Happy #Halloween!

True story: I saw the inside of a dead person's head once while in #Malaysia. It was an event purposely set up for monks and nuns to see corpses. It creeped me out to my bone marrow. The surgeon dug his fingers into the brain, and spread it out, then put it back in. Whatever grizzly sights you might see today, trick-or-treating or whatever... what I saw is a tough act to follow. It's one of those sights you wish you could unsee.

#Buddhism

Now I’ve heard it all. Today I was told that feminism is the reason that misogyny and patriarchal values are worse now than fifty years ago.

That if women went back into the kitchen, gave up their jobs and focused on being good wives and mothers - men would behave better.

This was in response to my discussing Gisele Pelicot and the sheer number of men involved in assaulting her.

Apparently if women don’t adopt more traditional values immediately - we are to be blamed.

I can’t with this crap anymore.

Men assault us - it’s our fault.

Men drug us - it’s our fault.

Men cheat on us - it’s our fault.

We say too many men - it’s our fault.

We call out bad behaviour? Not only is it our fault but also our responsibility to fix it.

Men - it’s not OUR job to fix your bad behaviour. If we could fix it - we would have by now.

Start holding each other accountable. Stop revering, protecting and electing rapists and serial abusers. Stop blaming women.

We InfoSec and IT folks need to get our shit together. There are going to be a lot of people targeted for oppression. Immigrants, LGBTQ+, POC, women needing reproductive care, NeuroDiverse, and many many others.

They are going to need help with privacy and securing their devices. Small organizations are going to need help with IT infrastructure. Getting backups done the right way will be important. I think it is going to be a big job. Are we ready for this?

I imagine small, locally organized IT and InfoSec volunteers who can respond quickly. Is there a model for organizing like this?

Let's get Signal and VPN installed and configured correctly, and donate to Signal. Let's make a donation to our Mastodon instances (infosec.exchange is my favorite). Let's start making playbooks.

We are NOT helpless. We must do what we can with the talents we have. We did not ask for this fight, but here we are. We must rise to the occasion.

I would love to hear what others think.

#IT #InfoSec #Security #Trump #ItsOurFight

We are disheartened by the major parties' lack of commitment to phasing out fossil fuels and their tepid approach to tackling the climate crisis. It's time for real action, not half measures.

For too long they have beaten around the bush on renewables action and not budged on lifting the nuclear ban, this includes joining in on fusion technology research.

Chris Bowen says we will use gas to prop up renewables at this stage; essentially the Morrison government's gas led recovery has been revived by the Albanese government, the 'Future Gas Strategy.'

Let's break the cycle of inaction and vote for a future that prioritises sustainability over short-term gains.

Our policies:
https://www.fusionparty.org.au/policy

https://www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/the-gas-led-recovery-never-went-away

#VoteForChange #VoteFusion #FusionPower #Fusion #Renewables #Nuclear #Gas #PhaseOutFossilFuels #Auspol #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #Australia

Disappointed by the 3.75% rise in minimum wage and awards, leaving wages barely above 2018 levels in real terms. For Australia's lowest-paid, this is another tough blow. We could have done better to address the cost of living and record corporate profits.

An increase of 5% could have restored real buying power to pre-pandemic levels without significantly impacting inflation. Check out the analysis from the Centre for Work at The Australia Institute: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/increasing-minimum-wage-would-not-drive-inflation-up-new-report

Steadily increasing the minimum wage could pave the way for a universal basic income. Let's work towards a fairer, more inclusive society.

https://www.fusionparty.org.au/fair_inclusive_society

#Fusion #Auspol #FairWages #UBI #FairSociety #MinimumWage #Inflation #FairWork #Wages #Australia #Income

Preferential voting allows society to compromise and choose someone who is the least disliked. If each of us could only choose one party from the list, then we run the risk of choosing someone unpopular, and missing out on having our say about the final two candidates.

That's the way it is in the US, and they get locked into having two parties whose supporters inevitably grow to hate each other.

It's good to have more parties: it allows more ideas to be be pitched. 💡💫

If you vote for a party who ends up coming last, your vote gets reassigned to whoever you wrote as number 2. Then the next party gets eliminated, and the votes get reassigned again, as we see in the Sankey diagram in our picture.

At each step, the votes still add up to 100 − anyone who voted yellow doesn't suddenly have their vote go missing.

Notice that if you want a say in the final showdown (the last two parties), then whether you put them as your first two preferences or your last two, it still has the same effect. 📊

So even if you want Liberal or Labor to win, if you actually put them first, you're missing out on fully having your say. Even the most rusted-on Liberal and Labor supporters would admit that they might like to change a policy here and there; maybe add something that's missing. The parties themselves change their policies every few years, so would it be a sin to be one step ahead of them, asking for a change?

By voting for a minor party first and a major party later, you're able to convey "sure, this is the major party I prefer. But I wish they'd legalise cannabis. I wish they'd give some more justice to animals. I wish they'd put more effort into ensuring Australia is a place for big ideas and not just a place to dig things out of the ground." 🔬

🌟 Sneak Peek Alert! 🌟

We're excited to announce that Mark Miller, a power engineer, will be giving a lightning talk at our upcoming event! 🔌

Mark will provide an industry expert's take on the social and engineering trade-offs in transitioning to clean electricity. He'll discuss how renewables can be best utilized to achieve a sustainable energy future. 🌞⚡️

Don't miss this and other insightful presentations on Wednesday, 5th June at 7pm AEST! 🌏✨

We have speaker slots still available, message us now to join in. 📨

#Fusion #LightningTalks #CleanEnergy #Renewables #SustainableFuture #PowerEngineering #Electricity #Energy #Auspol #Australia