Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Twitter was never really profitable.
Facebook is struggling and tries out weird stuff like VR to see if that could make them some real cash. And now Reddit admits it is not profitable in the least. It's almost as if you can't really make money off of people chatting online, even if you get them to be angry non-stop.

Welcome to the fediverse. Sit back, relax. It's still a little rough around the edges, but there's no one even trying to make any money off of you.

Good morning, everyone.

I know not everyone is doing okay today. Some of you are hurting right now. Some of you are struggling through difficult times. And some of you are just horrified at the straight-up villainy others are inflicting.

I have no answers. I wish I did. I disagree with the Beatles in that love isn't all you need. That said, love is a good starting point. Know today that you are beautiful, and that you are loved.

#trans

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Greta Thunberg (@gretathunberg) has some strong words for corporate media and for the corrupt system they support...
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Today, our political leaders are allowed to say one thing and do the exact opposite. They can claim to be climate leaders while they rapidly expand their nation's fossil fuel infrastructure. They can say that we are in a climate emergency as they open up new coal mines, new oil fields, and new pipelines. It has not only become socially acceptable for our leaders to lie, it is more or less what we expect them to do.

I believe the main reason we have reached this point — the reason we are facing this catastrophe — is because the media has allowed the people in power to create a gigantic greenwashing machine designed to maintain business as usual for the benefit of short-term economic policies. The media have failed to hold those responsible for the destruction of our biosphere accountable, effectively acting as gatekeepers for the status quo.

Given the size of our mission and the time we have left to act, there is, frankly, no entity other than the media that has the opportunity to create the necessary transformation of our global society. In order for that to happen, they must start treating the climate, ecological, and sustainability crisis like the existential crisis it is. It has to dominate the news.

Our safety as a species is on a collision course with the current system. The longer you pretend that this is not the case, and the longer you pretend that we can solve this catastrophe within a global societal structure which has no laws or restrictions whatsoever protecting us long-term from the ongoing self-destructive greed that has brought us to the very edge of the precipice, the more time we will waste. Time that we no longer have.
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That's from page 358 of The Climate Book.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709837/the-climate-book-by-greta-thunberg/

Greta is brilliant, and she's 100% right. But will anything change?

#Politics #Media #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
#Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

there's some kind of slant rhyme about putting corporations in charge of speech in the US (bc the gov is forbidden to do it via 1A) and then hauling them in front of Congress when they don't do it the way the gov wants

and also putting corporations in charge of pervasive surveillance of US civilians (bc the gov is forbidden to do it), the results of which our government then buys and stockpiles

https://www.wired.com/story/odni-commercially-available-information-report/

All Five Eyes countries should be filing charges of espionage against trump and his personal lackeys for exposing our national security secrets and intelligence apparatus to his Saudi pals and others. Extradite and nail this scumbag. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇳🇿🇦🇺 #TraitorTrump

Republican cowards are choosing loyalty to Trump over law and order—they’re ready to flush democracy down the gold leaf, gaudy Trump toilet clogged with national defense documents in service of a fascist criminal. #GOP #GOPTraitors #IndictTheGOP #VoteBlueIfYouWantToLive #TrumpEspionage #TraitorTrump

The 2024 G.O.P. Field Faces a Choice: Law and Order or Loyalty | GIFT LINK | 11-JUN-2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/us/politics/trump-indictment-republicans.html?unlocked_article_code=6x7SSY31UX7jQBfH3nlhPXHsA5KrRc5N00jqCuX4B0Rr4XwbXkk2KZslj4hpc0wUPIzJooUtJh1RWtN1SErz-xCCfsEKM7Kp_rWl1Vogts7orjrLZQnJm0EM_wv9VFYcBTpvVb12uAE39rVOcQVX22MyEXA1Eti79LZF-K-P8iKxVbqNl4ftarRu8Zh13sSHLfgZQmbCxQoV7_FMz9onn-NSPMRrnDuXF0LmVmYQJqMIFX09vcoI_lM3zpAtVFCNWi7geyzpp2BoOZAuFj_3-VhDIl6ZPEadIFPJIVtfwmiWzGvDEWbYJ32I9zW_Vnrw3x_nf9rSPiVu57eEbXx6btEAiP4J_JebPYk&smid=url-share

The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear a North Carolina case challenging the state's decision to stop issuing license plates bearing the Confederate flag, it announced Monday. https://t.co/YqRWpXssLy

BREAKING NEWS

Trump has stopped at a Miami bakery after the indictment... And the small crowd is singing "Happy Birthday" to him.

Good gawd, this is like never never land...

He came in.. Shouted "food for everyone" and then left without paying.
#News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #BREAKING #news #BreakingNews

Today I worked on two Alseid minis ready for #3Dprinting and free!

These were based on the works of @KoboldPress in Tome of Beasts!

Free files here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84525662

Also given all centaurs are hot I kept that tradition going here too lol
#3dart #3dmodeling #ttrpg

I’d call this my “just woke up hair” but that would imply I was able to sleep. #selfie #insomnia #bedhead

Measure aimed at preventing book bans at public libraries signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker
“Book bans are about censorship, marginalizing people, marginalizing ideas and facts,” Pritzker said before signing the legislation. “Regimes ban books, not democracies. Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, the Taliban’s Afghanistan. We refuse to let the vitriolic strain of white nationalism coursing through our country determine whose histories are told.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-book-banning-illinois-20230612-dupdx7d36ffebodijqte7jei4q-story.html
#Politics #USPolitics #News

Yeah, it is.

Thunderbird Underbelly

I really liked the way this came out with the clouds starting to collect overhead and to have a Thunderbird air force jet fly directly between me and the clouds was real special to me. I was able to follow this jet in and capture him at just the right moment.
See the full image here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/thunderbird-underbelly-bill-gallagher.html #ThunderbirdUnderbelly #BillGallagherPhotography #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #F16 #jet #USAirForce #Thunderbird #Clouds

Times Square is crowded with tourists. Big screens display advertising. New York City's center of hustle and tourism is alive and bold with the darkness of commercialism and the light of human spirit. #BuyIntoArt #ayearforart #artmatters #mastoart #AppArtist #NewYork #TimesSquare #CityLife #abstractions #Cityscapes #artwork #photography

On July 23, 2020, at the age of 99, Robina Asti gave her last flight lesson at Riverside Municipal Airport in California, setting a new record for world's oldest flight instructor. She would pass away peacefully in her sleep less than a year later at the home of her daughter, where she had moved during the Covid-19 pandemic.

During her more than 70-year aeronautics career, she was stationed at Wake Island, and later Midway Island in the run up to WWII, where she flew reconnaissance planes in order to detect Japanese ships. She was later promoted to test pilot, and finally discharged after the war with the rank of lieutenant commander.

Then she began teaching others to fly.

After transition, she became chairperson of a women's aviation organization known as The Ninety-Nines. Working with that group, she successfully petitioned the FAA to change their rules for women seeking a pilot's license, dropping the requirement for a highly invasive internal physical exam.

JOB OPPORTUNITY! I'm hiring again.

I need a historian to help Colonial Williamsburg with its website, web strategy, and blog content, who can also help us vet the accuracy of our content. The role will also bring someone in the ground floor as we re-imagine the museum for the digital age as we are building the world's largest virtual museum about early American history.

Salary Range: $60K-$70K.

Let me know if you have questions.

https://recruiting.ultipro.com/COL1030CWF/JobBoard/592f60ce-7315-4fd8-b0cf-3725168de53e/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=057638c9-1346-45fb-95db-b3f452c94bda

Tybee Island driftwood and flag at sunset in the marsh wetlands near Charleston here:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/tybee-island-flag-driftwood-norma-brandsberg.html

#tybeeisland #charleston #tybeeflag #tybeesunset #tybeemarsh #georgia #georgiaflag #landscapephotography #art4mom #travelphotography #nature #BuyIntoArt #springforart #art #AYearForArt #artforsale #Travel #photooftheday #elegantfinephotography #normabrandsberg