https://gizmodo.com/cruise-self-driving-car-sf-stuck-in-wet-concrete-1850744450
When it comes to disrupting the industry, the construction industry probably isn't the one Cruise had in mind.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ZTIDp
https://itsgoingdown.org/michigan-activist-finds-gps-trackers/
Report on law enforcement being caught placing GPS trackers on an activist's car in so-called Michigan. For more information and photos, go here. On Monday August 1st, Michigan activist Peatmoss found 2 GPS tracking devises attached with powerful magnets to the rear axle of their car, see pictures here. This happened after Peatmoss spent a...
https://www.insider.com/aoc-is-lobbying-for-looser-us-sunscreen-regulations-2023-8
Citing Insider's reporting, rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing for the FDA to change its strict sunscreen guidelines.
https://observers.france24.com/en/americas/20230814-mexico-taxi-drivers-in-cancun-smash-car-windows-thinking-it-s-an-uber
Armed with stones, two taxi drivers smashed the windows of a vehicle on July 27 in Cancun, the famous Mexican seaside resort, because they thought its driver worked for Uber. This is not an isolated…
https://reductress.com/post/drinking-water-would-solve-all-my-problems-heres-why-i-wont-do-it/
For some time now, I have been victim to a number of health-related issues: I’m tired, cranky, constantly hungry, plagued by headaches, and my pee is a harrowing mustard yellow. I’ve tried googling my symptoms and asking friends and family what I can do to improve my quality of life, and the answer
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/10/mass-arrest-at-lgbtq-club-in-venezuela-prompts-outcry-over-discrimination
Recent arrest of 33 men increases criticism of President Nicolas Maduro’s overtures to anti-LGBTQ religious groups.
https://jacobin.com/2023/08/new-south-wales-teachers-federation-chris-minns-australian-labor-party-pay-cut/
New South Wales Labor premier Chris Minns came to power after promising to scrap the coalition’s public sector pay freeze. After less than five months, he has spectacularly broken his promise — and offered what amounts to a pay cut.
https://jalopnik.com/women-buy-ferraris-in-china-way-more-than-anywhere-else-1850721219
Over one in four Ferrari buyers in China are women, and the trend is only growing.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Labor-Exploitation-of-Kenyan-Internet-Cleaners-20230808-0020.html
<p>Content moderators from several African countries demanded compensation of 1.46 billion euros for violation of labor rights and outsourcing. So far, most of the demands made by the sector to the technology transnationals have been ignored.</p>
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