Brainwaves

[Brainwaves]

[third-nature]

[dieselpunkoranges]

In case anyone else has the trouble i did with reading the green text, here’s all the text of the image.

Small brain:  Automation is going to unemploy millions, so we need to create new busywork jobs to make sure everyone can keep getting paid and keep consuming.

Standard brain:  We should institute a UBI (universal basic income) and fill the void of lost jobs with green new deal projects.

Mega brain:  We should overthrow capitalism and build fully-automated luxury communism by democratizing the automation machines. We should also divvy up necessary work that can’t be automated so that each person is working significantly less.

Cosmic brain:  “Full automation” (as implied by “fully-automated luxury communism”) is an unsustainable project that requires perpetual mineral extraction and which continues the individualist consumption habits of capitalism. We should use some automation where possible, but ultimately we ought to be transforming our relationship to labor and consumption in general.
This will mean no new smart phones every year, fewer cars, less expectation of out-of-season food on store shelves, etc. - but it will also mean new avenues for conviviality and leisure, including the elimination of bullshit jobs, lots more free time, robust public spaces, more opportunities for festival and art, interconnected communities, and a renewed relationship with the Earth.
Eco-socialism must remain international and future-oriented, but it can’t be based upon extractivist holdovers from capitalism. And so degrowth, decolonization, and de-alienation are central pieces to this puzzle.

[Brainwaves]

[eco-socialism]

[soquiligeyatahi]

Meanwhile foodies are pilfering and destroying large swathes of ᏩᏍᏗ left and right because they’re “trendy” now 💅🏻

[bobbiegordon]

[image id: tweet thread by nolan blake @nolanblakeyboy 7/18/20

settlers don’t realize that even their national parks are unhelpful in promoting biodiversity & mental health… Indigenous ppl—those who have cultivated this land for thousands of years—know many plants need human cultivation; humans need plant interaction. 

in the Great Smoky Mountains National park (stolen Cherokee land), it is illegal for Cherokee people to harvest plant foods and medicines. you can be taken to jail. because of this, plants we have always harvested are growing less abundantly because they aren’t being stimulated. 

wild onions (ᏩᏍᏗ) grow better in following years if you cut the onion and leave the root. wild greens (ᏐᏣᏂ) grow faster and wider if you pick them in early spring. river cane (ᎢᏯ) grows better in following years if you literally burn it all down. 

growing natural gardens generally is beneficial for local environments. budding & flowering plants help sustain/ attract pollinators, in turn promoting growth in all surrounding plants/ forests. 

harvesting, gardening, cultivating is some of the best work you can do for your health. not only is this challenging exercise, but being in the sun boosts your immune system (vit D) and having projects such as gardens does wonders for motivation/ mental health]

[metinengland]

I think this is what I mean when I say that the natural world is becoming more artificial. Living in cities there’s no plant-person interaction. Nature is put on display to look at, pulled when it isn’t pretty anymore, then replaced with fresh flowers.

We don’t know: growth cycles, when/where/why to harvest, how to respectfully harvest, or what’s worth harvesting as a greater society and this is when things can get dangerous for biodiversity and balance.

The more I learn about herbs (and plant medicine) The more I see that people really not know what’s growing in their backyard. Weeds/invasive and poisonous species grow along your fence, in your bushes, and up your trees. We have native plants that kept an order in wildlife/pest/soil control.

You would think it’s harmless and to “preserve nature” but it’s mainly to stop people from using traditional/natural food/medicine so the only way of maintaining/sustain the self (or a community) is by supporting capitalism.

[Brainwaves]

[queermachmir]

“What is it that the child has to teach?

The child naively believes that everything should be fair and everyone should be honest, that only good should prevail, that everybody should have what they want and there should be no pain or sadness. The child believes the world should be perfect and is outraged to discover it is not.

And the child is right.”

— Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

[spaceraptor]

“Westerners are fond of the saying ‘Life isn’t fair.’ Then, they end in snide triumphant: ‘So get used to it!’ What a cruel, sadistic notion to revel in! What a terrible, patriarchal response to a child’s budding sense of ethics. Announce to an Iroquois, ‘Life isn’t fair,’ and her response will be: ‘Then make it fair!’”
–Barbara Alice Mann

[furbearingbrick]

[Brainwaves]

[eco-socialism]

[Brainwaves]

[renniequeer]

Leftists who have it in their head that there won't be any religion or spirituality post-capitalism are not my comrades. Leftists who are convinced that religion=oppression are not my comrades. Leftists who think that spiritual occupations (clergy, etc.) aren't "real" labor are not my comrades. Non-religious leftists who deride or harass religious leftists are not my comrades.

If you view all religion/spirituality as universally bad or regressive, you're being unbelievably callous toward every marginalized person whose faith has been used against them.

Religion and spirituality are extremely personal, extremely complicated subjects, and you can't just dismiss them as "religion bad; no more religion for anyone."

[Brainwaves]

[elinaline]

Even if scihub is blocked by your internet provider they have a telegram bot that gives you the articles provided you give them a doi or issn

[elinaline]

Works pretty well, scihub is blocked in France if you don't have access to the academic internet provider, but this bot isn't

[elinaline]

Also unpaywall is an addon for all the classic explorers that gives you freely legally accessible PDFs when they seem like behind a paywall

[elinaline]

And finally, more and more researchers are publishing their preprints for free on web archives, the most well known here being Hal and ArXiv

[Brainwaves]

[gahdamnpunk]

AND a race one since the most affected regions will be Africa, Asia and Oceania

[ohnoagremlin]

as a friend pointed out, this headline makes it sound like supply will be dwindling. supply is fine. people will be *priced out*.

[trekmemes]

this is fucking MURDER.

insulin has been mass produced (from animal extracts) since -1923-. slow acting insulin has existed since the ‘50s, and ‘human’ genetically engineered insulin (derived from E. coli bacteria) has existed since 1982.

insulin treatment for diabetes is not some new or ‘unproven’ treatment. according to beyondtype1, “Humalog rapid-acting insulin came on to the market with a list price of $21 a vial in 1997.” adjusting for inflation, a vial these days should cost about $34 at most. instead, it costs over $300. there is NO reason for it to be steadily gaining in price to the point that diabetics are unable to afford their lifesaving medication, other than the sheer inhuman greed of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

let me reiterate: life without insulin (for Type 1 diabetics in particular) is a slow and painful death sentence. the ability to treat diabetes is a relatively modern phenomenon that has allowed countless people to live full, healthy lives. we should be expanding full covereage and access to insulin to diabetics the world over, and it should be FREE.

[plantyhamchuk]

Have y’all heard about Open Insulin Foundation?

“ We’re a team of biohackers with a variety of backgrounds, and skills, and relationships to insulin and diabetes from many cities and countries around the world, including Oakland, California; Baltimore, Maryland; Paraiba, Brazil; Dakar, Senegal; Yaounde, Cameroon; and Puerto Rico. We’re working to develop the first practical, small-scale, community-centered model for insulin production to make insulin accessible to all. We envision a world in which communities in need have local sources of safe, affordable, high-quality insulin, and where people living with diabetes and their communities can own and govern the organizations that produce the medicine they depend on to survive. 

What We Do

We are creating an open-source (freely available) model for insulin production that centers on sustainable, small-scale manufacturing and open-source alternatives to production. We are developing protocols to produce short-acting (lispro) and long-acting (glargine) insulin, working on developing open-hardware equivalents to traditional production equipment, are researching sustainable regulation pathways to bring our insulin to the public, and are building capacities for local, small-scale manufacturing.

How Do I Participate?

Our work would not be possible without the support of volunteers, interns, and community advisors. We welcome people of all backgrounds from all over the world to bring their enthusiasm, time, connections, and experiences, both in life and in work. Our volunteers promote us on social media, build equipment, run experiments, write reports and blog posts, facilitate meetings, connect with other organizations and groups, meet with experts in the field, run virtual events, and contribute in designing tools, resources, and methods of all sorts.

Potential Partners

We welcome collaboration with other groups that share our mission―community labs, academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, and NGOs.

Donate

Your donation will help us get closer to our goal. With a healthy financial situation, we can pay for lab supplies, acquire lab equipment, recruit scientists, and pay for consultation fees for regulation and manufacturing experts.”

Open Insulin Foundation

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[mavrodite]

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[biwimuti]

People who claim to worship the snake are not Kemetic. This isn’t about gatekeeping or whatever. The main basis of Kemeticism isn’t about what deities you worship, it’s about upholding ma’at. Apep, the literal physical embodiment of isfet, is fundamentally opposed to ma’at and the balance of the universe. You cannot uphold ma’at while simultaneously supporting the existence of something that seeks to destroy all of existence.

[fantasticwolfpenguin]

Every time there is discourse trying to dispute this fact the rest of us have to whack a mole it down. Please save us the energy and just don’t even start don’t fall for worshiping the s/n/a/k/e

[Brainwaves]

[dizzymoods]

Love to see it! Italian dock workers refuse to load weapons and arms headed for israel. also shout out to the autonomous port workers collective of genoa and the weaponwhath association for reporting on the contents of the containers. this is what’s happens when workers unite and have control over their labor.

[secondgenerationimmigrant]

I compagni di Livorno Rossa ci fanno vedere come si fa la solidarietà per davvero.

Non Passeranno