Babalugats
@Babalugats@feddit.uk
- Comment on Graphite, the Israeli spyware acquired by ICE 6 hours ago:
How long before somebody could write other software that would confuse this/make it less accurate etc.
Probably have to buy it first for millions
- Comment on Polanski apologises over claim he can increase women’s breast sizes with his mind 6 days ago:
He still can’t do it with his mind
- Comment on Polanski apologises over claim he can increase women’s breast sizes with his mind 6 days ago:
Blue if it was the other way around… Mens genetalia are pretty easy to change size of, if the right eyes are looking…
- Comment on Bands pull out from festival after group 'cut off' over Palestine flag 2 weeks ago:
It doesn’t matter if enough artists make a stand. It should turn those festivals to beige shit pretty quickly… Even the people you speak of wouldn’t want to attend.
It’s really all down to the artists and whether or not they want to help the genocide supporters profit.
- Comment on Bands pull out from festival after group 'cut off' over Palestine flag 2 weeks ago:
Expect festivals to become either a lot tamer and the bands to get in line, or expect a revolt by the artists. These guys could pretty much crush most artists off the live festival circuit. Most of the festivals are pretty small, but they also own Sziget, which is one of the biggest if not the biggest festival in Europe. There has already been a few boycotts for these.
KKR & Co. bought superstruct entertainment, who own and organise this festival with a few others last year for €1.3bn
KKR: From Greece’s “red loans” to the occupied territories of Palestine
Flow Festival faces boycott calls over Israel links
Many artists backing out of music festivals snapped up by private equity firm KKR
Many Dutch artists are pulling out of festivals owned by the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). They don’t agree with the American venture capitalist’s investments, including in companies active in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. They also seem concerned about private equity invading festivals, forcing up ticket prices and food prices, and destroying the vibe.
KKR owns multiple Dutch festivals. DGTL, Mysteryland, Amsterdam Open Air, and Zwarte Cross are among the Dutch festivals that have distanced themselves from their owner in recent days, NOS reports.
The venture capitalist also bought up the British festival organizer Supertruct Entertainment last year. The company owns and operates over 80 festivals in ten countries, including Awakenings and Defqon.1 in the Netherlands, Sziget in Budapest, and Sónar in Barcelona.
[Archived Link] Loud music, silent takeovers: How private equity is reshaping Europe’s festival scene
Who are KKR? Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKR_%26_Co. Main People Jerome Kohlberg Jr. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Kohlberg_Jr. Henry Kravis - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kravis George Rosenberg Roberts - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Roberts
- Comment on Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube 4 weeks ago:
Mike Masnick writes with his agenda clear.
The anger-driven drivel is ironic given how many times he refers to Australia as stupid. It’s possibly the worst, most single sided article I’ve read in a long time, if not ever.
Taking one perspective and running with it, even his single sightedness is narrow from the side he sits on.
I presume he named the publication after the way he posts his agenda… Pure dirt.
Not a single mention of privacy issues other than age verification systems, which is fucking laughable. Fuck off Masnick with your bullshit.
- Comment on kingdom come 1 month ago:
Strawberries, blackberries, mulberries, and raspberries are not berries.
Bananas, aubergine (eggplants), oranges and grapes are berries.
Dangleberries aren’t real berries either.
- Comment on Labour nationalises second train company 1 month ago:
In Ireland they’re watching the mess with the trains and water unfold for years, and their government are making moves to privatise their water and trains.
- Comment on Two men behind ‘senseless’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years 1 month ago:
My point was that individuals have been responsible for a lot worse, but never held accountable. It didn’t have to be rivers and fish. I could have linked to the endless other articles referring to the destruction of something. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmjj5gl6m0po
- Comment on Two men behind ‘senseless’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years 1 month ago:
www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dlr05rr1lo gov.uk/…/anglian-water-fined-300-000-after-pollut… theguardian.com/…/southern-water-fined-330000-for… watermagazine.co.uk/…/anglian-water-fined-over-ha…
Not one CEO properly held accountable by the law (I could have listed another 30 different cases easily. Just searching polluted river and killed fish fined uk)
- Comment on Women come, women go 1 month ago:
Tastes like?
- Comment on Kneecap apologises to families of Sir David Amess and Jo Cox 4 months ago: