When I bring up how children work in artisanal mines in DR Congo and Madagascar to harvest the mi...

When I bring up how children work in artisanal mines in DR Congo and Madagascar to harvest the minerals the rich world needs for its tech, there is one type of comment that comes up more than others:

"Yes, but the working conditions of the people making high street clothes is also awful. It's so hard to do the right thing these days."

I truly have a hard time understanding what this comment is really getting at it. It feels like it's trying to tone down the awful reality of one set of circumstances by bringing up another?

And makes it sound as if the rich people in the world are helpless victims of having to use stuff that is the product of abuse and exploitation.

It's all so absurd.

I get that people don't like to hear that they are contributors to harm through their actions, and I can acknowledge that this is a defense mechanism. I guess I just wish we were past this.

Stor fuktskada i vÄrt Attefallshus. HÄll koll pÄ era tÀtskikt vÀnner... ha droppskydd under kyl/f...

Stor fuktskada i vĂ„rt Attefallshus. HĂ„ll koll pĂ„ era tĂ€tskikt vĂ€nner… ha droppskydd under kyl/frys, disk-och tvĂ€ttmaskin. HĂ„ll koll sĂ„ att packningar hĂ„ller tĂ€tt, Ă€ven i toaletten (som det var i detta fall) och kolla dĂ„ och dĂ„ att tĂ€tskikten Ă€r tĂ€ta. Investera i vattenlarm under diskbĂ€nk.

LÀggs in i min underhÄllsplan


En grundkurs i hantverk/rörmokeri/snickeri för husĂ€gare. Det vore nĂ„got. Tips mottages varmt
 typ...

En grundkurs i hantverk/rörmokeri/snickeri för husĂ€gare. Det vore nĂ„got. Tips mottages varmt
 typ isolera, lĂ€gga golv, bygga en innervĂ€gg, bygga altan
 ja alla typer av lite större projekt. Inser nu att jag borde ha en tydlig underhĂ„llsplan, sĂ„ att jag till exempel vet nĂ€r det Ă€r dags att mĂ„la utan att behöva “mĂ€rka” det. Jag tar mig fram, men det vore skönt att kĂ€nna att man har lite bĂ€ttre grundkunskap för att korta ner hur lĂ„ng tid allt tar.

@kallekn @nichobi Ja jag Àr vÀldigt nyfiken pÄ varför vissa program finns kvar i det öppna format...

@kallekn @nichobi Ja jag Ă€r vĂ€ldigt nyfiken pĂ„ varför vissa program finns kvar i det öppna formatet (Medierna Ă€r en annan), givet de argument SR framför för att styra lyssnarna till appen i stĂ€llet. Är det redaktionerna som vĂ€grar slĂ€ppa RSS-distributionen?

HÀr finns sammanstÀlld kritik mot Sveriges radio sedan beslutet förra sommaren:
https://teknisk-support.sverigesradio.se/org/teknisk-support/d/lyssnares-kritik-om-att-program-blir-sr-exklusiva/

Jag noterar att det inte skrivts nÄgon uppföljning kring hur det gÄtt med dialogen med Synskadades riksförbund. Man skulle ju önska att övervÀganden gÀllande tillgÀnglighet för personer med funktionsnedsÀttningar Àr nÄgot som tas i beaktande och har utretts ordentligt innan sÄdana hÀr omfattande beslut tas.

Det Àr pÄ nÄgot vis en stor sorg för mig att Sommar i P1 inte lÀngre erbjuds som podcast. Sverige...

Det Ă€r pĂ„ nĂ„got vis en stor sorg för mig att Sommar i P1 inte lĂ€ngre erbjuds som podcast. Sverige Radio vill att man lyssnar i SR Play-appen. AlltsĂ„ inte alls via det öppna format som Ă€r podcastens signum. Och det Ă€r sĂ„klart inte “podd” oavsett om man vĂ€ljer att fortfarande kalla det sĂ„.

Visst, du kan lyssna online ocksÄ, men det Àr ju inte direkt byggt för att hÄlla dina avsnitt i ordning. Eller för att kunna hÄlla sitt lyssnande till en app.

ÄndĂ„. End rant. Dags för Petra Mede.

A fisher had finished work early and was sitting next to her boat on the dock. A LinkedIn influen...

A fisher had finished work early and was sitting next to her boat on the dock. A LinkedIn influencer walked by, clearly upset by seeing the woman displaying such laziness.

“Why aren’t you out fishing?”, he inquired forcefully.

The fisher responded: “Because I have caught enough fish for today. My family will eat and I can sell some for profit. Now I’m taking it easy and enjoying the afternoon sun.”

“Why don’t you catch more fish when you have time to spare?”, asked the LinkedIn influencer, somewhat bewildered.

“And then what?”, she wondered.

“You could sell it and make more profit. With that money you could buy a bigger engine for your boat. You could go further out to sea, fish on deeper waters, catch more fish and buy nylon nets. That could give you even more fish and make you even more money! Soon you’d have enough money to buy another boat. You could create a whole fishing fleet, sell it and make a fortune.”

“And then what?”, the fisher pondered under her hat.

“Then you can relax, unwind and enjoy life!“, he explained.

“Well, what do you think I’m doing now?”, she laughed.

The influencer sighed, took a selfie, and decided to post something beautiful on LinkedIn instead. There were fewer challenges there. He was fishing for likes and hadn't caught enough of them yet.

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Wishing everyone a happy midsummer!

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This is an adaptation of a short parable noted down by German writer Heinrich Theodor Böll in 1963 in 'Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral'. It was likely invented and told in different versions long before that.