This is an article about a Lancet commission that took a pretty global lens, first sentence points out it’s “a nearly ubiquitous global commercial enterprise”

worldwide, 46 percent of adults (approximately 2.3 billion people) and nearly 18 percent of adolescents (159.6 million youths between 10 and 19 years old) have gambled in the past year

Although only a small proportion of individuals engage in problem gambling—an addiction that affects an estimated 1.4 percent of gamblers, or 80 million adults globally—the researchers recommend that policymakers treat gambling as a public health issue rather than as a medical problem

Although four-fifths of countries worldwide permit gambling, that number understates the global nature of the industry’s influence, since digital technology transcends borders.

Also seeing what happens when one country changes a policy is a great way to learn about the impacts of your county’s policies. Like if somebody had shown asbestos caused cancer in lab rats you shouldn’t go ‘why should I know this, I’m not a rat’ and keep using asbestos in everything (in reality it was textile workers dying who first clued us in to asbestos).

The US might be a pretty diseased lab rat but there’s still something to be learned from it.

Yeah come on 76/89ths would be silly because 89 is prime and 76 is even, it would obviously be rounded to 55/64ths

This seems more like intimidation than propaganda

My favorite example I’ve read recently was a collection of short stories called A People’s Future of the United States. Not all utopian, some were pretty bleak, but they all had something hopeful even if it was just a small act of joy or resistance. Shoutout to Borderlands in SF for the recommendation!

100% agree! On the politics piece, the scope of things wrong in the world and change needed can be overwhelming, but I find the ‘think global, act local’ philosophy helpful. Find local orgs that are dismantling capitalism or defending the environment or standing up to ICE or whatever you care about and join in. You don’t have to commit right away either, you can just go to an event and see if you like their vibes and you’ll probably hear about other related groups from there and you can check out an event from one of those groups and so on until you find the people you want to work with

A little free library came to my mind too—you could even build a platform on the side to share produce from your garden, finding free home-grown veggies people are sharing always fills me with joy

I’ve been happy with Phonograph for queueing, nothing special but it seems very easy to use to me. Looks like tons of good recommendations on this thread I haven’t tried out tho, definitely might be something better out there

What about some tree- or bush-like structures that have lots of small lights, one under each leaf? Having many lights that could all be positioned and angled differently would let you direct the light to only where it’s needed and create a smooth shaddow-free glow. And be pretty too! Like the Cave of Two Lovers @Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone posted. Individual lights could have different color and brightness too.

Depending on the kind of bio-engineering or fantastical biology in your world these could be completely organic, completely manufactured, or some combination like lights attached to trees/vines grown for the purpose.