Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

"Droning On" https://thenib.com/droning-on/

War without end...You didn't really believe a neoliberal Democrat would end an oil war, did you? :-(

"Out of Print" https://thenib.com/out-of-print/

How news media works now. :-(

Is The GOP Becoming More Supportive of Direct Cash Payments? https://basicincometoday.com/is-the-gop-becoming-more-supportive-of-direct-cash-payments/

The GOP will embrace welfare as long as they can use it to control people more tightly. You can be sure a GOP populist trend won't include enabling unionization or extending protest rights; in fact, GOP support for direct payments will surely come with receipt conditions. Of course, neoliberal Dems will be in agreement.

‘It’s a historic moment’ — Pete Buttigieg on EV chargers, lead pipes, and the promise of infrastructure https://grist.org/politics/its-a-historic-moment-pete-buttigieg-on-ev-chargers-lead-pipes-and-the-promise-of-infrastructure/

Good answers by Buttigieg to questions about what the term, infrastructure, entails. GOP trying to limit the term to fossil fuel supports (roads, pipelines, ...).

The Delaware River Basin paradox: Why fracking is so hard to quit https://grist.org/politics/the-delaware-river-basin-paradox-why-fracking-is-so-hard-to-quit/

That is a really bad title for the article, which basically describes a win against fracking in the Delaware River basin, but a potentially larger loss for the same region due to a new fossil fuel shipping port.

Biden Looks to Extend Trump’s Bolstered Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing https://theintercept.com/2021/04/12/fentanyl-drug-sentencing-biden/

#nosurprise

Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act https://theintercept.com/2021/04/12/pro-act-mark-kelly-angus-king-dsa/

Shontel Brown Approved Major Contract, Then Contractor Backed Her Campaign https://theintercept.com/2021/04/14/cleveland-cuyahoga-shontel-brown-contracts-nina-turner/

Indoor Dust Contains PFAS and Other Toxic Chemicals https://theintercept.com/2021/04/14/pfas-toxic-chemicals-indoor-dust/

Married to the job: how a long-hours working culture keeps people single and lonely https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/15/married-job-long-hours-working-culture-single-lonely-love

#WorkWontLoveYouBack

Berlin’s rent cap is illegal, Germany’s highest court rules https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/15/germany-highest-court-rules-berlin-rent-cap-illegal

I never really understood the obsession with living in big cities, but its an inevitable byproduct of overpopulation.

Welcome to the new colonialism: rich countries sitting on surplus vaccines https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/14/rich-countries-surplus-covid-vaccines

#disastercapitalism

US company illegally peddling ‘miracle cure’ bleach for new Covid variants https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/15/us-company-florida-oclo-bleach-covid-variants