ansuz @ansuz@social.cryptography.dog

The ancient Greek had steam engines. They used them to power amusing automatons.

In Mesoamerica, they didn't use carts or chariots. No wheels. But children toys had wheels on them.

In ancient China they knew gunpowder. It was used only for fireworks.

The inventions don't have to change the world for the worse, it's up to us how we use them.

#diwali2021

Chhattisgarh sunset

Saree thieves #india #monkeys #monkey

This is Jaya, an ashram doggo from Rishikesh. She was very friendly and calm. #dogsofpixelfed

I took a short vacation and this street dog took to following me around, offering protection in exchange for snacks. I named him Johnny.

#dogsofpixelfed

> If [the Luddites] had their way we wouldn’t be living in a world with ‘no technology’, we’d be living in a world where communities have a say in the technological decisions that will impact them.

– Why the Luddites Matter | LibrarianShipwreck

Why the Luddites Matter

(via Harold Jarche https://twitter.com/hjarche/status/1455264342174273550)

A Happy #Diwali to all who are celebrating this festival of light!

Sun setting over the palm trees and lakes of Chhattisgarh, India.

> Man who made website to rank female students by appearance now aims to achieve "global teen penetration" according to leaked documents

https://gizmodo.com/leaked-facebook-docs-depict-kids-as-untapped-wealth-1847763431

https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-dolphins-have-their-own-accent-and-speak-at-a-higher-frequency-than-regular-dolphins/

welsh dolphins are the squeakiest and have a cool accent

Discussed the key role coops play in Nordic democratic socialism and how coops help explain the rise and decline of the labour movement.

Also present some thoughts on how to revitalise coop organising by campaigning in credit union, mutual insurance and pension fund board and trustee elections to get them to redirect their massive pools of capitals into funding new coops, especially in the tech sector.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSeKoNHs7vA

Trump's new social network is preparing to launch... look familiar?

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-announces-truth-social-new-social-network-stand-tyranny-big-tech-1641074

I advise you get on blocking the below domains.

You knew it was going to happen.

Boost it far and wide!

https://mobile.tmediatech.io/auth/sign_in

https://truthsocial.com/

#fediblock

hey what's up gamers one of my bosses is ghosting me so i am looking for work [sunglasses emoji]

I have a CV at https://som.codes/cv.pdf and I am skilled with pretty much all the mainstream programming languages

I would like to be writing Rust for money but honestly I have rent to pay so, w/e

i am stuck in the UK for the next 2 years & i would like to work remote and my sleep pattern is Fucked so,, flexible hours? thank <3

https://social.cryptography.dog/media/NTM8M0pA9as-Tv-g2vw

Museums are finding it nearly impossible to post imagery containing artistic nudity on social media because their posts keep getting deleted and accounts suspended or banned, so Vienna's museums opened a page on OnlyFans.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/oct/16/vienna-museums-open-adult-only-onlyfans-account-to-display-nudes

TikTok closed the Alberta museum account for showing an obscured woman's breast.

Facebook ruled the 25,000 year old Venus of Willendorf figurine as pornographic and removed the post.

#RepairDay today

https://openrepair.org/repair-day