People in the top 1% of the consumption distribution bear a disproporionate responsibility for CO2 emissions and thus for climate change. And aviation is a major part of this. (Source:@zoe_institute) 5/
Doesn't it bother anyone that the winning #podcasts of the recently announced #Signal Awards feature some illustrious names such as JJ Abrams, HBO Max, Trevor Noah, Netflix, Viola Davis, Al Jazeera, and ABC News?
What exactly are these awards celebrating? Big budgets?
Can we at least have a #category for truly independent #podcasters working on shoe-string budgets? Or is #podcasting also doomed to be overrun by the mainstream?
I DON'T WANT SELF DRIVING CARS!!!!
✔️ I want boring things like public transit that comes so regularly I don't need to check a schedule.
✔️ I want fast passenger rail so accessible and easy it's preferable to suffering airports.
✔️ I want cities that aren't built around cars-as-default
✔️ I want the country to own it.
whoa and also thanks Stuff for making knotwords their mobile game of the year ! holy moly
https://www.stuff.tv/award/the-stuff-gadget-awards-2022-mobile-app-and-game-of-the-year/
Actual conversation I had…
Me: Billionaire philanthropy is nothing more than PR. Tax billionaires.
Troll: Lol you trust the Govt to spend our money?
Me: Yes, the Govt is elected by We the People, and therefore is accountable to us and can be voted out.
Troll: Govt is bought.
Me: Bought by who?
Troll: By billionai—...😳
Me: ...🤔
Troll: Ok, Tax billionaires.
He/Him. Molecular scientist, Postdoc at Stanford. Plays with flies for a living.
I'm interested in too many things for the time a lifetime has. Some of them: board games, RPGs, music, playing my guitar, learning new languages, TV shows, tech and visiting new places.
I toot in English and Spanish.