Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Why Trump's peace plan is unlikely to end Russia's war in Ukraine -- Putin claims Russian capture of Pokrovsk, Vovchansk as Kyiv warns of Kremlin propaganda blitz amid peace talks -- Ukrainian Special Forces hit Russian Shahed drone launch site in occupied Crimea -- Ukraine denies Russian occupation of Klynove in Donetsk Oblast ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/tuesday-december-2-2025/

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Partisans derail train carrying military cargo in Russia -- Liberating our land, step by step; Ukraine reports successful counterattack in Dnipropterovsk Oblast, shows footage -- Indian national surrenders to Ukraine after fighting for Russia for 3 days -- Ukraine allocates $36 million to bolster energy grid of frontline regions amid Russian strikes ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/wednesday-october-8-2025/

📢 #Trump Is #Sabotaging the #Economy https://newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/trump-is-sabotaging-the-economy?r=1x9kto&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

"The [US] #JusticeDepartment has #fired an #immigration #lawyer [Erez Reuveni] who the #Trump administration has accused of #sabotaging its legal case over the #mistaken #deportation of a #Salvadoran man, ... Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia." 😞 https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/politics/doj-fires-immigration-lawyer-who-argued-abrego-garcia-case-source-says/index.html

Willingness to Compete in Dirty Competitions https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp17676&r=&r=exp
"… a substantial proportion of participants are willing to engage in dirty behavior. Across conditions, 30-40% of participants enhance their chances of winning by #sabotaging their opponent or #lying about their performance. But note that this also means that in each condition, a majority of participants refrain from playing dirty, either by not entering the competition or by competing cleanly.
… women, higher-educated people, and older people are less willing to engage in dirty competition
… People with a higher willingness to engage in dirty #competition (and lower aversion to dirty play by others) are more likely to work in a management position and less likely to work in the public sector.
… a willingness to play dirty may be individually profitable, leading to upward mobility in corporate environments, it also seems to come at a social and psychological cost. People with a higher willingness to engage in dirty competition have fewer close contacts and lower self-esteem, and are more likely to experience feelings of #guilt and #shame."
#ExperimentalEcon #BehavioralEconomics