Mastodawn

Mike Curtis (Janus)May 15, 2023

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

Mike Curtis (Janus)May 3, 2023

@aethelshane
#Haiku #haiku #575prompt

prompt - strike

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

Mike Curtis (Janus)May 1, 2023

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".

Mike Curtis (Janus)Apr 26, 2023

@aethelshane
#575prompt #haiku #Haiku

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

Mike Curtis (Janus)Apr 25, 2023

Zoe

Apr 25, 2023

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

Mike Curtis (Janus)Apr 22, 2023

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

Mike Curtis (Janus)Apr 15, 2023

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

Mike Curtis (Janus)Apr 15, 2023

T. Thorn Coyle they/them Apr 14, 2023

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

Mike Curtis (Janus)Apr 10, 2023

Ravensrod 🫖 🍰Apr 10, 2023

@fkamiah17 @Greenseer

Mike Curtis (Janus)Apr 6, 2023

Robert Sanscartier Apr 6, 2023

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