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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 13h

"The user interfaces on our devices have become less like tools and more like receptacles for collection." www.fastcompany.com/91397818/lar...

LLMs are the users now

Tech companies have shifted focus from designing for people to prioritizing algorithms.

www.fastcompany.com

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World Resources Institute @worldresources.bsky.social · 15h

Demand for critical minerals is surging. But can we meet demand in a way that's responsible and equitable?

#WRIExplains: Critical Minerals 👉 go.wri.org/critical-min...

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 18h

good morning this was 30 years ago today

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

This is an extremely common food-GHG pattern for food providers in North America and Europe, but it never fails to surprise people the first time they run the numbers and see it!

Just one food, beef, can account for 40-50% or more of the GHG emissions related to an organization’s food purchases.

Dr. Sarah Fortner @erthsarah.bsky.social · 2d

A reality check for me was working with students on an internal carbon accounting platform that Bon App our food provider uses. Beef was less than 5% of our purchases but around 50% of our food emissions even with international work to be plant forward.

apnews.com/article/plan...

A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.

apnews.com

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 2d

I love RDU. But Charlotte, Vancouver, Portland, Nashville not to mention plenty of populous Sun Belt locations would seem like better bets. I think it makes more sense for it to make AA or AAA baseball a cornerstone. It can be cool as hell and great for foot traffic, culture etc.

hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 5d

"To take killing as the purpose of a military is to confuse means for ends and reduce the enterprise to a cargo cult, imitating behaviors without understanding their purpose." www.deadcarl.com/p/clausewitz...

Clausewitz on Hegseth and the "Lethality" Obsession

The "Absolute Destruction" of America's Military

www.deadcarl.com

hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking down doors, zip-tying elderly Americans without ever providing a warrant or lawyer, throwing kids in U-Hauls separate from their parents.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 6d

"Voluntary disclosure has proven insufficient; regulation to ensure capital reallocation is needed." www.tragedyofthehorizon.org

Tragedy of the Horizon

Today marks ten years since then-Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney delivered his landmark “Tragedy of the Horizon” speech at Lloyd’s of London. Its premise was clear and sobering: climate ch...

www.tragedyofthehorizon.org

hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 7d

"Perhaps the distinctive feature of Pakistan’s solar transition is its facilitation by a new wave of mostly self-taught solar entrepreneurs." Amazing to have @jigarshahdc.bsky.social writing for @worldresources.bsky.social www.wri.org/insights/pak...

The Perfect Storm Fueling Pakistan’s Solar Boom

Market forces are encouraging a people-led clean energy transformation in Pakistan from fossil fuels to solar power.

www.wri.org

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

what am i missing

hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt, 10/17)
Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos, 11/7)
Smashing Machine (Benny Safdie, 10/3)
After the Hunt (Luca Guadagnino, 10/3)
A House of Dynamite (Kathryn Bigelow, 10/24)*
Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 10/17)

*might be an op

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

a Maserati dealership. just lol

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

appreciation for minor aces Nick Pivetta (68 GS) and Matt Boyd (52 GS) as well as Gavin Williams, who certainly pitched like an ace tonight (68 GS) but has had an up and down season

also, Shohei Ohtani (2 HR, just because)

hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

a night for aces:
- Tarik Skubal (6.6 fWAR, 2.45 FIP): 80 GS with 7.2 IP, 14 K, 3 H, 1 ER
- Garret Crochet (5.8 fWAR, 2.89 FIP): 78 Game Score with 7.2 IP 11K 4H 1 ER
- Blake Snell (2 fWAR, 2.7 FIP): 69 GS with 7 IP, 9 K, 4 H, 2 ER
- Max Fried (4.8 fWAR, 3.07 FIP): 68 GS with 6.1 IP, 6 K, 4 H

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

just kidding i know no one makes money off streaming. but KEXP really couldn't wait, first crisp day and they dropped the needle on this one. at least give me the kevin shields remix. i think i've heard "Dry the Rain" three times in the last week too.

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

Yo La Tengo at the fall equinox when the Autumn Sweater stream money starts to hit

a close up of a man with a beard wearing a red shirt and smiling .

ALT: a close up of a man with a beard wearing a red shirt and smiling .

media.tenor.com

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

They want it to be over. The burden of History is too heavy, its dead weight and the sums still in the balance unpaid. It's all too much. Now that they're ahead, they want to take the ball home...but there is no away.

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

“Lethality is our calling card,” said Hegseth, “and victory our only acceptable end state.”

Terrible, obviously. But also telling in embrace of a mythic "end state" of victory.

There is no "end state." Victory is possible for a moment, then must be won again. Hegemony is an ongoing process.

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

"A.I. isn’t an unstoppable tsunami about to overwhelm us. Now is the time for ordinary Americans to recognize our agency and act to put in place the guardrails we want." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Opinion | I Sued Anthropic, and the Unthinkable Happened

www.nytimes.com

hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

we have to push that conversation to be broader, because most of those above are dead ends or incomplete per se. what are the alternatives? why aren't other alternatives produced? why do people feel the need to "turn their brains off"? why "consumption," generally? who makes our media, & why?

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

i think it's a scary, touchy conversation where your explanations need explanations. "people have bad taste" -- you are elitist. "people cannot make good decisions" -- you are antidemocratic. "it's hardwired in" -- sketchy evo psych. "it's bad" -- you are an art reactionary who can't see the future

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hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

Good news: The 40 signatories of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership cut international public finance for fossil fuels 78% from beginning of decade to now.

via @iisd.org @oilchange.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social

www.iisd.org/publications...

hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 8d

Richard Lachmann is laughing. "You should have learned from the Dutch!" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Road Trip Exposes List of Uninvestable Assets in the West

Venture capitalists in clean tech are starting to say out loud what they’ve suspected for a while: China’s dominance has left key sectors in the West uninvestable.

www.bloomberg.com

hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 9d

gizmodo.com/larry-elliso...

hayden and things of that nature @hayden-higgins.bsky.social · 9d

oracle has been angling for this contract for 30 years. their existence is entirely bundled with natsec: their first customer was the CIA. fortune.com/2024/09/17/o...

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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