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"Be kind to everyone you meet, for they are fighting a great battle.ā
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š Born at 312 PPM Retired NGO executive doing my best to stay informed and raise awareness about environmental crises, climate breakdown, and the rapacious, murderous impact of greedy capitalists and the politicians they own. Why the name? Back in the day, empires placated their citizens with "bread and circuses." Now we get fast food and apps. But it's all basically the same ā distraction from what's REALLY happening.
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@breadandcircuses The pic is in Australia. I took my son to our local version of that protest. Even for a smaller regional centre, it was amazing. @breadandcircuses Honestly, I've just been utterly confused. Every Science teacher since the 90s has focused on teaching us about climate change, recycling, personal responsibility for our choices... Then I leave school and it's like no one else knows. Or they outright refuse that it's an issue. It's like generations don't talk to each other anymore or work together. Makes me want to start a club that appeals to all ages so I can try to mend the generational gap. @breadandcircuses I became involved with my first activist group at age 10. It was what we called back then, an ecology group to protect the earth, from us. Decades later I, too, am heartbroken and angry at the world we leave for the young. They, who rise up, are awesome. We did some, but not enough.
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@breadandcircuses yes, we should immediately revert to feudalism, which was much better and less evil @breadandcircuses @GreatDismal Iām not sure Iāll rely on John Maynard Keynesās opinion on quantum physics in any serious debate, either. If it caged corrupt rich people instead of the struggling poor, it might work. Britain generates huge wealth but it's all stolen and never reaches the people who did the work. Given that the rich control the laws and always will though, I guess in reality I am over optimistic... @breadandcircuses You should not be allowed to patent or sell something until you can show how it can be easily separated out into its component parts and raw materials for reuse or recycling. Products must also be designed with repair in mind. The current system encourages profligate waste and destruction of precious resources. We need to do MORE! And, no, everything will NOT be fine... #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions #ClimateAction
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@breadandcircuses I don't think it's too late to do mitigation or slow this thing down... But we need to go into lockdown pandemic style worldwide to truly start a healing process. I remember how much better the environment was when humans stopped moving so much. We need action but also solutions to be able to survive the present situation ... We need negative-CO2-solutions ... given the Antarctic ocean warming ... urgently ... or we are cooked ... green : steady rise of temperatures yellow : accelerated rise of temperatures we are in yellow and that is RPC8.5 Is this too much to ask? Evidently it is. š #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
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@breadandcircuses I would like to see more trains and public transit and better-designed crossing areas. That said, EVs are needed for those who live in rural areas and for some people who have mobility issues and yet find that the schedule of access buses don't allow them to be productive. Remember, if you don't recycle, you're BAD and climate change is YOUR FAULT. Because, didn't you know? Climate change has nothing at all to do with carbon-burning industries. It's YOU! #Recycling #Pollution #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction @breadandcircuses Hey! Stop looking at all the recycling we didn't recycle and sent to [insert African/SE Asian country here]. We can't afford to fix everything you know!
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@breadandcircuses Our fossil fuel addiction reminds me of other addictionsāweāre ābargainingā to try to hold the future at bay, but in reality just kicking the can down the road for future generations to cope withānotice I donāt say solve or remedy. @breadandcircuses 500 Gt is about 15 years at current emissions. That's not exactly a safe margin when we have yet to see a consistent decline in global emissions. 23 feet would change beach front property immensely . Guess the good thing Is I will not need to drive as far to see the ocean?
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@breadandcircuses and no more gas lawn mowers, either! I use only a push mower and it is non-polluting and sometimes even cuts the grass! I get exercise, too! Win, win all the way around. @breadandcircuses Have a powerful electric leaf blower that is used exclusively to blow snow off my deck and stairs here in northeastern Minnesota. šØāļø I feed & water the birds and the bees & other insects with water features along my deck railing with bird feeders and with planting flowers in planters on my small deck and other small gardens in my yard. Itās small scale with this 110 year old house (only 1050 square feet) and fits me and my dog & 2 cats well, but every little bit helps. @breadandcircuses I never rake my leaves. I leave them out, let them break down. Helps the soil. Also will use them in my garden when I get it set up. You'll probably see plenty of news reports today about the dire warnings from the new IPCC climate change report. But don't worry! Our government has the problem under control. They're working toward "Net Zero by 2050" to save the world! š https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FqXTCvDLeo #IPCC #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #CO2 #KeepItInTheGround Stick around for the endorsement from #GretaThunberg at the end of the video. š It's hard to imagine how anyone could oppose taking such a positive humanitarian step forward. And yet it's also impossible to imagine this actually happening. What's the disconnect? The government of Australia has prepared an infomercial expressing their confidence in our collective future. I feel so much better now! š„° @breadandcircuses
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@breadandcircuses I mentioned to a friend this morning that I feel like I havenāt changed anyoneās mind about anythingānot about climate change, abortion rights, or creeping fascism, let alone giving up Facebook or Twitter. I asked her, āwhat do you think changeās peopleās minds?ā and she said, āexperience.ā And all this time I thought education was so that we didnāt have to experience everythingāwe could learn about stuff* and act on what we had learned. Silly me. *not from lies, though @breadandcircuses The psychological part of our predicament can't be understated. It's what created the whole situation. Technology can't fix our flaws as a species. Mastodon friends seem to want to be more activist on climate change. The problem seems to be that many already struggle mightily each day just to stay alive, one more day. Each day they are alive is a gift they cherish, often with loved ones in similar straights. Many folks already suffer the kind of harm that climate change will no doubt increase in ever way every where. We are all linked in struggles, hardships that are already many, for many, and multiplying. :mastodon:
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@breadandcircuses I dont think it even needs to be that far ahead,the next few years will be harsh for much of the world @breadandcircuses Or because our options are limited by system problems and circumstances. Hopefully then the answer is to fight to change the system. @breadandcircuses part of the problem is that our drives are dictated by our instincts and emotions. We can understand that we will be in trouble in a decade at an intellectual level, but we have a much greater emotional attachment to the current self. This makes it hard to make sacrifices now for the abstract future version of yourself. People inevitably end up prioritizing their current comforts and hoping that future problems will somehow get solved when the time comes. This cartoon is funny... š so why am I crying? š¢ #Extinction #ClimateCrisis
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@breadandcircuses "For Pizza?" hit too deep.
the corporate pizza party always makes everything seem ok!!
@breadandcircuses Not really. I get what you're saying. And mostly agree. But something here was left out. And it's very important.
Desperate people make ideal workers and distracted citizens,,,,to full on morons.
There's this idea in most countries that stupid people can't plan. Which isn't true. They can. They just can't plan effectively.
It's why fascism always has a natural expiration date. Why capitalism constantly has problems keeping itself afloat. Because the stupidity is built in.
Desperate people make the worst workers and citizens who can be manipulated by almost anyone. As in. The more desperate a person is the more mistakes they make in jobs. Which very often lead to not only the loss of life but categorically less profit.
And. That last part is literally how republicans/conservatives lost overall control of their party to trump to begin with. In general. Everything in this is reasons why so much sucks.
And it sucks because morons instituted it.
@breadandcircuses Not really. I get what you're saying. And mostly agree. But something here was left out. And it's very important.
Desperate people make ideal workers and distracted citizens,,,,to full on morons.
There's this idea in most countries that stupid people can't plan. Which isn't true. They can. They just can't plan effectively.
@breadandcircuses
And it needs to changeā¦