Florian Lütkewitte @monotrox99@qoto.org

"You can't recycle your way out of climate change. You can't shop your way out of monopoly. Systemic problems need systemic solutions.

What the individual can do is think of themself as part of a movement. If you join a movement, then you and the people with you can make change. But not you on your own."

—Cory Doctorow @pluralistic

bin kein Physiker, aber 1,5t schwere Klötze aus Metall und Plastik kilometerweit durch enge Städte fahren zu lassen, um durchschnittlich 1,2 Personen zu befördern, klingt irgendwie nach einer scheiss Idee, egal womit es angetrieben wird

In der Ukraine wird deutlich: Auch Männer erfahren im Krieg sexualisierte Gewalt. Warum der Umgang damit so schwerfällt, erklärt Yuriy Nesterko. http://www.taz.de/!5903500/

I find it interesting to see, by a kind of revealed preference, what people really value via what qualities about someone they criticize or insult.

E.g., in the progressive circles I run in everybody agrees that body shaming is wrong, but shaming people for having having body parts or disabilities that don't match the standard masculine ideal is their go-to default insult, so it's pretty clear they don't mean it when they say all bodies are ok or even that trans men are real men.

Americans lose more money to civil asset forfeiture than to burglary every year now, and the wage theft dwarf that.

You're far more likely to to be robbed by your employers and the police than you are by your neighbours.

Humanity has historically eaten 6,000 plants; now we eat mostly NINE: This is a great (scary) story from Bloomberg on how global diets have converged on a few crops in a few decades – with many alarming implications. Well told (super smart graphics!) #food #climate
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-global-diet-homogeneous-food-security-risk/?cmpid=BBD010523_prognosis&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=230105&utm_campaign=prognosis&leadSource=uverify%20wall

Wenn die Katastrophe richtig kickt wird das aber nicht so bleiben. Dieses System funktioniert nur mit halbwegs stabilem und nicht zu heißem Klima. Wer näht denn unsere Billigtshirts, wenn Bangladesh nicht mehr ist? Wie funktionieren denn die Lieferketten wenn ständig irgendwo ein Sturm oder eine Flut Produktionsstätten zerstört? Corona war da nur ein kleiner Vorgeschmack. 2/x

Facts are facts.

Was für ein großartiges apokalyptisches Foto von @mariusmichusch

“Young people these days can’t afford housing, health care, or college because they eat too many avocado toasts, drink too much, and go to too many concerts”

Data: ❌ ❌ ❌

https://www.axios.com/millennial-spending-income-demographics-trends-153a5f33-7f56-4f1d-b72b-501e30ae6003.html #avocado #avocadotoast #inflation #highered #healthcare #studentdebt #debt #affordablehousing #sociology