This is what happens when you surrender your state wholesale to private investment. Public services, public goods, all gets junked. Keep the corporations happy. Keep greasing the wheels. Tell everyone it's the best small country to do business in, and hope nobody notices.
In the early 1990s, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado was stationed in Rwanda to cover the genocide. The experience left him traumatized.
In 1994, when he returned to his home in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sebastião was hoping to find solace in the lush green forest of his childhood. Instead, he discovered that his home had turned into a dusty, barren land for miles and miles, devoid of any wildlife.
"The land was as sick as I was. Only about 0.5% of the land was covered in trees," he said.
It was at this time that his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado, proposed that they replant the entire forest. Sebastião supported the idea, and the two of them spent the next 20 years planting 2.7 million trees.
This resulted in the recovery of 1,500 acres of rainforest, and the site eventually became home to 293 plant species, 172 bird species, and 33 animal species, some of which were on the verge of extinction.
Insane.
In 2008 the EU's economy was 10% bigger than the US's.
14 years later the economy of the EU + the UK combined is 21% smaller than US's.
This is probably one of the biggest economic stories of the past decade. European weakness, US aggressivity, or most probably, both.
Isaac Asimov's three rules of robotics fully vindicated: US military drone controlled by AI killed its operator during simulated test https://t.co/sjM5zuJwzH
The Palestine Laboratory, a new book (Verso) by the journalist Antony Loewenstein, reveals how Israel exports the technology of oppression far beyond Palestine. Highly recommended. Here, the author explains:
https://t.co/TX4sXFuLq0
VIDEO: Dr. David Martin Claims COVID-19 Pandemic Was Pre-Meditated Domestic Terrorism, Speaks at European Parliament Summit
Dr. David Martin, addressing the European Parliament at the International COVID Summit III, made a startling assertion that the COVID-19 pandemic, responsible for millions of deaths worldwide between 2020 and 2023, was a pre-meditated act of domestic terrorism. Speaking before the audience, Dr. Martin presented evidence supporting his claims and highlighted the historical context of the pandemic.
https://t.co/eAK3gh6dXl
If you know Rudy (😏), please retweet this top thread and tag @elonmusk to "let" Rudy back on Twitter.
Rudy is the financial artist we don't deserve, but that we need right now.
Gold bugs, Bitcoiners, Fed watchers, macro pros who enjoy humor, please spread the word.
I hereby propose a countdown for @elonmusk.
The @RudyHavenstein account is the single best anti-establishment truth/art account on Twitter. He's currently banned, unfairly.
Any serious admin would unban him if they have followed him for a long time. He's a good artist.
Do it.
A whopping 87% of Irish people favour peace negotiations in Ukraine, according to an @IpsosIreland Omnipoll commissioned by @PANAIreland.
While the government aligns us with the most extreme pro-war voices in Europe, its position is backed by a tiny sliver of public opinion.
Flashback: Never forget the fake media spent 3 years peddling the Russia hoax that Durham his now confirming was 100% fake as we all knew from day one. Enemies of the people!