Mike Curtis (Janus)

@janus
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Retired software engineer, lifetime socialist, playing at being a philosopher and a poet #socialism #philosophy #poetry #mathematics #computerscience
Januswebhttps://janusweb.org
I read with alarm people talking about blocking mastodon.social. I am here because I joined when it first started and there was little choice. Should I move? I no longer run a server on which I can install my own instance, and with a range of interests including poetry, politics, economics, mathematics, science , photography, music etc I do not want to restrict myself to one "community." Is there a secure community for polymaths? What should I do? #confused #mastodon #fediverse

@aethelshane
#Haiku #haiku #575prompt

prompt - strike

Marx famously said
"Workers of the world unite"
so one out, all out!

I propose that at the appropriate moment during the coronation on 6th May, the entire nation should join with one voice and shout "f*** off".

@aethelshane
#575prompt #haiku #Haiku

from the white hot fire
to pounding, shaping hammer
then quenching coolness

I would appreciate it if people could help me get more federated on my new instance. Please boost this post if any of the following tags apply to you so I can follow!

#actuallyautistic
#adhd
#disabilityrights
#auspol
#trans
#lgbtqia
#socialism
#communism
#leftist
#maths
#computerscience
#science
#sciencefiction
#books
#philosophy
#plushies
#calckey
Highly recommended, Al Jazeera's report on how the fossil fuel companies spread disinformation to prevent action on climate change. In some cases they actually used the same pseudo-scientists that had been used by the tobacco industry a couple of decades earlier!
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2021/4/17/the-campaign-against-the-climate-debunking-climate-change-denial
The Campaign Against the Climate: Debunking climate change denial

Exposing a multi-million-dollar campaign that has undermined science and cast doubt on the dangers of climate change.

Al Jazeera
Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in 1916, traveling to work at offices in London where she was a supervisor.

This is just a reminder that trains in the Netherlands have run on wind power since 2017.

If we want to, we really can have nice things:

https://www.businessinsider.com/wind-power-trains-in-netherlands-2017-6

#trains #WindPower #netherlands

All Dutch trains now run on 100% wind power

Next stop, clean air.

Insider

Coal use climbs worldwide despite promises to slash emissions
Al Arabiya English
4–5 minutes

The burning of coal for electricity, cement, steel and other uses went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that’s the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/04/06/Coal-use-climbs-worldwide-despite-promises-to-slash-emissions-

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateKatastrophe #Climate

Coal use climbs worldwide despite promises to slash emissions 

The burning of coal for electricity, cement, steel and other uses went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that’s the biggest source

Al Arabiya English