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Promises made, promises kaput. 👏

Voir les paroles de la chanson “Promises” de Calvin Harris
#CalvinHarris #Promises
https://daletra.art/calvin-harris/paroles/promises.html

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MidgePhoto 6d ago

@neonsnake
Money is at base, promises.
Abstracted,materialised, fungible, standardised, promises.
(Rather a lot of modern banking is promises that promises will be got - metapromise futures)

And the note near here that the Italian etymology from "belief" is an interesting angle on that.

Make more promises - Steve, or Argentina, or the USA - and the belief around you that those promises will eventuate weakens, currency devalues, costs inflate in the ratio of dis/belief.

#money #promises

Farista Sairuv Mar 15

#Old #Growth #Forests - and other #vital #ecosystems - must be #protected from the #false #promises of the #ForestBiomass #industry.
https://stand.earth/insights/keeping-an-eye-on-the-forest-biomass-export-industry/

Keeping an eye on the forest biomass export industry - Stand.earth

Late last year, we released a new investigation into the Canadian sourcing practices of international energy giant Drax, which produces wood pellets in British Columbia (B.C.) to export overseas. The pellets – also known as forest biomass – are burned to produce utility-scale electricity in countries like the United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea. Our […]

Stand.earth

CBC Saskatchewan Mar 14

Sturgeon Lake First Nation chief emphasizes importance of Treaty 6 in meeting with King Charles
A delegation of First Nations chiefs from Treaty 6 territory has wrapped up a visit to Buckingham Palace, where the leaders met with the King. The group spoke with King Charles about the importance of keeping the promises entrenched in treat...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sturgeon-lake-first-nation-chief-emphasizes-importance-of-treaty-6-in-meeting-with-king-charles-9.7128131?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories Mar 10

Mother of Tumbler Ridge shooter sought help for mental health concerns, family and neighbours say
The B.C. NDP has promised a mental health counsellor in every school but gaps, particularly in rural regions, persist.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tumbler-ridge-mental-health-supports-promises-9.7118254?cmp=rss

CBC Health Mar 10

Mother of Tumbler Ridge shooter sought help for mental health concerns, family and neighbours say
The B.C. NDP has promised a mental health counsellor in every school but gaps, particularly in rural regions, persist.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tumbler-ridge-mental-health-supports-promises-9.7118254?cmp=rss

CBC Canada Mar 9

Mother of Tumbler Ridge shooter sought help for mental health concerns, family and neighbours say
The B.C. NDP has promised a mental health counsellor in every school but gaps, particularly in rural regions, persist.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tumbler-ridge-mental-health-supports-promises-9.7118254?cmp=rss

JavaScriptBuzz Mar 9

How to Stop Async forEach From Doing Nothing

forEach ignores await and hides failures.

#javascript #async #foreach #bug #howto #promises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFG7zmWkYRk

How to Stop Async forEach From Doing Nothing #async

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Gerd_Brodowski Mar 8

#usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #middleeast / #kurds / #statehood / #history / #promises

(Ultra-short review)

„During wartime, they are treated as "valued #allies," but once the guns fall silent, #promises made to them vanish like mirages.“

https://en.sedaily.com/news/2026/03/08/kurdistan-a-nation-without-a-state

Kurdistan: A Nation Without a State

There is a familiar scene in Middle Eastern wars: oil fields burning under barrages of airstrikes and missiles, and countless militias armed with heavy weapons

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