Blame capitalism

@Blame_Capitalism
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Capitalism is good for us. Right?
Let’s see.
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Adobe Just Held a Bunch of Pantone Colors Hostage

Certain Pantone collections now require users to pay $15 a month to access them—with colors turned black unless you pay up.

WIRED
Tesla odometer uses “predictive algorithms” to void warranty, lawsuit claims

This is a separate case to the lawsuits alleging Tesla misleads about range.

Ars Technica
Shell withdraws from big N.J. wind farm that Trump wanted ‘dead and gone’

A pullout from offshore wind could hurt communities such as Paulsboro, where a wind-related port promised jobs and town revenue.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Clock ticking for vulnerable inner Sydney boarding house residents facing eviction

The 28 vulnerable boarders due to be evicted from a Sydney boarding house this weekend have been given a one month reprieve, but more than half of the still have nowhere to go as the clock ticks down. 

ABC News
Environmental law charity may be forced to shut after court costs

Australia’s biggest enviro-law charity is scrambling to recover financially, after copping a $9 million legal bill in a high-profile loss against Santos. Experts fear it puts the entire future of environmental litigation under a cloud.

ABC News

Blame Capitalism: for polluting your environment, profiting from you paying them not to pollute your environment and then lying about how much it is polluting your environment.

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-uk-industry-deception-tactics-deflect.html

#capitalism #neoliberalism #classwar #vulnerable #economics #bosses #workers #humanrights #environment #war #BlameCapitalism #livingwage #tax #taxburden #neoliberalism #trickledown #fossilfuels #mining #auspol #genocide #climatecrisis

Edit:corrected spelling mistake

UK water industry found to be using deception tactics to deflect blame for sewage pollution

A new study published in Nature Water has revealed that England's major water and sewage companies are misleading the public and Government by using strategies which mirror those of the tobacco and fossil fuel industries.

Phys.org
World’s top arms producers see revenues rise on the back of wars and regional tensions

Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry reached $632 billion in 2023, a real-terms increase of 4.2 per cent compared with 2022.

SIPRI
Labor confronts Rinehart-led push to cut public service

When Bill Shorten took over his sprawling portfolios in government, he saw public servants were “drowning”. “The Quality and Safeguards Commission and Services Australia, morale was in the toilet. They had to go through the trauma of implementing robodebt when a lot of them just knew it was wrong and misfiring,” the minister for government services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme tells The Saturday Paper.

The Saturday Paper
Climate change made all of this year’s Atlantic hurricanes so much worse

A new analysis finds that the storms’ wind speeds increased by up to 28 miles per hour, boosting their destructive power.

Grist