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In the news, we find that it's Business As Usual for Shell Oil — which means both polluting our atmosphere with greenhouse gases AND polluting our political system with disinformation. 😠
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A US foundation associated with the oil company Shell has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to religious right and conservative organizations, many of which deny that climate change is a crisis, tax records reveal.
Fourteen of those groups are on the advisory board of Project 2025, a conservative blueprint proposing radical changes to the federal government, including severely limiting the Environment Protection Agency.
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FULL STORY -- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/15/shell-oil-project-2025-climate-crisis
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Politics #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Revealed: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025
Foundation says it ‘does not endorse any organizations’ while funneling hundreds of thousands to rightwing causesGeoff Dembicki (The Guardian)
🆕 blog! “The Limits of Organic Growth for Startups and Social Networks”
Many years ago, when I was younger and more foolish, I worked for an advertising startup. Things seemed to be going pretty well! The office was expanding, the sales team was screaming into phones, the budget for servers was rising. Growth had been healthy, but now looked to be pl…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/08/the-limits-of-organic-growth-for-startups/
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#capitalism #fediverse #mastodon #startups
The Limits of Organic Growth for Startups and Social Networks
Many years ago, when I was younger and more foolish, I worked for an advertising startup. Things seemed to be going pretty well! The office was expanding, the sales team was screaming into phones, …Terence Eden’s Blog
They Used To Last 50 Years | ReCraigslist.com
#capitalism at its best. Planned obsolescence, wasting resources, decreasing quality.
Less competition is bad for consumers in almost every respect. It’s easier for them to keep appliance prices high, parts prices high and standards equally poor.