GhostOnTheHalfShell

GhostOnTheHalfShell, 5 days ago to climate

IIRC, turbulence is another little hazard of a warmer climate. It might just reduce air flight.

https://youtu.be/uak-Zm4qhBk

#climatechange

GottaLaff, 5 days ago to random

Many of us have been sounding the alarm on this for years.

Welp.

Via Kyle Griffin:

In an interview with KDKA-TV, #Trump says he's "looking at" policies that would restrict access to #contraceptives

georgelakoff, 6 days ago to random

Trump is telling us exactly what he plans to do if he gets another term. He is framing his return to power as an authoritarian effort, and he is overtly using Nazi language and symbolism to drive home the point.

This wasn't a mistake. It isn't a joke. American freedom and democracy are on the line in 2024. The main headline in Trump's ad asks: "What's Next for America?" Trump's answer: authoritarianism and fascism.

More at FrameLab: https://www.theframelab.org/unified-reich-trump-campaign-goes-full-nazi/

molly0xfff, 6 days ago to ai

back in my day we called this spyware

#AI #privacy #Microsoft

GhostOnTheHalfShell, 6 days ago to Bulgaria

#diem25 #eu

In German. Enable subtitles if you need them. Says it all really.

https://youtu.be/sArEHbEgBTc

jeffjarvis, 6 days ago to random

"In a large part of American political discourse, overt cynicism is the currency of sophistication....The disturbing truth is that there’s probably more sincerity than not in American politics. We may not want to believe it, but most of the people in charge say what they mean and mean what they say." - @jbouie
Justice Alito Is a True Believer https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/opinion/alito-flag-stop-the-steal.html?smid=tw-share

ChrisMayLA6, 6 days ago to ai

If employers have been unable to prosper due to a skills shortage then that AI may be enhance productivity looks like good news....

But, if employers are unable to find staff because they don't pay enough & offer rubbish working conditions, then a move to AI will confirm capitalists want to replace workers with technology, as they have done before, but now in the service sector(s).

If you're a Keynsian you'll now be wondering about 'effective demand'!

#workers #AI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/21/productivity-soars-in-sectors-of-global-economy-most-exposed-to-ai-says-report

notsle, 6 days ago to random

#redlobster

GhostOnTheHalfShell, 6 days ago to random

@economics@a.gup.pe

I call bullshit on Friedman for every having written this. This shit should never have been allowed to survive. Get this atrocity out of here.

"Truly important and significant hypotheses will be found to have "assumptions" that are wildly inaccurate descriptive representations of reality, and, in general, the more significant the theory, the more unrealistic the assumptions (in this sense) (p. 14)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_in_Positive_Economics#The_Methodology_of_Positive_Economics

ChrisMayLA6, 6 days ago to random

Lets be absolutely clear - at the centre of the infected blood scandal, as so many other 'scandals' involving institutions riding rough-shod over the interests & well-being of ordinary people (see the posted list & additions in my timeline over the weekend) is one thing:

People in power lying to those whose lives have been ruined.

LYING... not making mistakes, not misunderstanding... LYING.

This is the culture that infects our political & social 'elites'; being (very) comfortable lying to us!

GhostOnTheHalfShell, 6 days ago to climate

#climatechange

@breadandcircuses

Blair has an interesting video (and article) discussion efficiency paradox.

36 min video (I think blair posted its companion article on his website)

Another angle on why energy efficiency and renewables are not quite the way to adopt to climate change. It’s the mode of basic subsistence that is most urgently needed, all that ecological restoration and green (biomass in cities) stuff because it’s different kind of efficiency.

https://mastodon.online/

lemay, 6 days ago to retrocomputing

I cannot date this, but apparently some time in the distant past (possibly 80’s?) the International Harvester tractor company used punch cards for inventory and parts ordering.
#retrocomputing #farming

jackofalltrades, 7 days ago to random

In the past, countries used fossil fuels to develop, as these happened to be the energy sources available. Now we have renewables, so we can abandon fossil fuels.

Environmental destruction is not inherent to industrial civilization, but is caused by capitalism. The growth imperative is a feature of capitalism and not part of any unchanging human nature.

By adopting a different economic/political system we can resolve all ecological tensions.

Is this story true? How would I know if it is?

blair_fix, 9 days ago to random

Counterintuitively, efficiency is not a tool for conservation. It's a catalyst for technological sprawl.

Here's my deep dive into the Jevons paradox.

https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/05/18/a-tour-of-the-jevons-paradox-how-energy-efficiency-backfires/

FantasticalEconomics, 14 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