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Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
Apropos apropos, it means ‘with respect to’. It is not short for appropriate. 🌠
December 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Apropos apropos, it means ‘with respect to’. It is not short for appropriate. 🌠
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If you find the fediverse useful, don’t forget to support your instance (assuming they accept support). While the software is free, running instances is far from it. I am glad to be part of the community and want to see it continue on as a viable alternative. Thank you all for being here and I […]
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December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you find the fediverse useful, don’t forget to support your instance (assuming they accept support). While the software is free, running instances is far from it. I am glad to be part of the community and want to see it continue on as a viable alternative. Thank you all for being here and I […]
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You ban gender affirming care, people will just get it from an online source.
It's the same policy result as the failed war on drugs.
It's the same policy result as the failed war on drugs.
Hannah Barnes wearing a hot dog suit "we're all trying to find the person that did this."
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You ban gender affirming care, people will just get it from an online source.
It's the same policy result as the failed war on drugs.
It's the same policy result as the failed war on drugs.
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The Internet is already dead.... I got to talk to a number of queer and/or punk young people (teens and 20s) who are fairly prodigious makers of media stuff, all print and music, are clever with phones and computers, but don't put their stuff on the net.
Not only has it become difficult and […]
Not only has it become difficult and […]
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December 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The Internet is already dead.... I got to talk to a number of queer and/or punk young people (teens and 20s) who are fairly prodigious makers of media stuff, all print and music, are clever with phones and computers, but don't put their stuff on the net.
Not only has it become difficult and […]
Not only has it become difficult and […]
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How do politicians, who have the power to do something, live with themselves reading stories like this? People are getting amputations from frostbite because they live on the street in the dark of winter and provincial, municipal, federal governments say nothing, do nothing.
What kind of […]
What kind of […]
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December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
How do politicians, who have the power to do something, live with themselves reading stories like this? People are getting amputations from frostbite because they live on the street in the dark of winter and provincial, municipal, federal governments say nothing, do nothing.
What kind of […]
What kind of […]
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https://www.nature.com/articles/srep25697
"in order to preserve their annual mean #temperatures, #tropical #populations would have to #travel distances greater than 1000 km over less than a century if #global mean temperature rises by 2 °C over the same period"
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith […]
"in order to preserve their annual mean #temperatures, #tropical #populations would have to #travel distances greater than 1000 km over less than a century if #global mean temperature rises by 2 °C over the same period"
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith […]
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December 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep25697
"in order to preserve their annual mean #temperatures, #tropical #populations would have to #travel distances greater than 1000 km over less than a century if #global mean temperature rises by 2 °C over the same period"
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith […]
"in order to preserve their annual mean #temperatures, #tropical #populations would have to #travel distances greater than 1000 km over less than a century if #global mean temperature rises by 2 °C over the same period"
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith […]
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https://lawecommons.luc.edu/facpubs/687/
"This article examines the #legal and #moral basis for #migration as a form of #reparation for the harms inflicted on the #states and #peoples of the #Global #South through #climate change and through centuries of predatory #economic #policies." […]
"This article examines the #legal and #moral basis for #migration as a form of #reparation for the harms inflicted on the #states and #peoples of the #Global #South through #climate change and through centuries of predatory #economic #policies." […]
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December 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
https://lawecommons.luc.edu/facpubs/687/
"This article examines the #legal and #moral basis for #migration as a form of #reparation for the harms inflicted on the #states and #peoples of the #Global #South through #climate change and through centuries of predatory #economic #policies." […]
"This article examines the #legal and #moral basis for #migration as a form of #reparation for the harms inflicted on the #states and #peoples of the #Global #South through #climate change and through centuries of predatory #economic #policies." […]
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"Young and middle-age adults who had at least one dose of a #COVID19 mRNA #vaccine were less likely to die of any cause in the following 4 years compared with those who weren't vaccinated, a nationwide French cohort study found." https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/118840
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Young and middle-age adults who had at least one dose of a #COVID19 mRNA #vaccine were less likely to die of any cause in the following 4 years compared with those who weren't vaccinated, a nationwide French cohort study found." https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/118840
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Vancouver and Victoria people: I'll be there in January and I might as well give some more lectures than I'm already committed to. Anybody have a library or science centre connection and want me to give a public talk about space debris and satellite pollution?
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Vancouver and Victoria people: I'll be there in January and I might as well give some more lectures than I'm already committed to. Anybody have a library or science centre connection and want me to give a public talk about space debris and satellite pollution?
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"His total storage capacity grew from 7 kWh to 56 kWh over the years through additions. The system now supports long cloudy spells and maintains steady output until sunlight returns."
Man uses 1,000 laptop batteries to power his home for eight years […]
Man uses 1,000 laptop batteries to power his home for eight years […]
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November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"His total storage capacity grew from 7 kWh to 56 kWh over the years through additions. The system now supports long cloudy spells and maintains steady output until sunlight returns."
Man uses 1,000 laptop batteries to power his home for eight years […]
Man uses 1,000 laptop batteries to power his home for eight years […]
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Elizabeth May spitin truth bombs https://youtube.com/shorts/_p6lPz6ESXY?si=l0oAyIt5ntNwuD_u
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Elizabeth May spitin truth bombs https://youtube.com/shorts/_p6lPz6ESXY?si=l0oAyIt5ntNwuD_u
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Here's the beef, and it's going to f-up or public lands:
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/usdas-beef-industry-plan-sells-out-public-lands/
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/usdas-beef-industry-plan-sells-out-public-lands/
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Here's the beef, and it's going to f-up or public lands:
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/usdas-beef-industry-plan-sells-out-public-lands/
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/usdas-beef-industry-plan-sells-out-public-lands/
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Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
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This is brilliant. But eventually it's going to get noticed by the "AI" companies and added to some sort of list of things to optimize for. And we have to keep in mind that a lot of "AI" appearing to work is really you asking it for something that was a previously discovered failure. Each time […]
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sfba.social
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is brilliant. But eventually it's going to get noticed by the "AI" companies and added to some sort of list of things to optimize for. And we have to keep in mind that a lot of "AI" appearing to work is really you asking it for something that was a previously discovered failure. Each time […]
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“Providing the homeless with a place to live may seem like a high cost for taxpayers. But the alternative, it turns out, is more costly, new research shows. Subsidized accommodation could actually be a bargain for the public, in purely economic terms.” Via @fastcompany
Housing The Homeless Saves Money--Here's The Research That Proves It
The best way to stop homelessness is mindbogglingly simple: Give them homes.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Providing the homeless with a place to live may seem like a high cost for taxpayers. But the alternative, it turns out, is more costly, new research shows. Subsidized accommodation could actually be a bargain for the public, in purely economic terms.” Via @fastcompany
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Great conversation between Jesse Brown of Canadaland and @pluralistic about Canada’s moment in the #enshittocene and what we might do about it.
#cdnpoli #elbowsup
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1256-how-to-unshttify-canada-with-cory-doctorow/
#cdnpoli #elbowsup
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1256-how-to-unshttify-canada-with-cory-doctorow/
#1256 How to Unsh*ttify Canada, with Cory Doctorow
“Just stop having this vibes based pump and dump hype economy and start paying attention to foundations and to human thriving.” -Cory Doctorow
www.canadaland.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Great conversation between Jesse Brown of Canadaland and @pluralistic about Canada’s moment in the #enshittocene and what we might do about it.
#cdnpoli #elbowsup
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1256-how-to-unshttify-canada-with-cory-doctorow/
#cdnpoli #elbowsup
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1256-how-to-unshttify-canada-with-cory-doctorow/
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The term "personal firewall" might for some conjure quaint memories of using stuff like Zone Alarm. But I suspect this term will be resurrected in the not-too-distant future to describe pricey wearable technology designed to project a stealth mode that can confuse ubiquitous AI-based security […]
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November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The term "personal firewall" might for some conjure quaint memories of using stuff like Zone Alarm. But I suspect this term will be resurrected in the not-too-distant future to describe pricey wearable technology designed to project a stealth mode that can confuse ubiquitous AI-based security […]
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anyway, this is why my main criticism of snap is that there are any restrictions on it at all. I think they should just give people money.
study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
anyway, this is why my main criticism of snap is that there are any restrictions on it at all. I think they should just give people money.