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duckwhistle

@duckwhistle@mastodon.org.uk

Returning Mastodon dabbler.
Interested in: UK politics. Constitutional and Electoral reform. Green energy. Technology being used to improve quality of life, rather than profitability of companies. Psychology of depression and motivation.
Fantasy, sci-fi, horror.
mmorpgs.

https://change.libdems.org.uk/protect-our-rights?recruiter_id=855700

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Skembear, to random
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UK government funded anti-LGBTQ+ organisation in Uganda, says report | Global development | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/26/uk-government-funding-anti-lgbtq-organisation-in-uganda-says-report

duckwhistle,
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@DrALJONES @PamCrossland @Skembear it's still our money. Governments without a people to govern can't spend money into existence. The people are effectively what gives the money value.
Besides, they sure as hell make sure the people pay off debts when their government's borrow money. It's never those in the government who are held responsible.

caseynewton, to random
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The obvious next step for Twitter is to announce that if you subscribe to Blue no one will be able to block you

duckwhistle,
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@caseynewton there's already a chrome extension that auto blocks everyone with a blue tick.
If it gets popular enough to draw attention, I'm sure melon husk will use it as justification for making blue ticks unblock able.

penguin42, (edited ) to random
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UK people only:

duckwhistle,
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@penguin42 I didn't get the alert because I had disabled that feature on my phone.

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.

duckwhistle,
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@Natanael_L @mkj @dlakelan @stevesplace @evacide I can't name the source but I read in a book about misleading statistics, that average life expectancy of adults (everyone over 21) in 1900s Britain was actually well over 60.

aral, to politics
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Political spectrum, TL; DR:

Libertarian socialism/anarchism: “Fuck hierarchy!”

Right libertarianism: “Fuck your (state) hierarchy, long live my (corporate) hierarchy!”

Authoritarian socialism: “Fuck your (corporate) hierarchy, long live my (state) hierarchy!”

Centrism: “Fuck you, I got mine!”

duckwhistle,
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@aral it seems to me Libertarianism is now almost exclusively used to describe right wing ideology. There's an often used left wing term of Social Liberalism, but "libertarian socialism" is almost a historical term, mainly used to describe people who self described as libertarian socialists, during the early years of libertaian though.
At least in the English speaking world, I couldn't speak to cultures were libertarian socialist structures are more prevalent.

duckwhistle, to random
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Recommended reading to all new Mastodon users
Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
https://fedi.tips/

duckwhistle, to random
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electoral and constitutional reform slactivist.
Would like to be more active in local politics but I'm too busy procrastinating, taking care of my two young daughters, working, and maintaining a household. (In order of time apportioned).

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