Oddbean new post about login | logout #5yrsago #MachineLearning scientist quits Google over plan to launch censored Chinese search tool https://theintercept.com/2018/09/13/google-china-search-engine-employee-resigns/ #5yrsago #Charter, ordered out of New York State, begs for its life https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/charter-negotiating-with-ny-to-avoid-being-kicked-out-of-the-state/ #5yrsago 20% of New York retail space is sitting vacant https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/06/nyregion/nyc-storefront-vacancy.html #5yrsago Viral road-rage video sparks mob violence in #Beijing, revealing deep regional rifts https://www.whatsonweibo.com/fury-and-loathing-in-fengtai-how-one-incident-sparked-chaos-in-beijing-neighbourhood/ 9/ https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/111/057/846/201/202/097/original/6b1c657ee0434b91.png
#5yrsago Six years ago, #NorthCarolinaRepublicans passed a law decreeing that the seas weren’t rising https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-carolina-didnt-like-science-on-sea-levels-so-passed-a-law-against-it #5yrsago How #anarchist organizers in rural #PuertoRico rebooted their power grid after the privatized power company abandoned them https://www.newsweek.com/puerto-ricans-restore-power-after-hurricane-maria-1114070 #5yrsago “#SpreadPricing” transparency reveals the millions #CVS rakes in by gouging #Medicare and prisons on prescription markups https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-drug-spread-pricing/ 10/ https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/111/057/848/868/517/832/original/9c623b5c561c10a1.png
#5yrsago Trade negotiators are increasingly unwilling to entertain “#CorporateSovereignty” clauses https://www.techdirt.com/2018/09/13/corporate-sovereignty-wane-as-governments-realize-more-trouble-than-worth/ #1yrago Survival of the Richest: Douglas Rushkoff on the eschatology of libertarian exit https://pluralistic.net/2022/09/13/collapse-porn/#collapse-porn #1yrago #Spotify steals from artists, a Spotify exclusive https://pluralistic.net/2022/09/12/streaming-doesnt-pay/#stunt-publishing 11/ https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/111/057/852/961/573/741/original/2abc022d855ba85b.png
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@b92dcc07 just a small clarification about the #PuertoRico post: in 2017 the electric grid was still managed by the PREPA, part of the PR government. Privatization officially came later on in 2021. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-private-company-takes-power-utility-service-rcna1091
