Jules @afewbugs@librem.one

Once again, @JuliusGoat has written something worth reading.

"It’s almost gotten to be boring, the degree to which people believe that what they refer to as 'free speech' should not only allow them to say whatever they want (which it does), but should also prevent other people from understanding them to be the sort of person who says those things."

"People like Scott Adams claim they're being silenced. But what they actually seem to object to is being understood."

https://armoxon.substack.com/p/the-case-for-shunning

“The reason most public transportation is seen as ‘losing’ money is precisely because it charges for trips. If you don't charge fares, suddenly it can't ‘lose’ money. It just costs money, the same as the roads.”

This random comment has given me my new favourite argument for removing fares from public transit.

I'll be giving a demonstration of #NetMaking, #LactoFermentation and #SeedSprouting at #Exeter #SeedSwap on the 26th of February at #MakeTank, come along!

#SeedSovereignty #OpenPollinatedSeed #CommunityGarden #Permaculture #Solarpunk #Skillshare #LivingKitchen #Devon

"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"

Yes. Life is about more than constant and meaningless toil for 40-50 years and a desolate twilight of failed ambitions. The social contract is broken and the system is a lie. You and I are both trapped in the same Sisyphean hell, where no amount working harder or longer will ever truly grant the rewards we were promised. The real question is, why are there no gaps in YOUR resume?

“…”

Errr, freelancing. I was freelancing.

Right now, the entire country of Denmark is using 4.245MW of electricity.

Windmills are producing: 3.442 MW
Solar is producing: 746 MW

So if we do the math, wind + solar = 98.7% of our energy use right now is 100% renewable

Just a reminder that not only can we fix climate change, we are fixing it.

RT @Botanygeek
Folks, if you want to justify your transphobia as a personal belief, that’s your right.

But using botany to do it, when plants can be either sex, both sexes and even swap between them at will, is a really poor example to pick.

Yours,

A botanist

@monkeyninja

David Graeber got an economist to admit that he was not aware of single case where a company was fined more than the profit it turned breaking the law. He summarized this as the government saying: "Do all the crime you want, but if we catch you, you have to give us a cut."

If you tell your friends about Mastodon, you’re technically an ambassador of the federation.

No tomato shortage here - but I’m in Kherson, a frontline Ukrainian city that gets shelled by the Russians daily, not a British supermarket.

It's passed! Spain has now moved to self-ID for trans folk, lowered the age for changing your gender marker, AND a ban on conversion therapy 🎉

That's one step away from the medicalisation of trans people in Europe, and a huge win for the LGBTQ+ community in Spain 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

https://www.gendergp.com/spain-votes-yes-to-trans-self-identification-law/?ma=1

Finally, an explanation for bikini armor that makes sense!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

This cartoon is funny... 😄

so why am I crying? 😢

#Extinction #ClimateCrisis

Jokes aside, this is standard M.O. for the anti-CRT / anti-wokeness / anti-PC crowd: Scream that you support free speech and want to free everyone's minds ... and then define progressive thought as intrinsically oppressive and indoctrinating. Hence, the state must engage in viewpoint-based suppression ... in the name of freedom.

It’s amazing how business want to run on data, but when presented with the successfulness of a 4-day work week, that’s not the data they want

the funny thing about the emerging Gen X tech billionaire midlife crises is that they make the previous crop of tech billionaire midlife crises look positively dignified by comparison

Yup! #Zoom #Meeting