ProdigalFrog

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

That'd be a great version for anyone who wants to add two more of their own panels (or other panels from this community, like this No Kings one that Toaster posted) on the other side and make it a booklet! Thanks for makin' it Punksnotdead :D

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

It'll be interesting to see if we get an influx of users in the next few days!

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 hour ago

I'm totally on-board with calling out the rugged ultra self-sufficient individualism, I just didn't want people to come away with the idea that industrial scale farming is the only viable way to farm based on her second tweet. But you're absolutely right that home garden's aren't the best use of resources though. I'd actually forgotten that section of the video, and only remembered the latter part that I linked to until watching it all the way through again just now.

Glad you also enjoyed the vid! He makes some cool stuff ^^

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

You can break that view of themselves through community efforts - like gardens, allotments, etc

That's precisely what the second page mentions, as well as information on how to find a local Food Not Bombs chapter. These topics are also discussed often on Slrpnk.net, which I encourage readers to take a look at and join, in the hopes of exposing them to more in-depth discussion of those topics and people who they can talk to about it.

The people who are already open to unions are already in them.

Again, in my personal experience in my area, I have met an astonishing amount of people who genuinely have no concept of what a union or general strike are, so for them, the lack of knowledge is most certainly a big barrier.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Ah, I realize now that, at least on voyager, cross posts don't seem to show the post body contents.

If you click through, you'll be able to see the second page (that is supposed to be on the reverse side) that briefly covers community building as well.

I have the general strike as step two since it made sense to explain what it is immediately after mentioning it, and how it goes hand in hand with unionizing.

At least in my area both unions and a general strike are completely unknown concepts to most people I mention it to, so I wanted it to be clear what they are, though I wrote it while fairly sleep deprived, so I'm sure it could've been done better.

Ultimately this flyer is intended to just get people started down a good path. I could only fit so much without it likely becoming overwhelming and not read, and still fitting on a double sided page.

If you know of a pamphlet that would guide people on these topics better than this one, I would welcome changing mine out for that.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 hours ago

Those are proper heat pumps, they have the extra valve. I'm not used to them since my window AC units back when I had them were from the late 80's and mid 90's 😅

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24783048

I put together a quick flyer for us to print out for tomorrow's Good Trouble Again protest. (Find events near you on the map at their website!)

It was made in Krita (Scribus probably would've been better, but I didn't have time to learn it), using graphics from old IWW pamphlets.

It recommends:

  • Collective action and Unionizing with the IWW
  • What a General Strike is
  • Building community with a link to the Food Not Bombs website (probably the weakest section)
  • A section on Solarpunk with text from the manifesto, along with a link to slrpnk.net!
  • Ends with imploring readers to talk to the people around them at the protest and form connections.

The flyer is 2 pages designed to fit on a standard US Letter in landscape orientation to enable 2 flyers per page, and intended to be printed double-sided in long-edge mode.

You can create a PDF of the 2 pages for easier printing in Libreoffice Draw (go to Page > Page Properties > Enable Landscape Orientation, and reduce margins to 0.25")

Page 1 Double Flyer:

Page 2 Double Flyer:

If the double flyers aren't working out for you, I also have a single page version. (without the section imploring reader to talk to the people around them)

Page 1 Single Page:

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/48eb821d-c3c7-481f-8cbb-029989fb18c8.png

Page 2 Single Page:

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24783048

I put together a quick flyer for us to print out for tomorrow's Good Trouble Again protest. (Find events near you on the map at their website!)

It was made in Krita (Scribus probably would've been better, but I didn't have time to learn it), using graphics from old IWW pamphlets.

It recommends:

  • Collective action and Unionizing with the IWW
  • What a General Strike is
  • Building community with a link to the Food Not Bombs website (probably the weakest section)
  • A section on Solarpunk with text from the manifesto, along with a link to slrpnk.net!
  • Ends with imploring readers to talk to the people around them at the protest and form connections.

The flyer is 2 pages designed to fit on a standard US Letter in landscape orientation to enable 2 flyers per page, and intended to be printed double-sided in long-edge mode.

You can create a PDF of the 2 pages for easier printing in Libreoffice Draw (go to Page > Page Properties > Enable Landscape Orientation, and reduce margins to 0.25")

Page 1 Double Flyer:

Page 2 Double Flyer:

If the double flyers aren't working out for you, I also have a single page version. (without the section imploring reader to talk to the people around them)

Page 1 Single Page:

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/48eb821d-c3c7-481f-8cbb-029989fb18c8.png

Page 2 Single Page:

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Have you tried the alternatives lately? Impossible meat is indistinguishable from the real thing, and Quorn combined with some marmite or chicken flavoring is an excellent affordable alternative to beef and chicken.

Plant milks are pretty damn good, vegan cheese is getting close.

The others I'm a little surprised make you happier than alternatives. Plant fibers are the bomb for clothes, gas production is... Not something I associate with happiness. Mushroom leather is looking very promising as a replacement for animal leather.

Plant oils are easily as good as animal fats.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 hours ago

This is such an excellent essay. Highly recommend.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (4 children)

Hm, the Edenicity guy makes the opposite case here that small scale farming is actually quite viable (in the context of the viability of cities being self sufficient by growing their own food in urban areas) due to much increased yields compared to industrial scale farming based on studies referenced by David R. Montgomery, and it seems fairly compelling.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Since it's a native linux game, should work a treat on Steam Deck.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

If you come up with flyers or zines to help do this, we’d love it if you shared it in this month’s meta to help others do the same.

I managed to put together a quick and dirty solarpunk flyer for the protest tomorrow! You can check it out here: https://slrpnk.net/post/24783048

 

I put together a quick flyer for us to print out for tomorrow's Good Trouble Again protest. (Find events near you on the map at their website!)

It was made in Krita (Scribus probably would've been better, but I didn't have time to learn it), using graphics from old IWW pamphlets.

It recommends:

  • Collective action and Unionizing with the IWW
  • What a General Strike is
  • Building community with a link to the Food Not Bombs website (probably the weakest section)
  • A section on Solarpunk with text from the manifesto, along with a link to slrpnk.net!
  • Ends with imploring readers to talk to the people around them at the protest and form connections.

The flyer is 2 pages designed to fit on a standard US Letter in landscape orientation to enable 2 flyers per page, and intended to be printed double-sided in long-edge mode.

You can create a PDF of the 2 pages for easier printing in Libreoffice Draw (go to Page > Page Properties > Enable Landscape Orientation, and reduce margins to 0.25")

Page 1 Double Flyer:

Page 2 Double Flyer:

If the double flyers aren't working out for you, I also have a single page version. (without the section imploring reader to talk to the people around them)

Page 1 Single Page:

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/48eb821d-c3c7-481f-8cbb-029989fb18c8.png

Page 2 Single Page:

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 26 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This campaign is not asking to take away IP from devs or publishers, they would still retain it.

Legally speaking, a game sold for a single payment and without clear stipulation of an end of service would be considered a Good under EU law. Tjis means you're purchasing a perpetual license to your specific copy of the game, but not to the IP or copyright.

Ross, the creator of the SKG campaign, goes into extreme detail on this very topic of goods vs services, and how the game industry is committing fraud by destroying a customer's ability to access the content their perpetual license allows.

 

I read a few posts from a few years ago that they suffered from some sort of ring crash bug frequently.

If you're currently on either of those cards, how is the stability nowadays? Any hiccups or problems, or is it 100% in gaming now?

Bonus question, does the Mesa driver allow you to access the VCN video encoder on the gpu?

EDIT: Thanks for all your responses, everyone! The consensus clearly shows they're pretty balin', and definitely worthy of switching away from Nvidia to. :D

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