Mastodawn

So I guess this is like the non-comedy version of the Riyadh Comedy Festival ?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/world/middleeast/hillary-clinton-tucker-carlson-riyadh.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IVA.akYs.6RGXf0onNIHv&smid=url-share
#USpol #SaudiArabia #duopoly #TheEvilOfTwoLessers #filthyLucre #ItsOneBigClub...

Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Speak at Saudi Business Forum

The Democrat and the hard-right commentator found at least one thing to agree upon as they spoke at a conference in Riyadh.

The New York Times

Steve Thompson PhD Jan 25

SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange

The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its lawsuit against Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.

The Winklevoss twins were donors to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and also backed his family’s business ventures.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/24/sec-drops-lawsuit-against-winklevoss-twins-gemini-crypto-exchange/

#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #crypto #corruption #Winklevoss #Gemini #filthylucre #press

SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange | TechCrunch

The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its lawsuit against Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by Trump backers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.

TechCrunch

Paria sans portefeuille Oct 21

Queen Coke Francis | "I Ranked Every Sellout At The #RiyadhComedyFestival"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bome1xiMy4
#SaudiArabia #humanRights #comedy #arts #performingArts #humorists #comedians #standUp #courtJesters #filthyLucre

I Ranked Every Sellout At The Riyadh Comedy Festival

YouTube

Paria sans portefeuille Oct 7

"If there’s anything ironic about being so scared of telling the wrong joke that you run straight into the arms of the House of Saud, it seems lost on the festival performers...

"Should #comedians be held to a higher standard than footballers? It would help if they weren’t so fond of touting their own importance, their skewering of the ruling class, their ‘speaking truth to power’."

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/october/laughing-their-heads-off
#RiyadhComedyFestival #SaudiArabia #humanRights #courtJesters #comedy #filthyLucre #arts

Malin Hay | Laughing Their Heads Off

If there’s anything ironic about being so scared of telling the wrong joke that you run straight into the arms of the...

LRB Blog

sunflowerinrain Apr 21, 2024

I've been incomprehensibly lax about keeping my financial spreadsheets up to date. For a few weeks it's been a low-level worry ("must do this before May"). Today the Official Notification of #Tax_Return Time arrived. Panic.
NB I pay tax in France and FrGouv is generous with allowances for the disabled retired... provided we give them the required data.
#FilthyLucre #BanMoney #PostCovidBrainfog

spaf Mar 14, 2023

I dunno about you, but I despair a little every time I see a story that the team involved with ethics, security, and/or privacy is let go while their (former) employer doubles down on a questionable new technology in pursuit of profits.

Article: https://tcrn.ch/3yE8xzv (Microsoft lays off an ethical AI team as it doubles down on OpenAI)

#Ethics #AI #Privacy #Cybersecurity #FilthyLucre

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Andrew Thompson Jan 16, 2023

@RussCheshire Absolutely agree! #RSPCA #greenwash of #toxic #salmon #aquaculture #farms is a shameful stain on their reputation and credibility.

As someone who (for my sins!) used to be part of the #FishFarming #industry in #Scotland I believe that nothing about the current #corporate #multinational business model is #sustainable, or #fish #welfare friendly.

#RSPCA_assured badge is a complete con of consumers.
I doubt very much if #SSPCA would stoop so low for #filthyLucre from filthy fish😡