Notices by ⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️ (pnathan@mastodon.social), page 16

I can't believe this needs to be said, but don't plan civil disobedience on social media, no matter how morally righteous it is. The govt doesn't need to spy on your account; only one person needs to report you. Mastodon seems like a cool commie club but these are still strangers. Yes, this is a subtoot to the wannabe hacker.

folks we all left Twitter just in time

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/23/what-is-this-weird-twitter-army-of-amazon-drones-cheerfully-defending-warehouse-work/

I am seeing city based Mastodon instances becoming more of a thing which is good.

Would there be interest in a Toronto/GTA instance? (Is there one already?)

Are there any folks here who are doing degrees or prof-ing in education? Anyone reviewing for #AERA19 right now?

why isn't there a coffee and muffin cart at every lrt stop in the morning, Actual Question

I'm almost surprised that Trumpism hasn't capitalised on these similarities, because there is so much overlap between Trumpism and the more reactionary elements of "Environmentalism", that it wouldn't take much to rebrand Trumpism for that audience. They already distrust most politics, media, and science, and many of them are already obsessively "local" in outlook. Make your national socialism look more socialist, and put a green twist on it, they're yours. This is a real threat. It can happen.

Another issue that I don't see get enough discussion or traffic, when it comes to #AntiIntellectualism: Nothing about the #Trumpism phenomenon was surprising to me, after seeing so much of the AntiGMO movement's tactics, rhetoric, and culture.
They represent a clade that aggressively distrust "MSM" and consensus science. They have ideological leaders who they could trivially discredit with quick objective research. When challenged, they fall quickly to accusations of shilling and conspiracy.

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov
This gives me the feels. Ask any scientist working on things-that-matter, odds are they've seen this since forever. Anti GMO, Anti Nuclear Power, Anti Vax... all use the same language and rhetoric of "corrupt" scientists secretly owned by baddies.
(h/t KHayHoe on Twitter)

forms of transit, ranked

- bike
- walking
- streetcar
- light rail
- train (heavy rail)
- bus
- dragged by fucken chariots around troy
- car

Goodnight friends! A damp, unpreposessing day, with vibrant pinpricks of orangey-red from new crops of ripening berries. There were several stretches of fine, almost silent misty rain, giving that pavements a dull sheen to match the pale grey sky.

That rain snuck up on me & v. quickly got into my bones, slowing me down & stopping me from getting any sleep until now.

May we appreciate the quiet ways in which we've grown today, & believe in our capacity to continue towards kinder, better selves!

Fully
Automated
Luxury
Gay
Space
Communism

it's shorthand for a time and place beyond scarcity, where everyone gets enough to live and live well, no one needs to die of hunger or exposure or preventable sickness, no one needs to work themselves to death performing the fundamental labor of society, and we are all free to live our truths ✊ 🌈 🚀

also gay moonbases 🌔 👾

mastodon vibes

cool, but terrifying. like really terrifying
RT @RealSexyCyborg@twitter.com Found a TaoBao store that does custom installs of those little location/audio transmitters in any electronics you want. Power banks and oddly enough cell phones, laptops & tablets seem popular. If you power off them off you think you're safe but the tracking SIM is still powered.