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  • Billions in funding pouring into facilities for sucking carbon from atmosphere

    You can’t solve new problems with old thinking Carbon capture also means it’s just business as usual for fossil fuel companies, whose so-called carbon mitigation efforts are being incentivized by various world governments. And business as usual ain’t gonna cut it in the fight to combat climate change. https://futurism.com/the-byte/billions-facilities-carbon-removal

  • Elon Musk’s Grok AI Accuses Him of Going to Court for Pedophilia

    I’m endlessly amused by the concept of one of Musks creations biting the hand that feeds it, but there is a much more important lesson here. LLMs are pretty easy to stand up these days, but their creators need to be hyper vigilant about the shit-in, shit-out problem. Still, it’s particularly goofy, to borrow a…

  • What do French artists, Wright Brothers & AI have in common?

    A very humanist approach to “the best way to predict the future is to create it” Reflecting on these historical events and predictions, I am reminded of the importance of envisioning a future — preferably a hopeful one. However, accurately predicting the timeline and eventual impact of these innovations is challenging. This perspective has consistently…

  • I can’t write about Gaza

    I can’t write about Gaza without making fine and careful distinctions, the absence of which may be taken down and used in evidence. I can’t write about Gaza. But stop.

  • Look closely, and you’ll find America’s ‘climate abandonment areas’

    More than 16 million people in the contiguous US — roughly 5 percent of the population — live in a place with heightening flood risk and a shrinking population, according to new research. It makes the case that “climate abandonment areas” are becoming a more prevalent phenomenon in the US as people avoid places particularly…

  • Dream chaser spaceplane is gearing up to help NASA deliver cargo to the International Space Station

    Oooooh it has been a very very very long road for this team. The Dream Chaser spaceplane, designed by Colorado-based Sierra Space, is an uncrewed cargo spacecraft that is expected to carry out its first demonstration mission next year, NASA said in a news release. Currently the only commercial runway-capable spaceplane, the reusable cargo system comprises two…

  • Renewables cover 52% of Germany’s electricity needs in 2023

    Renewables will cover 52% of Germany’s total electricity needs in 2023 — a five percentage point increase from the year before, according to preliminary calculations by solar and hydrogen research group ZSW and energy industry association BDEW.

  • Israel Protests ERUPT After 3 Hostages SHOT DEAD By IDF

  • Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse

    The on going destruction of Twitter is having some really interesting 2nd order effects. Threads is kicking ass and implementing (extending and embracing/enclosing, but let’s take the win) ActivityPub. We’re in a lovely moment of open standards flourishing. The fediverse is fun and hopeful while it lasts. “Basically, we’re in the process of replacing our…

  • Implications of the failure of the Adobe-Figma deal.

    Personally, I’m very glad this deal panned out the way it did… we’re beyond time where blitz-scaling in healthy for an innovation eco-system. Hopefully we’ll start to think small and profitable again… nah, who the fuck am I kidding? With that said, I have a firm belief in the entrepreneurial ethos — figure out a…