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@scott@carfree.city
2025-05-28 01:55:15

if you want to read the new translation of Capital, it's 50% off until May 31st, which means there is only half as much socially-necessary labor time embodied in it
press.princeton.edu/books/hard

Capital
Marx for the twenty-first centuryThe first new English translation in fifty years—and the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himselfFeaturing extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown“An astounding achievement.”—China Miéville, author of October: The Story of the Russian Revolution

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-28 03:25:51

Justice Department abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases, AP sources say (Alanna Durkin Richer/Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/jan-6-prose
memeorandum.com/250627/p166#a2

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-27 20:01:49

Sources: Meta is looking to raise $3B in equity and $26B in debt, from private capital firms, including Apollo Global and KKR, to fund its data center build out (Financial Times)
ft.com/content/aff1a2d2-d58e-4

Meta seeks $29bn from private credit giants to fund AI data centres
Apollo, Brookfield and Pimco among the lenders in talks with Mark Zuckerberg’s social media group

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2025-05-28 16:33:05

So look, if you talk to me about the job threat from the things we currently call “AI,” well…
…if where you’re going with that is “The concentration of wealth is an existential crisis! Establish UBI! 99% marginal tax rate! Capital gains tax! Wealth tax! Abolish billionaires!” then yes, I’m •all• ears. My pitchfork is already sharpened.
But if where you’re going is “Get in on it now while you still can! Buy the AI vendors’ products! Drink radium for that youthful glow!” then…kthanksbye. I am not going to be a vector for your marketing propaganda, no matter how agitated you are.
/end

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-06-25 22:59:47

House prices and markets and uses of residential units:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

How Lisbon put itself on the map for real estate and tourism – and became Europe’s least affordable city
Tourists stay in short-term rentals and foreigners buy second homes, while residents of the city rent rooms, not apartments, says researcher Agustín Cocola-Gant

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2025-06-25 22:59:47

House prices and markets and uses of residential units:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

How Lisbon put itself on the map for real estate and tourism – and became Europe’s least affordable city
Tourists stay in short-term rentals and foreigners buy second homes, while residents of the city rent rooms, not apartments, says researcher Agustín Cocola-Gant

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2025-06-25 20:42:03

from my link log —
Arithmetic with continued fractions.
perl.plover.com/yak/cftalk/
saved 2025-02-16 dotat.at…

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-27 23:10:52

Pam Bondi fires two Jan. 6 prosecutors, sending another chill through DOJ workforce (Ryan J. Reilly/NBC News)
nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d
memeorandum.com/250627/p148#a2

@degrowthuk@mstdn.social
2025-05-23 17:46:39

Creatively Disrupting Capitalism by Richard Muscat
New article in the series "Prospects for Degrowth"
degrowthuk.org/2025/05/23/crea

Creatively Disrupting Capitalism
Richard Muscat* In the series Prospects for Degrowth I am a degrowth activist. It’s not a career path I ever envisaged for myself. I arrived here after a couple of decades working, for want of bett…

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2025-05-28 16:33:05

So look, if you talk to me about the job threat from the things we currently call “AI,” well…
…if where you’re going with that is “The concentration of wealth is an existential crisis! Establish UBI! 99% marginal tax rate! Capital gains tax! Wealth tax! Abolish billionaires!” then yes, I’m •all• ears. My pitchfork is already sharpened.
But if where you’re going is “Get in on it now while you still can! Buy the AI vendors’ products! Drink radium for that youthful glow!” then…kthanksbye. I am not going to be a vector for your marketing propaganda, no matter how agitated you are.
/end