Skwigg, public universal choom
@bigskwigg.bsky.social
Destroy the ethanol industry and turn Iowa into a big solar array (I am not joking)
Lego instructions and other places I'm at: http://linktr.ee/skwiggums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustration
My life for decarbonization.
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Lego instructions and other places I'm at: http://linktr.ee/skwiggums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustration
My life for decarbonization.
pfp by @dozakeet.bsky.social
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The news is a torrent of horrors. Glee in domination and crimes against humanity. Dystopian tech and financialization. Antihuman futurism. All championed by sociopaths and raw id. We should be calling for humanistic moral revival, whether religious or secular.
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The news is a torrent of horrors. Glee in domination and crimes against humanity. Dystopian tech and financialization. Antihuman futurism. All championed by sociopaths and raw id. We should be calling for humanistic moral revival, whether religious or secular.
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James Cameron walks to chalkboard and writes "Thou$ands of Beavers"
in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
James Cameron walks to chalkboard and writes "Thou$ands of Beavers"
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very good tumblr post about why to make a fursona, and in the replies, a couple followups on how to make a fursona
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
very good tumblr post about why to make a fursona, and in the replies, a couple followups on how to make a fursona
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"the government should try, convict and then kill the secretary of defense for the crime he very obviously seems to have committed" seems like a radical thing to say, but -- no, it's not. it's the actual penalty for what pete hegseth, a man who ordered death squads to murder civilians, has done.
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"the government should try, convict and then kill the secretary of defense for the crime he very obviously seems to have committed" seems like a radical thing to say, but -- no, it's not. it's the actual penalty for what pete hegseth, a man who ordered death squads to murder civilians, has done.
Good shit from Zohran, love to see it.
NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he will not continue sweeps of homeless encampments — which city data shows have not yielded any permanent or supportive-housing referrals in more than a year.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...
Mamdani Vows to Sweep Out Crackdowns on Homeless Camps
City numbers show that sweeps started under Mayor Eric Adams have not delivered on referrals for housing in more than a year.
www.thecity.nyc
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good shit from Zohran, love to see it.
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The world's largest sail ship is the Neoliner Origin, which uses 2x 1500m^2 sails to cross the Atlantic. They're mounted on 76m tall masts that can tilt to go under bridges, and they let it cruise at 20 km/h without consuming fuel.
First voyage was 08/2025.
First voyage was 08/2025.
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The world's largest sail ship is the Neoliner Origin, which uses 2x 1500m^2 sails to cross the Atlantic. They're mounted on 76m tall masts that can tilt to go under bridges, and they let it cruise at 20 km/h without consuming fuel.
First voyage was 08/2025.
First voyage was 08/2025.
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(Data) This.. cool "S". What are it's origins?
(Me) It's one of earth's most profound mysteries, Data.
(Data, connecting the diagonal lines) Intriguing.
(Me) It's one of earth's most profound mysteries, Data.
(Data, connecting the diagonal lines) Intriguing.
July 6, 2023 at 9:38 AM
(Data) This.. cool "S". What are it's origins?
(Me) It's one of earth's most profound mysteries, Data.
(Data, connecting the diagonal lines) Intriguing.
(Me) It's one of earth's most profound mysteries, Data.
(Data, connecting the diagonal lines) Intriguing.
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At first glance, a general strike sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think, writes @alexhan.bsky.social, executive director of @inthesetimes.com labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb... 1/2
Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now | Labor Notes
labornotes.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
At first glance, a general strike sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think, writes @alexhan.bsky.social, executive director of @inthesetimes.com labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb... 1/2
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There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
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hey, do you like cyberpunk but want it to be, like...good?
are you sick of stories going, "Are machines...people???" for 90 minuets and want a movie that goes, "yes" 5 minutes in and then spends the rest of the runtime exploring actually interesting questions?
Do you like ECLIPSE PHASE?
Watch!
are you sick of stories going, "Are machines...people???" for 90 minuets and want a movie that goes, "yes" 5 minutes in and then spends the rest of the runtime exploring actually interesting questions?
Do you like ECLIPSE PHASE?
Watch!
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
hey, do you like cyberpunk but want it to be, like...good?
are you sick of stories going, "Are machines...people???" for 90 minuets and want a movie that goes, "yes" 5 minutes in and then spends the rest of the runtime exploring actually interesting questions?
Do you like ECLIPSE PHASE?
Watch!
are you sick of stories going, "Are machines...people???" for 90 minuets and want a movie that goes, "yes" 5 minutes in and then spends the rest of the runtime exploring actually interesting questions?
Do you like ECLIPSE PHASE?
Watch!
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December 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Very much looking forward to joining the local DSA chapter of wherever the fuck I end up living in six months.
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Very much looking forward to joining the local DSA chapter of wherever the fuck I end up living in six months.
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You can leave a comment opposing the proposal, the government must acknowledge these comments. If enough people are against it, they won’t be able to change the ESA.
Here’s a guide for how to write effective comments and links to each piece of the proposal
wildlifeforall.us/trump-rushin...
Here’s a guide for how to write effective comments and links to each piece of the proposal
wildlifeforall.us/trump-rushin...
The Trump Administration Is Rushing to Gut the Endangered Species Act — Here’s How to Fight Back | Wildlife for All
The Trump Administration has launched four rapid-fire rulemaking proposals to weaken the Endangered Species Act, with 30 days for public comment to fight back.
wildlifeforall.us
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
You can leave a comment opposing the proposal, the government must acknowledge these comments. If enough people are against it, they won’t be able to change the ESA.
Here’s a guide for how to write effective comments and links to each piece of the proposal
wildlifeforall.us/trump-rushin...
Here’s a guide for how to write effective comments and links to each piece of the proposal
wildlifeforall.us/trump-rushin...
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Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.
Electricity Should Be Free at Noon
And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
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Nu Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (機動戦士ガンダム：逆襲のシャア) by Yoshiyuki Takani
October 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Nu Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (機動戦士ガンダム：逆襲のシャア) by Yoshiyuki Takani
Huzzah for infastructure and public goods!
www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
Why We Are Better Off Than a Century Ago
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
www.thenewatlantis.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Huzzah for infastructure and public goods!
www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
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"His zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was a taper light, his was the burning sun... I could speak for the slave. John Brown could fight for the slave. I could live for the slave. John Brown could die for the slave" - Fredric Douglass
Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"His zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was a taper light, his was the burning sun... I could speak for the slave. John Brown could fight for the slave. I could live for the slave. John Brown could die for the slave" - Fredric Douglass
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At #COP30, the failed economic orthodoxies embedded in the financial architecture got little attention.
Embracing the role of the state and industrial policy are 🗝️ to scaling up climate action, as explained in this @the-breakdown.bsky.social piece:
www.break-down.org/real-constra...
Embracing the role of the state and industrial policy are 🗝️ to scaling up climate action, as explained in this @the-breakdown.bsky.social piece:
www.break-down.org/real-constra...
Real Constraints
Finance for climate action is limited by orthodoxy, not reality
www.break-down.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
At #COP30, the failed economic orthodoxies embedded in the financial architecture got little attention.
Embracing the role of the state and industrial policy are 🗝️ to scaling up climate action, as explained in this @the-breakdown.bsky.social piece:
www.break-down.org/real-constra...
Embracing the role of the state and industrial policy are 🗝️ to scaling up climate action, as explained in this @the-breakdown.bsky.social piece:
www.break-down.org/real-constra...
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America is extraordinarily radical in that there are tons of different ethnic groups here, and we not only generally get along with each other, but the law treats us all equal equally, and we all do the same shit like eat fried butter.
What MAGA dares to ask is: what if we didn’t
What MAGA dares to ask is: what if we didn’t
Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
America is extraordinarily radical in that there are tons of different ethnic groups here, and we not only generally get along with each other, but the law treats us all equal equally, and we all do the same shit like eat fried butter.
What MAGA dares to ask is: what if we didn’t
What MAGA dares to ask is: what if we didn’t
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During my PhD i kept coming across this number about the maximum grid penetration for renewables.
So, I started to dig. Tracing back what references I could. Never found a single analytical or empirical basis for it. It appeared to have sprung from thin air based on some engineers' intuition.
So, I started to dig. Tracing back what references I could. Never found a single analytical or empirical basis for it. It appeared to have sprung from thin air based on some engineers' intuition.
People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers.
Anyway, about China ...
Anyway, about China ...
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
During my PhD i kept coming across this number about the maximum grid penetration for renewables.
So, I started to dig. Tracing back what references I could. Never found a single analytical or empirical basis for it. It appeared to have sprung from thin air based on some engineers' intuition.
So, I started to dig. Tracing back what references I could. Never found a single analytical or empirical basis for it. It appeared to have sprung from thin air based on some engineers' intuition.
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"Official documents and expert conversations reference the growing belief that the fossil fuel economy has run its course, and that it can and should be replaced by a new, better system centred on manufactured goods that generate and run on renewable electricity."
Core truth of the 21st century.
Core truth of the 21st century.
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Official documents and expert conversations reference the growing belief that the fossil fuel economy has run its course, and that it can and should be replaced by a new, better system centred on manufactured goods that generate and run on renewable electricity."
Core truth of the 21st century.
Core truth of the 21st century.
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Kardashev V: The War in Heaven is lost, the Enemy too strong: the only Option is Flight, Escape, We must Make an Exit
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Kardashev V: The War in Heaven is lost, the Enemy too strong: the only Option is Flight, Escape, We must Make an Exit