Mastodawn

still can't get over David-freaking-Suzuki saying, "Limit people to $1B! That'd make it possible!" and all the coverage seems to be focusing on the realist "we've lost the fight" - and then omitting "so hunker down"!

It’s crazy that we celebrate people who are billionaires. It should be illegal for Christ’s sake. It’s got nothing to do with money, and everything to do with how big their dick is. We should have awards and whenever someone achieves $100 million, which is already obscene, we give them a bronze statue of a dick, and when you get $1 billion, we could give them an even bigger dick.

That’s what it’s all about. Give the rest of the money back

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Economic growth, which is the driving force of politics and business, is what determines our fate

https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/

#DavidSuzuki #environment #ThatsWhatItsAllAbout

ubi 1h ago

Do maggots ever dream about flying?

ubi 2h ago

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Richard Littler 16h ago

Imagine there's a once-in-a-lifetime walk that takes you through the greatest, most dramatic scenery in the world. You leave from Point A and walk your way back around to Point A.
The ChatGPT guy above might as well say: "Pro tip: You can go on that great walk by never leaving Point A" 3/3

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Richard Littler 16h ago

These AI guys have mistaken a photo of a meal in a restaurant menu for the meal itself. They tell themselves it looks just like the real thing, so it must be the real thing, but in the end they'll starve to death. No protein, no carbs, no vitamins, no nutrients, nothing. 2/3

ubi 2h ago

Richard Littler 16h ago

Pretty sure all these #AI guys have utterly misconstrued what art is. They think it's just information/data, but it's not: it's a process; it's a manifestation of interwoven conscious & unconscious thoughts that have ripened in a human mind, sometimes for decades. And the result is an interaction with another human mind, a dialogue. 1/3

ubi 2h ago

Todd Thomas 2h ago

If you are sharing “em dashes are a sign of LLM-generated text”, please, I beg you, stop. Stop it!

I'm sorry your life has thus far been typographically impoverished, but please don't add to the indignities of “AI” by demonizing something that has been easy to do with computers for decades, and which has made me happy for as long: using characters and symbols other than the ones pictured on your key caps!

Enrich your written communication—delight your readers—use em dashes!

The client paid good money to have me photograph the ship and their travellers. So I took photos of grasshoppers and leaves instead :)

#KimberleyCoast #HeritageExpeditions #Lumix

ubi 2h ago

𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"4h ago

This is a war crime. Israel just bombed a prison ward where trans people were kept locked up. Hundreds of trans people exterminated. There is no rational explanation for this.

Israel called the bombing "symbolic".

https://archive.is/2025.07.06-202730/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/world/middleeast/israels-deadly-assault-on-iran-prison-incites-fury-even-among-dissidents.html#selection-4553.0-4553.431

ubi 2h ago

rewarp 3h ago

Watch Vote Blue No Matter Who meltdown over the existence of Zohran Mamdani, should completely undercut anyone who goes "but Hillary" or "but Harris". It's should really be plainly obvious now that preserving evil is the whole point of lesser evilism.

US shitlibs are now at the point "it's genocide, but..." and there should be no more pretences anyone needs to entertain that position when Zohran is out there showing you can win by being a principled lefty.

And you can win an election built on a foundation of white supremacist capitalism even though you never said "Death, Death to the IDF" or "Globalize the Intifada".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5M57S3EatQ #shitlibs #USPol #Palestine #Genocide #DeathDeathToTheIDF #MajorityReport

Morning Joe Refuses To Say Zohran Mamdani's Name

YouTube

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Prof. Sam Lawler 6h ago

I'm multitasking (evenings always require a lot of work) so not 100% focused on talks.

Regina Indah Syalaisha gave a talk about interviews she conducted on a small island in Indonesia to understand their cosmology (astronomy, traditional knowledge, calendars). Linked to growing seasons (linked to elevation), lots of variation within small island.

My kids were excited to see they have a chicken constellation that utilizes what I know as Orion's belt for the beak!

#IAUS399