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- "Once we have ecosystem breakdown or climate breakdown, we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks.”
- Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn - Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- With domestic violence in Illinois slowly rising, Amazon has donated 1,000 Ring cameras that will give survivors of domestic violence an added sense of security, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and domestic violence victim advocates said Monday.
- The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service. I want more people to make the connections.
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View full threadYes they do! Excellent podcast. My personal favorite from them is Bugs Bunny the Bourgeois. It made me look different at sabotage tactics for ICE resistance.
- That's a great one. I listened to it when it came out, but I may have to listen again given where we are now. Here's a link for anyone who wants to check it out:
- Makes me think of this excellent video by @andrewsage.bsky.social on library economies and how the model of the library can be applied to other things.
- The @srslywrong.bsky.social podcast also talks a lot about usufruct and library socialism
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- They're on here too @marchforbillionaires.org
- I've read about these technologies here and there, but seeing them all laid out in this article in their most advanced form (that we know of) is striking, though. We are living in a dystopian surveillance state.🧵
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View full threadAnd there are ways to mitigate your exposure to these surveillance technologies:
- Archive link for Washington Post article: archive.is/3QLW4
- Facial recognition, license plate readers, cellphone location tracking (stingrays), phone location databases, digital forensics (phone hacking, including encrypted and deleted data), drones. Everything the military has used abroad or to "fight terrorism" is coming home for the rest of us.
- It's not all doom, however. People are fighting back:
