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Iran to join Shanghai Cooperation Organization - Russia, China circle the wagons. Iran is in it
The Tehran Times reported on Wednesday that Moscow has conveyed to Tehran that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has reached a consensus on Iran’s admission as a full member of the grouping.
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Billionaire-backed mining firm to seek electric vehicle metals in Greenland
Mineral exploration company KoBold Metals, backed by billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has signed an agreement with London-listed Bluejay Mining (JAY.L) to search in Greenland for critical materials used in electric vehicles.
Comment by @wrathofgnon: "Electric vehicles was never about saving the environment. It was always just about prolonging the status quo for a few more years of recklessly burning through every remaining ecosystem, every remaining energy source. And in the end it was all for nothing."
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Today in "the fall of western civilization": Affiliations of Board Members at Pfizer (via)
Pfizer's board connects "leaders" from Facebook, Bank of New York, Presidential Commission on Election, NY University, Univ. of California, Citicorp, Gates Foundation, CocaCola, FDA, National Academy of Medicine, General Electric, CNBC, MIT, Goldman Sachs, AIG, Reuters, etc.
#Comment: Do not worry, there are absolutely no conflict of interests here - since they payed expensive Law and PR firms to remove any doubt and evidence of that...
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Scientists urge US Congress to reconsider bill that could allow genes to be patented (2019)
Nine Nobel prize winners are among 83 leading scientists and physicians who have written to US legislators urging them not to rush through changes to patent law that could lead to the patenting of genes—and even of laws of nature. The scientists’ letter echoes concerns expressed in a previous letter sent to Congress two weeks ago from 170 organisations, including many US scientific and clinical societies. Read more...
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"Vaccine" makers: Pricing in a present value of $40+ for every human on planet earth. BioNTech alone could lift German economy by 0.5% this year (reuter)
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It's the Hottest Job Market in 20 Years for Tech Workers (bostonherald.com)
There's an air of desperation among tech employers this summer. Software talent, it seems, is in such high demand that companies are morphing how they hire. And workers are the ones with the power. Good and experienced tech workers are being treated like local celebrities — hounded by recruiters, courted by managers and bestowed a bevy of options before choosing their next boss. [...] A tidal wave of productivity software flooded the world. Simultaneously, remote work became the status quo in the tech industry. Suddenly, software talent could pick and choose from a massive pool of job opportunities...
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Detail of “Sickened by Corporate Parasites,” Darryl Brown, Digital, October 2020.
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38% of remote workers work from bed (Axios)
45% of American teleworkers regularly work from a couch, 38% regularly work from bed and 20% often work outside, according to a study.
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Today in "the fall of western civilization": Meditation Apps
Many of the "successful" western meditation mobile apps promote their service using images of beautiful young people with their smart phones in their hands and wireless headphones in their ears, while gently smiling and pretending to be casually "meditating" in their designer living rooms or offices. This is late capitalist bullshit at its finest - Namaste! (image source)
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Reflections on witnessing the latest PR events from sillycon valley players
The sillycon valley players (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, etc.) seem to be stuck in a collective hallucination that makes them believe in a heavily sanitized version of "reality", that is 99% surface gloss and 1% essentials. Their focus is on delivering nice-to-have "consumer experience conveniences" coupled with ever increasing surveillance and control - instead of meeting the urgent needs of real people. Most poignantly, sillycon valley innovations are almost excursively catering to a ultra niche "WEIRD" audience ("Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich & Democratic") that makes up only 12% of global population. As a result of all this, the next four billion people coming online are predominantly adopting technology solutions from incumbent non-weird players. It's time for sillycon valley to really "think different", or perish.
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Davos is dead, and the coronavirus killed it - by Felix Marquardt (Financial Times)
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A Post-COVID Revival for Community Shopping? Sharing Expertise with “Machizemi”
On the Japanese practice of "machizemi" where shop keepers hold learning seminars on things related to their business specialty resulting in increased sales and visitors, revitalization of shopping districts etc. An effective way of competing with malls. A knife shop teaches customers how to sharpen their knives, a restaurant teaches visitors how to cook their speciality, a tea store teaches people who to properly brew tea, etc. So many great stories and ideas here. Should be applicable anywhere in the world.
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"Great resignation" wave coming for companies (Axios)
"Surveys show 25% to upwards of 40% of workers are thinking about quitting their jobs."
#Comment: A core of capitalism - the corporation - is collapsing from within. This industrial age model of organization is being rapidly superseded by new forms of human-to-human relationships, that are less militaristic and far more dynamic. Good riddance! A somewhat related trend is the ongoing collapse of the nation-state and its institutions.
