lobster @Lobster@qoto.org

Biking to work this week was awesome.

Successfully installed Ubuntu on my Microsoft Surface Tablet!

#ubuntu #linux

As someone else is talking about them, I'll also talk about them.

ECPAT (short for "Every Child Protected Against Trafficking") isn't really a "child rights" group. It seems to be one of those "anti trafficking" groups. According to one activist, their founding seems to have included a merger of religiously motivated groups, this should come as a shock to precisely no one.

The so-called "anti-trafficking sector" tends to be extremely conservative (think of how they fundraise), criminal justice focused, relies on misleading (or outright false) data, tends to be religious, and doesn't take accountability for the "collateral damage" they dole out.

One of their advisers (a quite annoying person who has occasion argued with privacy activists) appears to be married to a politician from the British Conservative Party. He frequently makes incoherent (and paranoid) rants about the tech sector for not implementing whatever crazy rights violating idea that has been cooked up by someone. It's unclear whether he has any actual expertise in anything, none appears to be listed.

They have strong criminal justice associations (and they naturally advocate for maximum power, no safeguards, and no accountability for cops), and seem to also have strong associations with religiously motivated groups. I haven't seen them advocate *against* any sort of collateral damage, in any capacity, including to minors (remember, they don't actually care about their rights, only their screwed up ideology), which comes of their advocacy.

#Ozempic is a #climate story
If corporations' claims about #weightloss impacting consumption are true, then weight loss is a #degrowth story--and not just waistlines.
Witness these reports:
#Walmart did datamining and determined customers who are taking one of these #weight-loss #drugs are actually buying less food
#United #Airlines reported, because of popularity of these drugs, that if everyone who flew lost 10mb, it could start saving as much as $80M/yr on jet fuel.
https://www.mollywood.co/p/ozempic-is-a-climate-story

Fox News told lies about the 2020 election that caused Americans to storm the Capitol in nothing less than a deadly coup attempt. Billionaires who lie for profit don't deserve broadcast licenses. We're doing something about it. You can help by signing on. http://tiny.cc/fccfox

#FoxLies @TruthOverFox
#FCC

Didn't believe this was a thing until I actually saw it myself.

I bank at a small, local credit union. I recently cleared my autocomplete settings so plugged their name into #Google to get back to their homepage.

The Sponsored result IS NOT my bank's website. But is skinned the same. 100% a #phishing site served as a Google ad above the legitimate business website.

This is a major problem, my friends.

Oh yes. The SST graph.
For today,
Mean is 20.0 C
2 sigma is 20.3 C
Now 20.8 C

How well would you function if your blood pressure was 4 standard deviation points over the average? Death limits finding out.

#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateChange
#RandomCurseWord

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/

#Inflation

💥 We cannot wait to be in #Bolzano for the #SouthTyrol Free Software Conference (#SFSCon) on 10 and 11 November.

💡 This two-day conference brings together #FreeSoftware advocates, decision makers and the general public at the gateway to the #Dolomites. 🏔️

Our team will be there with talks, side events and a booth. We are keen to talk to you: drop by and say hello! 🤗

#SoftwareFreedom

https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231108-01.html

Happy International Inuit Day.

I saw a post today that the Arctic is best experienced from the comfort of your own home. Seriously this is one of the most magical places on earth and it’s by far best experienced full on, laying on the tundra, or standing at the floe edge, or having tea in a tent with a friend. #Nunavut #Arctic #Inuit #Photography

Congrats to Democrat Cherelle Parker, Philadelphia’s 100th mayor, 1st woman to hold the office.
3/n

#Wildlife deserve their wild lives.

"The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth." ~H. Beston, The Outermost House, 1928

Elfinnote, October 2023
61 cm × 91 cm, acrylic and brass leaf on canvas
https://martinj.art
#art #artistonmastodon #abstractart

As the great Groucho Marx said, “Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, I have others.”

'The EU is poised to water down a landmark piece of car pollution legislation after extensive lobbying from the automotive industry, which experts say will cause an estimated €100bn in health and environmental costs.'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/07/eu-poised-to-water-down-new-car-pollution-rules-after-industry-lobbying