Brian Beach has moved @bwbeach@qoto.org

Wow! I just responded to a Lemmy (Fediverse Reddit analog) post from my Mastodon (Fediverse oldTwitter analog) account within my Mastodon GUI.

I didn't even realize it was a Lemmy post...

I clicked on the original Lemmy link and saw my Mastodon post as a reply within the Lemmy thread.

See attached for screenshots of the same conversation in both application's UI's.

The fediverse is fucking awesome.

#fediverse #activitypub #mastodon #lemmy

I also really liked Pop Culture Detective’s shoutout to Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot collection in https://youtu.be/rqQJHja9qxU “In Defense of Disney’s Strange Solarpunk World” where they said something in passing that startled the heck out of me: stories without bad guys.

That’s a genre we need a word for! Stories without antagonists dominate my lists of favorites

“It’s time for our society to admit that we’ve made a mistake and change course.”

> Prioritizing the economy over health will sink both
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-this-is-a-pandemic-of-attrition

#CovidIsNotOver @novid

Taxpayer funded pharmaceutical patents (and medical device patents) should be owned by the people paying for the product. At both ends it is the citizens of this country providing the money to make these possible.

Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/07/biden-administration-asserts-power-to-seize-drug-patents.html

these trucks have the same bed length 🤦‍♂️

A year ago, all major economists were predicting a recession as the Fed moved to raise interest rates to battle inflation. But Joe Biden’s and the Democrats’ investment in infrastructure and manufacturing kept the job market strong and resilient, and now there is almost no talk of a recession. Bidenomics is working. Inflation is down, unemployment at historic lows, real wages rising. We should proclaim it far and wide and push back against the doom and gloom the media feeds us and feeds upon.

"Being here, we are trying to halt a suicide, the death of everything that is alive, everything that exists. This is not economic suicide. We are avoiding the omnicide of the world, of planet Earth. There is no other formula, no other path. Everything else is an illusion."

Pedro Gives,
Columbian President,
COP28.

#COP28
#ClimateAction
#PreventingWorldOmnicide

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/02/colombia-joins-international-alliance-calling-for-treaty-to-end-use-of-fossil-fuels

Reduce your need to earn.
#permaculture #economics

Don’t feel helpless. 👇

COP28 NEWS

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls to eliminate use of fossil fuels,

Addressing the delegates, Guterres said, "We cannot save a burning planet with a fire hose of fossil fuel," and he called for the acceleration of "a just and equitable transition to renewable energy."

#Climate #Klima #climat #COP28

When we found out that deodorants were destroying the ozone layer, did we stay telling people to use less toilet spray and buy less Axe? No, we legislated big corps and the problem was completely solved after a few years. What's with the cult of personal responsibility, why are we still here telling people that if they don't take the plane and use paper straws maybe grandma won't lose her house to the rising tides before she dies in an 'unprecedented' heatwave?

The plummeting use of coal for German electricity, with a bump during 2021 and 2022 (high gas price).
Mostly thanks to renewables, producing around 60% of German electricity so far this year.

[Sure, still too much coal, should go to zero]

PS 8% of 2023 still to go ;)
#fossilfuels #coal #ClimateChange #renewables

LGBTQ+ teens won a grant for their school. Adults sent the money back.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/30/virginia-school-board-rejects-lgbtq-youth-grant/

The kids are part of the Gender and Sexuality Alliance, and the organization that gave them the grant helps uplift those in the LGBTQ+ community who are struggling.

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

This is the ideal watch. One hand. 24 hours. 360 degrees.

The colorful blobs are appointments pulled from the calendar. The gradient on the face adjusts with the seasons and sunrise/sunset.

Tap on a color and it shows you text about the appointment, tap and hold and open the calendar.

The end.

I was pretty surprised to see this headline in the Washington Post, but I'm glad the media is finally saying it. Long article, gift with audio. "In just a few years, we have gone from being relatively secure in our democracy to being a few short steps, and a matter of months, away from the possibility of dictatorship." #USPolitics #Trump
https://wapo.st/47QyFY1

Duke University Libraries are canceling their subscription to Basecamp. Their post explaining the move is very good, and worth your time: https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/11/30/why-were-dropping-basecamp/

Politicians across the EU claim they are committed to upholding free speech and expression. But their support of harmful provisions contained within Article 17 of the EU Media Freedom Act shows otherwise. EU lawmakers must reject the content moderation suspense for media service providers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/eu-media-freedom-act-media-privilege-content-moderation-really-bad-idea

Donald Trump and his GOP allies are not being subtle about their plans to end our democracy in 2025. We will need to mobilize at 2020 levels to stop Trump and his MAGA movement again. Please let us know how you would like to get involved in 2024: https://act.indivisible.org/survey/defeat_trump_2024_survey?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=directpost

Pollution from coal-fired power plants killed 460,000 people between 1999 and 2020, according to a new estimate https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-power-kills-a-staggering-number-of-americans/