Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

As a representative for streaming video businesses, I had a look at NetFlix's "Net Zero + Nature".

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/net-zero-nature-our-climate-commitment

This is a rather long thread, the tl;dr is that it is rather meaningless (or even dishonest) to exclude the so-called "Scope 3 emissions". These are all the emissions indirectly generated by a business. But (1) they only exists because of the goods/services offered by the business and (2) they dwarf the other (Scope 1 & 2) emissions
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Remember kids, we're the good guys. 🇺🇸 😎 🛢️ 👍

https://thecradle.co/Article/News/16637

When good technology goes very, very bad
https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/2022/10/06/technology-meant-to-make-life-easier-can-become-a-weapon/

They make bullshit claims: 'if we reduce production, the market will go to less-green producers elsewhere in the world'... well, yes and no. If the prices go up, the market will shrink. Also, they almost always ignore the carbon cost of *transporting their goods to foreign markets* that vastly add to the pollution and inefficiency. It'd be better for the world to shop locally, even if production is less efficient!

Remember - when Dairy/Farming interests talk about being the backbone of the country, 'keeping rural centres alive', what they're doing is making a "Trickle Down Economics"-based argument. We don't need them as much as they think - almost all of what they produce gets exported for *their* profit, not ours. And it keeps our prices very high.

Well at least they're talking to metlstorm, a credible infosec expert. But this isn't good enough. Step one to securing this data: don't use Windows. Step two: get better people managing it *inhouse*. Kill the outsourcing. Step three: make sure it's all onshore. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/middayreport/audio/2018862199/stolen-patient-info-on-dark-web-cyber-security-expert

Global food systems transitions have enabled affordable diets but had less favourable outcomes for nutrition, environmental health, inclusion and equity
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00588-7
#food #nutrition #environment

Recently released UNCTAD Trade and Development Report highlights the roles of financial speculation and market power of transnational corprorations in the current food crisis

https://unctad.org/tdr2022

Speculators once again creating problems by speculating on food commodity markets and related financial derivatives

Unsurprising evil

#food @OCRbot

Native Land Digital, an Indigenous-led nonprofit based in Canada has created a searchable map of Native territories, languages and treaties.
What Native land are you on? This map shows Indigenous tribes' past territories : NPR https://native-land.ca/

Oh dear - so now we know. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018862153/reports-farmers-set-to-pay-for-emissions-from-2025 Much of Aotearoa NZ's farming industry that we always hear is 'world leading in its efficiency & climate friendliness' is dreading being obliged to bear the real cost of its activities... which, it sounds like, will demonstrate that much of the industry is inherently unsustainable. That means that its historical profit was actually a subsidy from future generations and people in more climate/sea level vulnerable parts of the world.

I have a strong inkling that the massive societal changes we need to make in our (probably in vain) attempt to undo the damage humanity's rapacious appetites have done in the past 200 yrs will (unless you're a massive air traveller or car enthusiast) nonetheless be largely positive, changing our expectations, reducing the load of cognitive dissonance we all carry, and giving many of us a far greater sense of purpose, authenticity, camaraderie, & the ability to appreciate different things.

An excellent article by the late, great David Graeber:

https://davidgraeber.org/articles/manners-deference-and-private-property-or-elements-for-a-general-theory-of-hierarchy/

A nice eviscerating of a recent Fed paper that, in typical fashion, builds a model based on assumptions that are 180° from reality. 1) Banks do not intermediate funds between savers and borrowers -- that's not how banking works. 2) Bankers are trying to enrich themselves, not provide a service to households -- again, that's not how banking works.

https://heisenbergreport.com/2022/10/08/r-and-the-funniest-thing-youll-read-all-week/

For folks interested in the RISCV-V ISA (a new chip architecture that's open source). This is interesting: https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=RrVRMFjYti0 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrVRMFjYti0

Then, to ensure people - particularly those working shifts or time-critical roles can get to the polls outside of 'rush hour' crunches... I originally thought of a national holiday on election day. But that's not practical. Instead, I wonder if nat'l gov't could mandate a "voter priority" day, in which employers would be obliged to allow staff to coordinate voting to ensure business continuity is maintained but each voter can get to the polls without employer pressure not to. Thoughts? 2/2

- Make voting for local elections a proper election day event and not only a mail vote.
- Abandon the public and free-for-all-to-dig-through electoral rolls and also stop abusing that information for other stuff like jury duty.

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- Force candidates to stop the "independent but party-backed" approach, that's simply dishonest.
- Make it mandatory for all politicians to declare all their commercial & financial interests, incl. trusts.
- Stop practice of retired MPs etc. being gifted a mayoralty.

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We want more people to vote in local government and general elections? Using some shady, unsecured half-arse online voting setup won't be the solution.

- Start with political and civil education in NZs school system.
- Lower the voting age and get people involved early.

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