From the climate impact alone, I wouldn’t touch Bitcoin with a bargepole .
“Bitcoin alone is estimated to consume 127 terawatt-hours (TWh) a year — more than many countries, including Norway. In the United States, cryptocurrency activity is estimated to emit from 25 to 50 million tons of CO2 each year, on par with the annual emissions from diesel fuel used by US railroads.”
(via Rocky Mountain Institute)
The least-worst coin is #Monero :monero: but only because it's developers actually do give a damn and designed it to be a #Payment system and not a #Gambling tool for sociopathic assholes!
My single biggest gripe about neurotypical people is the profound reluctance that so many of them have towards learning about neurodiversity, autism in particular. Most cannot be bothered to read one Wikipedia article about us, even knowing that one of their acquaintances is autistic and needs them to understand.
I am not trans, but I take the time to learn about trans people, from trans people, so I can better understand the unique difficulties they face. I also do the same for races other than my own, genders other than my own, nationalities other than my own, religions other than my own, neurotypes other than my own, disabilities other than my own, etc. If one disabled, exhausted, and socially encumbered person can find the time to actively learn about and from all these groups, then I can say with confidence that it is not too much to ask the same from a neurotypical person regarding just one. But when I ask for it, I only get excuses and conversational redirections.
It's a damning indictment of the selfishness of Western society that despite living in a pandemic that has killed tens of millions of people, we haven't even learned to normalize wearing a mask or staying home when we are sick, regardless of what bug you might have.
Why do drivers think this is acceptable? Entire car driven onto pavement, at a pedestrian crossing, for added insult. Regular occurrence at this student block on Dundee Street.
we are never going back to the world the way it was before COVID. we are not in a world where it's safe for you or people around you to stop masking, and there's no reason to believe we'll ever be in such a world again.
2023 represents a qualitative jump in all climate indicators, and the consequences we see—the wildfires, the heatwaves, the droughs, the floods etc.—will not stop. they will only accelerate.
there is no return to "normal". mourn the world that was, so that you can see with clarity the world that is, and be ready for it.
@ramonita that's because we're ruled by antisocial #Wankers that take pride in comitting #democide by inaction and refusing to enforce basic, fact-based quarantine regulations.
We could've gotten rid of this shit if we took it as serious as said #SARS infection it really is.
Instead assholed destroyed the few pandemic and epidemic protections that were codified.
And I've completely run out of spoons at this point!
On my way back home tonight, a car was parked in the cycle lane. I rang my bell as I passed it and saw a lady on her phone sitting in the driver seat.
I said "This is a bike lane, you can't park here"
She ignored me.
I stopped in front of her car and took my phone out, snapped a picture of her car.
She immediately drove away.
I did too.
3 minutes later she appeared next to me, slowed down to my speed and yelled "why did you take my photo?"
@EricLawton@pezmico it's what I call "#DeathStrip" because it's more lethal than the #GDR's border whilst forcing cyclists into the #dooringzone and incentivizing illegally tight takeovers by cars.
Trump’s Fascism Is Only Capitalism Dressed To Look Like Democracy
President Trump’s fascist plan to consolidate power includes taking over independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.
These agencies are responsible for enforcing antitrust law and consumer protection rules, respectively, and regulating the television and internet industries, respectively.
It's been over 30 years since the first major UN report on the dangers of climate change. Many scientists knew what was happening even before then, and had warned governments and corporations about the risks of continuing with Business As Usual.
And what was the response?
Not only was there no serious attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — "No, sorry, we can't do that" — instead our so-called leaders doubled down, greatly increasing their use of fossil fuels!
Global greenhouse gas emissions have reached a record high amid an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, according to a new study.
From 2013 to 2022, “human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of more than 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade,” fifty top scientists warned on Thursday in a sweeping climate science update.
The findings would appear to close the door on capping global warming under the 2015 Paris Agreement’s ambitious 1.5C target, long identified as a guard rail for a relatively climate-safe world, albeit one still roiled by severe impacts.
Crass Americans with too much money are moneywanking in front of a scientist, assuming that their impressive money will convince him to perform in a debate with barbarians. They believe that everyone else must love their big swinging money as much as they do, because it’s so big and money, they can’t understand that the scientist may have other motivations.
Why can’t they just send unsolicited dick pics like normal men?
1/34 This started out as a much shorter thread about a related topic, but Something Happened and now it's a #LifeHack#instructional thread on keeping your house comfortable and saving #money and the #environment, through the magic of air movement. It's also timely, what with it being the start of the northern-hemisphere summer and southern-hemisphere winter.
15/34 So if you see "AC induction motor" on a ceiling fan's box or datasheet, you know two things:
One, it's just a cheap shaded-pole motor, and you don't want it.
And two, that manufacturer is lying to you and you shouldn't trust them with your money, on this product or any other, even if that other product hasn't been pumped up as something it isn't by the #wankers in #marketing.