow Learners in the Ukraine Electric War (Part III)
Russia launches another high-intensity attack on Ukraine’s electric grid, and John Helmer continues his analysis of Russia’s strategy.
Read more...‘A Brazil of Hope’ as Leftist Lula Defeats Far-Right Bolsonaro in Presidential Runoff
Lula is BAACK! A big night for Brazil!
Read more...Links 10/29/2022
Stab in the Back – Not One Inch but Right to the Heart
John Helmer picks apart the not-well-understood story of who betrayed whom when Gorbachev agreed to the lousy US “not one inch” promise.
Read more...Advertise on a Competitor’s Social Media Platform? Um, that Would Be a Hoot… GM “Paused” Ads on Musk’s Twitter
GM wants to have a look-see about how Twitter might use GM ad data to benefit Tesla. Will Chinese walls be enough?
Read more...The Grain Giants Have Made a Bonanza from Hunger. Time to Take Them Apart
The global food system, heavily influenced by the big grain companies, needs an overhaul to allow diverse crops, producers and supply routes
Read more...A Disordered World – Part 3: Pathways
Satyajit Das’ final post on where the world order is headed.
Read more...The Growing Chorus for Peace in Ukraine
It has now become barely acceptable to say it might be a good idea to seek an end to the Ukraine war.
Read more...Offloading Climate Responsibility on the Emerging Economy Victims of Climate Change
Climate equity is further complicating fossil fuel reduction plans, with poor countries arguing that the demands made for them are too high.
Read more...Satyajit Das: A Disordered World – Part 2: Susceptibilities
Satyajit Das continues his tour of the breakup of the world order, here focusing on financial/economic dislocations and dysfunctional elites
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