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From News Corp to Nine, journalism is compromised by real estate. Time to let it go.
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Raise Wages? No Need — McDonald’s Is Hiring Inmates Instead
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↳ Capitalism… perpetually 5 minutes from slavery. — - From September 23, 2024: Like what you’re reading? Join mind reader (free) to get fresh critical analysis delivered directly to you. Start right now.
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(im)possibility politics
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I’ve been continuing to ponder the nature of identity politics, the flexibility of superstructural systems, and the ever more obvious role of hegemony in enforcement of ideology. A few topics for this evening’s post, but I think we can track something interesting in the overtly reactionary nature of (“left” and right) politics in Australia in the past few weeks, months and years. This month, between bullshit collusion of Albanese, Biden, Kishida and Modi [1], the monotony of Liberal failures [2] and the casual acceptance of Peter Dutton’s racism [3] we’re forever witnessing superstructural flexibility or “relative atuonomy”, or hegemonic consent and coercion (i.e., war of position). The ability of politicians to bend rules without significant pushback demonstrates the continued success of the ruling class in establishing their worldview as “common sense”. Gramsci, here, gives us some clarity in the form of the historic bl...
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Macron unveils new right-wing French government: The long-awaited new line up marks a decisive shift to the right, even though a left-wing alliance won most parliamentary seats.
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↳ “Democracy”. — - From September 22, 2024: Want more analysis like this? Join mind reader (free) to never miss a dispatch. Start right now.
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Lucy’s job should be more secure – but at Australian universities, labour laws are having the opposite effect
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Twenty years of microplastics pollution research—what have we learned?
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FTC Says Social Media Platforms Engage in 'Vast Surveillance' of Users
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↳ Did they forget it’s state sponsored? Of course the place the state requests the data from is the place doing the surveillance. — - From September 21, 2024: Be part of the conversation. Join mind reader’s free community of readers analysing capitalism, technology and social change. Start right now.
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Pregnancy deaths rose by 56% in Texas after 2021 abortion ban, analysis finds
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‘Stop doing dumb stuff,’ economist warns as housing affordability in Australia slips
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Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower
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Re-opened Three Mile Island will power AI data centers under new deal
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↳ Does this feel to anyone else as though it’s the dawn of skynet? Or is that just the feeling of the climate collapsing. — - From September 20, 2024: Want more analysis like this? Join mind reader (free) to never miss a dispatch. Start right now.
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CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24%
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Orbit by Mozilla
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↳ From their TOS: “When you submit your own content through the Services, you continue to own the rights to that content. You grant Mozilla a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, sub-license, prepare derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display the Inputs for the purpose of operating the Services.” — -
Expert who coined presenteeism term says employers who force staff back are dinosaurs
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Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents
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