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Andii

@Andii@mas.to

"To imagine that humans can simply stop being a planet-changing force is unrealistic. Thinking that we might find a way to act responsibly may be just as daft. But it seems to me a better foolishness"
Born at 315 ppm CO2
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5114
I often follow back -but maybe not if there's not much info on the bio or the feeds

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glennf, to random
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"The Tragedy of the Commons" was written by a eugenicist and was effectively debunked as ahistorical fantasy decades ago. More propaganda in the service of privatizing public space and resources. Pass it on. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-tragedy-of-the-tragedy-of-the-commons/

Andii,
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@glennf
"As Susan Cox pointed out, early pastures were well regulated by local institutions. They were not free-for-all grazing sites ...
Many global commons have been similarly sustained through community institutions. This striking finding was the life’s work of Elinor Ostrom, who ...showed the diversity of institutions humans have created to manage our shared environment... humans can deplete finite resources. This often happens when we lack appropriate institutions to manage them."

juergen_hubert, to random German
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Yes, I know everyone around here is tired hearing about Elon Musk and Twitter. But this is funny, I promise! And educational!

https://going-medieval.com/2023/07/26/on-successor-states-and-websites/

Andii,
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@juergen_hubert
I concur. It's a great read.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Capitol Rioter and Oath Keeper Cries and Begs for Home Confinement and Not Prison — The Judge’s Response is PERFECT https://www.politicalflare.com/2023/07/capitol-rioter-and-oath-keeper-cries-and-begs-for-home-confinement-and-not-prison-the-judges-response-is-perfect/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Andii,
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@realTuckFrumper
"It can’t be that dozens of judges got it wrong,” the judge told him, referring to the other judges who rejected the numerous legal challenges after the 2020 election brought by Trump and his Republican cronies. “If you believe in the system, if you believe in democracy, you take the good with the bad.”

Radical_EgoCom, to random

A very poignant question

Andii,
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@Radical_EgoCom Brilliant!

popsci, to random

“Google needs to understand that ‘publicly available’ has never meant free to use for any purpose.” https://t.co/zbT4lIs3An

Andii,
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@popsci Indeed, someone should tell them about, eg, creative commons licenses and the idea that content producers own copyright unless they sign it away.

flexghost, to random
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Every day corporation do something worse and worse and they wind up paying less and less in fines

You want fines? Start at 100% of what they gained from their misdeeds

And if corporations are people then punish them like people. Corporate death penalty (judicial dissolution) for the worst offenders

When the punishment for a crime is a fine then the laws only apply to the poor.

🇺🇸

Andii,
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@flexghost the concept of 'paying their debt to society' should apply.

Andii, to random
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Eeeh. Well. Mastodon has given me a new experience: I tooted a post engaging enough that I've been getting notifications of boosts pretty solidly for over a day now.
Better than a pile-on at the birdsite.

Andii,
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@seachanger That'd be a help, tbh, if it happens again. Though for novelty value it's been an interesting thing to happen.

Radical_EgoCom, to random

A McDonald's franchise attempting slavery

Andii,
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@AndHuman @chefjohn @Radical_EgoCom
un-joined-up thinking

Radical_EgoCom, to random

Well lable me a communist then because Kids shouldn't have to pay for food ever.

Andii,
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@Clutha @Radical_EgoCom Obliquity? -consequence of dominating the media of the planet is that their nutters get more visibility.

Andii, to instagramreality
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Cory Doctorow on the money again: "The problem with, say, Meta, is only partially that Mark Zuckerberg is personally monumentally unsuited to serving as the unelected, unaccountable permanent social media czar for three billion people. The real problem is that no one should have that job. That job shouldn’t exist. We don’t need to find a better Mark Zuckerberg. We need to abolish Mark Zuckerberg."

antlerboy, to random
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So if this is who Threads think I should connect to, I don't think the Facebook company's data harvesting is really that effective.

Andii,
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@antlerboy I always rejoice a little when recommendations or ad's are 'so not me'. It means I've evaded the algorithm for the time being. Small victory but savoured.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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Every weekend in the press at the moment I seem to find one or other prominent and/or political commentator, claiming that:

[policy x] is not working, but that's because [policy x] hasn't been implemented in the way it should... it must be done as I intended.

From , to , from to , somehow those who were instrumental in imposing the 'solutions' on us, think they can escape blame by claiming 'its not being done properly'!

Andii,
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I think we need a decent 'civics' strand to secondary education.
@Annekin @Sc0tty @autoerot1ca @ChrisMayLA6

Andii,
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@autoerot1ca
Hard not to think you may be right in suggesting it.
cc
@Annekin @Sc0tty @ChrisMayLA6

damianogerli, to random
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I'll take "things that didn't age well" for 500$

Andii,
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@damianogerli The before of .

Radical_EgoCom, to random

It's sad that this is possibly accurate.

Andii,
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@Radical_EgoCom It's interesting how often our background assumption is that other civilisations would be more 'Star Trek, Federation' than Ferengi, say.

Andii,
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@wilbr @duckwhistle @Radical_EgoCom Do read Cixin Liu's Dark Forest for a further, disturbing, take on other civilisations 'out there'. (I'm agnostic on the question, btw).

Radical_EgoCom, to random

Does this story make you feel good, or does it make you feel sick to your stomach?

Andii,
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A CEO saw one of their employees dumpster diving in the dark, buys them a lamp to see by. Another CEO sees their employee doing likewise, and says to themself, "I'm obviously paying my employess too little" and both feeds the employee and asks them what a wage would be that would enable them to live with dignity. They then return to their office and raise the wage levels of all their employees to living levels.
Which of those CEO's was a good neighbour to the dumpster divers?
@Radical_EgoCom

LauraKT, to random
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I don't see how anyone could read this and disagree 👇

https://normalislandnews.substack.com/p/thames-water-collapse-proves-only

Andii,
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@LauraKT This nicely channels my sense of outrage, resignation and wry comments.

stux, (edited ) to random
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It still takes a while before Meta(P92) joins the Fediverse and the recent times we have read a lot of things from both sides

Polls are not super reliable but maybe it will give a better overall picture of what you, the people using these platforms want

The result will not be the definite outcome for us but I do take it into heavy consider because I love you all very much!

"Would YOU want to federate with Meta's new platform?"

Andii,
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@stux The 'no' could change to 'yes but...' if there was a strong legal way to make sure that Meta wouldn't be scraping our data or making money from users outside of Meta.

Andii, to random
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"The most tantalizing feature of the ancient Indus Valley remains is what they appear to lack: any trace of a ruling class or managerial elite. ... here was a stable, prosperous civilization that appeared to remain that way for centuries without a state, without priest-kings or merchant oligarchs, and without a rigid caste system or warrior class. How did they manage it?"
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/26/why-are-archaeologists-unable-to-find-evidence-for-a-ruling-class-of-the-indus-civilization/

SrRochardBunson, to random

Dealer's choice.

Andii,
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@SrRochardBunson there's a yacht shop (I did you not) down the way from us. I'd love to have stickers of this to help them with their window manifestations.

Andii,
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Nice thought: appreciated.
Though they're vinyl, so open to the 'hypocrisy' charge. I may need to make a stencil and blow chalk dust ...
@SrRochardBunson

Andii,
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@SrRochardBunson ... or blowing hard, at least 😉 🤔

evacide, to random
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I don't understand the people who told me I would get more conservative with age. The more powerful I become, the more angry I get at the people who abuse their power and the more aware I become of the ways in which systemic oppression functions.

Andii,
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@evacide Snap! I have in the past written and said very similar words. Add twenty years. I think it's about paying attention, not age.

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