Two Already Dead as India Busts YouTube Channel Trafficking Humans Into Russian Army

Promises of low risk high pay jobs for Indians led them to join the Russian army. It turned out to be a human trafficking operation instead, where their lives are thrown away. After two Indians died after being tricked into the Ukraine-Russia war, the role of an Indian man, who lured several people with the … Continue reading Two Already Dead as India Busts YouTube Channel Trafficking Humans Into Russian Army

How Disney’s 1964 Robotic President Lincoln Ended Up Training U.S. Military Today

This is an old obscure story but, with all the talk lately about robots manufactured by and for militant racists (e.g. Tesla), I thought it would be worth revisiting. Disney made a robotic President Lincoln in 1964, which lectured audiences for dramatic effect. It since has been used as a model to train U.S. troops. … Continue reading How Disney’s 1964 Robotic President Lincoln Ended Up Training U.S. Military Today

X Twitter Keeps Promoting Slavery. It’s No Accident.

Tesla workers described the CEO as someone who encouraged pro-slavery racism in the workplace. …frequent use of racial slurs and references to the manufacturing site as a plantation or slave ship. Now that same mindset has shifted to X Twitter, where Elon Musk promotes slavery and generates ad revenue from pro-slavery accounts. That was several … Continue reading X Twitter Keeps Promoting Slavery. It’s No Accident.

Shell Permanently Shuts Down its California Hydrogen Stations

I never, ever understood the hydrogen car crowd. The fantasy of building a giant sprawling hydrogen generation and supply infrastructure, another horribly centralized yet unstable model of high risk energy, seemed totally nuts. Here are a couple of my old blog posts, if you see what I mean. September 2006: The Danger of a Fuel … Continue reading Shell Permanently Shuts Down its California Hydrogen Stations