Abolition of police and prisons TerryTPlatypus • 3 months ago • 100%

www.countingonjustice.com

I happened to stumble across this book when a friend recommended it to me. I hope you guys might be interested in it!

Solarpunk TerryTPlatypus • 5 months ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13231381 > I was thinking a lot about how design patterns are useful solutions to certain classes of problems. I went spelunking online and found this from a Wikipedia page lol. Hope it proves helpful for community activists!

Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics. TerryTPlatypus • 5 months ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13231391 > cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13231381 > > > I was thinking a lot about how design patterns are useful solutions to certain classes of problems. I went spelunking online and found this from a Wikipedia page lol. Hope it proves helpful for community activists!

Empowering people to do the impossible TerryTPlatypus • 5 months ago • 66%

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13231381 > I was thinking a lot about how design patterns are useful solutions to certain classes of problems. I went spelunking online and found this from a Wikipedia page lol. Hope it proves helpful for community activists!

I was thinking a lot about how design patterns are useful solutions to certain classes of problems. I went spelunking online and found this from a Wikipedia page lol. Hope it proves helpful for community activists!

Empowering people to do the impossible TerryTPlatypus • 6 months ago • 100%

Soooooooooo I'm baaaaack Lol Here are some resources I managed to find on Telegram Solarpunk DIY Repository: https://t.me/solarpunkrepository This is a list of pdfs about a lot of useful community organizing things. It ranges from farming to engineering to community organizing, food preservation, socoology and social services, etc. Hope you all find it useful!

Free and Open Source Software TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

github.com

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/7701186 > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225838 > > > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225787 > > > > > I have built an AutoMod bot for my instance, [lemmy.basedcount.com](https://lemmy.basedcount.com). The bot covers the following features: > > > > > > - **Automated removal** > > > - of **posts**, based on their _title_, _content_ or _link_ > > > - of **comments**, based on their _content_ > > > - configurable with either regular expressions or substrings > > > - **User whitelisting** and **exceptions for moderators** to selectively lift some or all of the aforementioned rules for certain users. > > > - Mention based **pinning** and **locking** of a post, through commands exclusively available to the mod team > > > - Discord notifications for new **registration applications** through a webhook. [only for admins] > > > > > > Naturally, the bot is completely [open source](https://github.com/ornato-t/lemmy-automoderator). I have also written a rather comprehensive (albeit long-winded) [documentation](https://github.com/ornato-t/lemmy-automoderator/wiki) and some [examples](https://github.com/ornato-t/lemmy-automoderator-examples). > > > > > > This project is mainly targeted towards admins of small instances, however anyone can spin up their own AutoMod instance for their favourite community (provided they are a moderator there). > > > The automoderator is also available as a Docker image, for ease of installation. > > > > > > Feel free to suggest any additional features that you might want to see added to this bot.

Technology TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

github.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225838 > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.basedcount.com/post/225787 > > > I have built an AutoMod bot for my instance, [lemmy.basedcount.com](https://lemmy.basedcount.com). The bot covers the following features: > > > > - **Automated removal** > > - of **posts**, based on their _title_, _content_ or _link_ > > - of **comments**, based on their _content_ > > - configurable with either regular expressions or substrings > > - **User whitelisting** and **exceptions for moderators** to selectively lift some or all of the aforementioned rules for certain users. > > - Mention based **pinning** and **locking** of a post, through commands exclusively available to the mod team > > - Discord notifications for new **registration applications** through a webhook. [only for admins] > > > > Naturally, the bot is completely [open source](https://github.com/ornato-t/lemmy-automoderator). I have also written a rather comprehensive (albeit long-winded) [documentation](https://github.com/ornato-t/lemmy-automoderator/wiki) and some [examples](https://github.com/ornato-t/lemmy-automoderator-examples). > > > > This project is mainly targeted towards admins of small instances, however anyone can spin up their own AutoMod instance for their favourite community (provided they are a moderator there). > > The automoderator is also available as a Docker image, for ease of installation. > > > > Feel free to suggest any additional features that you might want to see added to this bot.

Politics TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

# The Appropriation of "Rich Men North of Richmond" I heard on the radio that a new viral song has shot its way to the top of the charts, called "Rich Men in Richmond", and it has already soarked a bunch of controversy, being referenced at the Republican debate last night as an "anthem of sorts", an anthem which ironically ridiculed the candidates on the stage, as the singer Oliver Anthony to point out in a public address later. However, interestingly enough this sort of appropriation of country songs as "anthems" for the authoritarian right has happened before, with Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA". It was popular because of a similar economic cry for relief, at least until it got coopted by Reagan. ## Born in the USA by Springsteen > Born down in a dead man's town > The first kick I took was when I hit the ground > You end up like a dog that's been beat too much > 'Til you spend half your life just coverin' up > Got in a little hometown jam > So they put a rifle in my hand > Sent me off to a foreign land > To go and kill the yellow man > Come back home to the refinery > Hiring man says, "Son if it was up to me" > Went down to see my V.A. man > He said, "Son, don't you understand" > Down in the shadow of the penitentiary > Out by the gas fires of the refinery > I'm ten years burning down the road > Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go The song is basically about a small town rural man who grows up living a rough life, which leaves him with many physical and psychological scars that he has to "spend half his life just covering up". He then was drafted to the military to go fight off in the Vietnam War. After a few years of fighting a needless war, he returns home to find a job, only to be turned away because all the jobs have dried up. Desperate to survive, he goes to the Veteran's Administration (VA) to get assistance, but is presumably turned away because the VA is underfunded, and he is eventually forced to go to prison, reduced to burning away his potential as he is used and firgitten by the same America he fought to protect. The song is made more ironic by the fact that he echoes "Born in the USA," which implies that as an American he should be achieving the American Dream, but he definitely doesn't achieve them as his potential is wasted away in a jail cell, among the most forgotten in society. Springsteen's song poignantly pointed out the realities of being a poor white American citizen, and this struck a chord as the song skyrocketed to popularity, so much so that Ronald Reagan mentioned him in a presidential speech, and used his song to appeal to millions of Americans to win in a landslide in 1984, using the song's appeal to white Americans and its connection to patriotism. It is still used today at some right leaning rallies as a quintessentiallu american sonf ## Rich Men North of Richmond by Anthony > I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day > Overtime hours for bullshit pay > So I can sit out here and waste my life away > Drag back home and drown my troubles away > It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to > For people like me and people like you > Wish I could just wake up and it not be true > But it is, oh, it is > Livin' in the new world > With an old soul > These rich men north of Richmond > Lord knows they all just wanna have total control > Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do > And they don't think you know, but I know that you do > 'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end > 'Cause of rich men north of Richmond > I wish politicians would look out for miners > And not just minors on an island somewhere > Lord, we got folks in the street, ain't got nothin' to eat > And the obese milkin' welfare > Well, God, if you're five-foot-three and you're three-hundred pounds > Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of Fudge Rounds > Young men are puttin' themselves six feet in the ground > 'Cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin' them down Meanwhile, "Rich Men North of Richmond" has a similar theme and topic of exploitation, this time from the "rich men". Although it approaches it from a different manner, this time the enemy is more defined, namely rich people. The chorus is a successor to Springsteen's song, being that the singer is an "old soul" living in a "new world'. He still experiences a similar hard rural life, having to work hard long hours for "bulls\*\*\* pay", and "waste his life away". This is because of the rich people who want to "have total control over your life" and know everything you do, extracting you for every penny you are worth. He then goes on to slam the politicians for not looking out for rural people like them, and goes on to blame "obese people milking welfare", an obviously very offensive and stereotypical remark that actually hides a deeper truth to the pain the singer expresses. To cope with the pain, they can tend to "kick down" on other groups, like obese people, who they think are the reason why they don't have enough to survive. They perceive the whole world as against them, "kicking them down" and never giving them a chance, which can kill them in the pricess. Historically, this has been the case, as more urban areas got the economic benefit of industrialization, and rural areas have been left to fend for themselves, whether it be coal miners trying to unionize; or farmers toiling the soil, trying to compete against Big Agriculture, or small town people struggling to find jobs in rust belts. ## Comparisons and Remarks Both Anthony's and Springsteen's songs expeess the plight of rural and poor white male Americans very well. However, they express it in different ways. Anthony's song is a variant of Springsteen's which criticizes the current festering plight of white rural and lower class American, yet again, as it highlights the wealth inequality which leaves many families struggling to survive. It also tends to more directly address the causes of this plight, targeting the rich, politicians, and those who do not pay fairly. This is different from Springsteen's story, which is more about the hardships and experiences of life, and more implicitly pointed the American government at that time as the enemy. It chronicles the journey of a forgotten soldier, and how their American Dream was never realized, but constantly teased in front of them. Because of the mass emotional appeals of these country songs, they have always been targets of right-wing politicians, to make them seem like they are a part of the in group, when in reality, they use people to get and stay in office (note that both of these somgs were popular during presendential runs). So they co-opt the song and misconstrue the singer's message so as to gain support. Sorry this hasn't been thought out too well, i just though an analysis would be interesting, please correct me if i did anything wrong. Edit: corrected Springstein to Springsteen Edit 2: the person in the Springsteen song was drafted, so i corrected

Empowering people to do the impossible TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 91%

openfarm.cc

A good farming wiki I found. It will be helpful because it will help us learn how to grow plants.

Socialism TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

m.youtube.com

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/7125786 > - [ ] GMOs are bad, but not for the reason you think. > - [ ] Company called Monsanto (now under another company called Bayer) made a weedkiller called Roundup which contains glyphosate, which is a possible carcinogen > - [ ] Roundup killed crops as well as weeds, so they sold GMO seeds that could withstand Roundup > - [ ] However, due to the monopoly/doninance of Monsanto, a lot of food, both processed and unprocessed, contains GMOs, which also contain a lot of glyphosate (which may be bad for you) > - [ ] To cover up further investigation of glyphosate, they captured and bribed the EPA to look the other way and even to support Monsanto's research -- at least until the WHO cane out in 2015 and said that glyphosate could be carcinogenic > - [ ] So GMOs aren't inherently bad, but they can be used for evil purposes like these > - [ ] So try and at least buy organic food or grow your own food to avoid glyphosate > - [ ] However according to a youtube comment, Roundup is also used to make plants mature faster... Edit: misspelling, changed Montesanto to Monsanto

Nature and Gardening TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

m.youtube.com

- [ ] GMOs are bad, but not for the reason you think. - [ ] Company called Monsanto (now under another company called Bayer) made a weedkiller called Roundup which contains glyphosate, which is a possible carcinogen - [ ] Roundup killed crops as well as weeds, so they sold GMO seeds that could withstand Roundup - [ ] However, due to the monopoly/doninance of Monsanto, a lot of food, both processed and unprocessed, contains GMOs, which also contain a lot of glyphosate (which may be bad for you) - [ ] To cover up further investigation of glyphosate, they captured and bribed the EPA to look the other way and even to support Monsanto's research -- at least until the WHO cane out in 2015 and said that glyphosate could be carcinogenic - [ ] So GMOs aren't inherently bad, but they can be used for evil purposes like these - [ ] So try and at least buy organic food or grow your own food to avoid glyphosate - [ ] However according to a youtube comment, Roundup is also used to make plants mature faster... Edit: misspelling, changed Montesanto to Monsanto

People of Color TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

A striking quote from Angela Davis: > "Women are in control of the weapons of war...We always seem prime to celebrate individual achievement, individual advancement of black people, women, people of color, without taking consideration that diversity, in itself, would mean that previously marginalized communities would be recruited to guaruntee a more *efficient* operation of oppersive systems" > -- Angela Davis I want to know you guy's thoughs and opinions on this quote.

Linux TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 95%

I made this post because I really like the design of GNOME, and although i'd like customizability, it is mostly enough for my everyday needs. But I want to understand why people may choose other desktop environments..or why you would/would'nt use GNOME.

Futurism TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

As the title says, what are all of the different futurisms, or like imaginings of the future? So far in my sphere, i know of a few: solarpunk, cyberpunk, retrofuturism, and transhumanism. - solarpunk: green new **decolonialized** future where we use technology, natural systems, and cultual wisdom to live sustainably and in harmony with the Earth and others - cyberpunk: dystopia where technology is capable of many things, but is used in all the wrong ways. Megacorps control everything, and tech is ubiquitous - transhumanism: future where humans can overcome their linitations through technology, and we also delve into deeper questions of how technology and its use affects people - retrofuturism (i'm probably thinking more of atompunk, help me here???): Star Trek-esque, optimistic, 1900s view of the future with the typical flying cars, space hotels, and luxury comforts in a utopic setting Can you guys think of any others? And if i'm wrong, please do correct me

Empowering people to do the impossible TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

I was thinking about this a litle bit. If we are enabling bootstrapping, shouldn't we do it in such a way where all the materials are easily acceesible to people? I haven't fully thought this out, but could one way to self sufficiency be through organic chemistry and plastics engineering? Likw think about it. Plastics can be made in a variety of ways and styles, woth different properties, not to mention they can easily be formed from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, etc, all of which are very easily accessible. I can acknowledge that there are a lot of risks, such as filtering out dangerous plastics or minimizing their use, as well as addressing plastic pollution, but if we can do it in the right way, we could have a viabke path towards common people/bootstrapped l collectives being able to make their own stuff cheaply. Please corect me if I am wrong, and thank you for reading!

Socialism TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/51200 > [ [comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36795842) | sourced from [HackerNews](https://news.ycombinator.com/) \]

Socialism TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

m.youtube.com

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/3541079 > This video is a look into how the Bhuddist conept of mindfulness was appropriated and commodified by capitalists to solve "mental health problems", only for it to seem more sinister than the name suggests. This Western "mindfulness lite" can actually do more damage by instilling certain attitudes into people, reaffirming biases, and making people docile and subservient.l, and not solving the problems that cause mental health problems. > > Some more actionable notes from the video: > - [ ] McMindfulness -- the appropriation and watering down of Bhuddist Mindfulness > - [ ] Appropriated "mindfullness" used to neforce subservience and docility to capitalism -- mindfulness as a technique to get happy, obedient workers > - [ ] Religion and faith traditions can be powerful, but when tied closely to the state, religion can also be used to militarize > - [ ] Mindfulness is a more complex topic--not "shutting off your brain and not thinking", but rather thinking critically > - [ ] Engaged Bhuddism -- similar to liberation theology > - [ ] Learn about other radical theologies -- I know black radicalism pretty well, but need to learn about other peoples and cultures >

People of Color TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

m.youtube.com

This video is a look into how the Bhuddist conept of mindfulness was appropriated and commodified by capitalists to solve "mental health problems", only for it to seem more sinister than the name suggests. This Western "mindfulness lite" can actually do more damage by instilling certain attitudes into people, reaffirming biases, and making people docile and subservient. Some more actionable notes from the video: - [ ] McMindfulness -- the appropriation and watering down of Bhuddist Mindfulness - [ ] Appropriated "mindfullness" used to neforce subservience and docility to capitalism -- mindfulness as a technique to get happy, obedient workers - [ ] Religion and faith traditions can be powerful, but when tied closely to the state, religion can also be used to militarize - [ ] Mindfulness is a more complex topic--not "shutting off your brain and not thinking", but rather thinking critically - [ ] Engaged Bhuddism -- similar to liberation theology - [ ] Learn about other radical theologies -- I know black radicalism pretty well, but need to learn about other peoples and cultures

People of Color TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

m.youtube.com

This video is a look into how the Bhuddist conept of mindfulness was appropriated and commodified by capitalists to solve "mental health problems", only for it to seem more sinister than the name suggests. This Western "mindfulness lite" can actually do more damage by instilling certain attitudes into people, reaffirming biases, and making people docile and subservient.l, and not solving the problems that cause mental health problems. Some more actionable notes from the video: - [ ] McMindfulness -- the appropriation and watering down of Bhuddist Mindfulness - [ ] Appropriated "mindfullness" used to neforce subservience and docility to capitalism -- mindfulness as a technique to get happy, obedient workers - [ ] Religion and faith traditions can be powerful, but when tied closely to the state, religion can also be used to militarize - [ ] Mindfulness is a more complex topic--not "shutting off your brain and not thinking", but rather thinking critically - [ ] Engaged Bhuddism -- similar to liberation theology - [ ] Learn about other radical theologies -- I know black radicalism pretty well, but need to learn about other peoples and cultures

Socialism TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

crimethinc.com

It may be a long article, but it goes in depth about what the movement was doing. Give it a read!

Ask Experienced Devs TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 100%

What advice would you give to someone who is trying to teach themselves software development skills? I'm doing that right now, and I'm finding it easy to understand, yet difficult to implement in computer code. I want to move onto more advanced stuff, but I feel that I don't have enough experience quite yet. What skills/courses would you recommend I take? How did you get better on your coding journey? Any tips to make the process go faster? Thanks in advance!

Chat TerryTPlatypus • 1 year ago • 96%

The title says it all, i saw something in the beehaw tech community about explaining the downfall of RedHat like drag community beef. So, let's keep the joke going uwu. What happened with Russia and the Wagmer Group and the sudden stop if Wagner's advance?