brianary

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[–] brianary@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago

I mean, they are also responsible for making news a for-profit enterprise, which has arguably ultimately killed it.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, that's fair.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 9 points 6 days ago (4 children)

The FDA was already fucking worthless. I got severe food poisoning from some grocery store pre-boiled eggs some years ago, and when I asked them to look into it to prevent other people getting sick, they just connected me with the grocery store lawyers who were just useless and defensive.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 27 points 1 week ago

Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? is a really good graphic novel about a kid's relationship with his dad through the lens of retrofuturism, as it gradually tarnishes, starting with the 1939 World's Fair.

I'll probably go to Expo 2025 in Osaka this year, since I'll happen to be there, but it'll be hard to maintain any real optimism.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I see what you're saying, but it sounds a little like "no true Scotsman", too. I guess Occupy probably did this better, but I'm not sure it helped enough.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This is really part of it, but it's not included explicitly in that article like it should be.

Other activists, faith-based leaders and consumers already are organizing boycotts to protest companies that have scaled back their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and to oppose President Donald Trump’s moves to abolish all federal DEI programs and policies.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 11 points 1 month ago

Lots of naysayers trying to convince everyone not to participate, or to fragment efforts with competing ideas.

So much of our consumer culture is buying shit we don't need like impulse buys and stupid movies and fast food. That's profitable stuff, and skipping that for one day doesn't mean you'll just buy it the next day.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Maybe make a trivial amount of effort to find those details yourself.

It's a response to the active class warfare happening, including the anti-DEI efforts.

Targeted boycotts aren't enough anymore. Too many major corporations, often without adequate competition, are working against us.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] brianary@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Many algorithms aren't even doing that in good faith, instead substituting in their low-cost contract cover bands as often as they can.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

It's a false choice. Metal straws are ideal, but cellulose straws are still better than both paper and plastic.

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