The United Nations has ruled: England has no indigenous people. France has no indigenous people. Germany has no indigenous people. Russia has only non-Russian indigenous peoples. etc. The Garifuna are a Black ethnicity of Honduras (with colonies in Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the United States), that is, everywhere they are settler colonialists, and yet they are recognized as an indigenous people […]
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Your Genes Belong To Us
[Summary] Table: “Drugmakers Mine DNA Troves For Research: Selected Genetic Databases and Their Industry Partners”, in Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2019. p. B1. 23andMe (8 million individuals): Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline. deCODE Genetics (owned by Amgen) (1.6 million individuals): Amgen. UK Biobank (0.5 million individuals): AbbVie, Alnylam, AstraZeneca, Biogen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Regeneron, Takeda Pharmaceuticals. […]
Continue readingDragonfly: Building The First One In China. Then One For the United States?
[2 documents] Dragonfly, an AI driven censorship engine on a continental scale, and then worldwide. Google intends to be the new face of tyranny worldwide. Not good. ===== Mikal Thalen. Top Google Scientist Quits Over Plan for Censored Chinese Search Engine; ‘I Am Forced To Resign In Order To Avoid Contributing To, Or Profiting From, […]
Continue readingStarbucks: Transphobia, Bad Coffee and Hypocrisy
It is controversial that Starbucks has muscled into the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), since even the more generous members of SCA weakly praise Starbucks coffee as “mediocre”. (They are more generous that I.) Anyway, Starbucks has used money to buy its way into the club of the best coffee makers. So in 2014/2015, Sarbucks was […]
Continue readingAmazon Creates Army of Trolls To Claim Its Wages Are High
(Here is some random Twitter chatter about how Amazon has created an army of trolls to claim that wages are high and working conditions are good. Interestingly, one Amazon troll hides behind the name “Gay” to gain credibility.) ===== FLAMBOYANT SHOES GUY @bornwithatail” So Amazon has set up an army of bot accounts, allegedly from […]
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