1. Background The leading climate movement “Återställ Våtmarker” [1] (engl. “Rebuild wetlands”) in Sweden, has peformed a highly disruptive blockade of the major E4 motorway in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, on Monday, August 29, 2022. The police and legal system reacted harshly to this street block by arresting 10 activists, presumably to avoid…
The following steps, which can follow a linear or circular (spiraling) pattern of escalation, describe defensive public relations (propaganda) strategies which organizations, mostly governments or companies, apply if they are accused of misconduct against the public interest. All actions by the accusing party (activists) can be promoted by methods of civil resistance. Action by activists,…
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…
The following services allow (bi-directional) cross-posting between Mastodon (ActivityPub) and other social media platforms, esp Twitter: https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br (tested and works!) https://moa.party (tested and works!) https://beta.birdsite.live/ 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…
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…
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,…
1. Introduction Stephen Barlow (@SteB777@twitter.com) explained the reasons “why we have totally inappropriate leadership in this era of facing a climate and ecological crisis.” in a thread on Twitter [Link]. Since the expressed ideas are similar to my own blog [Link] , I see Stephen Barlow’s thread as an independent confirmation of these ideas, which…
Based on the universal principles of acquiring and maintaining political power which are described in the “A Dictator’s Handbook” by Bueno de Mesquita and Smith (2011) [1] (aka “selectorate theory” [4]) , I am trying to explain why nearly universally political leaders have not taken the required climate action and how these principles can be…
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