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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 3m

Apparently this is what "winning" looks like.

Just ask Karoline Leavitt.

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1h

Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 7m

Mutual benefit is how trading relationships which last are built.

Not predatory capitalism. Mutual benefit.

Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 17m

It was initially stunning to me that not just the market but the central banks etc, continuously chose the most inefficient blockchain / cryptos to do their trials on.

Then I 🤔 about the people involved and was stunned at how stupid I'd been to hope for anything functional rather than "muh bags".

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 22m

That's a lot more built to last than what the US is doing.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1h

You might hate your job. But at least you're not a russian general invited to a meal & drinks with Putin next to an open window.

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 1h

Now on the reading list

bsky.app/profile/chri...

Christine Webb @christinewebb.bsky.social · 23d

What does it mean to be human? The word “human” itself derives from the root world humus, meaning “earth.” To be human thus means to be of the earth, not apart from or better than any of the other beings with whom we share this planet.

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Christine Webb @christinewebb.bsky.social · 23d

What does it mean to be human? The word “human” itself derives from the root world humus, meaning “earth.” To be human thus means to be of the earth, not apart from or better than any of the other beings with whom we share this planet.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1h

MIT: Buildings and roads built with new type of concrete could soon serve as giant #batteries capable of powering homes and electric vehicles.
#climate #EV
www.independent.co.uk/tech/concret...

Concrete battery that can power homes is now 10 times better

MIT scientist says we’re ‘at the brink of a new architectural revolution’ with multifunctional concretes

www.independent.co.uk

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 1h

@philipthalis.bsky.social @sustainabletall.bsky.social

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 1h

Am sure a stadium would help with this.

Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 1h

Clever. Note people in colder climates with heated floors are using the solar during the day to heat their concrete floors which then acts as a cheap but effective thermal battery overnight also.

Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 1h

Feel like the Dems are trying to do rule of law and not realising they are increasingly living in Russia by this point.

Ie: you are speaking the wrong language for these new lands.

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 2h

Who the hell are the LNP representing? Which Masters of Misinformation are happy with this as good service to Australia?

Or is the point of them not to serve Australia, at all?

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you for your services cable bacteria 🦠⚡

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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 2h

Another ‘narco submarine’ found in the Solomon Islands, after it sailed all the way across the Pacific(!). This is the 3rd publicly reported example there.

Note that it’s empty and the outboard motors have been removed

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 2h

Brb getting the largest stockpot..

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 3h

#auspol 👀🍿

everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 3h

Word is out that #BarnabyJoyce is about to rat on #Nationals and join One Nation. He and #PaulineHanson really deserve one another.

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 3h

That's not all she's doing

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Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC) @janeclimatepac.bsky.social · Jun 30

‪Here's an important message from @janefonda.com‬.

Can you chip in to elect bold climate champions in must-win races all across the country? We have a major end-of-quarter deadline tonight at 11:59pm: janepac.com/eoqjune

Big Oil’s big money is no match for a resilient people-powered movement.

Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 3h

This ~ stops all major wars except the ones Beijing wants to happen for a few years. There is a trickle of recycling that can be put in place in a year, at a sprint.

A trickle of non China mine to magnet via Estonia & Japan.

But that's it.

And in that time China will leap forward again.

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 3h

How about spending smart instead of just spending? Ukraine showing every day how to undertake modern warfare for a fraction of the cost, turning large craft into single expensive points of failure.

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Eliza Spencer @amelizajane.bsky.social · 2d

Two years after farmers, rural advocates, Traditional Owners, environmental activists and trade unions marched on NSW Parliament, the Narrabri Gas Project is back in the headlines.

Their message is the same: no coal seam gas in Ag communities

#AusAg #AgSky

www.theland.com.au/story/9083291/

'Unconscionable cost': farmers slam Premier's renewed support for gas

NSW Farmers, Farmers for Climate Action and CWA say no to Narrabri.

www.theland.com.au

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 1d

Some great engineering solutions coming into play. Fascinating.😁
The 'typhoon-proof' wind farms powering China's coast
#energysky #renewables #Cyclones #WindPower #agsky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The 'typhoon-proof' wind farms powering China's coast

China is racing to develop a new generation of wind farms that can not only survive tropical cyclones, but also harness their power.

www.bbc.com

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 4h

If anyone is surprised by this - you haven't been paying attention.

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[email protected] @blueangie.bsky.social · 20h

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 4h

The whole frikkin thing is so Tom of Finland sometimes it's just laughable.

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