@degrowthuk@mstdn.social2026-01-22 09:08:56
We plan to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution.
Short country updates and longer issue-based pieces.
Follow the link for details.
#degrowth #ecosocialism
@primonatura@mstdn.social2026-01-22 14:00:43
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-22 21:45:42
Trump administration abruptly recalls scores of career ambassadors (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/22/trump-ambassadors-recalled/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY2Mzc5NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY3NzYxOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjYzNzk2MDAsImp0aSI6IjBjMWM2NDJlLWNhZGYtNGY0OS1hNmY1LTJlYThjZGU3N2FjMyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI1LzEyLzIyL3RydW1wLWFtYmFzc2Fkb3JzLXJlY2FsbGVkLyJ9.kVLZsQtVwk1fCXqiOg2VbBKwt4pzKbv80P2_B1Xw2Ic&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p98#a251222p98
@whitequark@mastodon.social2025-12-22 18:23:11
interacting with the container ecosystem makes me viscerally understand everyone who's ever expressed a desire to get up, go into the forest, and never come back
@degrowthuk@mstdn.social2026-01-21 08:46:16
Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situation with regard to degrowth thinking and practice at a country level (or for large countries at a more regional level). 2) Longer pieces (up to 5,000 words) reviewing the state of degrowth and ecosocialism in…
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.social2026-01-23 04:57:50
When you are a C developer, every day is Xmas!
https://www.swift.org/blog/improving-usability-of-c-libraries-in-swift/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-22 03:25:55
Some experts in the human-computer interaction field say making AI chatbots act humanlike creates cognitive dissonance for users over how much to trust them (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/technol<…
@nemobis@mamot.fr2025-12-22 17:35:30
The other day I had a funny conversation. A Finnish person was making excuses for my laziness at learning Finnish. Then she asked «is Italian hard to learn?». I never know how to answer the question so I said «I don't know: at least pronunciation is not too bad for Finns, they may sound funny but they're understandable; they mostly have trouble because they have no concept of separate p and b, and so on». She said «you mean strong p and soft p»? Not how I would have phrased it, but y…
@scott@carfree.city2025-12-23 08:16:03
New open-access paper: Degrowth is popular in the US and UK!
The label "degrowth" is not, but the policy substance is. "Ecosocialism" or "well-being economy" were labels that got better reactions.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/<…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-23 23:01:11
DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in (Brianna Sacks/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/01/23/dhs-pauses-fema-cuts-storm/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY5MTQ0NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcwNTI2Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjkxNDQ0MDAsImp0aSI6IjNmOTJiM2FjLWJmYmYtNGY5NS05M2ZjLWQ4OWQzZDdmMWEyZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93ZWF0aGVyLzIwMjYvMDEvMjMvZGhzLXBhdXNlcy1mZW1hLWN1dHMtc3Rvcm0vIn0.JwdEQZ7-luNPLsF3LaE3iqOGhLnHzSJVyLPiYS6rL4c&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p105#a260123p105