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One of the main ways wealth corrupts is through the erosion of empathy.
When a person achieves fabulous wealth they no longer have to care about what other people say or think because they are insulated from everyone due to their wealth, so their empathy dies.
And when these #Empathy lacking #Billionaires control our media and governments their values infect all of society.
#ElonMusk #Capitalism #Democracy
One of the main ways wealth corrupts is through the erosion of empathy.
When a person achieves fabulous wealth they no longer have to care about what other people say or think because they are insulated from everyone due to their wealth, so their empathy dies.
And when these #Empathy lacking #Billionaires control our media and governments their values infect all of society.
#ElonMusk #Capitalism #Democracy
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* donate to the @FediverseFoundation
* report malicious content (when in doubt, report)
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* don't go to work sick
* vaccinate
* help me out with my bills (I pay 5€ a day for supplements excluding medication, because of a PAIS [post accute infectious syndrome like post covid, mecfs or whatever] - my health bills alone exceed my income)
* spread empathy, not hate
* use your brain, not a billionaire-funded neuronal network
* teach your kids cooperation instead of competition
* be kind to yourself and others
* don't judge yourself if you can't support me with all or any of these points
Thank you for your support!
#FediverseFoundation #FediBlockMeta #MastodonSocial #WearAMask #vaccination #pais #PostCovid #LongCovid #mecfs #empathy #SpreadKindness
If you want to support me you can:
* donate to the @FediverseFoundation
* report malicious content (when in doubt, report)
* report bad instances to the FediBlock hashtag
* research which instance best fits you and migrate away from mastodon.social
* wear a mask in public
* don't go to work sick
* vaccinate
* help me out with my bills (I pay 5€ a day for supplements excluding medication, because of a PAIS [post accute infectious syndrome like post covid, mecfs or whatever] - my health bills alone exceed my income)
* spread empathy, not hate
* use your brain, not a billionaire-funded neuronal network
* teach your kids cooperation instead of competition
* be kind to yourself and others
* don't judge yourself if you can't support me with all or any of these points
Thank you for your support!
#FediverseFoundation #FediBlockMeta #MastodonSocial #WearAMask #vaccination #pais #PostCovid #LongCovid #mecfs #empathy #SpreadKindness
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"Friend" vs A.I.
Sample 2/2 - More to come
#Fenfotos #StreetPhotography #NYC
#friend #AI #photography #empathy
![Photograph by Fenichel
In a NYC subway, on a platform, a man is seated low to the ground with a drum on a stand before him, stick in hand, wearing a dark coat and colorful wool hat.
Behind him is a long mural/advertisement (left half) and a hand-written comment/graffiti on the right side.
Advertisement, in the style of a dictionary definition, the biggest word being "friend"
<<
[frend] noun
someone who listens,
responds and supports you.
>>
Graffiti/response/commentary:
"AI wouldn't care if you lived or died"](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/348/062/302/006/026/original/528dbcb80968d571.jpg)
"Friend" vs A.I.
Sample 2/2 - More to come
#Fenfotos #StreetPhotography #NYC
#friend #AI #photography #empathy
Periodic reminder: Hate takes effort to maintain.
If it weren't for constant effort by fashy people to lie about Black folk, Brown folk, women, immigrants, trans folk, etc, that most people would choose *not* to support fashy people.
Fascism requires an ongoing cost. Kindness is free!
And kindness is not weakness.
If you see fashy people attacking Black people, or immigrants, or trans folk, it's not kindness to say, "We should all get along!"🤡
That's weakness.
It's kindness to put yourself between the people with less power than yourself, and the people that want to hurt them.
@mekkaokereke
I agree with you minus one piece:
Kindness + empathy *can* be work / can be hard for people to muster.
Kindness + empathy need to be learned, practiced, + reinforced too.
#empathy
#kindness
#antifa
#antifascism
#fascism
#resist
#hope
#DoNotComplyInAdvance
the Maghreb #SumudFlotilla the #FreedomFlotilla Coalition Global Movement to Gaza, and the Sumud Nusantara united under a common goal: to break the illegal siege on #Gaza by sea, open a humanitarian corridor, and end the ongoing #genocide of #Palestine
https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/#help
#Conscience #directaction #Empathy #Handala #Madleen #MutualAid #Organize #Solidarity
Thank you @smashingconf for an exceptional edition 💜 Despite not being with you in person, I felt part of the event, vibrating and laughing with the others.
A BIG thank you to all the speakers for your humanity, kindness and open mind #inclusive #empathy #humane #love
You are all SMASHING 😻
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Your weary 'net denizen
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Kacie Kinzer’s Tweenbots are small cardboard robots that roam the city helped by strangers. They have many wabi-sabi qualities and I make the case that empathy is one of them.
https://wabitronics.com/examples/tweenbots/
Kacie Kinzer’s Tweenbots are small cardboard robots that roam the city helped by strangers. They have many wabi-sabi qualities and I make the case that empathy is one of them.
https://wabitronics.com/examples/tweenbots/
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The indifference to the plight of others and the cult of the self is what the corporate state seeks to instill in us. That state appeals to pleasure, as well as fear, to crush compassion. … We will have to resist the temptation to fold in on ourselves and to ignore the injustice visited on others… As long as we defy these forces, we remain alive. And, for now, this is the only victory possible.
—Chris Hedges, Death of the Liberal Class (2010)
#empathy #compassion #justice
The indifference to the plight of others and the cult of the self is what the corporate state seeks to instill in us. That state appeals to pleasure, as well as fear, to crush compassion. … We will have to resist the temptation to fold in on ourselves and to ignore the injustice visited on others… As long as we defy these forces, we remain alive. And, for now, this is the only victory possible.
—Chris Hedges, Death of the Liberal Class (2010)
#empathy #compassion #justice
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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Omg yes?? https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/resources
Equality and Diversity UK resources / training Wishlist! (Part 3 / more continued)
15. Equality Act Good Practice Guide https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/equality-act-good-practice-guide.html
16. Creating Inclusive and Respectful Working Environments https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/creating-inclusive-and-respectful-working-environments-pocket-book.html
17. Recruitment and Selection: Guide for reaching and retaining diverse talent https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/recruitment-and-selection-guide-for-reaching-diverse-talent.html
18. Recruitment, Selection, and Inclusive Practices Pocketbook for Schools https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/recruitment-selection-and-inclusive-practices-pocketbook-for-schools.html
If you're an ally to anyone else, please consider these resources too.
You might enjoy them, learn from them, share with others, practise with others, help someone else feel comfortable around you, disclose their own Protected Characteristics, or just... feel better about trying to help at all.
Baby steps in the face of overwhelm is okay.
Just start somewhere, wherever you can.
#MagicWandWishList#StopFascism#MakeLifeWorthLiving#Pride2025#CaringEconomy#RestorativeJustice#Disability#DisabilityPrideMonth#AntiRacism#AntiRacist#AntiFascist#AntiFa#AntiAbleism#AntiAbleist#Ableism#Racism#Inequality#Exclusion#Hierarchies#Intersectionality#MisogyNoir #trans #queer #transphobia #transmisia #homophobia#TERFisland#TURDIsland#ToughUnderRegressiveDemands #idk#Empathy#Caring#Intent#Intentional#Mindfulness
Omg yes?? https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/resources
Equality and Diversity UK resources / training Wishlist! (Part 5 / further beyond continued)
20. Let's Talk about Race [baby!] resources https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/lets-talk-about-racism.html
21. Allyship: Supporting Black colleagues in the workplace https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/allyship-supporting-black-colleagues-in-the-workplace.html
22. Caring for Ethnically Diverse Children in Foster Care https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/caring-for-ethnically-diverse-children-in-foster-care.html
23. Managing and Avoiding Microaggressions in the Workplace https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/managing-and-avoiding-microaggressions-workplace.html
24. Practical Tools for the Delivery of Equality and Diversity https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/practical-tools-for-the-delivery-of-equality-and-diversity.html
25. Self-Assessment Toolkit https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/edi-self-assessment-toolkit.html
If you're an ally to anyone else, please consider these resources too.
You might enjoy them, learn from them, share with others, practise with others, help someone else feel comfortable around you, disclose their own Protected Characteristics, or just... feel better about trying to help at all.
Baby steps in the face of overwhelm is okay.
Just start somewhere, wherever you can.
#MagicWandWishList#StopFascism#MakeLifeWorthLiving#Pride2025#CaringEconomy#RestorativeJustice#Disability#DisabilityPrideMonth#AntiRacism#AntiRacist#AntiFascist#AntiFa#AntiAbleism#AntiAbleist#Ableism#Racism#Inequality#Exclusion#Hierarchies#Intersectionality#MisogyNoir #trans #queer #transphobia #transmisia #homophobia#TERFisland#TURDIsland#ToughUnderRegressiveDemands #idk#Empathy#Caring#Intent#Intentional#Mindfulness
Omg yes?? https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/resources
Equality and Diversity UK resources / training Wishlist! (Part 6 / EVEN FURTHER BEYOND continued)
26. Practical Tools for the Delivery of Equality and Diversity https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/practical-tools-for-the-delivery-of-equality-and-diversity.html
27. Sports and Community Clubs Induction Pack https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/sports-and-community-clubs-induction-pack.html
28. Building Equality into the Curriculum https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/building-equality-into-the-curriculum.html
29. Equality and Diversity Toolkit for Local Authorities https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/equality-and-diversity-toolkit-for-local-authorities.html
30. Managing Diversity and Inclusion in the NHS https://equalityanddiversity.co.uk/shop/managing-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-nhs-p35.html
If you're an ally to anyone else, please consider these resources too.
You might enjoy them, learn from them, share with others, practise with others, help someone else feel comfortable around you, disclose their own Protected Characteristics, or just... feel better about trying to help at all.
Baby steps in the face of overwhelm is okay.
Just start somewhere, wherever you can.
#MagicWandWishList#StopFascism#MakeLifeWorthLiving#Pride2025#CaringEconomy#RestorativeJustice#Disability#DisabilityPrideMonth#AntiRacism#AntiRacist#AntiFascist#AntiFa#AntiAbleism#AntiAbleist#Ableism#Racism#Inequality#Exclusion#Hierarchies#Intersectionality#MisogyNoir #trans #queer #transphobia #transmisia #homophobia#TERFisland#TURDIsland#ToughUnderRegressiveDemands #idk#Empathy#Caring#Intent#Intentional#Mindfulness