‘Woah!’: FTC Applauded for Launching Inquiry Into Surveillance Pricing
The FTC targets surveillance pricing, which is privacy-risking data harvesting used to charge higher prices.
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US Voters Want Change, Biden’s Exit Hasn’t Fixed That
Communities ravaged by neoliberal capitalism want real change. Candidates like Biden make Trump look more able to deliver it.
Read more...In Major Shift, British Newspapers Begin Warning of Perils of Cashless Society After Global IT Outage
The mainstream media has, until now, played a crucial role in advancing the Global War on Cash — a war that began with no official declaration but in which propaganda, as with all wars, is a vital weapon.
Read more...Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation
More evidence that US drug price curbs are unlikely to be harming pharmaceutical innovation
Read more...Trump’s Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention
Trumpian themes: People and country, the assassination attempt, Heel or Face, and the working class.
Read more...Obama Call for Open Nomination After Biden Withdrawal Assures Party Damaging “All Pay Auction” Process
How Obama rejecting Harris by calling for nominee selection assures not just more infighting but also serious donor fund wastage.
Read more...The US Vassal State of Germany Comes Apart
Alternative for Germany and Sahra Wagenknecht are likely to perform well as government doubles down on failed policies and castigates voters.
Read more...A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It
An initiative in the Southwestern US demonstrates that health care for the homeless can be financially viable.
Read more...China Has Just Gained First-Mover Advantage In Nuclear Fusion
China has apparently made a big nuclear fusion breakthrough. If true, how long would it take to commercialize it?
Read more...Expert: Why Covid and Future Pandemics Are a Bigger Threat than Nukes
Persistent political and public health failures expose us to pandemics, while vastly underestimating their long-term health effects.
Read more...Links 7/19/2024
Looking Ahead, But Not Forward, to Five More Years of “Queen” Ursula von der Leyen
After five years of overseeing creeping digital censorship, corruption, economic decline, war and institutional support for genocide, Von der Leyen has been given five more years to do more of the same, or worse.
Read more...Will Burying Biomass Underground Curb Climate Change?
Some climate experts say biomass start-ups will limit global warming, but major questions remain.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; A former Navy SEAL takes a view on Trump’s assempted assassination; the Republican National Convention and J.D. Vance; unelecting Biden: irresistible (albeit private) force, immovable (albeit ill) object; Marimekko patterns online. ~
Read more...How Big Pharma Preys on Poor Countries – and Patients Pay the Price
New investigation reveals unequal access to life-saving meds across Europe thanks to Big Pharma system that favors the rich
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