Category Archives: Guest Post
Data Competition Won’t Protect Your Privacy
Regulators propose democratizing data and encouraging competition to rein in Big Tech. But that won’t do much to protect user privacy.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/13/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Hawaiian Bird Week at Naked Capitalism continues. * * * Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord “When the going gets weird, […]
Read more...Overheating Conditions Indicate High Probability of a US Recession
Larry Summers tells us a recession is coming….sometime….because the US is having too good a time job-wise.
Read more...Healthcare Expert Greg Travis Speaks About the Official Disappearing of COVID-19 Pandemic
Healthcare and technology expert Greg Travis gives a detailed account of how the officialdom has lied about Covid in the interest of profit.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Cloudalists: Our New Cloud-Based Ruling Class
Capitalism is on the wane. Cloudalists, owners of a new form of “command capital,” have gained exorbitant power over everyone else.
Read more...Thawing Permafrost Is Roiling the Arctic Landscape, Driven by a Hidden World of Changes Beneath the Surface as the Climate Warms
Not only is permafrost releasing methane, but when it melts, it removes a key support, leading to collapsing soil and loss of lake drainage.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/12/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...The Amazon Labor Union’s Fight With Amazon Is Far From Over
Amazon is challenging NLRB certification, while a vote at a nearby warehouse looms. So when will Amazon sit down to discuss a contract?
Read more...Biometric Surveillance Systems Are Being Hastily Rolled Out Across the West, With Next to No Public Debate
Governments across the West are hurtling down a path that could lead us all to a very dark place.
Read more...Refurbished Walkers and Wheelchairs Fill Gaps Created by Supply Chain Problems
Yet more signs of commodity shortfalls: scarce walkers and other assistative devices, due to a shortage of aluminum
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/11/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Read more...Beltway A-Lister Gridiron Superspreader Omnishambles (Butchered by “Personal Risk” Brain Geniuses)
Gridiron Club organizes “Vax-Only” events for Beltway elite in ill-ventilated space. Hilarity ensues.
Read more...Links 4/11/2022
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