Doctora Malka Older
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nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • ASU-CSI • opinions my own
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I love how the concluding sentence implicitly confirms that CDR is seen as a way to keep polluting: “efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue apace,” as if there had been a theoretical world where those efforts didn’t need to continue.
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I love how the concluding sentence implicitly confirms that CDR is seen as a way to keep polluting: “efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue apace,” as if there had been a theoretical world where those efforts didn’t need to continue.
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"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"
"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
Cost of direct air carbon capture to remain higher than hoped
The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped. This is the conclusion reached by ETH researchers on the basis of new calcu...
ethz.ch
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"
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I have had the same mobile phone for 5 years and, outside of a degradation in battery performance, cannot think of a single thing I'm actually missing by not being on the latest model.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I have had the same mobile phone for 5 years and, outside of a degradation in battery performance, cannot think of a single thing I'm actually missing by not being on the latest model.
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this is exactly why theres such a push for generative ai as the next thing because the smartphone is peak computer and the tech industry has been reduced to being an appliance maker when was the last big revolution in refrigerators or microwave ovens? tech as a growth sector is dead
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
this is exactly why theres such a push for generative ai as the next thing because the smartphone is peak computer and the tech industry has been reduced to being an appliance maker when was the last big revolution in refrigerators or microwave ovens? tech as a growth sector is dead
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The technology basically peaked. It's all incremental tinkering now. Like with digital cameras - the technical differences between the highest end products are only of interest to a tiny percentage of experts. Which might be part of the reason for "AI" being pushed in everything.
My phone is doing all the same things from 2015 with only minimal benefits. The only reason we have to upgrade is increased software bloat.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The technology basically peaked. It's all incremental tinkering now. Like with digital cameras - the technical differences between the highest end products are only of interest to a tiny percentage of experts. Which might be part of the reason for "AI" being pushed in everything.
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Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
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to ask a complex question simply:
why do public universities have comp/rhet programs for freshmen and private universities have first year writing programs?
I'm asking mostly about the history of this (is there a book about it?) but also the philosophy behind the difference in curricula
why do public universities have comp/rhet programs for freshmen and private universities have first year writing programs?
I'm asking mostly about the history of this (is there a book about it?) but also the philosophy behind the difference in curricula
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
to ask a complex question simply:
why do public universities have comp/rhet programs for freshmen and private universities have first year writing programs?
I'm asking mostly about the history of this (is there a book about it?) but also the philosophy behind the difference in curricula
why do public universities have comp/rhet programs for freshmen and private universities have first year writing programs?
I'm asking mostly about the history of this (is there a book about it?) but also the philosophy behind the difference in curricula
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November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New York Focus is seeking a full-time politics reporter to help lead our coverage of New York state politics in a pivotal moment.
You’ll have your work cut out for you in 2026.
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You’ll have your work cut out for you in 2026.
nysfocus.com/hiring
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I am super-pro-public transit, and use it way more than the average American, but I live near a light rail station with very, very stable and predictable scheduling, and even then I would not use it for many things I use a car for because the cost of transit is time.
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I am super-pro-public transit, and use it way more than the average American, but I live near a light rail station with very, very stable and predictable scheduling, and even then I would not use it for many things I use a car for because the cost of transit is time.
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
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And your reminder that these are just the loudest of the indictments. Every single case brought by these fuckers should be seen as equally illegitimate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
And your reminder that these are just the loudest of the indictments. Every single case brought by these fuckers should be seen as equally illegitimate.
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ZOHRAN: “The next challenge is fulfilling the agenda so people understand they were right to demand more.”
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social he’s ready for the fight.
Full: youtu.be/hsi5C_5HpoY?...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social he’s ready for the fight.
Full: youtu.be/hsi5C_5HpoY?...
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
ZOHRAN: “The next challenge is fulfilling the agenda so people understand they were right to demand more.”
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social he’s ready for the fight.
Full: youtu.be/hsi5C_5HpoY?...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social he’s ready for the fight.
Full: youtu.be/hsi5C_5HpoY?...
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And maybe people also need to be willing to let go of parts of the day they don't actually care about? If there's not a single person who can think of a toast or a party game, maybe skip the toast and then do a puzzle after dinner?
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
And maybe people also need to be willing to let go of parts of the day they don't actually care about? If there's not a single person who can think of a toast or a party game, maybe skip the toast and then do a puzzle after dinner?
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Literally this. If you don’t have a poem that moves you, you don’t need to read one. If you don’t do elaborate toasts normally, you don’t need to start today.
And maybe people also need to be willing to let go of parts of the day they don't actually care about? If there's not a single person who can think of a toast or a party game, maybe skip the toast and then do a puzzle after dinner?
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Literally this. If you don’t have a poem that moves you, you don’t need to read one. If you don’t do elaborate toasts normally, you don’t need to start today.
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We had the technology to google “what temp is done for turkey” before we had AI.
The idea that we need AI to tell us how to cook a turkey because we don’t want to ask other humans ignores the many millenia of people finding ways to give each other answers without asking someone they know.
The idea that we need AI to tell us how to cook a turkey because we don’t want to ask other humans ignores the many millenia of people finding ways to give each other answers without asking someone they know.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We had the technology to google “what temp is done for turkey” before we had AI.
The idea that we need AI to tell us how to cook a turkey because we don’t want to ask other humans ignores the many millenia of people finding ways to give each other answers without asking someone they know.
The idea that we need AI to tell us how to cook a turkey because we don’t want to ask other humans ignores the many millenia of people finding ways to give each other answers without asking someone they know.
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My killer feature right now is not needing to upgrade ever again for software that doesn’t do anything new, it just does it more and more sluggishly.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My killer feature right now is not needing to upgrade ever again for software that doesn’t do anything new, it just does it more and more sluggishly.
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Brazil: Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot
Brazil: Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot
The Supreme Court says the former leader has exhausted his appeals and will start his prison term at a police station in Brasilia.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Brazil: Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot
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It’s official 👀
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It’s official 👀
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Usually, residency isn't required to obtain a marriage license in an EU country.
So what today's EU's supreme court ruling does is put Eastern EU (and 🇮🇹) in the same gay marriage category as 🇮🇱.
All explained here: davekeating.substack.com/p/the-eu-jus...
So what today's EU's supreme court ruling does is put Eastern EU (and 🇮🇹) in the same gay marriage category as 🇮🇱.
All explained here: davekeating.substack.com/p/the-eu-jus...
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Usually, residency isn't required to obtain a marriage license in an EU country.
So what today's EU's supreme court ruling does is put Eastern EU (and 🇮🇹) in the same gay marriage category as 🇮🇱.
All explained here: davekeating.substack.com/p/the-eu-jus...
So what today's EU's supreme court ruling does is put Eastern EU (and 🇮🇹) in the same gay marriage category as 🇮🇱.
All explained here: davekeating.substack.com/p/the-eu-jus...
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Until now, the gay marriage situation in the European Union has been the same as in the United before 2015: some states have it, some states don't.
While in the US the divide was North-South, in the EU the divide was West-East.
davekeating.substack.com/p/a-rainbow-...
While in the US the divide was North-South, in the EU the divide was West-East.
davekeating.substack.com/p/a-rainbow-...
A rainbow curtain has descended across Europe
Greece has become the first Orthodox nation to adopt gay marriage. Italy is now the only country on the Western side of the old Iron Curtain without equal marriage rights.
davekeating.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Until now, the gay marriage situation in the European Union has been the same as in the United before 2015: some states have it, some states don't.
While in the US the divide was North-South, in the EU the divide was West-East.
davekeating.substack.com/p/a-rainbow-...
While in the US the divide was North-South, in the EU the divide was West-East.
davekeating.substack.com/p/a-rainbow-...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Trans people are being legislation out of having civil rights and these assholes are going to bat for a fucking robot
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trans people are being legislation out of having civil rights and these assholes are going to bat for a fucking robot
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Magical mystery manuscript time: I was waiting in town to meet a friend for dinner and popped into a book auction to kill some time. Found this book that wasn't Classical Armenian, but I was intrigued...
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Magical mystery manuscript time: I was waiting in town to meet a friend for dinner and popped into a book auction to kill some time. Found this book that wasn't Classical Armenian, but I was intrigued...
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Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was light years ahead of many artists and would have fit in with the beat poets at times. She really got into ideas about beauty and the worth of the female body. Which bounces back to some of the pieces I saw at the Claire Fontaine show.
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was light years ahead of many artists and would have fit in with the beat poets at times. She really got into ideas about beauty and the worth of the female body. Which bounces back to some of the pieces I saw at the Claire Fontaine show.