Bunnylip @bunnylip@social.coop

How to survive the summer on the internet? ~

"#Socialmedia has become a euphemism for a transaction between you and a company: You agree to provide your real identity to a company in exchange for a set of services that make the internet more useful.

The patterns of news consumption we’ve adopted—mostly reading in silence, engaged in monogamous relationships with our devices—pull us away from the people we’re actually with, and leave us more atomized and vulnerable"

https://www.wired.com/story/surviving-this-summer-on-the-internet/amp

"Among the most volatile points of contact between state violence and one's body is the domain of gender."

"Captive Genders", ed. Nat Smith & Eric Stanley.

Gender binary? More like gender BYE-nary

Since it was announced, the purchase of #WholeFoods by #Amazon has sparked significant concern among US #FoodCoops, given their hard-nosed monopoly-building strategy.

Apparently the game is officially afoot starting Monday... "Amazon: We're lowering Whole Foods prices on Monday"
http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/24/news/companies/amazon-whole-foods/index.html https://social.coop/media/JKqO1Y1oZ0WWGtu7gm0

@bunnylip a dwarf / hobbit!

Where I’m from, the big event of childhood is, on your eleventh birthday, Santa Claus—it’s funny, we don’t have Christmas, but we still have Santa—brings you a special gift, a symbol, a hint of the mark you’ll leave on the world. In fifth grade there was a girl in my class with the same birthday as me, Ada. On our big day, Santa interrupted class to present us with our gifts. To Ada he gave an absolute jewel of a sword. God I hated her for getting that sword. You know what I got? A broom.

@TipsyTentacle I hate how our fucking view of science contributes to this

"Science isn't certain about this, we're certain it's aliens, therefore aliens"

Science isn't certain about ANYTHING dickhead

I know I shouldn't have a favorite pet, but...
https://anticapitalist.party/media/LeKvaxCK7Vsf3J7urBY

@bunnylip @dwobbit sounds like a good opportunity for a #socialcoop #tootup!

🐘💨☝

Starting to make fall travel plans - who's thinking of going to #NYC for #PlatformCoop2017 at the New School? Been to the last two and really enjoyed them, and thinking it would be great to have at least a few #SocialCoop folks live tooting the gathering... #platformcoop

Details:
https://platform.coop/2017

Late ☕ because I was late to work because the subways were totally fucked up this fucking morning.

#Blockchain -based #digitalidentity : How Hyperledger is helping to turn hype into reality

https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2017/08/15/blockchain-based-digital-identity-how-hyperledger-is-helping-to-turn-hype-into-reality

"..using a single credential could actually increase privacy, cause none of the transaction participants got a complete picture of the user’s transaction. The bank doesn't see your online destination, the gov doesn't see which bank you used and SecureKey doesn't know who u r"

@bunnylip referred me... Focus on #degrowth, #sustainability, and #sharing. Sometimes-hobbies include oil painting and dog training. #introduction

Event watched by Risabee while hens snooze it out. https://social.coop/media/okAlhs99MWSwWAtbKq0

Community-owned pub returns with help from Co-operative & Community Finance
The Spotted Cow in Holbrook, Derbyshire, will also offer post office, cafe and B&B services

https://www.thenews.coop/119860/sector/community/community-owned-pub-returns-help-co-operative-community-finance/

And you may find yourself /
⚪️ Living in a regular house
🔘 Living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself /
⚪️ In the same place as always
🔘 In another part of the world

One of my coworkers has Eclipse Glasses and can see the sun from their office. I think I'm going to check this out.