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Degrowth says we can have a high-tech equitable global society, even in climate-ecological collapse. #JustCollapse makes no such false promise. Instead, we stand for achieving as much socio-ecological justice as possible, not thru high-tech but by salvaging from what already exists.
No, we can’t have our cake and eat it too:

‘While I agree with the broad goals of degrowth, the specific vision championed by most degrowth advocates relies on an egalitarian distribution of industrial goods…’ 1/3

www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
On Abundance
What model could make us more resilient, more comfortable, and more likely to survive a global ecological meltdown? The answer is low-tech library socialism.
www.resilience.org
July 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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I posted this on twitter in Feb 2020 and got hundreds of death threats, people came to my house to threaten my family.

How is there are nation not admitting aerosolized transmission still.

I mean I know airlines still use droplet BS to sell their safety claims, but nations?
July 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🏆 CHAMPIONS AGAIN OLÉ OLÉ!!!
May 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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As much as I despise Trump, at least twice as many Americans died of COVID under Biden, plus millions hammered by long COVID. And while RFK Jr. is horrific, can we please stop pretending that Biden and his HHS/CDC picks "followed the science" beyond May 2021 and the Great Unmasking? 1/2
May 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Here’s a cheat sheet with all the phone numbers for the US Senate. I have a feeling we’ll be calling them a lot in the near future.
March 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Hello Friends! My memoir, "I Was An Abomination: A Story of Trans Survival in Conservative America," is coming out later this year. If you have a podcast, radio show, or YouTube show, and you want to have me on to talk about my book or trans rights, let me know! Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.
March 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Carl Jung was Metal
AF!
💙📚
#Booksky
#Witchsky
March 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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More info, 14 March is the date according to the Blue Resistance...
February 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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... “total shutdown” is planned for March 15...

Website for the General Strike:
generalstrikeus.com
OPPOSE! PLEASE REPOST!
The General Strike
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.
generalstrikeus.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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John Constable, British (1776-1837), The Vale of Dedham, c. 1828, oil on canvas, 144.5 x 122 cm, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The best advice I can give about masking: stop caring what people think about you. Those people won’t be there when you are disabled. Stop caring about fitting in. Start caring about what a lifelong disability looks like.
February 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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The Anti-Trump Lawsuits Are Here

People are suing to protect against
-Musk’s takeover of the federal pay system, workforce personal data
-Demand for list of Jan 6 invesigative support staff
https://www.vox.com/politics/398191/the-logoff-trump-agenda-lawsuits
Lawsuits challenging Trump’s actions are underway | Vox
The courts are the biggest remaining impediment to Trump’s power grab.
www.vox.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“You been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen
In all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean..”

m.youtube.com/watch?v=4dPR...
Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years
YouTube video by Dixie Blue
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Okay, self-pimping time! Sign up for my newsletter and get the short story "The Monhegan Event," which is only available to subscribers. Of course, you can also get three entire novels free, too, if you scope out the free books section on my book page. Enjoy!

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Newsletter - Michael R. Hicks
Sign up for my newsletter and get a free copy of The Monhegan Event, a science fiction short story that’s only available to my newsletter subscribers! On top of that, you’ll get periodic updates on my...
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February 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“By fashion and built-in obsolescence the economies of machine production, instead of producing leisure and durable wealth, are duly cancelled out by the mandatory consumption on an even larger scale.”

Lewis Mumford
February 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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2 Central Vermont schools shut down for sick days

An uptick in flu, COVID, and a stomach bug shuttered two Washington County schools this week and overwhelmed a local hospital.

www.wcax.com/2025/01/29/2...
2 Central Vermont schools shut down for sick days
An uptick in flu, COVID, and a stomach bug shuttered two Washington County schools this week and overwhelmed a local hospital.
www.wcax.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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My anxiety is thru the roof, I hope 9 cups of coffee & 14 hours on social media helps
February 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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OpenAI Strikes Deal With US Government to Use Its #AI for Nuclear Weapon Security

Wait, isn't this the plot to the "Terminator" movies?
https://futurism.com/openai-signs-deal-us-government-nuclear-weapon-security
February 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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“The real war of tariffs is taking place between two much less known economies: the human Ponzi scheme, and Earth’s economy”
tsakraklides.com/2025/02/02/t...
The Extinction Tariff
The economic war between US and Canada, Mexico or China is only the fine script in the much wider economic war taking place between a bankrupt humanity on one hand, and an equally bankrupt Earth on…
tsakraklides.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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9 critically endangered & or possibly extinct species in brazil
with links to help if possible 🧵

www.amphibianark.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Book-pimping time! EMPIRE is actually the first story I wrote. While on the one hand it's a space opera, it's really the start of a n intense love story that spans a trilogy. 4.1 of 5 stars on Goodreads with over 5,200 ratings - and FREE as an ebook! #BookSky

authormichaelhicks.com/books/in-her...
January 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Tribal Sovereignty doesn’t exist for the benefit of non Ndns.
Funny how history works—Native Americans, after centuries of persecution, might just be the ones to save women’s rights. Thanks to tribal sovereignty, they could legally open abortion clinics on their land even if the rest of the country goes full Handmaid’s Tale. Karma’s got a sense of humor.
January 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM