Philip Loring
@philiploring.com
Human ecologist and storyteller. Regeneration and Social Justice. Global Director @nature_org. Author: FINDING OUR NICHE. Stubbornly optimistic that radical change is closer than we think. Opinions mine (but science-based). 🏳️🌈
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Philip Loring
@philiploring.com
· Feb 25
I believe in unicorns
If you want to change the world, you should too.
conservechange.medium.com
“When we put into the world an alternative notion of how it could or should be, we take a little bit of power away from the people who tell us that this is all we can have.”
Why I want you to believe in unicorns:
conservechange.medium.com/i-believe-in...
Why I want you to believe in unicorns:
conservechange.medium.com/i-believe-in...
I feel like a great harm was done to humanity when Rían said “no” to this pitch
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I feel like a great harm was done to humanity when Rían said “no” to this pitch
Begging you to reconsider
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Begging you to reconsider
Same. This one is lingering.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Same. This one is lingering.
The whole chiligate freak out should end up in history books as the exemplar of how “social” media has been weaponized against pro-social behavior
Two years and two days ago, a woman delivered some chili to her new neighbors. Everyone was very happy and normal and there were no lasting effects.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The whole chiligate freak out should end up in history books as the exemplar of how “social” media has been weaponized against pro-social behavior
Just submitted a FOIA request, a first for me, to OTSP for the public comments submitted to a Federal Register solicitation when the now-cancelled National Nature Assessment was announced.
Anyone care to share FOIA experiences with this newbie?
Anyone care to share FOIA experiences with this newbie?
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just submitted a FOIA request, a first for me, to OTSP for the public comments submitted to a Federal Register solicitation when the now-cancelled National Nature Assessment was announced.
Anyone care to share FOIA experiences with this newbie?
Anyone care to share FOIA experiences with this newbie?
Someone ask Thaler and Sunstein if this counts as a nudge.
It’s working.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Someone ask Thaler and Sunstein if this counts as a nudge.
I refuse to not be shocked, to be normalized to this reprehensible, foul, dehumanizing behavior.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I refuse to not be shocked, to be normalized to this reprehensible, foul, dehumanizing behavior.
Seeing this instantly transported me back in time to when I was 19 and a technician at a local computer repair shop. These were in the machine at the lobby. I can virtually taste the salt and smell the cigarette smoke from the break room.
Somebody must buy these, because they’ve been in the House vending machines for years and years. 790 calories.
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Seeing this instantly transported me back in time to when I was 19 and a technician at a local computer repair shop. These were in the machine at the lobby. I can virtually taste the salt and smell the cigarette smoke from the break room.
I say with absolute certainty that they could give Klein the reins, then be demolished in 2026, and he would still find a way to blame progressives.
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I say with absolute certainty that they could give Klein the reins, then be demolished in 2026, and he would still find a way to blame progressives.
Highly recommend 👇
Listening recommendation
www.overshootpod.com
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social does a very good job of translating "all that climate stuff" into our very own realities.
www.overshootpod.com
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social does a very good job of translating "all that climate stuff" into our very own realities.
Overshoot podcast – a world beyond 1.5C
The world missed its goal for tackling climate change. What happens next? In this four-part documentary series, we explore the huge challenges that come from 1.5°C overshoot. We meet the people with ...
www.overshootpod.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Highly recommend 👇
The corollary to a watched pot never boiling is that an unwatched pot boils over.
Yes my stovetop is now a mess.
Yes my stovetop is now a mess.
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The corollary to a watched pot never boiling is that an unwatched pot boils over.
Yes my stovetop is now a mess.
Yes my stovetop is now a mess.
AI in a nutshell.
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
AI in a nutshell.
Imagine if privileged platformed men like Tom spent as much time fighting fascism as they do fighting people rightly saying we’re descending into fascism.
Are you a baby? Were you born this morning? We're watching state and local cops beat the tar out of protesters at Broadview like every fucking day. They're beating up priests. You can't possibly be this dense so I gotta assume you're just a dick
ok I only saw the one dumb take but it turns out that was only a warmup
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Imagine if privileged platformed men like Tom spent as much time fighting fascism as they do fighting people rightly saying we’re descending into fascism.
White male privilege is the Matrix. It literally makes you see a different world than you actually live in.
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
White male privilege is the Matrix. It literally makes you see a different world than you actually live in.
Why isn’t Barney in Jurassic Park? It’s more complicated than you think.
Why Isn’t Pennywise in The Running Man? It's more complicated than you might think... bit.ly/4a04Vvk
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why isn’t Barney in Jurassic Park? It’s more complicated than you think.
Faust is grinning
President Trump said he no longer supports Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is pushing for the release of the Epstein files.
Trump Says He No Longer Supports Marjorie Taylor Greene
The president accused the Georgia congresswoman of turning on him and being disloyal.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Faust is grinning
On LinkedIn the CEO of a company called Hypervision is boosting his AI / "holographic" replacement for actual airport information staff.
A commenter called it dystopian. This was his reply:
"Innovation often feels dystopian, until it becomes normal"
I. Can't. Even.
A commenter called it dystopian. This was his reply:
"Innovation often feels dystopian, until it becomes normal"
I. Can't. Even.
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
On LinkedIn the CEO of a company called Hypervision is boosting his AI / "holographic" replacement for actual airport information staff.
A commenter called it dystopian. This was his reply:
"Innovation often feels dystopian, until it becomes normal"
I. Can't. Even.
A commenter called it dystopian. This was his reply:
"Innovation often feels dystopian, until it becomes normal"
I. Can't. Even.
One thing I didn't put in this essay is that I spent quite a bit of time giving this tech a shot. And I'm not an amateur I was a senior software and network engineer before I moved into social scientist. In everything I tried, the veneer of utility peeled back very easily
Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
Is “ethical AI” possible?
In which I discuss Luddites, skilled labor, and the difference between an LLM and a hammer.
conservechange.medium.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
One thing I didn't put in this essay is that I spent quite a bit of time giving this tech a shot. And I'm not an amateur I was a senior software and network engineer before I moved into social scientist. In everything I tried, the veneer of utility peeled back very easily
Reposted by Philip Loring
Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
Is “ethical AI” possible?
In which I discuss Luddites, skilled labor, and the difference between an LLM and a hammer.
conservechange.medium.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
Reposted by Philip Loring
if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
Is “ethical AI” possible?
In which I discuss Luddites, skilled labor, and the difference between an LLM and a hammer.
conservechange.medium.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
Boss tip: watch the Buffy reboot instead of the Harry Potter reboot.
New photos from the set of HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series have given fans their first look at the show's cast in Hogwarts robes — which have been given a makeover from the previous movies.
First Look at HBO Harry Potter Series' Cast in Hogwarts Robes, And Quidditch Teacher Madam Hooch
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Boss tip: watch the Buffy reboot instead of the Harry Potter reboot.
"if God is really love, if that truly is the essence of the Divine, then God is for same-gender marriages and non-heteronormative marriages, for the same reason God is for any loving, respectful, interdependent union."
Nice piece here from @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Nice piece here from @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
No Christian Church needs to bless same-gender unions to legitimize them because God already blesses them—that is, if God is love in the way these churches all claim that God is.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/of-course-...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/of-course-...
Of Course, God is For Marriage Equality
This week, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who sought to once again deny LGBTQ+ people the right to marry.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"if God is really love, if that truly is the essence of the Divine, then God is for same-gender marriages and non-heteronormative marriages, for the same reason God is for any loving, respectful, interdependent union."
Nice piece here from @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Nice piece here from @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
For me it was Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn. My best friend, Juan, gave it to me to read on the plane on my way to a business trip. When I got to my layover I called him on a pay phone, yes you read that right, and my first words to him were, “now what am I supposed to do?”
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
For me it was Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn. My best friend, Juan, gave it to me to read on the plane on my way to a business trip. When I got to my layover I called him on a pay phone, yes you read that right, and my first words to him were, “now what am I supposed to do?”
