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lab grown things are going to change the world. given that there will be a fetishization of "naturalness" to rival the organic boom, we are going to need to be out front in defending the synthetic. which i do not think many people here are capable of doing
August 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
lab grown things are going to change the world. given that there will be a fetishization of "naturalness" to rival the organic boom, we are going to need to be out front in defending the synthetic. which i do not think many people here are capable of doing
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This is available again for those who have exhausted/lost/forgotten about their bootleg copies.
#selfpublicity #nowonderimknackered
#selfpublicity #nowonderimknackered
Gideon Coe - Gideon Coe: A Bob Dylan Murder Most Foul Themed Special - BBC Sounds
A themed show inspired by Bob Dylan's multi referential epic Murder Most Foul.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is available again for those who have exhausted/lost/forgotten about their bootleg copies.
#selfpublicity #nowonderimknackered
#selfpublicity #nowonderimknackered
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If you're looking for a Sunday long read that doesn't mention the T-word once, check out my deep dive on the language politics of #Eurovision2025.
This year sees the highest number of countries choosing not to sing in English we've ever seen.
This year sees the highest number of countries choosing not to sing in English we've ever seen.
Eurovision turns its back on English
For the first time, more than half of countries have voluntarily chosen to sing in a language other than English at Eurovision - up from a fifth just five years ago. Why is this happening now?
davekeating.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If you're looking for a Sunday long read that doesn't mention the T-word once, check out my deep dive on the language politics of #Eurovision2025.
This year sees the highest number of countries choosing not to sing in English we've ever seen.
This year sees the highest number of countries choosing not to sing in English we've ever seen.
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In spite of the fundamental disconnect between Ghibli and AI, I think it shows that people desire a sort of enchantment to their lives that is hard to come by.
People want a better world, full of wonder, and we need to work to find ethical, sustainable ways of crafting it.
People want a better world, full of wonder, and we need to work to find ethical, sustainable ways of crafting it.
March 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In spite of the fundamental disconnect between Ghibli and AI, I think it shows that people desire a sort of enchantment to their lives that is hard to come by.
People want a better world, full of wonder, and we need to work to find ethical, sustainable ways of crafting it.
People want a better world, full of wonder, and we need to work to find ethical, sustainable ways of crafting it.
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"...they explained that scaling the recycled cement would require a better approach for sorting and processing demolition waste, one that considers circularity rather than landfill."
This screams #robots to me.
This screams #robots to me.
Recycled cement, developed from construction waste, offers a sustainable, low-carbon alternative with strength comparable to traditional Portland cement, potentially reducing industry emissions by up to 61%. doi.org/g886f7
Recycled cements drive down emissions without slacking on strength
Giving a second life to construction materials after demolition, engineers at the University of São Paulo and Princeton have developed an approach for recycling cement waste into a sustainable, low-carbon alternative that is comparable in performance to the industry standard.
techxplore.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"...they explained that scaling the recycled cement would require a better approach for sorting and processing demolition waste, one that considers circularity rather than landfill."
This screams #robots to me.
This screams #robots to me.
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Throw in the fact that Rome is the seat of a major world religion, and the impression becomes even stronger.
But I think the metaphor applies more broadly, even if it is more noticeable here: Mass tourism is a consumerist pilgrimage to the symbolic sites of our collective social imaginary.
But I think the metaphor applies more broadly, even if it is more noticeable here: Mass tourism is a consumerist pilgrimage to the symbolic sites of our collective social imaginary.
February 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Throw in the fact that Rome is the seat of a major world religion, and the impression becomes even stronger.
But I think the metaphor applies more broadly, even if it is more noticeable here: Mass tourism is a consumerist pilgrimage to the symbolic sites of our collective social imaginary.
But I think the metaphor applies more broadly, even if it is more noticeable here: Mass tourism is a consumerist pilgrimage to the symbolic sites of our collective social imaginary.
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The amount & proportion of labor & surplus production that early civilizations devoted to "non-utilitarian" goods & monumental building is mind-boggling.
But what most amazes me is how much of it they then buried with the dead.
But what most amazes me is how much of it they then buried with the dead.
It's funny, I'm reading a comparative history of early civilizations, and in most of them, gift-giving of non-utilitarian luxury goods was a major political tool and one of the major drivers of trade and craft.
December 29, 2024 at 12:48 AM
The amount & proportion of labor & surplus production that early civilizations devoted to "non-utilitarian" goods & monumental building is mind-boggling.
But what most amazes me is how much of it they then buried with the dead.
But what most amazes me is how much of it they then buried with the dead.
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Fun travel tip: forced perspective and a few plastic dinosaurs can make all your travel photos more interesting.
December 16, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Fun travel tip: forced perspective and a few plastic dinosaurs can make all your travel photos more interesting.
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One small addition: the mineral resource cost is only 60% in NMC batteries (due to nickel and cobalt).
For LFP batteries, the price is basically lithium (~$12/kWh) and for sodium batteries resource cost are negligible.
So prices can go VERY low.
aukehoekstra.substack.com/p/batteries-...
For LFP batteries, the price is basically lithium (~$12/kWh) and for sodium batteries resource cost are negligible.
So prices can go VERY low.
aukehoekstra.substack.com/p/batteries-...
Batteries: how cheap can they get?
How dirt cheap batteries will completely transform our electricity grid, paving the way for solar and wind and replacing grid reinforcements with grid buffers.
aukehoekstra.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:38 PM
One small addition: the mineral resource cost is only 60% in NMC batteries (due to nickel and cobalt).
For LFP batteries, the price is basically lithium (~$12/kWh) and for sodium batteries resource cost are negligible.
So prices can go VERY low.
aukehoekstra.substack.com/p/batteries-...
For LFP batteries, the price is basically lithium (~$12/kWh) and for sodium batteries resource cost are negligible.
So prices can go VERY low.
aukehoekstra.substack.com/p/batteries-...