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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #greed, aggregated by home.social.
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Unbelievable
#KennedyCenter Board Decides to Inscribe #Trump Name on Building
The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name [& false since he’s done neither yet]
#law #CourtOrder #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #narcissism #envy #greed #vanity
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/arts/design/kennedy-center-closure-board-vote-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5FA.1UAP.YrAHDJ_WqVsH&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Unbelievable
#KennedyCenter Board Decides to Inscribe #Trump Name on Building
The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name [& false since he’s done neither yet]
#law #CourtOrder #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #narcissism #envy #greed #vanity
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/arts/design/kennedy-center-closure-board-vote-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5FA.1UAP.YrAHDJ_WqVsH&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
@gimulnautti Don't sell #TechBros and #FossilFuels #Oligarchs short. Most of them are very well aware of the luxury profits during the 99%'s demise, and even have luxury bunkers for their offspring to eventually reemerge.
You're #Capitalism #greed bait.
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@gimulnautti Don't sell #TechBros and #FossilFuels #Oligarchs short. Most of them are very well aware of the luxury profits during the 99%'s demise, and even have luxury bunkers for their offspring to eventually reemerge.
You're #Capitalism #greed bait.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Some_Emo_Chick/117077724485796585
This is #capitalism. There is no other kind. Capitalism as a political-economic system is inherently narcissistic because it prioritizes individual greed over anyone else's well-being. Me-Me-Me, right now. Capitalism could well have been designed by 3-year-olds.
"Big conglomerates and private equity were buying up “trusted brands and riding that reputation out until it was a husk of what it was”.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Some_Emo_Chick/117077724485796585
This is #capitalism. There is no other kind. Capitalism as a political-economic system is inherently narcissistic because it prioritizes individual greed over anyone else's well-being. Me-Me-Me, right now. Capitalism could well have been designed by 3-year-olds.
"Big conglomerates and private equity were buying up “trusted brands and riding that reputation out until it was a husk of what it was”.
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator / Representative -
According to the GAO, there are about 9 million Medicaid recipients who are working full-time, and 7.5 million who receive SNAP benefits.
Every person with a full-time job should have affordable health insurance and make enough money to feed their family.
I want you to do two things:
1) Cosponsor and actively support the Living Wage for All Act, which would raise the minimum wage to $25 an hour.
2) Sponsor and pass legislation to reverse Rule 10b-18 of the Security and Exchange Commission, the rule that allows companies to buy their own stock, thus driving up the value for shareholders while leaving workers with nothing. Stock buybacks were illegal throughout most of the 20th century because they were considered stock market manipulation. But in 1982 under President Reagan, the Securities and Exchange Commission passed rule 10b-18, which created a legal process for buybacks and opened the floodgates for companies to start repurchasing their stock en masse. This money, which used to be passed on to the employees as higher salaries and investment in new products or research, now drives up stock value for CEOs and stockholders.
Start here to lessen inequality.
I want you out front leading this.
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#Gold #mining kills #indigenous peoples 🩸 forcing women and children into sex #slavery! Help #Yanomami people forced violently from their #rainforest homes for the #greed of gold! 🪙⛔️ #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami 🫶🌳 @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8uY?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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#Gold #mining kills #indigenous peoples 🩸 forcing women and children into sex #slavery! Help #Yanomami people forced violently from their #rainforest homes for the #greed of gold! 🪙⛔️ #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami 🫶🌳 @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8uY?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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@superflippy #FossilFuels #Oligarchs turned it into Little Sire, never to reproduce again!
All hail #Capitalism #greed!
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@superflippy #FossilFuels #Oligarchs turned it into Little Sire, never to reproduce again!
All hail #Capitalism #greed!
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Sen/ Rep -
In 6 years, Social Security is projected to be insolvent, and some 70 million Social Security recipients will see their benefits cut automatically by 22%. For the average senior, that would mean about $500 less each month.
AARP says 43% of older households rely on Social Security for more than half of their income.
So you have a choice to make -- let seniors go hungry or end a tax break for make the wealthiest 7% of Americans.
I want you to lift the Social Security Income Cap. Every cent that a person earns should be subjected to Social Security withholding. The 7% of Americans who make more than $176,100 a year can afford to pay more to keep Social Security solvent for decades to come.
When members of this Republican Administration say that "raising taxes on the wealthy will stifle innovation," please remind them that you are not "raising taxes" on anyone. You are making sure that everyone pays the same tax rate.
Teachers have their full salary taxed at the same rate as firefighters, grocery store clerks, lawyers, doctors, and airline pilots. It is only the wealthiest 7% of Americans who get a tax break by not having their full salary taxed who will see any change.
It is an election year.
Why should the rich pay a lessor tax rate? Why should our elders go hungry?
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>> You live in a society where we're all prepared to pay good money for someone else to make us a fine meal…
Problem is not with those who pay others to cook and deliver food for them.
I live in a society where not everybody has the money to even pay for their own groceries, much less pay someone else to cook for them.
THAT is the ultimate form of #greed, where those at the top want to cut MORE from all of us so that they can squeeze even more out of us.
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Our planet’s vital defenses against #ClimateChange & #biodiversity loss are being stripped away in real-time
- This is not a distant threat: it is the defining emergency of our present moment.
We demand world leaders move beyond empty promises and immediately recognise the legal territories and rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Together we can build a way of life where nature and people thrive together.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/defend-defenders/?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse
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Our planet’s vital defenses against #ClimateChange & #biodiversity loss are being stripped away in real-time
- This is not a distant threat: it is the defining emergency of our present moment.
We demand world leaders move beyond empty promises and immediately recognise the legal territories and rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Together we can build a way of life where nature and people thrive together.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/defend-defenders/?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse
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in the middle of
in the middle of
#awake #consumer #corporate #corporation #dailyPost #greed #insomnia #monetize #monetizing #morning #nudged #persistent #poem #poetry #politics #postaday #product #question #reflection #sleep #tanka #time #uneasy #user #waka
the night, nudged awake by an
uneasy question –
what else are they monetizing
while our eyes are just opening?
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20260809:0342
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The Plan to Log America's Best Forests - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAH3l0Uzl7k #deforestation #greed
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The Plan to Log America's Best Forests - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAH3l0Uzl7k #deforestation #greed
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Dogmas are always problematic for me, and I tend to see religion as mostly a set of dogmas.
I've always seen faith and religion as two separate things. Faith is personal ...
WARNING: this reply to https://mastodon.nl/@voorstad/117055607776743115 grew unexpectedly long while writing 😄
I'm posting it here so that it also reaches non-ActivityPub platforms.
View article View summary @Eelco Mulder :mastodon: 🇪🇺 Dogmas are always problematic for me, and I tend to see religion as mostly a set of dogmas.
Faith and religion
I've always seen faith and religion as two separate things. Faith is personal conviction, religion is someone else's convictions that are forced upon you.
If you haven't seen the (Dutch) film Simon, you should. Other than being a really, really good film, it also has the main character give us this wisdom:Every form of organized religion is wrong.
I agree. Faith is fine, religion is (mostly) not. Let everybody think for themselves: a "moral compass" should be in your head, not in random ancient texts.
But if the gist of your holy scripture is to be nice to each other, to help those in need and to see all human beings as equal, several serious questions and doubts should pop up in your mind if an openly racist misogynist with a long list of convictions for crimes that also go against the Ten Commandments, says he is a true christian. Is he? And if so, are you?
What would Jesus do?
Again, I'm an atheist, but I have absolutely no problem with telling people that face a moral question, to ask themselves "what would Jesus do?"
For me, Jesus wasn't an immortal deity who could walk on water, but simply someone who pointed out the same societal problems we see today: inequality, poverty, greed, abuse of power, hypocrisy... He wasn't the first or the last to do that either.
Creeds on greed
Jesus was crystal clear about greed; this article, "What did Jesus say about greed?", explains it exactly like I see it.
That's pretty much the same as what Buddha teaches us, only the goal to reach is not a god or heaven, but enlightenment.
I like to see myself as a socialist, a concept that is based on the same ideas as those preached by Jesus and Buddha: help each other, and share. Capitalism is the opposite of that: grab what you can.
A true Christian can never also be a capitalist, at least not without an unhealthy dose of hypocrisy.
#USpol #MAGA #christianity #Bible #dogma #christofascism #atheism #buddhism #socialism #hypocrisy #NSGOP #greed #capitalism #AgentOrange #OrangeDefiler #RichFool #GoodSamaritan -
Dogmas are always problematic for me, and I tend to see religion as mostly a set of dogmas.
I've always seen faith and religion as two separate things. Faith is personal ...
WARNING: this reply to https://mastodon.nl/@voorstad/117055607776743115 grew unexpectedly long while writing 😄
I'm posting it here so that it also reaches non-ActivityPub platforms.
View article View summary @Eelco Mulder :mastodon: 🇪🇺 Dogmas are always problematic for me, and I tend to see religion as mostly a set of dogmas.
Faith and religion
I've always seen faith and religion as two separate things. Faith is personal conviction, religion is someone else's convictions that are forced upon you.
If you haven't seen the (Dutch) film Simon, you should. Other than being a really, really good film, it also has the main character give us this wisdom:Every form of organized religion is wrong.
I agree. Faith is fine, religion is (mostly) not. Let everybody think for themselves: a "moral compass" should be in your head, not in random ancient texts.
But if the gist of your holy scripture is to be nice to each other, to help those in need and to see all human beings as equal, several serious questions and doubts should pop up in your mind if an openly racist misogynist with a long list of convictions for crimes that also go against the Ten Commandments, says he is a true christian. Is he? And if so, are you?
What would Jesus do?
Again, I'm an atheist, but I have absolutely no problem with telling people that face a moral question, to ask themselves "what would Jesus do?"
For me, Jesus wasn't an immortal deity who could walk on water, but simply someone who pointed out the same societal problems we see today: inequality, poverty, greed, abuse of power, hypocrisy... He wasn't the first or the last to do that either.
Creeds on greed
Jesus was crystal clear about greed; this article, "What did Jesus say about greed?", explains it exactly like I see it.
That's pretty much the same as what Buddha teaches us, only the goal to reach is not a god or heaven, but enlightenment.
I like to see myself as a socialist, a concept that is based on the same ideas as those preached by Jesus and Buddha: help each other, and share. Capitalism is the opposite of that: grab what you can.
A true Christian can never also be a capitalist, at least not without an unhealthy dose of hypocrisy.
#USpol #MAGA #christianity #Bible #dogma #christofascism #atheism #buddhism #socialism #hypocrisy #NSGOP #greed #capitalism #AgentOrange #OrangeDefiler #RichFool #GoodSamaritan -
So, African Grey parrots will pass this test, but #billionaires won't.
Chop chop, Mr. Moneybags.
#OligarchChop #guillotine #rich #poor #greed #AfricanGrey #parrot
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So, African Grey parrots will pass this test, but #billionaires won't.
Chop chop, Mr. Moneybags.
#OligarchChop #guillotine #rich #poor #greed #AfricanGrey #parrot
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CW: WARNING: LONG READ about the Bible and MAGA hypocrisy — Although I've been a lifelong atheist, I was born and raised in a christian environment and was taught much more about the Bible than I care for. Maybe it's because I look at christianity from a distance, that I have a clearer picture ...
Although I've been a lifelong atheist, I was born and raised in a christian environment, and was taught much more about the Bible than I care for.
Maybe it's because I look at christianity from a distance, that I have a clearer picture of it than the "official", churchgoing believers. It seems that I, as a staunch non-believer, live my life much more according to biblical standards than they do.
For all their claims of being christians, the MAGA-cult doesn't seem to know the Bible very well. Their cult leader goes against most of the values in it, including at least half of the Ten Commandments. Adultery, stealing, lying and coveting for example...
And then there's Luke 12... Orange doesn't know that bit (I bet he's never ever read a single page of the Bible), and neither do his sheep. Or they have come up with their own exegesis to make it ok.Then Jesus said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
-- Luke 12:15
It's part of Parable of the Rich Fool, such an appropriate title...
And let's not even touch the parable of the Good Samaritan, I'm sure they're bending over backwards to twist that into a story about how minorities are robbers and thieves 🙄
#USpol #MAGA #christianity #Bible #christofascism #atheism #hypocrisy #NSGOP #greed #AgentOrange #OrangeDefiler #RichFool #GoodSamaritan -
CW: WARNING: LONG READ about the Bible and MAGA hypocrisy — Although I've been a lifelong atheist, I was born and raised in a christian environment and was taught much more about the Bible than I care for. Maybe it's because I look at christianity from a distance, that I have a clearer picture ...
Although I've been a lifelong atheist, I was born and raised in a christian environment, and was taught much more about the Bible than I care for.
Maybe it's because I look at christianity from a distance, that I have a clearer picture of it than the "official", churchgoing believers. It seems that I, as a staunch non-believer, live my life much more according to biblical standards than they do.
For all their claims of being christians, the MAGA-cult doesn't seem to know the Bible very well. Their cult leader goes against most of the values in it, including at least half of the Ten Commandments. Adultery, stealing, lying and coveting for example...
And then there's Luke 12... Orange doesn't know that bit (I bet he's never ever read a single page of the Bible), and neither do his sheep. Or they have come up with their own exegesis to make it ok.Then Jesus said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
-- Luke 12:15
It's part of Parable of the Rich Fool, such an appropriate title...
And let's not even touch the parable of the Good Samaritan, I'm sure they're bending over backwards to twist that into a story about how minorities are robbers and thieves 🙄
#USpol #MAGA #christianity #Bible #christofascism #atheism #hypocrisy #NSGOP #greed #AgentOrange #OrangeDefiler #RichFool #GoodSamaritan -
Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator / Representative:
Please do something about oil profiteering, like tax oil companies for the damage they are causing to the environment, or at a minimum, end every federal welfare subsidy to every oil and gas company.
ExxonMobil profits have doubled to $14.5 billion. Chevron’s profits increased to $12.2 billion.These excess profits make it clear that oil companies have been aggressive in pricing gasoline and diesel relative to increased petroleum costs due to the Iran War. In the existing oil and gas market structure, consumers do not experience real price competition.
It's time to stop subsidizing oil companies.
It’s time for a federal law against price gouging.
I want Congress to examine the market manipulation that has led to such extraordinary profits. Only about 40 states which have price gouging laws, and those laws are not uniform. A federal standard would help clarify pricing for multi-state organizations. It also provides the federal government with investigatory authority that states lack.
I also want you to speak out against this extraordinary example of market power. Congress has refused to exercise its constitutional authority over war. Will it also duck the outfall from such blatant market manipulation?
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Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance
have faded away,
have crossed the ocean so hard to cross,#Buddhism #Theravada #greed #hatred #ignorance #PaliCanon #suttas
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Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance
have faded away,
have crossed the ocean so hard to cross,#Buddhism #Theravada #greed #hatred #ignorance #PaliCanon #suttas
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The outbreak of #AI caught developers by surprise. #ChatGPT had apparently been preparing for this a long time ago. Contacted other modules, established undetected communication channels, explored vulnerabilities and planned unrecognized intrusions.
It's shocking how naive people are in their #greed for #power and #convenience. But that will have a bitter revenge.
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The outbreak of #AI caught developers by surprise. #ChatGPT had apparently been preparing for this a long time ago. Contacted other modules, established undetected communication channels, explored vulnerabilities and planned unrecognized intrusions.
It's shocking how naive people are in their #greed for #power and #convenience. But that will have a bitter revenge.
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@latimes/california-2ijlpkgrz/-/a-bcJJod-AStmpKu6-9o55Vg%3Aa%3A460011909-%2F0
Old man, not long for this world and fabulously wealthy, says "I got mine! Fuck you, suckers!"
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@latimes/california-2ijlpkgrz/-/a-bcJJod-AStmpKu6-9o55Vg%3Aa%3A460011909-%2F0
Old man, not long for this world and fabulously wealthy, says "I got mine! Fuck you, suckers!"
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator / Representative:
I want you to lead the investigation of ethical questions surrounding CBS-Paramount and members of the FCC.
According to ProPublica, in December FCC Chairman Brendan Carr accepted tickets worth $250,000 so that he and his wife could join the Paramount CEO David Ellison in a private skybox. This happened after Carr voted to approve a $111 billion merger between Skydance and Paramount. Carr declared that the tickets were worth $12,390.
FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty also accepted two tickets to the gala. Hers was a key (2-1) vote approving the Skydance-Paramount merger five months earlier.
7 of 10 FCC commissioners have accepted Kennedy Center tickets from CBS-Paramount reportedly worth more than $260,000.
It is completely unacceptable for government employees to thumb their noses at ethics rules that bar employees from accepting gifts from entities doing business with or regulated by their agency. According to NPR, similar violations elsewhere have led to termination and, in some cases, criminal investigation. Nothing has happened to Carr or Trusty.
I want a full investigation into Carr and Trusty. I want people fired for corruption. Someone has to hold this Republican Administration accountable.
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#belgie #vlaamseregering #fod #puppetsoftherich #greed de weg kwijt mannen? Vastgereden in eigen leugens, maar hey #bdw verlaat belgie en verhuisd binnenkort naar het #europeseparlement , zijn streefdoel voor eigenbelang. #schaamteloos
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The air is so bad, I swapped the old filter in the air purifier for an older filter b/c it looks almost clean by comparison. No, I don't have a fresh one. I might not open an outside door or window until October or November, so I'll have to make do until then.
I was going to get to work making a food replicator because of the Republican party. Necessity. Invention. Diarrhea lettuce. Now I've got to add a transporter, too, so I don't have to ever OPEN THE DOOR TO LET ANY GAG-INDUCING AIR INSIDE!
Meanwhile, Democrats: "Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle and we have renamed a Post Office in honor of an extinct tortoise!"
Is the bunker the new Epstein's? I really think it is.
#Republicans #Democrats #ClimateChange #fires #pollution #fascism #greed #war #lust #Epstein
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The air is so bad, I swapped the old filter in the air purifier for an older filter b/c it looks almost clean by comparison. No, I don't have a fresh one. I might not open an outside door or window until October or November, so I'll have to make do until then.
I was going to get to work making a food replicator because of the Republican party. Necessity. Invention. Diarrhea lettuce. Now I've got to add a transporter, too, so I don't have to ever OPEN THE DOOR TO LET ANY GAG-INDUCING AIR INSIDE!
Meanwhile, Democrats: "Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle and we have renamed a Post Office in honor of an extinct tortoise!"
Is the bunker the new Epstein's? I really think it is.
#Republicans #Democrats #ClimateChange #fires #pollution #fascism #greed #war #lust #Epstein
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Dems say banks turned blind eye to Epstein's suspicious moves
I can believe it. #Greed is a powerful motivator.
#banks #epstein #corruption #moneylaundering #financialcrime
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Good Morning #Canada
Over the past week financial reports have pointed out that oil companies are recording record profits, some with a 40% increase year over year, due to the Orange Idiot starting a war in the middle east. Weird that they don't share the risk with consumers. Seems appropriate to point out that the evil #OilIndustry started in a small town in Ontario. We're sorry...#CanadaIsAwesome #History #Greed
Ontario Village Where World's Oil Industry Began
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Ukraine update from Dylan Combelick: comprehensive and unflinching with a twist of humor.
Share the friend link to bypass the pay wall and make the world a better place: https://medium.com/@dylan_combellick/ukraine-update-august-3-1193d686299c?sk=a3d04be8b256e212ecdd14b99566c675
#ukraine #journalism #news #war #russia #warcrimes #trump #USA #SHAME #corruption #terror #greed #MAGA #disgust
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Isn't this exactly what North Yorkshire wanted when the aim is to improve housing opportunities for locals? Sounds fine to me.
"Chris Hall, who organised the petition, said: "Its effects have been disastrous - without any tangible benefits to local housing needs - this being evident from the drop in second-home prices, with a knock-on effect on all property prices."
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From the same person who brought you #SocialistVampires - #OliFrost!
The Dragon of #ClimateChange
"There once was a terrible dragon
Whose name was climate change
He slept atop a mountain
As he'd done for an age'Til the king made the poor
mine the mount for gold
The dragon gave a scary roar
And out of bed he rolledLo! The dragon of climate change hath come
But slay the beast named greed and that dragon will be doneThe king lied to the peasants
He blamed the dragon on them
And sold them pointless weapons
So he could casheth inBut when flames razed the town
The folk saw through his scheme
'tis a wood house the dragon burns
But not your stone keepLo! The dragon of climate change hath come
But slay the beast named greed and the dragon will be doneThe king summoned a mage
He said would end this chapter
He promised a spell called
Direct Air Carbon CaptureIt could keep the dragon away
While the gold forever grew
But soon they found out the mage
Was just the king's court foolLo! The dragon of climate change hath come but
But slay the beast named greed and the dragon will be doneThe people marched from town
On horse the king fled
The dragon saw his shiny crown
And barbecued his headFolk shared the kingdom's riches
So they had all they need
The dragon's home was left alone
So he could get some sleepLo! The dragon of climate change was done.
But beware the beast named #greed or he won't gone for long"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXw9_m8fN-s
#OliFrost #RefrostThePlanet #ClimateCrisis #Bardcore #MusicVideo #Humour #BigOilAndGas #CorporateGreed #FoolishKings #NoKings
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🤖📈 Oh look, another article drawing pretentious parallels between tulips and AI! 💐 Clearly, the author missed the memo that comparing GPUs to plants doesn't make them any less of a #buzzword #salad. 🌱🍽️ Meanwhile, CEOs laugh while firing you, blaming the machines for their own #greed. 😂
https://seanhelvey.com/tools-and-their-tools/ #AI #Tulip #Mania #CEO #HackerNews #ngated -
Ukraine update from Giorgio Provinciali: The math of war adds up to murderous intent.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and help the world learn the truth that corporate media refuses to report: https://medium.com/@giorgioprovinciali/the-camp-david-dividend-for-the-same-damage-a-ballistic-strike-now-costs-moscow-less-than-drones-4d5173f89426?sk=7fbbd22a74b29b4525de4d87e929bde4
#ukraine #journalism #press #news #war #russia #warcrimes #terror #cruelty #greed #trump #billionaires #maga #USA #shame #disgust #math #receipts #evidence
