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quackademicYour beautiful wood fire? It’s like having a truck idling in your house all day. For your neighbours, it’s worse.<a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CleanAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CleanAir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/09/a-burning-issue-why-its-time-to-ditch-the-wood-fired-heater-and-opt-for-eco-alternative?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/09/a-burning-issue-why-its-time-to-ditch-the-wood-fired-heater-and-opt-for-eco-alternative?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

Weizenbaum-Institut📢 New paper: Who owns the future of Artificial Intelligence?In a Discussion Paper titled “Big Tech vs. the Common Good: Pathologies of the Technology Race for Artificial Intelligence”, Florian Butollo and Esther Görnemann examine the consequences of the global race for dominance in artificial intelligence and develop policy recommendations.🔗 <a href="https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/detail/neues-discussion-paper-big-tech-kontra-gemeinwohl/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/detail/neues-discussion-paper-big-tech-kontra-gemeinwohl/</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/socialscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialscience</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/digitalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalization</a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/@WZB_Berlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@WZB_Berlin</a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/@WZB_GlobalWork" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@WZB_GlobalWork</a>

Nike König<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Paulatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Paulatics</a> Why do so many good accounts we look at for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#green</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commongood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commongood</a> leadership still mainly use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a>? With AI, fascists and fossil foes, we're looking at a massive shift in how people will use the Internet: Past due to double-down on the Fediverse and data protection. The future of digital comms that reach actual humans is in Open Source and Niche Community. This is where system change happens! @ECOnGOOD <a href="https://climatejustice.social/@wwf_deutschland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@wwf_deutschland</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/@fff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fff</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/@urgewald" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@urgewald</a> <a href="https://nabu.social/@NABU" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@NABU</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/@bsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bsi</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/keynes-john-maynard/36596/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from John Maynard Keynes</a><blockquote>[Capitalism is] the astonishing belief that the nastiest motives of the nastiest men somehow or other work for the best results in the best of all possible worlds.</blockquote>John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) English economist (Attributed) Vague sourcing, extensive notes: <a href="https://wist.info/keynes-john-maynard/36596/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/keynes-john-maynard/…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=keynes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#keynes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=avarice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avarice</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benefits</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=commongood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commongood</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=commonwealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commonwealth</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=endsandmeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#endsandmeans</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evil</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greed</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=idealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idealism</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#motivation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=nastiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nastiness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=optimum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#optimum</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=results" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#results</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfinterest</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wickedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wickedness</a>

Tommi 🤯 @ WHY 📞9848I had the honour to be invited by <a href="https://zeal.center/@ZFAVClub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ZFAVClub</a> to participate in an online live workshop exploring the mighty and wonderful CLI tool of the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a>, in collaboration with <a href="https://social.coop/@dweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dweb</a> 💕If you are interested in data preservation and digital commons, please do watch it, as we did our best to shed some light on the most powerful yet little known features of this software.The <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a> is an invaluable resource for unlimited, public, open, and free storage for the whole Universe. It seems too good to be true, but it is!We also touched upon the value of <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a>, <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a>, <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decentralization</a>, and <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/publicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publicDomain</a>.<a href="https://archive.org/details/youtube-8Pr05zlXdlo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/youtube-8Pr05zlXdlo</a><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archive</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/commonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commonGood</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#librarian</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacker</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacking</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/hackerLibrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackerLibrarian</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/DWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWeb</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CLI</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terminal</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/tutorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tutorial</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/workshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workshop</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The last pope named Leo, Leo XIII, issued the first social encyclical, Rerum novarum, in 1891. In it, he argued for the rights and duties of workers in the context of the Industrial Revolution, including the right to work, the right to a just wage, and the right to form unions.Nobody expected the Church at that time to do that."~ Ruben C. Mendoza<a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeoXIV</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeoXIII</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pope</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobertPrevost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RobertPrevost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workers</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EconomicJustice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> /32<a href="https://www.ucanews.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-and-the-possible-direction-of-his-papacy/108919" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ucanews.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-and-the-possible-direction-of-his-papacy/108919</a>

William Lindsey :toad:Eric LeCompte, executive director of Jubilee USA Network, says that he expects Leo to “follow the path that Francis set to build a more inclusive and transparent Church.""'The selection of the name of Leo XIV is a special acknowledgment of the need to support the poor and workers,' LeCompte added."~ Angela Giuffrida, Harriet Sherwood, and Sam Jones<a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeoXIV</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeoXIII</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pope</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobertPrevost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RobertPrevost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workers</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EconomicJustice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> /19<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/white-smoke-signals-election-of-new-roman-catholic-pope" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/white-smoke-signals-election-of-new-roman-catholic-pope</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"[Leo XIII] was very pro-working man. He was very pro-labor. He was a good Pope. So the fact that the new Pope took that name, I take as a very good sign."~ Greg Olear<a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeoXIV</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeoXIII</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pope</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobertPrevost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RobertPrevost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workers</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EconomicJustice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> /17<a href="https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-welcome-pope-leo-xiv-video" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-welcome-pope-leo-xiv-video</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"MAGAs responded to the new pope with fury. Right-wing influencer Laura Loomer, who is close to Trump, called Pope Leo 'another Marxist puppet in the Vatican.' Influencer Charlie Kirk suggested he was an '[o]pen borders globalist installed to counter Trump.'”<a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeoXIV</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeoXIII</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pope</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobertPrevost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RobertPrevost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workers</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EconomicJustice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> /16

M. Ní SídachProbably surprising nobody🤨 <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PBS</a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NPR</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Reporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reporting</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Investigation</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomOfSpeech</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Public</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GeneralWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneralWelfare</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-republicans-public-broadcasting-f0e3e1acb96986732a0211833165bf84" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-republicans-public-broadcasting-f0e3e1acb96986732a0211833165bf84</a>

RevDrMatthewFoxThe <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpiritualWarrior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpiritualWarrior</a> uses one’s inner strength to wage battle on behalf of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#values</a> that matter and feed the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/commongood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commongood</a> —of which saving Mother <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Earth</a> is one solid example. <a href="https://www.matthewfox.org/donation-store/trump-the-maga-movement-as-anti-christ-a-handbook-for-the-2024-election" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.matthewfox.org/donation-store/trump-the-maga-movement-as-anti-christ-a-handbook-for-the-2024-election</a>

Nike König<a href="https://ohai.social/@redsad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@redsad</a> best idea I've heard in a long while. And it should be in print as a paid service but a free app for all. And only non-moving ad content and imagery/logos, and sell space to big chains to pay for production/distribution/rewilding. And only certified <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commongood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commongood</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greenwashingfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greenwashingfree</a> sustainable brands get color-listings. Imagine all the space used for advertising re-designed for wilderness, and inner-city trees, playgrounds, benches, art, water fountains. A BETTER, SAFER WORLD FOR ALL.

M. Ní SídachOne of the most counter-intuitive justifications for refusing to stop mindlessly competing and work co-operatively toward a shared common good is that it is more of a strain, takes more effort, with less return on investment than working alone.The rationale most often heard is that the person is sick, disabled, tired, beaten down, overwhelmed, with the implication being that somehow a shared burden is heavier?Based on that logic, extended families, communities, tribes, villages, towns would never form except by coercion.It is a circle that cannot be squared. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/COOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COOP</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CooperativeCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CooperativeCulture</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CooperativeCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CooperativeCapital</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MutualAid</a> to secure the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GneralWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GneralWelfare</a> and a shared <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EconomicDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EconomicDemocracy</a> for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SocialDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialDemocracy</a>

William Lindsey :toad:Robert Reich asks, "What happens if we lose our sense of common good?What happens if wealthy individuals not only hire their own firefighters, but reject public schools and send their kids to private ones, stop walking in public parks and opt for private green spaces, and stop relying on public police officers in favor of private security guards?"I can answer that: the whole nation becomes Mississippi written large.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-la-fire-and-the-common-good" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-la-fire-and-the-common-good</a>

M. Ní SídachTo forestall the "enshitification" of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a>, I'd like to see it adopt a not-for-profit foundation model (like Wikipedia and Mastodon), become a true "public forum" sustained by a well-crafted, ongoing donation campaign and grants. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corporatocracy</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshitification</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/11/2296375/-The-Coming-Enshittification-of-Bluesky" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/11/2296375/-The-Coming-Enshittification-of-Bluesky</a>

William Lindsey :toad:Trump has given us — and by us, I mean largely the people at the top of the economic ladder, corporate leaders, their media lapdogs — permission to indulge that urge to cruelty while pretending we're "rebuilding" a "great" America and a "great" American economy. We're now going to see media and other leaders kowtow to Trump big-time, and as that happens, we'll see a lot of cover-up of the real price we're all paying for indulging ourr cruelty..<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cruelty</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> /8

William Lindsey :toad:"Who on average spend 10% of their pay on groceries, the lowest in the country’s history, not to mention human history. Who are lashing out at others at the slightest inconvenience, because they want to lash out at others."That "ancient, compelling, and evil" force to which Buckle refers: it's the ravenous need many of us have to hurt someone else, to blame someone else, to eschew responsibility to anyone but ourselves.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#race</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cruelty</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> /7

William Lindsey :toad:"MAGA is someone who is angry that they might have to shift from buying their goods at a middle-class-coded supermarket to the cheaper, working-class-coded supermarket. The American Republic has been pulled down, possibly past the point of no return, by affluent people. People who have lives their ancestors would have literally killed for."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#race</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cruelty</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> /6

William Lindsey :toad:"The core of the MAGA base isn’t people who can’t afford enough $2 packs of pasta and $3 jars of tomato sauce to feed their children. I’m not saying that person doesn’t exist, but statistically they’re not representative. MAGA is someone who earns $70,000 a year and is angry that their overpriced Whole Foods costs a bit more."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#race</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cruelty</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> /5

William Lindsey :toad:"Many Americans are struggling economically, left behind, urgently wanting a more egalitarian society, and turned to a fascist movement in desperation.But:Study after study [after the 2016 election] found ‘racial resentment’ a far bigger driver of support for Trump than ‘economic anxiety’. Neither Trump’s core support, nor the drift of formerly Democratic voters to him are well explained by economic desperation."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#race</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cruelty</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonGood</a> /4

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