Discussion
Father of two, husband, and world's first Social Software Specialist!
I reserve the right to be wrong about everything.
Founder & CEO BT Free 501(c)3 Public Charity
Links - https://links.btfree.org
Donate to BT Free - https://givebutter.com/btfree
Just found out about ESG funds.
Environmental, Social and Governance Funds.
Will they be perfect? NOPE. Will I lose out on tons of money? Probably.
Will I live knowing I attempted and have a bit more of a clear conscience? ABSOLUTELY!
@ozoned it's a nightmare to invest ethically unless you have the time to investigate everything in great detail 😔
I spent weeks earlier this year moving what little investments / pension I have out of US orgs and into more ethical / sustainable options but acknowledge that it's going to cost me in the long run.
My old 'climate plan' pension was 80% US stocks and a large part of that was the so called magnificent 7 which beggars belief! The new one is only 12% US and none of the 7.
@not_a_label@toot.lgbt Honestly, I don't care about my retirement. I've thought for a long time there was massive fraud in the market. How can Tesla lose what was it like 75% of it's profits and it's stock go up the next day?
So I'm fine taking the hit, as I've never expected to be able to retire, even though I save.
But I just spoke to my banker who talked to me about ESG Funds. Environmental, Social and Governance funds. They're not going to be perfect, but they'll be better than right now.
@chebra@mstdn.io wow really?!? Yeesh.
@ozoned your post led to a @Bonfire bug report https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app/issues/1804
@liaizon@social.wake.st thank you for catching and filing that bug!
@ozoned@btfree.social pls don't make hasty financial decisions based on LLM summaries of the epstein files. i understand not wanting to support these people, but i do not trust that site as the basis for financial decisions.
ddossecrets has a list of articles on this https://ddosecrets.org/article/epstein-files . i don't know the reputation of all the journalists involved, but i trust them infintely more than whatever vibecoded slopsite you've linked to.
@janWilejan@snug.moe thank you!
Idk anything about investments, so someone let me know if this is possible or not, but I just managed my banker than handles my retirement and told them to not invest in any businesses involved with Epstein. Like Microsoft.
I can't in good conscience have my money going to support a giant company that had ties like that. Bill Gates for instance is in there MANY times.
And thankfully the folks at Epstein exposed.com has made a wonderful database showing all the businesses that have ties to him.
I'll be contacting my representatives in the morning as well to find out why they aren't doing more about this blatant and incompetent cover up.
I've been wondering if someone would create a list of companies that had attachments to Epstein, so I can boycott them. Well, they did!
So apparently the DOJ thought they could change the file extension from mp4, avi and MPV files to PDF and no one would catch it?
Well Reddit caught it.
There are videos inside of the jail where Epstein is being held and there's a board blocking the camera. Then the time jumps around.
reddit.com/r/nextfuckingleve...
Anthony Zone (@ozoned) has submitted this contribution to our upcoming Growing the Open Social Web workshop:
Be friendly. Be supportive. Share. Build communities. Donate to developers. Donate to admins. Create content. Whether that’s trying different software and showing people, creating docs, creating videos, etc. Make this your OWN that you want to share. Join communities of open social web such as developer communities.
@fediforum@mastodon.social I DID? Man, what an awesome guy I am. And terribly terribly humble. The most humble maybe. Surely.
SUPER excited for the upcoming #FediForum ! Can't wait to talk with y'all!
If you're in Amsterdam this Saturday join us for reading of Ada & Zangemann by @kirschner@mastodon.social & Sandra Brandstätter in English and in Dutch, followed by a conversation about Free Software maintenance as care work, together with @mayel from Bonfire, at the @internetarchiveeurope@toot.community, Oudeschans 16, Amsterdam on Saturday Feb 14th at 14:00. More information and RSVP here.
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
This is amazing. Bondi is making MORE of a disgrace of herself. Not answering a single Epstein question. Not even acting like she's going to. Instead she's attacking the democratic house members and YELLING at them.
She called "Trump the greatest president in history" with a fucking straight face while everyone laughed at her.
There are victims of Epstein there. A democrat asked them to stand if they wanted and asked them to raise their hand if they hadn't spoken to the DOJ.
They ALL stood, they ALL raised their hand.
Then the Dem rep asked Bondi to APOLOGIZE to the victims. Bondi instead went on the attack to try to drag through the mud the Democratic Representative.
Bondi REFUSES to APOLOGIZE to the victims. She wouldn't even say she'll take their info and reach them immediately. What a fucking joke.
@orva@social.orva.fi @JenJen@mastodon.art LOL I didn't get to see Jen's face when I was trying them. LOL That is an EVIL look of satisfaction. LOL
> Wero lets users send money using just a phone number — no IBAN, no card, no intermediary.
LOL what a shit concept
@boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud any attempts are better than the current situation imo. I too don't like the idea of my currency tied to my phone number, but honestly I've had my number for 30 years now. I know there are lots of people that don't have a phone, but hopefully once they start prying the claws out of these massive payment processors that have no responsibility to anyone but the fat cats at the top.
Yet more amazingness from the EU:
europeanbusinessmagazine.com...
Let me be very clear, I don't think this will solve all the problems, I do think it'll create new problems. But working to actively take back control, to break up with companies that have abused their position for decades, is a good thing in my opinion.
THIS is progress. And from progress comes innovation.
@gnilleps@mastodon.art @JenJen@mastodon.art I love trying new things. I never expected that kind of flavor in my mouth hole and not sure I want it again, but I will torture others with it. 😁
Install BT Free Social
Get the full app experience
