Analysis: Legalization Has Significantly Displaced Canada’s Illicit Cannabis Market https://www.byteseu.com/900379/ #Canada #consumers #IllicitMarket #RegulatedMarket #unregulated

The floodgatws are wide open....
Melanie Trump launches her own crypto currency. Soon there will be not much regulation for the digital currency.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98y47vrv2jo

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Nov. 26, 2024
Federal #election #law governs campaign #contributions directly to Presidential candidates. But when an incoming administration refuses to follow the #Presidential #transition #rules those contributions become an #unregulated spigot of #special interest #darkmoney

90-Sec. Listen, Read, Resources Groups in Action

https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2024/11/25/the-presidential-transition-turns-into-one-big-dark-money-special-interest-swamp/

If #nature 's #predators had #guns, their prey populations would collapse and then they would #TurnOnEachOther. We seem to be reverting from #civilization to a more #natural #unregulated society. So we'll see what happens. Any thoughts on this?

I'm A #HumanBeing — A #Refugee In #Italy Responds To #MatteoSalvini's "#Dogs And #Pigs" #Slur.

#SoumailaDiawara, a #refugee living in #Italy, addresses Salvini’s #remarks made on #live #television last week, where #Italy's #deputy #primeminister compared #unregulated #migrants to dogs and pigs.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #Italy #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Dehumanization #Racism #Xenophobia

https://worldcrunch.com/migrant-lives-1/refugees-italy-salvini-racism

Everything‘s bigger in #Texas, especially the #pollution.

“the area is affected by so-called “zombie” wells, or wells that should be plugged but are bursting back to life with toxic water. “

#ZombieWells
#Fracking
#Unregulated
#Pollution
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A mysterious geyser erupted in a Texas oil field — shooting a 100-foot tower of salty water - Houston Chronicle

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/west-texas-geyser-erupts-19811620.php

Industry acts to head off regulation on PFAS pollution from semiconductors

Producers of #PFAS chemicals and semiconductors, a key part of most electronics, have formed a group that develops
"industry-friendly science"
aimed at heading off regulation as the facilities release high levels of toxic waste, documents seen by the Guardian show.

The group, called the #PFAS #Consortium, was formed during a boom in domestic semiconductor production
spurred by the Chips and Science Act that has led to $825bn in investment aimed at shoring up the industry.

Left unchecked, however, the boom could also generate huge levels of toxic waste, experts fear.

The #semiconductor #industry is a prolific polluter and a major source of #unregulated and #unmonitored toxic PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, some of which also turn into potent greenhouse gas.

“Hardly anyone has been paying attention to the toxic waste from the industry as it grows at an enormous rate,” said Lenny Siegel, a member of
"Chips Communities United", a group working with industry and administration officials to try to put in place environmental safeguards.

“Next time you do a Google search or chat, you’re using chips … that were produced in a way that released PFAS in an environment irreversibly.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/24/pfas-toxic-waste-pollution-regulation-lobbying?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#AI and the Evolution of #SocialMedia
There is a lot we can learn about social media’s #unregulated evolution over the past decade that directly applies to AI companies and technologies. These lessons can help us avoid making the same mistakes with AI that we did with social media.
1, #Advertising
2. #Surveillance
3. #Virality
4. #LockIn
5. #Monopoly
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/ai-and-the-evolution-of-social-media.html

The Gatekeepers with Jamie Bartlett (audio)

The Gatekeepers examines how social media evolved from the ecological Whole Earth Catalog which derived from the Whole Earth Truck, a kind of countercultural mobile shop, to the consumerist and often libertarian tool that it has become today, with power to casually elevate or ruin reputations.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001w206

The #unregulated U.S. #telecom market is working great: #T-Mobile will ‘migrate’ customers to higher cost plans https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-will-migrate-customers-higher-cost-plans "Starting November 1, T-Mobile plans to force customers in a number of its wireless plans to upgrade to higher-tier plans, which just happen to cost more." Opponents of T-Mobile's buyout of Sprint predicted these sorts of shenanigans. #FCC #wireless #shameful

I'm really enjoying the #CoffeeZilla #YouTube channel. The #noir #cyberpunk #Bladerunner esthetic, his dedication to his investigations, sense of humor, and particularly the insight into this new #crypto based #ponzi world, where systems have become #unregulated and #democratized to the point that complete bloody morons and charlatans build enormous sandcastles that get blown down with a single "rug".

"The #auditors address was in the #metaverse" and other hits.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4qw3AkxFDSMxJRioymD9lFZu7JMdPWOU

I think this #fire in #albuquerque is exactly what the #southvalley #conservancy people have been trying to fight against. I need to find the articles online about how #unregulated the #industrialwaste is along the east side of the river

"Unlicensed dams can 'severely compromise the environment
Advocates say the Moorabool River in Victoria's west is facing a deepening crisis, with a reported 218 new private dams appearing in the catchment since 2012. The government should be embarrassed it took a volunteer community group to expose such a vast problem."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/unlicensed-dams-devastating-the-moorabool/102411916
#Water #Rivers #Unregulated #FarmDams #Moorabool #River #Catchment #Law #Enforcement #Mapping

How the Institute of Economic Affairs wanted to abolish the NHS – and how is it going? | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/05/28/how-the-institute-of-economic-affairs-wanted-to-abolish-the-nhs-and-how-is-it-going/

These shady funded think tanks have seats kept warm for them at the BBC

I have no problem with #capitalism. When someone is willing to take a financial risk and they succeed, I accept that they will increase their wealth as a result and I won't begrudge them the luxuries that that will allow them to afford.

What must be prevented is an #unregulated capitalism that allows individuals to amass obscene amounts of wealth when increasing wealth equates to increasing power over others, allowing for #abuse, #oppression and #exploitation.