Vegan. Autistic. OCD. Anarchist. Communist. Transfemme. Demisexual. Meh. Avatar: A black and white picture of Katharine Hepburn starring in the 1936 movie "Mary of Scotland" Background: A section from a painting called "The Great Day of His Wrath" by John Martin, which depicts an end of the world scene, featuring what appears to be two large land masses being torn apart, with a dark abyss leading up to fire and magma
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Last Notes npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41egua7vyAA npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Excellent "origin story", I think npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Why "Antroid" though, do you mind my asking? npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Genuine quality output there from you that's lifted my spirits, should you be interested. "You're so hot right now" *points at Antroid* npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Nope. Precisely because I know I would adore Discworld. I have enough "lore" in my world. In fact, it's overflowing on that front. People I know with taste swear by Pratchett though npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Oh, god, Granny Weatherwax sounds hot and right up my street. Can I morph into her, please? npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew "Pan generational trans"? Love it npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew I think of myself as an unhappy amalgam of an imperious young girl and a granny. And I have always tended towards quieter, "older" diversions. @npub1sdt…pz3h has his mother staying with him, presently. I think we should celebrate such things, really. They are not encumbrances npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew I love giant sequoias. "Imported giant sequoia trees are well adapted to the UK, growing at rates close to their native ranges and capturing large amounts of carbon during their long lives, finds a new study led by UCL researchers with colleagues at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/mar/giant-sequoias-are-rapidly-growing-feature-uk-landscape npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Concerning should Reform and the Tories join forces under PR as they would have a decent number of MPs. I've a middle class professional family member who voted Reform, so they are clearly having reach into traditional Tory territory https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/755/158/807/576/306/original/e43fcb2436b67df0.jpg npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew According to Reddit, re "a nice dish to serve when other races are present", they're referring to Germans and Swedes and not POC https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/746/084/899/740/474/original/b7561441fffd1e25.webp npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew This is brilliant by Rob Newman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehmmzbi3UI npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew I remember a quote from Cheers, likely misrembering as I can't find it online, where Cliff is described as "the Michelangelo of deviant behaviour" npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew My Sunday will be hallmarked by deviant behaviour and leathery zinfandel npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew You should buy a bonnet as you can pull it off, but, please, get one in the correct size npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew You should become some kind of Che Guevara revolutionary npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/738/140/366/194/560/original/9b934e5d14a4130d.mp4 npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew The world is simultaneously burning and drowning and nobody is talking about this. I realise the news media has been captured and wants to maintain the status quo for as long as possible, wringing every last dollar out of us, but the general public must surely be seeing a pattern with all these climatic global disasters day after day? They have social media, don't they? Or has this level of devastation already been normalised? npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew I'm not religious per se, but had a strict Christian upbringing and so I am actually quite familiar with Christianity. I've always thought, from having read about him that Jesus advocated for peace, not war. He helped the downtrodden. No job. Unemployable, really. Dossed around with other hippies. Relied on others for sustenance. Stood up to the establishment, capitalism and greed, which eventually got him assassinated. According to modern standards, Jesus would be considered a hippie and communist. Christofascists would, at least, have modern Jesus thrown in jail were he to return. Their values are the polar opposite to his. In fact, I think he would be appalled at what is being preached and done in his name. What I suspect were his teachings have been utterly corrupted. Such is the way, alas, with organised religion npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew People think the end of WWII was the defeat of fascism, but the fascists were just biding their time, and slowly managed to pollute our societies from the 1970s onwards with neoliberalism. We, "sensibles", have continued to be at war with the fascists since 1948, but the fascists are the only ones who know they're even fighting a war npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew I acknowledge hereby your perfectly funny reference to Bohemian Rhapsody, Paul. Well done, and I got it npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Technically, true https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/683/058/721/565/888/original/518de9c54066afbf.mp4 npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew I'm in favour of simplifying the tax system as well, particularly stripping away all the, intentional, loopholes that allow elite interests to significantly reduce their tax burden. Unless we do the latter and prevent tax avoidance, whichever tax system we apply effectively becomes moot. A progressive system is fairer. But perhaps a flat tax in the first instance would be an easier sell? npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew I would like to read your recommendation, and to learn more about Margaret Archer, who I believe you've mentioned to me before, but I am really struggling to read anything much longer than an article these days, courtesy of my much atrophied attention span. Regarding shifting attitudes, I've encountered people who, like you, are less misanthropic and believe that there will inevitably come a social tipping point, and that things will organically, rapidly improve. All I can say is that I would genuinely like to be proved wrong. I personally think there's no way to avoid collapse at this point, and I've resigned myself to that. I applaud those who are trying to make a difference nonetheless, and against all odds, e.g. JSO npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew I understand that point, but the fact of the matter is I have literally no trust left such that capitalism will not corrupt this "woke" agenda and use to insidiously further enslave people, especially the young. I'm pretty jaded though, so take what I say with a pinch of salt. "PwC’s customer loyalty survey in 2022 recorded that gen X and millennial customers were more likely to support brands that signal progressive beliefs." For instance, you have corporations putting their logos in rainbow colours for pride, and spouting "inclusive" weasel words, whilst at the same time bankrolling scores of Rightwing politicians who want to massively rollback LGBTQ rights. So, nah npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Woke capitalism sounds like ethics washing, really. Anything that helps legitimise and prolong the presence of capitalism is unhelpful at this point IMHO and therefore to be actively distrusted npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Before long we "civilised" Europeans will be machine gunning migrants https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cy99e0e9zlxo npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew I have to use Microsoft Teams this afternoon. It is such trash https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/615/429/709/018/567/original/03f423d27270ec3d.png npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew Is it fair to say that in the history of life on Earth humans have been the most destructive, vis-a-vis other species and of the biosphere generally? Please Boost this, so as to ensure a general sampling of the Fediverse, though I already know what our progressive, kind community's response will be. To clarify my stance. I think humans are wondrous creatures and that we should be preserved npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew But there are plenty of houses out there already though, they've just been bought up by landlords en masse, as well as the Air BnB and second home crowd. Surely, it is better for the environment to just reallocate these existing properties, somehow, and which I appreciate will be difficult, than building thousands of new homes? We cannot afford the amount of CO2 this will emit npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew The public thinks climate change is just everything getting slightly hotter. But it's not. It's war. It's fascism. It's famine. It's a lack of clean drinking water. It's forced displacement. It's pestilence. It's wet bulb events that will kill tens of thousands in a single day. In essence, it's a complete collapse of the biosphere with resulting societal collapse. npub10q76txfw0k5a3u53vkm38vxxdg3dxjs4xx7ncdf0qe9xew3jgawsthcmze Andrew https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/581/948/696/398/212/original/5e1c6a82e720a3d6.png