Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

@parasetamoli Hyvä ketju!

Itse painotan ideologisen ja affektiivisen polarisaation eroa. Ideologinen polarisaatio on poliittisen taistelun ja demokratian ytimessä. Sen poistaminen on vain hegemonian puolustamista.

Affektiivinen polarisaatio, eli vastustajan demonisointi, on taas viheliäisempää ja sen leviäminen tuhoaa keskusteluyhteyden ja deliberaation.

Yritän aktivistina tehdä ideologiset erot selviksi mutta kunnioitan niitä jotka pystyvät keskustelemaan rakentavasti. En kyllä aina onnistu.

October 24, 2025
Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

"Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged."

It's easy to think that what's stopping meaningful #ClimateAction is ignorance or selfishness of people.

But that's just not true anymore: the overwhelming majority of people want to stop the #ClimateCrisis. The problem is active sabotage of democracy by #BigOil, corporations, far right and elites.

100+ scholars contributed to bring together this important book in time for #COP30, read it!

https://cssn.org/news-research/global-assessment/

October 24, 2025
Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

No matter how much I read and process, I always come back to this excellent New Yorker cartoon by Tom Toro. It cuts through all the noise so well.

The message doesn't have to be more complicated than this.

October 11, 2025
Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

A thorough investigation is sometimes frustratingly slow, but if there still was doubt about #genocide in #Gaza, after this #UN investigation that doubt is completely unfounded.

> Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip [...] The Commission urges Israel and all States to fulfil their legal obligations under international law to end the genocide and punish those responsible for it.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds

September 16, 2025
Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

I sometimes get asked if there is room for ambition in a #degrowth world?

My answer: absolutely – just not in the endless pursuit of personal wealth.

In what then?

The philosophy of transcendentals has one answer. Focus instead on the universal values of:

Truth –> #science and #education

Goodness –> #politics and ethics

Beauty –> #art

In all of these activities, there is almost no limit to how far you can follow your ambition, while still remaining within planetary limits.

September 11, 2025
Timo Tiuraniemi
ttiurani@fosstodon.org

@jonne @niko Tarkkaan ottaen Safari on kolmas vaihtoehto (niille jotka sitä voivat käyttää). Chromiumin Blink forkattiin Webkitistä jo 13 vuotta sitten, ja Blink ja Webkit ovat nykyään käytännössä kokonaan eri moottoreita.

September 10, 2025