I'm taking a no-contrarian, no-gratuitous negativity, no-let's nitpick, no-good news is really bad news, no-doom and gloom, no-Debbie Downer day.
If news breaks, I'll post it.
One thing I do not need is for my stress level to get even higher.
Great thanks to those who have been reasonable, thoughtful, rational level-headed, open-minded, and supportive of democracy at a time when it counts more than ever, instead of bickering & quibbling. You are so appreciated.❤️
I boosted this but want to make sure it gets widespread attention. It is so depressingly true. My comment in response is a melancholy I live with constantly.
https://mastodon.world/@0CynicalBastar[email protected]/110537032222023393
We're in trouble. I'm not talking about Alberta, which is my home. I'm not talking about Canada, which is a country I'm VERY grateful to live in. I'm not even talking about North America, home to Canada and the US (and Mexico, which extends to Central America) We're not in trouble for "A" reason, we're in trouble for many reasons - but all of the reasons have one thing in common. The vast majority of people in this world are no longer informed. It's not that we pick and choose what we want to believe, although that's a part of it. The problem is we're inundated with bad information that gives us alternative reasons for problems, alternatives that allow us to feel better about making choices that contribute to the problems. Instead of finding or working on solutions, we blame others, and downplay the danger 1. Covid-19. Covid is a dangerous virus that we're ignoring en mass. It's a vascular virus that infects your entire body, including lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, skin, brain, digestive tract, immune system. It does short term, long term, and permanent damage to your body. 2. Climate. Our global climate has changed. It's vastly different now than it was 20 years ago. It's changed ocean temperatures, changed the trajectory of jet streams, caused more instability, drought, more extreme storms, and it's been accelerating rapidly. 3. Hate. People are telling us to hate our neighbours for being something. The thing doesn't matter because it's bullshit. Blame the gays, blame trans, blame muslims, blame christians, blame blame blame. It's not about people, it's about hate. And it's working. 4. Media. We allow propaganda. We "both sides" issues even when the two sides are facts and lies. Media presents lies and equates them with truth. Media no longer tells us what's happening, it makes things happen. People who warn get slandered. People who care are attacked. People who protect themselves are weak. People who hate call it "freedom" I'll say it again, we are in trouble, globally, and these are global issues. We need to fix this. We had the power to prevent and correct all of this. I had thought we were on the right path, but now we're devolving, regressing, panic is pushing people away from reality - but accepting reality, and working together, everyone, is the only path that leads anywhere worth going. #DangerWillRobinson #ClimateCrisis #Hate #Misinformation #COVID19 #Freedom #Media
Yet another revelation....
Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice #JohnRoberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show
At least one of those firms argued a case before Chief Justice Roberts after paying his wife hundreds of thousands of dollars. #SCOTUS #corruption
https://www.businessinsider.com/jane-roberts-chief-justice-wife-10-million-commissions-2023-4
New documents reveal Jane Roberts made $10.3 million from elite firms, raising questions about the Supreme Court justices' conflicts of interest.
Did you collect Mattel’s Amber Collection dinosaurs and action figures? 24 Items of this short lived 6” collection have now been added to the online Jurassic Toys Museum. ➡️ https://www.jurassictoys.net/subline/amber-collection/
#jurassicpark #jurassicworld #ambercollection #dinosaurs #jurassictoys #collectjurassic #toy
In ‘Lost Tablets,’ Jan van Schaik constructs deteriorating architectural #sculptures with #LEGO. #architecture
“The first one I made, I made by accident, like a three-dimensional doodle,” says Melbourne-based architect and artist Jan van Schaik about the sculpture that founded his Lost Tablets series. Now encompassing 89 works, the ongoing project continues to reflect this intuitive, imaginative impulse as it scales principles of monumental design into dozens of models that stand about ten inches tall. Built with secondhand LEGO, each monochromatic construction encapsulates questions of legacy and decay. More
"...Elon Musk issued an edict to the journalism community. Obey me ... or you will be banned from posting on #Twitter."
"This should have been a pivotal moment in media history — an inflection point when journalists realized how dangerous it is to put their fates in the hands of people who claim to revere free speech but use their power to control it...thanks to a combination of journalistic cowardice, inertia and calculation, business as usual prevailed." --@dangillmor
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/
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