Information Consumption

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Beirut Blast Will Send Lebanon ‘Rushing Towards Collapse,’ Say Experts

“Without help, Lebanon is going to become a failed state."

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Congress forced Silicon Valley to answer for its misdeeds. It was a glorious sight | Matt Stoller

The five and a half hour long hearing on Capitol Hill offered a stunning illustration of the extent of misdeeds by big tech

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Drought has Peabody asking residents to conserve

PEABODY — Mayor Ted Bettencourt used a bit of levity Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic and the economic uncertainty it created to declare a water emergency and voluntary water restrictions

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U.S. Northeast, Pummeled in the Spring, Now Stands Out in Virus Control

In just over two months, the Northeast has gone from the country’s worst coronavirus hot spot to its most controlled. “It’s acting like Europe,” one expert said.

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The crisis has drawn out key regional differences in how Americans view the role of government in their lives... The Northeast, she said, with its 400-year tradition of localized, participatory government, has been less affected by decades of antigovernment rhetoric.

Wendy J. Schiller, chair of the political science department at Brown University in Providence, R.I.

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China Is Using Uighur Labor to Produce Face Masks

A Times video investigation identified Chinese companies using a contentious labor program for Uighurs to satisfy demand for P.P.E., some of which ended up in the United States and other countries.

(It’s just amazing to me the lengths NYT will go to to build cases against nations the US wants to war with)

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Counterfeit Capitalism, Food Delivery Apps, and the Attack on Franchising

7-Eleven franchises are the canary in the coal mine.

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The Left is Now the Right

We laughed at the Republican busybody who couldn't joke, declared war on dirty paintings, and peered through your bedroom window. Now that person has switched sides, and nobody's laughing

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backs internet censorship

At a hearing Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez demanded that Facebook “fact-check” political statements and “take down lies,” endorsing calls by the intelligence agencies for technology companies to censor the internet.

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The Mekong River, Water Wars, and Information Wars | naked capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente I’m afraid this is a post where I did indeed catch a bird, just not the one that I intended to catch. I had thought to write a post the Mekong River part of the biosphere (as with coral, mangroves, soil, and algae in Lake Erie) but as it turned …

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Congress is negotiating the next round of Covid-19 aid. Here’s what that means for the food industry.

SNAP spending, liability protections for restaurants and meatpacking companies, and pork barrel spending are all on the table.

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Immaculate Deception

How and Why Bankers Still Enjoy a Global Rescue Network

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Why is everyone so mean to Bari Weiss?

Bari Weiss, who until this week was an opinion editor at the New York Times, has signed two famous letters lately: (1) the “Harper’s letter,” which argued against cancel culture and was...

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The Depression-Era Book That Wanted to Cancel the Rent

“Modern Housing,” by Catherine Bauer, argued—as many activists do today—that a decent home should be seen as a public utility and a basic right.

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Weird Monopolies and Roll-Ups: Horse Shows, School Spirit, Settlers of Catan, and Jigsaw Puzzles

Market power is everywhere. Really. It's getting strange out there.

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Don’t Give Your Money to Banks Funding the Climate Crisis

Bye!

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Abolish Landlords: Housing Is a Human Right

The coming eviction crisis is a preventable disgrace.