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    1. No one's going to care. And does that mean that I'm I'm worthless? I'm pointless. I'm I'm meaningless. No,

      for - adjacency - existential isolation - footprints in the sand - noone will care for us a thousand years from now - Milarepa - alone vs loneliness - Donald Hoffman - I've often thought about this on walks in nature - plants sit next to each other, - some just sprouting, - others in full, vibrant maturity, - some withering, - and others dead and decayed - life and death are juxtapositioned - A blade of grass may live and die without the rest of the world knowing anything about it - When a tree falls in the forest, does anybody hear? - To live a life embodying the sacred, it doesn't matter if no-one knows anything about you - and yet, in contrast, biology and psychology tells us e are social beings, INTERbeings by nature - How do we reconcile these opposites? - Milarepa - the yogi living in solitude mountain retreat - in a yogic song I wrote, there's a difference between being alone and loneliness - How do we flip the loneliness of existential isolation of being human - to the fullness of the boundless wisdomin the aloneness of one particular headset in this lifetime?

      New meme - the fullness of being alone - the Fullness of Emptiness

    2. The issue is then when I look at that fear response, can I look at it and accept it or do I identify with it? Do I identify with the fear response or can I step back and be the observer that watches the fear response?

      for - key insight / quote - Do I identify with my fear or step back and be the observer that watches the fear response? - Donald Hoffman? - adjacency - calmness - in the face of death - fear of death - Donald Hoffman

    3. All the egoic stuff that we do that causes all the problems in the world because you don't know who you are

      for - key insight / quote - the reified ego is the root cause of all the problems in the world - we reify because we don't know who we REALLY are - Donald Hoffman - All the egoic stuff that we do causes all the problems in the world because - you don't know who you are. - You're creating this whole thing. - You're not a little player. - You're the inventor of this whole thing. - You have nothing to prove and - you don't need to be better than anybody else. - They're also master creators. - They're creating entire universes that they perceive as well. - And my own take on on this is that - you and I are really the same one reality - just looking at itself through two different headsets, - two different avatars and having a conversation. - And maybe that's what is required for this one infinite intelligence to sort of know itself.

      • adjacency - poverty mentality - ego - problems of the world - samsara - nirvana - hologram model - Alan Watts - God playing hide and seek - Donald Hoffman
      • When we don't believe we can be this, we limit ourselves
        • That is, we suffer from self-inflicted poverty mentality
      • When he says we are the one same reality,
        • he is echoing the common spiritual teaching of the holographic metaphor where
          • the one nameless is distilling itself in so many separate identities to know itself,
        • Similiar to many spiritual teacher's teachings
          • Alan Watts referred to it as God playing Hide and Seek with itself
    4. I'm now rendering a cup. that the cup that I rendered is no longer there. You might render your cup. You might say, "Well, no, Don, you're wrong. The cup is still there. I can see it." No, you're rendering your cup. And so you you're you're not rendering my cup. I rendered my cup

      for - adjacency - perspectival knowing - rendering - learned in child development - language usage - This is an interesting use of the word "render" to demonstrate how even shared human experiences are still uniquely seen from different perspectives - We impute objective reality, for instance of the cup, even though we are each uniquely rendering it in different ways - It is a direct result of our child development in which we learned how to employ words to label such social contexts - We establish rules for word usage at an early age, but we forget the original conditions which gave rise to them - When we remind ourselves of the original motivation, it is a bit of a shock to the system how strange this reality is

    5. There is another way that you can appreciate that

      for - adjacency - spirituality - science - silence of thoughts in meditation - descriptions of reality - map and territory - Donald Hoffman - nice adjacency - if our thoughts are dependent on and built upon inputs from our senses - and our senses only provide us with a map, and not the territory, - then thinking will only ever keep us in the map world

    6. Almost all of us think of ourselves as an object in spaceime only here for a short amount of time and will soon die

      for - quote - Almost all of us think of ourselves as an object in spacetime only here for a short amount of time and will soon die - Donald Hoffman When I say you transcend any scientific

      • Almost all of us think of ourselves as
        • an object in spacetime only here for a short amount of time and will soon die.
      • When I say you transcend any scientific theory,
        • that means the theory that I am just a 160lb object in spacetime is just a theory and it's not the truth.
      • That's not the truth about who I am.
      • That's just a theory that I have because spacetime itself is just a theory.
      • Nothing inside spacetime is anything but my headset interpretation of a reality that infinitely transcends anything I can experience.
    1. This paper’s authors argue that using GWP to assess the relative planetary warming  caused by various different sectors is therefore a deeply flawed metric. They propose that a better measure for policymakers to adopt would be something  called Effective Radiative Forcing, or ERF.

      for - youtube - Just have a think - new paper - new metric for measuring emissions - ERF - to - paper - Increased transparency in accounting conventions could benefit climate policy - https://hyp.is/CUcbhF2TEfCn1ieAeq73JA/iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb7f2 - climate crisis - carbon emissions - agriculture has the highest of all - AgroSphere Technologies - cite this paper

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  2. Aug 2025
    1. Curious how to build a serverless web app in Azure without the usual infrastructure headaches? Azure handles the heavy lifting so you can focus on code. Follow this guide to create apps that scale, stay secure, and cost less

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    1. Ensure dynamic, accurate pricing for bundled products in the cart drawer by:Automatically recalculating bundle pricing when items are added, removed, or quantities are changed.Reflecting bundle-specific discounts in real time.Updating the UI without requiring a full page reload.

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  3. Jul 2025
    1. Provide a clear and intuitive presentation of bundle products in the cart drawer by:Grouping bundled items under a unified visual label or container.Displaying each individual item included in the bundle with clear naming.Ensuring that users can distinguish between standalone products and those that are part of a bundle.

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    1. AI and RPA are reshaping how businesses operate by combining automation with intelligence. This blog explores their individual roles, synergy, real-world use cases, and how they drive smarter, faster, and more scalable business processes.

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    1. Historically, he writes, colleges and universities aimed to imprint capital-C Culture—especially a familiarity with a nation’s great texts and intellectual traditions—on young people. Today, however, students more often are seen and see themselves as consumers who are buying diplomas in order to signal their employability. In this model, the values that animate higher education are job preparation, skill building, and networking, not intellectual engagement or humanistic fulfillment. The University in Ruins
    1. You can simplify your life by including external packages in your app, which frees you up to concentrate on its essential features. However, occasionally, you could encounter a problem asking you to raise the Android minSdkVersion when you add the packages. This occurs because projects produced both before and after the Flutter 2.8 release require a higher version of the Android SDK from the plugin.Adding external packages facilitates the completion of your app’s difficult functionality. You might occasionally run into a problem with “flutter.minsdkversion” while adding external packages, which will prompt you to increase the minSdkVersion. This occurred as a result of the plugin requiring a higher version of the Android SDK for the project.

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    1. This is important because it allows one to communicate with the Antinet, transforming it into a communication experience with a second mind, a doppelgänger, or a ghost in a box, as Luhmann called it. (5)5 This is the entity Luhmann referred to when he titled his paper, Communicating with Noteboxes.

      El comentario a una anotación continente habla de Monos de Markov, en el sentido de atribuirle personalidad y vida a algo inanimado, al hablar con él (tanto como se habla con un Tarot u otro juego interpretativo/narrativo). Estos serían los límites del "ghost in a box", que valdría la pena reconocer a pesar de lo útil de la interpretación animista para el archivo.

    1. we believe that photosynthesis cannot be claimed to be anthropogenic, other than plantings, as it occurs despite human intervention.

      for - in other words - net accounting vs gross accounting - slash and burn forestry practice is a human activity - net accounting has been justified on the logic that - deforestation is a human activity that removes carbon sinks - regrowth that occurs after deforestation contributes a new future carbon sink - The problem with net accounting in this case is that it counts regrowth as a new carbon sink that is attributed to humans - when in reality, it is simply a natural process - A forestry company could slash and burn and then claim carbon credits for the natural regrowth, even though they did something that contributed to emissions, not mitigate emissions

    1. Sottsass, Ettore, and Perry King. Valentine Portable Typewriter. 1968. Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) plastic, synthetic chloroprene rubber, metal, 2017.169a- typewriter: 3 7/8 × 12 3/4 × 13 1/2 in., 9.3 lb. (9.8 × 32.4 × 34.3 cm, 4.2 kg)2017.169b- cover: 4 3/8 × 13 1/2 × 13 7/8 in., 2.4 lb. (11.1 × 34.3 × 35.2 cm, 1.1 kg). https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/739409.

    1. Virtual shopping agent technology combines natural language processing with predictive analytics. This combination allows such systems to understand customer queries in natural languages while predicting future purchasing behaviour. The result is a more intuitive and efficient shopping experience that feels personal and responsive. Intelligent shopping bots represent the most advanced form of these systems. They can handle complex customer interactions, process multiple data points simultaneously, and learn from every interaction.

      Explore how AI agents for online shopping revolutionize with personalization, automation, and smart recommendations reshaping the future of eCommerce.

    1. Google offers Firebase Realtime Database, a cloud-hosted NoSQL database, as a component of the Firebase product suite. It offers programmers a scalable and adaptable way to create real-time applications that need data to be synchronized across several clients.

      Learn how to convert Firebase Realtime Database data into a list view in Flutter. Step-by-step guide to display dynamic content efficiently with Firebase and Flutter integration.

    1. Philip, Rey (Editor)1 Show affiliations 1. Theory of Ontological Consciousness Project Description This interdisciplinary essay explores a forgotten hypothesis at the intersection of physics, philosophy, and fiction: that consciousness is not a byproduct of matter, but its ontological foundation. Tracing this idea from Heraclitus and Plato to Schrödinger and Penrose, the article integrates metaphysical traditions with quantum models and critiques of materialist reductionism. It introduces the Theory of Ontological Consciousness (TOC) — a literary-philosophical framework proposing ψ̂–Φ interactions as the generative basis of spacetime and form. The essay also reinterprets empirical anomalies, such as those documented by the Global Consciousness Project, as potential signatures of an underlying field of universal consciousness.  For more on the Theory of Ontological Consciousness, visit www.toc-reality.org and follow new updates via Medium    -   https://medium.com/@philiprey.org

      Philip, Rey (Editor)1 Description This interdisciplinary essay explores a forgotten hypothesis at the intersection of physics, philosophy, and fiction: that consciousness is not a byproduct of matter, but its ontological foundation. Tracing this idea from Heraclitus and Plato to Schrödinger and Penrose, the article integrates metaphysical traditions with quantum models and critiques of materialist reductionism. It introduces the Theory of Ontological Consciousness (TOC) — a literary-philosophical framework proposing ψ̂–Φ interactions as the generative basis of spacetime and form. The essay also reinterprets empirical anomalies, such as those documented by the Global Consciousness Project, as potential signatures of an underlying field of universal consciousness. For more on the Theory of Ontological Consciousness, visit www.toc-reality.org and follow new updates via Medium - https://medium.com/@philiprey.org

    1. Most businesses are making the jump from traditional, reactive and static applications to intelligent, proactive Flutter applications that understand and analyze user behaviour, and adapt accordingly. Moreover, 71% of consumers show interest in wanting Gen AI integrations for their shopping applications.

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  4. Jun 2025
    1. Event by Indy Type Shop, Siren Hand and 2 others2621 Shelby St, Indianapolis, IN, United States, Indiana 46203Duration: 9 hrPublic  · Anyone on or off Facebook14 MAY | 11a-8p | GRAND OPENING!2621 Shelby Street, Indianapolis 46203Indy Type Shop opens its doors for regular business hours, starting 11am May 14th.

      grand opening of Indy Type Shop in Indianapolis, IN on 2025-05-14<br /> https://www.facebook.com/events/9811716722250635/

    1. we used a very high level um uh commu communication that this build an I here and like any good intelligence it has a multiscale hierarchical control where it took care of all of the downstream molecular um details.

      for - example - importance of multiscale hierarchical intelligence and control - Michael Levin - high level instruction is issued and the multiscale structure ensures that all the lower level details are executed - like a software function call

      new plexmark - person assigned to each comment in multiplayer conversational environment - have a way to - detect then - discriminate and finally - tag - each sequentially different conversant' s comments in the conversation - This will help with Indyweb provenance by attributing the person with each sentence

    2. what unification uh allowed us to do with a uh a good theory of electromagnetism is to say that first of all all of these are actually uh examples of the same underlying phenomenon. So we were able to put them on one continuum

      for - key insight - scientific theory - transition - from different - to similiar - key insight - organizing principle - organizes reality in new ways

      key insight - scientific theory - transition - from different - to similiar - New scientific theories make us cognitively reorganize our experiences - What was thought of as separate in an older conceptual framing - suddenly become similiar with the new framing

    1. John Stuart Mill once said, referring to the different sides in intellectual controversies, they tend to be “in the right in what they affirmed, though in the wrong in what they denied.”

      for - quote - right in what is affirmed, wrong in what is denied - John Stuart Mill - adjacency - worldviews - metaphor - blind men and the elephant

    1. Panel Debate: Urban Development in an Era of Geopolitical Change BLOXHUB

      Annorations - live youtube event - Urban dev in era of geopolitical change - https://www.youtube.com/live/555ncdksVO0

      Notes - Bloxhub is a consulting company working on the frontiers - panel debate with - Michela Magas (Director of Research and Innovation at the Industry Commons Foundation), - Helle Søholt (CEO, Gehl Architects) & - Indy Johar (Executive Director, Dark Matter Labs). Moderator is Andrew Dubber.

      IJ - don't have copper infrastructure to electrify everything - we can only building 144,000 homes in all of EU but UK alone wants to build 350,000 homes - service and management processes that built our cities are no longer viable - probably looking at 3 Deg C GMT - 5 deg C higher on land - 8 deg C higher in city - if food prices are too high, the social contract is broken - we are living in a bubble of the idea of the city that is outdated - geoBIOLOGICAL factors - how radical can we get? - incremental change is not enough - what is the radical re-imagination required? - AI - 1-on-1 with energy, cognitive inequality = energy inequality = AI inequality - How do we operate in a post-labor economy? - Human economy is radically different - Need to operate between the philosophy and the technical

      HS - polycrisis - addressing it is challenging - people are talking about the positive outcome - EU countries coming together - I'm spokesperson for new architecture policy of Denmark - cultural, planning and housing minister all meeting - unprecedented - Using what we already have: - idling resources of empty buildings - Urban nature / biodiversity - More urban green - re-imagine the future EU city - energy transition - localized - Inclusiveness - Bloxhub advocates the Copenhagen model - On US side, 1/3 of our revenues are from US - public sector - real estate dev - 25% of US malls closing down - philanthropy - recently, due to Trump govt policies: - 5 projects closed due to DEI - climate action plans in jeopardy

      MM - translating philosophy into technology as per IJ but also - translating morality into technology - New European Bauhaus High Level Round Table - 18 experts - value mapping - justice is high priority - Quote - Alan X - Unless ideas are massaged into reality, they evaporate - Ecosystem Living

      discussion HS - Copenhagen is the most livable city in the world now - but will it be the most resilient? - We need to think extremely long term - but we are searching for a new model - The infrastructure-led approach is not going to be enough to deal with the social and political crisis - We at Gail are searching for a more problem or culture led approach

      IJ - Walked past a beautiful piece of jewelry but behind that visible beauty is invisible violence - Copenhagen as most livable city, is backed by invisible high carbon intensity - Have to think about the systems in which our human system exist within - There's a shadow behind a wellbeing city - We need a new theory of abundance - Regenerative supply chains - required but are difficult - If we consider externalities, we have to multiply by 10x - The future is not just infrastructure but multiple portfolios - City must go from representation to participation - perspective shift - from austerity to abundance - Edo period of Japan was already a circular economy - Need to construct the new politics of abundance and abundance economy is based on intangibles

      MM - joining together many small groups is important

      ? What's the next steps?

      HS - THere is innovation capacity at a neighborhood level - We need to find ways to give agency to citizens - Locating intermediate organizations to lead the way

      IJ - Look at the shadow, don't run away from it - Book - In praise of shadow

      MM - cities give us a template to look into public commons - state owned on one side, corporate on the other - public commons

    1. State management is an integral aspect to handle for building responsive UI in Flutter. It is important to be careful about the state management approach you choose, as it directly affects the scalability, maintainability and performance of your app. Here’s a comparison and guide on using the three most popular options:

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    1. Browser-based applications operate entirely within web browsers using standard technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Unlike desktop applications requiring local installation, these applications run through web browsers and access device capabilities through modern web APIs. This approach enables cross-platform compatibility and immediate accessibility from any internet-connected device.

      Learn how to build a browser-based AI application with step-by-step insights on tools, frameworks, and best practices. Explore scalable solutions for real-time AI in the browser.

  5. May 2025
    1. The answer most technocrats are leaning towards is vector search technology and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models that improve AI experiences. These intelligent search systems are fundamentally changing how users discover information, interact with applications, and receive personalized experiences across industries.

      Explore how embedding intelligence transforms Vector Search and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) models. Learn the key benefits, use cases, and implementation strategies for smarter AI-driven search systems.

    1. Vendor lock-in is everywhere — Wix, Shopify, no-code platforms, even overly restrictive SaaS tools. If you haven’t written the code, don’t truly own or control the product and data, and can’t deploy or host it wherever and however you choose — then you haven’t actually built anything.

      I would say shopify and Wix are definitely useful for quite a few people who wouldn't otherwise make a website.

      But for those who are able to do it with other means, giving up freedoms with a vendor lock-in might not be worth it will be my interpretation of this statement

    1. Native plugins (like Firebase, camera, location) can fail due to misconfiguration or missing platform permissions.Common Causes:Missing Android/iOS setup (e.g., google-services.json)Required permissions not declared in AndroidManifest.xml or Info.plistPlugin initialization called before WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized()

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    1. Flickering often happens when widgets rebuild too frequently or async content like images/data briefly shows empty placeholders.

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    1. new article exploring the narrative of progress, where the current narrative falls catastrophically short, what authentic progress would entail and require, and specific suggestions for how it could be realized.

      for - post - LinkedIn - progress trap - Daniel Schmatenberger - to - article - The Consilience Project - Development in Progress - https://hyp.is/E3HHGDFaEfCZErPpYGIONg/consilienceproject.org/development-in-progress/

    1. Plastic is an extensively utilized material that finds its application in various sectors. Given its high demand, plastic masterbatch manufacturers must source top-quality organic pigments for colouring these masterbatches. The plastic particles thus obtained are employed in creating diverse plastic products. It is, therefore, critical to maintaining consistency in colour even after moulding them into different shapes. Hence, it becomes crucial to procure pigments from trusted suppliers. Plastic consumers have the option of purchasing from retailers or reputed plastic pigment manufacturers.

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    1. USA is broke, france is broke, UK is broke, ... "broke" as in: national debt is more than 100% of the GDP.

      this "lets increase our debt" spree sounds like a "reason" to bring in CBDC to "solve" the debt problem by seizing peoples' bank accounts, aka "bail in"

    1. as adults we have what we grew up with as young kids the the innate or the natural ability to acquire a language but most of us we've also learned and gained another quite natural ability and that is to learn things on purpose right so and so those two natures do conflict i don't think they fit well together

      for - key insight / quote - innate language learning is in conflict with intentional learning - David Long - Common Human Denominator - learning language

    1. for - natural language acquisition - youtube - The Language School that Teaches Adults like Babies - to - book - From the Outside In - linguist - J. Marvin Brown - https://hyp.is/PjtjBipbEfCr4ieLB5y1Ew/files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED501257.pdf - quote - When I speak in Thai, I think in Thai - J. Marvin Brown

      summary - This video summarizes the remarkable life of linguist J. Marvin Brown, who spent a lifetime trying to understand how to learn a second language and to use it the way a natural language user does - After a lifetime of research and trying out various teaching and learning methods, he finally realized that adults all have the abilitty to learn a new language in the same way any infant does, naturally through listening and watching - The key was to not bring in conscious thinking of an adult and immerse oneself in - This seems like a highly relevant clue to language creation and to linguistic BEing journeys - to - youtube - Interview with David Long - Automatic Language Growth - https://hyp.is/GRPUHipvEfCVEaMaLSU-BA/www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yhIM2Vt-Cc

    1. Der Artikel diskutiert die Nutzung von BECCS (Bioenergie mit CO₂-Abscheidung und -Speicherung) zur Reduktion von CO₂-Emissionen. BECCS könnte negative Emissionen erzielen, indem CO₂ aus der Verbrennung von Biomasse abgeschieden und gespeichert wird. Dies könnte neue Geschäftsmodelle ermöglichen und Kostenvorteile bei der Energieerzeugung bringen.

      Kritiker, die sich auf mehrere hier verlinkte Studien zur Holzwirtschaft und zur ökologischen Situation in Deutschland berufen, warnen jedoch, dass BECCS nicht als Ersatz für Emissionsreduktionen dienen sollte. Ohne klare politische Leitplanken könnten schädliche Nebeneffekte wie Waldzerstörung und ineffiziente Energienutzung auftreten. Die energetische Effizienz von Anlagen sinkt durch die CO₂-Abscheidung, was zu höherem Brennstoffverbrauch führt. Zudem könnte der Anreiz zur Emissionsvermeidung sinken, wenn Unternehmen auf CO₂-Zertifikate setzen. Eine starke Nachfrage nach Holzbiomasse könnte Waldökosysteme weiter belasten und die Entwicklung einer nachhaltigen Bioökonomie behindern.

      [Zusammenfassung generiert mit Mistral und ergänzt]

      https://www.klimareporter.de/technik/teure-luftbuchung-co2-abscheidung-in-holzkraftwerken

    1. Drei führende Klimawissenschaftler kritisieren die Illusion der "Net Zero-Politiken", die darauf setzen, das 1,5°-Ziel durch die Entfernung von CO2 aus der Atmosphäre zu erreichen. Sie werfen vielen ihrer KollegInnen vor, unrealistischen Konzepten nicht offen entgegenzutreten, um ihren politischen Einfluss nicht zu verlieren. Sie kritisieren auch die bisherigen Integrated Assessment Models des Weltklimarats, die von der Voraussetzung ausgehen würde, die Klimakatastrophe ließe sich mit marktwirtschaftlichen Mitteln beheben und fordern auf, deutlich zu sagen, dass sich eine Erhitzung der Erde auf 3 und mehr Grad nicht durch kleine Schritte, sondern nur durch einen Bruch mit dem bisherigen Wirtschaftssystem erreichen lässt.

      Anstatt uns unseren Zweifeln zu stellen, beschlossen wir Wissenschaftler, immer aufwändigere Fantasiewelten zu konstruieren, in denen wir sicher wären. Der Preis, den wir für unsere Feigheit zahlen mussten: Wir mussten den Mund halten über die immer größer werdende Absurdität der geforderten Kohlendioxid-Entfernung im planetarischen Maßstab.

      Greta Thunberg hat diesen Aufsatz als einen wichtigsten und informativsten Texte zur Klima- und ökologischen Krise bezeichnet.

      Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap. Thread von Greta dazu auf Twitter: https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1385869663188492290

    1. Eine Studie zeigt, dass das Kraftwerk Drax in North Yorkshire trotz Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) bis in die 2050er Jahre die CO₂-Emissionen erhöhen wird. Die intensive Waldnutzung zur Gewinnung von Holzpellets in den USA reduziert die Kohlenstoffspeicher in Wäldern für mindestens 25 Jahre. Selbst mit CCS-Technologie bleiben die Emissionen über Jahrzehnte hoch, was die Klimakrise verschärft. Kritiker bezweifeln Drax' Behauptung, "klimaneutral" zu sein, und fordern eine Neubewertung der staatlichen Unterstützung für Biomasse-Energie. [Zusammenfassung generiert mit Mistral] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/04/drax-will-keep-raising-carbon-emission-levels-until-2050s-study-says

  6. Apr 2025
    1. I look at the one red smile. The red of the smile is the same as the red ofthe tulips in Serena Joy's garden, towards the base of the flowers where theyare beginning to heal.

      Atwood makes use of these otherworldy comparisons, or analogies to convey the idea that death is healing. Although she specifically states it is not true, the fact that she mentions it plants an idea into our minds.

    1. cultural practices and beliefs. “Mastery of Indigenous epistemology (ways ofknowing) demands being able to see beyond the object of study, to seek aviewpoint incorporating complex contextual information and group consensusabout what is real

      for - definition - high-context culture - adjacency - seeing beyond the focal object - Deep Humanity - complexity - stitch in the weave - individual collective gestalt - Deep Humanity BEing journey - high context BEing journey

      adjacency - between - indigenous epistemology - seeing beyond the focal object - Deep Humanity - stitch in the weave - adjacency relationship - This indigenous epistemology in which we go beyond what appears before our eyes - is a perspective that honors complexity, the unseen forces that have played a role in the creation of the seen object - In Deep Humanity, we also honor this as metaphors: - the "stitch in the entire weave" or - the tip of the iceberg - in which what is visible and appears immediately before us - has an entire unseen history that has brought it into the here and now - Each person we meet is the result of an entire lifetime of experiences that living being has experienced, - hundreds of thousands to many millions of different incidents have shaped that being into the shape (s)he takes today - The individual that is visibly bound by a layer of skin - is also unbound by all the phenomena throughout the entire world that has been in relationship with him/her - This enormous network of past influences span not just across the entire spatial world, but across eons of time as well - The individual/collective gestalt is the stitch in this complex woven fabric

    1. 2024 verzeichnete die zwölf bis ihr heißesten Monate in Europa. Über 400.000 Menschen waren direkt von den Folgen von Extremwetterereignissen betroffen. Über 30% der Flussgebiete In über 30% der Flussgebiete gab es schwere Überschwemme. Ausmaß und Erhezung, Ausmaß und Folgen der Erhezung in Europa werden systematisch in dem Berichtsteht auf Sie klimat 2024 erfasst, der von Copernicus und der WMU veröffentlicht wurde. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/15/europe-storms-floods-and-wildfires-in-2024-affected-more-than-400000

    1. Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who previously said she "was shocked" by Gaetz's nomination, said by withdrawing, "he put country first," and noted, "certainly there were a lot of red flags."

      Collins was frequently quoted by other sources as the main Republican voice in this space.

    2. Asked about who might replace Gaetz as Trump's pick for the attorney general, Sen. Chuck Grassley, the incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he did not "have the slightest idea who they might be."

      This article claims that even people on the Hill have no clue who could be the next nominee, yet other articles speculated more than 10 names.

    3. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said he would not second-guess Trump's decision to tap Gaetz, but that the president needed an attorney general that both he and the senate "can have confidence in."

      Rounds was also quoted by other news outlets frequently.

    4. "There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General," he continued.

      This quote appears again, as it has in every other article.

    1. Those on the short list included former White House attorney Mark Paoletta, who served during Trump’s first term as counsel to then-Vice President Mike Pence and to the Office of Management and Budget; Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who was tapped in 2022 to be the state’s top prosecutor after then-state Attorney General Eric Schmitt was elected to the U.S. Senate.

      This is more speculation based on some evidence. Interestingly, it is much different than the list of possible nominees from the BBC article.

    1. The individuals nominated and confirmed to executive branch positions hold some of the most powerful positions in government and make decisions that affect the daily lives of the entire American public as they implement and enforce the laws Congress passes.

      This article continues to stress the power that Gaetz would have had if he was confirmed. This is a narrative of escaping or dodging possible terrible consequences.

    2. After public outcry from elected officials and voters, both liberal and conservative, former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration to be nominated attorney general of the United States.

      This paints a different narrative from other news sources. It claims that Gaetz withdrew due to public outcry rather than his own decision.

    1. reportedly prompting a significant closed-door effort by him and Trump to secure the necessary support.

      This closed-door effort to get votes is a secondary story that has been touched on by multiple outlets. This story says it was him and Trump while CNN said it was him and Vance.

    2. after days of debate over whether to release a congressional report on sexual misconduct allegations against him.

      This suggests binary of whether to release or not to release. If it was released he would look guilty and not get votes but if it was not then he would keep skeletons hidden. Obviously there is much more than this and we do not know the contents of the report.

    1. there are people in the Trump administration orbit who actually view the dollar's role as the world's reserve currency, as bad for the U.S. economy, not an exorbitant privilege, but something that undermines our export competitiveness

      for - adjacency - US reserve currency - Some in Trump admin see it as a bad thing - question - Does Trump admin want to intentionally devalue US dollar and US reserve currency status?

      comment - They want to devalue the US dollar so that US goods are more competitive - lower cost

    2. Treasury yields have gone up as the dollar's value has actually weakened as normally you'd expect as Treasury yields go up, that the dollar would strengthen because there would be more demand for American assets.

      for - why - increase in treasury yields normally strengthens US Dollar - Gemini AI gives a good explanation - Yes, it's generally expected that when U.S. Treasury yields increase, the value of the US dollar will strengthen. - This is because higher yields attract more foreign investment, increasing demand for the dollar to purchase those assets. - Higher yields ( higher interest rate) mean more attractive returns: - When Treasury yields rise, the returns on U.S. government bonds become more appealing to investors, both domestic and foreign. - Increased demand for US dollars: - As investors from other countries seek to buy these higher-yielding U.S. assets, they need to first convert their local currencies into US dollars to make the purchase. - This increased demand for dollars strengthens its value. - Safe-haven status: - During times of economic uncertainty, investors often flock to safe-haven assets like U.S. Treasuries. This further boosts the demand for the US dollar, as it is the currency used to hold these assets. - Currency Valuation - A strong currency indicates a healthy economy and can attract more foreign investment. This creates a positive feedback loop, as a stronger dollar can further boost investor confidence and lead to even higher demand for US assets.

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    1. The 2024 Global Carbon Budget projects fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 37.4 billion tonnes, up 0.8% from 2023. Despite the urgent need to cut emissions to slow climate change, the researchers say there is still “no sign” that the world has reached a peak in fossil CO2 emissions. With projected emissions from land-use change (such as deforestation) of 4.2 billion tonnes, total CO2 emissions are projected to be 41.6 billion tonnes in 2024, up from 40.6 billion tonnes last year.
    1. for - colonialism - impacts - Americas - little ice age - cause - genocide of indigenous people in 17th century - abandoned fields - stats - colonialism - genocide - 55 million people - cooling of planet - MAGA - How to make the Americas great again - colonialism - justice - to - paper - Earth system impacts of the European arrival and Great Dying in the Americas after 1492 - https://hyp.is/fHnyIBL3EfCpcmfnGW26DA/www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379118307261

      comment - The MAGA movement needs to deeply reflect on this - They claim national pride but do not go further back in history than the establishment of the United States - They need to recognize how the US was established on genocide in order to live in cultural truth - This reality creates a contradiction to their entire theme of white national power - It makes the elimination of DEI hypocritical as indigenous peoples have a far more legitimate claim than they do

    1. What is it that delivers the air that we can breathe? Guess what? It's all the green things on the planet. Surely that should-- does that have a value in our economic system? Guess what? Economists call that an externality. And what I found out is, they don't care about that. It's considered so vast it's irrelevant to our economy.

      for - quote - air is a resource so vast has no value in the economy - David Suzuki

    1. The COVID experience provides a cautionary tale. The unstable economic outlook and higher interest rates meant banks were more cautious about financing some renewable energy projects. And according to the International Energy Agency, small to medium-sized businesses became more reluctant to invest in renewable energy applications such as heat pumps and solar panels.

      for - adjacency - economic slowdown - COVID - less investment in renewables

    2. nations focus on making goods where they have a competitive advantage – in other words, where they can manufacture the item more cheaply than other nations can. That includes making them using less energy, or creating fewer carbon emissions. If the US insists on manufacturing everything it needs domestically, we can expect many of those goods to be more emissions-intensive than if they were imported.

      for - adjacency - higher carbon emissions - made in US

    1. featuring I would then argue is the attempt to shape the space for action by identifying and circulating images of the future a process by which relationship between past present and future are enacted

      for - definition - futuring - the attempt to shape the space for action by identifying and circulating images of the future (in the present) - a process by which relationship between past, present and future are enacted - Maarten Hajer

    2. the future is obviously a strange topic to study right it is not there so how can you study it so that's but you can of course because it's very active in terms of the images of the future in the present and these can be studied empirically we cannot study the future but we can study claims about the future in the in the present

      for - quote - the future is a strange topic - we cannot study the future but we can study claims about the future in the present - Maarten Hajer

  7. Mar 2025
    1. Delegate Led Discussion - Strategies for Action and Care

      for - program event selection - 2025 - April 3 - 2-3:15pm GMT - Skoll World Forum - Delegate Led Discussion - Strategies for Action and Care in Closing Civic Space - Stop Reset Go - Indyweb autonomy - relevant to - event time conflict - with - Project Dandelion

    2. Delegate Led Discussion - Tuning In: Music

      for - program event selection - 2025 - April 3 - 2-3:15pm GMT - Skoll World Forum - Delegate Led Discussion - Tuning In: Music, Deep Listening - Stop Reset Go - Deep Humanity BEing journeys - relevant to - event time conflict - with - Project Dandelion

    3. Delegate Led Discussion - The Changing State of AI, Media

      for - program event selection - 2025 - April 2 - 2-3:15pm GMT - Skoll World Forum - The Changing State of AI, Media - Indyweb - Stop Reset Go - TPF - Eric's project - Skoll's Participatory Media project - relevant to - adjacency - indyweb - Stop Reset Go - participatory news - participatory movie and tv show reviews - Eric's project - Skoll's Particiipatory Media - event time conflict - with - Leadership in Alien Times

      adjacency - between - Skoll's Participatory Media project - Global Witness - Indyweb - Stop Reset Go's participatory news idea - Stop Reset Go's participatory movie and TV show review idea - Eric's media project - adjacency relationship - Participatory media via Indyweb and idea of participatory news and participatory movie and tv show reviews - might be good to partner with Skoll Foundation's Participatory Media group

    4. Leadership in Alien Times

      for - program event selection - 2025 - April 2 - 2-3:30pm GMT - Skoll World Forum - Leadership in Alien Times - Stop Reset Go - Deep Humanity - LCE - transition - relevant to - event time conflict - with Building Comfort with Discomfort - solution - watch one live and the other recorded

    5. Comfort with Discomfort: Practices

      for - program event selection - 2025 - April 2 - 2-3:30 pm GMT - Skoll World Forum - Comfort with Discomfort: Practices for Lasting Social Change - Stop Reset Go - Deep Humanity - Common Human Denominators - LCE - relevant to - event time conflict - with - Leadership in Alien Times

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    1. 30% der Arktis emittieren inzwischen mehr Treibhausgase als sie aufnehmen. Außer dem Schmelzen von Permafrostböden ist dafür auch Zunahme von Waldbränden verantwortlich. Die amerikanische Forschungsbehörde NOAA spricht davon, dass die Arktis „in ein neues Regime“ gekippt ist. 2024 war in der Arktis das zweitwärmste Jahr seit Messbeginn und das Jahr mit den zweihäufigsten Waldbränden. In einem langsamen, aber sich beschleunigenden Prozess wird immer mehr der 1460-1600 Gigatonnen im Arktisboden gespeicherten organischen Kohlenstoffs freigesetzt. Insgesamt entsprechen sie dem Doppelten der in der Erdatmosphäre gespeicherten Menge https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/en-arctique-la-toundra-nest-plus-un-puits-de-carbone-20250122_VZUZXLOHEZESBKJHXGYU7OPYME/

      NOAA Arctic Report Card 2024: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02234-5 Studie zu den CO2-Emissionen arktischer Waldbrände: https://arctic.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ArcticReportCard_full_report2024.pdf

    1. for - Christine Wamsler - Lund University - homepage - from - youtube - Mindfulness World Community - Awareness, Care and Sustainability for Our Earth - https://hyp.is/GCUJ1APHEfCcr_vvv3lAFw/www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUc_0GroGM

      research areas - sustainable cities - collaborative governance - city-citizen collaboration - citizen participation - sustainability and wellbeing - sustainability transformation - inner development goals - inner transformation - inner transition - existential sustainability

    1. related research has also shown that human inner Dimensions which include our individual and Collective beliefs values worldviews and Associated inner capacities are deep Leverage points for Change

      for - leverage points - to - paper - Leverage Points - places to intervene in a system - Donella Meadows - https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdonellameadows.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuserfiles%2FLeverage_Points.pdf&group=world

  8. danielpinchbeck.substack.com danielpinchbeck.substack.com
    1. It is likely that Trump and Musk are seeking to crash the US economy to cause a Depression. This will allow transnational wealth holders — the billionaire class — to buy up “distressed assets” in the US for cheap.

      for - to - largest wealth transfer in US history - bankrupt farms - pennies on the dollar - https://hyp.is/rXHfUgHPEfC5s2-peCc-5Q/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg4E3Py8OT4

    1. Jin's operation was based in China, and he used encrypted communications and cryptocurrencies to conduct his business. The investigation involved a team of agents from various federal agencies, including the DEA, FBI, and IRS, who worked together to gather evidence and track down Jin's associates in the US. One of these associates, Bin Wang, was arrested in 2017 and later sentenced to six years in prison. The team discovered that Jin was using a company in Tonga to ship his packages, and that he was offering a wide range of synthetic opioids, including carfentanil and U-48800. As the investigation continued, the team found that Jin's operation was linked to numerous death cases across the US, and that he was using his websites to sell drugs to customers in the US. The team eventually identified Jin as Fujing Zheng, a 35-year-old man from Shanghai, and his father, Guanghua Zheng, who was 62. The Zhengs were found to be operating a sophisticated online drug trafficking operation, using encrypted communications and cryptocurrencies to conduct their business. Despite the evidence gathered, the Chinese government refused to extradite the Zhengs to the US, citing a lack of evidence. The US government eventually indicted the Zhengs and shut down their websites, but they remain at large in China. The investigation highlighted the challenges of combating online drug trafficking, particularly when it involves foreign nationals and jurisdictions.
    1. The figure of the grieving mother is a collectivity, with women characterized as part of a population of mothers with a collective experience of loss. Their dissent is practiced through invocations of a dead or imperiled soldier child, who signifies the claim to associative military masculinity. In contrast, the perspective of the returning veteran is grounded in individual experience. The film depicts women as caregivers, with their dissenting subjecthood derived from their relationships with men.
    2. this narrative of personal growth and triumph is complicated by the fact that Tomas's newfound power and authority are rooted in traditional masculine ideals. The film ultimately suggests that the military peace movement is shaped by masculinized privilege, which can be both productive and limiting.
    1. White Ribbon Campaign, which originated in Canada and has a branch in England, is a group of men committed to discussing and ending male violence against women. However, there is a lack of groups of men in the anti-militarist and peace movements who analyze and resist the deformation of manhood by militarization. For war to end, men need to become self-aware and refuse the violence expected of them, and the association of masculinity with militarism. Some men, such as those in the Turkish conscientious objectors movement and South Korean anti-militarist men, are starting to listen to feminist ideas and take on board their perspectives.
    1. Anne-Laure Le Cunff - How to Design Tiny Experiments Like a Scientist ‪@neuranne‬

      • generation effect
      • definitions of success: did you learn something new as a mode for preventing failure (-10:00)
      • curiosity as motivation (-12:30)
      • George R. R. Martin's essay on "architects and gardeners" (and librarians) (and students (via Tiago Forte)).
      • did they miss the prior versions of gardening?
      • Pareto principle for 80% gardener and 20% architect

      • ME: reading fiction can be used as a means of diffuse thinking in combination with combinatorial creativity

    1. Überblicksartikel von 2019 zu den Angriffen auf die Wissenschaft während der ersten Trump-Regierung und ihre kurz- und langfristigen Folgen. Forschungen zur Klimakrise und öffentlichen Gesundheit wurden behindert, weil sie den Interessen der fossilen Industrien schaden. Der Kampf gegen Foschung, die Interessen bestimmter Unternehmen und Branchen bedroht, ging aber weit über die Klimathematik hinaus und dient u.a. auch der Chemie- und Agroindustrien. Zu den Maßnahmen gehörten: - Beendigung von Forschungsprojekten - Abbau des Einflusses von Wissenschaftler:innen auf regulatorische Entscheidungen - Verhinderung von öffentlichen Stellungnahmen von Wissenschaftler:innen - Behinderung von Forschungen zum menschengemachten Klimawandel - Vorschreiben erwünschter Forschungsergebnisse - Overruling von Experten durch politische Funktionäre bei Begutachtungen und Regulierungen - Einstellungsstopps und Entlassungen - Entfernung bestimmter Wissenschaftler:innen aus Beratungsgremien - Verbot der Berücksichtigung bestimmter Wissenschaftstypen bei Regulierungen - Druck auf Forschende, unwissenschaftliche Aussagen des Präsidenten zu unterstützen - Schließung von Forschungszentren und -büros und Auflösung von Ausschüssen - Umsiedlungen von Behörden und Forschungseinrichtungen in unattraktive Gegenden

      https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/climate/trump-administration-war-on-science.html