Question for the floor - if you had a business idea that might be great for the environment/society - but the only way it could happen is by accepting money from Peter Thiel, or Elon Musk, would you say yes? Why/why not?
(As an anti-capitalist; I struggle with the idea of "good capital").
Nice, yeah perhaps this makes more sense. Win-win for nestle!
Wonder if there is more to it? I think it's easy to underestimate the value of this though (Nestle have a terrible reputation, and rightly so!)
Corporate greenwashing? 🙂
Lidia put me (us?) out of my (our?) misery!
bsky.app/profile/lidi...
Ohhhhhh ok cool - I think I will be able to sleep happily now, this has always confused me!!
printer settings
Whenever I go to print something, I am given the option of selecting to print Odd or Even pages only... and I am not being funny but, what kind of lunatic would choose either of those options??? Is there an actual scenario when this is useful?
Critically endangered crafts Crafts classified as 'critically endangered' are those at serious risk of no longer being practised. They m include crafts with a shrinking base of craftspeople, crafts with limited training opportunities, crafts wit financial viability, or crafts where there is no mechanism to pass on the skills and knowledge. Arrowsmithing Basketwork furniture making Bell founding Besom broom making MORE ENDANGERED Bow making (musical) Bowed-felt hat making Chain making Clay pipe making Clog making Coiled straw basket making Coppersmithing (objects) Copper wheel engraving Currach making Cut crystal glass making NEW Devon stave basket making Diamond cutting Encaustic tile making Engine turned engraving Fabric pleating Fair Isle chair making Fan making Figurehead carving NEW Flower making (trade and manufacturing) NEW Flute making (concert) Fore-edge painting Frame knitting Glass eye making Glove making MORE ENDANGERED Hat block making Hat plaiting Horse collar making Horsehair weaving Linen beetling NEW Linen damask weaving Maille making Matte painting (filmmaking) NEW Metal thread making Millwrighting Northern Isles basket making Orrery making Paper making (trade and manufacturing) Parchment and vellum making Piano making Pietra dura NEW Plane making Plume making Pointe shoe making Pottery (trade and manufacturing) Quilting (frame NEW | Rake making MORE ENDANGERED Rattan furniture making NEW Saw making Scientific and optical instrument making Scissor making Sieve and riddle making Silk ribbon weaving Silver spinning Spade making Spinning wheel making Straw hat making Sussex trug making Swill basket making Tanning (oak bark) Thatching (Irish vernacular) NEW Thatching (Scottish vernacular) Thatching (Welsh vernacular) NEW + Tinsmithing Wainwrighting Watch face enamelling Watch making Whip making Wooden fishing net making 84.7
new bucket list unlocked for my adhd craft friends:
Don't worry everyone - I am working on the besom brooms as we speak 😎
Energy futures meme gasoline fire
Love this image from Energy Futures - there's a podcast / radio episode which sounds like it is well worth listening to.
Energy Futures: Degrowth and Energy by Radish Radio:
soundcloud.com/radish-radio...
rutger bregman linkedin post
Rutger Bregman is so full of shit apparently he needs 3 people to help him put on his trousers every morning.
He claims to be morally superior to the rest of us - pushing ppl to leave ChatGPT and then recommending Anthropic!!
Why not use your position of privilege and actually say something?
That will be all - thank you - please make the nobel prize out to Matt "Carl Marks" Tutt (to use my full birthname).
The other day I figured how to fix the internet:
Step 1 - Make it free (take ownership back from the corporations) - internet access is a human right.
Step 2 - Charge a yearly tax (we pay road tax, why not internet tax).
Taxes go towards WORTHY online causes eg local newsrooms. And means no ADS!!
How to be ‘anti-AI’ in the 21st century: overcoming the inevitability narrative - paper screenshot
There is a very good debate on AI which is worth a read (quite short!) - How to be ‘anti-AI’ in the 21st century: overcoming the inevitability narrative
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Yep we are very much in a "let's just adopt it" tech-controlled society, without any kind of prior research or communal approval, and then down the line we will only start to realise/see the damage (and by then it is too late!).
Hope you enjoy the paper anyway!
Lovely stuff!! I read a nice article yesterday you may also enjoy:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
"How to be ‘anti-AI’ in the 21st century: overcoming the inevitability narrative"
Public Enemy - Don't believe the hype song cover
Songs that sum up how I feel about AI.
Anyone got any good suggestions? Maybe we can make a playlist!!!
Israeli govt continues to demonstrate its belligerence. Traditionally the US used to try to pull it back from its illegal activities. The Biden-Trump years will go down as ones where the US facilitated astonishing war crimes & genocide. The breach of the ceasefire is a disaster for the US*
I'm trying to document as many anti big tech movements that exist as possible, on the No To Big Tech website. I know there are lots! I want to signpost and support existing movements.
If you want to contribute please fill in the form here:
www.notobigtech.org/anti-big-tec...
(or just reply here!)
There are a few small requirements (eg you need to be a partner of the IDN but it is easy to apply).
Help the IDN to allow degrowth to reach a wider audience!
For more info, and to apply for funding, visit:
www.degrowth.network/our-work/deg...
Deadline is April 19th!!!
#degrowth #postgrowth
IDN logo
I do some bits with the IDN (International Degrowth Network) and they have recently launched their 2026 Degrowth Events Fund.
If you're a degrowth-aligned organisation you can apply for upto €1,000 via their grant - they have €15,000 to share (last year they supported around 13 org's!).
Great organisation doing important work! 👏
Extreme heat and flooding are now impacting every level of football.
Yet the beautiful game's governing body, FIFA, continues to promote the world's most polluting company - Aramco. ⚽️💨
Read the full story from Frank Huisingh of @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social.👇
This is literally all it boils down to. Thank you for saying it!!!!!
I’m far less troubled by the existence of LLMs than I am by the many, *many* professional thinkers who are just like 🤷🏼♀️ “I guess this is the world now!”
Long shot - anyone got a good/budget keyboard + mouse combo they might recommend? I need both... keyboard is the priority.
'budget keyboard' is a bit contextual, I guess by this I mean, nothing crazy $$$ but also something that should last a bit.
Tried repairing my last keyboard but failed 😪
movements don’t need heroes. history should never be built or taught around great men, or women.
the collective is why change happens—that is what should be celebrated.
I should add at this point - I have nothing against any employees of Google etc - I don't blame those who work for Big Tech - the issue (as always!) lays at the heads of these organisations. They dictate operations, strategy and such. Workers are employees - it doesn't make them 'bad' people ✌️
the degoogle webinar
Final webinar of the initial 4 week series is today, 1pm CET - alternatives to Google Workspace / Google Docs.
(we will later switch to a less oppressive, open discussion format, about scaling this solution + other cool topics!)
Join the call via the link below:
www.notobigtech.org/webinar/
