There's only one word for the act of indiscriminately setting off 1,000's of explosives in the midst of a civilian population: #Terrorism And if this act was perpetrated by a state actor and with the approval of a democratic government that you helped vote in office, you might then ponder the question: "Was this really done in my name??"

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Desired changes for a future revision of ActivityPub and ActivityStreams

@codenamedmitri says in A brief and unromantic history of ActivityPub - #17 by codenamedmitri There was a previous discussion touching on this su...

Hi @Hrefna (DHC) I just a FYI on

Versia Documentation

Introduction to the Versia Protocol, a communication medium for federated applications, using the HTTP stack.

a federation protocol "heavily inspired by ActivityPub" which I just bumped into via @Erlend Sogge Heggen .. didn't have a deep look yet, but thought it might be interesting given your own musings re:FeatherPub.

It is sad that apparently most #EU people can't be bothered to take a minute to sign the #Petition to #TaxTheRich and it looks like the treshold will not be reached. https://eci.ec.europa.eu/038/public/#/screen/home/allcountries

> “But we are seeing a great fragmentation of society, really caused by the economic theory that we’re operating under of neoliberalism, where everything is a commodity,” he [psychiatrist prof Patrick McGorry] said. > This global emphasis on individualism and competition is destroying social bonds, eroding public welfare and services and is empowering harmful industries and corporations, he said.

the Guardian

‘Alarming’ surge in mental ill health among young people in face of ‘unprecedented’ challenges, experts warn

Insecure employment, climate crisis and social media are driving ‘dangerous’ decline, research finds

I see a lot of talk about "privilege" as if in disgust of those having "spare time" to help others. And I get it. Privilege is stacked in layers. From the low state of lying in a ditch dying, up and up, right to Mars where billionaires live. Was I privileged when I quit job, started doing community work? Hell yes! Frugal lifestyle saw me some savings in the bank, most now gone. From then on I was also sacrificing. Burning privilege at the altar of the Commons to shed my sins of individualism.