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Jun 3
No Babies? Blame Capitalism.

submitted by supersquirrel to publichealth
13 points | 4 comments
https://jacobin.com/2026/06/birth-rates-capitalism-socialism-germany

Capitalism seems so inevitable to us that we sometimes fail to notice its explanatory power. In this case, it’s staring us right in the face. The incentive structures of capitalism run counter to those of child-rearing — and as market logics pervade deeper into…

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Jun 3
When private equity firms buy mobile home parks, rent increases leave residents with few affordable options in rural areas

submitted by supersquirrel to aboringdystopia
25 points | 2 comments
https://theconversation.com/when-private-equity-firms-buy-mobile-home-parks-rent-increases-leave-residents-with-few-affordable-options-in-rural-areas-279298

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May 29
'Logical Conclusion' of Citizens United as Delaware Judge Lets Corporations Vote in Local Elections | Common Dreams

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94 points | 18 comments
https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporations-can-vote-in-delaware

A judge in Delaware—a state with more registered business entities than people—ruled Monday in favor of a small town that allows corporations to vote in local elections.

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“What is a ‘person?’ When one cuts to the heart of this case, that is the…

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May 26
Israel Has Physically Divided Gaza With Over 25 Kilometers of Earthen Barriers

submitted by supersquirrel to globalnews
105 points | 8 comments
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-israel-earth-berms-military-bases-ceasefire

“This is the danger of reading the ceasefire as an event rather than as a phase: it allows the slow violence of fortification, encroachment, and engineered uninhabitability to proceed under the cover of a word that promises its end,” Abdaljawad…

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May 24
Utah's fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America's biggest data center gets built

submitted by supersquirrel to aboringdystopia
6 points | 3 comments
https://grist.org/business/utah-data-center-salt-lake-hyperscale-box-elder/

The project, brought by “Shark Tank” TV personality Kevin O’Leary, would span 40,000 acres, demand 9 gigawatts of power once completed, and raise the state’s carbon emissions by 64 percent, according to estimates. While its water needs remain unknown,…

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May 21
Joe Kent: Trump can't end war until Israel taken out of the loop

submitted by supersquirrel to politics
3 points | 0 comments
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/joe-kent-trump-iran/

“We killed the Supreme Leader, who had the prohibition on developing a nuclear weapon, who was able to withhold the proxies, killed him, killed (head of Iran’s National Security Council Ali) Larijani, killed a bunch of the other Iranian moderates, and now we’re stuck with these…

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May 20
'Bond Villain' Jeff Bezos Claims 'You Could Double the Taxes I Pay' and It Won't Help Anyone | Common Dreams

submitted by supersquirrel to aboringdystopia
40 points | 7 comments
https://www.commondreams.org/news/jeff-bezos-taxes-cnbc

Jeff Bezos is so much more boring, lame and devoid of personality than a Bond Villain though that it physically hurts my brain to try to relate the two in my head.

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May 20
Amazon Is Bleeding the Post Office Dry

submitted by supersquirrel to aboringdystopia
50 points | 8 comments
https://jacobin.com/2026/05/usps-amazon-rural-mail-privatization

Finn Green works for the US Post Office as a rural carrier associate in and around Ojai, California. On a typical Monday, Green and other rural postal carriers deliver Amazon packages for hours without overtime pay. When mail volume is higher, such as days…

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May 19
Mozilla warns UK: Breaking VPNs will not magically fix Britain's age-check mess

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12 points | 1 comments
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/mozilla-warns-uk-breaking-vpns-will-not-magically-fix-britains-age-check-mess/5241770

Britain is not the only country suddenly developing strong opinions about VPNs. Denmark recently floated anti-piracy legislation broad enough to trigger fears that VPN usage itself could become…

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May 12
Groundbreaking: 'Controlled' quakes triggered under Swiss Alps

submitted by supersquirrel to earthscience
13 points | 3 comments
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260511-groundbreaking-controlled-quakes-triggered-under-swiss-alps

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/59982945

Bedretto (Switzerland) (AFP) – Researchers have made the ground shake in southern Switzerland, triggering thousands of tiny earthquakes in a monitored setting, as they…

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May 11
This Billionaire Is Calling Taxes Soviet Oppression

submitted by supersquirrel to aboringdystopia
42 points | 3 comments
https://jacobin.com/2026/05/authoritarianism-wealth-tax-soviet-brin

The danger facing the United States is not that California will become the Soviet Union because one of the richest men on earth is asked to pay more tax. The danger is that America is drifting toward something far more familiar from Russia’s recent history:…

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May 2
Meet the Mayor of a Tiny Texas Town Who Wants to Limit How Cities Can Govern

submitted by supersquirrel to aboringdystopia
7 points | 3 comments
https://www.propublica.org/article/art-martinez-de-vara-dallas-hero-lawsuit

The liberty cities model of fewer regulations, however, has also brought with it the challenge of dealing with a landfill that moved in just outside the tiny city’s boundaries. Some balked when Nolen began talking about passing zoning rules, she…

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