what if you took the billions of dollars being spent on data centres and spent it on UBI instead

then you’s have a whole bunch of people suddenly with all this free time on their hands to make you pictures and answer your weird research questions

@0x00string @Loucovey @huntingdon During the weird glorious year that was 2008, when I was granted press credentials by The Huffington Post as part of a citizen journalism program, I was at the Democratic National Convention when Chuck Schumer ducked a question by a mainstream journalist, then called on me. I stood up and said, "Scott Bellows, The Huffington Post. That last question was a good one and you dodged it. Would you actually answer it, please?"

Ever see Chuck Schumer look down over his reading glasses and glower at someone? Yeah, that. The regular journalists looked shocked, happy, and jealous because I didn't need him to respond to me ever again, whereas they couldn't get away with it without consequences.

Still proud of this and want it in my obituary.

#SalemMA - #ZeroWasteSalem Free #BookSwap and #TerraCycle Collection

"Zero Waste Salem Free Book Swap returns to the Community Life Center at 401 Bridge Street on Saturday, March 21 from 10:00am-1:00pm! Swapping isn’t necessary — you may donate, take away, or both.

We accept ONLY books, CDs, DVDs, records (all in original cases, please), plus puzzles and greeting cards. We are also accepting bags (paper, plastic, grocery, cloth) for swapping.

All items must be clean, dry, and mildew free.

TO DONATE, please drop off at the Community Life Center on Friday, March 20 from 4:00-7:00pm, or Saturday, March 21 from 9:00am-noon. Remaining items will be donated.

Please understand that our volunteers will have to sort through and trash anything except the accepted items.

Please respect volunteers’ time and health and DO NOT bring magazines, VHS, old/mildewed/outdated books, home CDs, binders, and cassette tapes.

TERRACYCLE — We’re collecting FIVE TerraCycle categories of otherwise hard-to-recycle items. Please keep each TerraCycle stream separate.
** #Swiffers: All used, dried #Swiffer pads.
** #Razors: All brands of reusable and disposable razors, blades & cartridges, as well as any flexible or rigid plastic packaging they come in.
** Dental Care: Non-electric #toothbrushes, #toothpaste tubes, & #floss containers. All brands, plus toothbrush packaging.
**Brita: #Brita dispenser, Brita pitchers, Brita bottles, Brita standard filters, Brita Stream filters, Brita bottle filters, Brita filter packaging, Brita Longlast® filters, Brita Stream® pitchers.
**#BurtsBees empty product containers and packaging.

IMPORTANT CHANGE: No deodorant or mouthwash bottles accepted as of January 1, 2025. Please place mouthwash bottles (with cap on) into curbside recycling carts."

Source:
https://greensalem.com/event/zero-waste-salem-free-book-swap-terracycle-collection/

#SolarPunkSunday #FreeBookSwap #CDSwap #DVDSwap #RecordSwap #TerracycleCollection #Recycling