BBC – North Carolina hit with flooding from historic rainfall
A tropical rainstorm has flooded parts of North Carolina near the coast, leaving homes and vehicles underwater. Video shows one young man paddling through high waters. The NOAA Atlas 14…
Amazon tells staff to get back to office five days a week
Amazon is ordering staff back to the office five days a week as it ends its hybrid work policy. The change will come into force from January, Amazon’s chief executive…
Titan crew said ‘all good here’ before submersible imploded
One of the final messages from the five-person crew of the Titan submersible before it imploded, killing all inside, was “all good here”, a hearing has revealed. Investigators with the…
Google Wallet Unveils Plans to Develop a New Digital ID System By Digitising US Passports | naked capitalism
“People are increasingly looking for ways to digitize everyday items — with one of the top requests being a digital ID.” Google, owner of the world’s most widely used mobile…
What Does ‘Recyclable’ Really Mean? | naked capitalism
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Can the UN Save Palestine from US-Israeli Genocide? | naked capitalism
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Vicky Cookies: Naked Capitalism – One of the Few Worthwhile Things | naked capitalism
By Vicky Cookies, a Marxist writer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For the last year, Vicky has worked alongside pacifists, students, Muslims, Quakers, and Marxist-Leninists to raise consciousness around the genocide in…
Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers | naked capitalism
Yves here. While it might seem that Larry Summers has finally faded from public life, think again! Wikipedia reports that Summers joined the board of OpenAI in November 2023. And…
China Frees American Pastor, David Lin, After Nearly 20 Years in Prison
David Lin had tried to open a Christian training center in Beijing. The United States considered him one of three Americans “wrongfully detained” by China.
Michaela DePrince, War Orphan Turned Leading Ballerina, Dies at 29
In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true.