@qbas81.bsky.social
Interested in degrowth, ecological overshoot, ecological economics, random different "bits and bobs".
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Re: degrowth
This kind of shit isn’t just bad, it’s a huge waste of actual human potential. We could be doing so so so much more with what we have but “DX”, trackers, and just plain carelessness have driven us to build a web increasingly accessible only to the more capitalized class.
Gross
This kind of shit isn’t just bad, it’s a huge waste of actual human potential. We could be doing so so so much more with what we have but “DX”, trackers, and just plain carelessness have driven us to build a web increasingly accessible only to the more capitalized class.
Gross
How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
HTTP Archive: Page Weight
This report tracks the size and quantity of many popular web page resources. Sizes represent the number of bytes sent over the network, which may be compressed.
httparchive.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Re: degrowth
This kind of shit isn’t just bad, it’s a huge waste of actual human potential. We could be doing so so so much more with what we have but “DX”, trackers, and just plain carelessness have driven us to build a web increasingly accessible only to the more capitalized class.
Gross
This kind of shit isn’t just bad, it’s a huge waste of actual human potential. We could be doing so so so much more with what we have but “DX”, trackers, and just plain carelessness have driven us to build a web increasingly accessible only to the more capitalized class.
Gross
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the worst fucking thing about capitalism is that it just totally falls apart and shows its ass as the gigantic pyramid scheme it all really is when it can't make the Line Go Up
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
the worst fucking thing about capitalism is that it just totally falls apart and shows its ass as the gigantic pyramid scheme it all really is when it can't make the Line Go Up
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Reporter: “Are you affirming that you think Trump is a fascist?”
Trump: “That’s ok, you can just say it.”
Mamdani: “Yes.”
Trump: “That’s ok, you can just say it.”
Mamdani: “Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Reporter: “Are you affirming that you think Trump is a fascist?”
Trump: “That’s ok, you can just say it.”
Mamdani: “Yes.”
Trump: “That’s ok, you can just say it.”
Mamdani: “Yes.”
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“You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger and a bigger and a bigger share in economies with almost no growth and not expect ordinary families to get poorer”
Gary makes it simple. Without a reset on the gap between the wealthy and the rest of us things will only get worse
Gary makes it simple. Without a reset on the gap between the wealthy and the rest of us things will only get worse
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger and a bigger and a bigger share in economies with almost no growth and not expect ordinary families to get poorer”
Gary makes it simple. Without a reset on the gap between the wealthy and the rest of us things will only get worse
Gary makes it simple. Without a reset on the gap between the wealthy and the rest of us things will only get worse
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Or, put another way: "COP30 Another Victory for Industry Efforts to Profit from Making the Earth Uninhabitable"
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Or, put another way: "COP30 Another Victory for Industry Efforts to Profit from Making the Earth Uninhabitable"
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Good. I'm glad this is the headline. This is the real story. Thank you to the BBC.
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Good. I'm glad this is the headline. This is the real story. Thank you to the BBC.
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*Capitalism is failing us. Instead of bringing a decent life it generates an outrageous gap between the rich and the rest; unaffordable housing, healthcare & education; racial & gender inequality; climate disaster. Economist David Kotz argues it's time we built a new socialism for the 21st century*
March 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
*Capitalism is failing us. Instead of bringing a decent life it generates an outrageous gap between the rich and the rest; unaffordable housing, healthcare & education; racial & gender inequality; climate disaster. Economist David Kotz argues it's time we built a new socialism for the 21st century*
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The DHS Twitter account is *not* run out of Tel Aviv; this screenshot is faked. Free Palestine and don’t spread lies
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The DHS Twitter account is *not* run out of Tel Aviv; this screenshot is faked. Free Palestine and don’t spread lies
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I agree with the whole article but I have yet to come across anyone who advocates for the second type of “degrowth” and calls it by that name… I wonder how common that stance is. 🤔
thesis: thing good, antithesis: thing bad
synthesis: I'm going to McFuckin' lose it
lunnova.dev/articles/if-...
synthesis: I'm going to McFuckin' lose it
lunnova.dev/articles/if-...
If by degrowth… | lunnova.dev
Both sides of the degrowth debate are right, and I can prove it
lunnova.dev
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I agree with the whole article but I have yet to come across anyone who advocates for the second type of “degrowth” and calls it by that name… I wonder how common that stance is. 🤔
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“A new paradigm must redefine what we mean by prosperity, value & growth. The economy must be understood as a system for sustaining life, not merely generating profit.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
Climate finance calls for a new economy
www.opendemocracy.net/en/cop30-cli...
Climate finance calls for a new economy
www.opendemocracy.net/en/cop30-cli...
Climate finance calls for a new economy
OPINION: The idea that developing countries are merely at earlier stages of a universal path to prosperity is misleading
www.opendemocracy.net
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“A new paradigm must redefine what we mean by prosperity, value & growth. The economy must be understood as a system for sustaining life, not merely generating profit.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
Climate finance calls for a new economy
www.opendemocracy.net/en/cop30-cli...
Climate finance calls for a new economy
www.opendemocracy.net/en/cop30-cli...
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The collapse political compass.
https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1p311u0/the_collapse_political_compass/
Left Wing, Right Wing
Pro-Growth, De-Growth
https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1p311u0/the_collapse_political_compass/
Left Wing, Right Wing
Pro-Growth, De-Growth
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The collapse political compass.
https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1p311u0/the_collapse_political_compass/
Left Wing, Right Wing
Pro-Growth, De-Growth
https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1p311u0/the_collapse_political_compass/
Left Wing, Right Wing
Pro-Growth, De-Growth
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"Housing (for) a Post-Growth World: A Manifesto"
https://substack.com/inbox/post/179264237
#degrowth #planning #housing
https://substack.com/inbox/post/179264237
#degrowth #planning #housing
Housing (for) a Post-Growth World: A Manifesto
Providing housing for all is central to building any future.
substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Housing (for) a Post-Growth World: A Manifesto"
https://substack.com/inbox/post/179264237
#degrowth #planning #housing
https://substack.com/inbox/post/179264237
#degrowth #planning #housing
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'Plastic, Clapp says, has been found floating in outer space. It has been found near the summit of Everest. In 2018, a plastic bag was photographed 36,000 feet below sea level, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth.'
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
'Plastic, Clapp says, has been found floating in outer space. It has been found near the summit of Everest. In 2018, a plastic bag was photographed 36,000 feet below sea level, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth.'
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Good explanatory video also for beginners on the topic
~ Why are we on crash course ? ~
[ via @nachhaltigingraz.bsky.social ]
#TalkCollapse #Environment #Biocapacity #Growth #Degrowth
~ Why are we on crash course ? ~
[ via @nachhaltigingraz.bsky.social ]
#TalkCollapse #Environment #Biocapacity #Growth #Degrowth
#Earth 🌏 Will we survive this ? Amazing⚡️ #crashcourse on #collapse & #environment by #ArthurKeller
YouTube video by NEXT - Les Mondes Sensibles (byThePassengerStudio)
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Good explanatory video also for beginners on the topic
~ Why are we on crash course ? ~
[ via @nachhaltigingraz.bsky.social ]
#TalkCollapse #Environment #Biocapacity #Growth #Degrowth
~ Why are we on crash course ? ~
[ via @nachhaltigingraz.bsky.social ]
#TalkCollapse #Environment #Biocapacity #Growth #Degrowth
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fake climate solutions:
- green capitalism
- carbon offsets
- billionaire-backed techno-fixes
real climate solutions:
- buying less stuff
- $ into public transit
- community-owned energy
- degrowth in rich nations
- land back
- green capitalism
- carbon offsets
- billionaire-backed techno-fixes
real climate solutions:
- buying less stuff
- $ into public transit
- community-owned energy
- degrowth in rich nations
- land back
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
fake climate solutions:
- green capitalism
- carbon offsets
- billionaire-backed techno-fixes
real climate solutions:
- buying less stuff
- $ into public transit
- community-owned energy
- degrowth in rich nations
- land back
- green capitalism
- carbon offsets
- billionaire-backed techno-fixes
real climate solutions:
- buying less stuff
- $ into public transit
- community-owned energy
- degrowth in rich nations
- land back
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A 1.5°C world means more disease, dying reefs, collapsing fisheries, and food insecurity. But sure... let’s keep fucking subsidising fossil fuels and call it "the economy."
#ClimateCrisis #EndCapitalism #SocialistSunday #degrowth
#ClimateCrisis #EndCapitalism #SocialistSunday #degrowth
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A 1.5°C world means more disease, dying reefs, collapsing fisheries, and food insecurity. But sure... let’s keep fucking subsidising fossil fuels and call it "the economy."
#ClimateCrisis #EndCapitalism #SocialistSunday #degrowth
#ClimateCrisis #EndCapitalism #SocialistSunday #degrowth
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The richest 5 Australians hold about $120 billion.
That’s the same wealth as roughly 3.3 million of the poorest households... around 8 million people.
Five people = the bottom third of the country!
#EndCapitalism #degrowth #UBI #auspol
That’s the same wealth as roughly 3.3 million of the poorest households... around 8 million people.
Five people = the bottom third of the country!
#EndCapitalism #degrowth #UBI #auspol
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The richest 5 Australians hold about $120 billion.
That’s the same wealth as roughly 3.3 million of the poorest households... around 8 million people.
Five people = the bottom third of the country!
#EndCapitalism #degrowth #UBI #auspol
That’s the same wealth as roughly 3.3 million of the poorest households... around 8 million people.
Five people = the bottom third of the country!
#EndCapitalism #degrowth #UBI #auspol
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My understanding of degrowth is that it’s a call to return to use value over exchange value…the less we invest in creating an AI bubble the more we can focus on food production.
It’s a maintenance of exponential growth that will result in the deaths of millions
It’s a maintenance of exponential growth that will result in the deaths of millions
degrowth has the same problem as prison abolitionism where the policy is either vague or entails committing the worst mass murder in human history
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My understanding of degrowth is that it’s a call to return to use value over exchange value…the less we invest in creating an AI bubble the more we can focus on food production.
It’s a maintenance of exponential growth that will result in the deaths of millions
It’s a maintenance of exponential growth that will result in the deaths of millions
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“We have mined the most dense copper resources first. The quality of ores (expressed by their actual copper content) has quickly degraded from 5-10% a few decades ago to below 1% today.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
The Copper Conundrum
open.substack.com/pub/thehones...
The Copper Conundrum
open.substack.com/pub/thehones...
The Copper Conundrum
Copper is at the heart of everything electric.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“We have mined the most dense copper resources first. The quality of ores (expressed by their actual copper content) has quickly degraded from 5-10% a few decades ago to below 1% today.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
The Copper Conundrum
open.substack.com/pub/thehones...
The Copper Conundrum
open.substack.com/pub/thehones...
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“Economics is not a neutral science but a set of choices about the future we make possible.
In the run up to the budget, we should be asking not just how fast our economy can grow, but whether it is helping us to thrive within the planet’s limits.” #degrowth
backloop.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
In the run up to the budget, we should be asking not just how fast our economy can grow, but whether it is helping us to thrive within the planet’s limits.” #degrowth
backloop.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
Why the UK should look beyond growth to a ‘new economics’ that works for all
Orthodox economic thinking has been a key reason for the polycrisis
backloop.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Economics is not a neutral science but a set of choices about the future we make possible.
In the run up to the budget, we should be asking not just how fast our economy can grow, but whether it is helping us to thrive within the planet’s limits.” #degrowth
backloop.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
In the run up to the budget, we should be asking not just how fast our economy can grow, but whether it is helping us to thrive within the planet’s limits.” #degrowth
backloop.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...
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“Degrowth invites people to reimagine prosperity altogether.
It takes seriously the notion that the economy, a word rooted in the two Greek words eco (home) & nomos (management), should be about managing our collective home.”
#Degrowth for Beginners
nonprofitquarterly.org/degrowth-for...
It takes seriously the notion that the economy, a word rooted in the two Greek words eco (home) & nomos (management), should be about managing our collective home.”
#Degrowth for Beginners
nonprofitquarterly.org/degrowth-for...
Degrowth for Beginners | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Degrowth, by pursuing dual goals of ecological sustainability and social justice, offers a path to replace mindless growth with human wellbeing, equity, and ecological balance.
nonprofitquarterly.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Degrowth invites people to reimagine prosperity altogether.
It takes seriously the notion that the economy, a word rooted in the two Greek words eco (home) & nomos (management), should be about managing our collective home.”
#Degrowth for Beginners
nonprofitquarterly.org/degrowth-for...
It takes seriously the notion that the economy, a word rooted in the two Greek words eco (home) & nomos (management), should be about managing our collective home.”
#Degrowth for Beginners
nonprofitquarterly.org/degrowth-for...
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“The complexity of the global human economy has destroyed the complexity of local natural systems, simplifying & reducing them to economic purpose.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
Growing an Economy of Death - @racheldonald.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/planetcr...
Growing an Economy of Death - @racheldonald.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/planetcr...
Growing an Economy of Death
It's complicated—but not complex
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“The complexity of the global human economy has destroyed the complexity of local natural systems, simplifying & reducing them to economic purpose.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
Growing an Economy of Death - @racheldonald.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/planetcr...
Growing an Economy of Death - @racheldonald.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/planetcr...
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“Climate solutions start with consuming less.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
We can still get out of the climate Hellocene & into the clear
aeon.co/essays/we-ca...
We can still get out of the climate Hellocene & into the clear
aeon.co/essays/we-ca...
We can still get out of the climate Hellocene and into the clear | Aeon Essays
Despite decades of inaction we can avert the climate Hellocene and restore the atmosphere to keep our world habitable
aeon.co
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Climate solutions start with consuming less.” #PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth
We can still get out of the climate Hellocene & into the clear
aeon.co/essays/we-ca...
We can still get out of the climate Hellocene & into the clear
aeon.co/essays/we-ca...
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Strawmanning degrowth is popular, so this primer is well timed.
Degrowth for Beginners | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Degrowth, by pursuing dual goals of ecological sustainability and social justice, offers a path to replace mindless growth with human wellbeing, equity, and ecological balance.
nonprofitquarterly.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Strawmanning degrowth is popular, so this primer is well timed.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...