Based on the universal principles of acquiring and maintaining political power which are described in the “A Dictator’s Handbook” by de Mesquita and Smith (2011) [1], I am trying to explain why nearly universally political leaders have not taken the required climate action and how these principles can be used to gain political power to…
No. It’s not all about me being safe, or what. You cannot run away from truth. Truth if always bigger, but you have to speak. That’s the biggest beacon we have. Dixon Bahandagira, Uganda, Climate Activist 1. Introduction I became aware of Dickson (“Dixon”) on the SLACK platform for “Fridays For Future”, which I felt…
1. These Sven Hillenkamp analysiert die aktuelle Klimabewegung am Beispiel von Fridays For Future in Deutschland und Schweden. Er formuliert das grundlegende Dilemma zwischen dem was getan werden muss (dh die Wissenschaft fordert) und dem was getan werden kann (cf eine demokratische Mehrheit bereit ist zu tun). Er zieht den Schluss, dass die Klimabewegung dabei…
1. Introduction After entering the world of internet relay chats (IRC), where text messages are supposed to be short, sharing longer pieces of text via so called “pastebin” sites has become relevant to me. In the following I am evaluating and recommending some “pastebin” services from a comprehensive list of websites [1]. 2. Criteria Professional…
1. Introduction I have recently supported an eco activist movement group in Sweden called “Återställ våtmarker” [1] (“Rebuild wetlands”) by updating flyers and posters with new events. The problem turned out that the shared versions were based on the open-source LibreOffice/LibreWriter [2] (.odt) format and the proprietary Adobe InDesign [3] (.indd) format. Although I finally…
1. Introduction The federated microblogging software Mastodon [1] has recently received strong interest after Elon Musk bought Twitter (“the bird site”) [2]. However, in this post I do not want to discuss public Mastodon instances, which are connected in the Fediverse, but the alternative to run a private Mastodon instance, which is disconnected from the…
The following services allow (bi-directional) cross-posting between Mastodon (ActivityPub) and other social media platforms, esp Twitter: https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.brv (tested and works!) https://beta.birdsite.live/ https://moa.party https://dlvrit.com https://ifttt.com References [¹] https://medium.com/@__fsnk/crossposting-selected-posts-from-mastodon-to-twitter-via-dlvr-it-23325c7f6286 [²] https://medium.com/@pimterry/sync-your-mastodon-back-to-twitter-3c72f2bc8626
Conspiracy theories are essential component for the stability of a democracy because it allows to detect an abuse of power, ie corruption. However, conspiracy theories should be evaluated based on empirical data to confirm or reject them. Therefore, transparency is another essential component for a democracy to be able to collect the required data to…
After purchasing a DRM-protected ebook based on the .acsm/.epub format protected by Adobe Digital Editions, you may want to read the ebook on a operating system (e.g. Linux), device (e.g. Laptop), or in a format (e.g. PDF), which is not supported by Adobe Digital Editions. The following tutorials shows how read such ebooks on not…
1. Background Public protests should show its messages clearly and protest banners have great visibility even in large crowds (in combination with telescope poles or ceiling support poles) or on large buildings. Although re-using old cloth (e.g. old bedsheets) is eco-friendly, disadvantages are costs for cloth (often free though), paint, vulnerability to rain and wind,…
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