Posts by KimSJ@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #AXLCGZydUFKSLkeIiG by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       @SeaMonster @ChrisMayLA6 ‘Glazering’ is a word we need in the English language… bleeding institutions dry by loading up debt to pay huge dividends. It’s a far more effective way for the parasites to get richer than old-fashioned asset stripping, and probably even more destructive.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaL2CYI1g6QtugPBwm by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       I have long been of the opinion that economists’ estimations of ‘acceptable’ global warming were dangerously naive. This article by Ann Pettifor provides damning evidence of just how naive these calculations have been, and still are, sadly…     Essential reading for anyone still complacent about the climate emergency!https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/08/22/neoclassical-economists-are-the-last-people-to-listen-to-on-climate-change/(Edited to fix the link)#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
       
 (DIR) Post #AaL2CaISDTxo8acYtM by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       @guigsy A great example of the Kimbeau effect… if things go smoothly, people come to believe the status-quo is inevitable, and start to focus on the small irritations. So they turn politics upside down in an attempt to fix the minor stuff, without realising that they will wreck the big things that way. That’s why people vote out left-wing Governments.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4KaOjYciDi3MMPNw0 by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       @eff We’re restricting children’s access to the Internet so that TechBros’ platforms can run amok with no regulation.      I think we’re tackling the symptom, not the disease.#OSA
       
 (DIR) Post #B4YQwKzuFkQ1hnzfQ8 by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       RE: https://mstdn.ca/@JonChevreau/116278308030245167Trump’s going to oscillate over Iran to manipulate the stock market for his friends, isn’t he?#USPoliticsRT: https://mstdn.ca/users/JonChevreau/statuses/116278308030245167
       
 (DIR) Post #B4egQRrhwoizxCjasa by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       Unpopular opinion: thanks to the TechBros, the Internet is now broken beyond repair, and everything governments are doing to try to fix it is just making things worse.#Internet #Politics
       
 (DIR) Post #B59gdhqZrWNRBYHk3M by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       RE: https://mastodon.online/@tom_geraghty/116379652888617710Now read this again, while thinking about the current rush to insert AI into everything.RT: https://mastodon.online/users/tom_geraghty/statuses/116379652888617710
       
 (DIR) Post #B5JZmyiVklaU0waNF2 by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       RE: https://mastodon.scot/@ShredderLivesOn/116406877410807470I had no idea how many tentacles into British Politics Orban was funding. Clearly the election in Hungary is going to prove more significant for the sanitisation of UK politics than I realised.#UKPoliticsRT: https://mastodon.scot/users/ShredderLivesOn/statuses/116406877410807470
       
 (DIR) Post #B88CJ79N5MwXVWzKc4 by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       @kumicota @sundogplanets And the protocols for safe disposal of pacemakers are stringent. They do not include “hoping it burns up in the atmosphere somewhere where the resultant ash doesn’t cause any issues”.
       
 (DIR) Post #B88E1sOosLC6kC7d8i by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116882174630299627It’s not that this particular satellite is much of a hazard, it’s what the precedent could lead to next that is worrying.RT: https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116882174630299627
       
 (DIR) Post #B88E1sas9WprLZlFvU by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       @kumicota @sundogplanets I agree, as I acknowledged in a separate post. But anyway, I see damage to the cause of nuclear power as a win: it’s expensive, slow to roll out and creates disposal challenges for both the fuel and the sites. Solar, wind, batteries and maybe tidal power are all better components for a future fossil-free world..https://mastodon.social/@KimSJ/116884999951649552RT: https://mastodon.social/users/KimSJ/statuses/116884999951649552
       
 (DIR) Post #BA5nttKd2KGmQxfdoW by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       @eff oh  dear!
       
 (DIR) Post #BAVL74eqyxkWJNSvvU by KimSJ@mastodon.social
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       @selea This is the kind of carelessness which reinforces my decision not to buy any car with ‘smarts’ intoduced after about 2015