Portraits, vintage label plates for soup cans and dynamite, and furniture now get pride of place in daily. living spaces https://t.co/xFUklPp202 via @WSJ
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Soon our data could be handed to Saudi Arabia on a silver platter thanks to a terrible deal with Google. Here's how we stop it: https://t.co/3kdvP5Fmrh
When you think about the difficulties you face in your life, think about all the other people who have a similar experience of suffering. We need a keen sense of the oneness of humanity, remembering what we have in common with everyone else. #WorldKindnessDay#BookofJoy
The UN has published a new report on "Harmony with Nature", which outlines the remarkable steps that some countries and cities have been taking away from growth-based economics. It's an inspiring list, starting on page 4. https://t.co/FbYPwQq3IB
Vox has published a new piece about degrowth, with emphasis on research by @JKSteinberger and Tim Gore on how the climate crisis is being driven by overconsumption and overaccumulation by the rich. Check it out. https://t.co/lnMHRkYZFw
Something big happened this morning. David Attenborough, speaking on BBC radio, pointed to capitalism as the main driver of ecological breakdown. The debate is beginning to shift. https://t.co/C2PX7k5y33
Economists assume that people have unlimited needs and the point of capitalism is to satisfy them. But actual capitalists know that people's needs are finite, and seek to overcome this limit by either preventing the satisfaction of human needs or perpetually manufacturing desire.
This is powerful. A big majority of Europeans want the EU to reach zero emissions by 2030, not 2050. Let this silence those who claim that ambitious climate action is politically infeasible. https://t.co/5MBTmhtuUP
When it comes to planned obsolescence, Amazon is king. Bezos is pumping out millions of unfixable and unrecyclable products that are literally obsolete at the time of manufacture. The cost, in terms of resource extraction and human labour, is staggering. https://t.co/Xy9R2nURpi
@AlecMacGillis@propublica@NewYorker This was a gripping article. Thank you graciously for your careful and extensive evidence based reporting. There is one near us - in the shadow of the Walmart. The Walmart which was plopped down outside of town and sucked all the life from main st.