source - @govd_bot

We’re told GDP measures the health of an economy. If it goes up, we’re doing well. If it drops, we panic.

But GDP counts everything that’s bought and sold. Oil spill cleanups. Hospital bills. Fast food. Plastic bottles. More spending equals better numbers, even if the spending comes from damage, sickness, or waste.

So what are we actually measuring? Progress or just consumption?

Maybe the real question isn’t how fast the line is rising.
It’s whether our people and our planet are actually better off.

Disregarded and vilified AI safety researchers and climate change researchers
https://t.iss.one/Bad_Memes_By_Tank/151603

Decolonial feminisms and degrowth


An article by Mariam Abazeri for Futures 136, January 2022.

The latest polls shows that less than 40% of people in the US are convinced that ICE should exist at all.

The disparity between the number of politicians calling to abolish ICE and the proportion of the population that is clamoring to abolish ICE aptly illustrates the fundamentally reactionary character of political representatives as a class.

Change is going to have to come from us, from grassroots initiatives and direct action.

https://crimethinc.com/zines/seven-steps-to-stop-ice

Rechte auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks haben den Zivilisationismus für sich entdeckt: Die Weltpolitik soll von abgegrenzten Kulturräumen geprägt und diese von Großmächten angeführt werden. Universelle Rechte und Werte haben in dieser Vision keinen Platz.
https://jacobin.de/artikel/trump-orban-aussenpolitik-rechte-zivilisationismus-europa-grossmacht

https://jacobin.de/artikel/trump-orban-aussenpolitik-rechte-zivilisationismus-europa-grossmacht

TIL about "headspin hole", a common scalp injury in breakdancers, caused by years of performing headspins. The repeated friction causes a cone-shaped "breakdance bulge" to form. [source, comments]

Ölbert/Lobbybert Rösti macht den Trump https://www.woz.ch/2611/zukunft-der-srg/roesti-dreht-am-resultat/!KCQTM8P359Y5