Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org
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I joined the efforts to address the #ClimateCrisis because I oppose war. Once I realize that you can't move Iowa soil a few hundred miles north, I realized that #ClimateChange will lead to food shortages (and water shortages), which would lead to mass migrations and wars.
It turns out that what we in the US are experiencing first are increases in destructive weather events. (It took me a while to realize that this would happen before the wars.) Dr. Katharine Hayhoe points out that in the 1980s, the US experienced billion+ dollar extreme weather events about one every 17 weeks. Nowadays there's one every 3 weeks and
Yale Climate Communication’s latest poll shows this is American's #1 concern when it comes to climate impacts. See https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/biggest-threat-from-global-warming/
So, before we get to the wars, would you please join me in our efforts to address the #ClimateCrisis? Join ThirdAct.Org or 350.org or The Sunrise Movement or @ExtinctionR
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CHAOS IS THE POINT!
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"Without fuel, there will be no water, no functioning hospitals and bakeries." Humanitarian efforts in #Gaza are near collapse. https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-fuel-gaza-hospital-collapse
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Russian terrorists are able to launch missiles, drones and fighter-bombers from Russian Federation territory and remain untouched by weapons produced outside Ukraine.
Helped by this insane condition imposed on the defenders, the terrorists are attacking civilians again tonight.
In the good ole days of dialup, I expect that efforts to stream is why we went from 300BAUD to 128K in a handful of years, but that's after efforts to transmit images digitally that weren't via wire services or radioFAX kicked it all off.
Newer definitions of "radio" apply these days, I expect. You're counted as a listener to a broadcast station if you don't listen to radio but to their streaming website.
...which raises the question of what in the world do European broadcasters ever continue to see in DRM radio...
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This was during what can only be described as a period of "irrational exuberance", to use Alan Greenspan's phrase, for #broadcasting industry consolidation in the US, subsequent to the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which eliminated most formal restrictions on how many stations one company could own. Many of these deals were as much real-estate plays as anything, and getting to those historic sites before they were sold and demolished was a continuing theme of our travels.
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Between 1995 and about 2010, Scott Fybush and I drove all around the US (and parts of Canada and a little bit of Mexico) visiting #radio and #television #studio and #transmitter sites. It was fun, albeit rather too many long days of driving, and I got to see 45 of 50 states and 5 of 10 provinces. We got to meet a lot of insiders, many engineers, numerous on-air personalities, and a number of senior managers and station owners.
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It was clear to me, though, that something was wrong. I remember discussing with industry veterans that we met, in the early 2000s, that no one I knew under the age of 30 listened to the #radio -- certainly not commercial radio -- and if the industry didn't figure out a way to fix that, there was no way they could possibly service all the debt they were taking on to fund those acquisitions. Television wasn't quite there yet: streaming wasn't practical over 56k dialup or 128k IDSL.
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'Are You In Denial?': Robert Jenrick Mocked Over His Response To Tory By-Election Defeats - HuffPost UK https://apple.news/AZFoUR6FNTu6klXoXv1GvMw #tories #uk #ukpolitics #robertjenrick
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Today in 1969, 54 years ago: in Chile, General Viaux perpetrated a coup d 'état, which was thwarted.
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Okay, this is interesting. Much 👀 dopamine.
Left is allegedly at 54 years old. Right is allegedly at 74 years old.
[Harvested for your enjoyment from Telegoon]
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Dispatch from the War on Christmas, 2023
Unfortunately, hostilities have reignited.
The forces of Christmas continue to illegally encroach territory that doesn't belong to them:
Love Actually was on TV last night. Promotions featuring Santa Claus have already been observed, online and in catalogues.
It is barely past mid-october. Poor Halloween hasn't even had a chance. The invasion of November was bad enough.
We reiterate: if Christmas can't respect it's December borders, we WILL fight back.
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Jan. 6 Rioter Sent To Prison After Spraying Fire Extinguisher In Cop’s Face https://bipartisanreport.com/2023/10/22/jan-6-rioter-sent-to-prison-after-spraying-fire-extinguisher-in-cops-face/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@finity You should have added the hashtag #phreakers to your post. 
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What needs to happen next is for Israel to recognize the part it played in putting Hamas in power, like meddling with the Palestinian Authority and the PLO.
When Israel created a PA it wanted, it also created what the Gaza people did not want and the only other option at the time was Hamas.
Prior to the attack, Israeli officials & press were whining about how a 2-state solution requires another party besides themselves to make agreements with and now that they have the PA molded into their ideal model they complain that it's not a viable entity with which to make agreements.
Israel got the PA that it wanted and is now complaining that what Israel wanted isn't good enough.
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This isn't support of Hamas BTW. They're akin to ISIS in my mind. But there needs to be thinking about what happens next. For Israel's security, and for the safe and prosperous future of Palestinians.
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Israel are intent on wiping Hamas out in its entirety.
The question I have is, what then?
Hamas is the group in charge of Gaza. Who takes over next? What to do about the families of thousands of Gazans who have been killed? To the children who have been traumatised and have been left extremely vulnerable to extremists?
Is this not just generating a new security problem just down the road?
Israel needs to behave smarter, and do more talking and less bombing.
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