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First bitcoin futures ETF, 6 major fossil fuel CEO's testifying in front of congress, how American's are surviving after quitting jobs, streaming services propose lowest rates, & stopped pretending.
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First bitcoin futures ETF to make its debut Tuesday on the NYSE, ProShares says - source
CEOs of six major fossil fuel companies and trade associations will testify at a blockbuster hearing this month about their role in spreading climate disinformation - source
“The major mistake in the tobacco hearings was that they lied under oath,” Khanna said. “And if I had one piece of advice for these executives, it would be, 'Don't lie. Tell the truth.'” Big Tobacco parallels: At an infamous hearing on April 14, 1994, the CEOs of the seven biggest U.S. tobacco companies — dubbed the “seven dwarfs” — testified under oath that they believed nicotine was not addictive. - If you lie to liars, it balances out right?
A record number of Americans are quitting their jobs. Here’s how they make money after they quit - source
Getting by in ‘The Great Resignation’: How people who quit or retired are making ends meet. Many are counting on their savings and Social Security.
SPOTIFY AND OTHER STREAMING SERVICES PROPOSE ‘LOWEST ROYALTY RATES IN HISTORY’ FOR SONGWRITERS - source
The filings, and their contents, haven’t been made public yet, but Israelite tells us today (October 14) that “Amazon, Spotify, Apple, Pandora and Google have proposed the lowest royalty rates in history”.
What If We Stopped Pretending? The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it - source
The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it. By Jonathan Franzen - September 8, 2019
"Even at this late date, expressions of unrealistic hope continue to abound. Hardly a day seems to pass without my reading that it’s time to “roll up our sleeves” and “save the planet”; that the problem of climate change can be “solved” if we summon the collective will. Although this message was probably still true in 1988, when the science became fully clear, we’ve emitted as much atmospheric carbon in the past thirty years as we did in the previous two centuries of industrialization. The facts have changed, but somehow the message stays the same........"
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