Orcs. As inequality grows, so does the political influence of the rich - Free exchange. Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia? We may remember 2018 as the year when technology's dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook's role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations about the dark side of Silicon Valley's connect-everything ethos.
The list is long: High-tech tools for immigration crackdowns.Fears of smartphone addiction.YouTube algorithms that steer youths into extremism.An experiment in gene-edited babies.Doorbells and concert venues that can pinpoint individual faces and alert police.Repurposing genealogy websites to hunt for crime suspects based on a relative's DNA.Automated systems that keep tabs of workers' movements and habits.Electric cars in Shanghai transmitting their every movement to the government. It's been enough to exhaust even the most imaginative sci-fi visionaries. Google and other concerns It wasn't just Facebook. An Anti-Vaxxer’s New Crusade. I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People. The Brutal Truth About Those Pyramid Schemes. Whether it be Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, YouTube, or LinkedIn ... we have been seeing a tremendous shift in peoples’ posts, a large percentage of them being women and/or mothers.
As you scroll through your news feeds, you may find photos and posts with similar catch phrases of “join me“ or “are you ready to try ______ “ or you may possibly read “looking for ___ for my next group/party I’m hosting“. Why is there such a rise in these start up businesses? Why are we seeing a trend of these posts being blasted through all types of social media? Why does it appear that everyone is being fooled to hop on someone else’s bandwagon of what appears that they’re showcasing, well... the grass is greener on the other side?
Well here’s the short and simple truth that I have found not only from research and personal experience, but simply living it: this actually works. Melania’s Swat Proves She Hates Donald Just As Much As America Does.
Rights. Newyorker. Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries. We have long been told a compelling story about the relationship between rich countries and poor countries.
The story holds that the rich nations of the OECD give generously of their wealth to the poorer nations of the global south, to help them eradicate poverty and push them up the development ladder. Neoliberalism is creating loneliness. That’s what’s wrenching society apart. What greater indictment of a system could there be than an epidemic of mental illness?
Yet plagues of anxiety, stress, depression, social phobia, eating disorders, self-harm and loneliness now strike people down all over the world. The latest, catastrophic figures for children’s mental health in England reflect a global crisis. What to Do About Trump? The Same Thing My Grandfather Did in 1930s Vienna. My grandfather Siegfried was not a sophisticated man.
When he bought a car—always the same car, a blue Peugeot 305, replaced every few years with a newer model of the same exact make—he kept the seats covered in plastic to keep them eternally clean. When you asked him for an apple, he’d hold the fruit in his hand and rotate it like a tiny globe, peeling it with his pocketknife and making sure to remove only the skin and none of the flesh. When I ran away, as a child of 6 or 7, to explore a park nearby, he dashed out the door, wearing nothing but his underwear, and ran until he found me and hugged me tight.
He didn’t even hear the passersby who pointed and laughed. Nothing mattered to him but his family. Under siege.
Free Jeremy Hammond - A support site for accused activist Jeremy Hammond. What is Happenning in Istanbul? Pussy Riot trial: closing statement denounces Putin's 'totalitarian system' Three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot said Vladimir Putin's Russia was the one on trial as they delivered closing arguments on Wednesday in a case seen as a key test of the powerful president's desire to crackdown on dissent.
"This is a trial of the whole government system of Russia, which so likes to show its harshness toward the individual, its indifference to his honour and dignity," Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, one of the trio on trial said in an impassioned statement. "If this political system throws itself against three girls … it shows this political system is afraid of truth. " The judge set 17 August as the day she would deliver a verdict against the women, charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred following an anti-Putin performance in a Moscow cathedral. Prosecutors have asked for a three-year sentence, arguing that the women sought to insult all of Russian Orthodoxy and denying they were carrying out a political protest. Free Pussy Riot! The Tear-Gassed Dogs in Turkey Will Break Your Heart - Alexander Abad-Santos.
Over the last week, the social media portrait of Turkish protest painted by a single hashtag, #OccupyGezi, has been a violent collage, all streets obscured by clouds of tear gas and pepper spray, and police officers spraying more of it in people's faces at point-blank range.
That and the beatings and the politics are making sure this uprising and subsequent human crackdown won't look any better anytime soon. But look closer, and you'll see police spraying down and abusing another kind of accidental protestor: the dogs of Occupy Gezi, the awful suffering of which are now on display for the rest of the world to see. Fat Queer Tells All: On Fatness and Gender Flatness. Feature image via Shutterstock Before I go out to the party I put on my eyeliner, I make sure to put it on sloppily and with the unsteady hand of someone who doesn’t usually wear eyeliner.
I put on my purple tights with runs at the thighs and my worn denim jacket, I strap my messenger bag across the whole mess. I am aware that I go out looking to attract a certain type of person, maybe a butch girl, maybe a gender non-conforming person. Hopefully somebody sweet, a little gruff, someone who works with their hands. The right response to 'no job is a bad job' Last May federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said there was no such thing as a bad job.
The Law Commission of Ontario may disagree. This week it put out a report about the rise in vulnerable workers and precarious jobs. The Debate: Have Olympic sponsorship regulations gone too far? With only nine days days to go until the opening ceremony and ten until the events themselves begin, the wait for the London Olympics is nearly over. Come next Friday, London will be catapulted into the spotlight, and we must make sure that all of our dearly-held traditions and the hallmarks of our culture are fully represented. Rain? Check. For thousands of people this is the size of their home. Posted by Marc van Gurp | 23-01-2009 13:54 | Category: Homelessness, Poverty Great campaign from the French Fondation Abbé Pierre (Wikipedia) which was launched last november.
The campaign is meant to raise awareness among the general public and the government of the bad housing crisis in France. Verbal Vomit. We Love You Iran & Israel. Posted by Marc van Gurp | 22-03-2012 22:07 | Category: Activism, Fundraising, Peace & Conflicts Forget about expensive ad agencies. Forget about constantly talking social marketeers. Take a look at this guy and listen to his message. The End of Growth. Marc Ecko: Fight The Paddle. Posted by Marc van Gurp | 21-06-2011 21:24 | Category: Education, Violence I can’t believe this. Is this really happening in a civilized country like the USA? In the United States, citizens, soldiers and prisoners are protected from being physically punished, beaten or abused. But that does not apply to students. 19 states in America still allow the paddling of students, otherwise known as Corporal Punishment.
Gas price increase brings calls for April 15 boycott. The Norwegian Bomber. Celebrity Photos of the Week: Oct. 12.