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Common Ramen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> <br>Erm...not just <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DeBeers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeBeers</span></a> but also <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BloodDiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodDiamonds</span></a></p>
The Fabulist Magazine<p>NEW STORY: Set in the Central African Republic, this savage satire uses the folkloric “rule of three” to tell a frankly brutal allegory of exploitation and innocence. HOW 'BOUT A COSTLY JOKE (FEATURING DIAMONDS), by Abhishek Sengupta @AbhishekSWrites </p><p><a href="https://fabulistmagazine.com/how-bout-a-costly-joke-featuring-diamonds/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fabulistmagazine.com/how-bout-</span><span class="invisible">a-costly-joke-featuring-diamonds/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blooddiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blooddiamonds</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fable</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/allegory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allegory</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magicrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magicrealism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thefabulistflash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thefabulistflash</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Blockchain tokens are digital blood diamonds. Their value in based on their scarcity, which is entirely artificial. It's quicker and cheaper (and less lethal) to manufacture diamond from abundant carbons than to mine natural ones. Similarly, it's quicker and cheaper to generate tokens on new blockchins than to mine them on existing ones.</p><p>(1/?) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BlockChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlockChains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BloodDiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodDiamonds</span></a></p>
MAU<p>"I bambini, dai 6 ai 16 anni, sono costretti a lasciare la scuola per unirsi ai genitori nel lavoro massacrante nella cava di <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Braza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Braza</span></a>.<br>Le ragazze, anche minorenni, non vengono risparmiate da questa faticosa realtà."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Tshikapa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tshikapa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/BloodDiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodDiamonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/5giugno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5giugno</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/RDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RDC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://diogeneonline.info/crescere-a-tshikapa-dove-i-bambini-lavorano-nelle-miniere-di-diamanti/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diogeneonline.info/crescere-a-</span><span class="invisible">tshikapa-dove-i-bambini-lavorano-nelle-miniere-di-diamanti/</span></a></p>
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven<p>Fuck yeah!</p><p>Fuck De Beers.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/05/diamond-industry-in-trouble-as-lab-grown-gemstones-tank-prices-further.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2024/06/05/diamond-in</span><span class="invisible">dustry-in-trouble-as-lab-grown-gemstones-tank-prices-further.html</span></a></p><p>Further reading, e.g. <a href="https://publicintegrity.org/national-security/making-a-killing/conflict-diamonds-are-forever/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicintegrity.org/national-s</span><span class="invisible">ecurity/making-a-killing/conflict-diamonds-are-forever/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Diamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diamonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BloodDiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodDiamonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConflictDiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictDiamonds</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BloodDiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodDiamonds</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LordOfWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LordOfWar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ResourcePredation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResourcePredation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KenSaroWiwa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KenSaroWiwa</span></a> </p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@LALegault" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LALegault</span></a></span><br><a href="https://newsie.social/@LALegault/111626359586962409" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsie.social/@LALegault/11162</span><span class="invisible">6359586962409</span></a></p>
Marcus Jenkins<p>You mean we were still buying this luxury item from the terrorists a year and a half after their second invasion of Ukraine?</p><p>You can tell what sort of people we have in governments. "Yeah, they are bad people, but just let me buy a few more jewels before we do anything to annoy them." </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diamonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blooddiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blooddiamonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> </p><p>Russian diamonds set for ban under new EU sanctions<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67413029" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67</span><span class="invisible">413029</span></a></p>
Json Doh<p>"Demand for natural diamond jewellery stood at $87 billion, with the United States the largest consumer."</p><p>Who in the XXI century still buys natural <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/diamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diamonds</span></a> for <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/jewelry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jewelry</span></a>, or buys expensive jewelry at all? Most diamonds in the world are mined in a bloodshed anyway. And then sold to the rich West to support oppressive regimes.</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/BloodDiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodDiamonds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/g7-launch-russian-diamond-ban-bid-curb-revenues-belgian-officials-2023-09-15/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/markets/commoditie</span><span class="invisible">s/g7-launch-russian-diamond-ban-bid-curb-revenues-belgian-officials-2023-09-15/</span></a></p>
Calico Jesse<p>Started watching Diamonds Are Forever. </p><p>Ah yes, it’s a matter of national security for the British government to protect the Diamond cartels. That sounds about colonial. </p><p>Are we sure we aren’t the baddies?</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Bond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bond</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/JamesBond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesBond</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DiamondsAreForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondsAreForever</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BritishEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BloodDiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodDiamonds</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NeptuneFrost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NeptuneFrost</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a> is:</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GhostInTheShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GhostInTheShell</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheMatrix</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RockyHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RockyHorror</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BloodDiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BloodDiamonds</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HotelRwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HotelRwanda</span></a> in an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prose" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prose</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poetry</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>musical</span></a>.</p><p>*with a heart ♥️</p>
Stephen Fierbaugh<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@ecwild" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ecwild</span></a></span> Yeah, we got an antique engagement ring for the same reason. <a href="https://home.social/tags/blooddiamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blooddiamonds</span></a></p>