Scientists say we basically have an HIV vaccine, but Gilead is charging over $40,000 a year for it and won’t yet allow a generic version that could be made for as little as $40 (which still includes a 30% profit).

HIV ‘vaccine’ could be made for just $40 a year for every patient

Generic version of a drug already on the market, which can suppress and prevent HIV, would still yield 30% profit if the current price was slashed, researchers say

Ever see one of those robot police dogs? Things are moving too fast and we don't have time or space to have serious discussions about what we want -- and what we don't want. We're speeding into oblivion. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/speeding-i...

Speeding Into Oblivion

We're doing too much, too fast in a world dominated by political and economic inequality.

Politics *should be* about conflict. And that entails a lot of tension, harsh words, direct action, and forms of struggle. But democratic politics should not be violent. t.co/MbKofyU0Hf

Politics Should Be Conflictual, but It Should Not Be Violent

We're teetering on the edge of something very nasty. The moment calls for us to double down on deep democracy.

May Biden be an example for all the professors holding onto their jobs decades after they should have retired.

There is no pressing need to get alcohol onto store shelves, other than to fulfil the immediate desire of the government to wrong-foot the LCBO and its staff, writes @davidmoscrop.bsky.social#onpoli

Ontario’s accelerated alcohol plan is a slap in face to workers | TVO Today

OPINION: There is no pressing need to get alcohol onto store shelves, other than to fulfil the immediate desire of the government to wrong-foot the LCBO and its staff.

On the latest episode of Open to Debate, I talk with Labour and Seniors minister Seamus O'Regan about the new anti-scab law and the state of labour relations in Canada. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

‎Open to Debate with David Moscrop: In conversation with Seamus O'Regan: What does an anti-scab worker bill tell us about the state of labour in Canada? on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Open to Debate with David Moscrop, Ep In conversation with Seamus O'Regan: What does an anti-scab worker bill tell us about the state of labour in Canada? - Jul 9, 2024

I'm away from my newsletter this week and next as I deal with some brutal jaw pain. In the meantime, here's 25 percent off a paid subscription and a photo of an awesome shark! www.davidmoscrop.com/p/unschedule...

Unscheduled Summer Break: Debilitating Pain Edition. (And An Apology Sale.)

I've done it. I've become the stock image of a guy with an aching jaw radiating red. But I won't use that picture. I must simply draw the line somewhere.

"Some retailers in Canada and the US, including a handful of Canadian Tire and Walmart locations, have done away with the model. Still, the tech remains widely in use. Even when a store ditches the machines, it’s likely out of concern about shrink than customer experience."

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Self-checkout represents the enshitification of every last bit of our lives. I explain why the practice is so insidious for The Warlus. thewalrus.ca/the-scourge-...

The Scourge of Self-Checkout | The Walrus

The technology promised to make shopping easier. It has done the opposite

Yep! Just a new place.

"You can try to bully or coerce workers back into the office, but that doesn’t solve the structural problem of an uninviting and unaffordable core; it merely treats workers as walking ATMs." — @davidmoscrop.bsky.social

You can try to bully workers back into the office — but that won’t solve the real problem | TVO Today

OPINION: If politicians and companies really care about revitalizing downtowns, there are far better ways to accomplish that goal.