With the whole #Threads thing I think there is generally a fear of missing out that makes people want to go #corporate. That's why #Meta and #Twitter remain so popular.
But to go to, and remain on, part of the #Fediverse whose instances have chosen to opt out would probably make a more enjoyable, meaningful experience.
Finding people with similar interests is much more fruitful that knowing what some boring celebrity has to say, or to listening to a middling centrist crowd have their say.
After 250 000 Panamians took the streets (a massive 6 % of the population!) to protst Central America's largest open pit copper mine owned by First Quantum Minerals, the supreme court ruled that the mine has to be shut down.
Thanks to @corpwatch ! (definitely worth a follow🖤 )
big [#corporate money is going all-in on #hotswapping -- a little like another subscription service then, right?]
"partnership will see 100 Fiat 500e EVs that operate within Stellantis’ Free2move car-sharing service be retrofitted with Ample’s modular batteries which can then be swapped on a module-by-module basis at the startup’s swap stations"
What unique presents can I buy for people for #Christmas that won't give money to #corporate assholes and maybe are things of beauty and quality that are actually worth buying, and perhaps will be things the receiver with actually keep instead of giving them to a #CharityShop in the new year?
The premise that #women exist in #America primarily to be #livestock, birthing and nurturing a steady supply of future workers to be tossed into our #economic grinders and be spit back out as #corporate#profit reports, appears to be growing again after years of being beaten back.
"President #Biden blasted corporate “price gouging” more forcefully this week than ever before...
assailing firms for not lowering prices even as supply chains have healed. “Let me be clear: To any corporation that has not brought their prices back down — even as inflation has come down, even [as] supply chains have been rebuilt — it’s time to stop the price gouging,” he said in a speech" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/12/01/biden-price-gouging-inflation/
The only consolation I have in having to see the thousands of spineless, racist, #politically illiterate self-interested white Vote Blueberals on here is knowing how deep they're digging their own graves. If Biden wins, he and the DNC continues to do fuck all to protect US minorities and takes the party further right until a GOP win is guaranteed in 2029. If Trump wins, not only is the same shit going to happen, just faster. In both cases they will have destroyed every bit of trust and solidarity with the #leftist movements that are already organising.
Oh, and Trump and Biden are both equally likely to withdraw from Ukraine. Trump is buddies with Putin, just like Netanyahu, while Biden is going to have to placate his outraged constituency in some way, and Ukraine is a better sacrificial lamb than Israel will ever be.
We will never, ever, forget, that when push came to shove, Muslim lives became part of the "lesser" evil. All over anxiety of things that you thought might happen, rather than concern for what was already happening to disabled people, BIPOC and the Global South at the hands of your demonic so-called saviour. May you all rot.
"Frustrated with #airlines that charge passengers steep fees to check bags and change flights, #PresidentBiden last fall embarked on a campaign to crack down on the practice — and force companies to show the full price of #travel before people pay for their #tickets.
"The #CFPB expects to finalize its credit card fee limit early next year. In the meantime, the vociferous opposition has underscored a harsh reality: Even the most #popular acts of #government threaten to become mired in intractable #legal fights, potentially delaying or denying financial relief to #Americans.
I am really getting tired of every online corporate platform turning to shit. It's getting to the point where, if the company is a corpo, they shouldn't be used just on general principle.
Totally. #IMGUR is infected with terrorist trolls now as well.
The community comments and interaction is so toxic I had to quit today.
I'm actually considering leaving all the Online communities including Mastodon in favor written journals. The #regression I've witnessed online because of #antisemitic opinions blasting Israel for Hamas declared Jihad is alarming and a sign of the current condition of #Humanity
A key to the reforming the global economy is a reset of #corporate#tax regulation.
For years this was the remit of the #OECD but frustrated by the slowness of reform, developing countries tried to move the project to the #UnitedNations.
This resulted in a UN report last year & a series of voluntary standards as the first steps of reform.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, its now emerged that the UK & EU have been 'rubbishing' the report & working against these reforms.
A company I work for uses it; it's pretty typical remote-administration, helpdesk-assistance type stuff as far as I know. It's installed on all company machines, including the one they sent me.
Its a complex (often negative answer) but the World Shipping Council is hoping to convince the UK to diverge from the EU in its anti-trust regulations on global #shipping firms.
Looking at sector profitability & consolidation the EU recently removed an exemption for shipping, so now the sector would like the UK to use is new 'sovereignty' to initiate an exemption here... no doubt with the promise of #corporate relocation?
TikTok's gravitational pull on the young demographic is staggering. Studies indicate that around 20% of individuals aged 18 to 24 are now turning to this platform for their daily news intake. This pivot towards short-form video content highlights the pressing need for a delicate balance between informative and entertaining content, placing a weighty responsibility on content creators and the platform itself. 🍕
"What it does is it scans all your digital devices to make sure you’re not furiously jacking off to porn every time you get in bed or at stoplights or during the commercials while watching “Seventh Heaven” reruns. And it sends a report card every week to your “accountability partner” — big thing in evangelical circles, having “accountability partners” — to tell them how much of a godly hands-free no-porner you’ve been that week."