Showing posts with label Billionaires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Billionaires. Show all posts
Monday, November 9, 2026

"AI may transform the economy. That does not guarantee investors will earn back the sums being poured into it."

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  Opinion   AI    (artificial intelligence) The Guardian view on the AI backlash: Silicon Valley’s political power is cracking Editorial   T...
Friday, September 4, 2026

POWER ... a 2026 Poem by Anne Selden Annab

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                  POWER Billionaires hoard wealth in part,  by deploying a small fraction  of their ginormous wealth to persuade- persu...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

"The sad truth is that the income gap keeps widening between ordinary American families and the billionaires who make the decisions that affect our lives." Francine Prose

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Has Trump no shame about all the money he has made since being in office? By now we know that charity, generosity and compassion are virtue...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, study says. Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions... "By contrast, the bottom half of the world by wealth accounts for just 3% of ownership-based emissions."

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Greenpeace said a large share of emissions was associated with the ownership of carbon-intensive assets and investments such as property d...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

"It more than a little ironic that these experts at tax avoidance are at the helm of a technological revolution that could drive inequality to new, unprecedented heights." Eduardo Porter in The Guardian

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Analysis by   Eduardo Porter Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality Elon Musk is a beneficiary of America’s lopsided ...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

The space for freedom of expression is shrinking dramatically as governments use new technologies to suppress dissent and digital giants manipulate information online to enrich themselves, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, warned today. In her final report to the Human Rights Council, Khan highlighted the conflation of State and corporate interests to exploit vulnerabilities of the right to freedom of expression.

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UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts   Space for freedom of expression shrinking as govts use tech to suppress dissent & digital giants m...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

"Tech billionaires are plowing hundreds of millions into political campaigns, to fend off attempts at regulation and evade accountability lest their endeavors go awry. They want to make sure nobody butts in as they work to reshape society. And they are largely succeeding – for now, no one with the power to stop them is butting in."

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 Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos. What could go wrong? A new belief set is uniting some of the wealth...
Saturday, May 30, 2026

"Speaking to the Guardian, readers in the US echoed the pope’s concerns, describing AI as an “unregulated” industry increasingly being used to the “detriment of too many people”, while also raising fears about surveillance, labor displacement, war and environmental harm."

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Pope Leo XIV speaks during a meeting with bishops, members of the clergy and families whose members have been victims of environmental pol...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Billionaires want Ballrooms. The rest of us want clean water; safe neighborhoods; good schools, libraries, & museums; National Parks; playgrounds; PBS; good job opportunities for ourselves and our children; affordable heath-care; AND PEACE.

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Political cartoon from 1906, by artist William Balfour Ker   letter I just wrote & sent to my elected leaders Dear America, This mont...