Notices by Empiricism (empiricism@sustainability.masto.host)

How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire is a nonfiction book written by Andreas Malm and published in 2021 by Verso Books. In the book, Malm argues that sabotage is a logical form of climate activism, and criticizes both pacifism within the climate movement and "climate fatalism" outside it. The book inspired a film of the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Blow_Up_a_Pipeline

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@georgetakei

The liberal (not the ridiculously named neoliberal) should float an amendment to lower the voting age to 16.

Or perhaps the actual age of maturity of Trump, 8-year-olds ;)

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @georgetakei

Well, lets look at the facts, the folk that some people vote for why not give the vote to babies?

Gaa Gaa for a Republican & Goo Gaa for a Democratic (noting that Goo + Gaa takes a little more cognitive processing)

I am only half joking as I've met some relatively intelligent babies that I think would do a better job than Trump.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @georgetakei

😅

@nach @GhostOnTheHalfShell @georgetakei

There is a certain satisfaction in blocking explicit racists. Rather than giving them the attention they so desire.

@matthewtoad43

Generally, we have to envision what is an *ecologically* sustainable transport system. Trying to sustain a transport system that hasn't been constructed with the intention of sustaining ecological systems, is analogues to moving the deck chairs on the titanic.

We have to change course.

That means generally considering what is practically achievable, not the "pipe dreams" of the ecologically illiterate masses.

@godofbiscuits @CWilbur @CelloMomOnCars @hembrow @breadandcircuses

@matthewtoad43

The "writing is on the wall". The effects of hundreds of years of human activities that have damaged ecosystems, e.g., over hunting, industrial farming, pollution, now means human cultures are on the brink of a forced change.

The time for choice has been squandered.

But, all species are regulated by ecological limiting factors. It's only human hubris that many people believe that homo sapiens are different

@godofbiscuits @CWilbur @CelloMomOnCars @hembrow @breadandcircuses

The key point is that there are ways to live ecologically sustainably, but 99.9..% of people in industrialised countries are doing the exact opposite (no blame implied, that's the unsustainable system people have been born into. OK, at least blame the corrupt fuel industries & their crony sociopolitical self protection rackets)

It's those ecologically degrading activities that will change. Ready or not

@CStamp @CWilbur @matthewtoad43 @godofbiscuits @CelloMomOnCars @hembrow @breadandcircuses

Behaviour, AKA human activities, are causing eco degradation. Therefore, reducing those eco-degrading behaviours is "enough" to mitigate anthropogenic climate change.

Different technologies can mean we do the same general activities, yet the technology is far less eco destructive.

Swapping billions of CEVs or EVs for EV public transport is one practical example.

Transport! with less eco harm.

@matthewtoad43 @CStamp @CWilbur @godofbiscuits @CelloMomOnCars @hembrow @breadandcircuses