EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively dismantled

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/31/eu-legislation-intended-to-fight-deforestation-has-been-effectively-dismantled

Law’s original author points to removal of obligations for downstream traders to verify origin of commodities

#WarOnEnvironment #EU #Deforestation #Toothless #Legislation #Politics #Ecocide #Profit #Capitalism

#ClimateDiary i showed this in teaching the other day and it hit me all over again: how on earth did it happen that we all accepted #Profit having equal weight to planet and people? What even is this.

And yes, aware of origin and that now changed to “prosperity”. Also of the 17 UN SDGs etc. But there is no need for listing economic growth at all: planet and people wellbeing alone just fine. But we all accepted capitalism being inserted right into the heart of #sustainability

#ClimateDiary i showed this in teaching the other day and it hit me all over again: how on earth did it happen that we all accepted #Profit having equal weight to planet and people? What even is this.

And yes, aware of origin and that now changed to “prosperity”. Also of the 17 UN SDGs etc. But there is no need for listing economic growth at all: planet and people wellbeing alone just fine. But we all accepted capitalism being inserted right into the heart of #sustainability

Business of War

How the military-industrial complex captured US democracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVYTb85_dZw

When it comes to selling weapons, the United States is in a league of its own: more than 40 percent of all arms sold worldwide come from US companies.

#BigFive #GlobalImpact #UScaptured #Israel #Revenue #Profit #CMIC #BloodMoney #USA

Business of War

How the military-industrial complex captured US democracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVYTb85_dZw

When it comes to selling weapons, the United States is in a league of its own: more than 40 percent of all arms sold worldwide come from US companies.

#BigFive #GlobalImpact #UScaptured #Israel #Revenue #Profit #CMIC #BloodMoney #USA

»8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions«

WTF?! Now don't tell me that this surprises you. Why do so many people still naively think to keep their privacy over VPN's for data-hungry big corporations?

🤷 https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection

#ai #sell #privacy #sellout #profit #fuck_ai #noai #openai #bigtech #vpn #privacy #datacollection #vpnfail #chrome #chromebrowser

Using Git add -p for fun (and profit)

https://techne98.com/blog/using-git-add-p/

#HackerNews #Using #Git #add #-p #for #fun #(and #profit) #Git #GitTips #Programming #Productivity

Funny how that works:

"The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab"

"Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders. "

https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-12/the-wealthy-profit-from-public-lands-and-taxpayers-pick-up-the-tab/

#landuse #grazing #publiclands #profit #BLM

Funny how that works:

"The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab"

"Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders. "

https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-12/the-wealthy-profit-from-public-lands-and-taxpayers-pick-up-the-tab/

#landuse #grazing #publiclands #profit #BLM

Der Verband reicher #Erben - die sich gerne #Familienunternehmer nennen & deren Familien nicht selten vom #Nationalsozialismus profitierten - rudert nun nach scharfer #Kritik von geplanten Einladungen der #AfD zurück.

Da ich bis 2015 Rechtslibertäre in der #Hayek - Gesellschaft erlebte & wegen deren Verrat am #Liberalismus austrat, habe ich einen Rat: Traut solchen nicht. Für ihren #Profit würden sie #Demokratie & #Menschenwürde dem fossilen #Faschismus opfern. Erneut. https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/innenpolitik/id_101024206/nach-kritik-familienunternehmer-stoppen-oeffnungskurs-zur-afd.html

Business model. Cartoon from early this year.

#socialmedia #profit #greed #Meta #Twitter

Business model. Cartoon from early this year.

#socialmedia #profit #greed #Meta #Twitter

At its core, #socialdemocracy seeks a balance between #capitalist #profit motives & #socialist calls for fair #wages, quality #public services & #ecological protection.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #DNC #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #Sanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive #Progressives

You're a non-profit, improving peoples lives and need outside #expertise?

Let's talk.

You're an underfunded government agency or #QUANGO trying to fill a contractor position but having trouble getting the attention the Facebooks and Googles of the world get?

Let's talk.

You're a one-person #business and just need to talk through a problem you're facing with an #engineer for an hour, so you can figure out if it's even a solvable #problem you could hire someone to work on?

Let's talk.

The above (well, except shitting on your head for money) are all things I've done. In general, if you're #helping #people rather than #hurting them for #profit, let's talk. Full-time? Part-time? Contract for just a few hours? You might be surprised.

Hell, I might be surprised. It's happened before.

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You're a non-profit, improving peoples lives and need outside #expertise?

Let's talk.

You're an underfunded government agency or #QUANGO trying to fill a contractor position but having trouble getting the attention the Facebooks and Googles of the world get?

Let's talk.

You're a one-person #business and just need to talk through a problem you're facing with an #engineer for an hour, so you can figure out if it's even a solvable #problem you could hire someone to work on?

Let's talk.

The above (well, except shitting on your head for money) are all things I've done. In general, if you're #helping #people rather than #hurting them for #profit, let's talk. Full-time? Part-time? Contract for just a few hours? You might be surprised.

Hell, I might be surprised. It's happened before.

Thanks for reading. Boosts or sharing with someone who might want my services appreciated.

3/3

A #reminder: #Disney did not reinstate Jimmy Kimmel because they care about the opinions of their viewership or because they are resistant to the US's late-stage #capitalist descent into #fascism. They reinstated him because of the #financial backlash. Don't start seeing Disney as a "good guy" suddenly just because they caved under #profit pressure.

A #reminder: #Disney did not reinstate Jimmy Kimmel because they care about the opinions of their viewership or because they are resistant to the US's late-stage #capitalist descent into #fascism. They reinstated him because of the #financial backlash. Don't start seeing Disney as a "good guy" suddenly just because they caved under #profit pressure.