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[#TRADESHOW] The #HOTELEX #Shenzhen 2025 from December 16–18, 2025, at the SZ #World #Exhibition & #Convention #Center, marking another #milestone in the #expansion of the HOTELEX #brand into South #China’s #hospitality #market. Relying on the synergy of the “8th #Guangzhou & 2nd Shenzhen Twin-City Exhibition,” the SZ #edition has become a regional #flagship #event for the #Guangdong–#HongKong–#Macao #GBA, a #hub of #innovation, #trade, and #lifestyle #consumption. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/hotelex-shenzhen-2025/

#Lithuania recorded the biggest increase and #Estonia the largest decrease in net #electricity generation in the entire EU over 2013-2023, according to Eurostat #data. At the same time, household electricity #consumption rose sharply in Lithuania, was almost flat in Estonia, and fell slightly in #Latvia.

https://viabaltica.fi/baltic-electricity-output-soared-in-lithuania-cratered-in-estonia-in-ten-years/

The big change: https://www.aurianneor.org/the-big-change/

#art, #aurianneor, #businesses, #capitalism, #change, #chaos, #Chateaubriand, #consumption, #crises, #democracy, #ecology, #economy, #FrenchRevolution, #insurrection, #KarlMarx, #neoliberals, #order, #people, #photomontage, #politics, #power, #profit, #revolt, #revolution, #socialdemocracy, #SovietUnion, #state, #TaipingRebellion, #TheComingInsurrection, #thirtygloriousyears, #welfare state

Consumerism, Obligatory Spending and Why Gift Giving Needs To Die

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/wsa5zTZmoQJP2kUzXC5n6t

[#TRADESHOW] The #HOTELEX #Shenzhen 2025 from December 16–18, 2025, at the SZ #World #Exhibition & #Convention #Center, marking another #milestone in the #expansion of the HOTELEX #brand into South #China’s #hospitality #market. Relying on the synergy of the “8th #Guangzhou & 2nd Shenzhen Twin-City Exhibition,” the SZ #edition has become a regional #flagship #event for the #Guangdong–#HongKong–#Macao #GBA, a #hub of #innovation, #trade, and #lifestyle #consumption. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/hotelex-shenzhen-2025/

Typical symptoms of active #TB are chronic cough with blood-containing mucus, fever, night sweats, and weight loss.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis

#consumption #plague #science #Tuberculosis

tuberculosis is not a relic of medical history. It remains the leading infectious cause of death worldwide—and America is hardly immune.

https://portside.org/2025-11-30/sunday-science-plague-wont-die

#Consumption #Plague #science #TB #Tuberculosis

[#TRADESHOW] The #HOTELEX #Shenzhen 2025 from December 16–18, 2025, at the SZ #World #Exhibition & #Convention #Center, marking another #milestone in the #expansion of the HOTELEX #brand into South #China’s #hospitality #market. Relying on the synergy of the “8th #Guangzhou & 2nd Shenzhen Twin-City Exhibition,” the SZ #edition has become a regional #flagship #event for the #Guangdong–#HongKong–#Macao #GBA, a #hub of #innovation, #trade, and #lifestyle #consumption. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/hotelex-shenzhen-2025/

"Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair. Yet they are the outcome of life in a culture where things matter more than people. Materialism creates a world of narcissism in which the focus of life is solely on acquisition and consumption. A culture of narcissism is not a place where love can flourish."

- bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

#Quotes #BellHooks #Love #Narcissism #Consumption

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#poem #poetry #bliss #CannonFodder #capitalism #consumption #degradation #How #life #sunday #sudayreading #sundayreads

https://npryan.com/2025/11/30/poem-637/

[#TRADESHOW] The #HOTELEX #Shenzhen 2025 from December 16–18, 2025, at the SZ #World #Exhibition & #Convention #Center, marking another #milestone in the #expansion of the HOTELEX #brand into South #China’s #hospitality #market. Relying on the synergy of the “8th #Guangzhou & 2nd Shenzhen Twin-City Exhibition,” the SZ #edition has become a regional #flagship #event for the #Guangdong–#HongKong–#Macao #GBA, a #hub of #innovation, #trade, and #lifestyle #consumption. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/hotelex-shenzhen-2025/

One rarely sees such a blatant appeal to raw #consumption/#consumerism - "If you don't buy the latest-and-greatest devices, YOU'RE HURTING THE #ECONOMY!"

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/how-device-hoarding-by-americans-is-costing-economy.html

GUILTY! I'm posting from a 2016 Win10/#Ubuntu laptop; with cheap (80$) RAM/SSD upgrades, I had no reason to buy new...