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āž”ļø @ff3 - Free open source personal financial management software

āž”ļø @molly0xfff & @web3isgreat - Independent journalist covering cryptocurrency shenanigans & scams

āž”ļø @z_everson - Award-winning investigative journalist on money & politics, currently at Forbes

āž”ļø @Forbes - US business & financial magazine

āž”ļø @sludge - Independent blog on corruption in US politics, especially corporate donations

āž”ļø @Liberapay - Free open source alternative to Patreon

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Hereā€™s a hint for anyone wanting to break old habits and save money in the process. I did this in a time long ago and it worked a treat.
I opened a savings account that I named the Didnā€™t Account. I carried a notebook with me, and every time I didnā€™t do the things I was trying to stop doing, I noted the fact. At the end of each day, I transferred the money I saved by not doing those things into the Didnā€™t Account. Very effective at making me think carefully each time I was tempted and very rewarding to see how fast that saved money accumulated. It worked for me, so it may for you.

āš ļø Critical Rent Assistance Needed in Toronto by June 1st

once again, i have been unable to secure work this month so i have to crowdfund for rent again.

i'm a disabled, dissociative person. i'm biracial and i refuse to say nothing in the face of white supremacy in the workplace.

please help garnet and i stay housed!

https://www.paypal.me/aliciaheart?locale.x=en_CA

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garnet perched on my bed at night, gently lit by a highly diffused white plastic Ikea lamp off camera to the left. her big green baby eyes basically just look like gigantic black saucers because she thinks the camera person (me) is holding treats. she is just as fluffy as before.
my floofy cat, garnet, perched atop a rogue roll of paper towel on my bed she likes to claw at it with all 4 claws and bunny kick it. garnet is a black cat with a little floof of white right at her collarbone. she has big green baby eyes. behind her on the bed is an empty paper bag.

"Many economic textbooks tell...a story about the origin of money that involves barter societies...and it was inconvenient to carry around large objects or animals to swap against something else.

There is no evidence that this ever happened. But the resulting image of money as a commodity is widespread...

Money is something you either have or you donā€™t.

But this isnā€™t how our money works."

Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-05-16/money-commons-review-of-remaking-money-for-a-sustainable-future-by-ester-barinaga-martin/

Money Commons: Review of ā€˜Remaking Money for a Sustainable Futureā€™, by Ester Barinaga MartĆ­n Katja Durrani, originally published by Lowimpact.org May 16, 2025 For anybody taking a closer look, itā€™s quickly obvious that our current money system isnā€™t working for most people, nor is it compatible with a sustainable future. This book does a very good job of explaining why that is so. Remaking Money for a Sustainable Future: Money Commons by Ester Barinaga MartĆ­n was published in 2024 by Bristol University Press in its series Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century. Available through Open Access, you can download it as pdf or epub here: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89799 The book provides an in-depth view and thorough analysis of various money arrangements. I highly recommend reading it if you are interested in alternative money systems ā€” whether you are new to the topic or not.

Longer working hours have been linked to higher emissions, yet the climate movement seems reluctant to join the campaign for a four-day weekā€”a potential strategic error given the social, health and climate benefits of working less.

My latest piece for Sower ā¬‡ļø šŸ§µ

https://www.sower.world/working-less-climate-solution/