"This has sparked outrage among consumers in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, where affordable Galaxy models are popular entry points into Android."
Another datapoint in favor of "in future, only #rich people can afford #privacy or #security". 😔
A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by sexually assaulting a #nanny, swinging an IV pole at a #nurse, threatening a congregant at his #synagogue, & dodging #tolls in his Lamborghini & Ferrari.
The U.S. government shutdown could become longest ever as Trump says he "won’t be extorted" by Democrats.
@AssociatedPress reports: "Millions of people stand to lose food aid benefits, health care subsidies are set to expire and there are few real talks between the parties over how to end it."
@NewsDesk@AssociatedPress Trump doesn’t care who dies because of the #Republican#Shutdown. He’s just desperate to get his way and destroy #ACA for millions of citizens. He needs that #tax money for the #rich If citizens starve in the meantime the Republicans could care less
Este año voy a volver a utilizar este mes para cometer crímenes con el arte.
Lo que empezó hace unos años con el Inkt0ber, ya no lo sigo haciendo con sus sugerencias por sus «temas» particulares (Que yo sepa, plagio y denuncias a artistas. Lo de las acusaciones sobre IAG, no lo sé seguro).
Como otros años, para molestar lo menos posible pondré mis crímenes en un sólo hilo para no incordiar mucho y que sea fácil silenciarme si incordio o molesto mucho.
Este año voy a hacer una lista propia, gracias a un generador aleatorio que hay en Code Pen con los hastagas #tintubre y #tintubre2025.
Texto blanco sobre un fondo negro en el que se puede leer lo siguiente: TinTubre 2025. Unofficial prompt list. 1. SAD, 2. RICH, 3. PIRATE, 4. NEST, 5. COAT, 6. HAT, 7. SHED, 8. PRICKLY, 9. BARK, 10. STOCKY, 11. WHIMSICAL, 12. CHOP, 13. FIERCE, 14. RAT, 15. SHIELD, 16. THUNDER, 17. CLOCK, 18. NINJA, 19. FILTHY, 20. SCAR, 21. NIGHT, 22. POND, 23. SOUP, 24. UNDERWATER, 25. FIRE, 26. CAPE, 27. TART, 28. ROCKET, 29. SLIMY, 30. GAUNTLET, 31. RAKE. #tintubre #tintubre2025
En esta ocasión tenía varios candidatos posibles para elegir, tengo que reconocer que al principio había escogido a Batman pero al final, el «rico» es Bruce Wayne, por eso al final me decidí por Lex Luthor, rico y poderos donde los haya.
A close-up image shows a simple illustration of a pen with a European Union logo on it, writing the word "Poverty" on a textured, light brown paper. Above the word "Poverty," smaller, dark blue text reads, "Our plan to help eradicate." Below the pen, a hashtag is visible: "#SOTEU," followed by the European Union logo
@EUCommission "to eradicate poverty by 2050" - MUHAHHAHAHHAAAAA, first of april #joke ! #Poverty exists because of you, politicians. #Rich people only use the things what the politicians accept as law.
@EUCommission Does this mean we can expect a unifying tax on obscenely #rich and exploitative #corporations in order to boost our economies and wallets, not just prices? Yes? No? Maybe?
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable. We stand together and spread our community wings wide to repel evil. Noem doesn’t know the city I have called home since childhood. We will endure, and we will be here long after Trump and his goons are gone.
#Trump again criticizes the creation of the #IncomeTax in the US in 1913, arguing that it’s a mystery why the nation ever instituted one. American policymakers embraced the income tax for 2 reasons: to collect more taxes from the #rich & to pay for a growing federal govt.
Conversly, #tariffs disproportionately burden #LowIncome Americans, who spend more of their earnings on goods that tariffs make more expensive.
Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon #EconomicGrowth as an objective.
By Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis, Tim Jackson, Daniel W. O’Neill, Juliet B. Schor, Julia K. Steinberger, Peter A. Victor & Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, 12 December 2022
Excerpt: "The global economy is structured around growth — the idea that firms, industries and nations must increase production every year, regardless of whether it is needed. This dynamic is driving climate change and ecological breakdown. High-income economies, and the corporations and wealthy classes that dominate them, are mainly responsible for this problem and consume energy and materials at unsustainable rates.
"Yet many industrialized countries are now struggling to grow their economies, given economic convulsions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, resource scarcities and stagnating productivity improvements. Governments face a difficult situation. Their attempts to stimulate growth clash with objectives to improve human well-being and reduce environmental damage.
"GDP is getting a makeover — what it means for economies, health and the planet
"Researchers in ecological economics call for a different approach — degrowth. Wealthy economies should abandon growth of gross domestic product (#GDP) as a goal, scale down destructive and unnecessary forms of #production to reduce energy and material use, and focus economic activity around securing human needs and well-being. This approach, which has gained traction in recent years, can enable rapid #decarbonization and stop ecological breakdown while improving social outcomes. It frees up energy and materials for low- and middle-income countries in which growth might still be needed for development. Degrowth is a purposeful strategy to stabilize economies and achieve social and ecological goals, unlike recession, which is chaotic and socially destabilizing and occurs when growth-dependent economies fail to grow.
"Reports this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on #Biodiversity and #Ecosystem Services (#IPBES) suggest that degrowth policies should be considered in the fight against #ClimateBreakdown and #biodiversity loss, respectively. Policies to support such a strategy include the following.
"Reduce less-necessary production. This means scaling down destructive sectors such as #FossilFuels, mass-produced meat and dairy, #FastFashion, #advertising, #cars and aviation, including #PrivateJets. At the same time, there is a need to end the #PlannedObsolescence of products, lengthen their lifespans and reduce the purchasing power of the #rich.
"Introduce a green jobs guarantee. This would train and mobilize labour around urgent social and ecological objectives, such as installing renewables, insulating buildings, regenerating #ecosystems and improving social care. A programme of this type would end unemployment and ensure a just transition out of jobs for workers in declining industries or 'sunset sectors', such as those contingent on fossil fuels. It could be paired with a #UniversalIncome policy.
"Reduce working time. This could be achieved by lowering the retirement age, encouraging part-time working or adopting a four-day working week [and hybrid or remote work]. These measures would lower #CarbonEmissions and free people to engage in care and other welfare-improving activities. They would also stabilize employment as less-necessary production declines.
"Enable #sustainable development. This requires cancelling unfair and unpayable debts of low- and middle-income countries, curbing unequal exchange in international trade and creating conditions for productive capacity to be reoriented towards achieving social objectives.
"Some countries, regions and cities have already introduced elements of these policies. Many European nations guarantee free health care and education; Vienna and Singapore are renowned for high-quality public housing; and nearly 100 cities worldwide offer free public transport. Job guarantee schemes have been used by many nations in the past, and experiments with basic incomes and shorter working hours are under way in Finland, Sweden and New Zealand.
"But implementing a more comprehensive strategy of degrowth — in a safe and just way — faces five key research challenges, as we outline here."
Folks are going to get disillusioned with Trump 2.0 very quickly — and it’s our job to use that disillusionment to break up the fragile GOP coalition and rebuild ours: http://indivisible.org/guide
Bloomberg Law headline: “Trump Woos Wall Street With Corporate Tax Cuts at NYSE Visit” ABC News headline: “Trump now says bringing down grocery prices, as he promised, will be 'very hard'”
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
I doubt many people in the UK realise this ... but it is pretty incredible that it's been allowed to continue. The herd needs to get their boots on.
Poor old Charles, owner of an estate about the same land surface as India and who pays ZERO inheritance tax ... is obliged to acquire properties, after death, if there is no Will and Testament, and no next-of-kin. GOSH!!! WHAT A SURPRISE!!!
How about we "augment reality" and pass on the not-really-working-quite-yet wraparound #vcfunding attracting #technofetish augmented reality shades for #rich people?
@w7voa so is anyone going to jail, or is #prison just for poor people who #shoplift drive while black or piss off a #cop and not for #corporations or #rich people who steal millions & billions?
(31-60) Top 60 ASMR videos published on YouTube last week (2025-05-04 to 2025-05-10) [Discussion]
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