Jules @afewbugs@librem.one

The only Scientologist I'd really enjoy meeting would be the Church of Scientology Buffalo but when I look for pictures of him all I can find is pictures of some dumb building :(

#PSA: Many #LED #lightbulbs don't last their warranty period or the hours they claim to last. When you install one, save the receipt and write on the base with a fine-tip permanent marker: the date you bought it, the number of hours it's rated for, and the warranty length. If it fails prematurely, you can use that info and the receipt to get a free replacement. You'll save some cash, and people doing this incentivizes manufacturers to stop selling crap bulbs. #ConsumerActivism

my cat doesn't meow when he needs something

he meows in case he needs something, and checks if he has it already afterwards

he just meowed because he thought maybe his bowl was empty, but it wasn't, so he began eating.

Capitalism has convinced you RSS is antiquated. The real reason it's fading is because it doesn't have ads and tracking. You going to tell me the news article is truly better on a browser with ads than on a little program you can open any time, on or offline?

This is what conservatives sound like when they complain about cancel culture after saying or doing racist, sexist or otherwise abusive things.

Interview with Greta Thunberg at the indigenous Sámi's occupation of the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in protest against the State's continuing violation of the law,
in Norwegian, my translation.

Journalist: Greta Thunberg, can you say what you are doing here?
Greta: Eh, I think it's better to ask other activists that have been here, ehm, for longer.

Journalist: But why have you come to Oslo to participate in the demo?
Greta: To show my support.

Journalist: You are mostly known as a climate-activist, but in this case isn't the push for clean and renewable energy losing to the indigenous peoples' rights?
Greta: Climate justice can only be achieved if we discuss indigenous peoples' rights, so it goes very much hand in hand, I'd say.

Journalist: Do you think it's possible to have reindeer herding and wind power side by side?
Greta: As you possibly heard earlier... no, I don't think I am the most suitable person to ask here.

Journalist: So you believe that in this case that the wind turbines at Fosen must be demolished?
Greta: Yes... that's why we're here :-D.

There was also a livestream 1½ hour livestream, but audio cut out after a couple of seconds and it's >2GB filesize and Mastodon has a 40MB video filesize limit.

"There is, in reality, absolutely no reason to believe that the necessary changes will make us less happy or less satisfied. If we manage to do this right, then our lives will be given more meaning than selfish, shallow over-consumption can ever give us. Instead, we can make time and space for community, solidarity, and love—the true tenets of a good life."

#Climate #ClimateEmergency

Greta Thunberg: Saving the Climate Means Changing How We Live | Time https://time.com/6254639/greta-thunberg-book-how-to-save-climate/

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