Dean @dean@librem.one

We have reached Earth Overshoot Day today, on 2 August 2023.

This is the day when we have used all of resources that the Earth can bear for the whole year. This means we would need 1.7 Earth planets to sustain our current resource use.

#EarthOvershootDay

BY THE WAY ITS BEEN OVER A CENT...
*coughs*
By the way, it has been over a century, folks.

Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,900,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $153,100,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $104,900,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

"I have seen how the Palestinian people are at best second class citizens on their own ever-shrinking lands. Clearly, this is apartheid. We have denounced and defeated it before and we must again. Do not be brow-beaten into silent complicity by claims that supporting the near-defenseless Palestinian people is anti-semitic. The far-right government of Israel is doing this, not the Jewish people. Stand with the​​​​​​​ defenselessness, not the powerful." Mike said regarding this action. [2/n]

@FoxNews you know you guys are predators, right?

Cost of King Charles’s Coronation: £250m¹

Amount cut from social care budget: £250m

Staunchly remaining a royalist fool in the 21st century: priceless.

#uk #monarchy #notMyKing #democracy #equality #humanRights

¹ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/king-charles-iiis-coronation-expected-cost-taxpayers-around-250m-1715507

² https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/17/government-to-cut-250m-from-social-care-workforce-funding-in-england-report-says

I've found the best way to try to break through doomers' defenses is to first point out that, according to current science, a runaway hot house is very unlikely. That means every little bit of less destruction is better. Every person saved and every extinction prevented is worth all our effort.

After that because doomers are in so many cases men, you can try to appeal to their heroic imagination: saving the planet is generation's big fight. History demands we step up.

I 'unpublished' my Patreon creator page in August last year. There's no option to delete it (and the guides to 'how to delete your creator page' mention things that don't exist) so you can just unpublish. I, as expected, haven't had any payments from my supporters since doing that.

Old supporter DMed me.

Her: Hi! Are you still creating?
Me: Oh I've moved to Ko-Fi! (link)
Her: Ah! I guess I can delete my plege then?
Me: Sure, but Patreon shouldn't have been taking anything
Her: Er, they have...

#SolarEclipse shadow as seen from space 🌙

The #OpenStreetMap weekend in #Berlin was great to catch up with old friends and get up to speed with what's going on out there! 🎉

I also got the chance to make a tiny bit of progress on my collaborative real-time map prototype; think #Figma but for maps.

https://github.com/definitelymaps/definitelymaps

#maps #geo #design

I’ve written an open letter asking organisations that engage online with the blind community to come to Mastodon in light of the significant #accessibility regressions at Twitter.
If you agree, please sign it and share it as widely as you can. This is one occasion where if we can show how many of us care about this issue, it will make it clear that it’s worth companies putting in the effort to be here.
I would also be very grateful for the support of our sighted friends.
Thank you.
https://bit.ly/BlindMastodon

To all the people who are scared of 5G.

#5G #RadioWaves #Wireless #Correlation #Causation #IncludesTypo

RT @DontGasAfrica
The #EuropeanGasConference represents a systematic plan to lock Africa into a fossil fuel future. We say NO!
Africa’s resources cannot be decided on behalf of Africa while she is not present. #DontGasAfrica
@gastivists @block_gas @Artivistnet @TheGreenConnect @CtxRebellion

‘Wake up’: Crucial number in chilling report

6 years, 123 days, 20 hours to stop climate warming to 1.5C

About 300 experts have contributed to a damning report that confirms the world’s worst fears

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/6-years-123-days-20-hours-to-stop-climate-warming-to-15c/news-story/9cef932c638bcf0d8606e4c44ed6bfc3

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate

Are you an academic concerned that #Elsevier's profiteering publishing practices are extracting money and labor from you and your colleagues for free? Are you terrified that Elsevier's support for #FossilFuels is helping accelerate #ClimateBreakdown?

Don't fret! The #StopElsevier campaign has got you covered, with a wealth of resources to help take power away from them via collective action.

https://stopelsevier.wordpress.com/

A thread 1/n

#ClimateCrisis #OpenScience #EthicalPublishing

As part of the response to the earthquake in Turkey, many volunteer mappers joined in mapping buildings and highways in affected areas.

Now that the mapping has been completed - thanks to the quick response from the #OSM community - the Development Seed data team is working on the Türkiye - Gaziantep project validation phase https://lnkd.in/g6GCW6pE focusing on the priority areas to ensure the quality of the data that was added.