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Rosemary Mosco@rosemarymosco.com |
SOAPBOX TIME I hate how many times I read things like "nobody cares about the world" and "humanity is the virus" and "our species is too inept/evil/selfish to survive" online. I almost never see anyone talking about the many, many people who are doing incredibly hard, complex, good work
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Raoul Meyer
@mistermeyer.bsky.social
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It's not that "nobody cares." Rich people don't care. They don't want anyone or anything to prevent them from doing exactly what they want, all the time, with no consequence.
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Jack - Oi, Shiny!
@oishinythings.bsky.social
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And when something good gets mentioned, people bemoan and wail about how it isn't enough. OK, but if *more* people or groups did that one "small" thing... (And I don't mean in a "personal responsibility!" way, I mean things like local litter picking groups. They make a difference to their area.)
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The Library Faery
@libraryfaery.bsky.social
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I will posit that because the people out doing the good things have started to avoid social forums, because it seem that no matter how much good they do, there's always a crowd telling them they're not doing enough - and that wears on you. Or they claim virtue signaling, which is a worse claim.
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Symbo1ics
@symbo1ics.bsky.social
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About 25 years ago I said "humans are the plague" to someone, maybe a relative, and they pushed back on it, and I've reflected on that ever since: And of course I still recall that moment, including right now, reading your thread. So thankyou. Followed!
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Justin Noormand
@justin-noormand.bsky.social
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It’s adolescent nihilism even when it’s coming out of the mouths of 30 year olds
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DVB
@countdvb.bsky.social
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Because the bad news sells and people are addicted to rage and gloom.
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Intellectual Explorer
@driftingthrough.bsky.social
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youtu.be/LKb1Rv_EKwA
Sampling error, contaminated population data.
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Rosemary Mosco
@rosemarymosco.com
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Then I log off, and run into, say, someone who provides occupational therapy for disadvantaged factory workers. Or someone whose job is to produce citywide heat maps that lead to regulations that cool specific areas. Or someone who scrutinizes health care in mental health settings. Or or or
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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky
@elizmanderson.bsky.social
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Emperor Aardvark
@emperoraardvark.bsky.social
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I can understand how it may SEEM like nobody cares. What gets missed is the need to have infinite spirit (or be a bit of a masochist) to withstand trying to do shit for any length of time. There's little talk about how crushing it is to care, moreso to TRY to change, only for the needle to move 0%
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The Woker
@bone2meetu.bsky.social
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Humanity is a virus and too inept/evil/selfish to so survive, literally every country on the planet is choosing far right fascists because they don’t want to help anyone and want endless cheap consumer goods made by third world slaves, doesn’t matter if someone does good things in comparison to that
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Writing & Editing
@wrtrstat.bsky.social
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This. I feel the same. Thank you! Giving you a follow.
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Iron Raptor @ TFCON2024
@ironraptorstudios.art
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Human meat CPUs focus and latch on to negative circumstances as our heritage in our hunter/gatherer days. "I'll remember this bad thing next time so it won't kill me." It doesn't matter if it's real or not.
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I don't want to wear pants
@xehtfodrol.bsky.social
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You can't doom and gloom as well if you pay attention to all the good people are attempting. You just have to shove it under "not enough" and go back to "everything is shit, nothing can be done"
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