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Advocacy: #ClimateCrisis #FoodSecurity #Economy #WomensRights #Abortion #LGBTQAlly #SocialJustice #CivilRights #Urbanism #Sustainability

Oppose: #PredatoryCapitalism #ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #ForcedBirth #ForcedReligion #PoliceStateViolence

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2026-07-22 21:32:41 UTC

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@nprofile…939n
This is why every city, county, & state should send a bill each month to for-profit companies for every dime of public assistance rec'd by their employees (not naming names).
No more fobbing labor costs off onto taxpayers. Every company persisting in paying sub-living wages should be punished with penalties & interest, too.
Companies (including corporations) that cost the city more than it generates in tax revenue for 2+yrs should be dissolved by the Sec of State & assets sold.

2026-07-15 01:42:47 UTC

"Since 2015, we’ve now confirmed the detection of nearly 400 gravitational wave events: enough to learn some valuable lessons, and also, to find some surprises. Here’s the first good evidence for hierarchical, or second-generation, black hole mergers."
Link: https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/evidence-second-generation-black-hole-mergers/
#Science #AstroPhysics #Astronomy #BlackHoles #Gravity #GravitationalWaves
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2026-07-14 21:24:32 UTC

"To become genuinely empowered, people can work in community to meet their essential needs — food, housing, healthcare, education, energy, technology and economic stability. This is not theory. It’s already happening. Across the globe, people are building systems from the ground up that meet human needs while resisting corporate and state overreach."
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-07-14/why-building-inspiring-alternatives-is-necessary-to-counter-authoritarianism-2/
#Climate #PolyCrisis #Capitalism #Community #Sustainability #Economy #DeGrowth #Local #Activism #Authoritarianism
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2026-07-07 21:39:08 UTC

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@nprofile…2wxk
Small meteors hit the earth all the time, iirc? Now imagine a not-so-tiny one sideswiping the atmosphere and taking out a whole swathe of satellites, sending them careening in every direction...
On the upside, gps tracking of people's cars and phones will no longer be possible.

2026-07-04 00:37:01 UTC

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@nprofile…58ws
I've wondered that too...why in the world surround accounts with no access to anything useful three or four layers of security performances? Nobody wants to pay my bills so badly they'd be willing to hack a utility company site to do it.

2026-07-03 03:06:02 UTC

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@nprofile…rtl5 @nprofile…cgad
Clearly, from the numbef of instances failing and the number who must literally beg for money, your plan isn't working. When so many instances have to throw in the towel due to server costs, storage and bandwidth costs, how is that going to lead to a different outcome. A community must expect everyone to take their fair share of responsibility. Leeching off the system without contributing is what the Epstein class does.

2026-07-03 01:29:09 UTC

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@nprofile…q0gn
You know, requiring a mere $1 a month ($5 is better) per account of support for the instance in order to have an account (payable in advance - no recurring pymnt, no acct approval, and suspension if the recurring pymnt is stopped) solves both the bot problem and the freeloaders problem. Just saying. There's no tech solution that will weed out dishonest registrations faster or more efficiently.

2026-06-30 21:59:05 UTC

The key to surviving climate and economic collapse is not how much you can hoard.
It's how many people you have in your circle, and the skills you all can learn now in advance - and can trade for things from other circles.
"Existing structures don’t really allow us to focus on the kind of cooperations that we need to figure out.”
But we need to start now. It will be too late when TSHTF.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-06-30/the-economic-path-ahead-four-things-to-think-about-for-surviving-the-future/
#Community #Economy #Money #PolyCrisis #FoodSecurity #Sustainability
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2026-06-29 13:31:10 UTC

The real purpose of a system is what it does. And our system is not providing homes, food, medical care, or accurate education to people. It is doing something else.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-06-29/catabolic-capitalism-how-capitalism-profits-from-collapse/
#Capitalism #Economy #PolyCrisis #Climate #MurderForProfit
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2026-06-26 01:01:50 UTC

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@nprofile…mvd8
I still have the CD.

2026-06-25 23:49:51 UTC

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@nprofile…mvd8
I love Medicine Man!

2026-06-24 23:48:06 UTC

Class: You all had one assignment - stop giving money to fascists.
Grade: FAIL - -
Link: https://sherwood.news/business/prime-day-is-here-again-and-amazons-subscription-service-has-never-been-more-popular/
#Amazon #MurderForProfit #Fascism #EatTheRich #Capitalism #Exploitation #Surveillance #Activism
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2026-06-18 20:27:33 UTC

In short, rising CO2 and diminished Oxygen levels due to deforestation and changing ocean chemistry means it's harder to think straight - our brains are being deprived of Oxygen at higher and higher CO2 levels.
In other words, our unwillingness to give up fossil fuels and stop plundering the natural areas of the planet is not only dumb, it's making us dumber.
Link: https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/a-new-interpretation-of-the-rise
#Climate #CO2 #Brain #Science #Cognition #Evolution
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2026-06-14 19:36:09 UTC

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@nprofile…z7cf
What was the other tribe's name?

2026-05-28 20:09:29 UTC

Wandering thought...like everybody I get a lot of spam in my folder trying to get me to pay somebody to "optimize my SEO" or "increase rankings on google" and all that.
What are those scammers going to do now that google is going strictly "pay to play" and is not even offering links to people's web pages anymore?
Inquiring minds...probably don't want to know, but there's the question anyway.
#google #PayToPlay #Enshittification #AISlop #Tech
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2026-05-27 21:21:30 UTC

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@nprofile…nekg
Having written that, you can also do chargebacks if more charges appear on your CC statement. Send your bank a copy of theor policy and a copy of your email to dispute the charge.

2026-05-24 14:08:21 UTC

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@nprofile…0zw6
Is giving one of the fascist tech collaborators (and giving Palentir) this list a good idea? Is there seriously no other platform you could use? At least make the fascists work for it. Don't hand it to them on a silver platter.

2026-05-16 20:24:56 UTC

And we all know why.
Don't read the alt-text if you're squeamish.
#ChristoFascism #ChildBrides #Pedophilia #SexAbuse #Christianity
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2026-05-11 21:02:05 UTC

There's no end in sight to the Hormuz standoff, and damage has already been done to spring planting & other industries.
We must prepare for a serious economic crisis this fall, if not sooner. The time to begin is now.
There are things that can be done personally, and at the local, regional & state levels.
But the political will is not there...and won't be until it's too late.
Link: https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/the-persian-polycrisis
#PolyCrisis #IranWar #Sustainability #Food #Agriculture #Energy #Climate #Economy
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2026-05-08 20:24:05 UTC

I used to use DuoLingo, and I got over it due to simply loathing the "new" format. The whole AI thing never worked. The format was irritating and off-putting. I finally stopped well over a year ago, so I guess I was one of the early rejectors.
This article blames every other AI in the world except DuoLingo and it's own AI slop format and underwhelming performance for the steep decline in value. Wonder why?
Link: https://sherwood.news/business/duolingos-business-was-supposed-to-soar-with-ai-now-its-getting-its-wings-clipped/
#AISlop #DuoLingo #AI #AIKissOfDeath #NobodyWantsThis
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2026-05-08 13:15:49 UTC

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@nprofile…49jh
It's been a problem for a while now that the US has been throwing away money hand over fist on WWII type weapons and equipment that are absolutely useless in today's arena.
The idea of big machines and "manly" troops with high tech gear like a GIJoe 80s cartoon gives republicans a hard on but can't win against modern opponents.
We've seen it over and over, but they're stuck in a fantasy and keep shoveling money to war profiteers making overpriced junk. It needs to end.

2026-05-05 20:52:43 UTC

In other words, people talk a good game, and even make organizations to do stuff - but there's no evidence people are actually willing to do what it takes to make the transition.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-05-05/transition-towns-are-key-to-degrowth-but-current-movements-remain-too-reformist/
#Community #Sustainability #Activism #PolyCrisis #Climate #Localization #DeGrowth
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2026-05-02 19:22:21 UTC

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@nprofile…a6hr
Because they see what's happening to the US economy due to job losses and they don't want it happening there, obviously. Meanwhile, Wall St continues to support making absolutely no real people able to buy anything except bare necessities. It's financial suicide, but they're on a binge and they can't stop.

2026-04-29 17:41:40 UTC

If you are a...
small town
medium-large congregation
group of small congregations
civic group in a large town
extended family network
...you need to start planning how you're going to feed your people when TSHTF.
Lone "preppers" will not make it. It takes a community of some kind to support everyone, and cover all the bases.
Find your people, and make a plan.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-04-29/revolt-reform-or-rebuild-building-resilient-food-systems-from-the-ground-up/
#FoodSecurity #Gardening #Agriculture #Community #Activism #Sustainability #Food #Climate #PolyCrisis
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2026-04-29 13:28:29 UTC

Roommates, extended family, families of choice, inter-generational families, fellow congregants, and other in-community cost sharing is going to be the norm, not the exception, as housing costs continue to soar out of reach for everyone.
Speculation and profiteering aren't going away soon. And in a collapse situation, going it alone is not a real option.
Makes plans to buddy up.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-04-29/a-non-preppers-guide-to-surviving-collapse/
#PolyCrisis #Climate #Economy #Community #Sustainability #Housing #Affordability
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2026-04-23 18:55:24 UTC

Short answer: No.
Long answer: No, but the tech bros and republicans plan to kill off as many people as they can to try it anyway.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-04-23/in-conversation-dave-murphy-and-tom-murphy-can-modernity-survive-planetary-limits/
#Sustainability #Economy #Capitalism #Resources #PolyCrisis #Climate
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2026-04-22 16:25:46 UTC

As I have said often, cities, counties, and states need to start billing businesses who offload their labor costs onto taxpayers, as well as revoking the licenses to operate of businesses that cost the taxpayers money, engage in criminal activity (polluting, civil rights), and also revoke building occupancy permits as necessary.
Municipalities have ceded their power to corporations and it's time to stop that, dead.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-04-22/corporations-have-become-the-worlds-most-powerful-institutions-its-time-to-rewrite-the-rules/
#Business #Corporations #Economy #Community
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2026-04-19 14:36:58 UTC

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@nprofile…es6s
We walk out of places that don't have real menus.

2026-04-18 21:12:12 UTC

We can't rely on the police to protect us from maga, qanon, white nationalist, christo-fascists, techbros, predatory capitalists, or any other fascist ideology.
More often than not, the cops are *part* of those parties & working *against* the rights of other people, either overtly or covertly.
Expecting your enemies to protect you is not a smart plan.
Communities must stand together.
Link: https://www.mockingbirdpaper.com/content/my-guns-saved-my-life-when-state-and-liberals-left-me-die
#ACAB #ICE #LGBTQ #WhiteNationalism #Racism #ChristianNationalism #Coup
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2026-04-15 19:00:04 UTC

This is what the republicans envision: cutting all domestic programs to the bone, or just removing them completely, in order to eliminate what they call "useless eaters," namely the elderly, disabled, and poor.
We're "that close" already. A military empire is their only goal.
This is the only way the rich can remain in luxury in the face of Climate and Resource Depletion.
It's vile. And it will destroy this nation.
Link: https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/iran-the-reasons-for-a-new-world
#War #Economy #PolyCrisis #USPol #Capitalism
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2026-04-15 18:44:26 UTC

Wars to '"get more" are a knee-jerk, wrong, response to resource depletion.
Trying to steal more from other nations won't change the fact that there just isn't, or soon isn't going to be, enough to go around.
Maintaining military control over vast swaths of foreign territory is not economically sustainable. (Ask the Romans)
The real solution is to pivot to more sustainable, non-military solutions.
Link: https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/iran-the-reasons-for-a-new-world
#PolyCrisis #Climate #Economy #War #PeakOil #Sustainability
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2026-04-11 16:22:21 UTC

Well, gardening is going to be fun this spring. /s
Link to whole US Map: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/data/png/current/current_usdm.png
Entire Regional Report: https://www.weather.gov/media/lmk/DGT/DGT_LMK_04072026.pdf
Drought Statement Parent Webpage: https://www.drought.gov/drought-information-statements
Loads of fun.
#Garden #Gardening #Climate #ClimateCrisis #Drought #Weather #Agriculture #Farming #FoodSecurity #Sustainability
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2026-04-09 13:16:55 UTC

What the tech bros and wall street want you to think is important...isn't.
And never will be.
What do you really want? How can you preserve that for the future?
"if we wrongly imagine all collapse as a sudden event, it is not only intensifying our attention — it can make some of us postpone action, if we imagine it as a spectre occurring at some point in the future."
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-04-09/what-do-we-value-most-rethinking-resilience-in-a-time-of-polycrisis/
#PolyCrisis #Sustainability #SelfCare #Climate #Community
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2026-03-19 22:41:56 UTC

Rooooooooocks
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
Spaaaaaaaaace!
Apologies to Mel Brooks.
Link: https://apnews.com/article/meteor-asteroid-fireball-explosion-42f53f511af6b9e9deafc34633adac99
#Meteor #Astronomy
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2026-03-09 20:14:06 UTC

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@nprofile…kahw
I would rather be in solitary. No for profit prison is ever going to make a dime off of me.

2026-03-08 18:34:21 UTC

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@nprofile…9rzs
They don't have to convict you to screw up your life royally, and that is probably their goal in the first place.

2026-03-04 14:48:43 UTC

"The goal is to create a web of interdependence in your community where everyone has a role, everyone has something to offer, everyone depends on everyone else. You’ll want to know what goes into meeting each of your needs...Reorganize your time so that you are spending more taking care of yourself and your community and less time feeding on & feeding into this pathological system."
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-03-04/escaping-the-machine/
#Community #Sustainability #Economy #Resilience #Localization #DeGrowth #SelfCare
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2026-02-24 23:17:19 UTC

I think he mis-spelled "Etsy's customer base absolutely loathes all the cheap factory made crap they allow on a site that used to be strictly for artisans."
Link: https://sherwood.news/business/etsy-sells-fashion-app-depop-to-ebay-as-the-pairs-post-pandemic-paths-split/
#Etsy #Shopping #EBay
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2025-10-18 22:52:47 UTC

Did my patriotic duty today...and you?
#NoKings #Protest
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2025-06-29 23:27:45 UTC

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@nprofile…srdc @nprofile…92y4
I'm wondering if the city considers a crossbow to be a "firearm" since it's illegal to fire them in the city limits. Do I ask, or just do it and claim ignorance? Apparently this original family has colonies around the neighborhood, though. So killing the most annoying ones might not help...

2025-06-29 23:17:51 UTC

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@nprofile…srdc @nprofile…92y4
Other people's groundhogs!

2025-06-29 22:34:23 UTC

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@nprofile…92y4 @nprofile…srdc
We are in the process of building a beta version of a wood frame & chicken wire screen covering (with numerous access doors) to keep the damn family of groundhogs from the neighbor's yard out of our raised beds. They decimated our chard, beet greens, green beans, cilantro, spinach, cress, carrot tops, and even the cumin leaves. I'm furious. The ne8ghbors said the mom "loves" their vermin and won't do anything about them.

2025-04-05 18:41:02 UTC

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@nprofile…p6gt
This. I don't think either the cheeto regime or the insurrectionists in congress care what people think - after all, their goal is to eliminate democracy, not care about it.
We have to hit them where it hurts, and that means boycotts, that means refusing to shop online or in person at places that support the cheeto and muskrat regime.
It means being inconvenienced. It means paying more for local shops that pay people decent wages instead of relying on slaves.
Do it anyway.

2025-04-04 14:43:30 UTC

New class starting soon:
Digital Ecosystem Design is a 6-week, hands-on course where you’ll learn essential tools for modern businesses [or nonprofit]. You’ll plant the seed of your digital ecosystem to support your business growth. During this course, you’ll learn fundamental skills for small business owners who want to make the most of their resources while saving time and energy in the digital age.
Register: https://earthactivisttraining.org/digital-ecosystem-design/
#SmallBusiness #Tech #Community #NonProfit #Activism
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2025-03-29 22:19:49 UTC

Hey all, Nicole has a new avatar pic.
#Nicole #FediverseChick
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2025-03-26 15:46:26 UTC

Honest agriculture is local and regional. It is not factory farming. It is not trying to grow water intensive crops in the desert.
It is food security by more traditional means, not corporate profiteering. Not necessarily without tools, but definitely without disregard for the present and future growing conditions. Honest agriculture is reality based, focusing on the needs of the community.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-03-26/to-garden-honestly/
#Garden #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Food #Sustainability #Farming
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2025-03-19 23:00:26 UTC

This article has it all wrong.
https://sherwood.news/business/etsy-has-erased-its-pandemic-era-gains-ebay-still-looks-strong/
What Etsy did was break its own model to allow numerous "shops" selling the same factory made crap onto a site that was supposed to be only for artisans & hand-crafted items. Why? Greed. More "stuff," more clicks, they thought.
And many artisans and a lot of customers voted with their...keyboards, and went elsewhere.
BTW: One alternative is the Artisans Cooperative: https://artisans.coop/
#ArtisansCoop #Etsy #Ebay #Crafts #Handmade
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2025-03-17 16:46:29 UTC

There is a path forward, but we have to break out of the consumerist mindset that looks to predatory capitalism to solve problems it created.
Read the article: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-03-14/what-if-we-could-uncancel-the-future/
Order the 2019 book From What is to What If: https://bookshop.org/p/books/from-what-is-to-what-if-unleashing-the-power-of-imagination-to-create-the-future-we-want-rob-hopkins/8762401
Pre-order the new sequel coming out this year: https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-fall-in-love-with-the-future-a-time-traveller-s-guide-to-changing-the-world/0000a34dec4b299a
"More solutions are available than we’re often willing to recognize."
Solutions will be outside the box.
#Sustainability #FoodSecurity #Economy #Activism #Bookstodon
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2025-03-15 15:57:55 UTC

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@nprofile…wxma
It's rather odd fo refer to the military as "public service workers." Public service workers are civilian and are managed by their various levels of department admins.
The military, who engaged in genocide under the first nazi regime, was neither of those things.
So no, it is the US military & paramilitary units directly controlled by cheeto & muskrat that will be responsible for the current unfolding holocaust - by doing it, or by failing to stop it.
They must own it. #USArmy

2025-03-13 20:23:36 UTC

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@nprofile…9pnq
Yeah, a grant is a contract. The govt is not immune from having to fulfill terms of contracts.

2025-03-09 18:51:22 UTC

Is The Star Trek Future Is Dead?
March 9, 25 by John Beckett
"Fair warning: this is a social & political rant that I’m writing b/c I need to vent. If this isn’t your thing, there’s plenty else on this blog & elsewhere...to read."
Link: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2025/03/is-the-star-trek-future-is-dead.html
I would say in a world where RWNJs think only a white male cis christian should have any civil rights or even be allowed to exist, there is no path to a ST, or peaceful, future.
#StarTrek #Tech #USPol #Coup #Community #Sustainability
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2025-03-07 22:46:03 UTC

And finally (for today, anyway) from the Internet Archive...Volcanoes in Hawaii.
https://archive.org/details/HawaiisSpectacularVolcanoEruptions
These eruptions are from the 1950s.
Gotta say the bom-bom-bom dramatic music doesn't really help the opening of this one. Later they turn to Holst's The Planets...
#Volcano #Hawaii #Geology #Vulcanology

2025-03-04 21:14:13 UTC

We cannot ignore what factory farming does to the ecosystem any longer. It is leading to food shortages & famines.
"In farming, the availability of nutrients, particularly of nitrogen, potash and phosphorus – mostly referred to by their chemical symbols N, P and K – is a major limiting factor. All traditional farming systems have had some strategy for replacing nutrients in the soil."
Factory farming's methods are failing.
#Agriculture #Farming #Gardening #FoodSecurity #Food #sustainability
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2025-03-04 20:51:01 UTC

Here's your chance to learn the fundamentals of digital mapmaking!
This six-week course is a practical how-to course that demystifies digital tools and translates mapmakers’ jargon into easily understood terms.
We'll be using open-source free software, and no experience is necessary.
Register: https://earthactivisttraining.org/intro-to-gis-mapping/
#GIS #Mapping #Gardening #Permaculture #Forestry #Community #Sustainability #Activism
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2025-03-03 14:36:43 UTC

Yes, the party of "small government" intends to micromanage every minute of your life to make sure you adhere to *their* vision of what our lives should be, regardless of how stupid, unhistorical, dangerous, unscientific, damaging, and inauthentic it may be.
I don't agree with all his points, but it's worth reading for yourself.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-03-03/trump-is-not-a-localist/
#Local #Relocalism #coup #sustainability #Economy #USPol #Business #fascist @RobberBarons #EatTheRich
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2025-02-25 14:01:12 UTC

After watching Zero Day on Netflix last night, I'm inclined to agree.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-02-23/are-computers-and-democracy-compatible-maybe-not/
"The ongoing takeover of U. S. government computer network by a small cadre of radical technologists—with the blessing of the current president of the United States—demonstrates just how vulnerable democratic norms and organizations are to determined technologists who understand the central role of computers and the information stored on them in any modern organization."
#AI #Tech #Democracy
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2025-02-21 22:39:35 UTC

The Great Prosperity: 1947-1979 after the new deal but before Reaganomics took hold
The Great Regression: From 1980 until the present, as neoliberalism successfully stole the value of improved productivity, paying themselves overvalued compensation but paying workers little.
The 80% difference between what you're worth based on productivity and what actual average wages are is the work you're giving away for free.
#LivingWage #Economy #EatTheRich #WorkersRights #PredatoryCapitalism #Wages
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2025-02-19 22:05:56 UTC

Class, this is the ONLY non-violent way to stop fascism - dump the services of corporations funding the overthrow of the US govt, boycotting their future products, and finding alternatives.
Google, Meta, Twitter, Tesla...and others.
Even if it's not convenient.
Even if it's more expensive.
Even if it means going without.
If you're not willing to do this, they win. It's that simple. Decimate their revenue.
Their power is money. Take it away.
#Coup #Fascism #BoycottUSA #Capitalism
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2025-02-15 00:06:09 UTC

- reply

@nprofile…j4mg
Or, you could *not* give the enemy info to data mine about your family.

2025-02-06 22:42:54 UTC

"A brain, an ecosystem, and a city all share the following elements: integration, communication, and system history and initial conditions...In human societies, we might consider the holistic nature of culture & communication as knowledge-sharing through the senses, and the initial conditions of the society being shaped by formative traditions, structures and materials, strategies, and habits of the mind..."
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-02-06/rethinking-rank-and-privilege-in-human-societies/
#Hierarchy #ClassWar #Chaos #Sustainability #Sociology
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2025-02-01 14:56:20 UTC

This week the US government was overthrown by a white nationalist christo-fascist authoritarian regime, and the media, the military, and Wall Street just sat back and let it happen.
That's where we are, and anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is lying.
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/call-it-by-its-name-a-coup
#Coup #Democracy #Politics #CivilRights
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2024-12-05 13:39:51 UTC

Health Insurance companies should be nothing more than payment clearinghouses and have no authority whatsoever to deny any treatment or medication ordered by your physicians.
It should be illegal for health ins companies to be for-profit, or issue stock, and all executive compensation packages should be capped at less than $1million a year.
It should be legal to sue existing health ins companies severally and executives individually for causing you harm by denying your treatment or meds.
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