1\ Serious question time: Remember the last time we had a cold war and there were HUGE #nuclearban rallies? Things like @Greenpeace got started. We are in a pandemic. Where are the anti-proliferation rallies for #bioweapons? Image
2\ For that matter where are the campaigning groups pushing back against #climate hostile #geoengineering practices like atmospheric seeding? theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
3\ Where is the pushback against plans to seed Earth's orbit with thousands of vision and sensor blocking #SpaceX #Starlink satellites, which will eventually become #spacejunk? scientificamerican.com/article/spacex…
4\ Who is talking about (and advocating against) the unrestricted #militarization of space? nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/…
5\ Who is talking about space #labour conditions or even the future role of nation states in #space #colonization? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
6\ Where is the pushback against the inherent/hardcoded privatization of '#web3' and the apparent complete elimination of #netneutrality and even #publicownership from #Metaverse spaces? qz.com/2081493/is-mar…
7\ Why are these voices so weak? Why is it just media organizations and individual corporate interest driving these conversations? Where is the advocacy rooted in realism, where are the advocates, and how will they organize for that future?
8\ Have we completely lost the plot? Is this it? Is civilization over, or is there one final wild push coming in which we try to get these things right? Maybe, like Greenpeace in the '70s, should try to build the future we want tomorrow, today. #TomorrowBelongsToUs.

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1\ Storytime: "I suppose it all started with the snow..." Here's me, second from left at, the Russian Embassy, Ottawa, December 2013. On the eve of historic events in #Ukraine I'm reminded of this moment from my own activist history. ⛄️☮️ Image
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