Tag: Mutual Benefit Societies
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Why did you have to spoil it?
A speech by Sulzberger of the NYTimes, summarized by Graham Lovelace. In general Sulzberger verifies my feeling that publishers are the best defense against AI. Publishers don’t need to apologize for hating technology! Publishers started modern technology in 1455, and have been at the forefront ever since. Publishers also understand what’s especially new and especially…
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Could this be invented?
Nieman covers the growing rebellion against Archive.org by newspapers. Over half of all papers are now blocking all bots that seem to be serving Archive. The article also brings up the relevant pre-AI history. Archive was founded in the hacker culture with the motto that everything should be free, which means that people shouldn’t expect…
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Mutuality revives?
Interesting development. Spirit Airlines failed to achieve a merger, so it’s immediately starting to shut down. A crowdfunding movement has so far raised $22 million in pledges toward a MUTUAL OWNERSHIP arrangement. The biggest unanswered question is the existing owners. They’ve already decided to shut down, which is the sole purpose of American capitalism. Kill…
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Last straw.
When Greatest Satan Bush was allowed to be an “author” on Substack it was ALMOST enough to push me out. But he isn’t PART of the business, he’s just allowed to be there. (Or more precisely his media minions are there.) His presence doesn’t directly contaminate my transactions. Polymarket is the last straw. = =…
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Wrexperts
Previous items about guilds, and Lampert steering Sears into the iceberg, reminded me of a previous highly productive line of thought. Rehashing a couple pieces written in Feb 2020, just before Bush and Trump hijacked and wrecked the entire world. = = = = = I was thinking and reading about the remarkable continuity of…
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No alarm, no opportunity
Google Books is shutting down, or at least no longer available to the public. They’re telling users to “create a library” so we can continue using the books in our “library”. This is absurd. I always downloaded the books I found useful. Now I have them in my computer. Why would I want to keep…
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MBS is the answer
Quick take on Polymarket by Ted Gioia, who knows the biz end of show biz: It’s getting harder to earn money in the entertainment business. But it’s getting easier to earn money gambling on the entertainment business—especially if you own the betting platform. The same is true of all industries. At one time the stock…
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We could learn more
This rant was inspired by two sources: the Chavez version of oil MBS, and Mamdani’s brilliant phrase ‘the warmth of collectivism’. Progressives and wokies love to focus on the ‘spiritual’ side and the ‘suffering’ side of the old American tribes. We could learn a WHOLE HELL OF A LOT MORE from the commercial success of…
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Shock and awe? Not clear yet /// EDIT: Clear.
A brave science teacher in Caracas has been reporting via Substack for a few weeks. The only reliable news comes from locals who see and hear what’s happening. Around here, the only reliable news comes from the SpokaneNews facebook group. Mainstream “news” from every city and country is useless. The previous stage of our grotesque…
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Happy (fake) WWV New Year!
Since the 1960s I’ve always tried to mark the new year by catching the actual time on WWV. Shortwave reception in Spokane is poor, so I’ve failed to hear WWV in recent years. Last year it came in loud and clear on 10 MC. This year was typical, so I had to rely on a…
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More Hudson trivia
Bought yet another picture book on Hudson. This one is by Don Butler, who worked as a stylist for Hudson in the 40s, then moved to Nash and Chrysler. He didn’t have as much inside access as Conde, but did some long research to gather up a wider variety of pictures. His book answers a…
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Not quite the right target
This author at First Things has an interesting proposal. The new pope, who started his rule with a powerful prophecy against Demon Altman, should set up a new Knights Templar to evangelize tech leaders. The Catholic Church’s urgent task extends far beyond merely inviting tech entrepreneurs, innovators, or tech investors to Vatican conferences on AI…
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Grange beats Orange
A nice contrast to yesterday’s piece on tribes NOT doing the right thing. In part of the Plains the Mutual spirit still functions. Unsurprising. This is Mennonite territory, Farmers Co-op territory, and Grange territory. High plains farmers are accustomed to working together. Via NiemanLab: High Plains Radio, a collective of small NPR stations in irrigated-circle…
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Same question
A few days ago I noted some positive developments in correct handling of Psychopath Trump. Some local elites are learning how to help their own communities, some aren’t. Here’s another some are / some aren’t story, seen via Nieman Lab. Cutting off public broadcasting funds was the right thing to do, even if Trump did…
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An MBS story never told
This is a splendid story. The origin of a world-famous structure is never heard in our media and history books, for a fucking obvious reason. In 1930 San Francisco wanted to build the Golden Gate Bridge. Banks were collapsing and The Holy Market had decided to bomb the whole country. None of the usual funds…
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