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Ulan_KA

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Karlsruhe, Deutschland
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rahmstorf , to random German
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Das stabile Klima des Holozän, in dem Homo Sapiens die Landwirtschaft erfunden hat, sesshaft wurde und Städte gebaut hat, haben wir in atemberaubenden Tempo hinter uns gelassen. https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/was-die-eiszeit-ueber-den-klimawandel-lehrt-a-cfce2e0b-564d-4887-949d-ab3bafec4363
Was wir jetzt tun, bestimmt für die nächsten Jahrtausende unser Schicksal.
ist .

Ulan_KA ,
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@rahmstorf Eine Aussage gerät dabei immer aus dem Blick: Das was wir bislang (in den letzten 100 Jahren) getan HABEN, hat bereits die nächsten 1.000de Jahre massiv verändert, selbst WENN eine Notbremsung bei CO2-Mehrung in der Atmosphäre eintritt.

Die aus Sicht menschlichen Lebens angenehmen Bedingungen werden bereits unter der rollenden Lawine klimatischer Änderung verschüttet – wir sollten diese Lawine aber nicht mehr vergrößern.

Wird schon schwer genug für unsere Urenkel und deren Urenkel.

pluralistic , to random
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In "The Scorpion and the Frog," a trusting frog gives a scorpion a ride across a brook, only to be stung to death by his passenger upon arrival. The dying frog gasps "why?" and the scorpion replies, "I am sorry, but I couldn't resist the urge. It's my character":

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

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/24/record-scratch/#autoenshittification

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The interior of a luxury sedan as seen from the driver's PoV, with the driver's hands on the wheel. Mounted to the vent is a Spotify 'Car Thing' - a $90 tablet designed to stream Spotify music. The image has been altered. The sky behind the driver's windscreen is animated TV static. The album thumbnail on the Car Thing UI has been replaced with a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. A skeletal robed figure, clutching a sheaf of documents headed with the Spotify logo, reaches out a bony finger to prod at the Car Thing from the left side of the image.

Ulan_KA ,
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@pluralistic not on arrival, but midway the crossing of the water, killing BOTH. Which is the real mystery, because that was the reason the frog trusted the scorpion not killing him.

breadandcircuses , to random
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George Monbiot says...

It is simply wrong to define neoliberalism as ‘free-market economics’. It's nothing of the kind. The ‘freedom’ that neoliberals celebrate – which sounds so beguiling when expressed in general terms – turns out to be freedom for the rich to exploit the rest.

As for ‘the market’, when used in the neoliberal context this term disguises a host of power relations. It becomes a euphemism for the power of money. When ‘the market’ decides, it means those with the money decide.

In reality, it’s about who dominates whom. Neoliberalism is a tool used by the very rich to accumulate more wealth and power.

Neoliberalism is class war.

That's from his new book ⤵️

The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534/the-invisible-doctrine-by-hutchison-george-monbiot-and-peter/9780241635902

#Books #Bookstodon #History #Economics #Politics

Ulan_KA ,
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@breadandcircuses how to fight something you don't know exists? By acting as if it doesn't exist. You will learn of its existence fast.

pluralistic , to random
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Cyberpunk trifecta

Me with Bruce Sterling on the streets of Turin
Me with Neal Stephenson at a bookstore in Seattle

Ulan_KA ,
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@pluralistic don't be too humble: it's a quadfecta, I count you in.

pluralistic , to random
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Pronto

Ulan_KA ,
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@pluralistic why do you call that phone „decaing“? It seems to be in good working condition to me - in contrast to the column to which it is mounted.

Which is surprising to me as telefoninos (=cell fones) are as common in Italy as they are in the US. I wonder how much those coin or card operated ones might be in use.

rbreich , to random
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The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.

The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.

It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

Ulan_KA ,
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@rbreich It is the same with ownership of fertile land and other natural resources.

ElleGray , to random
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The boss has been pestering me to attend a leadership conference so I, completely jokingly, said, "A true leader would never sit in an audience being told what to do" and now half this office is in existential crisis

Ulan_KA ,
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@ElleGray
You got the job. Happy leading.

Ulan_KA ,
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@ElleGray it seems Stephan Pastis thought a little of your toot.
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/03/11

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