[...] det er først fra 50’erne, at forestillingerne om vedvarende og grænseløs økonomisk vækst får karakter af en ideologi eller – som nogle af Schmelzers ældre forskerkolleger har betegnet det – en »besættelse«, »en fetich« og en »kvasireligiøs tilbedelse«.
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https://www.information.dk/udland/2023/09/oekonomisk-historiker-folk-tror-stadig-oekonomisk-vaekst-forudsaetning-hoej-levestandard?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE2OTQ1MTEyNzYsInN1YiI6IjMyMTAzMDo4MDA1MjQifQ.BcPMZzawiHeYIFVsgXfXoQ

Where dangerous heat is surging
https://wapo.st/469RaFz
A WaPo #GiftArticle #NoPaywall

Dennis Austin, software developer who created PowerPoint, dies at 76. #nopaywall

https://wapo.st/3rb62ED

In #Ukraine , a U.S. #Arms Dealer Is Making a Fortune and Testing Limits https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/world/europe/ukraine-military-arms-dealer-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=pghN62FvSx4oTWb3axBsdL0vItUalqsgS3Rf_LQs1E855MX2u7jmaC2WTC6ufL9WLNsKX5b6rfxIVZPl42Fq2a75fGPTxwMW-jaeyiCr1ZzkcJJg1MtQ0I80acXoD3HRER_AnZoVzyGGswG4GaEVeDshl3jXiunVtor7OSgL0C7qMiDnE4AAs0V2EWIKegRCs1iOIopfFkYWCO30tM08raLJNPaIzt3dS7s-CGLXorHWkOn_4aKQGtX_bZRwYbMDV9JJkLWSsJRu6BLvdJe2ulTQG9R9TW8F5E-eVJMsrkSD_0trqt_F-765bBoLEQaFsCZuySHKN_mmr3lCC8G3ANOwiBNsjxdBUA96hWktDlQq6-w3&smid=nytcore-android-share
'Billions are pouring into a clubby, secretive arms market. With Pentagon cash and unusually close Ukrainian military ties, Marc Morales has few peers.'
NYTimes #GiftArticle #NoPaywall

@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ @w7voa

That is NOT what he's saying at all. He's saying we have a choice between between brutal fascism or flawed democracy and that the news media needs to be clearer about that rather than just focusing on "who's winning" the horse race.

Re-read the article. There is #NoPaywall so you can read the whole thing for yourself.

Philanthropies Pledge $500 Million to Address Crisis in Local News. #nopaywall

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/business/media/macarthur-foundation-grants-to-local-news.html?unlocked_article_code=hnLmGJbZpB21glfrJ4v695HXxCZcwfX-JTdl1-xjO99FK7gAvqz14J7Ymhgqt2_37R-s7lskW8loQj5m8YYoPHLI6unxukhGfp6W0vcayTt-g8afQ7lAXtFNxOBJLX1B2MoJEiQPpzKlK2_UWxpR4NXFbTQf9tgxTwEreO9bgvofuGRmM1cBE

DA: No charges against Aurora cops who chased, fatally shot Jor'Dell Richardson, 14

DA said Snapp was justified in chasing and tackling Richardson; Gruszeczka’s decision to pull the trigger was reasonable

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/da-no-charges-against-aurora-cops-who-fatally-shot-jordell-richardson-14/

#NoPaywall #COpolitics

The Mystery Behind ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Cover Art Is Solved. #nopaywall

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/books/wrinkle-in-time-book-cover-artist.html

"Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island said recent public comments by #Alito “appear to violate several canons of judicial #ethics, including standards the #SupremeCourt has long applied to itself”...

“At the end, Justice Alito is the beneficiary of his own improper opining.... improperly using one’s office to further a personal interest: a justice obstructing a congressional investigation that implicates his own conduct.”
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/sep/05/samuel-alito-sheldon-whitehouse-supreme-court-ethics

#SCOTUS #Corruption #USA #News #NoPaywall

@chargrille

The Guardian (a non-profit news org) has an article about this:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/04/twitter-saudi-arabia-human-rights-abuses

#Twitter #JackDorsey #SaudiArabia #HumanRights
#News #NoPaywall

I posted about it earlier:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/111013520404188218

"Twitter has been accused... of helping #SaudiArabia commit grave #HumanRights abuses against its users, including by disclosing confidential user data at the request of Saudi authorities...

#Twitter, under... #JackDorsey... had knowledge of the Saudi government’s campaign to ferret out critics but – because of financial considerations & efforts to keep close ties to the Saudi govt, a top investor in the company – provided assistance to the kingdom."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/04/twitter-saudi-arabia-human-rights-abuses

#News #NoPaywall

"Reuters is only using excerpts from some of the 10 soldiers whose identity it was able to verify...

The news agency is not disclosing the full names of the soldiers as it was not able to obtain their comments about the excerpts. In three cases, the soldiers’ wives confirmed their husbands were at the front in messages to Reuters but declined to comment further. One cited Russian secrecy laws."
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-intercepts/

#Ukraine #Russia #War
#RussiaUkraineWar #News #NoPaywall #Audio

10 fall TV standouts, including “Changeling” debut and “Frasier” reboot. #nopaywall

https://wapo.st/44DM82E

On #Beslan 's anniversary a highly recommended read: A father who overcame a bomb https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/world/europe/28iht-beslan.1835276.html?unlocked_article_code=YEXXVYwrGExYR7KUmN12sbPrD3LOUyxVtjP0ccOTEyduREPzGdUJGw44rjpzKEUjpV-_S4ELO3OtfuwDClbw3d3yEeMi-KAHT7udvqdedDVz-QuvLg5fZMJBlsq0FC4iv1-Y4Sr5uMepaI0TVYJ9mTS8woMzMQ6J77MVinQUibz0Kz_Mgbp2_bQi7id7DZpis3BbUGMQA4J8hsgnZGJryWAmwUmtvztmmrYUehV2q487ZdpRnrCyRfAMPZck7nri5ubofCk-P8Pp0Fe13p8NlpzcUX3eoUjwlm0dFWa8eBuySG4gjrGDdhkOwXP1hJRiujApbpvNmECeVDVBlFO6bgIU1g&smid=nytcore-android-share
By C J Chivers

#NoPaywall #GiftArticle

Is There a Crisis in Cosmology? #nopaywall

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/opinion/cosmology-crisis-webb-telescope.html?unlocked_article_code=aXZRp3sakxMlexyNhmzjMs0q8Ne9XCJHpYkCbbmwfvVU_B7QAUgzkN3rOxVUTNIO2pZbL5nsIvrzVWm6I-B4fpJh1XfGRWDZqWZ-_rvAUeWO1i-1jGkmqJobd82pc_gxzn-rvokTdoCQBgZK71_y3kY5aAb-KI1sYBFqA1_e3yyxs1M8cnVywLLzg-V5AohK3zeWRb

'The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website'

https://wapo.st/3En8ydR

By Nitasha Tiku
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@TCatInReality

On the danger of covering politics like a horse race:

“A horse race confers an equivalence upon all candidates. The only detail that matters is who is going to win — not all that might be lost. To view America through that lens today is an exercise in the absurd, a practice stuck in the insular logic of the past.”
~Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner
https://steady.substack.com/p/the-danger-of-horse-race-politics

#Journalism #Trump #News #NoPaywall

@maryeffrancis

Your comment reminded me of an essay entitled, "Alex Jones and the kitten burners" which describes some people's need to #hate someone in order to feel good about themselves. And the problems that can lead to.

"They need to feel 'better-than' more than they want to be simply good"
~Fred Clark
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2017/07/03/alex-jones-kitten-burners/
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Written in 2017, but it's even more relevant now (re: #LGBTQ #WomensRights ...).

#Conspiracy #ConspiracyTheories #Hypocisy #Righteousness #Essay

Proud Boys Lieutenant #Biggs Sentenced to 17 Years in Jan. 6 #Sedition Case https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/us/politics/proud-boys-joseph-biggs-sentenced-jan-6.html?unlocked_article_code=ctZXp1C_LNxm5nbOqrY97qcHXxYnoXgBSpzOiqD4-Zspe4PuBsSwCbUeHiequs0mdPdLcGhBM7zMFXHWfG9xYqluj8lVIYcaF9jnTrpobTF67VZvcTXRNuA5Bx7QwiEpHq3boGJPgnlWYUDmii5YGf6QK2VHQpX2fJRLi0SbAEAybeP2KHIZtZs5DNN2CTkLrDwtP1fBNxO7mI39IxBQ8lsLgxgWu2QrZRoZ8kuYhOzcos9nOaZzwLYxnoMJFlKo3gxIobR5dD0Zeg9750OJ3NmbH3l809LUaIUdHouh9BtXCDwImzD9--YXaF9z4wV4BkWoYDEUblGSymuwTX47WsyhimVmgOQKkfFeod_A5IzWuNR2fA&smid=nytcore-android-share
#Biggs #Jan6
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America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/28/climate/groundwater-drying-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=ZfAWWLIsHPdMHe27UVqoMuBC1UsHMhJuPEU1ACg7nvFU5Glz9DDMU_QWTN7VnJUiIlkaMJEtaJDgNxqAkH7eBrkh6QzK6YX-pUHAUGNZfG3IpH8T0NhLuHiWJE2kM76CHosAiffMbTdWWgFzAkUEieznlpYfNO79EZV3I0QlbD725_RdebOSoo4rLalht0rm1_u7DYFsseCFPnovxk5L2ql2qL8XHPIjyTmW7eCopBsjVxqXYrDo9-KDzMPvHA4IThzqaTdWopbwa_vV5AWZFSPkS_onUEY1_EzAEbhqMT5aQD9wnMgTSGa6DT6vqfJMHHc-2472WasK3QWCzJiSrIaNC_Nk21E39Mk37Zqp5ZuAgeVYu44ma6P6Lg&smid=nytcore-android-share
#NoPaywall #GiftArticle
#water #ClimateChange