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Last Notes npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1hse…sqqq Sometimes those are the best! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses 💯 great thread! ⤴️ npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1v04…halj Yes, I have. It's amazing. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1v04…halj He's the greatest director who ever lived, imo. 😎 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub19pw…lkm4 I haven't lived in the US very long, only since 1954. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1w3e…6n3z Yes (it's in the #AltText). npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses For city planners and elected officials almost everywhere else in the world, meeting the needs of car drivers is not a high priority. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Silicon Valley tech-bros call it a breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence (AI), although it's really nothing of the kind. Some people say a better term to use is Large Language Models (LLM), or simply machine learning. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses #SilentSunday npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1r5j…sk4z Me being one of them... 🙁 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1464…p2hk Yes!👏 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses SOURCE OF GRAPHIC — https://davewalker.com/what-would-make-cycling-safer/ npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1nr6…6wqx Same! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Monbiot’s quote is from his new book — https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534/the-invisible-doctrine-by-hutchison-george-monbiot-and-peter/9780241635902 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub154x…usd7 Dr. Jill Stein. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses If Trump wins, that will make fundraising for the Democrats much easier. And bringing in more cash is always a higher priority for them than passing good legislation. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Hot take: npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1gss…6tjx Wow, so beautiful! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses The essay linked above also includes a nice list of #books about #degrowth: npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses The “compassion” of neoliberal capitalists… npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub18ul…8xv5 I don't think they are on Mastodon. But, yes, I definitely appreciate their climate coverage. Far better than any other major media outlet. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses This is funny… and sickening… 🤮 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Connected to that story on Mongabay, here's a disturbing graphic from Sophie Gabrielle. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses E-commerce is fantastically profitable for capitalists like Jeff Bezos of Amazon. The more products they sell and ship, the better off they will be. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1c9j…meul You're right! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses I’m currently reading a book about World War One, which is why this grim subject is top of mind for me right now. And although I work hard at not being a misanthrope, there are days when that isn’t easy… 😞 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses As far as we know, only one species in the entire universe engages in full-scale war, using the most advanced and most deadly technologies to kill as many of its own kind as possible. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Florida meteorologist Jeff Berardelli does a great job here at "Debunking common climate change myths." npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses SOURCE OF GRAPHIC — https://x.com/CO2_earth/status/1792311445595549781 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses SOURCE OF GRAPH -- https://x.com/hausfath/status/1790778216808075399 (with arrow added by me) npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses This is what Business As Usual looks like. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Follow the money… npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses I’d like to express my gratitude to these companies for allowing me to use their trademarked logos. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Um… cool, I guess? npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses #SilentSunday npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub15x5…wanc Good call! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Now THIS is the ultimate in capitalist greenwashing. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses There’s a whole lot that I don’t like about modern civilization. Vaccines, however, are an unqualified success. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses SOURCE OF ARTWORK — https://studiospectre.artstation.com/projects/gbgPP npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses 🌅 Good morning*, #Mastodon! ☕ npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1dq0…glnl A bar, a ballgame, a wedding, a funeral -- wherever I go, I always have a book with me! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1mp7…kyh2 Let us know what you think after you read it! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1mp7…kyh2 I haven't read all of them myself... but as a good place to begin, I'd suggest "Less Is More" by Jason Hickel, or "Doughnut Economics" by Kate Raworth. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub18wn…sx9w Yes, good suggestion. That book *is* shown in the collage, but under an older title, "Marx in the Anthropocene." npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1700…fx8h Thank you! 😊 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1sp3…j46k Yes, I'd say that's accurate. Until we turn away from capitalism completely, government policies will at best be tepid and mediocre, always serving their monied masters. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses After I post this, I'm going for a bike ride! 🚴🏻♂️ npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1auc…gwhk I laughed at that 😆 but I shouldn't! 😢 😡 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1wzl…hx5m That world average would look much different if it excluded the massive car use of the USA and Canada. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses 🇺🇸 🚘 🇨🇦 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1gcq…uade Under Biden or under Trump, things will get worse. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub17z6…4mp8 Yes 💯 perfect analysis! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub15lv…5ds0 You're welcome! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Here's an interview with Japanese philosophy professor Kohei Saito, author of "Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto"... npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1ujs…7th5 That's lovely. As if the ground beneath the trees carries a memory of their blooming beauty. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1auc…gwhk That's a nice quote from Saint-Exupéry. Too bad it's used here in the service of capitalist industry continuing to enable our future. 😠 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1auc…gwhk Same here. I often think of this: “Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1auc…gwhk Thanks for this, Pauline. It's very timely, when compared with the latest "hopium" injection from Michael Mann and Katherine Hayhoe. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses ORIGINAL CARTOON — https://archive.org/details/desperate-people npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses The system is working exactly as intended... npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1nyq…vvvs Option B. Give yourself time to recharge and evaluate your priorities. You can handle "cheap but miserable" for a while, and in the long run it will be worth it! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses "The creator economy is a shiny veneer hiding an ugly truth: it has nothing to do with empowering creators. It's exploiting them for maximum profit." npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Link to the story about lack of US news coverage on the climate crisis... npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1ey8…qwk6 Sure, no problem. Thanks for asking! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses I’d like to express my gratitude to these companies for allowing me to use their trademarked logos. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1qht…jqpk I live in the US. Not sure they even have a Mother's Day in the UK, but maybe they do... npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses #SilentSunday npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub16pv…5y98 Heh, thanks. Although it's really just from a cheap cellphone camera. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Last night it was cloudy and raining where I live, so there was no chance of seeing the aurora — assuming it was even visible at 36° latitude. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses I found this truck parked on the street in my neighborhood. Notice that the life-threatening bumper is actually labeled ROAD ARMOR. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1ped…tnvc Both would be good! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Net zero is NOT zero. 😡 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses NOTE: This quote, often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, was probably never said by him. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses We might not be able to save the world, but we can make it better. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses For more on the reasoning behind the above advice, see this series of posts: npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses #3goodthings that make me happy today: npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1jm3…frm9 I wonder, though, what the 2nd generation might see as a preferred alternative? If industrial capitalist society is collapsing around them, would they still want to look elsewhere? npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1gcq…uade I understand your concern, which will be addressed if you keep reading. It's definitely not about using force. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1356…gef3 Your second sentence there sounds very similar to what Ted is proposing. In Part 6 (soon to follow), he'll discuss "ignoring capitalism to death" by building a different, separate system. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1hqa…58u0 Well said! 👏 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses SOURCE OF ARTWORK — https://studiospectre.artstation.com/projects/gbgPP npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses 🌅 Good morning*, #Mastodon! ☕ npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1zjl…gfr9 😆 👏 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Smarter than dinosaurs? Nope, not us! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1w9j…pkqa People who, like me, consider themselves citizens of the world. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Our neoliberal capitalist rulers love nationalism and will always promote patriotism. But they detest cosmopolitanism. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses SOURCE OF GRAPHIC -- https://twitter.com/CodeRedEarth/status/1786009988051128740 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Our modern global society is gravely ill. The disease we suffer from is capitalism. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Shocking, I know — but here’s still more evidence that oil companies repeatedly lie to us. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses CHART SOURCE — https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-2024-off-to-a-record-warm-start/ npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses I’d like to express my gratitude to these companies for allowing me to use their trademarked logos. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1x96…95wa Thanks so much -- I appreciate the support! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses #SilentSunday npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1uq4…m9aq I haven't decided what's #1 yet. Waiting for other nominations. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses Gas-powered leaf blowers are the second most terrible thing ever invented. 😡 npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1yln…e2vv That's a very good essay. Thanks for sharing the link, Jake. And thank you for thinking of me! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1xh2…gku0 Hmm... this 'democracy' sounds interesting. Maybe we should try it someday! npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses 1. Joe Biden is a terrible, terrible choice as US President. npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses * Source for claim about US war machine's greenhouse gas pollution -- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/12/elephant-in-the-room-the-us-militarys-devastating-carbon-footprint npub1ejy6zuevge09258k79qc2exy9l3gafu02thsfj7pfgf3c67q6peqvqh8ya Bread and Circuses @npub1py8…y6e8 It's my pleasure. Thank YOU for all your hard work in creating these great articles for us to read and to learn from.
