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 threadCavyherdJul 4, 2025

From @Mikal:

• Western hemisphere-wide open borders
• Guaranteed housing, food & jobs
• Free healthcare, free education & free childcare
• Free mass transit
• Rapid phase-down of all fossil fuels; massive subsidies for renewables
• Free rooftop solar

• Dismantle the electoral college
• Strict rules against monopolies & money in politics
• Reverse Citizens United
• Eliminate qualified immunity for cops.

(Please forgive trimming for space)

https://sfba.social/@Mikal/114793159297692207

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

My camera shoots fascists (@[email protected])

If they're rounding up immigrants and selling them into slavery, I think we can do better than Joe Biden's kindler, gentler, viciously racist border policies. Let's demand a western hemisphere-wide open borders treaty. An American Schengen, if you will. Let's straight up demand guaranteed housing, food and jobs; free healthcare, free education and free childcare. Let's demand free mass transit everywhere, a rapid phase-down of all carbon-based energy sources and massive subsidies for renewables. Free utility-intertie rooftop solar for anyone who wants it. Let's dismantle the electoral college while we're at it and demand strict rules against monopoly power and money in politics. Reverse Citizens United and eliminate qualified immunity for cops.

SFBA.social
Show threadCavyherdJul 4, 2025

Dropping this in as a statement of principle:

From @Fragglemuppet
"@RickiTarr Right. I mean after all, people say they want fair treatment for everyone. How's that, you want everyone to be fairly miserable? That's not the way! My desire is not that no one should have the good things I enjoy, but that everyone should. What are we fighting for, anyway?"

Edit: adding quotes to mark this as Fraggle's post, not mine.
https://fandom.ink/@Fragglemuppet/114793184639309169
#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Right. I mean after all, people say they want fair treatment for everyone. How's that, you want everyone to be fairly miserable? That's not the way! My desire is not that no one should have the good things I enjoy, but that everyone should. What are we fighting for, anyway?

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Show thread👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle
@cavyherd Thank you!
Jul 4, 2025 at 6:28amWeb
Show threadCavyherdJul 4, 2025

@Fragglemuppet

It's an important reminder, & too easy to forget!