@johnnyforeign

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Still waging that one-man war on mediocrity. Deeply disappointed by Capitalism. After many years of UCD and service design practice and management it turns out I’m actually a teacher. So now I try to help engineers and scientists turn their research into making-the-world-better kind of stuff.
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#designthinking #systemsthinking #systemsinnovation #esade #upc #cern #laurea #aalto #ATTRACT_EU #TUdelft
johnnyforeignJul 3, 2023
inksharkJul 2, 2023

Do you hand-make things that you sell? Do you wish Etsy would *disintegrate* for jacking up fees 30% after a record sales year?

Artisans Coop is on its way to becoming a very real Etsy alternative, a place for handmade goods that is owned by its members, that can put all that "record sales" into the pockets of sellers, not white collar thugs. And i do mean artisans, not assholes who steal designs and get them printed at a sweatshop.

How is that possible? Check it out: https://artisans.coop/blog/join-an-authentic-handmade-marketplace-now-enrolling-members/

Now Enrolling Members! Join An Authentic Handmade Marketplace | Artisans Cooperative

Artisans Cooperative is now accepting its first members! In this post, we'll share all the details about membership.

Artisans Cooperative
johnnyforeignJun 27, 2023
kategenevieve →mastodon.socialJun 26, 2023

Some photos of Laura Williams sharing her Aluna project at Lunar Imaginaries at the new Care + Climate space in Greenwich.

Aluna is a Moon and Tide Clock designed for the 0° longitude on the Greenwich Peninsula.

It's an incredible project. really hope the London community can support the realisation of this building - alunatime.org

#lunarimaginaries #moon #lunar #aluna

johnnyforeignJun 24, 2023
Bryan HanselJun 23, 2023

Here's a rainbow for Pride Month. Vertical shot, so click it to see the full image.

The other day I posted a rainbow on FB, and wrote something like, "Here's a great rainbow for Pride Month."

I got a lot of terrible comments, which I deleted or banned, so I followed up the post by posting another rainbow. I ended up losing about 60 page likes over the two posts. And each day since the posts, I've lost a few more.

#Photography #PrideMonth

johnnyforeignJun 20, 2023
Show threadmekka okereke Jun 20, 2023

@justinmwhitaker

"Use this server for free! Donate if you feel like it. Or don't! Up to you, mate!" works until it doesn't. Then we hear, "I'm shutting down in a month! Too much work, and y'all just yell at me anyway... 😢"

"This server is a co-op. It costs $5 a year at this level. We have subsidized memberships. If you can't pay, ask us! If you're able to, you can cover a subsidized membership for others! Every additional $5 you pay, covers a membership for someone else." is sustainable.

johnnyforeignJun 3, 2023
Dan NeidleJun 3, 2023
A quick response to the terrible argument that won't die - "inheritance tax is double taxation". https://www.taxpolicy.org.uk/iht_terrible/
The terrible argument that won't die: "inheritance tax is double taxation"

Here's Jacob Rees-Mogg in Wednesday's Telegraph: We hear this a lot. But it's a terrible argument: We pay tax on already-taxed assets all the time Literally every day: I just bought a kebab. 20% VAT. I paid for it out of taxed income. Double tax. And this applies to almost everything

Tax Policy Associates Ltd
johnnyforeignMay 31, 2023
Show threadkatzenbergerMay 13, 2023

@pcalvin An interesting link to #SystemsThinking. What makes my search so puzzling is that there is some kind of an ownership relationship (you "have" relationships, as well as you "have" an address book), but "asset" just has so many overtones.

In German, the word I'm using is "Schutzgut" ("a good to be protected"). But can you use "goods" in English without immediately invoking associations of "trade", "stock", "warehouse" etc?

johnnyforeignMay 30, 2023
Jon WorthMay 30, 2023

Politico has done a huge animated kind of report - travel guide about the new European Sleeper service, and all the places it stops

It's a *massive* piece of work!

I am quoted in there about the prospects of the revival of night trains in Europe

#CrossBorderRail

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-make-break-sleeper-night-train-awakens-berlin-amsterdam-brussels-transport-european-union/

Europe’s sleeper train awakens

The upstart European Sleeper is gambling on a night train revival to link up the Continent.

POLITICO
johnnyforeignMay 23, 2023
Alice MarshallMay 23, 2023

Why The Pedophile Who Led The GOP Is Relevant
We Need To Talk About Hastert, Trump, and Everything Between Them

https://www.oliverexplains.com/p/why-the-pedophile-who-led-the-gop?r=173pk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Why The Pedophile Who Led The GOP Is Relevant

We Need To Talk About Hastert, Trump, and Everything Between Them

Oliver Willis Explains
johnnyforeignMay 21, 2023
Annika JoeresMay 21, 2023

RT @[email protected]

Nearly a billion dollars a year is flowing into the organized climate change counter-movement, preventing climate policies.
It’s what we’re up against.
Not just us climate scientists - all of us caring about the future, about our children. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-money-behind-the-climate-denial-movement-180948204/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rahmstorf/status/1660167018459398144

Meet the Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement

Nearly a billion dollars a year is flowing into the organized climate change counter-movement

Smithsonian Magazine
johnnyforeignMay 20, 2023
Show threadKevin RussellMay 19, 2023

@GeoWend @ottocrat @Leszek_Karlik

Nothing stands in the way of saving civilization from climate collapse except tired old men trying to increase the amount of money in their caskets.

Merely voting to end carbon, voting for parties who will build solar and wind with the billions now spent on oil is enough.

Only that will save us, only democracy, only good government, only fair taxation.

Make a call, make friends, make appointments.

We can do this.