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We desperately need to figure out how to flip this: how to lift up the creators of wonderful things, instead of rewarding whoever can acquire power over their creations.
I don’t think we know how to do this. There’s a vast spectrum of schemes for fixing this, ranging from capitalist versions of “intellectual property” to Marxist “just end capitalism” notions to various versions of “easy, society should just be different.” I find them all lacking, both in theory and in practice. This is a problem that’s existed for millennia, not decades, and I’m not convinced we have a clear solution.
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Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.

Neben dem 60 Hektar großen #AgriPV-Solarpark bei #Krumpa, der 2025 in Betrieb gegangen ist, entsteht ein #Batteriespeicher auf dem ehemaligen Gelände „Schrott-Linde“.
Die Anlage soll übersc…

Erneuerbare Energie aus dem Saalekreis: Batteriespeicher ergänzt künftig Agri-PV-Solarpark bei Krumpa
Krumpa/MZ. - Direkt neben dem Solarpark „Sonnenquelle Geiseltal“ südlich von Krumpa entsteht derzeit ein neuer Batteriespeicherpark auf dem ehemaligen Gelände „Schrott-Linde“. Das Projekt ergänzt den dieses Jahr in Betrieb gegangenen ersten Abschnitt der Agri-Photovoltaik-Anlage auf 60 Hektar...

When asking someone to do something it's important to be clear about everything you are asking them to do, and when you are asking them to do it, up front.
Increasingly I'm asked to do something, I look at my schedule and other commitments and agree to the ask, and then weeks later am informed that "as part of X (what I agreed to) everyone is expected to do Y (something time consuming that wasn't mentioned before)" or "we need you to provide X (something necessary the day of the event) a week in advance (when there was no indication of this early deadline at the initial ask)".
This means that the calculations someone made regarding whether they could participate are based an incomplete understanding of what is required. That's not fair and it either results in forcing the participant to deprioritize something else or makes them push back on something they never agreed to and potentially withdraw.

I agree with the storyteller: the experience of having a slave is abhorrent, simulated or not, and this story is a window into something •deep• about the present moment. Even without having slaves, we are all in danger of having a •slaver mindset•. It’s a disease that’s running rampant now in billionaire-shaped techno-utopian circles.
I wrote this thread on the topic earlier:
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/113295613785073188
…and even having written that, it’s still shocking — not surprising, exactly, but shocking — to hear those thoughts expressed so baldly by the colleague in the story above.

In #Münster entsteht der erste #AgriSolarpark der Region.
Auf 13,2 Hektar kombiniert das Projekt #Solarenergie mit

Erster Agri-Solarpark in Münster: Solarstrom für Batterieforschungsfabrik
In Münster-Amelsbüren haben die Stadtwerke Münster mit dem Bau einer Agri-Photovoltaikanlage begonnen.

In #Lemwerder hat Landwirt Henning Kruse den größten #AgriSolarpark Deutschlands erfolgreich in Betrieb genommen.
Auf 18.000 Hektar Anbaufläche für #Tierfutter wurden 26.000

Lemwerder: Größter Agri-Solarpark Deutschlands besteht Testlauf
Landwirt Henning Kruse hat auf seiner 18.000 Hektar Anbaufläche für Tierfutter 26.000 Solarmodule aufgestellt.

Re “apply the pressure anyway:” that’s advice I got from…Keith Ellison.
I was part of a citizen group pressuring him to vote for the ACA when he was in the House. He met with us, and gave us an impassioned speech about universal care and how the ACA was a good first step but insufficient, relating it to the less-remembered civil rights acts of the 1950s that laid the groundwork for the big one in 1964.
Somebody from the group finally asked him, “Why are we meeting with you? You’re already convinced!”
He replied (paraphrasing here): “I •need• your pressure. I need it even if I already agree. If you’re pressuring me, then I can get on the floor of the House and say ‘My constituents are beating down the doors of my office! This has tremendous support!’ I can tell my colleagues in private about how agitated voters are. If you apply pressure, I can pass that pressure forward. I need you to do it! •That• is why you’re meeting with me.”
And now Keith Ellison is MN Attorney General. He’s already started doing the right thing. Follow his advice, and apply that pressure!

In #Tützpatz hat #Vattenfall Deutschlands größten #AgriPV Park mit 76 MWp Leistung in Betrieb genommen.
Auf 93 Hektar werden

Deutschlands größter Agri-PV Park geht in Betrieb
Offizieller Dienstbeginn für ein Pionierprojekt der Energiewende: Heute (10.9.) nimmt Vattenfall den bis dato größten deutschen Agri-PV Park „Tützpatz“ in Betrieb. Es ist ein weiterer Schritt des Unternehmens, den Übergang zu fossilfreier Energie zu unterstützen und damit die Gesellschaft voranzubringen. Starke Partnerin ist die Deutsche Telekom AG. Sie nimmt den produzierten Grünstrom für zehn Jahre vollständig ab.

In #Münster-Amelsbüren entsteht der erste #AgriSolarpark der Region.
Auf 13,2 Hektar erzeugt die neue #Photovoltaikanlage künftig Ökostrom für die Fraunhofer-Einrichtung FFB,…

Baustart für den ersten Agri-Solarpark in Münster