Podcasts, videos, books and tweets of the week 72
Fallout leaving Substack?
Our presence here is likely to end soon, what with Substack’s Nazi problem.
I find the behavior of the tech bros behind Substack appalling, they’re hypocritical special arguing bullshitters.
Since we will be ramping up work this year, we need a platform to feel comfortable with.
Substack is an example of end stage unbridled capitalism where the chase for the dollar leads to pandering Nazis under the false claim of free speech and nonsense like:
I just want to make it clear that we don’t like Nazis either—we wish no-one held those views. But some people do hold those and other extreme views. Given that, we don't think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away—in fact, it makes it worse.
Hamish McKenzie on Substack Notes
End fucking stage capitalism
Another example of end stage capitalism is Boeing still making shit planes what will kill people. The pinnacle of American engineering prowess turned into a low-cost corners cut shareholder value generator of death.
Which leads to book of the week
Boeing is a century-old titan of industry. It played a major role in the early days of commercial flight, World War II bombing missions, and moon landings. The planemaker remains a cornerstone of the U.S. economy, as well as a linchpin in the awesome routine of modern air travel. But in 2018 and 2019, two crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 killed 346 people. The crashes exposed a shocking pattern of malfeasance, leading to the biggest crisis in the company’s history—and one of the costliest corporate scandals ever.
How did things go so horribly wrong at Boeing?
Flying Blind is the definitive exposé of the disasters that transfixed the world. Drawing from exclusive interviews with current and former employees of Boeing and the FAA; industry executives and analysts; and family members of the victims, it reveals how a broken corporate culture paved the way for catastrophe. It shows how in the race to beat the competition and reward top executives, Boeing skimped on testing, pressured employees to meet unrealistic deadlines, and convinced regulators to put planes into service without properly equipping them or their pilots for flight. It examines how the company, once a treasured American innovator, became obsessed with the bottom line, putting shareholders over customers, employees, and communities.
By Bloomberg investigative journalist Peter Robison, who covered Boeing as a beat reporter during the company’s fateful merger with McDonnell Douglas in the late ‘90s, this is the story of a business gone wildly off course. At once riveting and disturbing, it shows how an iconic company fell prey to a win-at-all-costs mentality, threatening an industry and endangering countless lives.
Speaking of end stage capitalism still:
Fuck the diamond industry supplying Russia.
Speaking of late stage capitalism
On this edition of Parallax Views, Nick Bryant, the reporter who published Epstein's Little Black Book full of names and addresses of Epstein's associates, joins the show to discuss the sordid sagas of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in light of the recent unsealed documents related to the case.
Epstein had a safe full of diamonds. Because that’s what you do as a criminal capitalist pandering to oligarch perversions.
Thx Russia!
And now on the subject of Dry January!
I haven’t drunk for a couple of years by now, wouldn’t have been able to write the book if I had been drinking.
Maybe try it…
And our book…
Our book is out on Amazon
