#collectiveaction — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #collectiveaction, aggregated by home.social.
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‼️New blog post by me‼️
"Against Pessimism"> I know that it feels wrong to celebrate a small victory when so much else wrong is going on, but I promise you we won't be able to make it to the end if this is our outlook on life. If everything is terrible and nothing good ever happens or is talked about, then why should we even fight for the next victory?
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> Nearly every single time I see one of their blog posts shared around on social media where they celebrated a victory they've made, there's always somebody in the comments complaining about how it didn't go far enough, that we still haven't done enough. And they're right in a sense — we do still need to keep going, keep fighting. This victory alone is only a step along the path! But why do you feel it is important to share that right now? Why must we pollute every victory with some sense of additional fear and worry?
Read the full post on my blog:
https://riverseeber.net/blog/post/against-pessimism/#writing #collectiveAction #progress #privacy #usPol #leftism
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‼️New blog post by me‼️
"Against Pessimism"> I know that it feels wrong to celebrate a small victory when so much else wrong is going on, but I promise you we won't be able to make it to the end if this is our outlook on life. If everything is terrible and nothing good ever happens or is talked about, then why should we even fight for the next victory?
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> Nearly every single time I see one of their blog posts shared around on social media where they celebrated a victory they've made, there's always somebody in the comments complaining about how it didn't go far enough, that we still haven't done enough. And they're right in a sense — we do still need to keep going, keep fighting. This victory alone is only a step along the path! But why do you feel it is important to share that right now? Why must we pollute every victory with some sense of additional fear and worry?
Read the full post on my blog:
https://riverseeber.net/blog/post/against-pessimism/#writing #collectiveAction #progress #privacy #usPol #leftism
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‼️New blog post by me‼️
"Against Pessimism"> I know that it feels wrong to celebrate a small victory when so much else wrong is going on, but I promise you we won't be able to make it to the end if this is our outlook on life. If everything is terrible and nothing good ever happens or is talked about, then why should we even fight for the next victory?
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> Nearly every single time I see one of their blog posts shared around on social media where they celebrated a victory they've made, there's always somebody in the comments complaining about how it didn't go far enough, that we still haven't done enough. And they're right in a sense — we do still need to keep going, keep fighting. This victory alone is only a step along the path! But why do you feel it is important to share that right now? Why must we pollute every victory with some sense of additional fear and worry?
Read the full post on my blog:
https://riverseeber.net/blog/post/against-pessimism/#writing #collectiveAction #progress #privacy #usPol #leftism
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‼️New blog post by me‼️
"Against Pessimism"> I know that it feels wrong to celebrate a small victory when so much else wrong is going on, but I promise you we won't be able to make it to the end if this is our outlook on life. If everything is terrible and nothing good ever happens or is talked about, then why should we even fight for the next victory?
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> Nearly every single time I see one of their blog posts shared around on social media where they celebrated a victory they've made, there's always somebody in the comments complaining about how it didn't go far enough, that we still haven't done enough. And they're right in a sense — we do still need to keep going, keep fighting. This victory alone is only a step along the path! But why do you feel it is important to share that right now? Why must we pollute every victory with some sense of additional fear and worry?
Read the full post on my blog:
https://riverseeber.net/blog/post/against-pessimism/#writing #collectiveAction #progress #privacy #usPol #leftism
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‼️New blog post by me‼️
"Against Pessimism"> I know that it feels wrong to celebrate a small victory when so much else wrong is going on, but I promise you we won't be able to make it to the end if this is our outlook on life. If everything is terrible and nothing good ever happens or is talked about, then why should we even fight for the next victory?
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> Nearly every single time I see one of their blog posts shared around on social media where they celebrated a victory they've made, there's always somebody in the comments complaining about how it didn't go far enough, that we still haven't done enough. And they're right in a sense — we do still need to keep going, keep fighting. This victory alone is only a step along the path! But why do you feel it is important to share that right now? Why must we pollute every victory with some sense of additional fear and worry?
Read the full post on my blog:
https://riverseeber.net/blog/post/against-pessimism/#writing #collectiveAction #progress #privacy #usPol #leftism
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There have been 5 major global extinctions, let’s not make it 6 very soon.
Don’t know what else do, but sign link below?
Unless a large mass of people can agree to take collective action against petrochemicals, an insane arms race, pointless wars and the nonrenewable expropriation of capital, we all die at 60 °C which is 140 °F!
#EarthIsBurning #Entropy #Flooding #Hurricanes #Typhoons #Tornados #CollectiveAction #SustainableEthics #GlobalWarming #ClimateChaos #60CelsiusWeAllDie #140FarenheitWeAllDie #GlobalExtinctions #SaveEarth #StopBanksFinancingEcocide https://action.eko.org/a/banks-don-t-fund-kepco-s-coal-plans?source=clipboard
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There have been 5 major global extinctions, let’s not make it 6 very soon.
Don’t know what else do, but sign link below?
Unless a large mass of people can agree to take collective action against petrochemicals, an insane arms race, pointless wars and the nonrenewable expropriation of capital, we all die at 60 °C which is 140 °F!
#EarthIsBurning #Entropy #Flooding #Hurricanes #Typhoons #Tornados #CollectiveAction #SustainableEthics #GlobalWarming #ClimateChaos #60CelsiusWeAllDie #140FarenheitWeAllDie #GlobalExtinctions #SaveEarth #StopBanksFinancingEcocide https://action.eko.org/a/banks-don-t-fund-kepco-s-coal-plans?source=clipboard
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There have been 5 major global extinctions, let’s not make it 6 very soon.
Don’t know what else do, but sign link below?
Unless a large mass of people can agree to take collective action against petrochemicals, an insane arms race, pointless wars and the nonrenewable expropriation of capital, we all die at 60 °C which is 140 °F!
#EarthIsBurning #Entropy #Flooding #Hurricanes #Typhoons #Tornados #CollectiveAction #SustainableEthics #GlobalWarming #ClimateChaos #60CelsiusWeAllDie #140FarenheitWeAllDie #GlobalExtinctions #SaveEarth #StopBanksFinancingEcocide https://action.eko.org/a/banks-don-t-fund-kepco-s-coal-plans?source=clipboard
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There have been 5 major global extinctions, let’s not make it 6 very soon.
Don’t know what else do, but sign link below?
Unless a large mass of people can agree to take collective action against petrochemicals, an insane arms race, pointless wars and the nonrenewable expropriation of capital, we all die at 60 °C which is 140 °F!
#EarthIsBurning #Entropy #Flooding #Hurricanes #Typhoons #Tornados #CollectiveAction #SustainableEthics #GlobalWarming #ClimateChaos #60CelsiusWeAllDie #140FarenheitWeAllDie #GlobalExtinctions #SaveEarth #StopBanksFinancingEcocide https://action.eko.org/a/banks-don-t-fund-kepco-s-coal-plans?source=clipboard
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There have been 5 major global extinctions, let’s not make it 6 very soon.
Don’t know what else do, but sign link below?
Unless a large mass of people can agree to take collective action against petrochemicals, an insane arms race, pointless wars and the nonrenewable expropriation of capital, we all die at 60 °C which is 140 °F!
#EarthIsBurning #Entropy #Flooding #Hurricanes #Typhoons #Tornados #CollectiveAction #SustainableEthics #GlobalWarming #ClimateChaos #60CelsiusWeAllDie #140FarenheitWeAllDie #GlobalExtinctions #SaveEarth #StopBanksFinancingEcocide https://action.eko.org/a/banks-don-t-fund-kepco-s-coal-plans?source=clipboard
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📰 Debunking the workplace power deficit myth
Think your boss holds all the cards?
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📰 Debunking the workplace power deficit myth
Think your boss holds all the cards?
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📰 Debunking the workplace power deficit myth
Think your boss holds all the cards?
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📰 Debunking the workplace power deficit myth
Think your boss holds all the cards?
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📰 Debunking the workplace power deficit myth
Think your boss holds all the cards?
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Australian #softwareengineers join the union Professionals Australia https://www.professionalsaustralia.org.au/
early days for #unionisation in Australian tech, but successes from the South Korean game industry and Swedish payment company Klarna to the Alphabet Workers Union in the US show the potential for #collectiveaction to make a difference to our lives. -
Australian #softwareengineers join the union Professionals Australia https://www.professionalsaustralia.org.au/
early days for #unionisation in Australian tech, but successes from the South Korean game industry and Swedish payment company Klarna to the Alphabet Workers Union in the US show the potential for #collectiveaction to make a difference to our lives. -
Australian #softwareengineers join the union Professionals Australia https://www.professionalsaustralia.org.au/
early days for #unionisation in Australian tech, but successes from the South Korean game industry and Swedish payment company Klarna to the Alphabet Workers Union in the US show the potential for #collectiveaction to make a difference to our lives. -
Australian #softwareengineers join the union Professionals Australia https://www.professionalsaustralia.org.au/
early days for #unionisation in Australian tech, but successes from the South Korean game industry and Swedish payment company Klarna to the Alphabet Workers Union in the US show the potential for #collectiveaction to make a difference to our lives. -
Australian #softwareengineers join the union Professionals Australia https://www.professionalsaustralia.org.au/
early days for #unionisation in Australian tech, but successes from the South Korean game industry and Swedish payment company Klarna to the Alphabet Workers Union in the US show the potential for #collectiveaction to make a difference to our lives. -
🌎 [EN] 🤝✊ Change does not come from individualism: it comes from collective action. Every right won was once a shared struggle. Join Ecoar Global and help drive change. #CollectiveAction #Activism
💪 https://pepaloba.org/?lang=en#asociate
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Samsung DX Workers Wear Black to Protest Bonus Gap
Employees of Samsung Electronics’ DX division participate in a “wear black campaign” protesting the bonus gap with the…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #SamsungElectronics #collectiveaction #DSdivision #DXDivision #performancebonus #Samsung #SECUunion #semiconductorpaygap #wearblackcampaign
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www.tumblr.com/climatejusti... A-Z of Hope: People-Powered Civic Empowerment for our Cost of Living & Climate Crisis #SustainableFuture #HumanRights #RightsOfNature #CollectiveAction #SocialJustice #Resilience
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www.tumblr.com/climatejusti... A-Z of Hope: People-Powered Civic Empowerment for our Cost of Living & Climate Crisis #SustainableFuture #HumanRights #RightsOfNature #CollectiveAction #SocialJustice #Resilience
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www.tumblr.com/climatejusti... A-Z of Hope: People-Powered Civic Empowerment for our Cost of Living & Climate Crisis #SustainableFuture #HumanRights #RightsOfNature #CollectiveAction #SocialJustice #Resilience
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www.tumblr.com/climatejusti... A-Z of Hope: People-Powered Civic Empowerment for our Cost of Living & Climate Crisis #SustainableFuture #HumanRights #RightsOfNature #CollectiveAction #SocialJustice #Resilience
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The #Fediverse - traditional structures are dead ends for this community.
If money is involved, you do get people - but usually the wrong incentives, the wrong dynamics, and the wrong outcomes.
Without money, in an era of #stupidindividualism, cooperation and voluntarism look like “nothing to gain”, so participation drops off or fragments.
That’s the mess we’re in: money distorts, but absence of money doesn’t produce collective action anymore.
So the real question for the #openweb and #OMN is how we rebuild meaningful reasons to cooperate that aren’t based on cash, but also aren’t captured by institutional or #dotcons logic.
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The #Fediverse - traditional structures are dead ends for this community.
If money is involved, you do get people - but usually the wrong incentives, the wrong dynamics, and the wrong outcomes.
Without money, in an era of #stupidindividualism, cooperation and voluntarism look like “nothing to gain”, so participation drops off or fragments.
That’s the mess we’re in: money distorts, but absence of money doesn’t produce collective action anymore.
So the real question for the #openweb and #OMN is how we rebuild meaningful reasons to cooperate that aren’t based on cash, but also aren’t captured by institutional or #dotcons logic.
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The #Fediverse - traditional structures are dead ends for this community.
If money is involved, you do get people - but usually the wrong incentives, the wrong dynamics, and the wrong outcomes.
Without money, in an era of #stupidindividualism, cooperation and voluntarism look like “nothing to gain”, so participation drops off or fragments.
That’s the mess we’re in: money distorts, but absence of money doesn’t produce collective action anymore.
So the real question for the #openweb and #OMN is how we rebuild meaningful reasons to cooperate that aren’t based on cash, but also aren’t captured by institutional or #dotcons logic.
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The #Fediverse - traditional structures are dead ends for this community.
If money is involved, you do get people - but usually the wrong incentives, the wrong dynamics, and the wrong outcomes.
Without money, in an era of #stupidindividualism, cooperation and voluntarism look like “nothing to gain”, so participation drops off or fragments.
That’s the mess we’re in: money distorts, but absence of money doesn’t produce collective action anymore.
So the real question for the #openweb and #OMN is how we rebuild meaningful reasons to cooperate that aren’t based on cash, but also aren’t captured by institutional or #dotcons logic.
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The #Fediverse - traditional structures are dead ends for this community.
If money is involved, you do get people - but usually the wrong incentives, the wrong dynamics, and the wrong outcomes.
Without money, in an era of #stupidindividualism, cooperation and voluntarism look like “nothing to gain”, so participation drops off or fragments.
That’s the mess we’re in: money distorts, but absence of money doesn’t produce collective action anymore.
So the real question for the #openweb and #OMN is how we rebuild meaningful reasons to cooperate that aren’t based on cash, but also aren’t captured by institutional or #dotcons logic.
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The non-action bloc: resignation, cynicism, and the culture that keeps people powerless
We can't do much about the hardened #fluffy crowd - so committed to comfort and respectability that no amount of evidence will shift them toward meaningful action. That is a real limit, and it's worth being honest about it rather than wasting energy trying to convert the unconvertible. But the hardened fluffy crowd is not the main problem. The more urgent challenge is the vast non-action bloc: the enormous number of people who are not hostile to change, not ideologically committed to the […] -
The non-action bloc: resignation, cynicism, and the culture that keeps people powerless
"#Oxfordboaters - Some of the people have to lie to themselves as they blindly believe in private property and rule of law but squat on private property and brack the law by not moving. They try and pretend this is not true, if they do this pretending to strongly they will make us all homeless." A lot of people are up shit creek without a paddle, yet keep looking in the same places that got them there. On this apathy and laissez-faire "common sense", we have a real problem, decades of […] -
The non-action bloc: resignation, cynicism, and the culture that keeps people powerless
We can't do much about the hardened #fluffy crowd - so committed to comfort and respectability that no amount of evidence will shift them toward meaningful action. That is a real limit, and it's worth being honest about it rather than wasting energy trying to convert the unconvertible. But the hardened fluffy crowd is not the main problem. The more urgent challenge is the vast non-action bloc: the enormous number of people who are not hostile to change, not ideologically committed to the […] -
The non-action bloc: resignation, cynicism, and the culture that keeps people powerless
We can't do much about the hardened #fluffy crowd - so committed to comfort and respectability that no amount of evidence will shift them toward meaningful action. That is a real limit, and it's worth being honest about it rather than wasting energy trying to convert the unconvertible. But the hardened fluffy crowd is not the main problem. The more urgent challenge is the vast non-action bloc: the enormous number of people who are not hostile to change, not ideologically committed to the […] -
The non-action bloc: resignation, cynicism, and the culture that keeps people powerless
"#Oxfordboaters - Some of the people have to lie to themselves as they blindly believe in private property and rule of law but squat on private property and brack the law by not moving. They try and pretend this is not true, if they do this pretending to strongly they will make us all homeless." A lot of people are up shit creek without a paddle, yet keep looking in the same places that got them there. On this apathy and laissez-faire "common sense", we have a real problem, decades of […] -
trumpsauthoritarianassault.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-... One Crisis, Two Faces: How Democratic Failure Fuels Climate Breakdown and Economic Injustice #CivicEmpowerment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #CollectiveAction
One Crisis, Two Faces: How Dem... -
trumpsauthoritarianassault.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-... One Crisis, Two Faces: How Democratic Failure Fuels Climate Breakdown and Economic Injustice #CivicEmpowerment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #CollectiveAction
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🌎 [EN] ✊📢 We’re starting a new stage at ECOAR))) and we want your voice. Take part in the survey and help build a diverse, collective vision. What do you think? Read more on our website!
🌐 +info https://url.ecoarglobal.org/survey-en
👉 survey https://url.ecoarglobal.org/enquisa -
https://www.europesays.com/africa/250605/ Ethiopian proverb of the day: ‘When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion’ #CollectiveAction #Ethiopia #EthiopianProverb #MotivationalSpeeches #SocialChange #Unity
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121 editors have signed a petition affirming they would participate in a strike, if necessary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#Signatures
This includes 24 administrators, 3 arbitrators, and many frequent contributors. Along with a couple people, like me, who are none of those things but signed on anyway.
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121 editors have signed a petition affirming they would participate in a strike, if necessary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#Signatures
This includes 24 administrators, 3 arbitrators, and many frequent contributors. Along with a couple people, like me, who are none of those things but signed on anyway.
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121 editors have signed a petition affirming they would participate in a strike, if necessary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#Signatures
This includes 24 administrators, 3 arbitrators, and many frequent contributors. Along with a couple people, like me, who are none of those things but signed on anyway.
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121 editors have signed a petition affirming they would participate in a strike, if necessary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#Signatures
This includes 24 administrators, 3 arbitrators, and many frequent contributors. Along with a couple people, like me, who are none of those things but signed on anyway.
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121 editors have signed a petition affirming they would participate in a strike, if necessary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#Signatures
This includes 24 administrators, 3 arbitrators, and many frequent contributors. Along with a couple people, like me, who are none of those things but signed on anyway.
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Yesssssss, that was a grand example of a #collectiveaction
Like the #beachbody campaign destruction in, #London , I think it was?
We are cuddling the machines that track and destroy us… But sometimes some of us stop
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Yesssssss, that was a grand example of a #collectiveaction
Like the #beachbody campaign destruction in, #London , I think it was?
We are cuddling the machines that track and destroy us… But sometimes some of us stop
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Yesssssss, that was a grand example of a #collectiveaction
Like the #beachbody campaign destruction in, #London , I think it was?
We are cuddling the machines that track and destroy us… But sometimes some of us stop
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Yesssssss, that was a grand example of a #collectiveaction
Like the #beachbody campaign destruction in, #London , I think it was?
We are cuddling the machines that track and destroy us… But sometimes some of us stop
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Yesssssss, that was a grand example of a #collectiveaction
Like the #beachbody campaign destruction in, #London , I think it was?
We are cuddling the machines that track and destroy us… But sometimes some of us stop
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Last Sunday, I had the privilege to see Attenborough's "Our Story" in the Artis Planetarium. The experience nudged me on an intertwined train of thought.
The short film is a quick overview of the rise of our species - how we grew from an animal trying to survive to a powerful collective that exerts vast influence over the planet that birthed us. It was a lovely way to celebrate Attenborough's 100th birthday, as one of the treasured people of mankind. His message of hope drew a parallel between how we saved the great whales from almost certain extinction through shared global effort, and our power to make a difference as long as we work together. We, he says, are living in one of the most important historical times. And indeed, our times will be regarded as some of the most important in history books hundreds of years from now... Assuming we'll have the liberty of open science.
A day before the screening, I witnessed something that rhymed with Attenborough's message. The inauguration of Hungary's new democratic government, led by Péter Magyar, took place in Budapest, the first after years of Viktor Orbán's authoritarian rule, which had systematically dismantled judicial independence, press freedom, civil society and committed countless other crimes.
A few very powerful moments happened in Parliament last Saturday. Hungary's new sovereignty was established through the uncompromising affirmation of democracy. The building of transparent and independent accountability mechanisms was explained, and the perpetrators of the sunsetting kleptocratic regime were literally looked in the eye and brutally shamed before an entire nation and the world. (You should watch the various ceremonies and discussions online if you have the time.) Most importantly though, the new prime minister called on Hungarian citizens to watch their political servants, work towards common goals despite the polarising scars that divide and conquer tactics left on the social fibre, and to look for the best in each other. This triangle of active ethics is essential, and I will come back to it.
Attenborough's call for collective care for our Mother Earth is the most important message of our lifetime. Hungary's citizens demonstrated the truth of this message and what collective will can do.
But the real work begins now.
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#DavidAttenborough #ClimateAction #Hungary #Democracy #CollectiveAction
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Last Sunday, I had the privilege to see Attenborough's "Our Story" in the Artis Planetarium. The experience nudged me on an intertwined train of thought.
The short film is a quick overview of the rise of our species - how we grew from an animal trying to survive to a powerful collective that exerts vast influence over the planet that birthed us. It was a lovely way to celebrate Attenborough's 100th birthday, as one of the treasured people of mankind. His message of hope drew a parallel between how we saved the great whales from almost certain extinction through shared global effort, and our power to make a difference as long as we work together. We, he says, are living in one of the most important historical times. And indeed, our times will be regarded as some of the most important in history books hundreds of years from now... Assuming we'll have the liberty of open science.
A day before the screening, I witnessed something that rhymed with Attenborough's message. The inauguration of Hungary's new democratic government, led by Péter Magyar, took place in Budapest, the first after years of Viktor Orbán's authoritarian rule, which had systematically dismantled judicial independence, press freedom, civil society and committed countless other crimes.
A few very powerful moments happened in Parliament last Saturday. Hungary's new sovereignty was established through the uncompromising affirmation of democracy. The building of transparent and independent accountability mechanisms was explained, and the perpetrators of the sunsetting kleptocratic regime were literally looked in the eye and brutally shamed before an entire nation and the world. (You should watch the various ceremonies and discussions online if you have the time.) Most importantly though, the new prime minister called on Hungarian citizens to watch their political servants, work towards common goals despite the polarising scars that divide and conquer tactics left on the social fibre, and to look for the best in each other. This triangle of active ethics is essential, and I will come back to it.
Attenborough's call for collective care for our Mother Earth is the most important message of our lifetime. Hungary's citizens demonstrated the truth of this message and what collective will can do.
But the real work begins now.
1/2
#DavidAttenborough #ClimateAction #Hungary #Democracy #CollectiveAction
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Last Sunday, I had the privilege to see Attenborough's "Our Story" in the Artis Planetarium. The experience nudged me on an intertwined train of thought.
The short film is a quick overview of the rise of our species - how we grew from an animal trying to survive to a powerful collective that exerts vast influence over the planet that birthed us. It was a lovely way to celebrate Attenborough's 100th birthday, as one of the treasured people of mankind. His message of hope drew a parallel between how we saved the great whales from almost certain extinction through shared global effort, and our power to make a difference as long as we work together. We, he says, are living in one of the most important historical times. And indeed, our times will be regarded as some of the most important in history books hundreds of years from now... Assuming we'll have the liberty of open science.
A day before the screening, I witnessed something that rhymed with Attenborough's message. The inauguration of Hungary's new democratic government, led by Péter Magyar, took place in Budapest, the first after years of Viktor Orbán's authoritarian rule, which had systematically dismantled judicial independence, press freedom, civil society and committed countless other crimes.
A few very powerful moments happened in Parliament last Saturday. Hungary's new sovereignty was established through the uncompromising affirmation of democracy. The building of transparent and independent accountability mechanisms was explained, and the perpetrators of the sunsetting kleptocratic regime were literally looked in the eye and brutally shamed before an entire nation and the world. (You should watch the various ceremonies and discussions online if you have the time.) Most importantly though, the new prime minister called on Hungarian citizens to watch their political servants, work towards common goals despite the polarising scars that divide and conquer tactics left on the social fibre, and to look for the best in each other. This triangle of active ethics is essential, and I will come back to it.
Attenborough's call for collective care for our Mother Earth is the most important message of our lifetime. Hungary's citizens demonstrated the truth of this message and what collective will can do.
But the real work begins now.
1/2
#DavidAttenborough #ClimateAction #Hungary #Democracy #CollectiveAction
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Last Sunday, I had the privilege to see Attenborough's "Our Story" in the Artis Planetarium. The experience nudged me on an intertwined train of thought.
The short film is a quick overview of the rise of our species - how we grew from an animal trying to survive to a powerful collective that exerts vast influence over the planet that birthed us. It was a lovely way to celebrate Attenborough's 100th birthday, as one of the treasured people of mankind. His message of hope drew a parallel between how we saved the great whales from almost certain extinction through shared global effort, and our power to make a difference as long as we work together. We, he says, are living in one of the most important historical times. And indeed, our times will be regarded as some of the most important in history books hundreds of years from now... Assuming we'll have the liberty of open science.
A day before the screening, I witnessed something that rhymed with Attenborough's message. The inauguration of Hungary's new democratic government, led by Péter Magyar, took place in Budapest, the first after years of Viktor Orbán's authoritarian rule, which had systematically dismantled judicial independence, press freedom, civil society and committed countless other crimes.
A few very powerful moments happened in Parliament last Saturday. Hungary's new sovereignty was established through the uncompromising affirmation of democracy. The building of transparent and independent accountability mechanisms was explained, and the perpetrators of the sunsetting kleptocratic regime were literally looked in the eye and brutally shamed before an entire nation and the world. (You should watch the various ceremonies and discussions online if you have the time.) Most importantly though, the new prime minister called on Hungarian citizens to watch their political servants, work towards common goals despite the polarising scars that divide and conquer tactics left on the social fibre, and to look for the best in each other. This triangle of active ethics is essential, and I will come back to it.
Attenborough's call for collective care for our Mother Earth is the most important message of our lifetime. Hungary's citizens demonstrated the truth of this message and what collective will can do.
But the real work begins now.
1/2
#DavidAttenborough #ClimateAction #Hungary #Democracy #CollectiveAction
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Last Sunday, I had the privilege to see Attenborough's "Our Story" in the Artis Planetarium. The experience nudged me on an intertwined train of thought.
The short film is a quick overview of the rise of our species - how we grew from an animal trying to survive to a powerful collective that exerts vast influence over the planet that birthed us. It was a lovely way to celebrate Attenborough's 100th birthday, as one of the treasured people of mankind. His message of hope drew a parallel between how we saved the great whales from almost certain extinction through shared global effort, and our power to make a difference as long as we work together. We, he says, are living in one of the most important historical times. And indeed, our times will be regarded as some of the most important in history books hundreds of years from now... Assuming we'll have the liberty of open science.
A day before the screening, I witnessed something that rhymed with Attenborough's message. The inauguration of Hungary's new democratic government, led by Péter Magyar, took place in Budapest, the first after years of Viktor Orbán's authoritarian rule, which had systematically dismantled judicial independence, press freedom, civil society and committed countless other crimes.
A few very powerful moments happened in Parliament last Saturday. Hungary's new sovereignty was established through the uncompromising affirmation of democracy. The building of transparent and independent accountability mechanisms was explained, and the perpetrators of the sunsetting kleptocratic regime were literally looked in the eye and brutally shamed before an entire nation and the world. (You should watch the various ceremonies and discussions online if you have the time.) Most importantly though, the new prime minister called on Hungarian citizens to watch their political servants, work towards common goals despite the polarising scars that divide and conquer tactics left on the social fibre, and to look for the best in each other. This triangle of active ethics is essential, and I will come back to it.
Attenborough's call for collective care for our Mother Earth is the most important message of our lifetime. Hungary's citizens demonstrated the truth of this message and what collective will can do.
But the real work begins now.
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… the participation of countries that commit war crimes and illegal wars and genocide, and we cannot stand by that,” he said.«