#reconnectingconsequencestocauses — Public Fediverse posts

@randahl
It’s the filming themselves thing that I find bizarre… the ones I’ve seem are always impeccably groomed… who are they trying to ‘influence’ with these creepy videos?
“ This past week I have seen a dozen or more videos where Russian women film themselves crying in their cars, because they cannot fill up the tank due to Ukraines "Long range sanctions".”

#Russia #Ruzzia #Crimea #cryingInTheirCars #fuelScarcity #fuelShortages #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

This piece is worth a read as it details the actions & aftermath; here’s just one taste. 😱
A real s**t show went down at the American Diabetes Association (ADA)’s meeting - you may have seen the video of the 5 diabetes scientists having their handouts snatched & being manhandled out by beefy police:
“Kahn [lead author of the editorial at the center of the story, and the editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care] pointed out that the events as they unfolded brought his editorial more attention than he ever imagined, with page views shooting up to 76,000 as of Monday afternoon, and a flood of views on social media through various channels.

“"Our goal was to hand out 1,000 copies of those editorials, and if we got 200 people to read them, we were lucky," Kahn told MedPage Today. "By the actions of the ADA, we've actually got millions of people to think about it."”
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121657

#StreisandEffect #ADA #consequences #actionAndAftermath #supportForScience #AmericanDiabetesAssociation #Kahn #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

@benroyce
Yeah, ‘once bitten, twice shy’ as they say. You only get one chance. Putin screwed it up. Once bitten, twice shy.

#Russia #Ruzzia #Ukraine #onceBittenTwiceShy #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

@stancarey @ploum @Tupp_ed

A lovely read, beautifully written, reminding us that “the European Web… conquered the world because it was offered as a common good instead of seeking short-term profits.” 🙂
Redefining ‘success’ as contributing to the commons (copyleft) as opposed to privatising:
“Some are proud because they made a lot of money while cutting down a forest. Others are proud because they are planting trees that will produce the oxygen breathed by their grandchildren. What if success was not privatizing resources but instead contributing to the commons, to make it each day better, richer, stronger?

“The choice is ours. We simply need to choose whom we admire. Whom we want to recognize as successful. Whom we aspire to be when we grow up. We need to sing the praises of our true heroes: those who contribute to our commons.”
🙏🏻 so much, for writing this, for sharing it 😁

#copyleft #Commons #commonGood #success #redefiningSuccess #EuropeanWeb #trueHeroes #contributors #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

@fixatedpersonsunit

Totally agree & think this shift in power (biggest losers being commercial old media) needs to be explored more… it’s a big change in some thinking (some previously set-in-cement assumptions that have conditioned a lot of actions). John Quiggin refers to it as: “the exposure of Newscorp as a paper tiger”.

#commercialOldMedia #AusPol #AusPol2025 #powerRelations #NewsCorp #ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses