btfod

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[–] btfod@hexbear.net 27 points 5 months ago

Not thinking is kinda their whole thing to be fair

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago
[–] btfod@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Who's your audience?

I haven't kept up with him in a while but Dr. Glaucomflecken is /was good but seems aimed at other health care professionals. If that's your intent, I don't mean to be a wet blanket but Dr. G I think already has that lane covered.

If your audience is the general public then deal with topics relevant to them instead. Why you pay more for less every year. How to fight back, within the system and without. If I were doing it I'd point a big fucking spotlight at the leaders who have the power to fix it but refuse. They have names and addresses. Good luck.

Edit: reading comprehension failed me... other HCPs will already know about this... leaving this up, look upon my shame!

More on topic: If I were doing this I'd also highlight the extreme moral/ethical implications of healthcare being a "business" in the first place and how that will always lead to putting profits over people.

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank you. Please forgive, I didn't intend to imply aesthetics fix everything despite my comment appearing so.

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Where can I read more about this topic

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Submitting the "President Trump has formally extended a PERSONAL invitation to YOU!" mass donation email as evidence he and I are true best friends

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes... severe storms and tornadoes are unfortunately a factor where I live. I've seen neighborhoods here that look just as ruined as the one in the photo, sans ashes... and of course most of the new construction is lumber frame. I even saw a 4 story apartment building go up last year, all lumber. Seemed wild to me. One of the many ill effects of housing being considered a commodity instead of essential to human life, I guess.

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

Makes sense to me, thanks. That last one though... Not sure if crawlspace foundations are common there but if so I bet their vents were open. That's horrifying to imagine embers blowing in and turning your crawlspace into a bellows

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

Dude was horning in on their turf, no way they could handle getting beaten to market by some rando

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Minus the power lines, give it all a fresh coat of paint/stucco and that would look pretty dope I think.

Spread some public art and plant life around and I'm nearly there

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Thanks for the reply. The older I get the more I wanna live in a dope concrete apartment building, and I don't even live in an earthquake or fire risk area... (yet, who knows what's in store)

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm sure that would help on the margins but I wonder if a fire of this scale could easily ignite or carbonize the timber frame behind it anyway...

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by btfod@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
 

There's a campaign near me to protect valuable old trees which are slated for destruction. These trees are on public property and being killed to make way for a parking deck. The misguided decision makers have already made it "legal" for them to do this, and some of us intend to fight.

I would love to hear any stories or tips on how to approach strategies for raising public awareness, staging actions, and the like. Tree sitting is already a given. I think our situation is at the point now where we cannot prevail via the legal system. They're doing the murder by the book. I think the only leverage we have is to turn public sentiment so hard against these actors that the political cost for them is too extreme. And even that's a longshot.

Thanks and much love.

Update: I welcome discussion of all methods and actions! After reflecting further I wanted to say I'm particularly interested in agitprop and messaging strategies. Perhaps this is discussed in the Ecodefense link - will be checking that out shortly.

 

Perfect day for some Sketches

 

got to hear this at one of Simon's DJ sets in the early '00s and it's been one of my favorites ever since

 

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