Stan @notequal@mastodon.social

I've noticed that in pretty much every debate about renewable energy there are those people who come into the debate with the pre-formed attitude "it can't work, it won't work". Usually, they base this attitude on a first-order analysis of the current CO2 emissions from electricity generation via renewables. There is not a good faith effort on their part as to how these problems with renewables can be solved. At the first sign of trouble, they are quick to cry "it can't work, it won't work"

Most importantly, stop putting institutional events on Facebook, stop using it at universities, stop making participation in Facebook mandatory through your institutional, organization, and activist roles. You can be online, and social, and connected without supporting Facebook.

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@Antanicus GAME OF BOOMERS: Inherit the richest, most technologically advanced society that has ever existed in all of history. Then use it to start new wars, kill millions, keep millions unnecessarily in poverty, literally destroy the planet committing mass ecocide, adamantly and selfishly refuse to enable the possibility of abundance for everyone, leaving the world in a state of disrepair that will take generations to get back to a livable state.

Blame the millennials for all of it.

White people always gotta bring up their Irish relatives who were also 'enslaved' whenever Black folks are talking about oppression.

Yo, don't do this. I don't give a fuck how bad you believe Irish people had it, and yes, it was bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to what happened to Black folks.

Even attempting to make that comparison is a really, really bad take.

🔁 RT @MAVEN2Mars@twitter.com

Along with the #Mars2020 rover, @NASA@twitter.com is sending a helicopter to #Mars: https://go.nasa.gov/2GacKgq. The helicopter will fly ahead of the rover, checking out various possible points of interest and helping engineers back on Earth plan the best driving route.

https://twitter.com/MAVEN2Mars/status/995040215059214336

Smartphones Are Killing The Planet Faster Than Anyone Expected

A new study from researchers at McMaster University analyzed the carbon impact of the whole Information and Communication Industry from around 2010-2020, including PCs, laptops, monitors, smartphones, and servers. They found remarkably bad news.

The bottom line is that we need to buy less, and engage less, for the health of this entire planet.

https://www.fastcodesign.com/90165365/smartphones-are-wrecking-the-planet-faster-than-anyone-expected

Twitter. You know. It's like Mastodon but centralized.

YouTube. Like PeerTube but centralized.

Facebook. Like Friendi.ca but centralized.

WhatsApp. Like Matrix but centralized.

Google embraces, extends, and extinguishes

https://drewdevault.com/2018/05/03/Google-embraces-extends-extinguishes.html

> Worse, it’s not clear what we can do. This reflects our current political emergency. Ignorant and wicked people control the government, propped up by chortling billionaires, corrupt evangelical hucksters, and resentful wing nuts; we can work to end the nightmare but the road is long and uncertain. The future of computing now seems to depend on the whims of a few businessmen, none of whom appears to care very much about computing.

http://www.markbernstein.org/May18/DependentDevelopers.html

So I'm catching up on this Michelle Wolf story and her shenanigans at the White House Correspondence dinner and I'm kind of laughing at how officials are getting self righteous while simultaneously working for a fool that exhibits the vulgarity they are allegedly so appalled by every day.

I'm not the biggest fan of Ms. Wolf, but the obvious hypocrisy of politicians is so absurd, the only thing worse is that they want us to take them seriously.

And remember how earlier I spoke about how white people are extremely selective on their application of free speech?

It's not an accident that Wolf who again spoke the truth about Sanders is being 'criticized' because she was 'vulgar', while an incalculable amount of men, mostly white, not only say whatever they want, but are often rewarded for it.

I have yet to hear any criticism of Wolf's comments that aren't solely based in misogyny and straight up sexism.

You can say whatever the fuck you want about Ms. Wolf, but she's not wrong. Sanders lies every mother fucking day to American people. She deliberately misconstrues the truth to serve the agenda of a racist sex offender.

I don't care if she is a wife, mother, etc, she is enabling our current shit show of a president. And that is evil.

The fact folks are more offended by Wolf speaking the truth than Sanders' constant lies is some straight up bullshit.

NPR included a piece this morning on leaving Facebook, pros and cons of large networks, etc.

I'm posting because it included a snippet about Mastodon. It's short, about 1/3 to 1/2 way through, but it was there.

https://www.npr.org/2018/05/01/607321023/would-we-be-better-off-if-we-didnt-rely-on-1-social-network

#federation #fediverse

cc @Gargron

My new boyfriend works at the zoo. I think he's a keeper!