Notices by Aaron (00aaron@social.coop), page 2

To me, the most frustrating thing about capitalism is not that it exploits everything and commodifies everything and then, ultimately, turns all those things into trash.

The most frustrating thing about capitalism is that it has created such intellectual decay among most humans, that it is deemed as normal to accept that if something cannot be solved by the market, then it cannot be solved at all.

I wrote a piece on a #Coop alternative to Etsy that just launched, one that puts power back into the hands of artists & makers:
@coopartisans (glad they're on Mastodon!)

I didn't realize the extent to which #Etsy had become toxic to sellers until starting interviews for this piece. It's clear that artisans are being drawn to this because an alternative is long overdue.

(there's a tech issue with the authorship at the top; it names me as the author at the bottom)

https://www.shareable.net/artisans-cooperative-an-etsy-alternative-owned-and-run-by-artists-and-makers/

Look, the US is not interested in actually addressing #ClimateChange. It is an empire, and its only goal is the preservation/ increase of its power.

Because the US has a government that requires tricking the public into voting for this oligarch or that one, what it *does* require is greenwashing.
It has to *pretend* it's addressing THE main existential crisis, while also not doing that at all.

#Climate

https://newrepublic.com/article/176605/natural-gas-way-worse-coal

@failedLyndonLaRouchite @lutoma @brewsterkahle Lots of nonprofit newsrooms like Vox, for example, use a mix of revenue streams and ask politely for people to donate instead of engaging in #InformationApartheid

Coming from a person who does freelance journalism and knows the struggle of how badly writing tends to pay. In my experience, nonprofit newsrooms often (but not always)paid better rates.

Wow I'm so surprised that a chemical manufactured to kill things made of organic materials would be harmful to humans, who are made of organic materials.

Western knowledge production is so smart.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17032023/roundup-glyphosate-health-kids/