Colin R. Turner
@colinrturner.com
Believer in better. Founder of Sharebay.org. Author, activist, proponent of open access economy.
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Colin R. Turner
@colinrturner.com
· Nov 22
Here's a brief history of my activism efforts to date. 🧵
Is Twitter X still a tire fire?
September 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Is Twitter X still a tire fire?
Did we get the edit button yet?
September 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Did we get the edit button yet?
Or, put another way, Spotify owner Elk is further extorting peace-loving musicians' blood, sweat and tears and putting it into military hardware. There's just no other way to see this. How can this guy be so tone deaf?
mixmag.net/read/spotify...
mixmag.net/read/spotify...
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek becomes chairman of AI military start-up following €600 million investment
Ek had previously invested €100 million in Helsing, a software specialist that currently produces drones, aircrafts and submarines for military use
mixmag.net
June 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Or, put another way, Spotify owner Elk is further extorting peace-loving musicians' blood, sweat and tears and putting it into military hardware. There's just no other way to see this. How can this guy be so tone deaf?
mixmag.net/read/spotify...
mixmag.net/read/spotify...
Sortition is a system of government by jury. Random citizens selected at various intervals to answer the questions of government.
If a jury system is good enough to decide if someone lives or dies, then it's good enough for government.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
If a jury system is good enough to decide if someone lives or dies, then it's good enough for government.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
Sortition - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
June 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Sortition is a system of government by jury. Random citizens selected at various intervals to answer the questions of government.
If a jury system is good enough to decide if someone lives or dies, then it's good enough for government.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
If a jury system is good enough to decide if someone lives or dies, then it's good enough for government.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
Can we do billionaires in space, but one-way?
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Can we do billionaires in space, but one-way?
The rational mind is not constant. It is reconstructed every morning out of the chaos of dreams.
March 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The rational mind is not constant. It is reconstructed every morning out of the chaos of dreams.
Introducing the Consumer Year Calendar:
Buy heart-shaped crap
Buy egg-shaped crap
Buy plastic outdoor crap
Buy scary crap
Buy all kinds of crap
Buy heart-shaped crap
Buy egg-shaped crap
Buy plastic outdoor crap
Buy scary crap
Buy all kinds of crap
March 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Introducing the Consumer Year Calendar:
Buy heart-shaped crap
Buy egg-shaped crap
Buy plastic outdoor crap
Buy scary crap
Buy all kinds of crap
Buy heart-shaped crap
Buy egg-shaped crap
Buy plastic outdoor crap
Buy scary crap
Buy all kinds of crap
I had a dream last night that I discovered that the patterns in human irises were like QR codes that contained information about our history and personality, and we each had a subconscious ability to read them, hence why looking into someone's eyes was such a powerful experience.
Scan here for more
Scan here for more
February 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I had a dream last night that I discovered that the patterns in human irises were like QR codes that contained information about our history and personality, and we each had a subconscious ability to read them, hence why looking into someone's eyes was such a powerful experience.
Scan here for more
Scan here for more
Interesting to note that AI chats are still one-way. It won't be long before we'll all start getting 2AM texts from ChatGPT like "hey what you doin?" 😆
February 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Interesting to note that AI chats are still one-way. It won't be long before we'll all start getting 2AM texts from ChatGPT like "hey what you doin?" 😆
Sharebay v4 just dropped! Here's what we've added:
- Ride-sharing posts
- Accommodation-sharing posts
- Improved activity feed
- German language added
- Improved accessibility and font size menu
- And many, many more fixes and improvements...
Check it out and tell me what you think!
sharebay.org
- Ride-sharing posts
- Accommodation-sharing posts
- Improved activity feed
- German language added
- Improved accessibility and font size menu
- And many, many more fixes and improvements...
Check it out and tell me what you think!
sharebay.org
February 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sharebay v4 just dropped! Here's what we've added:
- Ride-sharing posts
- Accommodation-sharing posts
- Improved activity feed
- German language added
- Improved accessibility and font size menu
- And many, many more fixes and improvements...
Check it out and tell me what you think!
sharebay.org
- Ride-sharing posts
- Accommodation-sharing posts
- Improved activity feed
- German language added
- Improved accessibility and font size menu
- And many, many more fixes and improvements...
Check it out and tell me what you think!
sharebay.org
Noob question: what actual harm has China ever done to US?
January 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Noob question: what actual harm has China ever done to US?
Shyness is the key to poverty! 😀
January 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Shyness is the key to poverty! 😀
If Musk openly abused children, Tesla stock would go up. The world will stop at nothing to make this klutz a trillionaire. 🙄
January 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
If Musk openly abused children, Tesla stock would go up. The world will stop at nothing to make this klutz a trillionaire. 🙄
@bsky.app, why oh why no edit button already? I'm a coder and I know it's a trivial job. It would be really handy, and a major body blow to you know who.
January 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
@bsky.app, why oh why no edit button already? I'm a coder and I know it's a trivial job. It would be really handy, and a major body blow to you know who.
Riddle me this: why is kindness often despised, like it's a weakness?
January 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Riddle me this: why is kindness often despised, like it's a weakness?
Reposted by Colin R. Turner
January 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The cult of self has gone too far.
You do not exist because of yourself, or for yourself. You have never created or done anything by yourself, or ever will.
There isn't a single issue in the world that is not a direct result of mistaken self-importance.
You do not exist because of yourself, or for yourself. You have never created or done anything by yourself, or ever will.
There isn't a single issue in the world that is not a direct result of mistaken self-importance.
January 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The cult of self has gone too far.
You do not exist because of yourself, or for yourself. You have never created or done anything by yourself, or ever will.
There isn't a single issue in the world that is not a direct result of mistaken self-importance.
You do not exist because of yourself, or for yourself. You have never created or done anything by yourself, or ever will.
There isn't a single issue in the world that is not a direct result of mistaken self-importance.
We understand that kindness is not a luxury in life, but is the root of life, which is cast off too soon and to the detriment of life. Without kindness, humans cannot live; without kindness, humans cannot achieve peace; without kindness, humans cannot progress.
January 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We understand that kindness is not a luxury in life, but is the root of life, which is cast off too soon and to the detriment of life. Without kindness, humans cannot live; without kindness, humans cannot achieve peace; without kindness, humans cannot progress.
"The thinking of ‘us good guys vs. those bad guys’ is a self-perpetuating paradigm of revolving-door bad guys. A never-ending game of Wack-A-Mole with no net change or improvement."
colinrturner.com/2025/01/08/s...
colinrturner.com/2025/01/08/s...
States, not systems
I'm coming more to the opinion that 'system' is an inappropriate descriptor when it comes to describing change, as it implies moving parts, cause and effect, operators and components—and ultimately bl...
colinrturner.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"The thinking of ‘us good guys vs. those bad guys’ is a self-perpetuating paradigm of revolving-door bad guys. A never-ending game of Wack-A-Mole with no net change or improvement."
colinrturner.com/2025/01/08/s...
colinrturner.com/2025/01/08/s...
Critics of 'be the change' don't get that it's not about one person changing. It's about millions of ones changing.
Small changes x millions of people = big changes.
Attacking 'the system' is a distraction that might just be their own reluctance to change.
Small changes x millions of people = big changes.
Attacking 'the system' is a distraction that might just be their own reluctance to change.
January 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Critics of 'be the change' don't get that it's not about one person changing. It's about millions of ones changing.
Small changes x millions of people = big changes.
Attacking 'the system' is a distraction that might just be their own reluctance to change.
Small changes x millions of people = big changes.
Attacking 'the system' is a distraction that might just be their own reluctance to change.
I think the current trend of dissing sustainable methods like recycling or renewable energy is a very dangerous precedent. It matters more that we care enough to try. Methods may sometimes be suboptimal, but the alternative of just not caring or bothering is unconscionable at this stage.
January 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I think the current trend of dissing sustainable methods like recycling or renewable energy is a very dangerous precedent. It matters more that we care enough to try. Methods may sometimes be suboptimal, but the alternative of just not caring or bothering is unconscionable at this stage.