You know what else gets more expensive when the price of oil goes up? Plastic, and everything that uses it. Which is almost everything.

Oh, and food, and fertilizer, and pretty much everything.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/iran-war-unsettles-indias-packaged-water-makers-bottles-caps-get-pricey-2026-03-12/

"We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter..." -- Sam Altman

https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2032012809433723158

There you go, there it is. Yup.

"A grassroots boycott called QuitGPT has been spreading across the US and beyond, asking people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions. More than a million people have answered the call."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley

"We're organizing Americans and people around the world to quit ChatGPT."

https://quitgpt.org/

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« AFIELD, Arts of the Working Class, and Framer Framed invite Europe-based artists, cultural practitioners, and collectives working with communities affected by human rights violations to apply for a €10,000 grant and 6-month fellowship.

We're selecting 6 practitioners with initiatives that engage deeply with truth, memory, repair, and accountability to imagine justice beyond standard legal or institutional frameworks.

Selected applicants will join AFIELD's international network of socially-engaged artists, contribute to a dedicated issue of Arts of the Working Class, attend a 7-day residency at Framer Framed in Amsterdam, and participate in regular, online thematic meetings. »

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