Jac West Jac West

LOL fuck Uber and all its hangers-on

“And when it comes to getting around not just New York City but any city, Uber’s business model is, frankly, never going to be sustainable from a financial, environmental, or spatial perspective. “Uber has been losing billions of dollars for years and years,” says Robin Chase, founder of the New Urban Mobility Alliance. “Raising their prices is the only way they’ll ever break even or become profitable.”

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Jac West Jac West

Props to the self-aware journalists out there!

“Hard as it is to believe, Osaka’s function as an entertainer and corporate billboard is contingent on her playing tennis at an appointed hour, rather than being forced to sit in a windowless room explaining herself to a roomful of middle-aged men.”

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Jac West Jac West

Death, Racism & Taxes

A Tax Code Optimized for White Wealth Leaves Black Americans Behind: Dorothy Brown has spent her career as a law professor documenting racism in a tax system that’s supposedly colorblind. via Bloomberg

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