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today I'm going to dilly and/or dally
January 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
today I'm going to dilly and/or dally
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“China’s dramatic surge of investment into the ’new three‘—EVs, batteries, and solar—is expected to crush oil demand by 5M barrels/day by 2030. That cheaper green tech is now enabling 100+ countries to break free from … imported hydrocarbons towards the sunlit uplands of electric self-sufficiency.”
BRICS in 2025 | The Polycrisis
Nations meet in Brasilia for the 2025 BRICS Summit. China's rise and US chaos shape the opportunities and challenges for the group.
www.phenomenalworld.org
July 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“China’s dramatic surge of investment into the ’new three‘—EVs, batteries, and solar—is expected to crush oil demand by 5M barrels/day by 2030. That cheaper green tech is now enabling 100+ countries to break free from … imported hydrocarbons towards the sunlit uplands of electric self-sufficiency.”
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.
“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.
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feels like a great pretext for countries to justify banning twitter/x
if only the political and media classes didn’t continue believing there was some continued value to posting there
if only the political and media classes didn’t continue believing there was some continued value to posting there
France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok
Hundreds of women and teenagers have reported their photos published on social media have been “undressed” by Grok.
www.politico.eu
January 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
feels like a great pretext for countries to justify banning twitter/x
if only the political and media classes didn’t continue believing there was some continued value to posting there
if only the political and media classes didn’t continue believing there was some continued value to posting there
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Great cover on this new Hayakawa edition. Does Case look almost but not quite Keanu-esque to you?
January 2, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Great cover on this new Hayakawa edition. Does Case look almost but not quite Keanu-esque to you?
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and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
just turned on cbs news to see the new editorial direction and everyone just keeps talking about how much they love the movie flyboys
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
just turned on cbs news to see the new editorial direction and everyone just keeps talking about how much they love the movie flyboys
Gotta hand it to brooks, the man knows how to write ragebait
December 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Gotta hand it to brooks, the man knows how to write ragebait
no I havent read dialectic of enlightenment, but i am currently listening to “science” by system of a down
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
no I havent read dialectic of enlightenment, but i am currently listening to “science” by system of a down
walking around père lachaise cemetery in paris, i saw many graves, both of artists and the rich of centuries past, but only one of them had flowers left by visitors
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
walking around père lachaise cemetery in paris, i saw many graves, both of artists and the rich of centuries past, but only one of them had flowers left by visitors
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This reminded me of this classic post except that everything has gotten far far dumber and more made up
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This reminded me of this classic post except that everything has gotten far far dumber and more made up
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The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
ft, apple news, and several dozens of substacks written by my fellow mentally ills
November 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
ft, apple news, and several dozens of substacks written by my fellow mentally ills
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"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
The Trump Supremacy
[FREE TO READ] Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
on.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
when I started programming, people used to argue on forums which algorithm would shave off another two nanoseconds of run time, or which linux distribution ran faster, c vs c++, that sort of thing. now people are talking about terraforming the earth to summarize emails
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
when I started programming, people used to argue on forums which algorithm would shave off another two nanoseconds of run time, or which linux distribution ran faster, c vs c++, that sort of thing. now people are talking about terraforming the earth to summarize emails
a jia tolentino airbnb experience, a william t vollmann tour of an ace hardware store, a nicholas sparks guided meditation in a rendering plant
October 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
a jia tolentino airbnb experience, a william t vollmann tour of an ace hardware store, a nicholas sparks guided meditation in a rendering plant
tour group on a boat in the seine waved to me and I waved back. i didn’t have the heart to tell them they traveled all this way to be waved at by an american
October 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
tour group on a boat in the seine waved to me and I waved back. i didn’t have the heart to tell them they traveled all this way to be waved at by an american
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September 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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all the "ai makes you stupid" articles got me reading papert again
September 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
all the "ai makes you stupid" articles got me reading papert again
replacing my couch with a cray supercomputer
August 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
replacing my couch with a cray supercomputer