finally read this book, it’s kinda testament to the power of relationship, relentless reporting, and telling the fierce fucking truth, recommended reading #bookstodon https://share.libbyapp.com/title/4754363
just glanced at this #openai tag and imagining if we applied this level of innovation and resources to neighborhood scale organic food systems or healing generational trauma
we could be figuring out how to cooperatively source half the food we eat within a 5 min walk or working to eliminate the root causes of violence and oppression buried deep in our psyches but instead we’ve decided to prioritize the burning of ancient carboniferous life forms in order to make inert parts poorly mimic basic human functions I do not get it
the word technology means more than money and computers! it is not advancing technology to apply human ingenuity to harmful or meaningless inventions while denying catastrophic and unprecedented climate collapse
I see ryan grim’s deconstructed pod is covering Covid vaccine injuries which is great and should be covered but like I don’t think he’s ever covered long covid etc or the public health paradigm shift it’s taken to bury it? far more widespread right
since i've been posting about credit card transaction fees, someone commented about debit cards as an alternative. i looked, and for most e-commerce, debit cards are processed with the same fees as credit cards (right now averaging 2.9% plus .30). most of our retail commerce is being taxed by corporations at unnecessarily high rates with no practical choice given to the purchaser, and often with no warning or means for consent
This is really the crux of why Apple Pay and PayWave surcharges are where the growth is and why the US has no incentive to implement GIRO or FAST or any of the many Government-mandated payment clearing methods that every other country has figured out.
Where there is a strong Treasury/Central Bank/Government there are great options for us customers to transfer money. Unfortunately for you, the US is one of the weakest.
@seachanger that's one of the best TV shows ever made! I had no interest in it because I think funeral homes are creepy, but someone posted the last scene of the last episode and it was so amazing i decided I had to watch it. I've watched the whole series twice.
@seachanger@mivox "When made of straw or other woven materials, it can be dipped in water and worn as an impromptu evaporative cooling device." and you could add a fan in the top that would help with that, charge cable for your phone through the chinstrap...
I’m back on my “let’s start a 10,000 Year Church of Space and Light” bullshit with the goal of enshrining scientifically advanced society until we can travel through space
my ancient iphone 8 couldn't really grasp what was happening, but my ancient panasonic lumix picked up quite a bit with its little leica lens on aperture priority #aurora#alaska
a fun fact is we have a large navigational buoy (the red light in the water) in front right here and sea lions sit on it and "talk" all night. so you look at this and think of the silent magic of an alaskan night but really it was just a ceaseless stream of huge and menacing belching noises echoing off the mountains lol they do not shut up