@costrike

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Writer and lecturer teaching #sustainability, #SocialInnovation & #SystemicDesign (#SystemsThinking & #design). Launching an upcycling social enterprise (morphbags.com) and publisher of a small press (wickedproblemscollaborative.com). Co-founder of the Circular Design Lab (circulardesignlab.org). Bureacracy is my kryptonite.

Author: Pandemic Capitalism
Editor: What do we do about inequality? & What do we do after the pandemic?

Blog/Podhttps://wickedproblemscollaborative.substack.com/
Bookshttps://www.wickedproblemscollaborative.com/
Morphhttps://www.morphbags.com/
Mehttps://www.chrisoestereich.com/

Pleased to release our ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child report "Children & Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia: The Big Challenges", led by Suzanne Srdarov & myself.

The world of #AI is complicated and continually changing, with particular issues that impact on #children & young people more than others. Our report highlights issues we believe AI companies, policy makers, educators and anyone thinking about AI and kids, should consider.

https://digitalchild.org.au/artificialintelligence/

"Long COVID is common, affecting up to 10% to 20% of children with a history of COVID-19. With almost 6 million US children potentially affected, this is higher than the number of children with asthma, the most common chronic health problem in children." #LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOver https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2834486?utm_content=334100094&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-108930921605449

"although the exact dynamics will depend on many factors, she has shown it takes around 3.5% of the population actively participating in the protests to ensure serious political change."

Let's go.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

BBC

"When the will of one man is put above law, and when Americans are worried about the consequences of obeying the law and angering the man, we are not free."

Please read this and share it widely.
https://jneem.substack.com/p/donald-trump-is-no-longer-the-president?utm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true

Donald Trump Is No Longer the President of the United States

We must accept what is happening

Johann’s Substack
I went deep on the Adams/Trump quid pro quo thing. Please have a look and share.
https://dystopianpresent.beehiiv.com/p/somethings-rotten-in-nyc
Something's Rotten in NYC

A deep dive into the unfolding corruption scandal between the Trump administration and NYC Mayor Eric Adams, exposing a blatant quid pro quo that threatens the rule of law. With federal prosecutors resigning in protest and the Justice Department under fire, this post unpacks the dangerous precedent being set—and why it must be stopped.

Dystopian Present

I have a new post up that looks at the problem of growing inequality via the media's handing of the Trump campaign. Please have a look. #inequality #democracy

https://dystopianpresent.beehiiv.com/p/we-cant-afford-billionaires

We Can't Afford Billionaires

Can we survive them?

Dystopian Present

I just wrote something about the 'overview effect' and the need for humanity to rethink our place in the world.

https://dystopianpresent.beehiiv.com/p/if-we-could-all-go-to-space

If we could all go to space

If we could all go to space, we might finally look at things differently.

Dystopian Present
I could get used to this hope stuff
We have the chance to save U.S. democracy and rule of law, to elect the first woman President of the United States, and to send TFG packing. By contributing to Kamala Harris's campaign via this portal, we can also encourage her to create a distinct presence on Mastodon, not mediated by Threads or any other social media provider. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris 2/
I'm doing something I never thought I'd get to do again. I'm specifically fundraising for a woman to head the Democratic ticket and to be the next President of the United States. I want to do this with all of you here on #Mastodon, so I've created a fundraising page specifically for us: #MastodonForHarris. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris 1/