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@ajroach42@retro.social · 13 minutes ago

I know this is of no surprise to anyone who has paid attention to me for any length of time, but I just spent some time today thinking about how the industrial and post-industrial world is such an anomaly in human history.

We live in an aberration.

When was the last time you sang?

Bryan Redeagle :bc:

@bryanredeagle@beige.party · 37 seconds ago

@ajroach42 I don't think I can go an hour without someone (usually multiple people) singing in my house.

ivan liked this activity

Emelia 👸🏻

@thisismissem@hachyderm.io · 9 hours ago

@ivan glad you liked it! I wrote this for a grant application originally, and then published it separately because I think we really need more people thinking about this.

Lady Bruh🖖🏼🏳️‍🌈

@farah@beige.party · 1 minute ago

@Taweret Not sure if you’re joking, but I saw at least 3 series with similar plot set in 3 different continents

Evan Prodromou boosted

Julie

@juliew2010@aus.social · 2 weeks ago

Quilt walk for Canberra Quilters 50th birthday. #quilting

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Quilters wrapped in their colourful quilts walking through Canberra City.

Quilters with their quilts wrapped around them on quilt walk.

#quilting

"Nurture-boy" Ric Flair

@mikefordays@mstdn.io · 5 minutes ago

@ajroach42
I sang along with folks at our local May Day rally today.

Andrew (Television Executive)

@ajroach42@retro.social · 2 minutes ago

@mikefordays hell yeah

Julie

@juliew2010@aus.social · 2 weeks ago

Quilt walk for Canberra Quilters 50th birthday. #quilting

2 media

Evan Prodromou

@evan@cosocial.ca · 3 minutes ago

@juliew2010 this is awesome!

peertube

@peertube@tubefree.org · 5 minutes ago

Episode 66 - BMX Escape - Synthwave, 80's music - Livestream 2025-12-11

Terence Eden

@Edent@mastodon.social · 12 hours ago

@Npars01 understood. But we don't have Republicans in the UK (other than the anti-monarchy lot).

What did your MP say when you wrote to them about it?

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social · 6 minutes ago

@Edent

https://www.desmog.com/2024/06/12/mapped-tory-network-climate-denial-fossil-fuel-funding/

https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/20/mapped-reform-uk-nigel-farage-anti-green-network/

https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/21/mapped-donald-trump-transatlantic-anti-green-network/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/trump-uk-north-sea-oil-drilling.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/04/14/trump-reignites-feud-with-uk-calls-for-oil-drilling-in-north-sea/

https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/08/mapped-the-reform-farage-orban-network/

https://www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/mapped-donald-trump-heartland-institute-european-network/

The UK has public officials enacting billionaire agendas & fossil fuel funded fascism.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/political-donations-poison-democracy-antidote-reform-uk

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/03/cure-democracy-ban-donors-british-foreign-politics-membership-fees

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/23/ultra-rich-tory-party-donors-politics

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/08/taming-corporate-power-key-political-issue-alternative

https://www.monbiot.com/2024/05/13/the-underground-economy-of-politics/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/01/no-10-lobby-groups-democracy-policy-exchange

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/13/billionaires-bought-brexit-controlling-britains-political-system

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth

the Guardian

Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot

Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

the Guardian

Billionaires bought Brexit – they are controlling our venal political system | George Monbiot

We may be told donors do not influence policy, but anywhere else our setup would be seen as corruption

the Guardian

No 10 and the secretly funded lobby groups intent on undermining democracy | George Monbiot

Thinktanks such as Policy Exchange are working to shift power away from state institutions – into the prime minister’s office, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

George Monbiot

The Underground Economy of Politics

Secret funding, offshore donors, control by the ultra-rich. Sorry, but this is not democracy.

the Guardian

Taming corporate power: the key political issue of our age | George Monbiot

George Monbiot: Taming corporate power: Big business and its lobbyists have taken control of our politics. But there is an alternative: here’s how we can take on the fat cats

the Guardian

What price British democracy when a rich elite has the government’s ear? | George Monbiot

The influence of ultra-rich Tory donors is more extreme than at any time in living memory, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

the Guardian

I have a cure for our ailing democracy: ban all donors, British and foreign. Run politics on membership fees | George Monbiot

Our system is full of loopholes and vulnerable to millionaires’ and plutocrats’ demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

DeSmog

Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network

A year ago, as the world convulsed from Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, his allies were already identifying their next frontier. In December, the Heartland Institute hosted a private event in Mayfair, one of London’s wealthiest areas, to announce the launch of its new UK-Europe branch. The launch was attended by former […]

DeSmog

Mapped: The Reform-Orbán Network

“Viktor Orbán is the strongest leader in Europe and the EU’s biggest nightmare.” These were the words posted on Twitter by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about the prime minister of Hungary in April 2018. Since returning to power in 2010, Orbán has used a network of state-backed think tanks, media outlets, and conferences to […]

DeSmog

Mapped: Reform UK’s Anti-Green Network

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK describes itself as a people’s movement taking on the British establishment. The anti-immigration party, which won five seats in July’s general election and is holding its annual conference this week in Birmingham, attacks climate action as a costly imposition by “elites” on ordinary people. But a DeSmog analysis reveals that Reform […]

the Guardian

Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot

As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot

DeSmog

Mapped: Donald Trump’s Transatlantic Anti-Green Network

As Donald Trump takes his oath of office to become the 47th president of the United States, his second term comes at an ever-more critical time for climate change. Climate scientists have warned that 2024 was the hottest year on record, and without dramatic action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, global pledges to limit warming […]

Andrew (Television Executive)

@ajroach42@retro.social · 6 minutes ago

@mdhughes Was your dog in the danger zone?

Nolan Lawson

@nolan@toot.cafe · 14 minutes ago

I loved this conversation with John-David Dalton, author of Lodash, and one of the most genuine and fun people I've ever worked with (across 3 companies!), about open source and burnout. If you listen to nothing else, listen to the last 10 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWx6sdhq7I&t=1975s

Nolan Lawson

@nolan@toot.cafe · 8 minutes ago

I've had a lot of conversations with JD, and he really is that person who will geek out about tech stuff and just wants to work on fun projects. These are the people building the open source commons, and it's really easy to forget that they are *people*, and that sometimes life (somewhat rudely) intrudes on your fun hobby project.

Korcenji

@Korcenton@mas.to · 9 minutes ago

@ajroach42 I was humming when I saw this! and was singing earlier in the hour, mostly game & cartoon related songs. I think I sing every day?

Andrew (Television Executive)

@ajroach42@retro.social · 8 minutes ago

@Korcenton That's very normal and also good. So many people don't.

Taggart :ifin:

@mttaggart@infosec.exchange · 8 minutes ago

HugOps to Canonical, but the complete lack of communication, especially when users have a critical vulnerability they can't patch during this outage, is pretty egregious.