Nepal is paying a devastating price for a climate crisis it did little to create. A catastrophic flood triggered by a Himalayan glacier collapse has killed over 160 people(with hundreds still missing). This is the cruelest face of climate change -> the countries with fewer resources to protect themselves are often the ones hit hardest.
The question is no longer whether the poorest can afford to adapt. It's whether the rest of the world can afford to keep looking away. #Nepalfloods #ClimateCrisis
Stuck in a local minimum (the couch is comfy, the bed is more comfy, but to get from one to the other I have to do uncomfy things)
Calls for “the public” to “own ‘AI’” are just a transparent attempt to make the general populace hold the trillion-dollar bag for a con game.
There is no reason ordinary people need to pick up the tab for this particular Ponzi scheme.
My "Artists of Mastodon" collection is finally ready to be shared. Please peruse if you want to fill your home feed with art.
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs.
Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too.
Luckily, I have a guide for that.
https://disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/
#tech #cdnpoli #cdntech #politics #digitalsovereignty #tariffs
Can’t believe August is almost over. Between moving countries, settling in a new home, and getting back into work, summer just kind of flew by… It used to be that #ATG would mark the end of summer for me in a bittersweet way but this year I didn’t go…