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Software, plants/environment, privacy, leftie, Brit(ish) in Germany.

Profile pic is a still from the game discworld 2, depicting DEATH on his white horse, Binky.

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GottaLaff , to random
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We need to do this in the US.

“Tens of thousands of demonstrators crowded onto French streets on Saturday to denounce the rise of the country’s far-right political party and call on fellow citizens to block it from taking power in snap parliamentary elections set by President Emmanuel Macron.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/world/europe/france-protests-far-right.html?smid=threads-nytimes

econads ,
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@GottaLaff @onepict have to say here in Germany it doesn't seem to have helped that much against the AFD. The party leadership said it was actually good publicity. I don't know what the answer is though, maybe personal conversations. Maybe EU elections don't count as much but I'm scared.

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@GottaLaff @onepict
There's a school of thought that they just make hay off it to fuel the victim complex they all seem to have. I don't know what's true.

ChrisMayLA6 , to random
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Good morning, lets start the day with some polling data (and why not?)

While (despite everything) the Tories' opinion poll results were steadily climbing up until the 2019, since then there's been a major (almost unprecedented) decline.

In 2019 John Burb-Murdoch (FT) surmises, the Tories benefitted from support for Brexit & a media-stoked frenzy against Jeremy Corbyn. Now those (now clearly fleeting) factors are absent there are few reasons to support the Tories.


econads ,
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@RolloTreadway
Yeah reading the words of one of the union leaders talking about the labour manifesto negotiations it sounded way more like they were talking about a workplace negotiation with the bosses, than you would expect from the party of the workers where they're all supposed to be on the same side.

@jeztastic @KimSJ @junesim63 @ChrisMayLA6

appassionato , (edited ) to palestine group
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Israeli settlers cut down olive and citrus trees during their assault on the town of Qusra in the occupied West Bank.

@palestine

econads ,
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@vega
All of them? Only Hamas members have suffered here?

@appassionato @palestine @0tracas

econads ,
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@vega @appassionato @palestine @0tracas
well there's egg on my face. I did not know there was a type of tree called that.

breadandcircuses , to random
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The system is working exactly as intended...

Illustration of "DESPERATE PEOPLE MAKE IDEAL WORKERS AND DISTRACTED CITIZENS." Three rows of little cartoon people. First row: "Desperate people" - 6 months no newstart, high student debt, ATSI programs cut, high med fees, 40 job apps a month. Second row "Make ideal workers" - Work for cheap, for pizza, down a mine, far from family, sell us your land if we create jobs on it. Third row, "and distracted citizens" - Climate change? I gotta pay rent! Disability rights? I gotta find a job! Land rights? I need to feed my kids! Refugees? I've got medical bills to pay! Long-term problems? I got short-term problems!
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    econads ,
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    @breadandcircuses
    In addition, when you're stressed and under pressure simple answers can suddenly seem a lot more appealing. The right wing rises when times get hard.

    futurebird , to random
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    I've been reading some history books about Europe in the middle ages. The matter of the education of kings is incredibly interesting. It seemed nearly universally recognized that an excellent education is essential to a family holding on to power. And even in the controversies of the day (such as religion) children of the ruling class were exposed to a surprisingly wide range of ideas. Including those treated as heresy for the general population.

    econads ,
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    @futurebird
    Because uneducated followers are easier to manipulate and ask fewer questions. Fascism wants obedience not independent thought from its followers. The power should be only with the leaders, it's an ideology of massive power inequality.

    econads ,
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    @futurebird dictatorships in general right? Although presumably we only see the ones that crash and burn: the dictators who are quietly and competently beavering away maintaining their power, oppressing their populace not quite enough to cause a revolution and keeping the fuss to a minimum don't get on the news. Like some middle eastern kings, Saudi & all that.

    RickiTarr , to random
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    Okay, this might sound weird, but this is what I'm thinking of today. I'm assuming most of you know the idiom, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." I know it's about looking at the horse's teeth to check it's age and health, but in my heart I have an alternate history where it's about The Trojan Horse, which doesn't really even make much sense, but it's still living there rent free.

    So, does anyone else do this, make up alternate histories for words or phrases? If you do, I'd love examples!

    econads ,
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    @TheLancashireman @sollat
    Presumably "pissing it down" is unsuitable for children.

    econads ,
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    @sollat @TheLancashireman
    It is every evocative though, quite accurate.

    blogdiva , to random
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    i want to see Google burn. fuck them for destroying so many small businesses; including many of us early bloggers, who they used as guinea pigs for Google Ads.

    some of us went from making enough to pay rent for years to literally making less than $10 a month. just like that and without warning.

    fuck Sergey Brin. fuck Larry Page. fuck every one complicit in their violence.

    may the new emerging labor movement do to them what they have done to everybody.

    UNIONIZE
    COLLECTIVIZE
    SMASH THE FASH

    econads ,
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    @Npars01 @blogdiva
    I thought it was common for companies to donate to all parties as a matter of course

    econads ,
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    @Npars01 @blogdiva
    I don't need evidence that republicans have some dodgy shit going on.. I was more interested in the funding discrepancy but all you've linked me is stuff about them tolerating/supporting wrong things in their ranks, which is like ...yes... We know...?

    futurebird , to random
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    I’ve never been the sort who whines about not having enough nature in the city but something about this spring has me looking at the sidewalks with fresh eyes and I don’t always like what I see. It’s not true to say the city is “barren” There is life on the margins everywhere, here is the moss covered root of a tree home to Tetramorium and to an ant mimic spider who hides with them. I think—

    We need permeable sidewalks.

    an ant mimic spider who could pass as a pavement ant.

    econads ,
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    @futurebird
    Would help with flooding too

    futurebird , to random
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    I just read a review of a children's book written in 1911 (the review is from 1913) and the person reviewing the book totally missed the point of the story. The whole thing went right over the reviewer's head.

    Tempted to write the latest, least expected bad book review clap-back in the history of humankind.

    1/

    econads ,
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    @futurebird @Rachel_Thorn
    Maybe if it was a low status task he started off showing great promise but gradually his literalness bought him lower and low assignments, increasing his bitterness in a vicious circle, until he reached his nadir: this review.

    Natasha_Jay , to random
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    Running* just a couple of kilometers regularly after seventeen years of no exercise, and the wrong side of fifty is a process of rediscovering your body. Knees have basically kind of locked up, muscles get minor pulls in places you don't know you have muscles, calve muscles have simply vaporized.

    Add 'hips' and female hormonal changes (ie. testosterone is basically nixed, which is nice) we're in uncharted levels of unfitness and bodily rediscovery.

    Knees permitting, this old crone intends to run a 5K nonstop again if it kills her - which it may 😉. After that we'll see what's possible

    • = jog, lollop, walk (take selfie) as needed
    econads ,
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    @Natasha_Jay @Hannah
    Maybe start by walking 5k without stopping?

    econads ,
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    @Natasha_Jay @Hannah

    Ooohhh yes that does make a lot of sense. Chasing that runner's high is a motivation I can fully emphathise with.

    econads ,
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    @dumpsterlid @ProdigalFrog
    Bikes, and I think electric bikes, make an appearance in Kim Stanley Robinson's 3rd California novel as part of a utopia.

    breadandcircuses , to random
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    Re this post from yesterday - https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/112173089016569816

    Several commenters pointed out that while planting a tree is helpful, keeping existing forests intact, not cutting trees down, is even more important!

    They’re right, obviously. We need to save mature forests, preserving their biodiversity and resilience — because monoculture tree plantations are not forests.

    Even inside a city, though, trees can make a big difference in so many ways...

    #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Pollution

    Why Trees Are So Cool Experts say trees should be considered urban infrastructure, every bit as important and useful as sewage, drinking water, and transportation systems. They are an important tool for cities to reduce urban heat island effects. Here are a few ways trees benefit our urban environments: - By intercepting and absorbing rain, they reduce storm water runoff. - They absorb and store carbon dioxide. - |n a process known as evapotranspiration, trees take up water from the ground and release it through the surface of their leaves, cooling the surrounding air. - By creating shade for buildings, they can reduce energy demand, which also reduces waste heat from air conditioners. - They can help clean the air by taking in air pollutants. - They block sunlight, helping to keep the ground below cool. SOURCES: EPA; North Carolina State University; U.S. Forest Service
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    econads ,
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    @breadandcircuses
    The shade thing is a significant difference as well, not just slightly cooler.

    breadandcircuses , to random
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    I noticed another article scolding “doomers” for doing it wrong. It says we shouldn’t make people sad or angry about what capitalist industry is doing to our climate and environment. The article claims a better approach is to give people hope, and emphasize positive steps they can take like planting a tree or riding a bike.

    Well, sure, those things are good, and I encourage them. But even if everyone who reads this post or sees that article stops driving a car in favor of bike riding and also cheerfully begins planting trees, that still will not make any significant difference in altering the trajectory of climate breakdown.

    The problem we face is much bigger than your carbon footprint or mine. And whether you feel happy or sad after reading this, that certainly will not affect the motivation of the oligarchs who own our society. Their only concern is to make more money and gain more power.

    Of course you and I should take appropriate individual actions (drive less, fly less, buy less, etc.), but we also should recognize that while those actions are important, they are not sufficient. Because what we need is system change.

    That will not be easy, but it’s essential.

    To get a comprehensive level of system change — which is the only kind that offers any true hope of avoiding complete disaster — we must remove all those currently in power, including the billionaires who control the politicians, and replace the current system with a different one.

    We must end capitalism and commence degrowth.

    Yes, this is a big ask. But we're talking about life or death here, literally. So it's a bold choice we must make.

    econads ,
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    @breadandcircuses every list of personal actions against global heating should start with lobby your representative, advocate. It's not doomerism to say individual actions won't make a significant change, but it is to follow that up with "so there's nothing we can do, better party while it lasts"

    hanse_mina , to random
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    "Pope Francis has criticised the European Union for how it deals with Hungary, saying that it "seems to want to standardize everything, which should respect Hungarian uniqueness.""

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1768404795730075827.html

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    @JSharp1436 @hanse_mina
    This was the only hit that came up for that quote, I would agree

    Natasha_Jay , (edited ) to random
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    Developer accused of unreadable code refuses to comment

    econads ,
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    @Natasha_Jay puntastic!

    breadandcircuses , (edited ) to random
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    Upon retiring from work at age 58 (lucky me) in 2012, I chose to leave the United States in favor of Europe, where I ended up staying in Budapest, Hungary, for six years. I rented a studio apartment near the city center, bought a used bicycle, and enjoyed a modest, inexpensive, yet comfortable lifestyle.

    Since my return to the U.S. in 2018, I’ve found there are many things I miss. When I lived in Budapest, there were three different small independent bakeries within a five-minute walk from my apartment. Also in that same radius were a couple of almost literal hole-in-the-wall fruit and vegetable shops offering delicious fresh produce. And although the nearby area held no chain restaurants, it was home to several quite good local eateries.

    There were clothing stores selling both new and used goods, as well as shoe stores, all of them small and independent, not necessarily carrying a wide selection, but providing high quality items at surprisingly low prices, and with friendly trustworthy service. Plus, within a five-minute walk was a practically free public transit system than made frequent stops and could take me almost anywhere I wanted to go within the city, safely, reliably, and quickly.

    So I wonder, why is it that — at least in my current neighborhood in suburban Virginia — the only options for baked goods or produce or clothing or home furnishings or hardware or almost anything else are chain stores? Well, that, or freaking Amazon. Why are all other choices so limited, so few and so far between? Why does virtually everything depend upon — no, actually demand the use of a car to get there?

    Most United Statesians, I suspect, have no idea that people in other countries live so differently than the way we do here. We have been sold on the idea, taught from an early age, that ours is the best way, indeed the only sensible way to do things. Anyone suggesting that a less car-centric and hyper-capitalistic culture is not only possible but desirable, that it could be much more pleasant and satisfying, not to mention safer and more friendly to the environment, well, they plainly don’t know what they’re talking about. It makes me sad and angry.

    #USA #Europe

    econads ,
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    @nazgul
    and be fitter as a result

    @breadandcircuses @vaughnsc

    Natasha_Jay , to random
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    In Jamaica a steak and kidney pie will cost you £2.30. An apple pie is £1.90. A chicken and mushroom pie is £2.25 and a cherry pie is £1.20

    In Trinidad & Tobago a steak and kidney pie will cost you £3.00. A rhubarb pie is £1.50 and a chicken pie (without mushrooms) is £1.80

    ... these are the pie rates of the Caribbean.

    econads ,
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    @Natasha_Jay thank you for making me laugh. I was pissed off by someone on the internet and you've restored my good humour. Your good dead is done for today ;-)

    Rasta , to random
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    None of the places I use; I feel not the loss.

    , , And Down In Widespread

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meta-sites-down-server-outage_n_65e747c6e4b0d2a2475acaf4

    Problems with 's platforms are being reported across the world, suggesting that the outage could be global.

    econads ,
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    @Rasta Jeremy Clarkson gif: "Oh no! Anyway..."

    econads ,
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    @Rasta did I give the impression I was?

    Natasha_Jay , to random
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    Now things like this via YouGov polling deserve more attention and love :boost_requested:​

    Bear in mind this after five years of right-wing press demonisation and transphobia by the Torygraph, Daily Mail, the Times, plus the UK Guardian's 'reasonable debate / both sides / fence sitting' (plus plus ...)

    And 'transgender issues' are never seen in polling as a major electoral issue by more than 2% of the UK population, 0.5% of who are trans in the first place!

    In short - kindly leave us alone to be ourselves :heart_trans:​


    econads ,
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    @Natasha_Jay @Lazarou I think they're well aware it's a non issue, but they want to distract from their incompetence, and minorities of any sort are useful for that (maybe not the super rich!)

    lednaBM , to random
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    Exactly......👇

    econads ,
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    @lednaBM @JPK_elmediat @Crispius being factually correct isn't the same as being moral imo.

    econads ,
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    @lednaBM
    That's lying not being mistaken. Sometimes there's an overlap between being morally and factually wrong, but they're not dependent on one another.

    @JPK_elmediat @Crispius

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    econads ,
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    @philip_cardella people who don't use do not disturb, do you have nightmares so extreme that you hate sleep? ;-)

    econads ,
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    @philip_cardella ppfff I feel for you ...

    econads ,
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    @philip_cardella Ads?? What new hell is that??
    And could you bring it up or is it going to mean a ton of people on your case?

    econads ,
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    @philip_cardella oh thats annoying. Had that on the email group for a community garden group once. Although it stopped when I complained.

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