OnlineFirst - "Humanitarian frontiering: Competition, markets, and governance in refugee cash assistance programs" by Lauren L. Martin and Hanna A. Ruszczyk:
#refugeegovernance #extraction #humanitarianfrontiering #cashassistance
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X261420630
Indeed :)
"The level of uncertainty about AI’s economic effects is so high—and the quality and supply of real-world, real-time information about its economic effects so paltry—that even serious conversations about AI from otherwise analytical people often veer toward the genre of fiction rather than the category of empirical analysis. AI land is so full of science fiction precisely because the space is so bereft of official high-quality data."
And, I'm willing to bet, that lack of #data is _intentional. Grifts thrive in a vacuum!
#AI #GenAI #grift #tech #ethics #extraction #deathspiral #economics
you really don't need to.. 🫤
(made with Krita 😊)
#Congo #Consumerism #Capitalism #Colonialism #Imperialism #Extraction #Africa
A useful listen, well put, and reason elebenty billion to boycott Amazon (amongst others) :)
#tech #monopoly #extraction #extortion #degeneration #roteconomy #enshittification
https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/factually-with-adam-conover/id1463460577?i=1000750283543
"Moved From Innovation to Extraction" - Palmer Luckey
#innovation #extraction #gaming
Original timestamp: 00:15:39
Sewing the wind reads the whirlwind, it seems. Delusions of #progress obscure #extraction.
https://realityfragments.com/2026/02/20/the-rhythm-of-progress/
USGS 2026 USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries Web Tool & Report
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https://apps.usgs.gov/critical-minerals/mineral-commodities-2026.html <-- shared web tool
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https://doi.org/10.3133/mcs2026 <-- shared USGS publication (PDF)
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#minerals #USminerals #mineralcommodity #mineralproduction #mineralimports #nationalsecurity #USGS #criticalminerals #exploration #prospecting #mining #extraction #processing #manufacturing #usecase #cost #economics #industry #NationalMineralsInformationCenter #US #USA #global #commodities #economy #policy #planning #technology #MineralCommoditySummaries #webtool #spatialanalysis #national
#USGS #DOI #USDOC
#HaymarketBooks event
#TheaRiofrancos and activist-historian Gabriel Winant for a conversation on Riofrancos’s new book, #Extraction.
live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mw5gu4LOas
#extractivism #greenCapitalism #greenwashing #energyTransition #politicalTheory #geoeconomy #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #mining #books @bookstodon
If they cut through our home, destroy, disrupt, pollute and rob, then how do we feel ?
That's what our access roads, #mining and #extraction do to people and #wildlife there. For decades and more.
If we really care about #livingEarth, how much #misery can we allow ?
“At its worst, #ArtificialIntelligence could become an accomplice to the #corporation in the marginalization and #commodification of #humanity.” - #TimWu, The Age of #Extraction: How #Tech #Platforms Conquered our #Economy and Threaten Our Future #Prosperit#AI
I’m #reading The Age of #Extraction: How #Tech #Platforms Conquered the #Economy and Threaten Our #Future #Propserity by #TimWu
#books #BookSky #platforms
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3metc2axsl22r
https://youtube.com/shorts/X5n0aFiXpDo
Anthroposcenes #1 imagines a world compressed into strata of architecture, geology, and machinery. A domestic house perches above an extractive apparatus that turns mountains into mechanisms, horizons into circuits of control. #Extraction #Anthropocene #DigitalArt
2 “But the #human #desire to avoid unnecessary pain and inconvenience is its own force of no less significance. It may be the strongest force out there.” - #TimWu, The Age of #Extraction
Un outil d'extraction de texte pour injection dans les LLM qui semble supporter de tres nombreux formats. Ca doit tres certainement pouvoir s'utiliser dans d'autres contextes que les LLM https://github.com/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzberg #python #library #opensource #llm #texte #extraction
2 “That’s why the real challenge for #humanity is to design an #economic #future that works for most people, rather than just assuming that future will arrive one day.” - #TimWu, The Age of #Extraction: How #Tech #Platforms Conquered our #Economy and Threaten Our Future #Prosperity
2026 : L'exploitation minière spatiale (AstroForge) et sous-marine décolle. Sous couvert de 'sauver la transition', l'oligarchie étend ses protocoles d'extraction au-delà de la Terre. Enregistrer des titres de propriété sur des astéroïdes, c'est l'extension ultime des Admin privileges du capital sur les ressources communes de l'univers. L'espace est un bien commun, pas une mine privée. #SpaceMining #Extraction #CommonGood #Espace #ReVolt
Midland today to open the Element3 Resources Permian Basin Lithium Extraction and Carbonate facility, which is the first plant in the nation to produce lithium carbonate by processing wastewater from oil and gas drilling. #lithium #extraction #wastewater #oil #Texas https://permianproud.com/community/gov-abbott-opens-nations-first-lithium-from-wastewater-plant-in-midland/
Midland today to open the Element3 Resources Permian Basin Lithium Extraction and Carbonate facility, which is the first plant in the nation to produce lithium carbonate by processing wastewater from oil and gas drilling. #lithium #extraction #wastewater #oil #Texas https://permianproud.com/community/gov-abbott-opens-nations-first-lithium-from-wastewater-plant-in-midland/
We Didn’t Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein Show
https://youtu.be/Yepnhe1T-9U?si=jjPhwVwN4coI38_l
I read the transcript of this discussion yesterday and found it informative and thought provoking. The points raised about the inadequacies of the neoclassical conceptual toolbox and liberal political thought in general when faced with the corporate power of the internet giants are especially noteworthy.
Unfortunately, my institutional subscription to the NYT limits article sharing, so I hope this YouTube of the discussion is an acceptable alternative.
#Internet #SocialMedia #EzraKlein #CoryDoctorow #TimWu #Enshittification #Extraction #Monopoly #Neoliberalism
Apparently we're going all in on disastrous seabed mining: "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this week finalised new rules designed to fast-track seabed mining permits.
Under the changes, companies will face fewer hurdles, with the number of required environmental assessments and public consultation periods cut in half.
And on top of that, US officials have announced a minerals survey covering some 30,000 square nautical miles off American Samoa." - https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/usa-fast-track-seabed-mining/106286288
It's nearly impossible to know the potential ecological effects of deep sea mining. They are going to be disturbing areas that have *never* experienced such massive intervention from humans....these places are the ocean equivalents of old growth forest. And these are ecosystems where all life processes happen extremely slowly (due to cold, pressure, etc.) - aside from places around gas vents. Plus, it's the ocean, so kicking up loads of dust and mixing things around can potentially affect literally all other parts of the ocean as things get moved around in the water.
We just don't know what effect it might have, at what scale, and with what consequences. But these guys are going full steam ahead to extract.
#ocean #DeepSeaMining #ecology #mining #extraction #USPol #environment
