Mary Kate
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Dying children shouldn’t be a profitable by-product of any business model. Examples: military-industrial complex, outsourcing cheap labor, health insurance industry. This should not be considered a radical sentiment.
Sticker at the cashpoint. Still absurd to me that people are making money from the murder of children and that is legal and considered a legitimate business. Notes; www.ethicalconsumer.org/money-financ...
January 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sticker at the cashpoint. Still absurd to me that people are making money from the murder of children and that is legal and considered a legitimate business. Notes; www.ethicalconsumer.org/money-financ...
“Capitalism made the phone you’re typing on” - yes, in the most horrific way possible.
The idea that innovation only comes from exploitation has only been normalised because someone is making an unreasonably large profit.
This isn’t normal.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The idea that innovation only comes from exploitation has only been normalised because someone is making an unreasonably large profit.
This isn’t normal.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Exposed: Child labour behind smart phone and electric car batteries
Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products, said Amnesty Internation...
www.amnesty.org
January 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Capitalism made the phone you’re typing on” - yes, in the most horrific way possible.
The idea that innovation only comes from exploitation has only been normalised because someone is making an unreasonably large profit.
This isn’t normal.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The idea that innovation only comes from exploitation has only been normalised because someone is making an unreasonably large profit.
This isn’t normal.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The “all I do on this app is cry” Tiktok comment is a digital love letter.
It’s written under hundreds of thousands of videos of kindness, good news and human resilience, a very public declaration of compassion, by strangers, to strangers, with the hashtag hopecore.
Empathy is human nature.
It’s written under hundreds of thousands of videos of kindness, good news and human resilience, a very public declaration of compassion, by strangers, to strangers, with the hashtag hopecore.
Empathy is human nature.
Survival of the friendliest: Why kindness, not aggression, helped humans thrive
Evolutionary anthropologist Prof Brian Hare and science writer Vanessa Woods explain why 'survival of the fittest' is a misleading idea.
www.sciencefocus.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The “all I do on this app is cry” Tiktok comment is a digital love letter.
It’s written under hundreds of thousands of videos of kindness, good news and human resilience, a very public declaration of compassion, by strangers, to strangers, with the hashtag hopecore.
Empathy is human nature.
It’s written under hundreds of thousands of videos of kindness, good news and human resilience, a very public declaration of compassion, by strangers, to strangers, with the hashtag hopecore.
Empathy is human nature.
Water is a commodity on the stock market now. How is this not an article from @theonion.com?
January 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Water is a commodity on the stock market now. How is this not an article from @theonion.com?
Dying children shouldn’t be a profitable by-product of any business model. Examples: military-industrial complex, outsourcing cheap labor, health insurance industry. This should not be considered a radical sentiment.
January 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Dying children shouldn’t be a profitable by-product of any business model. Examples: military-industrial complex, outsourcing cheap labor, health insurance industry. This should not be considered a radical sentiment.