Just an unconsequential nobody rewriting the power structures that bind us.
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unconsequential@slrpnk.netto politics @lemmy.world•F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats4·2 days agoSounds very reminiscent of Wisconsin circa 2011.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Europe@feddit.org•‘We didn’t vote for ChatGPT’: Swedish PM under fire for using AI in roleEnglish91·2 days agoOk? and Texas is 268,596 square miles (~ 432,263 square km) with 367 miles (~591 km) of coastline. Although I’ll give you that that’s tropical gulf waters not frigid fjords to pull from. I was just saying I don’t know the exact location in Texas of the facility everyone is buzzing about water shortages. But salt water can be used instead of freshwater because other places do it.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the story behind this development pattern?2·2 days agoI just had another thought on this topic, since this is the Yucatán. The Golden era Mayans built up berms to build on for roads. They’re called sacbe/sacbeob and they were generally very straight from A to B. They loved grids. I imagine modern planners are well aware of historical contexts of the region as well, not mention potentially Mayan themselves. Beyond just the shortest route from point A to B is a straight line, there may be some other underlying context like someone suggested of ease of divvying up land and drawing contracts.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the story behind this development pattern?2·2 days agoI left Mexico in 2016, so it’s been a minute. But urban planning was a big field with lots of hype for up and coming university students at the time. I’d imagine this is their handiwork as graduates now. I was also on the West coast. So, I don’t know much about the Yucatán or Vera Cruz etc.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Europe@feddit.org•‘We didn’t vote for ChatGPT’: Swedish PM under fire for using AI in roleEnglish15·2 days agoI’m fairly certain the Green Mountain facility in Norway uses frigid fjord water to cool their center. So, it can be done. I’m not sure where the facility in Texas is located though. I’m guessing in a water-poor area nowhere near the coast.
unconsequential@slrpnk.nettoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•The secret ingredient is crimeEnglish4·2 days agoAhhh priceless
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto History Memes@lemmy.world•"My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar/And I must pause till it come back to me"English9·3 days agoI mean technically he was assassinated by the aristocracy… so, yeah, if I had a political figure making reforms in favor of the little guy, over the capitalist oligarchs, and the oligarchs themselves offed that leader to “save me” from their “tyranny”— I wouldn’t be very pleased either. Dictator war machine arguments and public populism manipulation aside.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the story behind this development pattern?36·3 days agoUrban planning and zoning. They’re just planning in advance for urban sprawl and congestion. Mexico experienced a lot of growing pains (and preventable deaths) when its cities boomed and they haven’t forgotten.
Side rant: Where I used to live they zoned heavily for green areas for water absorption during rainy season and for sewage management bc it was low-lying tropical climate. Unfortunately, one big foreign hotel greasing palms and they’re building on top of a wildlife sanctuary necessary to prevent catastrophic flooding. Bye bye city buses full of people down the canal. But hey, ‘Mercia! Tourism! It brought me solace their fancy pool foundation shatters almost annually like clockwork and their pretty glass balconies kept popping from earth settling. Didn’t save the neighborhoods they destroyed by filling in a river delta though. Kept waiting for the “big one” earthquake that would bring that sucker down for good.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto News@lemmy.world•Should Lyft and Uber charge more if your battery is low? California may soon ban that5·3 days agoPerhaps not, but we can all agree that’s a form of predatory capitalism and it’s unethical. Not to mention a massive invasion of privacy.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Why doesn't the US name this state? Are they stupid?6·3 days agoDem der are da North Woods.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!211·4 days agoWhy aren’t they building these things underground or repurposing old mines in areas where geothermal is plentiful for power and aquifers are stable, instead of in water-poor, temperature extreme places like Texas and KY? …Oh right, poverty and red voters. Better to exploit and damage then have some upfront cost and long-term stability. I forget.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Technology@lemmy.world•TikTok appoints ex-IDF solider as its 'hate speech manager'English1·4 days agoWell, that explains my ban
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does total privacy entail isolating yourself from 99% of people?6·6 days agoWhat’s the old saying, “Edison worked by gaslight while perfecting the lightbulb”?
I think that applies here. To a certain degree we still often have to participate in imperfect systems while we advocate for better ones. The people working on renewables or electric vehicles still used electricity from coal plants and gas guzzling vehicles. Many of us can see how extractive capitalism is hurting us and our communities, yet we’re forced to participate in it to eat.
I’d select one or maybe two services you can tolerate that are the tools best suited for building your tribe. Insulate them the best you can, be conscious of your own usage of those platforms, and talk… A LOT… about why privacy matters and what these platforms are doing.
A lot of people simply don’t know or don’t know there’s a community trying desperately to build alternatives. Perhaps a community also still flawed, but **progress is greater than perfection! **
As far as cameras go, understand your routes best you can. Be a blip instead of a constant feed. Same with online presence. OK. They know John Doe number 1.5 million and twenty-two exists- but you have some control over whether they know which direction you wipe your bunghole. Take the small victories!
Use and hack the systems that exist today to build better ones for tomorrow.
And whatever you do be careful you don’t become like my great uncle— he thought the Soviet’s had microphones under his plates and spies were hiding in his closet (he was a farmer from podunk nowhere.) but he also fed his tractor hay so— that might have just been schizophrenia…
But, seek balance today so you don’t go mad tomorrow! And if you start feeding your tractor hay, seek help.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto News Summary@hilariouschaos.com•Israeli settler kills West Bank activist who worked on Oscar-winning filmEnglish1·9 days agoDo we know the identity of his murderer(s)? I’m sick of nameless “settler violence.” Someone knows who pulled the trigger.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Technology@lemmy.zip•Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in PaducahEnglish2·10 days agoWait, the hyper-libertarian technocrat who supports authoritarian independent tech billionaire owned/run “utopias” suddenly needs a private nuclear enrichment facility… the guy who wasn’t sure the “human race should endure” …that guy?
I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Palestine@lemmy.ml•Breaking | Israeli settlers are attacking and blocking the road in front of aid trucks heading to the Gaza Strip6·10 days agoWhich you know they will, they’re all either going “home” to visit or jet setting to some poorer nation state with all that welfare money the US gives them to live off.
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto Palestine@lemmy.ml•Breaking | Israeli settlers are attacking and blocking the road in front of aid trucks heading to the Gaza Strip6·10 days agoIt’s been that time for a long time
unconsequential@slrpnk.netto politics @lemmy.world•Resurfaced clip shows Epstein pleading the Fifth when asked if he was with Trump around underage girls4·13 days agoIn a perfect world. But he is the sitting president and does sign bills into law. But you’re right, I’m referring to executive orders as well. But the GENIUS Act he signed after passing the House and the series of AI Executive Orders like Preventing Woke AI, Export of the American AI Tech Stack and his deregulation on Data Centers. . They’re rushing forward with all of this while the whirlwind of Epstein news dominates the news cycle. These are massive power shifts and it’s only been a week.
More like Gen X. The silent generation trying to kill us all. But sure, blame the kids.