nostr:npub19fcv2nflra09c6p9xz8c8detwj6uy07u4z4m25qh836mnvxtatdq6aay3c "The wage theft here is pretty bad and the local police chief was embezzling funds...oh you meant a different kind of crime."

nostr:npub16u7alxzkjugh6535altqqk5gx7g0a63x6m300l898nenys0rsjuqguuend It is curious how most new supposed innovation is nothing more than a dressed up version of enclosure from centuries ago. Take something that people did fine by themselves or did not pay money for and stick a business on top and charge toll. It is a reminder that most new economic activity is just rent seeking on the wider population.

I did not know that officials in China decided to divert the floodwaters to save Beijing but flood a different city instead. The kind of real life no win choices we all will be facing in this uncertain planetary future.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-66391331

nostr:npub1cmehxcc75956jrd7t6p3dw3ma0zyn52afxxcz0jca5tm9qq60t2shaw4rh Thank you for sharing. Disappointing but entirely unsurprising to read in there that NYT has published him.