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After Irish land agent Charles "Boycott" attempted to evict 11 tenants, the local community decided to shun him. Workers, traders, and mailmen successfully ostracized and ousted him. in c/history@lemmy.world

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He wasn’t Irish. He was a Brit, working as a landlord in Ireland.

What are some lesser known (so no Walmart, Nestle, Amazon etc) shitty, ethically bankrupt, evil companies? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Along with Fiji Water and Teleflora.

Basically anything touched by Stewart Resnick, the wealthiest American “farmer” and water pirate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Resnick

Greenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 49 points 5 days ago

CEO Kelcy Warren, a Texas billionaire and huge trump donor, has been trying to take out environmental groups for years.

On a completely unrelated note, I wonder how Luigi is doing?

Israel’s Deadly Strikes in Gaza Raise Prospect of Return to All-Out War in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

There has never been a true ceasefire; Middle East conflict is perpetual. It’s baked into the planet for all time, and trying to change it is delusional.

As far back as anyone alive can remember, throughout written history, the show of attempted peace has failed, and it will continue to fail forever. If Asia was glassed, there would still be violence in Philistia. We’ll see warring factions in the ME until the last human being has vanished, and when only a single fungus survives the Holocene Extinction, another fungus will appear in this exact geographic location to threaten its survival because this is where peace goes to die.

San Francisco Pride Loses $300,000 After Sponsors Drop Out: “The Tone Has Changed in This Country” in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Agree with everything except the circumstances of Tim Cook’s “bravery”. He was outed on tv in a catty way, which generated a big bubble of support for him before he carefully opened the closet door.

Schumer postpones book tour due to ‘security concerns’ amid anger from Democrats over government funding fight in c/politics@lemmy.world

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

When asked about the future of the party, Schumer stated, “Right, I write about this in my book. We’re finally doing what’s right, righting this ship and heading in the right direction. Right away.“