Gerrit Niezen @gendor@merveilles.town

2000s hackers: My dream is to connect all of my devices to the internet.
2020s hackers: My dream is to disconnect all of my devices from the internet.

Liberals: *allow people to patent technological advancements*

Also liberals: Where are our flying cars? Why is the future so boring?

“This is what the scientists warned us about.” This is the flashing red warning.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opinion/california-fires-aftermath.html

making all activities i do cool by adding the suffix '-punk'. when i have an afternoon nap, that's snoozepunk. when i eat cookies off my swollen, distended tummy, that's snackpunk. im hip now.

#Mossy #earth #carbon #calculator

https://mossy.earth/pages/carbon-calculator

Target emissions per person: 1.61t CO2e.

As a reference, the average #UK #footprint is 6.5t CO2e and the #US is 16.5t CO2e.

Please #boost.

#environment #climate #climatechange #green

The Open Structures website is back online after a large overhaul! It's looking great :)

Open Structures is an open source modular system that allows you to build anything from shelving to a recumbent bike to a table lamp to stool, using modular, replaceable parts and standard hardware. This means you can repair and redesign any item that fits the standard, and build new parts using designs freely available online.

https://openstructures.net/

#making #DIY #solarpunk #modular #hacking #OpenStructures #RightToRepair #repair

The Easiest Edible Plants To Grow Indoors

https://metaefficient.com/books-web-sites-info/the-easiest-edible-indoor-plants-to-grow.html #plants #edibleplants #gardening

And here's why Microsoft Github would never say no to ICE/CBP: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/oct/26/pentagon-awards-10bn-cloud-computing-deal-to-microsoft-snubbing-amazon

it seems like a good idea to regularly remind yourself that borders are arbitrary lines on a map that we assign meaning to and that if humanity really wanted to, we could entirely do away with them because they're only extant insofar as we allow them to be

this is some saw shit

RT @austinlparker@twitter.com

you think you test in prod, but do you test in prod like Boeing used to?

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/austinlparker/status/1182347515812810753

Enjoy: Ken Thompson's Unix password
https://leahneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2019/10/ken-thompson-s-unix-password.html

Please don't casually assume or imply that increased religiosity means increased fundamentalist shitbaggery. The fundies narrative that they're the actual right way of being religious is really toxic and designed to keep people under their control. Theres plenty of mostly areligious people who act/think like them, and plenty of deeply religious people who are leftist and believe in sciences answers about material reality. Don't invalidate us please.

not everyone is privileged enough to be able to live comfortably and happily in small, off-the-grid communities. some people need relatively advanced medical technology to live.

https://heated.world/

"A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis."