Mastodawn

Jane Goodall leaves behind hope and a survival guide to get through trying times

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/jane-goodall-leave-hope

Childless Cat Lady Apr 4, 2025

It's time to join forces!

#TrumpTariffs #US #Tariffs #TeslaCybertruck #ElectricVehicles #AutomotiveIndustry #ConsumerAwareness #SustainableLiving #EthicalChoices #TeslaCritic #TradeWar #ConsumerChoice #TeslaNews #Tesla #ElonMusk #ConsumerAwareness #EthicalChoices #TeslaCybertruck #TeslaCritic #ElonMusk

N-gated Hacker News Mar 7, 2025

🚀🎩 Ah, the noble departure from Amazon Prime—a brave stand against... inconvenience! Tim Bray heroically cancels his subscription, not to battle corporate greed, but because one must prioritize "commercial or emotional sense" over ethical quandaries. 🎻📦 How daring!
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/03/06/Canceled-Prime #HackerNews #AmazonPrime #SubscriptionCancel #TimBray #EthicalChoices #BraveStand #HackerNews #ngated

Bye, Prime

ongoing by Tim Bray

Jose J. Fernández Jan 12, 2025

Which smartphone and Android combination would you choose if you, like me, valued both not giving money to big tech corpos AND ethically made products? Why?

Assume money is no issue and some apps that use/depend on Google services (such as banking apps) must be installed. #smartphone #Android #privacy #ethicalchoices #ethicaltech

Fairphone (Google's Android)

41.9%

Google Pixel (GrapheneOS)

58.1%

Poll ended at Jan 13, 2025 at 8:54pm.

Amarillo Ngozi Jan 11, 2025

Thanks to this video by NetworkChuck we are setting up our own #AI locally in studio using #Ollama and #openwebui to break free from similar cloud based services widely reported to use unreasonable amounts of energy and water resources. This will also empower us to choose more ethically-trained #opensource models over time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjrdr0NU4Sk
#LocalAI #OpenSourceAI #EthicalChoices

host ALL your AI locally

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Matt Dobbins Jan 4, 2025

Good Morning! Greetings from Washington DC, and the White House!

I sent this to the hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses I was hiding from.

Good Morning!

It has been so long since I have talked to any of you, and to be honest, I was shocked that so many reached out to me to invite me to the memorial. Perhaps that was an indication of your love. This message is an expression of my love; for justice, ethics, and standing for the correct thing.

One of the things that woke me up and motivated me to leave was how in-depth the elders focused, obsessed, and oppressed those who were experiencing an LGBTQ+ crisis. I felt this personally, and I wish I had not been afraid to displease them.

Do not be on the wrong side of history. Do not allow someone who has no stake in the fight for authenticity to establish your feelings towards a world that you do not know, as they do not have the credentials to do so. And if you know these worlds and the hell that they can be, choose to be kind and show beauty and love. And even if you cannot do that, then just remain silent and do not add to the problem.

If you are facing an LGBTQ+ crisis yourself, know you are whole, beautiful, and loved. Attached are some pictures and links to my new family.

https://mattdobbins.com/2024/06/26/we-are-what-we-are/

I won’t bore you with what I have been doing in life, but know this: I have been building something beautiful and bigger since I left, and I don’t sit idle. I hope you have grown and improved since we parted ways. Your sons and daughters and loved ones will remember how you behaved, how you loved, and how your love is conditional. It won’t be forgotten by anyone.

Oh, and if any of you choose to invite me again to the memorial, it isn’t appreciated. Never do that again. I never even considered sharing my values back until you all reached out to invite me to the memorial. I realized I had just as much right as you do to communicate my truth. We can both proselytize and express our ideals, and that’s exactly what I have dedicated my life to now, in part because of my experiences with you. So thank you for empowering me even if you never intended to.

Goodbye, and please reevaluate your life. Perhaps in time, you will find that your ‘best life ever’ will change to ‘I thought that was my best life? Whatever!’

https://mattdobbins.com/2024/06/26/poetry-pride-united/

#Acceptance #activism #ArchiveWasPublic_ #authenticity #buildingANewLife #challengingNorms #communicationRights #communityImpact #communitySupport #diversity #EmotionalHealing #Empowerment #equality #ethicalChoices #Ethics #evolvingBeliefs #ExJehovahSWitness #expressingIdeals #FamilyDynamics #findingVoice #historicalPerspective #humanRights #inclusion #justice #leavingACommunity #LGBTQCrisis #LGBTQRights #LifeTransformation #loveWithoutConditions #PersonalEmpowerment #personalEvolution #PersonalGrowth #PersonalJourney #personalLiberation #personalReflection #proselytizing #reclaimingIdentity #reevaluatingBeliefs #ReligiousUpbringing #SelfDiscovery #selfExpression #sharingValues #SocialJustice #speakingTruth #SpiritualAwakening #standingUpForBeliefs #supportiveNetworks #unconditionalLove

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sacha Apr 24, 2024

@amgine It's true: it's a lifestyle that only a privileged few (well... privileged many in Canada) can do due to cost and access.

But this is fundamentally the same question as climate change and Gaza and Ukraine and any government program: shouldn't we be subsidizing the ethical choices?

#vegan #ethicalchoices #ethics #choices #Gaza #climatechange #Ukraine