Digital independence will be critical. It was always critical, but dumbasses refused to see it. Now, that democracy is being lost in chunks at the digital front, they might wake the fuck up and see it for what it is.

Countries will either go for digital independence, or forfeit their sovereignty. If a non-US government is still using #MicroSoft for their OS and productivity suite, if they are still using #Amazon or #Google for hosting their services, they are fucked.

#FOSS saves.

Digital independence will be critical. It was always critical, but dumbasses refused to see it. Now, that democracy is being lost in chunks at the digital front, they might wake the fuck up and see it for what it is.

Countries will either go for digital independence, or forfeit their sovereignty. If a non-US government is still using #MicroSoft for their OS and productivity suite, if they are still using #Amazon or #Google for hosting their services, they are fucked.

#FOSS saves.

Okay, it won't make me popular, but I'll say it. I'm not pulling my books off Amazon. Why? I need the money. My books have kept me from poverty in my old age, and I do not believe I would sell enough books elsewhere to do that. I just can't afford to be pure.

I've sold over 1100 books this month so far on Amazon, over 18,000 this year. That gives me enough money to live on, even if I didn't have Social Security or retirement funds. Without it, I'd just be scraping by. Like I said, I can't afford to be pure.

#Amazon #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishing

Okay, it won't make me popular, but I'll say it. I'm not pulling my books off Amazon. Why? I need the money. My books have kept me from poverty in my old age, and I do not believe I would sell enough books elsewhere to do that. I just can't afford to be pure.

I've sold over 1100 books this month so far on Amazon, over 18,000 this year. That gives me enough money to live on, even if I didn't have Social Security or retirement funds. Without it, I'd just be scraping by. Like I said, I can't afford to be pure.

#Amazon #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishing

Whilst everyone is sharing their #SpotifyWrapped, the band Los Campesinos! shared how much they made from streaming services for their album All Hell:

🔗 https://loscampesinos.com/heres-how-much-money-los-camp-make-from-streaming/

#Music #MusicIndustry #Streaming #Bandcamp #Tidal #AppleMusic #Spotify #YouTube #Amazon

Whilst everyone is sharing their #SpotifyWrapped, the band Los Campesinos! shared how much they made from streaming services for their album All Hell:

🔗 https://loscampesinos.com/heres-how-much-money-los-camp-make-from-streaming/

#Music #MusicIndustry #Streaming #Bandcamp #Tidal #AppleMusic #Spotify #YouTube #Amazon

As much as possible (life happens;) this #holiday season (especially on nauseatingly hyped #BlackFriday, #CyberMonday 🤢) #boycott that #corporate garbage ( #Amazon #Target #Starbucks #Banks #CreditCards etc) and wherever possible #thrift #craft #barter #swap #BuySmall #BuyLocal #BuyBlack (eg, on #SmallBizSaturday), go #CashOnly #BuyLess overall 🙌 #BlackoutTheSystem 🚫🤑 #MassBlackout
More info/events @ https://www.blackoutthesystem.com
https://weaintbuyingit.com
https://www.fiftyfifty.one
https://supermajority.com

In defence of the status quo, we are made to belief that asking for richer public space, safety for our children or a higher quality of live is 'Radical Activism'. 🌳🚲

You are not a radical. They are! 🚩

#ActOnClimate

#ClimateChange #deforestation #ActNow #environment #EndFossilCrimes #ClimateCrisis #Science #warming #Nature #climate #development #gasemissions #ClimateEmergency #climatecrisis #wildlife #ClimateAction #photo #photography #GlobalWarming #pollution #news #earth #amazon

As much as possible (life happens;) this #holiday season (especially on nauseatingly hyped #BlackFriday, #CyberMonday 🤢) #boycott that #corporate garbage ( #Amazon #Target #Starbucks #Banks #CreditCards etc) and wherever possible #thrift #craft #barter #swap #BuySmall #BuyLocal #BuyBlack (eg, on #SmallBizSaturday), go #CashOnly #BuyLess overall 🙌 #BlackoutTheSystem 🚫🤑 #MassBlackout
More info/events @ https://www.blackoutthesystem.com
https://weaintbuyingit.com
https://www.fiftyfifty.one
https://supermajority.com

Other big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia have continued their annual disclosures this year even as the Trump administration cracks down on DEI.

Other big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia have continued their annual disclosures this year even as the Trump administration cracks down on DEI.

"One study suggests the #Amazon provides around $40,000 of value per square kilometre of standing forest each year, giving it a fair asset value of around $3trn, about 50% more than the retailer that shares its name." "carbon price of $25 per tonne would squeeze out cattle ranchers, since landowners could make more money by allowing reforesting." "the EU’s emissions-trading system charges €80 ($93)"

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/10/23/the-obvious-economics-of-preserving-the-amazon
https://archive.is/QxNYH

#environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

meanwhile, in the #UK: "LONDON — The British government is divided over whether to stump up the cash for a flagship environmental pledge meant to protect tropical forests, jeopardizing a potential announcement by Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Brazil."

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-treasury-cop30-brazil-tropical-forest-pledge/

#environment #Amazon #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ukpol #politics

"One study suggests the #Amazon provides around $40,000 of value per square kilometre of standing forest each year, giving it a fair asset value of around $3trn, about 50% more than the retailer that shares its name." "carbon price of $25 per tonne would squeeze out cattle ranchers, since landowners could make more money by allowing reforesting." "the EU’s emissions-trading system charges €80 ($93)"

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/10/23/the-obvious-economics-of-preserving-the-amazon
https://archive.is/QxNYH

#environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

According to early reports, another AWS outage has struck the internet, with a huge rise in reports of problems across AWS-backed services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Capital One, Xbox, and, of course, AWS itself.

#Tech #InfoSec #Amazon #AWS #Microsoft #Windows #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Azure #Games #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon

According to early reports, another AWS outage has struck the internet, with a huge rise in reports of problems across AWS-backed services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Capital One, Xbox, and, of course, AWS itself.

#Tech #InfoSec #Amazon #AWS #Microsoft #Windows #Computing #TechNews #Blog #Science #Technology #News #CyberSecurity #Business #Azure #Games #Engineering #Markets #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #SocialMedia #Mastodon