Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

This article shows that Gmail has become too powerful and is using this power against us:
https://www.tablix.org/~avian/blog/archives/2019/04/google_is_eating_our_mail/

It is time to quit Gmail! ✊ Check out why Tutanota is better: https://www.quora.com/Why-should-I-use-Tutanota-instead-of-Gmail

If we care about #plastic #waste, why won’t we stop drinking #bottled #water? | #Environment | The Guardian

Bottled water is such a con and a triumph of marketing over simple economics.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/28/if-we-care-about-plastic-waste-why-wont-we-stop-drinking-bottled-water

#politics #brexit #facebook #eu #uk #democracy

Carole Cadwalladr: Facebook's role in Brexit – and the threat to democracy

https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_facebook_s_role_in_brexit_and_the_threat_to_democracy#t-903243

Sick people should get medical treatment not because it's 'fair', but because they are sick.

Hungry people should be fed, not because 'fair', but because they're hungry.

Homeless people -> housing, same deal.

So, yeah, forgive student loans. And fix the loan system; it's rapacious.

Fix broken stuff. Relieve suffering. Don't get hung up on fair while others are bleeding out.

@alana Trusting a private corporations centralized proprietary messaging service to have integrity is like trusting McDonalds to serve you nutritious meals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind plays into a lot of things @cosullivan
For example, many animals like corvids and dolphins et alia have a theory of mind.
So, about 25 years ago my best mate died leaving two teens and a wife who had zero idea how to run their business, so I drove up 1.5 hours to that town twice a week for months sorting things out for her.
To this very day I have been loyal to my marriage vows, but my wife assumed I was having an affair.
Why?
Because she was often disloyal and assumed..

Just want to remind our users at #QOTO that Advertising is the one of the only things that'll get you instantly banned here. I've had a lot of advertisers come through, so, fair warning! If I see it, you're on your way out the door!

Love Dave, one of your friendly Mods. <3

#Melting #permafrost in #Arctic will have $70tn climate impact – study | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/23/melting-permafrost-in-arctic-will-have-70tn-climate-impact-study

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange