[Link] $35m chalets, $14,000 bottles of wine and $700 tips: Russians made this town rich. Now they have vanished

Read: 10/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Before the war against Ukraine started just over a month ago, the exclusive French ski resort of Courchevel was buzzing with wealthy Russians. They constituted 7 per cent of its tourist population, but in terms of the town's income, Russia's elite were a goldmine.

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[Link] He Made a Horror Movie About Pizzagate, then the Death Threats Started

Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com

No movie has captured our current political mood like The Pizzagate Massacre. The low budget grindhouse movie from Texas follows Duncan, a schlub convinced interdimensional lizard people are controlling people from the basement of a pizza restaurant.

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[Link] 'Squid Game' Halloween Costumes Are Missing the Point

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

Squid Game costumes have seamlessly slotted into this year's selection of Halloween costumes, to the point that at least one school district has banned them. Given the show's popularity, this was inevitable. It's still a little weird.

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[Link] The Economy Is Leaving Young People Behind

Read: 21/10/2021 jacobinmag.com

Why do young people have a favorable view of socialism? Because the economic system has utterly failed them. When the Great Recession hit, wiping out trillions of dollars in middle-class wealth, young people weren’t spared.

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[Link] Wealthy people calling for a tougher lockdown got what they wanted, at no cost to them

Read: 22/8/2021 www.smh.com.au

I live in a local government area “of concern”. The news from Friday’s press conference ricocheted around my community like a bullet. There were tears, disbelief, anger.

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