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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 1d

Dear @hannahritchie.bsky.social,

Billions of economically unnecessary #bullshitjobs and data centers full of financial nonsense are wasting more resources, energy and fossil fuels than ever. Causing global warming.

You simply ignore root causes. While writing about "progress".

How silly.

This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight

Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change. In an interview, she talks abo...

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 1d

Du verstehst selbst im Jahr 2025 immer noch nicht, dass uns nicht Geld fehlt, sondern der Wohlstand, welcher im Kampf um Geld (welches uns eben nicht fehlt) vernichtet wird.

Unsere Zivilisation verarmt und unser Planet überhitzt. Dank Eurem "uns fehlt Geld und wir müssen darum streiten"-Narrativ.

#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 1d

Das Märchen von Zentralbanken, fiktiven Schulden und fehlendem Geld zwingt Milliarden Menschen in wirtschaftlich sinnlose #bullshitjobs. Welche den grössten Teil unserer Ressourcen und Energie verschwenden. Klimakollaps und Inflation bedingen.

Das "Budget"-Märchen vernichtet unsere Lebensgrundlage.

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 1d

Milliarden wirtschaftlich sinnlose #bullshitjobs verschwenden mehr Ressourcen und Energie denn je. Bedingen Klimakollaps und Inflation.

Das BIP steigt durch die unvorstellbare Ressourcen- und Energieverschwendung der #bullshitjobs "Wirtschaft".

Das BIP ist eine suizidale Kennzahl. Lieber Markus.

#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 1d

Milliarden wirtschaftlich sinnlose #bullshitjobs verschwenden mehr Ressourcen und Energie denn je. Bedingen Klimakollaps, Pandemien und Inflation.

Wirtschaftlich sinnlose Arbeit macht uns immer ärmer und lässt den Planeten überhitzen.

@markusmarterbauer.bsky.social ist reif für lebenslange Haft.

#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 2d

>90% of our "economy" exists to fight over money and silly tokens. Wasting most of our energy in the process. Not contributing anything in economic nor social terms.

Capitalism is overheating our planet like never before.

Be rational. Protect your kids.

Unprecedented October heat sweeps Quebec - The Weather Network

Sunday was the hottest October day on record for several communities across Quebec

www.theweathernetwork.com

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder whether billionaires will ever acknowledge the obvious: Global warming is being caused by the very "economy" that brings us billionaires.

By an "economy" that is <10% wealth-creation and >90% "clever" money-extraction games. Wasting most of our wealth and energy.

#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 2d

Dear @billgates.bsky.social,

Our best weapon against climate change is to actually address root causes: Capitalism, its 3,000,000,000+ economically unnecessary #bullshitjobs and data centers full of financial nonsense. Wasting most of our energy.

Good Morning.

Bill Gates: Our best weapon against climate change is ingenuity

A measure I call the Green Premium reveals where we can invest in climate progress for maximum impact.

www.technologyreview.com

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 2d

Dear @billgates.bsky.social,

Our best weapon against climate change is to actually address root causes: Capitalism, its 3,000,000,000+ economically unnecessary #bullshitjobs and data centers full of financial nonsense. Wasting most of our energy.

Good Morning.

Bill Gates: Our best weapon against climate change is ingenuity

A measure I call the Green Premium reveals where we can invest in climate progress for maximum impact.

www.technologyreview.com

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 2d

We already feature more than enough renewable energy. But we are _WASTING_ most of our energy and fossil fuels to maintain 3,000,000,000+ economically unnecessary #bullshitjobs and the corresponding infrastructure, traffic and IT.

Capitalism is wasting most of our energy. Baking our planet.

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 2d

The only way to survive is to dismantle large parts of our "economy".

To replace capitalism and the #bullshitjobs "economy" with an actual economy. That distributes money (or wealth directly). Instead of wasting most of our wealth by fighting over money and silly tokens.

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for all of your efforts.

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

The Austrian intelligence agency has been unlawfully terrorizing and jeopardizing the safety of my family for 4 years, 2 months and 24 days.

For stating that our governments' obsession with employment and #bullshitjobs is killing us and our planet.

Res ipsa loquitur.

bullshitjobs.de

#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

Food prices are exploding around the world. As the #bullshitjobs "economy" continues to waste most of our energy and fossil fuels. Devastating our food chains.

Capitalism and all of its silly money games are about to cause global starvation.

Are soaring food prices the new normal?

Wondering why your pay packet still feels stretched? The answer lies in your supermarket trolley.

www.thepost.co.nz

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

Dear @markpoynting.bsky.social,

Billions of economically unnecessary #bullshitjobs and data centers full of financial nonsense are wasting most of our resources, energy and fossil fuels. Causing global warming and inflation.

Please address root causes.

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

www.bbc.com

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

The Austrian ministry of justice and intelligence agency have known #bullshitjobs to be driving global warming and inflation for half a decade. But they simply watch as more and more people can no longer afford food.

The total, utter and complete failure of law enforcement.

#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

Food prices are exploding. As the #bullshitjobs "economy" wastes our wealth and completely bakes our planet.

But we interview the very people who are selling us "debt, poverty and billions of silly jobs"-economics and ask them what to about food prices.

WIFO-Chef Felbermayr: Mehrwertsteuer auf Lebensmittel halbieren

Der Direktor des Wirtschaftsforschungsinstituts (WIFO), Gabriel Felbermayr, hat sich erneut für eine Halbierung der Mehrwertsteuer auf Lebensmittel ausgesprochen. Das wäre angesichts der Teuerung eine...

orf.at

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

Food prices are exploding. As the #bullshitjobs "economy" wastes our wealth and completely bakes our planet.

But we interview the very people who are selling us "debt, poverty and billions of silly jobs"-economics and ask them what to about food prices.

WIFO-Chef Felbermayr: Mehrwertsteuer auf Lebensmittel halbieren

Der Direktor des Wirtschaftsforschungsinstituts (WIFO), Gabriel Felbermayr, hat sich erneut für eine Halbierung der Mehrwertsteuer auf Lebensmittel ausgesprochen. Das wäre angesichts der Teuerung eine...

orf.at

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

We deprive billions of people of resources and energy and bake a whole planet. By covering our planet with infrastructure, skyscrapers and data centers full of "clever" financial nonsense. To obtain money.

It's absolutely insane. But it is still our "economy" and "normal".

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

Distributing money is economically magnitudes cheaper than to pretend that we lack money and to force people to waste most of our civilization's wealth by fighting over money in a million "clever" ways.

A fundamental economic principle, "economists" still fail to understand.

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · Jun 20

We don't have to fund a #basicincome. It funds itself. We simply distribute money and ditch billions of #bullshitjobs. The freed-up resources and energy provide vastly more purchasing power than we featured before.

Welcome to the paradoxical nature of our net loss economy.

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

Most people (especially "economists") fail to understand that #basicincome does not cost us anything.

It allows us to ditch billions of economically unnecessary #bullshitjobs that are wasting most of our wealth.

#basicincome makes us wealthier. By freeing-up a ton of wealth.

David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 5d

A pitch for Universal Basic Income from the book Bullshit Jobs.

Have a read.

A full Basic Income would eliminate the compulsion to work, by offering a
reasonable standard of living to all, and then either leaving it up to each
individual to decide whether they wished to pursue further wealth, by
doing a paying job, or selling something, or whether they wished to do
something else with their time. Alternately, it might open the way to
developing better ways of distributing goods entirely. (Money is after all a
rationing ticket, and in an ideal world, one would presumably wish to do
as little rationing as possible.

Obviously, all this depends on the assumption that human beings don't have
to be compelled to work, or at least, to do something that they feel is useful
or beneficial to others. As we've seen, this is a reasonable assumption.
Most people would prefer not to spend their days sitting around watching TV
and the handful who really are inclined to be total parasites are not going
to be a significant burden on society, since the total amount of work required
to maintain people in comfort and security is not that formidable. The
compulsive workaholics who insist on doing far more than they really have
to would more than compensate for the occasional slackers.
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- David Graeber

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 5d

A pitch for Universal Basic Income from the book Bullshit Jobs.

Have a read.

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 3d

"Economic" experts are selling us an "economy" where central banks force governments and billions of people into debt and poverty and to fight over money in "clever" ways. Trading crypto or spending their lives marketing Tacos and insurances to Sue and Bob down the road.

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 6d

Capitalism and its billions of silly jobs and financial nonsense is baking our planet and destroying our food chains. Faster than ever.

Still no rational reaction.

"Over the past year, Australia’s oceans have been hotter than ever before."

Ocean heat was off the charts, and Australia bore the brunt

For the past year, Australia's oceans have been hotter than ever before. The impacts are being felt all across the nation — as far away from the coast as you can get.

www.abc.net.au

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#bullshitjobs @bullshitjobs.bsky.social · 6d

>90% of our "economy" only exists to alter the distribution of money. Not contributing anything in economic nor social terms.

The #bullshitjobs "economy" is wasting more energy and fossil fuels than ever. Completely overheating our very planet.

Japan saw record number treated for heatstroke in hottest-ever summer

Patients with suspected heatstroke over the period rose almost 3% to 100,143 from a year earlier as Japan saw its temperature record broken twice in a matter of days.

www.japantimes.co.jp

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