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The UK - pre and post brexit - has been a thoroughly illuminating case study in democratic decay
I don’t know if it’s ever entirely too late. Maybe too late to save the existing system. Not too late to build a better one.
Exactly right. This is a global problem and a global project.
But that doesn’t explain the Newsom/Fetterman pivot. That’s the part that is unimaginably dumb.
joanwestenbergto Global News@lemmy.zip•Volkswagen open to building military equipment for German army12·1 month agoI love when history plays the hits
Seconded for Librewolf
That’s a good point. I suppose it comes down to how black and white I want to be when it comes to leaving US tech. If I’m just leaving big tech I guess framework system are still good options
Fuck this is accurate
joanwestenbergto Economy•Kiyosaki rejects Bitcoin ETFs: Why he prefers real BTC over paper assets3·2 months agoIs it because his neighbour’s dad told him so
joanwestenbergto Technology•The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.English13·2 months agoI think we need simple, non technical content that gets people who haven’t used the fediverse stoked to find out more and try to get involved. That’s what I’m trying to do with articles like this - add momentum and tap into a big potential audience who are primed for this. But I also do want to put together a Getting Started landing page that helps people kick off.
I really do think we need to get people pumped enough to want to be educated about it all.
joanwestenbergto Technology•The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.English202·2 months agoThere’s some accusations of bias / pro CCP moderation on .ml
There’s some stuff about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36255366
But I haven’t directly experienced any of this myself so I can’t speak to the truth of it. Idk.
joanwestenbergto politics •Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order20·2 months agoThis is so utterly horrifying. I cannot imagine how scared these women must be.
I legit thought this was a photo of a train station
joanwestenbergto politics •Elon Musk is now $111 billion poorer, thanks to his best bro Donald Trump’s tariffs48·2 months agoTesla is a sinking ship and Musk knows it. It’s incompatible with his personal beliefs and its customer base are the enemy. I think the goal here is to drain as much value as he can, shore up his wealth via other means and abandon the brand entirely - probably while blaming liberals and protestors etc.
joanwestenbergto Showerthoughts•BlackBerry may have the perfect opportunity to produce a Canadian made cellphone to compet with Apple and other America brands.2·2 months agoOh I forgot about this shit. Yeah.
joanwestenbergto Showerthoughts•BlackBerry may have the perfect opportunity to produce a Canadian made cellphone to compet with Apple and other America brands.3·2 months agoIt won’t happen, but you have no idea how fast I would produce my credit card if it did.
In the meantime I’m looking to replace my iPhone with a Fairphone.
I just miss that crackberry keyboard.
Prisoner’s dilemma is exactly right