CavyherdMay 18, 2025

I think maybe it's time to start a thread for "The World I Want To Live In."

1st up: shift from "Purchase New" to "Sturdy & Repairable:"

https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/114529458048424861

(I'll word better later after caffeine.)

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #RightToRepair #HopesAndDreams

myrmepropagandist (@[email protected])

There needs to be: * incentives to manufacture things that can be repaired * a general shift to see repairability as a sign of quality, luxury and responsibility * training a new generation to do the work * support for these trades so it's a viable way of life Having a job fixing things is one of those types of work that can nourish the soul. But it needs to nourish the wallet too.

Sauropods.win
Show threadCavyherdMay 23, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVW9VER8eoo

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #RobinWallKimmerer #Serviceberry

Robin Wall Kimmerer shares her inspiration for THE SERVICEBERRY

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Show threadCavyherdMay 23, 2025

https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/114557266107534936

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Show threadCavyherdJun 6, 2025
"[I]t was the government’s job to foster innovation and to create an environment where genuinely smart people could do great things without external pressure." —ht/ @cstross #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn
https://manganiello.social/notice/AukwkbWFAQDB0uXM80
Fabio Manganiello (@[email protected])

Why Bell Labs worked so well, and could innovate so much, while today’s innovation, in spite of the huge private funding, goes in hype-and-fizzle cycles that leave relatively little behind, is a qu...

Show threadCavyherdJun 8, 2025

"When you're in times of crisis, you can either try to appeal to people by using fear and blame. Or you can tackle the issues that are genuinely affecting people's lives, and you can do it with a people-centered approach that has kindness and empathy and strength and courage and reslilience as well."

#JacindaArdern
#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABz_n-25UZw&t=341s

Jacinda Ardern's Kiwi Accent Is Easily Understood In Boston

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Show threadCavyherdJun 14, 2025

https://mastodon.social/@townhallcitizen/114679141296540705

I would add:

11. Fully protected voting rights

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #NoKings

Show threadCavyherdJun 25, 2025

The Liberal Consensus

The government should:
Regulate business
Provide a basic social safety net
Promoting infrastructure
Protect civil rights

"What do we •want• to fund?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8i1b1HDJ4w

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #USpol #HeatherCoxRichardson

Politics Chat, June 24, 2025

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Show threadCavyherdJun 26, 2025

"If all billionaires and mega corps paid the same amount of taxes that I pay -- a retired person living on a very small pension and it's about 22% to Federal taxes -- we could have universal healthcare, universal secondary and post-secondary education, accommodations and some sort of UBI for homeless people, and universal daycare and elder care."
—@Nonya_Bidniss

https://infosec.exchange/@Nonya_Bidniss/114746825386501248

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #USpol

Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified: (@[email protected])

If all billionaires and mega corps paid the same amount of taxes that I pay -- a retired person living on a very small pension and it's about 22% to Federal taxes -- we could have universal healthcare, universal secondary and post-secondary education, accommodations and some sort of UBI for homeless people, and universal daycare and elder care. That's what the system of capitalism and wealth worship has taken from us and bottom line it means years of life taken from 99% of citizens so that billionaires and mega corps can wallow in incomprehensible quantities of money.

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Show threadcwicseolfor (has moved!)Jun 26, 2025
@cavyherd @Nonya_Bidniss I recently was prompted to map out the tax brackets from 1953 at various incomes and even though I had a rough idea, actually seeing it was like getting hit with a truck.
Show threadCavyherd

@cwicseolfor @Nonya_Bidniss

Line that up next to change in wages during that span, & it's a whole damn train.

Jun 26, 2025 at 2:56amWeb
Show threadcwicseolfor (has moved!)Jul 7, 2025
@cavyherd I've even been in this thread and I only got to see the top of it today?? I wonder if my app was on the fritz, it's been doing a lot of blinking around between pages when I barely touch it.
Show threadCavyherdJul 7, 2025

@cwicseolfor

It may also be my instance. If a thread is more than a couple days old, I often can't see earlier posts. I don't understand it at all.

Show threadcwicseolfor (has moved!)Jul 7, 2025
@cavyherd It's a little adjustment coming from centralized. I'm about to have to migrate as it is, my instance has given notice. Curious what that might or might not break. But this thread kicks off with one of my favorite posts on here of all time, soooo…
Show threadCavyherdJul 7, 2025

@cwicseolfor

😊

Yeah. I love technology. So...deterministic...