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Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

Ascribing agency to 's to avoid taking responsibility for their effects, is like stuffing bean bag chairs full of whatever bean shaped things you find laying around, and then claiming you're not responsible for emergent smells and explosions when people sit on them.

If you are responsible for selecting the data you train your model with, you are responsible for what the model produces.

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

May 22, 2023
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Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

As if the the serious human rights issues and massive scale oil lobbying of in Egypt wasn't bad enough, in Dubai is just upping the ante.

As this thread highlights, is shaping up to be the most corrupt mockery of an environmental meeting ever.

Folks, this problem is not going to fix itself. The fossil fuel industry is only getting stronger and more brazen every year.

We the people need to step up, and do it now.

nitter.net/AssaadRazzouk/statu

May 18, 2023
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Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

What a fantastic end to the already outstanding conference! 💥💚🎉

This closing plenary has it all: uncompromising science, radical politics, brilliant young activists, fantastic oratory, gratitude, laughs and tears.

I know I will get strength from this conference for years in my activism.

Let this be only the beginning.

beyond-growth-2023.eu/lecture/

May 17, 2023
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Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

"The biomass of people is four times lower than the biomass of ants. We are not too many, we are just too stupid."

– Michael Braungart

May 16, 2023
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Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

The current environmental policies of are not "ambitious". At best, they are a small step toward decent.

There is no glory in deliberately hurting our children and grandchildren a bit less, while still completely destroying the lives of people far away.

May 16, 2023
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Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

" is about working on the needs of the majority instead of working on the wants of the minority."

– Yamina Saheb

May 16, 2023
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Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

The session to watch from the 1st day of the conference is this on the exploitation and expropriation of the Global South that's behind the growth of the EU and the Global North.

We can't accept any green transition that's not rooted in .

beyond-growth-2023.eu/lecture/

May 15, 2023
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Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

If I had to give just one reading suggestion to anyone engaged in activism, politics or just wondering about system changes, it would be Dancing With Systems by Donella Meadows.

I could pick dozens of quotes, but here's one:

"Living successfully in a world of systems requires more of us than our ability to calculate. It requires our full humanity–our rationality, our ability to sort out truth from falsehood, our intuition, our compassion, our vision, and our morality."

donellameadows.org/archives/da

May 07, 2023