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Creatively Disrupting Capitalism by Richard Muscat
New article in the series "Prospects for Degrowth"
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/05/23/creatively-disrupting-capitalism/

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…

The Telegraph leaving its limbo: "aims for the brand to become a force in US and global journalism, targeting an intelligent centre-Right readership which is not currently well-served".
Ok, we'll see. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/

Telegraph to be sold to RedBird Capital
Investment to be unleashed as US firm seeks takeover alongside British partners

Jury orders man to pay $500K for assaulting police officer who killed himself after Capitol riot (Associated Press)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/jury-orders-man-pay-500k-assaulting-police-officer-killed-capitol-riot-rcna214645
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p4#a250624p4

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 better phrasing, on “capitalism’s side”. First for a range of high-growth Silicon Valley software companies and their ilk; latterly directly in venture capital focused on climate change technology startups, aka “Climate Tech” or “Impact Investing.”

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…

Iran-linked cyberattack reportedly disrupts public services in Albania’s capital https://therecord.media/tirana-albania-government-cyberattack-iran-linked-group

so why on earth were CNCF/K8s kicked off Slack's enterprise plan, anyway?
cost? how much can it cost to store a bunch of chat messages for two moderately popular OSS groups, ten dollars a day? all of the capital cost has been paid at this point, it's just the marginal one at question, which cannot be high unless Slack's infrastructure is dramatically worse than any reason could allow
the amount of goodwill they know they'll lose can't possibly compensate the c…

State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce has sparked condemnation
after a reporter unearthed an interview in which she said
the U.S. is the best country on Earth
“next to Israel,”
in yet another show of U.S. leaders’ capitulation to Israel
under a president who ran on the slogan “America First.”

Rubio Spokesperson Says US Is “Greatest Country on Earth Next to Israel”
The official said it’s her responsibility to ensure “every person on this planet” recognizes the importance of Israel.

La géoéconomie est donc ce qu’il reste Š un capitalisme ravagé par l’échec du néolibéralisme. C’est un moyen de maintenir l’accumulation sous le parapluie de l’État, en maintenant la pression sur le monde du travail.
La déconstruction des États sociaux se poursuit avec davantage d’intensité. l’État continue d’être le bras armé du capital : c’est moins la compétitivité que la sécurité ou la puissance; la puissance étatique se déchaîne désormais contre toute dissension

Sommes-nous entrés dans l’ère de la « géoéconomie » ?
Selon plusieurs chercheurs, le néolibéralisme a fait place à un ordre « géoéconomique » où l’économie est mise au service de la volonté de domination des États. Cette vision permet de comprendre certaines évolutions de notre époque, malgré quelques raccourcis.

Eutelsat, concurrent européen de Starlink, prépare une augmentation de capital qui fera de l’Etat français son premier actionnaire
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/…

Eutelsat, concurrent européen de Starlink, prépare une augmentation de capital qui fera de l’Etat français son premier actionnaire
Trois autres actionnaires, l’armateur français CMA CGM, l’opérateur indien Bharti Airtel ainsi que le Fonds stratégique de participations sont aussi impliqués dans le projet.

A young female bear caused a stir after wandering out of the forest and into the leafy suburbs of the Lithuanian capital.
For two days, the brown bear ambled through the neighborhoods of Vilnius,
trotted across highways and explored backyards
— all while being chased by onlookers with smartphones and, eventually, drones.
The government then issued a permit for the bear to be shot and killed.
That did not go down well with Lithuania’s hunters who refused, aware …

Lithuanian hunters refuse government request to shoot a wild bear in the capital
Lithuanian hunters have refused to shoot a wild bear that was spotted roaming around the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and criticized the government for issuing a permit to kill a member of the protected species. The Lithuanian Association of Hunters and Fishermen says in a statement it is shocked by the decision of the Environment Ministry to shoot the bear. The bear now seems to be out of danger as it was spotted on Wednesday walking through forested areas well outside the city. A government …