I like this list, but "what is not needed should not be made" basically ends all processes of discovery and creativity.
Also who decides what is needed? Sure, ideally we live in an equitable and inclusive society and everyone's need are respected, but we don't yet, and many people today see, for example, things disabled people need to exist, as completely unnecessary, extravagant, and even harmful, and would happily stop producing at our expense.
I get what they're trying to say, we absolutely make enormous amount of shit no one needs to feed an endless cycle of overconsumption created because line must go up, but they're focusing on the wrong part. It isn't production that is the problem, humans have always wanted to make things, it is the "for profit" component that leads to all the problems, because you're not just selling (E: or ideally simply making) to meet a need, you're creating needs that don't exist so you can sell, and always prioritise profit over anything else (sustainability, working conditions, quality, and so on).
They are checking with lemmy.ca 😂
I knew they looked familiar.. 😂
The differential between high and low tides in Alaska is crazy to me
Canada apparently get the highest with 11.7 metres (38.4 feet) mean tidal range, which I found out by accident because I was actually looking up the range specifically for the UK out of curiosity, knowing it was high but not realising it would be on the top 3 list (E: with maximum range in the Bristol Channel being 15 metres (49 feet)! ) lol
TIL
ID: title in Microsoft Word Art says "yeah I'm TRANS" bellow, the word trans is broken down by letter:
"T - terribly tired"
"R - really tired"
"A - absolutely tired"
"N - not identifying with my gender assigned at birth also I'm tired"
"S - super tired"
To the right of the text are two pictures of a turtle and a snail each on their own skateboard
ID: ally @missmayn posted: "the democrats were more energized and organized against campus protests than the current authoritarian takeover."
ID: photo of an illuminated vertical street billboard at night, on it is bold text "SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO FIGHT FOR YOU IN ROOMS YOU AREN'T IN"
ID: an image diagonally divided, the top left half is a vaporwave image of a lit up dancefloor, with the text "I am no longer Panicking at the Disco". The bottom right half is a vaporwave image of shelves in a grocery store with the text "I am now Dissociating at the Grocery Store"
Credit: Millennial Memes for Existential Extremes
ID: AP Seattle @apseattle posted: "BREAKING: Greyhound says it will stop letting Border Patrol agents conduct routine immigration checks on its buses."
corpse @thefurrow replied: "Witnesses said a bus driver told an ICE agent to "gargle [his] balls" when the latter requested to enter the bus"
I'm assuming this post was made by an American, and laws might vary where you are, but the point remains the same in every country: the cops are there to serve the state, not you, and they will not hesitate for a second to lie to you and pretend to be on your side to get what they need.
Don't trust them, don't believe them, don't confide in them, don't make their job of oppressing the working class easier.
ACAB
ID: 8 images made by @thelaurrylife
1 7 Lies Cops Can Legally Tell You
2 Police can lie and say that a victim identified you in a photo.
3 Police can lie and say a conversation is "off the record" when it really isn't.
4 Police can lie about being an officer
5 Police can lie to you about an accomplice confessing.
6 Police can lie and claim that your handprints or DNA were all over the evidence.
7 Police can lie and say you will get a lighter sentence if you confess.
8 Police can lie about their ability to get a search warrant.)
ID: xXx6Marie9xXx @spiderbyte.bsky.social posted a city map of Istanbul and captioned it "Transphobes be like "Constantinople""
ID: drawing of a fluffy white cat on a sunset coloured background, their puffy tail is up, and they are surrounded by sparkles with a little heart doodle above their head. They're holding a sharp knife in their mouth, it has a pink handle with hearts on it. Text at the top says "I am at my limit"
ID: top text: "me, explaining why the bricks I throw at Nazis are pink and scented:". Bellow is an image from Legally Blonde where Elle is handing over her pink and scented resume to the professor and says "I think it gives it a little something extra."
Credit: Elle Woods CORE
Yes, in accordance with their well established playbook