Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
So THE KEY is how far do you see the beauty? and can you keep that in focus more than the distractions?
Can you switch back into thinking the world is amazing again by seeing beauty in your work or others instead of digging into the same scars or problem people and many eyesores from far away?
Being aware of bad while still trying to dance positively around it I think is a way to deal with it... naturally hard as everything has to degrade / decompose eventually... hard to accept that but part of composting can be nice growth too ! Combating things while ideally still with appreciation going out smiling at each other somewhat lovingly...
Progress is a danger to itself if it's not socially growing more caring people...
I think we need more caring people and that involves teaching them, holding their hand to go to places of thought... probably the hard stuff nobody wants to do and is not doing! Or is too hard in text so human voice / 2 way presentation does better.
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THAT'S IT NO NEED TO READ IF YOU CAN'T STAND IT,
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The title doesn't mean I hate everything else... but that priority is more caring people and warmer interaction 1 by 1 r group-work INSIDE whatever work you're doing as there is little point making something but more having more caring people at the end...
Again ----- no need read more.
Rest is just for me and some that like / can read.
I PROMOTE growing brains more than many other work... because eventually things like communication and caring is included in everything and within people's thinking. So in everything that is worth more than anything and everything else will be anyway improved after that.
But just being a sniper in pure-maths or computing + low ability / low practice in communication / not managing anger and emotions / not having sapience / compassion / understanding eliminates a lot of skills = less of a caring / human-transferable skill.
Things in the list above I feel / see as really underestimated / untaught institutionally but what is actually part of bridges to all things more human. (Human rights etc which needs humans to be part of the justice - it's not going to be only computer software needed for going out and enforcing rights or going out to stop it physically!)
Without brains everything starts to fall apart or get abuse. Users or developers are lop-sided in tech and also abusing it at the same time / not looking AND social improvement during their work. A lot is computer repetition.
Everything developed for people with less brains (methodology in learning) is at risk of breaking themselves or just handing more stuff for people to do things recklessly or faster.
More ammo to those BigBoys BigTech that simply print the money or have the guns... and you don't.
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SO 2 BIG DIVIDES IN THIS CONTEXT:
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1st divide = user brains including - anyone ignoring the social improvement side and calling others 'stupid' (that you are not educating yourself or part of the program) means more of the same / people that don't care enough about much.
2nd divide is monetary resources etc. So users innocently will just focus on money (not understanding it) and fat cats will rake in the cash and further divides / cause more wars (fotware and enforcement HARDware)
If you have neither these 2... and you're not educating
BE VERY CAREFUL HOW MANY CATS YOU LET OUT OF THE BAG!
My thinking is really to improve people's ability to communicate and improve those lines connecting to everything else, AND then quality in work also comes... otherwise it's more of the same careless use / people not switching and hijacking of good ideas by fat cats toward what you see in the videos attached!...
Ultimatums - Freedom or Slavery... (the same game as before)...
My edited picture reads:
I don't like ultimatums. But it's seems it's not our choice:
dangerous freedom
or
peaceful slavery (which means the list below)
passive aggressive control
commercial monopoly
manipulation and misrepresentation
being warlords elsewhere
sociopathic decisions
This seems appropriate to consider. We've been on this road for a while. Our government just feels it can be more open now.
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RT @fiona_webster22
@JoshuaPotash @michael71massey An old poster, painfully relevant today:
https://twitter.com/fiona_webster22/status/1512236882440204324
a frustration with myself and my education is that I spent years trying to answer the question of why software systems struggle with basic shit like this. now I think the answer, more than anything else, is capitalism. there is not really any incentive to build systems that interoperate with your competitor, so very little resources are dedicated to that. but interoperation is crucial to building robust usable systems, so you end up building deficient stuff because the market demands it.
Do mention if you like why you're not sure..,. or any comment.... how it's not a clear yes or no (which of course it never is but even 80% could be a yes more than unsure...)
So if really unsure like 50% what the other 50% for you?
There has not been one revolution in the world's history which was carried out by the working people in their own interests -- by urban workers and poor peasants who do not exploit the work of others.
-- Peter Arshinov
@freeschool bricks are older than the pyramids, and there's a bunch of still-standing brick buildings older than the US in Europe, especially in the west, since the more eastern parts really like their wood.
And of course pretty much all noteworthy castles and palaces are super old too, but that really stretches the definition of a "house". The Malbork castle in northern Poland is from the 13th century, for example:
No photo for a while...but here's one from a few days ago, a beautiful little grape #hyacinth.
Like most people in our area we have quite a lot of those in our #garden. Their wonderful blossoms area such a great sign of early spring.
This specific one grew tall enough for me to get my camera below it and use the leaves in the foreground as bokeh, while a setting evening sun painted everything in a beautiful, warm light.
if we want to go for size :)
https://10kbclub.com/
https://250kb.club/
https://512kb.club/
https://1mb.club/
It's about changing / opening our minds...
I give people time and I thnk that's the difference to others online who really don't have or give time and give up on people really easy... (don't mean to be competitive, no put-downs, just I more dedicate time to others and weave us together).
So you don't even have to read any of this because EVERYTHING needs time + communication and without that a lot is broken and even less human even if it's for good...
Just follow and put notifications on to TEST MY FEED.... the rest below is just over-info for most poeple.
Open Learning School or Freedom University...
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A lot you might be at length and depth, but if you're easy about it, you can take the best and even take me along to understand life with others!
To learn and do everything practically! (this is a practical living (and gets stuff done as much as we can).
Fan of Fediverse!
Quick Look - peace-loving work / services:
█ Mini-Podcast (few mins each, examples below)
█ Picture remixes / video remixes
█ Lessons without being too 'teacher' about it. Teacher has teeth for eliminating doubt.
█ Food for thought as gentle soul also.
█ Unique ideas - often impossible for professionals (they are burdened by financial repsonsibility and therefore associational risk in saying things). I'm more diverse and occasionally direct (with respect, though I don't shy away from reminding people).
█ Not too embarrassing to say "I don't know" but can still chase things.
█ More responsive than casual users usually because people think having 'job' is enough in life. I say it's not! And even faimily is of no use if it's only getting worse (in everything!).
Podcast Examples:
1. Gary Ackerman's thoughts on AI
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111867522723922385
2. The Little Prince book
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845561003150354
3. Fantasy genre from a fan's perspective
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845709367492677
I help people create audio / edit educational audio / podcast / music / visual short videos / transcript text
+ I like to add a bit humour while being quite strict in my own politics (opinions) but open / inviting for others to tell me what I should do if they can explain more than just a short comment (I don't mind it's healthy for me at least if you have logic and can stand yourself explaining).
FreeSchool is about Learning towards Freedom (which is about Uniting everyone slowly, even "1 by 1"... Easy with The Fediverse!
Not virtue signalling here only, but practise of EVERYTHING as we go. Judged by getting in contact (many have) and having courage to communicate (or seeking it from others is ok, EVERYONE needs a bit of courage or hand-holding to make big personal changes). Who else is there for example if family doesn't understand?
Learning and watching can be good and staying out of people's way, BUT better is doing something every day and helping each other with some tough decisions / lessons... and then being bold enough to do them. 1... 2... 3 that is all that's needed.
Let my posts do most of the talking.
Put me on notification (click bell that appears after follow ia accepted) and if it's not interesting switch off after and tick me off the list of potential people to follow daily!
Media version of my posts here... open link for later... good for visual scrolling version and judge me on that I don't mind...
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/media
I'm usually impressed with my media gallery as I work on posts a lot usually or hit the "Aha!" moments and capture it (other people may forget it for years, not me!).
Freedom is about *making it work together* better like using #Mastodon on the #Fediverse daily for better platforms with more #bestpractices and 'best' people to help us which I kind of collect here and
when it's #1 comment!
I am measurably better because I reply and stick to everything to the end(!)
No cancelling friendship suddenly without saying why or being moody!
Freedom is to Learn, Respect and Love eventually and ️to Unite!
Practically it's also like Tetris - add yourself to the puzzle and watch it all happen...
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talk more on Mastodon and the Fediverse and puzzle it all out using better ways to less use the other bad commercial / extractive people...
L£$$ of the less caring people like the ggl's / ytb / gmail / mainstream communication points etc who are offering lots of space 'free' and it's not free of peace there.
We GIVE to real people (TIME NOT JUST MONEY).
There's no buy-in solution - we have to make it with selotape or whatever we have - it's not shameful to bring whatever you have.
FreeSchool is terminology put together from many good things from past (coined in 1950's/60's. I / we become it eventually through being.
It's a movement for Freedom via Learning it all (learning self included and less active stuff) and doing the learning *together* --> https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeschool.
I encourage you warmly to participate with me as a I have time and then spiral out naturally to others (we are part of humanity and so naturally a sort of evangelism or ecological pyramid of life as we choose to spread lesser suffering while accepting consuming is part of it).
Less-commercial in orientation (in everything) and happy to think / work for free.
Naturally you will hesitate if someone is sure of themself or ok standing on shoulders what we copy do the best from humbly but not too sterile either.
Based on just emotions ruins almost everything, which seems very common - very ungraceful - so don't disconnect... do it gracefully at least!
A "school" of thought is here you can interact / ask and make best together as free/low cost as possible.
Even a bad answer you can take best from (of course I won't know all your situation when I suggest something but I don't need to answer 100% - you also need to help me!).
Leave perfectionism, we are all imperfect humans! Let's do it... Choose something ANYTHING and keep the thoughts rolling together...!
All content under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA-NC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1 Thereby, ideally, only using tools and resources that are #FLOSS #OpenSource. #nobot