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🍌 Indigenous Guatemalans denounce exploitation on Mexican farms: ‘Bananas are worth more than us’
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-07/indigenous-guatemalans-denounce-exploita…

Indigenous Guatemalans denounce exploitation on Mexican farms: ‘Bananas are worth more than us’
The plants that grow these sweet fruits are cultivated with extreme care. But those who pamper them are despised and exploited

Binance names co-founder Yi He as co-CEO alongside Richard Teng, making her one of the few women leading a crypto company; she also has children with ex-CEO CZ (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/03/binance-names-cofounder-yi-he-as-new-co-ceo/<…

Binance names cofounder Yi He as new co-CEO
Yi He has worked in crypto since the early days of the industry, and becomes one of only a handful of women to lead a crypto firm.

Musical Theater Society Berlin mit professioneller Bühnenkonkurrenz konfrontiert https://weddingweiser.de/musical-theater-society-berlin-mit-professioneller-buehnenkonkurrenz-konfrontiert/

"Die Abfahrt verzögert sich noch ein wenig. Der Signalbediener ist nicht der Schnellste..." #bahnansagen

Trump says the job market is booming for U.S.-born.
-- The data doesn’t show it. 

Since the summer, Trump officials have been trumpeting the idea that job creation is booming for U.S.-born workers.
Trump said so, too, during a prime-time address last month aimed at assuaging Americans’ concerns about the economy

Trump administration officials also said recently that more than 2.5 million U.S.-born workers gained jobs in 2025
as 1 million immigrants left the workfor…

Trump says the job market is booming for U.S.-born. The data doesn’t show it.
The idea that employment is surging for U.S.-born workers is routinely trumpeted by Trump officials. But economists say otherwise.

Police, jail, and banning stuff seem to be this board's/mayor's only "solutions" to the public health crisis of addiction, and not, for example, voluntary treatment: we still lack enough treatment facilities to accommodate every San Franciscan who comes in ready and wanting help to kick their habit.
This policy is particularly dumb because of its obvious harm to nightlife. People want to be able to buy snacks when they leave the club.

S.F. supervisors say late-night store ban is working. Not so fast, say criminologists. 
Researchers urge caution on policy implications, as San Francisco supervisors use study's results to push for a broader late-night ban.

Green banana flour. This was made from Cavendish bananas, green but fully rounded out, sliced about 5mm thick and dried at 58C (dehydrator using solar power) for about 8 hours, then milled in my new (to me) op shop Vitamix. It's a lovely fine silky flour. It takes about 40 Cavs to make a kilo of flour, so well worth it. #permaculture

#Tiefenwärme im #Atlantik verrät, was an der #Klimaströmung nicht stimmt: In 1000–2000 m Tiefe wird es im äquatorialen Atlantik deutlich wärmer.
Das ist ein klares Signal, das…

Today, Vandenberg Spaceforce Base is best known for the booming SpaceX launches that send satellites into orbit.
But once upon a time, it was a hotbed for UFO sightings, quietly logged by the military.
This year, those sightings resurfaced.
Details of extraterrestrial encounters on the Central Coast were discussed in government hearings and explored in the newly released documentary
"The Age of Disclosure" (2025).
The film features government inside…

In New Doc ‘The Age of Disclosure,’ Military Servicemen Expose More Details About UFOs at Vandenberg
Depending on who you ask — and what you’re willing to believe — aliens are real. And they’ve visited Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc more than once.

A look at data labeling startups like Objectways, whose workers record and annotate repetitive tasks like folding towels to train AI robots for physical tasks (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/202…

Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world
Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to reach $38 billion within the next decade.