OccuWorld<p>Despite backlash, more states are considering laws to make Big Oil pay for climate change</p><p><a href="https://grist.org/accountability/climate-superfund-law-maryland-california-vermont-new-york-trump-lawsuits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/accountability/clima</span><span class="invisible">te-superfund-law-maryland-california-vermont-new-york-trump-lawsuits/</span></a></p><p>After Vermont and New York passed "climate Superfund" legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills this year.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ClimateSuperfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSuperfund</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PayUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayUp</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Damages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Damages</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/BusinessChoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessChoices</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/FullKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FullKnowledge</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s latest enterprise is being developed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dubai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dubai</span></a> real estate company <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarGlobal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarGlobal</span></a> & will be the first Trump International Hotel in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a>.</p><p>…The advertised “golden visa” does not specify which country it is for, but in Feb Trump announced the concept of selling a "<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GoldCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldCard</span></a>" <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> for $5M potentially offering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthy</span></a> buyers residency in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> & granting them a pathway to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FARA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> Schlemoluments</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is set to expand his property <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empire</span></a> into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dubai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dubai</span></a> - with a new 80 story skyscraper.</p><p>Plans have been unveiled for Trump Hotel & Residences Dubai in the heart of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a>, measuring almost 1,150 feet with a swimming pool at the top. Prices for 2-bed apartments start at $1M & the website for the property offers free 10 year ‘golden visas’.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br>h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@maddad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maddad</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/new-trump-tower-dubai-uae-b2743611.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/new-trump-tower-dubai-uae-b2743611.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s many merchandising opportunities have been difficult to keep up with, this endeavor was arguably the most outrageous—partly because of the rather obvious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> related to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> & partly because of the brazenness of Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a>.</p><p>The CLC’s Adav Noti explained, “It is literally cashing in on the presidency—creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family in connection with his office. It is beyond unprecedented.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p>“If there’s one thing we learned from the pandemic supply-chain shocks, it’s that corporate CEOs never let an emergency go to waste. Bosses, knowing that you’d been warned to expect higher prices, went ahead and jacked up their prices way over inflation, blaming it on covid, on stimulus checks, on Biden, on the phase of the moon. Blaming it on anything — except greed. That’s why we called it “excuseflation””</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GreedFlation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedFlation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/21/trumpflation/#andrew-ferguson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/04/21/tru</span><span class="invisible">mpflation/#andrew-ferguson</span></a></p>
Miss Gayle<p>"We have to change how we treat housing. It's not a speculative financial instrument but an essential piece of infrastructure for a healthy community. That means supporting policies and reforms that empower small-scale development, remove artificial barriers, and restore competition to local housing markets."</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/4/16/the-rent-is-too-damn-artificial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">strongtowns.org/journal/2025/4</span><span class="invisible">/16/the-rent-is-too-damn-artificial</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Affordability</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>Access to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genericmeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genericmeds</span></a> is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> issue. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has Australia’s generic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicines</span></a> in his sights. And no-one’s talking about it<br>"There is pressure for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> to emulate aspects of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> system, where <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drugcos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugcos</span></a> can delay generics of their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meds</span></a> by 30 months. If US plays hardball on tis issue cld delay 🇦🇺’s access to cheaper <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a>.. US <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patent</span></a> notification system is much more favourable to e patented drug <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> than Australia’s"<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/trump-has-australias-generic-medicines-in-his-sights-and-no-ones-talking-about-it-253836" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/trump-has-</span><span class="invisible">australias-generic-medicines-in-his-sights-and-no-ones-talking-about-it-253836</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EggPrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EggPrices</span></a> soared, so did producer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a><br>
A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> program doled out hundreds of millions in relief payments to big egg companies, even as the largest earned record profits.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AvianInfluenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianInfluenza</span></a> outbreak has had far-reaching consequences: >120M hens have been slaughtered & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/egg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>egg</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> have risen to record levels. In his address to Congress, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> called the situation “out of control.”<br>
Yet for some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> companies, these are good times.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/08/egg-prices-profit-increase-cal-maine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/08/egg-prices-profit-increase-cal-maine/</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>Trump's hardly the first US politician to profit from his office, nor is this behaviour confined to the right; plenty of supposedly left of centre officials and legislators have turned their public office to private benefit.</p><p>What is new and disturbingly different is the sheer scale and shamelessness of the profiteering, self-dealing, and corruption here. What's worse, Trump and his sycophants promote these actions as "smart" and "patriotic". </p><p>Critics accuse Trump and others of profiting from their positions | PBS News</p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/critics-accuse-trump-and-others-of-profiting-from-their-positions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/show/critics-</span><span class="invisible">accuse-trump-and-others-of-profiting-from-their-positions</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a></p>
Joseph Simons 🍁 🌱<p>`<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HealthSciencesAssociationofAlberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthSciencesAssociationofAlberta</span></a> called yesterday for an immediate end to the so-called <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AlbertaSurgicalInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertaSurgicalInitiative</span></a> and “a return to full <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/publicownership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicownership</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/surgical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surgical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/facilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facilities</span></a> to prevent further <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> off essential <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> services following explosive revelations that private surgical facilities contracted by [<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a>] were charging more than double the cost of equivalent procedures performed in the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> system.”'</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AHS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a></p><p><a href="https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/02/impact-of-those-dodgy-contracts-allegations-continues-to-spread-so-did-anyone-ever-call-the-cops/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">albertapolitics.ca/2025/02/imp</span><span class="invisible">act-of-those-dodgy-contracts-allegations-continues-to-spread-so-did-anyone-ever-call-the-cops/</span></a></p>
Adrian Lenardic<p>So much to be learned from The Big Lebowski. Nihlists ("we care about nothing") burn your car then ask you for money. Publishers burn down science then ask scientists for money. Makes perfect sense ("lets see do I have $6k in my wallet for gold standard open access ... hmmm")</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicpublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicpublishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a></p>
LeftyLabourTechToronto<p>Journalist Nora Loreto sounds the alarm on the possibility of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> capitalists using the Trump tariffs as an excuse to jack up prices and profiteer as they did during the pandemic.</p><p>We are going to need action against tariff profiteering by corporations.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CanadianPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopolies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oligopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligopolies</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://noraloreto.substack.com/p/ok-but-what-about-profiteering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noraloreto.substack.com/p/ok-b</span><span class="invisible">ut-what-about-profiteering</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>yesterday Los Angeles protests for human rights</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HumanTrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanTrafficking</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and 13 colleagues wrote to the CEO of the supermarket behemoth <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kroger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kroger</span></a> in November about electronic price tags (often called <a href="https://c.im/tags/electronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/shelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shelf</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/labels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labels</span></a> or <a href="https://c.im/tags/ESLs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESLs</span></a> ). <br>These digital displays allow companies to change prices automatically from a mobile app. <br>Tlaib warned that this so-called “<a href="https://c.im/tags/dynamic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dynamic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pricing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pricing</span></a>” permits retailers to adjust prices based on their whims. <br>Just as <a href="https://c.im/tags/Uber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uber</span></a> raises prices during storms or rush hour, retailers like Kroger use ESLs to adjust prices based on factors like time of day or the weather. <br>Supermarkets could conceivably mine a shopper’s personal data to set prices as high as possible. <br>“My concern is that these tools will be abused in the pursuit of profit, surging prices on essential goods in areas with fewer and fewer grocery stores,” Tlaib wrote.<br>In August, Senators Elizabeth <a href="https://c.im/tags/Warren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warren</span></a> and Bob <a href="https://c.im/tags/Casey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Casey</span></a> wrote to Kroger raising similar concerns about <a href="https://c.im/tags/price" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>price</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gouging</span></a>. <br>Noting that the company has already implemented the technology in hundreds of stores across the county, they warned that <br>“ESLs may help Kroger extract maximum profits from consumers at a time when…high grocery prices are a leading concern among Americans who are concerned about inflation.”<br>Warren and Casey also voiced concern about Kroger’s partnership with Microsoft to install <a href="https://c.im/tags/facial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facial</span></a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/recognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recognition</span></a> technology in stores, <br>which could be used to identify individual customers: <br>When a shopper approaches the shelf, she would see a price calibrated specifically for her. <br>The next shopper might pay a different amount based on their profile. <br>Retailers could use shopper data to charge higher prices to those who can afford to pay more, but since stores do not have to disclose who is making pricing decisions or why, <br>the senators worry that shoppers on a budget are particularly vulnerable. <br>“It is outrageous that, as families continue to struggle to pay to put food on the table, grocery giants like Kroger continue to roll out <a href="https://c.im/tags/surge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surge</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pricing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pricing</span></a> and other corporate <a href="https://c.im/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> schemes,” they wrote</p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/retail-grocery-automation-esl-kroger/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/society/</span><span class="invisible">retail-grocery-automation-esl-kroger/</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Trumps launch cryptocurrencies ahead of inauguration setting off ethical alarms<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/melania-meme-coin-1.7435916" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/business/melania-m</span><span class="invisible">eme-coin-1.7435916</span></a></p><p>* Melania launched her own cryptocurrency 2025-Jan-19<br>* 1d after D.T.'s own coin launch<br>* ethical concerns</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetSeizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssetSeizure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetForfeiture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssetForfeiture</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p><p>Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> healthcare profiteering announced</p><p>Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples</p><p>The 2024 “winners” of the annual <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shkreli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shkreli</span></a> awards, given each year to perpetrators of the most egregious examples of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> within the healthcare industry, have been released from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LownInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LownInstitute</span></a>, an independent healthcare <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Bernie Sanders: Amazon Accepts Worker Injuries as Cost of Doing Business<br><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/bernie-sanders-amazon-business" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/economy/</span><span class="invisible">bernie-sanders-amazon-business</span></a></p><p>* Jeff Bezos wealth approaching $1/4 TRILLION<br>* m/w Amazon warehouse injuries 30% above industry average<br>* notoriously anti-union</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-bezos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">forbes.com/profile/jeff-bezos</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>* 2024-Dec-31: $235B (#2 in world; Musk $428B) 🤨 🤬</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AMZN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMZN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateSlavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateSlavery</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>/3<br>The cure for political scurvy is not for the rich to ignore the poor,<br>but for everyone to redefine the national purpose.[4]</p><p>If we decide that every Canadian must be well housed, well fed &<br>well cared for, then we will live in a nation as healthy as ourselves.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalApathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalApathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialAlienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialAlienation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoFreeLunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoFreeLunch</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToGovern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToGovern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToLead</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a></p>
Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc<p>\o/ Perhaps our boycott is working:<br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/loblawsoligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loblawsoligarch</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/priceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>priceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> </p><p>"Loblaw earnings hit by slower demand for groceries, convenience items</p><p>Canada's largest retailer cited slower consumer demand for groceries, electronics and convenience items as the reason for weaker third-quarter sales"</p><p>Reporter does not mention <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/loblawsboycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loblawsboycott</span></a>. I have emailed her.<br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/hitThemWhereItHurts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hitThemWhereItHurts</span></a></p><p>The Star (paywalled) <br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/cdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/cdnPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/onPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onPoli</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/loblaw-earnings-hit-by-slower-demand-for-groceries-convenience-items/article_8f06f056-a1b8-11ef-8c15-8bd920903e26.html?source=newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/business/loblaw-ea</span><span class="invisible">rnings-hit-by-slower-demand-for-groceries-convenience-items/article_8f06f056-a1b8-11ef-8c15-8bd920903e26.html?source=newsletter</span></a></p>
tultican<p>How your children’s personal data is getting bought and sold without your consent - Despite laws prohibiting the sale of children’s personal information, students continue to receive unsolicited offers. <a href="https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/david-winter-how-your-childrens-personal-data-is-getting-bought-and-sold-without-your-consent/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">networkforpubliceducation.org/</span><span class="invisible">blog-content/david-winter-how-your-childrens-personal-data-is-getting-bought-and-sold-without-your-consent/</span></a> <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a></p>
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