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Re:BuzzFeed investors have pushed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut ... by kube-system on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @05:20PM (#30771720)
They were bought by Bayer, which isn't much better, but they pretty much did do that:

https://media.bayer.com/baynews/baynews.nsf/id/Bayer-launch-...

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Re:BuzzFeed investors have pushed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut ... by adolph on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @06:17PM (#30772321)
Our collection of more than 125,000 microbial strains allows us to use genetic diversity to develop new and beneficial products for farmers all over the world.

https://www.bayer.com/en/agriculture/agriculture-biologicals

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Re:BuzzFeed investors have pushed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut ... by Markoff on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @06:26PM (#30772409)
Bayer, is it that company which made Zyklon B to eliminate Jews in WW2 gas chambers? I'm always astounded how are these companies still around.
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Re:BuzzFeed investors have pushed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut ... by BongoMcCat on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @06:47AM (#30777062)
from bayers wiki page:

In 1925 Bayer merged with five other German companies to form IG Farben

IG Farben the made Zyklon B, and as a result it got split up after the war, into it's original companies, one of them bayer.

So, yes, you are mostly correct.

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Re:BuzzFeed investors have pushed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut ... by Markoff on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @07:17AM (#30777263)
I know I am correct, it was rhetorical question, not exactly sure why downvotes, if people are that clueless they don't know such general knowledge, same as Fanta is originally Nazi drink.
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