KeithDJohnson

KeithDJohnson, 1 year ago to random

Philanthropy exists to launder the reputations of the rich.

KeithDJohnson, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to permaculture

1/ Reduce your need to earn.
#permaculture #economics Commenters have informed me that this is in Reading, W of London, on Broad St.

KeithDJohnson, 1 month ago to random

I'm a Tenured College Professor. I'm Quitting. Here's Why.
by Jessica Wildfire

"Most of my professor friends can't support themselves. That includes the fancy tenured professors, even at nice schools. They have sugar mamas & sugar daddies. They're married to lawyers and bankers, or IT managers. If they're like me, they've got a secret side hustle.

Here's an irony:

My university forces everyone to disclose outside income. So if you have a second job or a side hustle, you're technically supposed to report it. You're supposed to ask them for permission. They can say no.

That's right, the same university that gave me a chocolate bar for a raise also says I can't take on a second job to support my family. They're worried it would distract me from all the free work I'm doing for them." https://www.okdoomer.io/im-a-professor-heres-why-im-walking-away-from-my-tenure/

KeithDJohnson, 5 months ago to random

Cartoon, by Will Santino, of a straw man walking a red herring up a slippery slope on his way to the comment section.

KeithDJohnson, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

KeithDJohnson, 4 months ago to random

"They'll pretend they always loved you after they kill you." (quoting a person on a social media)

KeithDJohnson, 7 months ago to gardening

1504 cultivars of tomatoes, out of more than 10,000 varieties.
Celebrate and embrace diversity.

1504 varieties of Romanian #tomatoes at the Brussels festival!
Photo: Marian Popescu
#gardening #food

KeithDJohnson, 3 months ago to random

Some elevators help you envision equivalent measurement classifications.

KeithDJohnson, 4 months ago to Futurology

"For decades, beavers were considered pests – trapped & shot on sight. Now the attitude towards nature's best engineers is changing, & farmers are working to bring them back.
#Beavers are vital to #ecosystems, as their dam building habits spread water through parched landscapes. This can not only help to regulate the flow of water, it provides another important service – keeping fires under control. Beavers are nature's firefighters.
In northern New Mexico, Darr has seen farmers "drastically" change their perception of beavers. "They were pretty hesitant, but they saw first-hand how the beavers provided sustained, reliable #water sources throughout the year, even during the hot dry summer we had. To see it is to believe it. We just have to show people what beavers can do for other wildlife, & humans."
#permaculture #climate #drought #flood https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240111-the-us-is-bringing-back-beavers-because-theyre-natures-best-firefighters

KeithDJohnson, 5 months ago to random

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian wrote:

"Just imagine if Joe Biden's name appeared on Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs instead of Donald Trump.
Then imagine if Jeffrey Epstein died mysteriously while in the care of a DOJ overseen by Joe Biden instead of Donald Trump.
Fox would be on that every night. Instead, silence."

KeithDJohnson, 17 days ago to random

Photo of a sculpture of a child hiding under a school desk, with the caption "This Memorial Day we remember all the school kids who paid the ultimate price so Republicans can continue to get campaign donations from the NRA."

KeithDJohnson, 8 months ago to random

Avoid the zombies.

KeithDJohnson, 1 month ago to random

America's most wanted librarians
New #cartoon from @jensorensen (definitely follow her!)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/17/2235557/-Cartoon-America-s-most-wanted-librarians

davidho, 5 months ago to random

"We put the word 'clean' in front of whatever climate-destroying substance is being sold."

KeithDJohnson, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to Israel

1. 'AND', the most powerful word in any language?
   Sharon Astyk (a Jew by marriage) wrote the following rules for discussing #Israel / #Palestine / War in a FB group she administers.

"Hi Folks. I just want to set down rules for any discussion of Israel/Palestine/ProtoWWIII.
Here are the rules.

1. MORE THAN ONE THING CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:
   #Jews were mass murdered over and over again and have a justifiable fear of being murdered again AND that fear has made us do horrifying things to the Palestinians over and over again that are not justified in any way.
   Jews have lived in Israel for thousands of years, and have a historic claim to it AND we use religious language and assumptions that may be mythological to most. AND real Palestinian people lost their homes unfairly. More than one people can have a historic claim to the same place.

KeithDJohnson, 1 month ago to Christianity

Brian Broome (on another platform) wrote:

"I was just reading the story about the woman who left 1,000 dollars in tips at a #taco joint because she thought she was gonna be #raptured. [during the eclipse]
When she wasn't, she went back to the taco joint and demanded her money back accusing the servers of stealing it somehow.
And I'm really hard-pressed to think of a better analogy for the state of American #Christianity."

KeithDJohnson, 18 days ago to random

Jenna Orkin, on another platform, shared this image, without comment. I looked into the story. I was 11 at the time.:

KeithDJohnson, 6 months ago to random

1/ Rebecca Solnit wonders whether one planet can support so many billionaires.

"Billionaires are a menace to the rest of us: their sheer political size warps our public life. Disproportionately older, white & male, they function as unelected powers, a sort of freelance global aristocracy who are too often trying to reign over the rest of us. Some critics think that the supergiant tech corporations that have spawned so many modern billionaires operate in ways that resemble feudalism more than capitalism, & , certainly, plenty of billionaires operate like the lords of the Earth while campaigning to protect the economic inequality that made them so rich & makes so many others so poor. They use their power in arbitrary, reckless & often environmentally destructive ways." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/20/billionaires-great-carbon-divide-planet-climate-crisis?CMP=share_btn_tw&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

KeithDJohnson, 5 months ago to random

"The mega-scale impacts of climate change were theorized to arrive around 2050. They're arriving now. This is something like our First Extinction Summer. People are startled and bewildered to see the planet going haywire. First, Greece went up in flames. Canada's still burning from coast-to-coast, and nobody knows how to put out the megafires. Lahaina, the historic town on Maui, was levelled, incinerated. Ocean temperatures have soared off the charts--and Antarctic ice is melting at disturbing rates, and not reforming fast enough to be considered "normal." 2050 is arriving...right now." https://www.theissue.io/how-bad-is-climate-change-going-to-get-you-dont-want-to-know/

KeithDJohnson, 7 months ago to Cats

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #birds #death ☹️

KeithDJohnson, 8 months ago to Amazon

The #Amazon River, now and previously.

KeithDJohnson, 3 months ago to permaculture

#Permaculture instructor #AndrewMillison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the Northern border of #Senegal to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of #Africa that is harvesting #rainwater, increasing #food security, & rehabilitating the #ecosystem. #restoration https://youtu.be/WCli0gyNwL0

KeithDJohnson, 1 month ago to random

Reflecting on Columbine, 25 years later, a survivor writes: "When a door plug falls off a plane, we ground hundreds of planes and investigate. When it’s believed a car battery might cause a fire, millions of vehicles are recalled. When a batch of lettuce isn’t processed properly, we remove it from the shelves and the FDA posts a warning. We regulate, investigate and set up systems and protocols for safety in this country for nearly everything — except guns. We’ve set up a national hotline for suicide prevention, but nothing exists to report suspected would-be mass murderers. Why? Why do we refuse to do better?
If we’d taken mass shootings seriously 25 years ago, how many children would be alive today? How many families’ loved ones? How much blood has to be spilled before it’s enough? Will our collective empathy ever kick in?

I am doubtful."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/columbine-school-shootings-anniversary_n_6611798be4b0d81853f96577

KeithDJohnson, 3 months ago to climate

"Your city is a scab on the landscape: sidewalks, roads, parking lots, rooftops—the built environment repels water into sewers & then into the environment. Urban planners have been doing it for centuries, treating stormwater as a nuisance to be diverted away as quickly as possible to avoid flooding. Not only is that a waste of free water, it’s an increasingly precarious strategy, as #climate change worsens #droughts but also supercharges storms, dumping ever more #rainfall on impervious cities.

#Urban areas in the United States generate an estimated 59.5 million acre-feet of stormwater runoff / year on average—equal to 53 billion gallons / day. Over the course of the year, that equates to 93% of total municipal & industrial water use. American urban areas couldn’t feasibly capture all of that bountiful runoff, but a combination of smarter stormwater infrastructure & “#SpongeCity” techniques would make urban areas far more sustainable."
#permaculture #wetlands
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/03/us-cities-could-capture-billions-gallons-rain-water-conservation-drought/

KeithDJohnson, 17 days ago to TeslaMotors

#Musk is a free-speech absolutelynotist.
"This is why right-wing #billionaires sue people reporting on them," continued Collins, who previously worked as a reporter for #NBC News covering, among other thing, right-wing disinformation. "They know they can't win these lawsuits. But they also know legal fees will cripple the little guy reporting on their lies & crimes. This is how free speech is actually chilled—vengeful dipshit billionaires.
"This is the latest example of billionaires & pandering politicians abusing the legal system to retaliate against their critics & harm the public's right to know,""
https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-media-matters-suit