oneoveralpha.com/Monthly/Month…
Melon Husk thinks he can buy the US Presidency the same way he bought Titter;
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o…
I hope he fails this time. Because if he succeeds, the (further) enshittification of Titter into Xitter is just a taste of what the billionaires and their orange empty vessel have in store for the whole country.
The #Biden Administration once again writes rules that turn monopolies into competitive markets. This time: banks.
Switching costs are real. And now quantified for banking.
Reminder: monopolists and oligarchs pay lip service to “competition.” That’s why they are suing to stop this final reg.
From @pluralistic
pluralistic.net/2024/11/01/ban…
Also
eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/no-m…
#competition
#Election2024
#USPolitics
#finance
#harris
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Linguaphile by Julie Sedivy
A celebration of the beauty and mystery of language and how it shapes our lives, our loves, and our world.
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#memoir
#language
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© Jamie Russell/Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2024
Spain flooding / Valencia Dana flooding
Deads: 275+
Valencia: 272
Castilla–La Mancha: 2
Andalusia: 1
Missing / unaccounted for: 250+
According to an Generalitat source, officials are working currently on a list of 2,500 alert calls for missing persons > elmundo.es/comunidad-valencian…
Power outages: Iberdrola group, i-DE, has replaced the electricity supply to more than 140,000 customers. 15,000 households are still without power.
Whoa. Those poor people.
“It’s caused by a weather phenomenon called DANA - ‘depresion aislada en niveles altos’ in Spanish - which translates as ‘isolated low-pressure system at high levels’.
…climate change is making heavy rain worse, and therefore more dangerous. That’s because hotter air is able to hold more moisture. So when it rains, it unleashes more water.”
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p…
@KamalaHarrisWin @heidilifeldman #HarrisWalz2024
sleepy62🍁🛠️ 🖥️ 🔬 🌞
in reply to Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦 • • •💯 Totally on board with this. I read Cory's article this morning and realized that is exactly what I was complaining to my banker about a few months back. I would love to give #RBC the boot but it would just be so painful and costly. It should be as easy as changing cell phone provider (or #Mastodon instance for that matter).
Then again these new rules are only for USA. Canadian banks will continue to rape and pillage til the cows come home.
#banks #cdnpoli
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦
in reply to sleepy62🍁🛠️ 🖥️ 🔬 🌞 • • •Cory Doctorow
in reply to Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦 • • •Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •@sleepy62
TY!