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@randahl@mastodon.social Seeing those pictures makes me want to build wind turbines and solar panels even harder. It makes sense environmentally (see THIS video), economically (cheap) and strategically (decentralized, fewer problematic dependencies).

@janeishly@beige.party @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu The EU is drafting a bill to limit the amount of political spending per individual, something some member states have already successfully established. This is a crucial step to avoid the cancer of billionaire donations, which have had a deteriorating effect on US politics for decades.

@oli@social.tchncs.de Celebrated and funded by the same people as cryptocurrency, which itself was designed only to kill the planet faster, help criminals, further the wealth gap, bribe politicians, divide society, harm the ability of democracies to adequately manage economies, AND do all of this in as stealthy a way as possible that is annoyingly difficult to stop and makes monsters of the people who join its cult.

@briankrebs Are we talking about THAT Russia? The one that is an ally of Iran - the country against which the USA are waging a war at this moment?

@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net Nice side effect: Saying "I intend to (illegal activity)" - - > Clearly illegal! "Has anyone thought to (illegal activity)" - - > Just a curious person doing research.

@mattblaze@federate.social Flooding the zone, as always. The trick is getting tired.

@CGdoppelpunkt @MMagdowski Ich weiß nicht einmal was schlimmer ist.

@benlockwood@ecoevo.social It does indeed need repeating, because many people are trying to convince us that we should wait for some miracle technology that will save all our problems. And it's always right around the corner, just a few years away.

@cyberfelidae@mastodon.social Tippe darauf, dass ihm als Milliardär die von der AfD geplante Abschaffung der Erbschaftssteuer sehr entgegen käme. Kenne mich aber nicht mit dem Programm der Partei aus und weiß nicht, welche anderen Leckerlis da für Milliardäre wie ihn noch drin stecken.

@kallioke@bildung.social @formschub@fnordon.de Es gibt auch viele Leute, die im Januar (und natürlich den Rest des Jahres) freiwillig Müll sammeln gehen und den Dreck von Silvester wieder wegräumen, damit wir alle saubere Straßen haben. Die sind halt nicht so laut und präsent, und über die wird keine Zeitung und keine Fernsehsendung berichten, weil es so langweilig ist. Und selbst wenn, dann wird kein Social Media Algorithmus das pushen, weil es nicht polarisiert. Aber es gibt sie.

@Ashedryden@xoxo.zone This bothered me when I was looking for a DJ and a photographer for my wedding. Friends kept sending me recommendations with links to Instagram, but I didn't want to get an Instagram account just for this purpose. Fuck those walled gardens.

@tshepang@hachyderm.io Crypto doesn't create any value. It's a giant zero-sum game where everybody is betting against everyone else. And I'm not even talking about all those meme-coins, those are basically glorified pump&dump schemes. Plus, there's a general trend towards gambling, particularly in the US, where everything is a bet now.

@oli@social.tchncs.de Forgot to mention that it also turns young men into gambling addicts at alarming rates.

@Volksverpetzer@digitalcourage.social Ich sehe das auch als einen Apell an Konservative. Denn wenn die Bedeutung des Begriffs "konservativ" wirklich "bewahrend" ist und es darum geht, das Gute im unserer Gesellschaft zu bewahren - Errungenschaften wie Gewaltenteilung, individuelle Freiheit, Sicherheit, Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Pressefreiheit usw. - dann sollten gerade die Konservativen diejenigen sein, die sich am stärksten gegen die undemokratischen, populistischen Einflüsse wehren.

@randahl@mastodon.social I think this is the shortest, most on-point analysis of the political struggles of the US I've ever read.

@rbreich@masto.ai Fascism needs a constant state of crisis to justify its overreach.

@dangillmor@mastodon.social Whenever some bullshit is going on, there's always billionaires involved. I'm starting to think I billion dollars is too much power in the hands of a single person.

@Strandjunker@mstdn.social She may believe that. But I'm pretty sure many of these people will spend the rest of their lives in court rooms for the things they did.

@koeln@social.cologne Danke, dass ihr so viel Energie in sichere Verkehrsinfrastruktur in der Stadt steckt. Am Ende kommt das nicht nur den Kindern, sondern allen Verkehrsteilnehmern zugute und die Stadt wird ein kleines bisschen sicherer.