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Bhante Subharo :xmpp:

After trying out #deltachat and #arcanechat, I've discovered the #webxdc app store. My Dad loves #Sudoku puzzles, and I was tempted to play some competitive Sudoku with him. What assurance is there that there are no sketchy apps in the webxdc app store? Can these apps break out of their little jail, and root my phone? What would the #infosec community say? There's somewhat of a thread on the "threat model"/security of webxdc here (but I think it still needs more scrutiny):
support.delta.chat/t/webxdc-th
#puzzle #puzzles #competitive #game #multiplayer

Delta.Chat · WebXDC threat model?Hi, I’ve just came across this WebXDC idea through its implementation in Monocles Chat (which does not appear to be working at the moment, but that’s another story). I am trying to find a description of WebXDC’s threat model and security design considerations, but so far no luck. Would be very grateful if someone could point me to whatever information might be available on those topics.
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Klaus-Gerd Giesen

3/4 ... with the #RuleOfLaw) in favor of neo- #feudalism in which #loyalty (ideological and material) to the high-tech stato-oligarchic #elite and their political #representatives takes precedence over all other considerations, with the support of #farright political forces which guarantee rents and #protectionism . #Europe, organized around the #idea of political #pluralism and a #market that is both #competitive and #regulated by the state and the #EU , as well as #Japan , risk being... (4/4)

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Chuck Darwin

Hi, I’m #George #Whitesides
– former NASA Chief of Staff under Obama and the Democrat running to unseat MAGA Mike Garcia in CA-27.

🔥This race is ranked one of the most #competitive in the entire country by the experts at the Cook Political Report.

Rep. Garcia narrowly won this seat in the past by a slim 333 vote margin
– and this year, he’s even more #vulnerable.

Here’s why:

💥After voting for a national abortion ban and backing the far-right threats to shut down the government,
👉 Mike Garcia’s approval rating #plunged by nearly 10% in CA-27!
That’s staggering.

👍 Meanwhile, I’m running a community-focused campaign to unseat him.

We’re hard at work spreading my vision for CA-27 across the district
– from billboards on local highways, to yard signs, to messages like this one.

❓Will you chip in a donation of $5, $35, $100 or any amount?

We must keep our momentum going in order to defeat Garcia come November.

✅ Please click here to give

>> whitesides4congress.us/l/3swb2

Thank you,
GW

ActBlueSupport George Whitesides in CA-27Former NASA chief of staff George Whitesides (D) is running to flip one of the most competitive congressional districts in the country. Donate today.
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Chuck Darwin

Force Capitalism to Stop Climate Change

Central banks should stop pretending to be neutral about saving the planet

It is clear to everyone that decarbonization is happening far too slowly.

💥Even the best-performing high-income countries are not reducing their emissions fast enough to achieve the Paris Agreement objectives
—not even close.

And one big reason is that even though 🔸renewables are now routinely #cheaper than fossil fuels,
they are still not nearly as #profitable.

🔥Returns on fossil fuel investments are around three times higher than returns on renewables,
largely because
👉 fossil fuels are more conducive to #monopoly power while
👉the renewable sector is highly #competitive.❗️

Commercial banks allocate capital on the basis of #profitability, not social and #ecological #objectives.
🔥The result is that we get massive investment in sectors such as SUVs, fast fashion, industrial animal farming, private jets, and advertising
—even though we know they are ecologically destructive and must be reduced
—but we suffer critical underinvestment in areas that are clearly necessary for the ecological transition,
such as public transit, agroecology, or building retrofits, because they tend to be less profitable.

Remarkably, there is currently 💥no plan for phasing down fossil fuel investments.
This is a structural problem, and we need to face up to it.
❌Waiting for capital to speed up decarbonization in line with the Paris Agreement is a strategy that’s doomed to fail.

foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/16/c

Foreign Policy · How Central Banks Can Use Credit Guidance to Force Capitalism to Stop Climate ChangeBy Jason Hickel
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