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"Proposals being considered in a Government consultation on watering down the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate policy could see the UK’s carbon emissions pushed up by millions of tonnes."
https://eciu.net/media/press-releases/looming-ev-policy-u-turn-could-result-in-more-than-half-of-rosebanks-emissions

#climatePolicy #oil #cars #ZEV #UKPol #transport #electricity

@chris @mastohost I wrote about having my own personal Fedi instance - https://shellsharks.com/own-my-social. I’m sure you had similar reasons for having yours this whole time too. Downsides would be mgmt (which is solved for you because masto.host is great), cost (which I’m guessing isn’t a concern for you), and reach. You have nearly 2k followers though so your reach *should* be somewhat decent in terms of the types of content you receive and can share. Is there something your instance isn’t giving you?

@Gargron I’m shocked nobody in this thread has suggested installing Linux.

@revk You are a star. Thank you. Turning the circuit off at the breaker, and back on again, has done it.

Strange.

@rgarner time to empty the chamber pots.

Wait, it's still Dickensian over there, right?

Hello, little PSA and maybe wisdom from someone who works in the social justice mines:

1. Just knowing about something isn't the same as activism. Knowing about bad stuff happening without having a plan to tackle it results in feelings of overwhelm, helplessness and cynicism, which are often barriers to actually taking action. Anger and outrage burn brightly and can jumpstart you but they are usually short-lived emotions that are hard to sustain over a long period of time (and even if so, are extremely exhausting). I'm not saying you need to stick your head in the sand, but there is some stuff where the broad idea is enough and you absolutely do not need to read the details or daily updates about it.

2. You do not and will not have the energy to take action on every single thing, it is not possible. Therefore be really strategic about where you spend your energy - where will your voice/action have the most impact because of your influence, power, privilege, position etc. Best actions are low effort + high impact, worst actions are high effort + low impact. What is effortful and impactful is going to look very different for different people, so there will be some actions and causes that maybe isn't a great idea for you to pursue.

3. Social justice has always been and will always be a long-term project. I really disagree with posts being like "how can you lead a regular life while this is happening". In fact it is essential to lead a regular life and have joy, community, connection, art - this is also what you're fighting for everyone to have! You depriving yourself from the good things in life doesn't actually help anyone.

You also cannot pour from an empty cup, and so you must refill your cup regularly. The sum of a lifetime of sustained actions will be a lot greater than a couple of years of intense activity then intense burnout/sickness because you simply cannot keep going. Burnout and unprocessed trauma can also wreak havoc in groups and networks too, so by ensuring you take care of yourself you're not inadvertently passing some of this to other people.

4. Check your ego at the door. This is not about you and being the best ally, a morally perfect person, a martyr or saviour or anything like that. We are all cleaning a giant pile of shit together while the shit machine generates more shit, and the hope is maybe one day everything won't be covered in shit, but in the meantime removing some of it is still worthwhile, even if we can't remove all of it. You're doing cleaning work - essential, important, but definitely not glamorous.

Hello, little PSA and maybe wisdom from someone who works in the social justice mines:

1. Just knowing about something isn't the same as activism. Knowing about bad stuff happening without having a plan to tackle it results in feelings of overwhelm, helplessness and cynicism, which are often barriers to actually taking action. Anger and outrage burn brightly and can jumpstart you but they are usually short-lived emotions that are hard to sustain over a long period of time (and even if so, are extremely exhausting). I'm not saying you need to stick your head in the sand, but there is some stuff where the broad idea is enough and you absolutely do not need to read the details or daily updates about it.

2. You do not and will not have the energy to take action on every single thing, it is not possible. Therefore be really strategic about where you spend your energy - where will your voice/action have the most impact because of your influence, power, privilege, position etc. Best actions are low effort + high impact, worst actions are high effort + low impact. What is effortful and impactful is going to look very different for different people, so there will be some actions and causes that maybe isn't a great idea for you to pursue.

3. Social justice has always been and will always be a long-term project. I really disagree with posts being like "how can you lead a regular life while this is happening". In fact it is essential to lead a regular life and have joy, community, connection, art - this is also what you're fighting for everyone to have! You depriving yourself from the good things in life doesn't actually help anyone.

You also cannot pour from an empty cup, and so you must refill your cup regularly. The sum of a lifetime of sustained actions will be a lot greater than a couple of years of intense activity then intense burnout/sickness because you simply cannot keep going. Burnout and unprocessed trauma can also wreak havoc in groups and networks too, so by ensuring you take care of yourself you're not inadvertently passing some of this to other people.

4. Check your ego at the door. This is not about you and being the best ally, a morally perfect person, a martyr or saviour or anything like that. We are all cleaning a giant pile of shit together while the shit machine generates more shit, and the hope is maybe one day everything won't be covered in shit, but in the meantime removing some of it is still worthwhile, even if we can't remove all of it. You're doing cleaning work - essential, important, but definitely not glamorous.

@mathowie "32-bit discount"

Who wants to see JD Vance vs Hegseth in a "celebrity" deathmatch?

In this corner a couch
In that corner a keg

@knowprose "I deleted my X account because it's owned by an enemy of humanity who doesn't deserve my help to get even richer, so you can probably figure out why I also deleted my Facebook account."

@ai6yr I don't think midterm elections have anything to do with hydrology, actually.

@beasts Wouldn't waste my piss on these vibe coding clowns. Knew the writing was on the wall after they broke cut and paste in Excel. FFS.

@heidilifeldman

We can be sure that Jeffrey and Schumer will make a point of our shaking hands and saying how much they’re going to work together on common causes.

Thanks, @christineburns. At this rate, by the end of 2030, about 25% of all cars on UK roads will have a plug, even if there is no further growth in EV & PHEV share of new sales.

It's on the path from rare to exceptional to normal.

@apps

Please pet your parrots for me.

@nette
Done 😊 They enjoyed it

Turns out I don't have any RAM sticks laying around to replace the dead sticks in the #HardenedBSD 15-STABLE build server. I've removed 64GB worth of memory (4x16GB).

If anyone has spare 16GB 2Rx4 PC3 12800R sticks of RAM, please let me know.

Of course, if you're based in the US, donations are eligible for tax deductions since #HardenedBSD is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt charitable organization.