A few local artists are starting to realize groups like the Civic Joy Fund, TogetherSF, and It All Starts Here are being funded by billionaire backed lobbyist groups. These groups are actively trying to decrease spending on social services and increase police in SF.

When MessyBeck found out who was funding her art, it was too late to return the money. So she expressed herself by making a giant "Ethical billionaires don't exist" mural instead. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzoqHthrwGp/c/18002646239184197/

In April, SpaceX’s failed Starship launch caused significant environmental damage — and regulators would’ve known if they’d done a proper assessment.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @ESGHound about how he knew it would happen and the deeper consequences of letting Elon Musk’s companies evade regulators.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/13622860-spacex-s-regulatory-evasion-has-consequences-w-eric-roesch

#tech #spacex #elonmusk #space

Elon Musk’s grandfather “believed that apartheid South Africa was destined to lead ‘White Christian Civilization’ in its fight against the ‘International Conspiracy’ of Jewish bankers and the ‘hordes of Coloured people’ they controlled.”

Damn, why didn’t Ashlee Vance or Walter Isaacson mention that part?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/joshua-haldeman-elon-musk-grandfather-apartheid-antisemitism/675396/

#tech #elonmusk

New filing: "Alliance Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA (mifepristone appeal)"
Doc #195: APPEARANCE FORM FILED by Attorney(s) Erin Morrow Hawley for party(s) Appellee Tyler Johnson Appellee American College of…

[full entry below 👇]

PDF: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67164167/195/alliance-hippocratic-medicine-v-fda/?redirect_or_modal=True
Docket: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145

Taxes: Who Pays and What For?

Tax season leads some of us to ponder what we get in return for our resources—streets and stop signs, to be sure, but also wars. 

https://fair.org/home/taxes-who-pays-and-what-for/

#Taxes

You folks were super enthusiastic about my posting more on Mastodon, so let's try this.

RT/boost and let's see if there's interest in a regular #Ukraine thread!

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

For the last year, I've been tracking a notorious Russian unit known for its role in killing 100s of civilians.

This past month we published how we found them.