Pika

joined 3 weeks ago
[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 16 points 3 days ago

While people in power are absolute evil most of the time, this is not an excuse to change your own morals for the worse.

Small acts of kindness, when taken in decent quantity, change the world no less than massive fraud and sex trafficking.

That said, one of the most moral things to do is to be on the lookout for powerful people doing nasty things and do everything in your capacity to prevent or at least retaliate. This makes abuse less common, and goes a long way to restore democracy and responsibility for everyone.

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 1 points 6 days ago

I gotta say I love this format A simple, easy to print handbook with all you need

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Alright, you bought me with this

Amazing presentation and nice that you have a demo!

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Hey there! My achievements are small, and I'm amazed at your level of organizing, but I also took part in something - I've helped organize locals against illegal construction site in the area. If they would push it, not only it would destroy our small and dear park, it would also severely stress water supply and cast a big shadow, breaking the laws on insolation norms (we live in a very cloudy city as it is).

We organized 24/7 watch and were not hesitant to call the police while others worked with papers and invited officials. As a result, the city governor has personally visited the place and the construction was banned. We were also offered financing to reorganize and improve the park, and are currently working on a makeover.

In the place where I live, people are generally politically passive, but this case has proven to me that even here, change can be achieved.

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 16 points 2 weeks ago

My apologies, I missed that one!

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 44 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

This is probably going to seem wildly low-effort compared to my usual posts here

My man, you just compiled tons of obscure posters from the corners of the Internet. I admire your dedication, and this does take an effort.

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 1 points 3 weeks ago

Florence + the Machine - June

Just to open it gently

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 4 points 3 weeks ago

Short answer? I don't.

What if your worldview just happens to align neatly with your temperament, your social environment, or whatever gives you emotional relief?

It does. The things is, though - I happen to prominently share basic human values, such as kindness, mutual aid, cooperation, and care, all of which are normally seen as "good".

My social environment is very median, and I do understand the regular person as I am one. I know the struggles people in my group face, and am open-minded about struggles of others outside it.

I feel relieved in the world where people are good to each other, and if that's not what we strive for, then humanity has abandoned the very core of its own morals. When such basic things are betrayed, it's always a sign of corruption, an attempt to justify greed, or selfishness, or something else.

Then comes the critical examination of ideas that claim to lead us there, whether they could be contradictory and leave us with a very different place than we intended, either because not enough thinking went into original concept, or because it was a con to begin with, clearly serving the corrupt interest of the few.

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's a very recent development, so no wonder you missed it. Yes, Pewdiepie went full Arch with Hyprland and made his Steam Deck into a server and I'm not even joking :D

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Then it's a good thing he owns up to his mistakes? Maybe a group of Linux haters following him will change their mind as well.

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