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Here’s this week’s Better Offline monologue. I break down how economically irrelevant AI is, and how no bailout is coming to save the Large Language Model era.
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Monologue: AI Isn't Getting A Bailout
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 12/04/2025 · Bonus · 10m
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December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here’s this week’s Better Offline monologue. I break down how economically irrelevant AI is, and how no bailout is coming to save the Large Language Model era.
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New study in @IEEEXplore Transactions on Technology and Society explores what it takes to build a 100% renewable power grid
Read here: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
#RenewableEnergy #NetZero #EnergyTransition #IEEE #ClimateAction @prajdhan.bsky.social
Read here: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
#RenewableEnergy #NetZero #EnergyTransition #IEEE #ClimateAction @prajdhan.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New study in @IEEEXplore Transactions on Technology and Society explores what it takes to build a 100% renewable power grid
Read here: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
#RenewableEnergy #NetZero #EnergyTransition #IEEE #ClimateAction @prajdhan.bsky.social
Read here: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
#RenewableEnergy #NetZero #EnergyTransition #IEEE #ClimateAction @prajdhan.bsky.social
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
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I am a moderate: sometimes markets work and are good; sometimes they don't and are bad
YES! STRIKE THEM DOWN WITH ALL OF YOUR HATE.
October 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am a moderate: sometimes markets work and are good; sometimes they don't and are bad
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38. Ordinary people have no idea how much progress we’ve made. Tell people at parties that UK carbon emissions in 2023 were at their lowest level since 1879, for example. Most developed economies are now reducing carbon emissions without lowering quality of life.
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
38. Ordinary people have no idea how much progress we’ve made. Tell people at parties that UK carbon emissions in 2023 were at their lowest level since 1879, for example. Most developed economies are now reducing carbon emissions without lowering quality of life.
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We will introduce “made in Europe” criteria for public procurement in certain strategic sectors.
Ensure that new foreign investments in our industry are truly in Europe’s interest.
And step up support for strategic industries, like cars and batteries.
Ensure that new foreign investments in our industry are truly in Europe’s interest.
And step up support for strategic industries, like cars and batteries.
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We will introduce “made in Europe” criteria for public procurement in certain strategic sectors.
Ensure that new foreign investments in our industry are truly in Europe’s interest.
And step up support for strategic industries, like cars and batteries.
Ensure that new foreign investments in our industry are truly in Europe’s interest.
And step up support for strategic industries, like cars and batteries.
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China has electrified faster than almost any other country - electricity’s share of its energy use is up 10% in a decade.
Since 2019 it’s built 40% of global wind & solar, boosting their share in power generation by nearly 20% points.
Energy independence meets industrial strategy.
Since 2019 it’s built 40% of global wind & solar, boosting their share in power generation by nearly 20% points.
Energy independence meets industrial strategy.
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
China has electrified faster than almost any other country - electricity’s share of its energy use is up 10% in a decade.
Since 2019 it’s built 40% of global wind & solar, boosting their share in power generation by nearly 20% points.
Energy independence meets industrial strategy.
Since 2019 it’s built 40% of global wind & solar, boosting their share in power generation by nearly 20% points.
Energy independence meets industrial strategy.
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Det finnes de som sier at systemisk rasisme ikke er en greie i Norge. Til og med at rasisme ikke finnes i Norge.
De tar skrekkelig feil!
De tar skrekkelig feil!
Paul Thomas: En kamp for rettferdighet
I dag underviser han om rasisme i det samme systemet som en gang stengte dører for ham.
www.nrk.no
October 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Det finnes de som sier at systemisk rasisme ikke er en greie i Norge. Til og med at rasisme ikke finnes i Norge.
De tar skrekkelig feil!
De tar skrekkelig feil!
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here is a rare interview based article on MNT Reform and open hardware in general, in german but i think modern browsers have a built-in babelfish. i said more political things that didn't make the cut (about surveillance tech industry (chat control, thorn etc), right-wing tech, our products […]
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October 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
here is a rare interview based article on MNT Reform and open hardware in general, in german but i think modern browsers have a built-in babelfish. i said more political things that didn't make the cut (about surveillance tech industry (chat control, thorn etc), right-wing tech, our products […]
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Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.
Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632
Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.
Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632
Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632
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We just made this graph showing most people in the world could get by on just some solar panels and batteries.
The X axis is basically latitude, but we filled in how many people live between the equator and a certain latitude.
The Y axis shows the amount of solar and batteries needed
The X axis is basically latitude, but we filled in how many people live between the equator and a certain latitude.
The Y axis shows the amount of solar and batteries needed
October 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We just made this graph showing most people in the world could get by on just some solar panels and batteries.
The X axis is basically latitude, but we filled in how many people live between the equator and a certain latitude.
The Y axis shows the amount of solar and batteries needed
The X axis is basically latitude, but we filled in how many people live between the equator and a certain latitude.
The Y axis shows the amount of solar and batteries needed
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I’m under no illusion that this won’t spill into every market on earth, but I have still taken my savings out of the US.
Because no matter how much magic 🪄 and unicorns 🦄 tech investors believe in, you can’t do hockey stick growth in the physical world.
There is only so much… physical world 🌎
Because no matter how much magic 🪄 and unicorns 🦄 tech investors believe in, you can’t do hockey stick growth in the physical world.
There is only so much… physical world 🌎
The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns
According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...
www.techspot.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I’m under no illusion that this won’t spill into every market on earth, but I have still taken my savings out of the US.
Because no matter how much magic 🪄 and unicorns 🦄 tech investors believe in, you can’t do hockey stick growth in the physical world.
There is only so much… physical world 🌎
Because no matter how much magic 🪄 and unicorns 🦄 tech investors believe in, you can’t do hockey stick growth in the physical world.
There is only so much… physical world 🌎
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Your 'moment of doom' for July 9, 2025 ~ The f&%king window is shut, the canary is dead and the ticking time bomb has exploded.
"There is a small window of opportunity between 2025 and 2050 to avert a looming climate catastrophe for humanity and biodiversity."
theconversation.com/can-you-trus...
"There is a small window of opportunity between 2025 and 2050 to avert a looming climate catastrophe for humanity and biodiversity."
theconversation.com/can-you-trus...
Can you trust climate information? How and why powerful players are misleading the public
Powerful corporations, governments and political parties intentionally spread false information about climate change to avoid ending greenhouse gas emissions.
theconversation.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for July 9, 2025 ~ The f&%king window is shut, the canary is dead and the ticking time bomb has exploded.
"There is a small window of opportunity between 2025 and 2050 to avert a looming climate catastrophe for humanity and biodiversity."
theconversation.com/can-you-trus...
"There is a small window of opportunity between 2025 and 2050 to avert a looming climate catastrophe for humanity and biodiversity."
theconversation.com/can-you-trus...
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As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
“Workers are more intuitive than a lot of the pundit class gives them credit for. They know this has been a naked attempt to get rid of people.”
“Workers are more intuitive than a lot of the pundit class gives them credit for. They know this has been a naked attempt to get rid of people.”
The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
www.wired.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
“Workers are more intuitive than a lot of the pundit class gives them credit for. They know this has been a naked attempt to get rid of people.”
“Workers are more intuitive than a lot of the pundit class gives them credit for. They know this has been a naked attempt to get rid of people.”
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Fires & Floods & Heat Waves?
How I think about Climate Change.
[Video. 9 mins. 45 sec. ]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRA2...
How I think about Climate Change.
[Video. 9 mins. 45 sec. ]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRA2...
How I Think About Climate Change
YouTube video by StarTalk
www.youtube.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Fires & Floods & Heat Waves?
How I think about Climate Change.
[Video. 9 mins. 45 sec. ]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRA2...
How I think about Climate Change.
[Video. 9 mins. 45 sec. ]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRA2...
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Another must watch from @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
Meanwhile, everywhere: "Things aren't just getting worse. They are getting worse faster."
The Extreme Weather Report, Jun 26, 2025.
The Extreme Weather Report, Jun 26, 2025.
June 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Another must watch from @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
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Denmark Set to Replace Microsoft Software with Open Source Alternatives
Denmark's Digital Ministry is replacing Microsoft services with LibreOffice and Linux.
Denmark's Digital Ministry is replacing Microsoft services with LibreOffice and Linux.
Excellent! Denmark Set to Replace Microsoft Software with Open Source Alternatives
Denmark's Digital Ministry is replacing Microsoft services with LibreOffice and Linux.
news.itsfoss.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Denmark Set to Replace Microsoft Software with Open Source Alternatives
Denmark's Digital Ministry is replacing Microsoft services with LibreOffice and Linux.
Denmark's Digital Ministry is replacing Microsoft services with LibreOffice and Linux.
Sharp MZ-700, second hand
May 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sharp MZ-700, second hand
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‘“It is very important to us that the projects that can be supported with this are open to . . . countries that are not part of the European Union but work closely together, such as Great Britain, Norway, Switzerland or Turkey,” Scholz said.’ www.ft.com/content/7693...
France and Germany clash over ‘buy EU’ weapons
Berlin says new €150bn funding for defence industry should be open to non-EU partners, but Paris disagrees
www.ft.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
‘“It is very important to us that the projects that can be supported with this are open to . . . countries that are not part of the European Union but work closely together, such as Great Britain, Norway, Switzerland or Turkey,” Scholz said.’ www.ft.com/content/7693...
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Second, the US was always against EU defence arrangements. As @maxbergmann.bsky.social & co wrote here, ”[s]ince the 1990s, the United States has typically used its effective veto power to block the defense ambitions of the European Union…”
The Case for EU Defense
U.S. opposition to EU defense efforts since the 1990s has been a strategic mistake that has undermined both the EU and NATO. It’s time for a new U.S. approach that encourages ambitious EU defense stra...
www.americanprogress.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Second, the US was always against EU defence arrangements. As @maxbergmann.bsky.social & co wrote here, ”[s]ince the 1990s, the United States has typically used its effective veto power to block the defense ambitions of the European Union…”
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Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
February 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
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As the US withdraws and Europe is forced to take responsibility for its own security, people will start to reckon with the costs of actually deterring Russia
Increasingly, you'll come across some variant of 'Why die for Danzig?'
So let's remind ourselves of the original
/1
Increasingly, you'll come across some variant of 'Why die for Danzig?'
So let's remind ourselves of the original
/1
February 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
As the US withdraws and Europe is forced to take responsibility for its own security, people will start to reckon with the costs of actually deterring Russia
Increasingly, you'll come across some variant of 'Why die for Danzig?'
So let's remind ourselves of the original
/1
Increasingly, you'll come across some variant of 'Why die for Danzig?'
So let's remind ourselves of the original
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