Nostr notes by Ben Lockwood, PhD 🌎

Bluesky fucking up their harassment moderation is a perfect ...

2026-09-17T01:24:10Z

Bluesky fucking up their harassment moderation is a perfect illustration of #fediverse superiority. Here you can almost always talk directly to your server moderator(who wants feedback), or moderate your own server, or join a democratic one.

#Mastodon question–does setting posts to auto-delete save on ...

2026-08-21T22:52:17Z

#Mastodon question–does setting posts to auto-delete save on server space/costs, or is it solely for privacy reasons that people do it?

Destroy AI ...

2026-08-17T14:04:54Z

Destroy AI

The SUVification of the Subaru Outback is my villain origin story ...

2026-06-16T00:30:41Z

The SUVification of the Subaru Outback is my villain origin story

Fossil fuel emissions and ecological degradation are violent acts ...

2026-05-18T22:00:29Z

Fossil fuel emissions and ecological degradation are violent acts with extremely deadly consequences for the whole planet. Yet the wealthy, ruling class calls climate activists terrorists when they occasionally damage some property. That’s how wide the gap is.

What if the solution to students cheating with AI is to just get ...

2026-04-23T23:28:24Z

What if the solution to students cheating with AI is to just get rid of grades

“AI is here to stay” says the makers of NFTs, the metaverse, ...

2026-04-20T18:55:57Z

“AI is here to stay” says the makers of NFTs, the metaverse, Google Glass, Windows Phone

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2026-04-19T13:27:11Z

We should probably destroy Palantir

Demand for oil is tanking on rising costs, and now is the time to ...

2026-04-15T13:14:14Z

Demand for oil is tanking on rising costs, and now is the time to fast track our transition to renewable energy. Allowing the fossil fuel industry to shrink is a degrowth strategy that would allow for ramped up renewables production while still lowering total greenhouse gas emissions.

I think maybe the worst thing we did as a modern society was ...

2026-03-30T02:39:23Z

I think maybe the worst thing we did as a modern society was normalizing the point camera at face and rant about something kind of video content

Scientists should invent a night that’s always raining steadily ...

2026-03-27T02:23:33Z

Scientists should invent a night that’s always raining steadily and warm enough to have the windows open

My hottest take is that I think golf courses should be abolished. ...

2026-03-22T00:29:46Z

My hottest take is that I think golf courses should be abolished. Not because of how wasteful it is to upkeep that much grass (it’s very wasteful), but because I’m a hater and I think golf simply sucks as a sport. I’ll be blocking and reporting anyone who disagrees. Thanks, have a good weekend.

The thing about GenAI is that even if they were able to fix the ...

2026-03-06T17:26:59Z

The thing about GenAI is that even if they were able to fix the "hallucinations" problem, you could still never trust it to provide accurate information instead of adhering to a view that best aligns/benefits whomever owns the model you're using

I’ve said it before, but it needs repeating: We already have ...

2026-02-10T13:34:38Z

I’ve said it before, but it needs repeating: We already have all the knowledge and technology we need to make an ecological society. It is our political and economic structures that prevent it. The quest for unlimited growth and accumulation exploits both people and our environment.

She’s got her heated blanket, I’ve got my bourbon, and now we ...

2026-02-06T23:57:42Z

She’s got her heated blanket, I’ve got my bourbon, and now we wait for the Pistons/Knicks game to start.

#catsofmastodon #nba

China is dominating renewable energy production while the EU ...

2026-02-05T13:28:47Z

China is dominating renewable energy production while the EU fumbles around with carbon credit scams and the US is actively fighting its own climate scientists. It’s not hard to see who is actually planning for the future, and who is going to get left behind.

The rumors have been circling, and today Bezos brings the axe ...

2026-02-04T16:36:20Z

The rumors have been circling, and today Bezos brings the axe down on WaPo. Whether its news media, social media, or broadcast, these networks have been fully captured by the billionaire class and can no longer be relied upon to serve any public good.

Reconciling our relationship with nature requires that we first ...

2026-02-04T13:36:40Z

Reconciling our relationship with nature requires that we first confront our static and stationary definitions of it, which are often either inadequate or intentionally distorted in order to serve hierarchical interests. Nature is a state of change. It’s a process of always-becoming.

Aside from environmental exploitation, capitalism also makes it ...

2026-02-03T12:57:40Z

Aside from environmental exploitation, capitalism also makes it impossible to plan for the ecological crises it creates. What is profitable today will always take precedence over what is logical for tomorrow.

Indie authors and publishers: I am once again looking for ...

2026-01-29T19:01:19Z

Indie authors and publishers: I am once again looking for ecofiction books to read and possibly review at Brief Ecology. Please get in touch if you have a new or upcoming title that you think would be a good fit!

There is no compromising with fascism. This regime wants to ...

2026-01-29T14:02:55Z

There is no compromising with fascism. This regime wants to brutalize the people, destroy our public health, purge intellectuals, and sell off our environment for parts. It cannot be appeased nor reasoned with. It must be destroyed.

Borders are a social construct. They don’t exist in nature. You ...

2026-01-27T16:54:25Z

Borders are a social construct. They don’t exist in nature. You cannot definitively locate the exact end of one ecosystem and the beginning of another. Nature is a gradient. Borders are lines on a map, political entities that exist to serve imperialist, nationalist, and capitalist interest.

A system is what it does. The purpose of this regime is to ...

2026-01-26T17:17:30Z

A system is what it does. The purpose of this regime is to brutalize, terrorize, kidnap, maim, and kill the American public. The proof is there for us all to see.

The snow is falling here in central PA ...

2026-01-25T13:16:43Z

The snow is falling here in central PA

Is there anything more insulting than law enforcement officials ...

2026-01-24T18:53:38Z

Is there anything more insulting than law enforcement officials telling a community to “calm down” after they just witnessed one of their own be executed by said law enforcement?

The environmental movement must also be a labor movement. The ...

2026-01-24T01:40:05Z

The environmental movement must also be a labor movement.

The labor movement must also be an environmental movement.

There is no other way to stop the dual exploitation of workers and the planet that now threatens the survival of society itself.

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2026-01-23T14:47:18Z

The Minnesota general strike is on! Give ‘em hell, comrades ✊

I wasn’t joking when I said this regime wants to kill you ...

2026-01-23T00:30:26Z

I wasn’t joking when I said this regime wants to kill you

A militant, coordinated labor movement is finally emerging. ...

2026-01-22T15:28:22Z

A militant, coordinated labor movement is finally emerging.

https://paydayreport.com/minneap/

If a PhD is good for anything it’s trashing AI ...

2026-01-21T21:43:51Z

If a PhD is good for anything it’s trashing AI

It’s likely to get lost in all the international chaos right ...

2026-01-21T15:01:15Z

It’s likely to get lost in all the international chaos right now, but the Syrian government has launched a counterrevolutionary assault on the Syrian Democratic Forces (with the Trump regime’s approval), aimed at the Kurdish people and the social-ecological revolution of Rojava. Please spread the word. Don’t let this go unnoticed.

https://www.defendrojava.org/news/tell-congress-stop-the-war-on-syrian-kurds

Every day there are new signs that the ecosphere is collapsing. ...

2026-01-20T14:16:18Z

Every day there are new signs that the ecosphere is collapsing. Worse, the breakdown appears to be accelerating. We are rapidly running out of time to avoid a corresponding civilizational catastrophe.

I think capitalism will end eventually, but I have no idea how or ...

2026-01-19T21:55:23Z

I think capitalism will end eventually, but I have no idea how or when. Maybe a revolution will rise up and overthrow it. Maybe we’ll transition via some version of socialism. I don’t know, but I do know that for either to occur, and to prevent something worse from taking its place, we need to organize. We need to be orders of magnitude more organized than we are now.

I very much dislike doing any kind of self promotion or asking ...

2026-01-19T01:27:18Z

I very much dislike doing any kind of self promotion or asking for money. However, I have a request.

Brief Ecology is looking to expand, move beyond our newsletter (off substack, specifically), and make everything we publish free to read. Which means we'll need some cash to do it. So we're launching a fundraiser.

If you have a some extra coins, and feel so inclined, please toss some our way, or help spread the word by sharing this. Much obliged.

https://gofund.me/0ee7e6069

It’s been a while since I’ve done a #SilentSunday post ...

2026-01-18T18:39:10Z

It’s been a while since I’ve done a #SilentSunday post

John Bellamy Foster is probably the most well known person ...

2026-01-18T14:33:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…kdrl
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John Bellamy Foster is probably the most well known person working at the intersection of ecology and socialism. Also Kohei Saito and Naomi Klein

For too long workers’ issues have been seen as separate from ...

2026-01-18T14:01:33Z

For too long workers’ issues have been seen as separate from environmental ones, but capitalist exploitation of both is one in the same. Merging the labor and environmental movements would produce the collective power needed to end that exploitation. We need an ecological proletariat.

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/115910904003144110 Brief ...

2026-01-17T23:10:55Z

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/115910904003144110

Brief Ecology is starting a new periodic newsletter called The Biodiversity Bulletin. In each one we’ll collect recent articles, studies, and perspectives in order to keep people informed on the ecological state of the planet. Climate change doesn’t get enough coverage, but our biodiversity crisis gets even less. We want to fix that. Check out the first bulletin 👇

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The Biodiversity Bulletin 🌎 | Andean condor chicks, raccoons becoming domestic, North Atlantic right whale sightings, orcas speaking their own language, and lots more!

https://www.briefecology.com/p/the-biodiversity-bulletin

Shrimp just got way cooler ...

2026-01-17T15:22:53Z

Shrimp just got way cooler

The Biodiversity Bulletin 🌎 | Andean condor chicks, raccoons ...

2026-01-17T14:27:14Z

The Biodiversity Bulletin 🌎 | Andean condor chicks, raccoons becoming domestic, North Atlantic right whale sightings, orcas speaking their own language, and lots more!

https://www.briefecology.com/p/the-biodiversity-bulletin

We just had the third hottest year on record, wildfires are ...

2026-01-15T20:26:25Z

We just had the third hottest year on record, wildfires are raging on multiple continents, and world war is brewing over Arctic territory. Climate change isn’t coming, it’s already here.

Organized economic disruption is the only way to stop this ...

2026-01-14T17:32:14Z

Organized economic disruption is the *only* way to stop this fascist, dictatorial regime. We don’t have the luxury of waiting for the next election. The stakes are too high, and too much hangs in the balance.

The press likes to make claims about their neutrality and ...

2026-01-12T17:18:31Z

The press likes to make claims about their neutrality and objectivity, but legacy media is overwhelmingly owned by the billionaire class, and it relentlessly promotes their interests. I make no such claims about my own work. Brief Ecology is explicitly political, aligned in full opposition to billionaires and the ecological collapse they're responsible for.

Our DSA chapter hosted a book swap today and had a ton of people ...

2026-01-12T01:44:46Z

Our DSA chapter hosted a book swap today and had a ton of people show up to take and donate books. Reading is not dead

For every copy of Ecologizing Society I sell, I’m planting one ...

2026-01-06T20:56:25Z

For every copy of Ecologizing Society I sell, I’m planting one in a Little Free Library to spread the seeds of eco revolution 🌲

Ecology is more than just the science of organisms and their ...

2026-01-06T14:16:51Z

Ecology is more than just the science of organisms and their interactions. The knowledge it produces could be used to structure our economic production in ways that don’t destroy the planet or ourselves.

We don’t need more oil. We don’t need richer billionaires. We ...

2026-01-06T01:27:00Z

We don’t need more oil. We don’t need richer billionaires. We don’t need endless consumption, growth, and environmental destruction. We need a society based on ecological principles that benefits both humanity and the inherent biodiversity of nature.

So the regime is starting a war in hopes that it distracts you ...

2026-01-03T14:23:36Z

So the regime is starting a war in hopes that it distracts you from rising prices, a slowing economy, rampant corruption, a pedophilic president, measles outbreaks, ballooning healthcare costs, fascist government kidnappings, cover ups, and on and on

GenAI sits at the intersection of fascism, capitalism, labor, ...

2026-01-01T17:49:02Z

GenAI sits at the intersection of fascism, capitalism, labor, climate change, and environmental degradation. It is the quintessential technology of our time, the epitome of our current struggles. Defeating it is the key to defeating capital.

It’s the last day of 2025, and even though it’s been a dark ...

2025-12-31T14:55:31Z

It’s the last day of 2025, and even though it’s been a dark year in the US (and many other places), I feel hopeful about the future. People are finally waking up to the ills of our caustic political and economic systems. There’s a lot of work to do yet, but I think 2026 will be a better one.

There can be no “abundance” under capitalism. The system ...

2025-12-29T15:16:48Z

There can be no “abundance” under capitalism. The system requires enforced, artificial scarcity in order to support prices and maintain profit. True abundance requires the end of capitalism.

Having to drive for 16+ hours every holiday season can really ...

2025-12-28T13:56:10Z

Having to drive for 16+ hours every holiday season can really crystallize the need for more rail in this country

Too much eggnog for this guy ...

2025-12-25T02:36:17Z

Too much eggnog for this guy

Libraries will never not seem like magic to me. Books, ...

2025-12-24T22:29:46Z

Libraries will never not seem like magic to me. Books, audiobooks, movies, shows, games, and much more, all available to the public for free. Just incredible proof that we don’t actually need capitalism. Support your local library.

As major universities start to add AI “learning” to their ...

2025-12-24T01:31:52Z

As major universities start to add AI “learning” to their curriculum, it’s worth saying that the pointless loop of students using AI to write papers that professors use AI to grade is the ultimate endpoint of treating education as a product rather than a process.

The capitalist class will never deliver an ecological society. ...

2025-12-23T17:41:28Z

The capitalist class will never deliver an ecological society. True abundance, true freedom, and true equality are not in their interests. The ecological revolution must and will come from the bottom up.

Our ecological crises originate in the same place as our economic ...

2025-12-22T14:38:11Z

Our ecological crises originate in the same place as our economic ones. Capitalism is the source of each. Overproduction, in the quest for infinite growth and profit, over-exploits nature while simultaneously crashing prices and spiking unemployment. And the cycle is repetitive.

What if I told you that you have a large language model sitting ...

2025-12-21T16:09:35Z

What if I told you that you have a large language model sitting right in your head that’s completely free to use, runs on renewable energy, has virtually infinite capacity, and actually improves the more you use it

Global average temperature is expected to exceed 1.4C above ...

2025-12-20T16:29:31Z

Global average temperature is expected to exceed 1.4C above pre-industrial levels for the fourth time this year, and potentially 1.7C by 2027. Leaving this problem up to capitalist and market forces to solve will have disastrous consequences.

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/115752206925099410 ...

2025-12-20T14:50:02Z

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/115752206925099410

"Pennhurst AI has proposed a 1.3 million square feet campus with multiple data center buildings and onsite power generation...its plans have ignited fierce opposition to the proposal amid increasingly tense townhalls over potential zoning and ordinance changes."

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In Pennsylvania, data center construction is threatening environmental degradation in the southeast, while oil and gas development extracts from and exploits the environment in the southwest

https://www.briefecology.com/p/data-centers-development-and-dispossession

#ai #environment #fossilfuels #climateChange #pennsylvania #ecology

In Pennsylvania, data center construction is threatening ...

2025-12-20T13:48:28Z

In Pennsylvania, data center construction is threatening environmental degradation in the southeast, while oil and gas development extracts from and exploits the environment in the southwest

https://www.briefecology.com/p/data-centers-development-and-dispossession

#ai #environment #fossilfuels #climateChange #pennsylvania #ecology

Lately I’ve been talking to organizers in Arizona, ...

2025-12-18T00:23:05Z

Lately I’ve been talking to organizers in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia who are all mobilizing community members against the construction of local data centers. Nobody wants these things built in their communities, and many projects are getting delayed or stopped altogether. We can and will win against these tech oligarchs.

If there’s anything good about generative AI it’s that it ...

2025-12-17T16:36:59Z

If there’s anything good about generative AI it’s that it perfectly lays bare the true face of capitalism. A system that can’t exist without exploiting labor and the environment and a technology built to do exactly that.

My publication, Brief Ecology, is currently hosted on Substack. ...

2025-12-13T00:36:58Z

My publication, Brief Ecology, is currently hosted on Substack. Which…I do not want to continue indefinitely. The main issue I have in switching is that the publication exists as both a website and a newsletter, and ideally I’d like to move it somewhere that handles both. Wondering if Ghost is my only option here?

There’s a myth in the US that the only way to enact change is ...

2025-12-11T23:42:32Z

There’s a myth in the US that the only way to enact change is to elect sympathetic politicians and hope they do the right thing. But history shows that the most effective way to get politicians to act is to disrupt economic activity. Strikes, boycotts, sabotage, and other organized disruptions have overwhelmingly been the primary catalysts behind every major legislative action that has benefited the public.

Starbucks baristas are ✊Still On Strike ✊. Four weeks of ...

2025-12-11T18:04:49Z

Starbucks baristas are ✊Still On Strike ✊. Four weeks of incredible collective action and solidarity. Don’t cross the picket line, don’t buy SBX coffee.

No contract, no coffee 🚫✊🚫☕️

Happy #caturday to all who celebrate ...

2025-12-06T22:40:18Z

Happy #caturday to all who celebrate

Starbucks workers are still on strike. Three weeks and going ...

2025-12-03T16:09:01Z

Starbucks workers are still on strike. Three weeks and going strong. If you’re not already boycotting SBX coffee, you should be!

I’ve said it before, but AI is antithetical to humanity. We can ...

2025-12-02T13:58:57Z

I’ve said it before, but AI is antithetical to humanity. We can have a healthy society, or a soulless large language model. We can have a functioning ecosphere, or water-hogging data centers. We can art and creativity, or nothing but bland corporate slop. It’s our choice.

We already live in a post-scarcity society. It is entirely ...

2025-11-28T16:10:10Z

We already live in a post-scarcity society. It is entirely possible to house, clothe, and feed the world with our current technology and resources. It’s capitalism that prevents it. Capitalism requires scarcity to maintain price and profit, at the expense of the people.

RE: https://toot.community/@retrolinuxuser/115585967477322532 ...

2025-11-21T14:25:25Z

RE: https://toot.community/@retrolinuxuser/115585967477322532

Yep, mine was on.

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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
#AI #gmail #gemini #privacy

Another Friday, comrades. How are you building community this ...

2025-11-21T13:58:42Z

Another Friday, comrades. How are you building community this weekend?

Trump is openly calling for the execution of political rivals. He ...

2025-11-20T17:18:19Z

Trump is openly calling for the execution of political rivals. He has never been so weak and desperate. His days are numbered and he knows it.

Starbucks workers have now been on strike for one week and going ...

2025-11-19T16:14:04Z

Starbucks workers have now been on strike for one week and going strong. Do not buy Starbucks coffee, do not cross the picket line, do not be a scab. No Contract, No Coffee 🚫✊🚫☕️

The simple truth is that to solve climate change we need to ...

2025-11-18T14:18:58Z

The simple truth is that to solve climate change we need to abolish fossil fuel use. Nature-based solutions, carbon removal, and geoengineering are all false promises based on allowing the continued production of fossil fuels for profit. They will not work unless that production ends.

Call me cynical, but the fact that fossil fuel lobbyists ...

2025-11-17T20:22:01Z

Call me cynical, but the fact that fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber the actual delegates at COP30 doesn’t inspire much confidence that anything meaningful will happen there.

Scenario: You’re sitting at a table in a saloon drinking ...

2025-11-16T00:32:28Z

Scenario: You’re sitting at a table in a saloon drinking whiskey and the doors swing open. A man appears wearing spurs and a six gun and says “I’m looking for the hardest hitting book this side of the Mississippi”. You slap down a copy of this

No Contract, No Coffee ✊☕️ ...

2025-11-13T13:50:33Z

No Contract, No Coffee ✊☕️

Starbucks workers are going on strike this Thursday (11/13) to ...

2025-11-12T02:25:50Z

Starbucks workers are going on strike this Thursday (11/13) to win a union contract. Let’s all stand in solidarity with them. Do not buy from Starbucks as long as the workers are on strike.

It’s Kurt Vonnegut’s birthday today and if he were still ...

2025-11-11T15:09:47Z

It’s Kurt Vonnegut’s birthday today and if he were still alive he’d be crushing the fascists with satire right now.

Say what you will about China but their CO2 emissions have ...

2025-11-11T13:11:06Z

Say what you will about China but their CO2 emissions have plateaued for 18 months. They appear to be the only adults in the room.

A new report from the UN finds that climate change disasters ...

2025-11-10T23:15:28Z

A new report from the UN finds that climate change disasters displaced 250 million people during the last decade. Fascist opportunists are increasingly using the plight of these refugees to spread xenophobia and hate. If we are not relentless in our commitment to caring about other humans we will quickly lose our humanity.

I know all eyes were on Mamdani and NYC last night, but 11 ...

2025-11-05T13:21:17Z

I know all eyes were on Mamdani and NYC last night, but 11 DSA-endorsed candidates have won so far across the country. It’s bigger than NYC. It’s bigger than electoral politics.

Hey #writingcommunity - I am very excited to announce a new ...

2025-10-30T13:38:38Z

Hey #writingcommunity - I am very excited to announce a new literary magazine for eco-fiction: Rotting Leaf Magazine!

- Stories will be free to read in newsletter + website
- $ 0.06/word
- 1,500 words or less
- More details at the link 👇

https://www.briefecology.com/p/annoucement-rotting-leaf-magazine?r=1x8f3o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

An AWS outage taking out half the Internet really crystallizes ...

2025-10-20T12:56:18Z

An AWS outage taking out half the Internet really crystallizes the need for a free, open, and decentralized net

Mushroom on log. #SilentSunday #Mosstodon #photography ...

2025-10-12T14:25:26Z

Mushroom on log.

#SilentSunday #Mosstodon #photography

That Greta Thunberg began her activism by pushing for action on ...

2025-10-07T16:21:45Z

That Greta Thunberg began her activism by pushing for action on climate change, then moved to a broader criticism of capitalism, and is now leading action against genocide and colonialism is a perfect representation of the interconnectedness among these issues.

The latest from Brief Ecology is out! I review George E. ...

2025-10-04T13:03:58Z

The latest from Brief Ecology is out! I review George E. MCarthy's new book, "Shadows of the Enlightenment: The Hidden Politics and Ideology of the Natural and Social Sciences" from Monthly Review Press

https://www.briefecology.com/p/the-nature-of-knowledge-and-our-knowledge?r=1x8f3o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#science #philosophy #metaphysics #politicaltheory #capitalism

Question for the #fediverse - what’s the best open hardware or ...

2025-10-03T12:41:42Z

Question for the #fediverse - what’s the best open hardware or otherwise non android/iOS phone out there right now?

The Bluesky CEO posting about her GenAI use is just another ...

2025-10-01T13:10:04Z

The Bluesky CEO posting about her GenAI use is just another reason why I think Mastodon is the superior platform

Land of the oppressed and home of the censored ...

2025-10-01T13:03:35Z

Land of the oppressed and home of the censored

As mush as I love #Mastodon the iOS app still leaves a lot to be ...

2025-09-27T22:02:56Z

As mush as I love #Mastodon the iOS app still leaves a lot to be desired

The US is a police state that is rapidly militarizing and ...

2025-09-27T17:01:33Z

The US is a police state that is rapidly militarizing and expanding surveillance capacity. This is happening alongside environmental destruction for the purposes of building police training centers, AI data centers, and prison complexes. The issues are not separate.

Happy #caturday ...

2025-09-27T15:59:15Z

Happy #caturday

Relatedly, I will never not be in awe that the #fediverse exists. ...

2025-09-26T02:52:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…kaus
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Relatedly, I will never not be in awe that the #fediverse exists. An open source, free social media with no profit incentive or direct method of monetization. Built and maintained primarily by volunteers. It’s precious and wildly under appreciated

Imagine if we developed technology for the purpose of working ...

2025-09-26T01:49:03Z

Imagine if we developed technology for the purpose of working less rather than squeezing more profits

There’s enough bad news circulating to last a lifetime right ...

2025-09-13T19:06:09Z

There’s enough bad news circulating to last a lifetime right now, but one small piece of Good News is that my upcoming book has a cover

Now let’s hold them accountable ...

2025-09-11T12:29:53Z

Now let’s hold them accountable

With even the most toothless climate change mitigation policies ...

2025-09-08T13:53:55Z

With even the most toothless climate change mitigation policies stalling worldwide, it’s never been more clear that addressing the crisis will require a direct confrontation with capital. I think we are only in the very early stages of what this confrontation might become.

The idea of “pristine” nature is an attractive, but false, ...

2025-09-07T12:42:17Z

The idea of “pristine” nature is an attractive, but false, concept. On almost every continent, in virtually every environment, human activity dates back thousands of years. Ignoring this fact denies Indigenous people’s s existence, agency, and land rights. In short, it’s colonialism.