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shekinahcancook, 16 days ago to sustainability

How to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global future

By Vasilis Kostakis, Nikiforos Tsiouris, originally published by ScienceDirect May 1, 2024

"...In a state of emergency, it is audacious to place all our hopes for tackling the ecological crisis and wealth inequality in technology –worse even, in technology that is yet to materialize... High-tech is not unsustainable in its essence, but its scale and mode of production in the capitalist realm are.

...the crux of the matter is profoundly political. The development and production of technology in the modern era are intricately interwoven with wealth inequality and environmental deterioration. Technology is not being produced in a vacuum, thus it is not neutral. On the contrary, it is highly influenced by the decisions of manufacturers, legislators, consultants, designers and everyone else involved –directly or indirectly– in the process..."

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-05-01/how-to-unite-local-initiatives-for-a-more-sustainable-global-future/

#Sustainability #Economics #Resources #DeGrowth #Climate

shekinahcancook, 16 days ago to workersrights

The Red May Day and the Green May Day

By Andrew Curry, originally published by thenextwave May 1, 2024

"...The Red and Green May Days can be described in ways that create the kinds of opposites that narratologists get excited by:

Green is a relationship to the earth & what grows there-from. Red is a relationship to other people & the blood spilt there among. Green designates life with only necessary labor; Red designates death with surplus labor. Green is natural appropriation; Red is social expropriation. Green is husbandry & nurturance; Red is proletarianization & prostitution. Green is useful activity; Red is useless toil. Green is creation of desire; Red is class struggle. May Day is both.

The Red May Day has its roots, in particular, in the bloody history of the American labour movement, and in particular in the city of Chicago, which in the late 19th century was an epicentre of both industrialisation & globalisation..."

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-05-01/the-red-may-day-and-the-green-may-day/

#Labor #MayDay #WorkersRights

shekinahcancook, 16 days ago to evolution

How Indonesia’s Toba Volcano Changed Human Evolution

The massive supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago has been blamed for nearly killing off our species. The emerging truth is much more interesting - by Gemma Tarlach April 29, 2024

"...Stone tools have been found both above and below layers of Toba ash deposited in northern India, the Arabian Peninsula, and elsewhere, showing that humans were present in those areas before and after the catastrophic eruption. They found ways to weather the actual event and any changes in climate that followed. And in March, after decades of research in a remote corner of Ethiopia, a multidisciplinary team determined that humans there survived shifts in climate likely caused by the distant eruption by changing their diet and, quite possibly, innovating a new hunting technique: archery..."

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/toba-volcano-catastrophe-theory-human-evolution

#Volcano #Evolution #Society #Climate #Adaptation #Innovation

shekinahcancook, 17 days ago to sustainability

Podcast:
Crazy Town 86. Escaping Growthism: Wendigo Economics, Mystery Houses, and Becoming the Bear

By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, originally published by Resilience.org May 1, 2024

"...Grow or die. It’s the governing principle of companies, investment portfolios, national economies, and even philanthropic foundations. Oh, and cancer. Asher, Jason, and Rob lay bare the stats on everything from human population, energy consumption, global GDP, greenhouse gas emissions, and the size of cars and cruise ships, before concluding that the global economy should be named after the Wendigo from Algonquian folklore. They turn to the natural world for examples of self-regulation, along with promising new economic frameworks and on-the-ground models, for how to end Wendigo economics before it ends us.

Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language."

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-05-01/crazy-town-episode-86-escaping-growthism/

#Sustainability #Podcast #DeGrowth #Economics #Corporations #Philanthropy

shekinahcancook, 17 days ago to Economics

Housing isn't meant to be affordable
Michel Durand-Wood April 25, 2024

"...According to data from the US Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, indexed home prices in the US are 88.1% higher than they were in 2005, near the peak of the “housing bubble,” making it the second highest of the G7 countries. [Literature fans will recognize that as “foreshadowing.”]

...Turns out that a return to Victorian-era practices of locking out an entire class of people from land ownership tends to lead to civil unrest and revolt...

...We’re screwed if housing prices keep going up. We’re also screwed if they go down. That’s the trap..."

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/4/25/housing-isnt-meant-to-be-affordable

#Housing #Economics #Affordability #CostOfLiving #Development #Urbanism

shekinahcancook, 17 days ago to Economics

Among the ancestors - By Chris Smaje, originally published by Small Farm Future April 29, 2024

"...Those who say that radical changes are necessary to meet the challenges of our times but can only treat with scorn the possibility that part of those changes might involve reversing the breakneck capitalist urbanization of recent decades do not strike me as people who are genuinely wrestling with the enormity of the changes upon us. They strike me as people who are desperately trying to cling to the status quo. ...I think the body of our collective contemporary world political economy is manifestly dying, while its mind in the form of its public culture is largely in denial. But the denial can’t mask the frailty of old age in our political economy. ...I believe a major thing that lies behind this is a fear of individual death..."

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-04-29/among-the-ancestors/

#Agriculture #Economics #Sustainability #DeGrowth #AncestralWisdom

shekinahcancook, 17 days ago to climate

Eco-Collapse Hasn’t Happened Yet, But You Can See It Coming

By Stan Cox, originally published by TomDispatch April 30, 2024

"...In short, this sort of indefinite expansion of the U.S. and global economy into the distant future is doomed to fail, but not before it’s crippled our ecological and social systems. In its 2024 Global Resources Outlook, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) reported that humanity’s annual consumption of physical resources had grown more than threefold in the half-century since The Limits to Growth was published. Indeed, resource extraction is now rising faster than the Human Development Index, a standard measure of well-being. In other words, overextraction and overproduction while producing staggering wealth aren’t benefiting the rest of us..."

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-04-30/eco-collapse-hasnt-happened-yet-but-you-can-see-it-coming/

#ClimateCrisis #Sustainability #Environment #DeGrowth #Economics

joeinwynnewood, 17 days ago to random

Who would be best for the US economy? Well Biden of course.

"Trump’s vow to corral immigration might sound like he’d bring order to a chaotic situation. Yet there would be an economic cost Trump doesn’t acknowledge. The US needs more immigrants, not fewer, to offset a declining birth rate and an aging population and help pay for the retiree benefits of the next several decades."

Markets aren’t excited about a second Trump presidency
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/markets-arent-excited-about-a-second-trump-presidency-142047535.html

ChemicalEyeGuy, 17 days ago to kentucky

#UltraMAGA House Rep. #ThomasMassie from Northern #Kentucky was the only #BananaRepublican who joined #MarjorieThreeToes from #NorthwestGeorgia on the steps of the Capitol to blather on about her #MotionToVacate the House Speaker… soon. 😂 👉 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson_n_6632499ee4b0fc2b9527dbe0

Even #MAGA nutjob #PaulGosar DDS from #Arizonistan said he had “other commitments”. ⬇️

Mrfunkedude, 17 days ago to random

In case you didn't know, the current rise of fast food prices is NOT because they have to pay a higher wage. They've ALL been raising their prices on what was considered a "value menu" for the last 3 years.

Corporations don't care about satisfying the customer. They're more worried about satisfying their stock holders. They are more then happy to lie and fuck you over so that their evaluation doesn't dip.

Stop eating fast food. Find a mom and pop or small local chain instead. Better value.

shekinahcancook, 17 days ago to workersrights

From the Workers Circle:
This May Day, champion workers' rights by urging your Members of Congress to support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.

Ensuring the right to organize and bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions is vital for a fair and inclusive economy. But corporate-friendly laws in the United States have reduced worker power. The PRO Act fights back.

Among its provisions, the PRO Act would broaden the scope of workers covered by national fair labor standards and prohibit the replacement or discrimination of workers who participate in strikes. The PRO Act would also establish penalties and injunctive relief against entities that fail to comply with National Labor Relation Board orders. It puts real enforcement power behind workers' rights.

Join me in urging Congress to take action on the PRO Act this May Day.

https://theworkerscircle.salsalabs.org/proact2024-1/index.html

In solidarity, Noelle Damico, Director of Social Justice

#WorkersRights #Union #MayDay #Solidarity #Labor

marcelias, 17 days ago to random

🚨NEW: "Black voters are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review yesterday’s decision by two Trump-appointed federal judges that blocked Louisiana’s new congressional map with two majority-Black districts."
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/black-voters-appeal-decision-blocking-new-louisiana-map-to-us-supreme-court/

littlemiao, 17 days ago to random

Perfect post-Pesach breakfast: peanut butter on matzah

daniellesatm, 17 days ago to random

New from Solzy at the Movies: The Freshman: Silent Comedy Classic Gets New DVD

https://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2024/05/01/the-freshman-silent-comedy-classic-gets-new-dvd/

exchgr, 17 days ago to random

speaking as a jew, it’s not antisemitic to call for the end of a genocide. it is antisemitic to use accusations of antisemitism as a cover for carrying out genocide

ArtSmart, 17 days ago to random

Beware what you share. Russian bots are flooding social media with memes to destabilize U.S. politics, and to divert attention away from its war with Ukraine.

We used to say we live in the "Information Age." Now it's the "Disinformation Age."

Technology is a double-edged sword. Let's hope it doesn't decapitate democracy itself.

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chaoticmitzvah, 17 days ago to random

Partly wilted kale with ginger, garlic, and sesame oil in a carbon wok
Two mounds of rice next to each other that look like a butt on a charcoal plate-bowl. At 12:00 is the bulgogi. At 1:30 is carrot slaw. At 4 is the ginger garlic sesame kale. At 6 is shaved sesame cucumbers. 7:30 is pickled white radish that is yellow. At 9:00 is seated garlix broccoli. The rice is topped with black sesame seeds and a drizzle of yum yum sauce
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shekinahcancook, 17 days ago to random

@Cbsnews

I have yet to see a single news story about Project 2025. Are you complicit in this plot? Why are you not reporting on it?

hauntedhideaway, 17 days ago to random

Done with work. To bed early tonight, I think.

wardrup, 18 days ago to random

Does anyone who studied #GIS in the early 2010s remember everyone on the planet doing food desert projects, or was that just my university?

lonestarmensch, 18 days ago to random

I have been trying to warn people for a number of years, the evangelicals who blindly support all things Israel (predominantly the Netanyahu administration) ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS. They want a strong Jewish state so Armageddon can be brought about and usher in the second coming. They long for Netanyahu's war with Iran because they view Russia and Iran as Gog and Magog. Those two nations have to wage war against Israel to usher in the end times, where guess what happens to us? We either convert and accept Christ as king or we burn in the lake o f fire. They don't support Israel for being a home for us, no it's merely to usher in their insane end times prophecies. Every time I see us get into bed with these types it absolutely kills me.

Endangeredalphabets, 18 days ago to random

Here you are, folks--a free sample from my new book Endangered Alphabets Sudoku. 24 puzzles, each with introductory text as you see here. Have fun with it, and share it with your peeps! The book itself can be ordered at https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/endangered-alphabets-merchandise/

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dukepaaron, 18 days ago to random

I'm unclear why when protesters block Jews from going to class the Jewish kids just take it, make a video, and send it to the news.

Protesters have rights and civil disobedience is a time honored rite of passage in US universities.

At the same time they can't stop Jewish students from walking on campus.

Don't take a video. Just go through them.