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[Rayzorwire]

Pesky rogue socialist dictator states with their endless conspiracy theory propaganda about social progress...

Venezuela: President Maduro Delivers House Number 4.6 Million

Since 2011, the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela has been providing decent homes to low-income families at a low cost or free of charge.

www.telesurenglish.net

Since 2011, the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela has been providing decent homes to low-income families at a low cost or free of charge.

On Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro delivered to Venezuelans house number 4,600,000 built through the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela (GMVV), a social housing program that the Bolivarian revolution has promoted for 12 years.

“On July 20, 2023, we mark a historic milestone: 4,600,000 homes. We have made it possible, the people and the government together!," he said during an act held in the Falcon state.

“Venezuela, we are going forward. We are heading towards 5 million homes and much more. Of course we can achieve it with the Great Housing Mission!,” he added.

The Venezuelan president highlighted that the social housing program continues to be implemented unstoppably despite the problems caused by the U.S. blockade and sanctions against the Bolivarian people, who have the inalienable right to decent housing.

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Venezuela has a population of 28 million and a GDP which is barely 5% of Australia's.

Over the same period, through an ongoing worsening housing crisis, Australia will barely build 10% of the houses Venezuela was capable of doing.

At least our neoliberal masters of both sides of politics have the AUKUS subs to hang their hats on...

Good news on nukes: US can’t sell Australia nuclear subs - Pearls and Irritations

The US can’t sell Australia the three to five used Virginia class nuclear subs that the Albanese government has announced it will buy.

johnmenadue.com

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Meanwhile, elsewhere in Empire...

Nancy Pelosi brushes off concerns over Biden’s age: ‘He’s a kid to me’ - Washington Examiner

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) brushed off concerns about President Joe Biden's age as he heads for reelection, reminding people that he is younger than her. “I think the president should embrace his age, his experience, the knowledge that he brings to the job,” Pelosi, 83, said during...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

It really is the best line they have...

Exclusive: Hunter Biden's gallery sold his art to a Democratic donor 'friend' whom Joe Biden named to a prestigious commission

An ethics expert said the appointment of a Hunter Biden art buyer to a US commission could raise concerns of a "quid pro quo."

www.businessinsider.com

How BP’s interests drive UK support for wars, coups and dictators

The Foreign Office is largely captured by global climate polluter BP. From Iran to Azerbaijan, Iraq to Nigeria, Russia to Venezuela, the UK prioritises the corporation’s profits over a decent foreign policy.

declassifieduk.org

The Fake News about Fake News - Boston Review

In Foolproof, psychologist Sander van der Linden compares misinformation to viral infection—and claims to have a vaccine.

www.bostonreview.net

Are Authorities Using the Internet to Sap Our Instinct for Freedom?

Transcript of a Speech Given at "Freedom Fest" in Memphis this Week

www.racket.news

The EU's Mass Censorship Regime Is Almost Fully Operational. Will It Go Global? | naked capitalism

Government censorship of public online discourse in the West's ostensibly liberal democracies has been largely covert until now, as revealed by the Twitter Files. But thanks to the EU's Digital Services Act, it is about to become overt.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

 

[Rayzorwire]

Very much well worth a read...

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I just read a disturbing paragraph in a New Yorker article about the Instant Pot, a popular electronic pressure cooker whose parent company recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy:

“So what doomed the Instant Pot? How could something that was so beloved sputter? Is the arc of kitchen goods long but bends toward obsolescence? Business schools may someday make a case study of one of Instant Pot’s vulnerabilities, namely, that it was simply too well made. Once you slapped down your ninety dollars for the Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1, you were set for life: it didn’t break, it didn’t wear out, and the company hasn’t introduced major innovations that make you want to level up. As a customer, you were one-and-done, which might make you a happy customer, but is hell on profit-and-growth performance metrics.”

Just think about that for a second. Under our current systems for profit generation, which is the primary driver of human behavior on this planet, making a quality product that lasts a long time instead of quickly going obsolete or turning into landfill will actually drive you into bankruptcy.

An article in The Atlantic about the bankruptcy filing similarly illustrated this point last month:

“From the point of view of the consumer, this makes the Instant Pot a dream product: It does what it says, and it doesn’t cost you much or any additional money after that first purchase. It doesn’t appear to have any planned obsolescence built into it, which would prompt you to replace it at a regular clip. But from the point of view of owners and investors trying to maximize value, that makes the Instant Pot a problem. A company can’t just tootle along in perpetuity, debuting new products according to the actual pace of its good ideas, and otherwise manufacturing and selling a few versions of a durable, beloved device and its accessories, updated every few years with new features. A company needs to grow.”

This just says such dysmal things about why our planet is facing the existential crises it’s now facing. Corporations will die if they don’t continually grow, and they can’t grow without things like inbuilt planned obsolescence or continued additional purchases, which in a sane society would just be regarded as shoddy craftsmanship. Our entire civilization is driven by the pursuit of profit, and to keep turning large profits your corporation needs to continually grow, and your corporation can’t continually grow unless you’re manufacturing a crappy product that needs to be continually replaced or supplemented, and you can’t manufacture those replacements and supplementations without harvesting them from the flesh of a dying world.

As writer Robert Moor recently observed on Twitter, “The fact that Instant Pot is already being framed as a corporate cautionary tale — the company that went bankrupt because they made a product so durable and versatile that its customers had little need to buy another one — instead of as a critique of capitalism is deeply, deeply depressing.”

 

[Rayzorwire]

Great in-depth series on Energy for anyone who wants the full, unvarnished reality delivered at independent expert level:

Energy Destinies – Part 1: Power Needs and Sources – Balancing Barrels | naked capitalism

Satyajit Das provides a series on the energy transition, starting with the historical role of energy and supply and demand patterns.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

Energy Destinies – Part 2: Renewable Energy – Character Shortcomings | naked capitalism

Satyajit Das provides another deep dive into the realities of the so-called energy transition.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

Energy Destinies – Part 3: Energy Storage – Inconvenient Complications | naked capitalism

Satyajit Das continues his in-depth analysis on whether the green energy revolution can deliver on its promises, focusing today on batteries.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

Energy Destinies – Part 4: Renewable Economics – At Cost | naked capitalism

Renewable energy costs are not easy to figue out, and fully loaded, not favorable compared to the benchmark of grid parity.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

Energy Destinies – Part 5 Energy Transition – Mystery Destination | naked capitalism

An energy transition refers to a major structural shift in energy systems. There have been several such historical transitions - bio-fuels, such as wood, to water and wind energies and then to fossil fuels. In its current usage, it is used to describe the attempt to replace fossil-based systems...

www.nakedcapitalism.com

Energy Destinies – Part 6 Energy Policy And Emissions – Hot and Hotter | naked capitalism

Based on the current state of science, technology, policy development and implementation, the probability of meeting emissions targets is doubtful. This means that global temperature rises will, in all probability, exceed the recommended levels, most likely substantially and earlier than...

www.nakedcapitalism.com

 

[Rayzorwire]

Photos are amazing - and that stat is kinda outrageous...96% of fungi still undocumented...damning for the psychonaut community, let alone the scientific!

Scientists believe that less than 4% percent of the world’s fungi have been documented, which adds up to only 150,000 species described out of an estimated 2.2-3.8 million worldwide. Mycologists Danny Newman and Roo Vandegrift have spent the last 12 years focusing on locations impacted by the climate crisis and increasing human interference, like Ecuador’s Reserva Los Cedros. Newman’s stunning photographs (previously) capture the vibrant hues, delicate gills, and thin stems of a vast range of fungi in the mountainous cloud forest.

In an Ecuadorian Cloud Forest, Two Mycologists Catalogue Hundreds of Fantastical Fungi

Newman and Vandegrift's stunning photographs capture a vast range of fungi in the Andean rainforest.

www.thisiscolossal.com

 

[El Duderino]

i just had a custard raspberry pie from Macca's, thx to u campaigners. the inside is nice but not sure about the pastry crust, doubt it's even food, probably recycled plastic bags.

 

[Truetiger]

i just had a custard raspberry pie from Macca's, thx to u campaigners. the inside is nice but not sure about the pastry crust, doubt it's even food, probably recycled plastic bags.

Lol recycled plastic bags still taste better then beetroot

 

[kozi]

i just had a custard raspberry pie from Macca's, thx to u campaigners. the inside is nice but not sure about the pastry crust, doubt it's even food, probably recycled plastic bags.

Best thing I've had at maccas since 1985

 

[Truetiger]

Best thing I've had at maccas since 1985

Clearly you have not had the

 

[Groupie_]

Best thing I've had at maccas since 1985

rasberry is shite shouldve been strawberry

 

[Truetiger]

rasberry is shite shouldve been strawberry

What's wrong with raspberry its nice.

 

[kozi]

rasberry is shite shouldve been strawberry

Get it trust me

 

[kozi]

Clearly you have not had the

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Needs to be piping hot but. Diabolical when cold

 

[Groupie_]

Needs to be piping hot but. Diabolical when cold

why fast food so cold all the time ?

 

[kozi]

why fast food so cold all the time ?

Carls are the worst for it. Stopped going there

 

[Groupie_]

Carls are the worst for it. Stopped going there

they'll be out of Aus in no time

wendys coming and five guys will expand

 

[kozi]

Remember when they had burger king at tullamarine airport

 

[Groupie_]

Remember when they had burger king at tullamarine airport

remember they had one in epping about 20 years ago

was better than hungry jacks and always hot

 

[kozi]

remember they had one in epping about 20 years ago

was better than hungry jacks and always hot

Was unreal everything like HJs but bigger and fresher

 

[rank and file]

Razor goes Bang!


Cheers for the rabbit hole Rayzorwire
Got this far,needs fangs with poisonous glands on the end.

 

[Truetiger]

they'll be out of Aus in no time

wendys coming and five guys will expand

Interesting to see where the new Wendy’s stores will be.

 

[Groupie_]

Interesting to see where the new Wendy’s stores will be.

maybe in the old spots right RFCGloryJC ?

 

[kozi]

Interesting to see where the new Wendy’s stores will be.

If they're smart right next to groupie's

 

[Hank Heavenly]

rasberry is shite shouldve been strawberry

**** off campaigner

 

[Hank Heavenly]

Best thing I've had at maccas since 1985

I've put on 3kgs since they brought them out...

 

[Harrison Bergeron]

Remember Big Rooster? Still going in PNG apparently.