In honour of #SchumacherCollege, a place that changed my life, on the occasion of its sudden closure.
And of its successors, carrying the fire onwards:
https://www.darkoptimism.org/2024/08/31/death-and-rebirth-farewell-dear-schumacher-college-hello-new-friends/
#ClimateDiary 2/2 I have been struggling in recent months with feeling really hope- and helpless regarding climate action (and much else). But now feel that there is also strength in this realisation, so much still that we can do for each other and the world even when the bigger picture is incredibly bleak. Then yesterday listened to @DarkOptimism talking about #DarkOptimism - and this term captures it perfectly. Thank you, Shaun!
https://www.ecogather.sterlingcollege.edu/surviving-the-future
USPol <-> EUPol Summary Comments
USPol <-> EUPol Some Comments
👤💬 Erik Haugen @ech ...
⭐ "...US giving them just enough weapons to keep fighting but in inadequate quantities or with too many restrictions to actually win seems like the worst possible thing we could be doing."
⭐ "Also Trump was right on in saying Europe should deal with this; they easily could if they had the resolve. Follow Poland's lead."
👤💬 🎓 Doc Freemo
🇳🇱 @freemo ...
" You don't talk to your enemies out of a sense of trust..."
" A violated treaty gives you justification and a right to retaliation you wouldn't otherwise have. "
👤💬 holgerpatzelt @holgerpatzelt ....
" It is naive to believe that Putin would negotiate unless to his advantage "
" Let make it clear: there is a Nazi Party that won over 30 percent of the votes in the state around Berlin and two south of it.
Democracy is not a matter of course. "
The company I am CTO at is hiring for #NixOS experts. IF there are any out there looking for a job (100% remote doesnt matter where you are), let me know!
#AI #Tech -The distancing from people is eventually the whole problem...
I understand why now... the distancing from people is eventually the whole problem... that is why I write sometimes about Tech,...
By giving and getting work without having chance to talk to the creator or people we are missing link that is important... while many don't want the attention or time-consumption, we must be aware the initial reasons and care in the creation also gets lost by distancing or treating people as disposable units...
So people can get replaced and we can become unsure why people are even there... because the passion and being of a person isn't easily seen through Capitalism or from distance and actually gets lost during these processes even if "top quality" and "maximum" is achieved as bad exchange or over-kill since we could still achieve a lot keeping the passionate builders in the frame a bit more...
SUPPORTING #QUOTE about #AI but it is what people in Capitalism are doing anyway (just faster now)
" ...we’re able to get access to what colleagues are producing without needing to actually engage with them”. "
Introducing #SUSE Typeface: SUSE’s new open sourced font
#adminlife #opensource #linux
https://www.suse.com/c/introducing-suse-typeface-new-open-sourced-font
OFF GRID COMMENTS / TIRED CITY PEOPLE
OFF GRID PEOPLE
My husband and I are moving off grid in a couple of months here. I'm so sick of everyday life...to most people that sounds terrible but I just mean I want to have the work I do count. I want to have my husband feel good mentally and physically for the work he does and I want my children to not be self centered, ungrateful brats<<<that's tough when everything around them screams you need this, you need MORE
2 years ago | [YT] | 20
@JessIcaMessika
https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=tkZoUuAqRhk&t=0
#Invidious Status
Heute: 17 / 27 (stabil auf hohem Niveau)
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https://invidious.materialio.us
https://invidious.reallyaweso.me
https://invidious.privacyredirect.com
https://invidious.jing.rocks
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de
https://invidious.perennialte.ch
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https://invidious.projectsegfau.lt
WE JUST WANT TO BE LOVED.
WITHOUT #LOVE IN THE #SYSTEM
IT'S #POINTLESS... [ 💔 +🤑 ]
While my neighbours spend their time hunting for weed, removing moss from cracks, maniacally attempting the „perfect“ lawn, I go on creating hiding places, nesting places, drinking places, shadow places, wet places, warm places, feeding places and more for other life forms. I have discovered joy in fomenting #nature and #biodiversity even in a small area as where I live.
Nothing is done anymore in the garden without giving a thought about how others benefit or lose from it.
SHOPPING STORIES & SWINDLES
"...raising prices and not posting them is now a profitable business practice."
- Boxcars ➡️ @boxcars #Quote #ShoppingStory #Story #BoxCars
@boxcars Though that was Batman for a second.
So there has been a breakthrough in my retail price adventure.
This windy winter morning, with small flakes of snow tumbling sideways, I went for more on-sale apples at the local grocer chain. Bagged, presented, and accompanied with several yes pleases, I gently offered on-sale apples to the checkout, positioned myself at the display, facing away from the human operator. Wrong price I said aloud, and knew I only had less than a minute. Off she stormed, to the produce area to check the displayed price. I ran to keep up, asking her how I could help her solve this problem. Anger had flooded her face, I only had a few more seconds, 'maybe I could talk to a manager and get this fixed for all of us?' Then she was gone. I was sure that I had failed.
I returned to the customer chute.
She returned, lips pursed, said a few words to her colleague in groceryspeak. Without looking anywhere her fingers slammed the sequence of commands to cancel and correct. Then it happened, the other checkout turned to me and said softly, the senior manager watches Yelp closely, if you post a poor review there then we have a chance. Ok, maybe she didnt say we. Hooboy, I couldn't believe it. Yes, yes, I had a Yelp account, passed down to me by my naive-webself from twenty years ago. This could work, we could have displayed prices that match register prices.
My checkout was now smiling at me. And the store manager was approaching, I did my best ten second elevator speech about proper charges using the glowing blank register screen as a prop, unfolded my arms to virtually embrace all the people around me harmed by this careless process of putting food on sale and charging full price. A customer was staring at me. The store manager had a sort of monotone response, mumbling yes, and, I see. And away he went, the store manager, disappearing around the aisle of
beers, each with colorful, pleasant missives upon them. Later I posted my message in a Yelp bottle and threw it into the Internet sea. This might work.
US billionaires paid less tax than their secretaries in 2018
Under pressure from corporate giants and the super-rich, our governments have cut taxes on the wealthiest corporations and individuals to record lows at a time of record wealth.
For the first time, in 2018, US billionaires paid less tax than their secretaries.
Reference: Saez, E. and Zucman, G., The Triumph of Injustice (W.W. Norton, 2019)
Source: https://taxjustice.net/take-back-control/#reprogramming/reprogram3
#Money #Tax #Robbery #Legal #Loops #Taxes #Governments #USPol #EatTheRich #US #Billionaires
#BUSINESS IS #DIRTY #EXTRACTION (OF VARIOUS KINDS)
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Pollution #Environment #Climate #Governments #Company
#FreeSchool = #Notes #Quotes from #Books #Videos #Talks #Websites all around #DIY Care# and #Caring as our main #Politics / #Politics
#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.