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Daniel Khent
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#writing #jazz #speculativefiction #climatechange #AI #solarpunk #postscarcity #ecopsychology #transhumanism
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A lot of hyperbole but this part is true: The University of Reading study did find that ozone recovery could contribute about 40% more warming than previously estimated.
Who wants: skin cancer, cataracts, crop damage, ocean ecosystem damage?

#climatechange

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Climate advocates face humiliation as scientists issue ozone warning
A surprising new study has revealed how 40 years of work to repair the ozone layer may end up causing its own climate change emergency that no one saw coming.
www.dailymail.co.uk
I don't really have a favorite quote. She kicked off speculative fiction by adding a little fantastic extrapolation to the scientific environment at the time, and she brought a timeless theme into sharp focus. I wonder what she would come up with in the context of our AI / LLM froth.
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*Some very familiar scenes in downtown Ibiza right now if you've ever seen a mild hurricane drenching a town in the Texas Gulf Coast #Gabrielle

*Of course this is Spain and they're not supposed to get any Caribbean hurricanes #climatecrisis
The Pueblo Revolt. August 10, 1680

“Pueblo warriors … carried out a coordinated attack on Spanish missionaries and colonists across New Mexico. Within a few days, they had driven virtually all Spaniards out of the province.”

Had no idea--

#americanhistory

archaeology.org/issues/march...
Features - The First American Revolution - Archaeology Magazine - March/April 2017
Exploring the legacy of the New World’s most successful native rebellion
archaeology.org
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1979 - An evening with Oscar Peterson - Concertgebouw - Amsterdam

#OscarPeterson (p), #HerbEllis (g), #RayBrown (b), #JeffHamilton (dr)

#jazz jazzsky
Global agricultural land use peaked in the early 2000s and has been slowly falling ever since.

Note: deforestation in biodiversity-critical tropical regions continues at alarming rates.

#rewilding #agriculture

www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The rewilding milestone Earth has already passed
The world's use of farmland has peaked, bringing the chance to turn over more space to nature. How far could the trend go?
www.bbc.com
Microsoft’s analog optical computer

Still wonder if analog computing has a part to play in AI

#analogcomputing#AI

news.microsoft.com/source/featu...
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