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"Renegade" economist and renowned author Kate Raworth will speak on new tools in Economics for the 21st century. The event is free and will be held virtually on Saturday, November 12 at 2 PM EDT New York City, 7 PM GMT London via Schumacher Center for a New Economics 💚👇

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAy-pnUq7YK_fSDkz4OOjGmcpCa2zt6r1G88Ig-Oo5n-UdOg/viewform

Wow, #eJabberd wird zusätzlich das #Matrix -Protokoll unterstützen.

#^Matrix protocol added to ejabberd

Even if it is not as scalable as XMPP, we believe that we can make Matrix much more scalable than what it is now. That’s what we are doing right now.

As a first step, we have been working on implementing a large subset of the Matrix protocol as a bridge in ejabberd.

It means that an ejabberd server will be able to act as a Matrix server in the Matrix ecosystem. XMPP users will be able to exchange messages with Matrix users, transparently.

To do that, we implemented the Matrix protocol for conversations and the server-to-server protocol to allow interop between XMPP and Matrix protocol.

Video viewing and panel discussion of FOOD COOP organized by GEO.Coop

"All is not perfect in the Park Slope Food Co-op. There was a labor organizing effort that did not succeed, and PSFC is often criticized as "elitist." What is your view? Many in the food cooperative movement have said it couldn't be duplicated, but a food co-op based on this model now exists in Paris (French filmmakers made this film)..."

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-new-yorks-park-slope-food-co-op-tickets-429352594167

The biennial Living Planet report is out. Cites near 70% loss of all wildlife on this planet since 1970. Two years ago the estimate was at 68%, four years ago, it was 60%.

"Many scientists believe we are living through the sixth mass extinction – the largest loss of life on Earth since the time of the dinosaurs – and that it is being driven by humans."

Primary driver is habitat loss due to agriculture, the vast majority of it animal agriculture and livestock feedcrops.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-70-of-animal-populations-wiped-out-since-1970-report-reveals-aoe

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.