Rae of Sunshine

@dontatmeplease.bsky.social

Much Aloha

Here's some explosive etymology: In the 1600s, an audience annoyed by an actor’s performance might clap loudly to drive them off the stage. That’s where the word “explode” comes from: “ex-“ (away) + "plaudere" (to clap). Boom.

3 things we need to delete from our country: 1. The electoral college 2. Citizens United 3. Breaking up states into districts Every vote should count. Get big money out of politics. Corporations are not people. States have a governor, and towns have mayors. Districts encourage gerrymandering.

You're goddamn right. They ripped off the public and we won't forget. The midterms will be our revenge. So vote BLUE for ME and YOU to keep America great in 2028!

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I think my biggest Old Person complaint is that we don’t need that many data centers because, quite frankly, not everything needs to be In The Cloud. This isn’t 2015 anymore, I can buy a 2tb thumb drive, there’s no reason I need to save my entire documents folder to a server, Microsoft.

A judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta/Zuckerberg to pay nearly $1B over child safety issues, the judge noting that Meta is a significant contributor to the state’s teen mental health crisis. 8 other states including California are also suing Meta. Good.

Arthur C. Clarke said something about the fact that it's ridiculous to call it "planet earth" when it's clearly mostly ocean. I like the moniker "planet ocean". It has a nice ring to it, especially since it's true that if the ocean dies from our destructive habits, the planet dies.

Abilu Tangwa.@abilutangwa.bsky.social · 2d ago

We've been sold a lie: that GDP growth equals progress. But what's the real cost? 🌍 20-40% of global land is now degraded 🦋 1 million species face extinction 💨 Pollution causes 9 million premature deaths/year A healthy economy cannot exist on a dying planet.