@paulschoe I guess there's a long history; letters patent, enclosure acts, colonialism, etc. Essentially any human activity involving exploitation of a power imbalance. In this case, the victims include other corporate entities. Something, something, class-struggle, etc.
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A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure -
A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure@gerrymcgovern @J2 @paulschoe @YimbyEarth Perhaps they are just assuming the same weird and obtuse interpretation of eminent domain rights as numerous oil and gas pipeline companies in the US? (I.e what's yours is mine, if I have adopted a business model that requires me to expropriate it.)
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THREAD: Hello friends.@ZekuZelalem I'm still ashamed of the UK gov for asserting that Eritrea was a safe country, and that claims for asylum would be treated with scepticism.
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💗 Schengen@electropict @benroyce @urlyman @ReggieHere @vfrmedia @metaphil @fj FWIW, I believe The Political Compass' methodology is to keep the same metrics and scale, allowing results to be compared over time. This allows, e.g., UK Labour's shift to the authoritarian right to be tracked, rather than them being portrayed as vaguely centre, or even leftwing, as rightwing rags and social media platforms normalise extremist, authoritarian political discourse.
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A new hearing of Palestine Action activists (acquitted of burglery charges in Feb) is on bogus "terrorism” charges.@DrALJONES @krans @heinragas
AIUI they are *not* formally being charged with terrorism charges, *but* the judge has been given discretion to sentence them as terrorist-related offenses if found guilty, with long prison terms. This is a new power granted to judges. The jury is not being told this, nor will they hear the defendants' defence. And no doubt the unedited evidence, which appears to paint a different picture of events, will be withheld, again. There's something very rotten here. -
This post did not contain any content.@Mor696 @rbreich
Right, getting away with bait-and-switch demand pricing on fans without proper warning, in jurisdictions where such practices are supposed to be illegal, to say nothing of Live Nation's hostile treatment of long-standing events, acts, fans, and concession holders. Hopefully there will be a positive outcome for the arts and music both inside and outside the US.