Be careful with automatic litter robots! There's a model currently being sold by a bunch of different retailers (same device but storefronts can change the branding) on Amazon, Temu, AliExpress, etc. that is deadly.
Wer kommt nur auf die Idee, eine katzentoilette so zu konstruieren, dass es - durch Fehlfunktion oder bösen Willen - überhaupt möglich ist, damit eine Katze zu töten. Ingenieure bauen gegen sowas gewöhnlich sollbruchstellen ein und machen Maschinen so, dass sie im Fehlerfall in einen fail safe state gehen (tot-mann-schalter).
One last thing before I start the busy day ahead, the world isn't overpopulated and declining birth rates will not help anybody. The state of the world is bad because of white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, and imperialism. Rich people are destroying our planet. There are more than enough resources and ways of life to support current populations and growth. The problem is that wealthy communities hoard it.
Think about the deep-rooted practices of recycling in many impoverished communities of color while white influencers buy $1000 Shein hauls that they only wear once. Think about loads of food tossed into the trash because grocery stores can't sell it and won't give it away.
One last thing before I start the busy day ahead, the world isn't overpopulated and declining birth rates will not help anybody. The state of the world is bad because of white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, and imperialism. Rich people are destroying our planet. There are more than enough resources and ways of life to support current populations and growth. The problem is that wealthy communities hoard it.
Whenever you praise declining birth rates, you are effectively ignoring the hoarding of wealth and resources, the poison that capitalism and imperialism continue to dump into our harbors and our drinking water. Those are the problem.
When you praise declining birth rates, you are advocating for a restriction. And we know very well that whenever you restrict anyone from doing anything, you make it OK for the rich to do it and it comes down on the poor. Any time you dabble in eugenics, it affects the poor, people of color, disabled and neurodivergent communities, queer people.
That's where declining birth rates always lead, because the marginalized will always be the undesirables before we point the spotlight on the problem: cis white people with wealth, and the systems that protect them from the consequences of their actions.
Whenever you praise declining birth rates, you are effectively ignoring the hoarding of wealth and resources, the poison that capitalism and imperialism continue to dump into our harbors and our drinking water. Those are the problem.
When you praise declining birth rates, you are advocating for a restriction. And we know very well that whenever you restrict anyone from doing anything, you make it OK for the rich to do it and it comes down on the poor. Any time you dabble in eugenics, it affects the...
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@guerrillarain This is horrifying. Software should never replace mechanical safety, EVER.
It should not be mechanically possible for an automatic litter box to decapitate a cat.
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Wer kommt nur auf die Idee, eine katzentoilette so zu konstruieren, dass es - durch Fehlfunktion oder bösen Willen - überhaupt möglich ist, damit eine Katze zu töten. Ingenieure bauen gegen sowas gewöhnlich sollbruchstellen ein und machen Maschinen so, dass sie im Fehlerfall in einen fail safe state gehen (tot-mann-schalter).