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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 16h

Have been going down the meshtastic rabbit hole with a group of folks... node set up soon!

Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, the irony that the movie EAGLE EYE was about an evil AI system manipulating two people to do its bidding.
www.anduril.com/article/andu...

Anduril’s EagleEye Puts Mission Command and AI Directly into the Warfighter’s Helmet

Anduril today unveiled EagleEye, an independently researched and developed, modular, AI-powered family of systems that unifies command and control, digital vision, and survivability within a single, a...

www.anduril.com

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 5d

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 5d

I really miss my spooky cat. A year ago this week she crossed the veil. Apparently had other aliens to fight.
#Ripley 🐈‍⬛✨

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 5d

And if you are curious about what I've written over there, I'm currently writing the follow up to THE 4TH ACT: A New Narrative (2020).
It's something I'm immensely proud of - about overhauling the stories we tell about the future and the systems that tell them.
medium.com/@tarynoneill...

The 4th Act — A New Narrative.

I have been writing a thought piece since the beginning of the pandemic. I was pulled home from a movie I was set to direct and my…

medium.com

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 5d

I have 82 published stories, blogs and long read essays on Medium, and I have no idea why I'm there.
Even as a contributor I get no access through the paywall.
Time to move my work to a new platform but am not keen on Substack.
What are your recommendations?
Beehiv or GHOST or...?

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 5d

For any writers looking for cool developments in materials science to integrate into your (hopefully Protopian) future facing stories, check out this news on SUPERWOOD.

(@torystephens.bsky.social @leighmedeiros.bsky.social @susankayequinn.bsky.social)

www.cnn.com/science/supe...

Scientists create ‘Superwood’ that’s 10 times stronger than steel | CNN

A US company has engineered a new type of wood that it says has up to 10 times the strength-to-weight ratio of steel, while also being up to six times lighter.

www.cnn.com

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 6d

I am never NOT delighted when I click onto Libby. This magical app that is a portal to almost every new author or book that I learn about and feel compelled to explore — to know that within weeks I will be able to learn something and someone new. For free ❤️📚✨

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 12d

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 12d

Today, I hate the word 'productivity'.
That is all.
#thursdaythoughts

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 12d

Some good news for decarbonizing the planet thanks to #Science.

techxplore.com/news/2025-10...

Harvesting hydrogen from biomass for energy can provide substantial carbon emissions reduction

Hydrogen fuel provides energy without producing carbon dioxide emissions, which makes it a promising option for decarbonizing the economy. The U.S. is a major producer of hydrogen, contributing around...

techxplore.com

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 13d

What a beautiful tribute to Jane Goodall by @giamora.substack.com.

open.substack.com/pub/giamora/...

I remember so well the night you attended the JANE premiere at the Hollywood Bowl, Gia! Now, I feel like I had been there as well. The lessons from Jane's formidable life continue to spread. 💚

When the Forest Grows Quiet: In Memory of Jane Goodall

A tribute to the pioneer whose life's work taught us that compassion is a practice, and hope is the fuel for that action.

open.substack.com

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 15d

I'm still emotional about this. I think made more so by seeing how many millions of ppl feel the same way. We didn't know her personally but she had a similar profound impact on our lives, representing goodness, love of the natural world, and a refusal to give up hope on humanity. Thank you Jane.

Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 19d

To say that Jane Goodall was a hero of mine is an understatement. She represented all that is good in humanity: curiosity, kindness, compassion, tenacity, a deep understanding of the universal connection. My heart is breaking that she is gone. But so much fuller for having lived in her presence. RIP

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 15d

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the human immune system
#ScienceFTW
apnews.com/article/nobe...

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the human immune system

They won for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, which is one way the body helps keep the immune system from getting out of whack and attacking your own tissues..

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · Sep 17

“The world is full of magic things waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19d

Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 19d

To say that Jane Goodall was a hero of mine is an understatement. She represented all that is good in humanity: curiosity, kindness, compassion, tenacity, a deep understanding of the universal connection. My heart is breaking that she is gone. But so much fuller for having lived in her presence. RIP

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 26d

Batteries constructed with organic materials, analogue computers using vibrations and frequencies.

Science is COOL.
(and stranger than fiction)

#technews #innovation.

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Analog computing platform uses synthetic frequency domain to boost scalability

Analog computers, computing systems that represent data as continuous physical quantities, such as voltage, frequency or vibrations, can be significantly more energy-efficient than digital computers, ...

techxplore.com

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · 28d

Too many players. Program’s got a glitch. The Rapture is just a reboot of the Simulation 🤷‍♀️🌀

Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · Sep 20

Ummm 🤩
#photosky #joshuatree

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · Sep 19

Woah. A stressful Friday for every tech company’s HR dept.

Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · Sep 19

No filter. Just delight.
Thank you The #Integratron.
🌀🌀🌀
#Soundbath #JoshuaTree

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · Aug 24

The Stories We Tell in an Aware World.
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tarynoneill.medium.com/the-stories-...

✨ The Stories We Tell in an Aware World

My ‘futurist filmmaker’ thoughts for this week’s #FutureFilmFridays:

tarynoneill.medium.com

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · Sep 18

Inspired by all that this man does: José Andrés Group partners with technology platform Copia to fight food insecurity and reduce waste
www.fastcompany.com/91404758/jos...

José Andrés Group partners with technology platform Copia to fight food insecurity and reduce waste

The platform enables restaurants and other hospitality businesses to easily request pickups of excess prepared food. Here's what to know.

www.fastcompany.com

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Taryn O’Neill @tarynoneill.bsky.social · Sep 17

“The world is full of magic things waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats

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