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Cavyherd May 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

Cavyherd May 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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Cavyherd May 23, 2025

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

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Cavyherd Jun 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...

Cavyherd Jun 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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Cavyherd Jun 14, 2025

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

I would add:

11. Fully protected voting rights

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #NoKings

Cavyherd Jun 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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Cavyherd Jun 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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Cavyherd Jul 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

Cavyherd Jul 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?

fandom.ink

Cavyherd Jul 4, 2025

Some guideposts & touchstones from #HeatherCoxRichardson

Everybody is created equal.
The government has a responsibility to protect that equality,
To make sure that everybody is treated equally before the law,
They have equal access to resources,
& they have a right to a say in their government.

The government has a role to play in:
Regulating business,
Providing a basic social safety net,
Promoting infrastructure,
& protecting civil rights. >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5o3tGaQpes
#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Politics Chat, July 3, 2025

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Cavyherd Jul 4, 2025

The government has a role to play in protecting the individual from:
• big business,
•from poverty,
• & from the things that will stop an individual from being able to make the best of her or his life.

The people have a right to consent to their government, & to have a say in it.

To do:
• Protect the right to vote.
• Get rid of gerrymandering.
• Protect the right to petition your government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5o3tGaQpes
#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #USpol #HeatherCoxRichardson

Politics Chat, July 3, 2025

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Cavyherd Jul 19, 2025

Build the new media environment:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/At1Fo6Yn-Wg
#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

The #media is transitioning rapidly, and painfully, before our eyes. Let’s build what’s next. #news

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Cavyherd Jul 22, 2025

An composite of t-shirts I've seen at protests:

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Cavyherd Jul 24, 2025

"We will have a fleeting opportunity build something far far better than what we had."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63lASe0gvkU
#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #BuildBackBetter

Let me tell you a thing that might help. #leftist #liberal #progressive

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Cavyherd Jul 26, 2025

"Human rights are for everyone.

No, dignity is not conditional.

No, your worth is not decided by your gender, race, income, ability, identity, age, or beliefs.

No, justice should not be reserved for the privileged few.

No one is “less than.”

You are human. That alone is enough to deserve safety, respect, equality, and freedom.

Every person. Every place. Every time."

—Linux Is Best
@Linux

Boost original here:
https://mstdn.ca/@Linux/114915325196594651
#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Linux Is Best (@[email protected])

Human rights are for everyone. No, dignity is not conditional. No, your worth is not decided by your gender, race, income, ability, identity, age, or beliefs. No, justice should not be reserved for the privileged few. No one is “less than.” You are human. That alone is enough to deserve safety, respect, equality, and freedom. Every person. Every place. Every time. #HumanRights #Rights #Respect #Dignity

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Cavyherd Aug 7, 2025

Good ideas are popular —@pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/07/the-people-no-2/#water-flowing-uphill
#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Pluralistic: Good ideas are popular (07 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Cavyherd Aug 9, 2025

"Why Universal Basic Income Is the Answer to Poverty, Insecurity, and Inequality" —@scottsantens

https://hachyderm.io/@scottsantens/114953933943565622

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #UniversalBasicIncome #UBI

Scott Santens (@[email protected])

A reporter reached out to me last month with questions about Universal Basic Income that required hours of my time to answer. Here are all the answers I wrote to all the questions, none of which ended up being published by them. https://www.scottsantens.com/what-the-media-isnt-telling-you-why-universal-basic-income-ubi-is-the-answer-to-poverty-insecurity-and-inequality/

Hachyderm.io

Cavyherd Aug 14, 2025

Boost original post here:
https://kinkycats.org/@everything/115022703009046060

#USpol #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Cavyherd Aug 19, 2025

From @susankayequinn

Boost original here:
https://wandering.shop/deck/@susankayequinn/115050390929090010

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Cavyherd Aug 23, 2025

I'm glad to start seeing this discussion. I've been thinking for a while that we need a documented, point-for-point response to Project 2025. A 🧵...

"Here are the 10 bills that will fundamentally fix what they have broken."

From Parkrose Permaculture

https://wandering.shop/@cavyherd/115075961369572628

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoJ_5H7R-3k

#USpol #ParkrosePermaculture #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Cavyherd (@[email protected])

"Congressman Greg Lansman, via Parkrose Permaculture: Number one, resistance is not enough. We need a full-blown plan. We need a governing document that explains to the American people how we're going to fix the economy, how we're going to keep people safe, how we're going to fix democracy, the government, everything. Here are the 10 bills that will fundamentally fix what they have broken." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoJ_5H7R-3k #USpol #ParkrosePermaculture #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn >

The Wandering Shop

Cavyherd Aug 24, 2025

Michael Jessopp, @SeaFury

"We need to tax the fuck out of virgin plastic."

Boost original here:
https://aus.social/@ppossej/115081126937024785

#USpol #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Cribbed from Rebecca Solnit's essay, Thoughts on an Uncivil War, https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/thoughts-on-an-uncivil-war/

ht/ @pluralistic

#TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #JaneGoodall

Cavyherd Oct 17

Boost original here:
https://sfba.social/@karlauerbach/115390660115544169

#USpol #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Cavyherd Nov 19

A delicious list:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr13Iva-4ZA

#USpol #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

I can’t wait to fix everything, then be called radical by the recovering maga minority #politics

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Cavyherd Jan 14

https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/115893185032954201

"authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force" —@JuliusGoat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39jsstmmUUs
#politics #CoryDoctorow #Enshittification #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #RightToRepair #DigitalSovereignty

A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025)

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One very good place to start would be a Constitutional amendment overturning #CitizensUnited

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

#USpol #HeatherCoxRichardson #HopesAndDreams #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

American Conversations: Jeff Clements on Citizens United and Campaign Spending Reform

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Cavyherd Feb 11

A national privacy law! Yes! Let's do that!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHioDC6i4p0

#Privacy #DataPrivacy #USpol #HeatherCoxRichardson #SenatorRonWyden #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Demanding Transparency, Protecting Privacy, Expanding Access Health Care & More with Senator Wyden

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Cavyherd Feb 13

"Where do we begin?" To "have a society ... of universal human thriving, where the cost of abuse is high and paid only by the abuser; where the natural costs of human society are shared equitably, whereby any who benefit more will also be naturally expected to pay more, and will not be permitted to pay less."

"This destination is where our compass must point, and we should accept none other"
—@JuliusGoat

https://www.the-reframe.com/where-it-ends/

#USpol #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Where It Ends

Answering the enabler's constant question, and contemplating the depraved depths of the billionaire mindset.

The Reframe

Yes, please. Also wouldn't turn down a reliable living wage.

https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace/116164431021644457

#USpol #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #Sustainability

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XIFoMPj61BE

#SmallIsWorthy #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Small is worthy #urbanism #smallbusiness

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Cavyherd 6h ago

Hey, let's do what Finland does. (I bet somebody's run the numbers, & I bet it would ultimately be a lot cheaper.)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_feGgvVD29U

#HousingReform #UBI #Medicare4All #USpol #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn

Homelessness in the US vs Finland #usa #american #finland #housing #healthcare #homeless

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