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"How the military-industrial complex captured US democracy" #AlJazeera

KWST: "Semi-truck carrying Tesla vehicles catches fire, shuts down 5 Freeway in California"

#Turbine #Russia

That is fast changing

"From cars to construction, if something in Russia works, it is probably European."

Khanna, The Second World: "[2008] In a nation of privatized privilege, services that work well—fancy apartment buildings, hotels, restaurants, health clubs, private taxis—all cater to the elite and their private economy. For everyone else, things fall apart: Public transportation systems—roads, tunnels, trains, and buses—are in various states of disrepair; broadband Internet penetration has fallen behind Europe’s; mobile telephone networks are substandard; and archaic taxi cabs don’t accept electronic payment. Even worse, America may prove to be afflicted by the same oil curse as many second-world states. Much of its infrastructure was built during the post–World War II boom when America was the world’s largest oil producer and exporter — but today its water pipes and power stations are run-down, causing lead and mercury poisoning and sporadic but massive blackouts. During New York’s transit strikes in the frigid winter of 2005, commuters trudging long distances through the snow declared that they felt like they lived in the third world. Laissez-faire is a somewhat inaccurate way to describe America’s social and economic principles when skewed societal structures actually favor the perpetuation of inequality"

Chimps are bothered by inequality

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"100x larger hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system found using submersible.. Scientists have discovered a massive hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system beneath the western Pacific seafloor. The system was explored using the crewed submersible Fendouzhe. The system offers a new glimpse into deep-sea serpentinization—a process in which iron- and magnesium-rich rocks chemically react with water to form serpentine minerals and release hydrogen.

Scientists from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) revealed that the system is critical to understanding Earth’s internal processes and the conditions that may have fostered life’s origins."

"The Boycott List: A simple boycott list that features Israeli companies and global entities with significant activities in Israel. It aims to guide those who seek to make purchasing decisions that aims to put pressure one the Israeli government and comply with international law."

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