“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines
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“Is there a technology that the left is excited about?!?”
- Solar energy
- Libraries
- Trains
- Vibrators
- Guillotines
@thomasfuchs
- Bows & Arrows
- Jailbreaks (for devices)
- Home Gardening and Composting
- Windcraft (device go brrr and it kinda fascinates me)
- Growing Mushrooms at home (because food)
- Weaving, spinning and everything textiles (once you can make your own clothes, you basically have God-like powers)
- cooking (making food tasty is already a God-like power taken for granted)
- using speech to communicate ideas rather than fear (yes, speech is technically speaking a technology)
@thomasfuchs oh and let’s not forget:
“Any sufficiently familiar technology is indistinguishable from nature” -Virginia Postrel
@thomasfuchs windturbines, heat pumps, mRNA development (vax and cancer treatment), bicycles (very lefty!), cargo-bikes, mini eVans, agri-pholtaic...
@thomasfuchs Open source software (still).
@thomasfuchs home made protest signs
whistles
3d printed whistles
stickers
zines
balkonkraftwerk
bikes bikes bikes bikes
multitools
guillotines
bike-portable sound systems
bike-portable guillotines
The enzyme that reactivates a Republican brain worm.
A vibrating guillotine tuned to attract billionaires.

@unruly now I can't get this idea out of my mind 🐛
@thomasfuchs
Watermills
Sailing ships
Trees (e.g., growing in rainforests, or encroaching on deserts)
Hydrogen-based steel production
Geothermal house heating
Non-fossil sources of organic chemicals for synthetic industries
Material-efficient wooden construction
Fountain pens
Open-hardware laptops
Repairable smartphones
Recycling