Brendanjones

FantasticalEconomics, 12 days ago to Economics

We really need to rethink our capitalistic obsession of running things like a business. Cutting costs to increase profits obviously doesn't make sense in areas of education, healthcare, public utilities, and prisons, to name just a few.

Hell, Boeing is making a strong case that it doesn't even make sense for businesses to be run like a business, much less these public goods...

#economics

renchap, 18 days ago (edited 18 days ago) to mastodon

We just published our first Trunk & Tidbits post! This will hopefuly be a monthly update where we showcase what we worked on last month, and what's coming next.

I hope this will bring more visibility to all the efforts and love that put on Mastodon

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/05/trunk-tidbits-april-2024/

#mastoadmin #mastodev #mastodon

NamelessCynic, 21 days ago to random

Legit snark.

quillmatiq, 22 days ago to fediverse

I wrote about how E2EE DMs are becoming a very real possibility for the social web. This would mean that #Fediverse users could potentially open DMs to mutuals across the social web without needing a separate account.

Very excited to see where @evan and @tomcoates take this research. More in the link below 👇🏼

https://social.wedistribute.org/objects/a94ead6d-6d50-4753-aeda-32ff016181a0

glynmoody, 23 days ago to random

#Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/may/02/methane-emissions-gas-flaring-hidden-satellite-monitors-oil-gas when you think dirty #fossilfuels can't get any more evil, they do...

thisismissem, 26 days ago to mastodon

”But Mastodon also has [...] a lot on its plate including integration with Threads“

It's lines like this that makes me completely unable to take those calling for a hard fork of Mastodon seriously.

All Mastodon do for Threads is the same they for any fediverse developer having issues federating with them. (And there's certainly limits to that)

Along with perhaps writing more FEPs to standardize behaviour, which benefits everyone

#mastodon

remixtures, 26 days ago to Bulgaria Portuguese

#EU #AI #GenerativeAI #GDPR #OpenAI #ChatGPT: "In the EU, the GDPR requires that information about individuals is accurate and that they have full access to the information stored, as well as information about the source. Surprisingly, however, OpenAI openly admits that it is unable to correct incorrect information on ChatGPT. Furthermore, the company cannot say where the data comes from or what data ChatGPT stores about individual people. The company is well aware of this problem, but doesn’t seem to care. Instead, OpenAI simply argues that “factual accuracy in large language models remains an area of active research”. Therefore, noyb today filed a complaint against OpenAI with the Austrian DPA."

https://noyb.eu/en/chatgpt-provides-false-information-about-people-and-openai-cant-correct-it

burger_jaap, 1 month ago to random

A great and insightful article on European developments in bi-directional charging / #V2G from an Australian perspective.

https://thedriven.io/2024/04/24/major-car-makers-are-rolling-out-v2g-plans-this-year-is-australia-ready/

eunews, 1 month ago to random

EU Parliament ratifies Right to Repair Directive

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted in favour of the Right to Repair Directive on Tuesday (23 April), aimed at improving consumer access to repair services in order to reduce waste.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/eu-parliament-ratifies-right-to-repair-directive/

aral, 1 month ago to random

“I don’t understand why everything is so fucked up and we seem incapable of fixing any of it!”

This is because you believe you live in a democracy when you actually live under capitalism.

(And it is functioning exactly as designed.)

PS. Not your fault; you’ve been taught your whole life that the two are complementary when they’re diametrically-opposed.

#capitalism #versus #democracy

Snoro, 1 month ago to conservative

Growth in plastic production alone will doom international climate goals. Even if every other source of greenhouse gas emissions – transportation, electricity, agriculture, heavy industry, etc. – were to miraculously and completely decarbonize in 2024, at current growth rates, primary plastic production alone would completely consume the global carbon budget as early as 2060 and no later than 2083

https://www.pressenza.com/2024/04/new-data-plastic-production-must-be-cut-by-12-to-17-per-year-to-avoid-catastrophic-climate-change/

#plastic #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

MarieVC, 1 month ago to random

Yesterday I took part in a second day of citizens' deliberation organised by Real Deal (Brussels), this time with a feminist lens and the tools of the Women Engage for a Common Future team.

I wasn't able to attend the afternoon of proposals writing, but the morning of discussions and networking was fascinating and energising. It's so good to work on what brings us together, while drawing on our differences!

#ClimateDiary #WomenEngageForACommonFuture #CitizensDeliberation #RealDeal

amin, 1 month ago to random

With a beautiful logo designed by the one, the only, the amazing @joel, I think Clew is almost ready to go into a public beta! 🎉

Just a few final touches to make.

Brendanjones, 1 month ago to random

Now that quote posts are coming (confirmed by Renaud https://oisaur.com/@renchap/112299860209222424 ), I think it important that we have agreed upon acceptable usage.

Quote posts can be an amazing tool – there's a good reason they're so requested – but they also have the potential to add massive amounts of toxicity.

Gargron recognised this years ago: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/99662106175542726

So here's my proposal for the Do's and Dont's of quote posting on Mastodon. Please boost!

🧵 Thread time:

renchap, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Nobody seems to have noticed it but the Mastodon project have been granted funding by @NGIZero in the Entrust fund.

This is amazing, but the best part is that this funding is targeted at implementing… Quote Posts 🎉

This effort started several months ago and we already did some preliminary work, but this will be a big feature for our next 4.4 version. This funding will cover the ActivityPub work, as well as backend, web frontend and official mobile app implementation.

Natlie, 1 month ago to random

Hi I’m Nat, mum of 3, active traveller, 20+ years working in sustainability. Head of SD & Climate Change at Transport for Wales. Chair of Down to Zero, Board member: Fairtrade Wales & Groundwork Wales and SD Advisory Panel Member at FAW. #introduction

toddmedema, 1 month ago to solar

A great piece on agrivoltaics - using the same land for both solar power and farming or ecology restoration https://medium.com/symbiotica/solar-power-occupies-a-lot-of-space-heres-how-to-make-it-more-ecologically-beneficial-to-the-0d0958f8767e

#solar #CleanEnergy #Solarpunk #LandUse #ClimateSolutions

joecardillo, 1 month ago to random

I've been reading @404mediaco for a few months and just became an annual subscriber, for a few reasons:

• Big Tech is good at PR (+tech startups emulate this) so we need independent journalists who understand that technical/social landscape

• 404 Media is owned by the reporters, and we need more cooperative & collective news publications

• They are covering things no one else does esp. about the impacts of AI on both our culture and basic safety

greenmobilitymagazine, 1 month ago to random

European Parliament Advances Single European Sky Reform for Enhanced Airspace Management and Environmental Sustainability https://ibexpub.media/european-parliament-advances-single-european-sky-reform-for-enhanced-airspace-management-and-environmental-sustainability/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Lylamehta, 1 month ago to climate

This is huge

European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction

"The court said Switzerland's efforts to meet its emission reduction targets had been woefully inadequate.

It is the first time the powerful court has ruled on global warming."

#ClimateChange #ClimateDiary

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68768598

MarieVC, 1 month ago to Europe

"Climate activists seek breakthrough human rights court ruling against European states"

via @Luigiprosperi (Bluesky)

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-activists-seek-breakthrough-human-rights-court-ruling-against-european-2024-04-09/

#Europe #ClimateAction #ClimateInaction #ClimateDiary

dantleech, 1 month ago to random

Almost afraid to ask because it's a fun project, but are there any open source tools which can plot a GPX on OSM map tiles and export to an image/PDF?

Context: plotting maps for the local running club.

pixelfed, 1 month ago to Pixelfed

✨ Pixelfed open sources mobile app

We're refactoring the mobile app to prepare for the app store, and have published the source code!

It's not much yet, but check again in 12 hours 😎

https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed-rn

#pixelfed #mobileApp

urlyman, 1 month ago to random

Disappointing:
the latest episode of Macrodose bills itself as a ‘roundtable’ on

The Economics of the Green Transition

but spends two thirds of its 70 minutes on the wonkish dynamics of electricity markets before it gets to considering any of the foundational questions upon which the entire discussion ought to be based

https://overcast.fm/+8dw_u71Ew

Krupp, 1 month ago to Futurology

Fascinating article from IEEE Spectrum that discusses the carbon footprint of software and how we can both measure and improve it: https://spectrum.ieee.org/green-software

The benefit is not only less carbon, but following some of the principles that are outlined can decrease costs and improve efficiency.

The article references tools such as Firefox Profiler and Ecograder as well as an open source Sustainable Software Engineering course.

#computing #computerscience #softwareengineering #sustainability