"Negative frames don’t win." #Quote
"... George Lakoff is an authority on the #nature and #power of
#frames – the worldviews that we activate...
..the #words and #metaphors we choose. As he has documented over
many decades, we are unlikely to win a #debate if we try to do
so while still using our opponent’s #frames.
The title of his book, Don’t Think of an Elephant, makes this
very point because it immediately makes you think of a you know
what."
- Excerpt written by Kate Raeworth about #Degrowth as a word and
#GeorgeLakoff #cognitive #scientist
"Negative frames don’t win." #Quote
https://web.archive.org/web/20210310004836/http://oxfamblogs.org
/fp2p/why-degrowth-has-out-grown-its-own-name-guest-post-by-
kate-raworth/
#FreeSchool #Quotes #KateRaeworth #Degrowth
#Fascism #Fascist #Trump #Musk + #AltText
💿 #WindowsXP was released on October 25th, 2001
!📅 Happy 24th #Anniversary to Windows XP! 🎈
💾 #Picture #collage for the many #retro #nostalgia pictures inside it!
🎈 And to those still running old Windows #XP - you did well all these years (and #Win7 is still ok I promise!)
Love or hate it - it simply worked for it's time (even when it didn't) and works still now despite other things "a bit better" #Linux #Ubuntu #Mint #LinuxMint.
Still as an old grandma you'd take the Windows XP #CD or #Windows7 CD to install on your own today and nothing else as that #simple!
#Stats for #BlueSky... Is it OVER for #BlueSky ?
#Stats for #BlueSky
Is it OVER for #BlueSky ?
Bluesky downloads drop... drastically after Trump sworn in 2025 Jan and generally not high.
#Metatron #video
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=d6B-Ji7YCX8
#FreeSchool - ➡️ #SimpleX, & #Jitsi seem easiest for various media between people
#Mastodon DM's too work well...
#Fascism and #Fascist are the new trendy words and #morality #porn...
#Fascism and calling people #Fascist are the new trendy trend and stimulating people...
(Serious post / WORK IN PROGRESS)
And it's fine until everyone looses track of what it is and what they are doing using it too quickly in a rather crude and time-wasting way theat encourages more people to do the same... even to avoid doing the hard work of using #positives loving people just a,,, little... bit... more...?
That's it for short version.... below is extra.
Just calling people names again.
#NameCalling / #Haters as a #lifestyle.
And a kind of #moral #porn or confirmation #bias (if I have it right). People want to see more #fascism and point and prod at anything #fascistic - probably from no other better way and not learning how to do something better to prevent these things...It's too clever / high bar to do tht (I admit not easy at all).
Almost like going on a Trump hashtag to check out the latest bad stuff....
Is that you?
Example to show how I'm serious and how serious it is via examples:
BEFORE people got off TV because of all the crap
Internet downloads was see as better to choose some content.
AFTER / Now Internet is worse than TV (it's InternetTV) tracking you, internet-fed adverts, data mining, streaming quality = MASSIVE DATA waste, companies gaining profile on you etc)
➡️ WE DIDN'T SEE THE CHANGE OR SEE THIS LIST ENOUGH
(Not saying it's all bad but over time we maybe don't see it as clearly to becoming fascist ourselves from what we use, who is behind it or what we think is ok! ). We just kept ignoring or clicking ok without reading...
Back to main point:
Now people are calling other fascist or in group others really quickly as fascist when it can be just how they feel someone or something is ignoring things (especially if they don't like it).
I don't mean those fascists that self-identify (at least they are honest) but those that aren't really hierarchical governmental types but people #hammer them (and themselves) as it turns towards themselves...
A bit like calling people a terrorist and it's just for hitting their dog (bad example but terrorist is totally different)
#Left or #Leftism (I have to be careful also) seem TOO EAGER to label and they are often a bit #clueless themselves...
Another example - sayign "spam" for things that are not really:
Calling things #spam when they are not (people don't understand what spam is and calling someone messaging them sincerely with differing options "spam").
Sure some things how BOTH TRUTH's like it's a bit spammy but sincerely asking people to chat is not dishonest or trying to get their credit cards - but if you always assume or don't have ways to check people out - you end up with ALL PEOPLE DISTRUSTING PEOPLE without legitimate way to get themselves out of their own holes they end up digging or back against the wall when nobody is blocking them from getting out but themselves!
Stop looking at #Trump #Elon etc and start personally looking for more acknowledgment and co-creation from each other....
Start #Trust to grow more trust else you up with... [hey I'm not going to say it the first word of this post!]
see my hashtag on how to try a bit of trust...
#FreeSchool (non-commercial)
"We have more in common with each other than we do with them."
#Fediverse and my account show we don't get interactions much -
So I really like and believe the poster's idea and 100% been doing it for near decades in person or online... it's tough...
#AltText #Quote #Quotes #FreeSchool
"We have more in common with each other than we do with them."
#Trust needs trust to start trust... All-in trust is not needed but testing is important and not blocking people off...
#Fear stops people from trying to test things out...
All-in trust is not needed
Starting trust is essential... else many things die.
Most people are just themselves and even need to get better - they are not faking it and it's little loss over the internet if they are...
Trust / Test more... #FreeSchool #AltText
#UK "Right To Offend"... #Quote below
"...proven in a UK court of law now.
Hey, maybe this will help #PalestineAction and #Kneecap as well? 'Precedent' and all... 🔥 🇬🇧 "
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @Lazarou #Quotes
From Post: https://mastodon.social/@Lazarou/115350436408140786
#UniteTheKingdom #Kneecap #PalestineAction #FreeSpeech #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #FlagWankers #RightToOffend
#Law #Court #Conviction #Appeal #FreeSchool
📎 = Clippy weak
🖇️+🖇️ =Clippy strong
Said with love 💌 more than fear...
- #LouisRossmann #Social #Movement called #Clippy❗
📎 ➡️ 🖇️ = #FreeSchool similar #ethos
Human Population causes most Pollution
Population = #Pollution
(Climate Damage & #Emissions)
Less Children
= Less Climate Damage
Don't have children?
Quote below...
"Don't have children.
Reproducing is by far the most carbon-intensive human act."
➡️ Text from: https://mstdn.plus/@gcvsa/115418712318883965
#FreeSchool #Quotes
#Population = #Pollution
#Change #Habits = #ClimateChange
#Human #Babies #Boycott = #Better Climate ☑️
Less Children
= Less Climate Damage
❓ #Fascism ❓= anything "Bad" ❓❓❓ + #AntiFa / #AntiFascist = All Good ❓❓❓
#Fascism = anything "Bad" ⁉️❓
(modern day version incorrectly used)
#Fascistic is better (perhaps but still sometimes too generally...)
#AntiFascist / #AntiFa also a good thing
...but too broadly used by those who generally don't know what it means (to others who also don't know but might accept it as 'bad' which it might be but not specific enought)... similar to #AntiFa or Anti-Fascist - which maybe everyone wants to be but really can't care enough when it comes down to it to do it all themselves / #DIY. It's #virtuesignalling which I accept a #virtuesignal is part of trying and helps accept things enough to try more levels of.
Debate welcome on this #audio...
#Mastodon #Rewards
Some incentive and respect #system towards #more-social / pro-#social #movements in healthy way - because without it you have quiet empty software / shallow posts and no real trust and relationship #building.
So promoting, accepting, using all types of people with a #reward helps increment #trust slowly in the #Fediverse. Let me know what you think of the picture - #FreeSchool
#AltText
An edited picture (from other rewards system) - not real but re-edited towards #respect / #reward given n social for Mastodon #ecosystem etc by sending reward of some kind (doesn't have to be #crypto).
Important parts of Text say "How do I contribute to websites and creators?"
and "puts your privacy over #BigTech's profit... With rewards, you can directly #support websites and #creators"
So creators and people can all get together more and not be so #scared online...
Source re-edited from Brave Rewards:
https://brave.com/brave-rewards/
We need cooperation / acknowledging others... or we die online... (Looking for a 'system' of respect / valuing others for the normal they do)
We need cooperation / acknowledging others... or we die online.
➡️ Even for the normal they do -
Everyone has things they can do more towards others instead of on their own / only as 1-way consumers.
➡️ 2+player-mode!
PLEASE don't treat us all as scammers and hackers - we're not!
If we really can't do cooperation.... how about 'rewards' (of some sort)
(I'm reaching here because we don't know how to accept help or give help or get trust a bit to increment or to talk to each other properly / deeply)
so then...
maybe some reward or 'something' for what we do to give us some "credit" or score for what we love or do already A LOT OF... like 9999 points -
People understand this like #ebay #feedback - it's just text tied to some type of transaction which doesn't have to be financial..... some text translation / audio editing / whatever for others / "This person did this for me and could for you too"
so hear me on this.... as reaching a bit for something else.... if people can't be intelligent to trust each other FIRST and build from that...
The problem is social = without real social. [currently Mastodon etc - it's just software not much organised to BRING people together, expecting unskilled people to make friends - Not happening]
One-way mostly.
We need something like attention for each other to discover what we can do or already do -
I saw "Attention Rewards" or similar
(call it anything)
but towards better communication on a aesthetic way yes but towards the real ways ..... our own version of #feedback tokens or something.... to keep us pumping each other up and doing things for the "us"
(the good individuals and even good businesses like #GrapheneOS phones / #Libreboot #laptops @libreleah etc..). I just saw Leah in her bio say "Judge me on the merits of my words and actions." ⬅️ yes that could be us online as various levels and fields - a #dojo class of various of people helping the upper and lower levels develop nice technique (not to kill each other but gain their respect to in the learning):
So what we are ALREADY looking at and feeling ok about ?
Can we do more of this and call it "Adverts" for us (like a as a #betterbusiness info post link 'advert' to leah?). I don't get any reply from leah so this is a good example both as a good person but also as no way to make friends of strangers or build anything... So what just business?
I don't mean adverts without a cause on #Mastodon but something 1-notch nearer - more than everyone scrambling now to be heard or make money - something that helps us work together since A LOT OF US HAVE TIME but we can't now because you are too scared or always waiting for a bigger '#verified checkmark' style logo system to helps us feel it's ok.
👤 You
(see how easy that was!) It's not about all-in trust and give your wallet over.
There could be a way for #admin to say "This person is ok in conversations I've had" as much as they can or anyone with frequent #experience... with the normal #caveats ....
BUT PLEASE don't treat us all as scammers and hackers - we're not!
I verify you with what I do and love and and you do you what you do and love - we share and verify each other (a bit like #Ubuntu phrase) e interests and with those interests we involve / evolve more people looking at more people's things (which we do anyway but as a movement like an 'OutReach' department of Mastodon or anything which I think it should have to teach people HOW TO BE SOCIAL!! Yes 'don't give credit card details etc!!" but DO TRUST THEM and part of their profile to some extent.
We verify each other anyway.
Why can't we do a bit more together?
I already do "adverts" for others off my own back so it would be nice if I got some recognition and acknowledgment.
This why I'm posting this as I don't exist to many. As many of us are dead or treated as excess to humanity without being professional coders or PhD in something... which could be a waste of time for a lot of what we can pool together like crowd-funding the resources and love for people / things... not just money.
I entertain something else to help us run around a bit more or add visible things we already do just because it's advertised well on this Brave page (still has lots of problems but have a look)
https://brave.com/brave-rewards/#brave-ads-appearance
(SEE PICTURE again with pinch of salt 🧂 )
Something to see respect for ourselves because we don't have it now - something to #credit people as runners / doers which even a dedicated admin person could do (I don't mean just "more adverts" but something like respect #communication and #cooperation #related doing the caring work people
🔈 maybe meetings also and let that be as evidence / practice / trust building even if there are nicknames - just to get things done and ACTUALLY TALK between us as MEASURABLE GOOD (and test ourselves and thoughts). Many of us don't actually do anything! So use us mutually after seeing last few month messages!
Without needing all-in TRUST
- something that we need to increment as #Trust daily (a token is not my 1st choice but you see how people go for it) otherwise we stay far too isolated... so something really better
Or Else... Fediverse ends up not trusting anyone either but a few #Caturday people momentarily
So the learning more about those good connected as THE #work / and adverts (to ourselves) is much like following others) to helps a better #web / #ecosystem...
So not google #syndication etc but our own really transparent flow charts of what we already do and see. #Goodpeople.
Ideally I'd like #Mastodon or projects to help people actually do social (it's quite empty here, plenty of #posts but not real #interaction and inter-personal #solving things, improving language, allowing like-minded strangers to help)...
So this post we about finding what isn't 100% in #Brave but right idea that we need to INVOLVE all good #Fediverse people and 1 by 1 see them for what they are and use them for our causes. Else we wait for slow death as a better twitter and don't actually cooperate together for next steps or finding next steps...
Pic from
https://brave.com/brave-rewards/#brave-ads-appearance only as a guideline to something we could do to respect others... forget the #crypto part if too averse but think #positive things what could help us...
Sanctions against individuals so they can't do business in #USA...
"... political and #economic #warfare against the #UnitedStates and #Israel will no longer be tolerated." #Quote #Quotes
- #Trump #USPol response to
👩 #FrancescaAlbanese
#Palestine #Journalist #HumanRights / #WomenInHistory / WomensHistory etc
+ #AltText
A #Fascist is also one who is part of using #Capitalism thinking it's "OK"...
Let me know what you think with emphasis on #Fascism using people as part of being a #Capitalist - directly and indirectly - not completely 100% but you are more often a big part that, and have a lot of ignorance or ignoring thing to fall within that definition of fascist and then the #extractive #business added on top ( #BigTech / #Tech / #STEM etc ) and perhaps complain about it after...
#IBM used in counting Jewish people in concentration camps and facial recognition being rolled out in Europe being very similar (if these are true) and part of all Tech in wrong hands BECAUSE it was made by people for #war mostly (#drones, #coffee, etc) ☕ ✈️ 📦
#Pyramid #Chains of #Consumption
+ #Musk #Trump #UKPol #USPol etc
⬇️ #Download #videos
(add ss to youtube.com URL)
#youtube #instagram #tiktok etc
#Free #silhouette #animal of #animals #organisms etc for #science etc
Great for #publications and #presentations! 🖼️
Also on #Fediverse the creator!
@phylopic
#science #biology #entomology
#phylopic #research #academia #ScienceResources
#creatures #insects #silhouette #animal #science #art
Freedom. All things towards #Freedom.
Communication pioneer (only as most people don't do it at any depth)
#FreeSchool = #Notes #Quotes (extracts / gems) from great #Books #Videos #Talks #Websites from all around the world towards
TOGETHER & MORE OFTEN DIRECTLY (who else is going to do it?).
#FreeSchool hashtag shows examples what this is about... and can check anytime.
Overall: Moving From Shorter to Deeper intelligence and more Caring thoughts...
( More below if you're able )
#DIY Care (because nobody else is going to as best as you do for those around) - #Caring IS our main #Politics / #Politics and "System" (not a system of cheating each other but caring and what Capitalism is cutting out - this is what we need to put back in and teach to those willing).
#Degrowth / PostGrowth
#WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics
#CaringEconomy / #CareEconomy / #Partnerism
"Free School" is a term for a movement born from the 1960's / 70's using educational living & learning practice towards #Caring & #DIY with all others (all at the same time - not an after-thought or specialism in 1 field or person who is a #compartmentalised person ignoring others in other fields). Caring to involves more things, increasingly aiming towards everything...
Posts are 1-line #Notes and #Quotes that links all other things (it's all relative).
Long comments use CW to shorten post vertically and add a 'show more' button to reveal more text if you want it. Long posts might seem bad but it's giving chance to more connection and understanding.
All things towards #Freedom (life moving from Shorter to Deeper thought).
Freedom doesn't come from short-depth lifestyles / short lines of text / ignoring / #inaction. Not less communication between lovers of similar things. MORE!)
#FreeSchool = Learning Together 🔁
#FreeSchool = Working Together 🔁 (eventually + I do Free work for Freedom.
#FreeSchool = Co-Operating & #DIY Solutions 🔁
See My #FreeSchool (Hashtag) for latest examples anytime. Or keep open and refresh from time to time:
https://qoto.org/web/tags/freeschool
#FreeSchool ➡ Increment Talking + Peacefully solve everything.
TLDR - Inaction = Fascism
Trust comes from "slowly but surely"... Doesn't have to be all-in, but peace doesn't come from one-way short messaging on 'social' Mastodon either - collecting memes and cats only is limited!
Remember we need develop better humans as well as 'develop' code on computers etc.
☮ Peace needs more... even to save all types of cats!
Get in touch - I'm someone that cares for everything because it's all human-related...
Human #chats welcome - I using #Jitsi audio chat which uses JUST browser (ANY PLATFORM + 2minutes to enter !)
(i.e. no-install / no account / no google / instant / privacy-respecting / safe-enough, etc!) Really the best out there - any platform / device! Instant audio chat !
Just ask for a link and prepare a few topics!
#AltText used (when I remember).
FREE WORK - I do free audio and video editing (anything considered - just ask).
Again - Creating Trust needs a bit of trust given "slowly but surely"... not all-in... being relaxed about it... but has to be more - 'working' like a 2nd job towards peace because your job isn't going to do it / it's now allow by State to get there! War increases prices etc ☮
So do "peace" as a side-job like it was your real job in the world, parallel to the Capitalism (Trap) you (we) were born into. We have to accept that and fight out of that and not be comfortable in it.
Heart and Soul all the way.