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hexaheximal

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some nerd on the internet

I have daily-driven Gentoo at one point. (yes, I'm crazy)

Feel free to contact me via Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/@hexaheximal:matrix.org

I am a minor and if I see one of those weird "minors dni" profiles I will quickly block them.

mdni accounts which attempt to interact with me will be blocked on sight.

#nobridge

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breadandcircuses , (edited ) to random
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They yell at us: "Stop being a doomer! You have to give people hope!"

To which I respond with what Greta Thunberg says: "I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act!"

Along those lines, I strongly recommend this superb new essay from author and climate campaigner Jonathon Porritt, in which he explains that mainstream climate scientists, by insisting we should always be positive and hopeful, run the risk of becoming the new climate deniers.

Here is a brief summary...

  1. The speed with which the climate is now changing is faster than (almost) all scientists thought possible.

  2. There is now zero prospect of holding the average temperature increase this century to below 1.5°C; even 2°C is beginning to slip out of reach. The vast majority of climate scientists know this, but rarely if ever give voice to this critically important reality.

  3. At the same time, the vast majority of people still haven’t a clue about what’s going on – and what this means for them and everything they hold dear.

  4. The current backlash against existing (already wholly inadequate) climate measures is also accelerating – and will cause considerable political damage in 2024. Those driving this backlash represent the same old climate denial that has been so damaging over so many years.

  5. The science-based institutions on which we depend to address this crisis have comprehensively failed us. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is incapable of telling the whole truth about accelerating climate change; the Conference of the Parties (under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) has been co-opted by the fossil fuel lobby to the point of total corruption.

  6. By not calling out these incontrovertible realities, mainstream scientists are at risk of becoming the new climate deniers.

Read the whole thing -- https://www.jonathonporritt.com/mainstream-climate-science-the-new-denialism/

hexaheximal ,
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@breadandcircuses Have you ACTUALLY seen someone panic at these things though?

I know someone who is literally the definition of panicking at political things. He is constantly annoyed and/or depressed and keeps talking about how republicans are going to take over the world and we need to stop them.

GottaLaff , to random
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I guess I need to repost this. I posted it once, people keep sending it to me as if I didn't.

H/t: @JonChevreau

https://trumpdebtcounter.com

hexaheximal ,
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@GottaLaff @JonChevreau It's not a real live counter. It only makes linear predictions using a known debt value and an increase rate.

(for the other developers here: take a look at the JavaScript code involved as well as the network requests. there is no real live updating going on)

BeAware , to random
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SO many replies saying "You're talking about technological expectations and we're talking about social expectations"

Okay? So I'm talking about HOW IT IS and you're talking about HOW YOU WANT IT TO BE.

These are vastly different things and if you think ActivityPub will become opt-in at the core level, you need to lie down and take a nap.

hexaheximal ,
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@BeAware That's true, but you also need to consider that Bluesky is not fedi, and the community is not the same as fedi. Having an opt-out system is just asking for Bluesky toxicity to make it's way onto fedi.

hexaheximal ,
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@BeAware just checked... that's a fedi instance. Once again, fedi and bluesky are different things.

hexaheximal ,
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@BeAware It's an ActivityPub server. Of course. But Bluesky is both different on a technical level and ESPECIALLY a social level. Opening up the floodgates is just asking for chaos.

lowqualityfacts , to random
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That's, so interesting.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

hexaheximal ,
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@lowqualityfacts 🥴

lowqualityfacts , to random
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I love Keanu Reeves.

hexaheximal ,
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@lowqualityfacts didn't know you do post recycling 🤔

lowqualityfacts , to random
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Wow.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

hexaheximal ,
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