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  1. Last 7 days
    1. we still have basically one or two atmospheres. And I would really say one. And we've now gotten powerful enough to really screw it up, right? And so, through nukes or through carbon emissions, all three of those things

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    1. for - Jeffrey Epstein - evidience for Bipartisan coverup - 2007-2025

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    2. David Boy is one of the architects of the victim compensation program and he's a very he's a dirty

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  2. Jul 2025
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    1. This paper’s authors argue that using GWP to assess the relative planetary warming  caused by various different sectors is therefore a deeply flawed metric. They propose that a better measure for policymakers to adopt would be something  called Effective Radiative Forcing, or ERF.

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  3. Jun 2025
    1. Institute for Cultural Evolution develops policy recommendations on diverse issues, attempting to honor the central values and concerns of traditional, modern, and postmodern worldviews.

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    2. Like a parent cannot care as much about other people’s children as about their own — and in fact, that would be a betrayal of their parental task — they can care about other people’s children while prioritizing their own

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    3. with issues framed as having only two sides, and thus hardly any space for complexity or nuance.

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    1. 2) Why do they only use 1 GPU, no servers, and a short training time in the embodied carbon estimates

      LOL, do people really use GPU's without any surrounding infrastructure?

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  4. May 2025
    1. TAWNY Sam, have you heard of Andrew Hawkins? SAM No. TAWNY You funded his performance piece recently, which involved him destroying all his belongings outside a Starbucks in Haight-Ashbury. SAM I've done that a couple of times. But I didn't know there was funding available. TAWNY Yeah.
    1. Anthropic researchers said this was not an isolated incident, and that Claude had a tendency to “bulk-email media and law-enforcement figures to surface evidence of wrongdoing.”

      for - question - progress trap - open source AI models - for blackmail and ransom - Could a bad actor take an open source codebase and twist it to do harm like find out about an rogue AI creator's adversary, enemy or victim and blackmail them? - progress trap - open source AI - criminals - exploit to identify and blackmail victiims

    1. Could National mechanized accounting save as much for you? Almost certainly! For businesses of every size and type, employing from 50 people, up, report that upon mechanizing their accounting with National Accounting Machines, they effected savingsTHE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARYup to 30%. Savings which often pay for the whole National installation in the first year—and then run on, year after year. Ask your local National representative to check your present set-up, and report specifically the savings you can expect.

      advertisement on page 17 of Newsweek (US Edition) 1948-10-04: Vol 32 Iss 14<br /> https://archive.org/details/sim_newsweek-us_1948-10-04_32_14/page/16/mode/2up

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    1. reply to u/highspeed_steel at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1krspvh/im_totally_blind_and_new_to_typewriters_wax/

      Your question is a great one, but I'll go another direction since I'd dug into some of the history and details of Helen Keller's mid-century typewriters a while back. You can find some details and descriptions here (and in the associated links which includes an accessible video of Ms. Keller using a solid and sexy black Remington Noiseless standard typewriter): https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1ihot96/helen_kellers_typewriters/

      She managed on both her Remington as well as her brailler as well as any sighted person, though obviously had someone to check her printed work.

      I recently saw another heavily modified midcentury typewriter for someone who, if I recall correctly was not only blind, but had no arms. It was set up so that they could move a selector and type using a custom chin rest. Sadly, I didn't index it at the time, but it's interesting to know that such things existed for accessibility reasons.

      As for Braillers, you might appreciate this recent article about a repairman in Britain who was retiring: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/02/wed-be-stuck-alarm-as-uks-last-braille-typewriter-repairer-ponders-retirement

      I've got my own brailler, which is a sleek-looking art-deco industrial piece of art with the loveliest shade of dark shiny gray paint I've ever seen on a typewriter. (I'm both a mathematician and information theorist into the areas of coding and cryptography, so Morse code, Braille, etc. are professionally fascinating to me.) I still need to take it apart and repair a few portions to get it back to perfection, but it generally works well.

      As for the aesthetics, I personally enjoy the solid industrial look and feel of the machines from the 1930s-1960s. The early 30s and some 40s have glossy black enamel and machines like the Corona Standard/Silent from the 30s are low slung with flat tops that sort of resemble small pianos and just scream out "I'm a writer" with a flair for dark academia and just a hint of classical Roman design. Many of these machines come with gold tinged water-slide decals which really set themselves off against the black enamel, though on the majority of machines the gold is beginning to dim from time, wear, and uncareful application of cleaning solutions.

      I love the Royal KMM, KMG, and the Remington 17, Standard, and Super-Riter for their industrial chonkiness and (usually) their glass keytops. One of my favorites is the Henry Dreyfuss designed Royal Quiet De Luxe from 1948 which always gives me the feel of what it would look like if a typewriter wore a tuxedo or the 1948 gray and chrome model which is similar but has the feel of a sleek gray flannel suit on a 1950s advertising executive prone to wearing dapper hats, smoking cigarettes, and always with a cocktail in his hand. Into the 50s and 60s almost everyone had moved to plastic keytops which I don't think are as pretty as the older glass keytops with the polished metal rings around them.

      At the opposite end of that spectrum are the late 50s Royal FP and Futura 800s which have some colorful roundness which evokes the aesthetic of the coming space age. They remind me of the modern curves and star shapes of the television show The Jetsons. Similarly space-aged are the sexy curves of the silver metalic spray paint on wooden cases for the Olympia SM3 from the same period. These to me are quintessential typewriter industrial design. In gray, green, maroon, brown, and sometimes yellow crinkle paint with just a hint of sparkle in their keytops I really love the combination of roundedness and slight angularity these German designed machines provide. They have a definite understated sort of elegance most other typewriters just miss. I suspect that late-in-life Steve Jobs would have had an Olympia SM3.

      There's something comforting about the 40s and 50s sports-car vibe of the smaller Smith-Corona portables of the 5 series machines in the 1950s with their racing stripes on the hood. They feel like the sort of typewriter James Dean would have used as a student—just hip enough to be cool while still be solid and functional.

      Sadly into the 70s, while machines typically got a broader range of colors outside of the typical black, gray, and browns things became more plastic and angular. They also begin to loose some of the industrial mid-century aesthetic that earlier machines had. They often feel very 70s in an uncomplimentary way without the fun color combinations or whimsy that art and general design of of that period may have had in the music or fashion spaces. They make me think of politics and war rather than the burgeoning sexual revolution of the time period.

      Interestingly, for me, I feel like most typewriter design was often 10-20 years behind the general design aesthetic/zeitgeist for the particular decades in which they were made.

      Good luck in your search for the right typewriter(s) for your own collection.

    1. for - new idea - cosmolocal commons replacement for Trump eliminated departments - create commons cosmolocal organisations that takes over all the functions of departments that Trump is eliminating

    1. That modality, as Freinacht suggests, will also already exhibit its own negative results and excesses, eventually needing a purification generator.

      for - question - need for purification generator - Is it the case that the development of the hegeemonic phase of the new spiritual revolution overshoots and becomes harmful - Is this what makes it necessary for a purification generator?

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    1. Ende April 2025 forderte der EU-Energiekommissar Dan Jørgensen erneut mehr LNG-Importe aus den USA, um die Abhängigkeit von russischem Gas zu verringern. Die EU plant, bis 2027 kein russisches Gas mehr zu beziehen. Kritiker, wie Greenpeace, warnen jedoch vor den höheren Kosten und Klimaschäden von LNG und fordern stattdessen Investitionen in erneuerbare Energien.

      [Zusammenfassung mit Mistral generiert] https://taz.de/Unabhaengigkeit-von-russischem-Gas/!6082106/

    1. Am 30.April 2025 reichte das US-Justizministerium Klagen gegen Hawaii und Michigan ein, um deren geplante rechtliche Schritte gegen Fossilbrennstoffunternehmen wegen der Schäden durch die Klimakrise zu verhindern. Das Ministerium argumentiert, dass der Clean Air Act die Bundesregierung ermächtigt, Luftverschmutzung zu regulieren und die Befugnisse der Bundesstaaten einschränkt. Die Klagen sind beispiellos und werden als Angriff auf die Umweltarbeit der Bundesstaaten gewertet. [Zusammenfassung mit Mistral generiert]. ] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/justice-department-lawsuit-climate-hawaii-michigan

    1. Der Artikel diskutiert die Notwendigkeit von Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) zur Erreichung der Klimaneutralität. Aktuell werden weltweit etwa 2,2 Gigatonnen CO₂ pro Jahr entnommen, hauptsächlich durch Aufforstung. Neue Technologien wie Direct Air Capture (DAC) sind noch wenig verbreitet, machen nur ein Promille aus. Um die Pariser Klimaziele zu erreichen, müsste die CO₂-Entnahme bis 2050 auf 7 bis 9 Gigatonnen pro Jahr steigen. Deutschland plant, bis 2045 klimaneutral zu werden, und benötigt dafür eine nationale CDR-Strategie. Derzeit kostet die Entnahme einer Tonne CO₂ mit neuen Methoden 100 Mal mehr als die Vermeidung einer Tonne Emissionen. 27 Staaten und die EU haben Vorschläge zur Ausweitung von CDR bis 2050 gemacht. [Zusammenfassung generiert mit Mistral] https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2024-06/carbon-dioxide-removal-co2-entnahme-klimaneutralitaet-entwicklung

    1. Die Politik der Trump-Administration in den ersten 100 Tagen hat zu einem Anstieg der Treibhausgasemissionen geführt. Trotz wirtschaftlicher Unsicherheiten durch Trumps Handelskriege und Tarife fördert seine "Drill, baby, drill"-Strategie die Öl- und Gasförderung, was die Emissionen erhöht. Gleichzeitig behindert Trump erneuerbare Energien durch Tarife und den Stopp neuer Solar- und Windprojekte. Experten warnen vor den klimaschädlichen Folgen und betonen die Notwendigkeit, auf erneuerbare Energien umzusteigen. [Zusammenfassung generiert mit Mistral] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/trump-drill-baby-drill-tariffs

    1. Eine Studie zeigt, dass das Kraftwerk Drax in North Yorkshire trotz Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) bis in die 2050er Jahre die CO₂-Emissionen erhöhen wird. Die intensive Waldnutzung zur Gewinnung von Holzpellets in den USA reduziert die Kohlenstoffspeicher in Wäldern für mindestens 25 Jahre. Selbst mit CCS-Technologie bleiben die Emissionen über Jahrzehnte hoch, was die Klimakrise verschärft. Kritiker bezweifeln Drax' Behauptung, "klimaneutral" zu sein, und fordern eine Neubewertung der staatlichen Unterstützung für Biomasse-Energie. [Zusammenfassung generiert mit Mistral] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/04/drax-will-keep-raising-carbon-emission-levels-until-2050s-study-says

    1. Die Studie des Potsdam-Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung zeigt, dass Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) theoretisch bis 2050 jährlich 7,5 Milliarden Tonnen CO₂ entfernen könnte. Allerdings würde dies die planetaren Belastungsgrenzen stark überschreiten, insbesondere in Bezug auf Stickstoffeintrag, Süßwasserverbrauch, Entwaldung und Biosphärenintegrität. Unter Berücksichtigung dieser Grenzen reduziert sich das Potenzial auf nur 200 Millionen Tonnen CO₂ jährlich. Die Studie betont die Notwendigkeit, neben der CO₂-Bilanz auch andere ökologische Faktoren zu berücksichtigen und schlägt vor, durch weniger Fleischkonsum Flächen für Klimaplantagen freizumachen. [Zusammenfassung generiert mit Mistral]

      https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000257365/kein-platz-fuer-klimaplantagen

    1. recommend 18 feet with an 8 inch diameter chimney yep as long as you've got that you're going to have draft

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  5. Apr 2025
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    1. Indeed, if each of us is a universe, home to species who are home to species,then who is us and who is

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    2. Iam suggesting that we add new types of parts to tinker with—parts that aremore complex, more dynamic. Let’s find ways to melt the parts of languageso

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    1. Thus my addictive quest for “absolute clarity,” which is at bottom a quest for a clarification of my being that can never really be achieved.

      for - new meme - addictive quest for absolute clarity - This is an instance of what David Loy calls the intrinsic sense of lack in modernity that needs to be filled, but can never be - sense of lack - David Loy - https://hyp.is/WuaFQCKZEfCFA-eSTwduzg/www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWRA4cUCid8

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      for - adjacency - cyber ghosts - hungry ghosts - the hunger is temporarily satisfied, but the hunger pangs start again - cycling in samsara - consumerism - David Loy - inability for consumerism to fill our sense of lack - https://hyp.is/WuaFQCKZEfCFA-eSTwduzg/www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWRA4cUCid8

    1. for - report - America's Superintelligence Project - definition - ASI - Artificial Super Intelligence

      summary - What is the cost of mistrust between nation states? - The mistrust between the US and China is reaching an all-tie high and it has disastrous consequences for an AI arms race - It is driving each country to move fast and break things, which will become an existential threat to all humanity - Deep Humanity, with an important dimension of progress traps can help us navigate ASI

    1. Explain that. Carry that out for people who would be like, I'm not making the connection because I think so much of what's happened in the last week and a half, we have to understand how this all connects,

      for - question - clarify for the audience how the US dollar as reserve currency, the decrease in demand for US treasury bonds and the US national debt are related to Trump's tariffs?

      comment - The interviewer asks a great question on behalf of the audience as she understands that a lot of people don't understand the significance of Trump's tariff on the US national debt, treasury bonds and the US reserve currency. - She asks him to connect the dots and reveal the salient adjacencies

    2. what would it mean for the dollar to lose its position as the world's reserve currency?

      for - question - what would it mean for the dollar to lose its position as the world's reserve currency? - answer - if nobody buys US treasury bonds because it is no longer seen as a safe haven, and even begin liquidating them, then they can no longer compensate for the annual interest payment of the US national debt - The US would be forced to actually balance its budget

    3. America is something like 10% of global trade and 90% of foreign exchange transactions involve the dollar. So the dollar is being used in transactions that have nothing to do with U.S. goods being traded from one country to another.

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    1. This is Vera Papa Sova. She spent the last year dating far right men in New York City for a story for cosmopolitan magazine. They're the most insecure men I've ever sat down with. It was really difficult to have some of these days because they were so insecure, because they don't really know who they are, and they don't know how to figure that out.

      for - quote - manosphere - most insecure men I've ever sat down with - Vera Papisova - Cosmopolitan magazine - news - liberal dating conservative men for a year - youtube - CNN - This woman dated only far-right men for a year. "They were so insecure" - to - Cosmopolitan magazine - article - Vera Papisova - I Spent Nearly a Year on a Conservative Dating App as a Liberal—Here’s What I Learned - https://hyp.is/HNRDRBkdEfCBit8g4X4cAg/www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a63679179/political-beliefs-dating-app-experiment/

    1. open sourcing all of this as part of TensorFlow so that anyone can use these tools to explore their data.

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    1. Der neue Planetary Health Check des Potsdam Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung ergibt, dass durch die Versauerung der Ozeane möglicherweise gerade die siebte von 9 planetaren Grenzen durchbrochen wird und die Biosphäre auch hier in eine Hochrisikozone eintritt. Bei allen anderen mit Ausnahme des Ozonschwunds haben sich die Bedingungen verschlechtert. Die CO2- Emissionen treiben die Versauerung an, die wiederum die Fähigkeit der Ozeane mindert, als CO2-Senke zu wirken. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/23/earth-breach-planetary-boundaries-health-check-oceans

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    1. The majority of American machines (Royal, Remington, Smith-Corona) are 6 lines per inch and either 10 characters per inch (pica) or 12 CPI (elite). My guess would be that you'll see about 90% of people's machines covered across these specs with a roughly 60/40 split for pica vs. elite when it comes to planning print runs.

      Most European machines are like the Olympias and are labeled as 2.3 m/m which when multiplied out (25.4mm/inch x 1 character/2.3mm) gives 11.043 CPI. Generally they're also 6 lines per inch. In the US, most of the common (and still popular) imported typewriters are going to be the Olympia SM2, SM3, SM4, SM7, and SM9s and the three incarnations of the Hermes 3000.

      I've got a small collection of 50 mostly American machines across six decades with a few less common typefaces including Vogue, Gothic, and Congress Elite if you need some machines for nearby testing (I'm in Altadena, though temporarily still displaced). Most of my available machines are listed at https://typewriterdatabase.com/typewriters.php?hunter_search=7248

      There are definitely some smaller 16, 18, 20, and even 24 CPI machines, but they tend to have come on the larger Olympia standards which weigh in at 30-40 pounds and are unlikely to be lugged to ballparks the way that smaller portables and ultraportables might be. There are some larger format 6 CPI machines, but they tend to be much rarer and are more often found on 1970s Smith-Coronas. If you want to go crazy, I'd guess you're aware of Ted Munk's collection of typefaces and catalogs that can be found at: https://typecast.munk.org/category/typewriter-typestylesfonts/

      Incidentally, for fun, Bill Madden's book Yankees, Typewriters, Scandals, and Cooperstown: A Baseball Memoir is set for release tomorrow.

      Since you sound like a local Dodgers fan, I'd love to invite you to the upcoming SoCal Type-in I'm planning for Saturday, May 10th at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena: https://boffosocko.com/2025/03/25/youre-invited-to-a-southern-california-type-in/ I hope you'll have some final versions available by then. 😍

      reply posted 2025-04-01 at https://old.reddit.com/r/BaseballScorecards/comments/1jn2475/yes_tom_hanks_does_schlep_a_typewriter_to_ball/

    1. If you're curious about some of the technical details and how the are affected by the distribution of typefaces and sizes, I laid out some of them the other day: https://www.reddit.com/r/BaseballScorecards/comments/1jn2475/comment/mks9rbc/

      Lou also has some great examples of scorekeeping across display sizes and level of data in his offerings at https://thirty81press.com/.

      The broader issue for most scorers is the limitation to 8.5 x 11" paper which is the most common page size for the ubiquitous portable and ultraportable typewriters from the mid-century. While there are some portables with carriages and platens that might accomodate up to 12" wide paper, they're not super common.

      To get machines with wider platens to get 11x14 or 11x17, you're going to need the significantly larger standard machines and unless you're rich enough to have a suite that you can securely store one in or a journalist with your own booth, not many baseball fans are going to cart a 35-45+ pound typewriter with them to all their games. Though this wouldn't prevent the fan viewing at home from scoring this way easily. My example above was done on a standard width carriage on a standard machine, but I did have several options to do it on a 12", 14", and even two 16" standard typewriters. Interestingly, most of my larger carriage machines are elite 12/6 (12CPI with 6 lines/inch) formats, and I don't think Lou has designed yet for that standard which would allow for an additional 15 characters to be distributed amidst the columns (while still keeping a minimum of 1/2" margins for some balanced white space). I'll be tinkering around with some of this myself in the coming week or so on 11x14" paper using a 15" wide platen on an elite machine to see how things might look.

      Perhaps a modified format at 8.5 x 11 that alternates the teams and splits a 12 inning game format across three sheets so that the typist can type down a single page without swapping sheets every half inning and realigning their page every time? But this would cause a lot of formating change versus traditional layouts to do so.

      I've also been tinkering with using small space characters like the - and the _ to indicate data (with or without the use of the variable line spacing mechanism) for things like tracking RBIs. The underline is particularly useful for this in Lou's three space layout.

    1. China, however, can be expected to return fire. Already it has halted imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US for 40 days – a move attributed to trade tensions. This may seem like good news for emissions reduction. However, China, like all other nations, needs energy. With less gas from the US, it may resort to burning more coal – which generates more CO₂ when burnt than gas.

      for - adjacency - tariff - substitution - coal for LNG - higher carbon emissions

    1. I have included code from others trusting that it would work, and that they would fix reported problems. And often that is true, there are quite a few faithful contributors. But sometimes someone just wants to get his feature in, and as soon as the things he uses are working, he disappears. And then I end up having to fix problems. These days I’m a lot more careful about including new features. Especially when it’s complex and interferes with several existing parts of the code. I’m insisting more often on writing tests and documentation before including anything.
    1. dramaturgical analysis

      for - definition - dramaturgy - invoking drama for presenting the self in different context - dramaturgical analysis - to - Wikipedia - dramaturgy - https://hyp.is/5ueHGA_0EfCaiB8s4MiYfQ/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramaturgy_(sociology)

    2. featuring I would then argue is the attempt to shape the space for action by identifying and circulating images of the future a process by which relationship between past present and future are enacted

      for - definition - futuring - the attempt to shape the space for action by identifying and circulating images of the future (in the present) - a process by which relationship between past, present and future are enacted - Maarten Hajer

    1. material organization and access to anticipatory tools such as integrated assessment models also play an important part in the scripting and staging of futuring performances – as do the bodily competences of the practitioners.

      for - futuring - different strokes for different folks - quantitative presentations of climate futures is ineffective for an audience that cannot appreciate it - the choice of how to present the future is therefore critical to produce a desirable response

    2. Analysing how a ToF discursively presents the future, in what genre and using what narrative structure, helps to understand how it enables different audiences to engage with the future and in what ways this reinforces, consolidates or transforms an imaginative space of possibilities for action.

      for - futuring - different strokes for different folks

    1. EditorConfig helps maintain consistent coding styles for multiple developers working on the same project across various editors and IDEs.
    1. Prettier intentionally doesn’t support any kind of global configuration. This is to make sure that when a project is copied to another computer, Prettier’s behavior stays the same. Otherwise, Prettier wouldn’t be able to guarantee that everybody in a team gets the same consistent results.
  6. Mar 2025
    1. The goal of Lucia v3 was to be the easiest and cleanest way to implement database-backed sessions in your projects. It didn't have to be a library. I just assumed that a library will be the answer. But I ultimately came to conclusion that my assumption was wrong. I don't see this change as me abandoning the project. In fact, I think it's a step forward. If implementing sessions wasn't easy, I wouldn't be deprecating the package. But why wouldn't a library be the answer? It seems like a such an obvious answer. One word - database. I talked about how database adapters were a significant complexity tax to the library. I think a lot of people interpreted that as maintenance burden on myself. That's not wrong, but the bigger issue is how the adapters limit the API. Adapters always felt like a black box to me as both an end user and a maintainer. It's very hard to design something clean around it and makes everything clunky and fragile, especially when you need to deal with TypeScript shenanigans.
    1. for - event - Skoll World Forum 2025 - program page - inspiration - new idea - Indyweb dev - curate desilo'd global commons of events - that are topic-mapped in mindplex - link to a global, desilo'd schedule - new idea - use annotation to select events to attend - new Indyweb affordance - hypothesis annotation for program event selection - event program selection - 2025 - April 1 - 4 - Skoll World Forum

      new idea - use annotation to select events to attend - demonstrate first use of this affordance on the annotation of this online event program

      summary - A good resource rich with many ideas relevant to bottom-up, rapid whole system change

    2. Partnerships for the Planet

      for - program event selection - 2025 - April 4 - 10:30am-12pm GMT - Skoll World Forum - Partnership for the Planet - Stop Reset Go - TPF - LCE - relevant to

    3. Redefining Progress: New Frontiers for the Field of Social In

      for - program event selection - 2025 - April 3 - 10:30am-12pm GMT - Skoll World Forum - Redefining Progress: New Frontiers for the Field of Social Innovation - Stop Reset Go - Progress traps - Cosmolocal production - commons - Deep Humanity - TPF - LCE - relevant to - event time conflict - with Aligning Profit and Purpose - adjacency - progress trap - Deep Humanity - Cosmolocal production - social innovation

    4. Delegate Led Discussion - Strategies for Action and Care

      for - program event selection - 2025 - April 3 - 2-3:15pm GMT - Skoll World Forum - Delegate Led Discussion - Strategies for Action and Care in Closing Civic Space - Stop Reset Go - Indyweb autonomy - relevant to - event time conflict - with - Project Dandelion

    5. Comfort with Discomfort: Practices

      for - program event selection - 2025 - April 2 - 2-3:30 pm GMT - Skoll World Forum - Comfort with Discomfort: Practices for Lasting Social Change - Stop Reset Go - Deep Humanity - Common Human Denominators - LCE - relevant to - event time conflict - with - Leadership in Alien Times

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    1. Standard Typewriters - Underwood 5

      Portable Typewriters - Hermes 3000 - Smith-Corona Clipper, Sterling, Silent, Silent Supers (5 Series) - Royal Quiet De Luxe - Olympia SM2, SM3, SM4 (Carriage shift)

      Ultra Portables - Not recommended

    2. Typewriters for Writers by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

    1. Owing to the growing popularity of Flutter for mobile application development, proficient Flutter developers are now considered among the most in-demand professionals. Organizations willing to prudently create quality and scalable mobile applications affordably should thus screen candidates very carefully before hiring. With this in mind, organizations should understand what to look for and know why Flutter developers are in high demand and that too so suddenly. Flutter indeed will revolutionize the way apps are built and how much you invest in them for your company to have a bigger reach and better user experience. New and old companies should look into investing in Flutter development.

      The demand for Flutter developers is skyrocketing as businesses seek cost-effective, cross-platform mobile app solutions. Discover essential Flutter developer recruitment tips, required skill sets, and hiring strategies to build high-performance mobile applications. Learn how to attract and retain top Flutter app development talent for your projects.Rising demand for Flutter developers

    1. If you're a more serious writer, you're sure to find a smoother and better experience with a standard typewriter, but they're slightly larger and heavier (~30 pounds vs. ~15-22 pounds) than the portables. These are usually the ones I recommend if you're writing for several hours and have a dedicated space for your writing. Standards aren't as popular with most collectors, so they also tend to be less expensive.

      I really love my Royal KMG, HH, and FP and my Remington Standard and Remington 17 which are all serious machines. Here are some of the other more common standards for serious writers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r3533cSZ38


      Reply to u/RetailThrowAway69 at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1je4owq/new_typewriter_for_a_keyboard_warrior_of_20_years/

    1. BeChange: Sustainability education and leadership development : Assessing the links between inner development and outer change for transformation

      for - climate crisis - bridging inner and outer transformation - Christine Wamsler - homepage - Lund University - paper link - BeChange: Sustanability education and leadership development: Assessing the links between inner developoment and outer change for transformation - to - paper - BeChange: Sustanability education and leadership development: Assessing the links between inner developoment and outer change for transformation - This paper is in Swedish and requires translation. - https://hyp.is/4SfZlAPjEfCsqg_enwDOfg/www.iiiee.lu.se/gustav-osberg/publication/d0067af4-fc92-4c15-80e4-0d91bc4aa9d1

    2. for - Christine Wamsler - Lund University - homepage - from - youtube - Mindfulness World Community - Awareness, Care and Sustainability for Our Earth - https://hyp.is/GCUJ1APHEfCcr_vvv3lAFw/www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUc_0GroGM

      research areas - sustainable cities - collaborative governance - city-citizen collaboration - citizen participation - sustainability and wellbeing - sustainability transformation - inner development goals - inner transformation - inner transition - existential sustainability

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    1. the education tree for inner audit transformation

      for - education tree for inner and outer transformation - useful tool for sustainability course design

    2. for - inner development for sustainability - existential sustainability - adjacency - mindfulness - inner development goals- sustainabililty - individual / collective gestalt - Deep Humanity - Prof. Christine Wamsler

      definition - existential sustainability / inner development for sustainability - the science that studies the interface between inner development, behavior, culture and system transformation

    3. in recent years a new field has emerged that looks at the interface between inner development Behavior culture and system transformation this new field is called inner transformation for sustainability or existential sustainability

      for - definition - inner development for sustainability - existential sustainability

    1. before the internet it was impossible really I mean getting coring people into town halls regularly that would have been a hard thing to do anyway online made a bit easier but now with aii we can actually all engage with each other AI can be used to harvest the opinions of millions of people at the same time and distill those opinions into a consensus that might be agreeable to the vast majority

      for - claim - AI for a new type of democracy? - progress trap - AI - future democracy

    2. the only participation we have in our democracy is one vote one button every four years and that's it and then you leave them you Congressional people and your your um you know presidents Etc just to get on with things that's no longer fit for purpose

      for - representative democracy is no longer fit for purpose

    3. for - representative democracy is no longer for for purpose

    1. even if and when we don’t have enough money or have no money at all, we can still do it—because commitments, not money, fill the gap.

      for - money is only a proxy for resources

    1. Tested 100s of heavy desk typewriters, Here is the top 5 revealed. by [[Mr & Mrs Vintage Typewriters]]

      Top Five Standard Typewriters:<br /> - Imperial 55 - Imperial 70 (after this they went to cheaper plastic parts); removable carriage, swappable typefaces; removeable core - Hermes Ambassador - removable carriage - Underwood Standards, esp. 5 - Royal 10 (carriage shift); (and subsequent incarnations like the KH, KMM, KMG, HH, FP) - Olympia SG1 (the "crown jewel" of desktop typewriters)

      Also rans: - Olivetti Lexicon, Olivetti Graphica - Contintental m40 & m20 - Mercedes

    1. On the other hand, BigCommerce’s high learning curve has drawn criticism for frequently discouraging small firms or those just starting in e-commerce. Shopify is the ideal choice for organizations looking for simplicity and economy.

      Explore the key reasons why BigCommerce Users Switch to Shopify for their eCommerce needs. From better scalability and ease of use to advanced integrations and marketing tools, Shopify is becoming the preferred platform for online store owners. Learn how this shift impacts businesses and what factors to consider before making the move.

    1. when you constantly Supply your body with animal protein it never fully switches on its recycling system this doesn't mean you need to become vegetarian but considering having a few meat-free days each week might actually help help boost your body's natural cleaning process

      for - adjacency - autophagy - transition to planet based diet - validation for flexitarian diet - TP cafe

    1. Überblicksartikel von 2019 zu den Angriffen auf die Wissenschaft während der ersten Trump-Regierung und ihre kurz- und langfristigen Folgen. Forschungen zur Klimakrise und öffentlichen Gesundheit wurden behindert, weil sie den Interessen der fossilen Industrien schaden. Der Kampf gegen Foschung, die Interessen bestimmter Unternehmen und Branchen bedroht, ging aber weit über die Klimathematik hinaus und dient u.a. auch der Chemie- und Agroindustrien. Zu den Maßnahmen gehörten: - Beendigung von Forschungsprojekten - Abbau des Einflusses von Wissenschaftler:innen auf regulatorische Entscheidungen - Verhinderung von öffentlichen Stellungnahmen von Wissenschaftler:innen - Behinderung von Forschungen zum menschengemachten Klimawandel - Vorschreiben erwünschter Forschungsergebnisse - Overruling von Experten durch politische Funktionäre bei Begutachtungen und Regulierungen - Einstellungsstopps und Entlassungen - Entfernung bestimmter Wissenschaftler:innen aus Beratungsgremien - Verbot der Berücksichtigung bestimmter Wissenschaftstypen bei Regulierungen - Druck auf Forschende, unwissenschaftliche Aussagen des Präsidenten zu unterstützen - Schließung von Forschungszentren und -büros und Auflösung von Ausschüssen - Umsiedlungen von Behörden und Forschungseinrichtungen in unattraktive Gegenden

      https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/climate/trump-administration-war-on-science.html

    1. Nach den Erfahrungen mit den Angriffen der ersten Trump-Administration auf die Wissenschaft haben Wissenschaftler:innen in den USA verschiedene Maßnahmen zum Schutz wissenschaftlicher Institutionen ergriffen. Die New York TImes berichtet ausführlich über diese scientific integrity policies, die wissenschaftliche Arbeit öffentlich beobachtbar machen, aber politische Einflussnahme ausschließen sollen. Die Biden- und schon die Obama-Administration haben scientific integrity policies gefördert. Zu den Maßnahmen gehören die Benennung von Verantwortlichen für wissenschaftliche Integrität in Behörden und Kollektivverträge, die die Disziplinierung von Forschenden erschweren.

      Zum „War on Science“ schon der ersten Trump-Regierung gehörte außer Entlassungen von Wissenschaftler:innen auch die Anordnung der Verfälschung von Forschungsergebnissen. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/climate/trump-government-scientists.html

    1. 650 Angestellte der US-Klima- und Wetterbehörde NOAA haben in dieser Woche Kündigungsschreiben erhalten, das sind etwa 5% des Personals. Die Behörde soll sich sich offenbar auf die Wettervorhersage konzentrieren, während u.a. Klimawissenschaftler:innen Ziel einer Säuberung sind. Das Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory der NOAA stellt seine Öffentlichkeitsarbeit wegen Personalkürzungen ein. Durch den Personalabbau, auf den NGOs und viele Wissenschaftler:innen mit Entsetzen reagierten, werden Services unmöglich, die u.a. für Landwirtschaft, Fischerei und Meeresschutz essentiell sind. Die Abwicklung der NOAA gehört zu den im „Project 2025“ vorgesehenen Maßnahmen. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-27/mass-firings-noaa-national-weather-service-ignite-fury

  7. Feb 2025
    1. https://www.google.com/books/edition/System/sjnnAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=typewriter&pg=PA536&printsec=frontcover

      There was no office machinery at all–the typewriter was known but scarcely used. Even telephones were rarities. The card index, the filing cabinet, the loose-leaf ledger were all but unknown. Of course there were no calculating machines.

      System, the Magazine of Business, volume XLII, Number 5, November 1922, p536, "What 55 Years in Business Taught Me About Managing: The first installment of the biography of John H. Patterson, founder of the National Cash Register Company and Lately Chairman of the Board" by Samuel Crowther.

    1. Autolinks do not work in MDX. The reason is that they can be indistinguishable from JSX (for example: <svg:rect>) and we prefer being explicit. If you want links, use full links: [descriptive text](https://and-the-link-here.com)
    2. The reason for that is so you can nicely indent your components:
    1. A food planner app built for multiple OS platforms can ultimately help to create a variety of food regimens based on nutrients, availability, taste, preferences, and other clinical considerations. Apart from the users, such an app can tremendously help medical experts and nutritionists in catering to a variety of food consumption needs.

      Looking for startup ideas for food industry?

      From on-demand food delivery to AI-driven meal planning apps, innovative food tech solutions are shaping the future. Whether you're launching a cloud kitchen app or a restaurant management platform, technology can help you streamline operations and enhance customer experience.

    1. Every business has a specific brand guidelines and keeping it fresh in the users’ minds is a hard nut to crack. This task is well taken care of by CMS platform; it takes a note of every bit of branding guidelines and integrates it within the website through content creation and distribution. The content centralization ensures branding across the website by aligning content tone, style to resonate with the brand and business identity on a digital landscape.

      Content Management Systems (CMS) in modern web development have transformed modern web development by enabling businesses to manage, update, and scale websites with ease. From WordPress to Drupal and Webflow, CMS platforms streamline content publishing, enhance SEO, and support eCommerce growth. Whether you need a user-friendly CMS or an advanced enterprise solution, choosing the right CMS is crucial for digital success.

    1. He frequently used the trope of "magic" to describe the technologies and practices he did not fully understand. This trope was common in West African encounters with European colonizers, who were often seen as possessing mysterious powers and magical properties. Throughout his journal, Dikko emphasizes the importance of personal observation and experience. He often states that certain things are "difficult to describe" or "very difficult to describe," implying that his readers would need to see these wonders for themselves to fully appreciate them. This narrative strategy allowed Dikko to maintain his authority as a traveler and observer, while also encouraging his readers to imagine and fantasize about the wonders of Britain.
    1. Die EU bezahlt Russland für fossile Brennstoffe mehr, als sie der Ukraine an Finanzhilfen zur Verfügung stellt. 2024 bezog sie für 22 Milliarden Euro Öl und Gas aus Russland und zahlte 19 Milliarden an die Ukraine, wobei Militär- und humanitäre Hilfe nicht einbezogen sind. Insgesamt betrugen die Einnahmen Russlands aus dem Export fossiler Brennstoffe im dritten Jahr der Invasion der ganzen Ukraine 242 Milliarden Euro. Der Guardian berichtet über einen neuen Report des Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/eu-spends-more-russian-oil-gas-than-financial-aid-ukraine-report

      Bericht: https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/eu-imports-of-russian-fossil-fuels-in-third-year-of-invasion-surpass-financial-aid-sent-to-ukraine/

    1. with the Trump anomic budget cutting funding to Farms to snap with the closing of usaid well it means that rural communities are going to go hungry and these small to midsize Farms that are already struggling are going to go bankrupt and then they're going to be forced to sell for pennies on the dollar to huge investment firms under trumponomics ma andpa Family Farms are going to be wiped out rural communities are going to go hungry and billionaires are going to be walking away counting the cash

      > / hypothesis problem - trying to insert "greater than" key and it is replaced with ">"

      • adjacency
      • between
        • Trump policy
        • bankruptcy of rural farmers
        • big ag land grab
        • big ag takeover of small rural farms
        • emergency fnancing for regenerative farming
      • adjacency relationship
        • Trumps defunding of critical agricultural support programs will result in large scale bankruptcy of small rural farms
        • Big ag will swoop in and buy up these farms for pennies on the dollar
        • There needs to be a national plan for emergency financing for regenerative, community-owned farming businesses to prevent this huge wealth transfer to the elites
    1. In den Reden der Vertreter:innen von Zentralbanken spielt die Klimakrise seit 2015 eine wichtige Rolle; in etwa einem Drittel der Reden wird sie erwähnt. Drei Wissenschaftlerinnen haben diese Diskurse systematisch untersucht und modelliert. Ob und wie die Klimakrise zum Thema wird, hängt vor allem von den institutionellen Aufgaben der Zentralbanken ab.

      Wirkungen haben diese Reden immer nur kurzfristig dadurch, dass sie die Kurse von „grünen“ Unternehmen steigen lassen.

      https://theconversation.com/quand-les-banques-centrales-semparent-de-la-question-du-climat-249076

      Working Paper: https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/warning-words-in-a-warming-world-central-bank-communication-and-climate-change/

    1. reply to u/Sept-27 at https://old.reddit.com/r/Zettelkasten/comments/1itbduv/how_to_begin_storytelling_with_smart_notes/

      Ahrens' book will likely leave you with more questions than answers and really has nothing directly to say on the practice of fictional storytelling. Doto's book does a better job of filling in these pieces but approaches writing in general rather than specifically fiction.

      For fiction writers, I often recommend they don't practice putting Luhmann-artig numbers on their cards, but organize them in a more impromptu manner and allow them to shift more as you write. This allows things to shift more easily during the process and provides for a bit more creativity.

      Some resources and examples for fiction with a ZK:<br /> - Vladimir Nabokov - David Lynch - take particular note of his method taught by Frank Daniel at AFI - Dustin Lance Black - Card index for fiction writing - The Zettelkasten Method for Fiction Writing

      Take the inspiration these suggest, but don't go down the rabbit hole too deeply. You're going to want to evolve something that works best for you and your modes of writing, so trying to imitate someone else's system too closely will be the kiss of death.

    1. We’ve also been accused of indoctrinating our students and of spreading hate, or that we are anti-white.

      Do ES have the capability to spread hate? Or does one view point have the capability to destroy unity?

    1. Zusammenfassender Bericht zu den Klimadaten zum Januar 2025, dem wärmsten Monat Januar seit Beginn von Temperaturaufzeichnungen. Die anhaltend hohen Temperaturen nach dem Beginn des La Niña-Einflusses schockieren Forschende. Es gibt dafür bisher keine Erklärungen. Der Klimawissenschaftler Bill McGuire spricht angesichts dieser Daten, den Überflutungen in Valencia und den Waldbränden bei Los Angeles davon, dass ein „allumfassender Klima-Zusammenbruch“ eingesetzt hat.

      https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/hottest-january-record-global-warming-climate-change-b2693479.html

      Pressaussendung zum Copernicus Bulletin für Januar 2025: https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-january-2025-was-warmest-record-globally-despite-emerging-la-nina

    1. (a) Failing to detect higher MW ions for PE is an indication of a false positive.(b) Using FTIR with low threshold matches increases the risk of false positives (by the way, FTIR only works on particles >10 µm, not nanoplastics).(c) Using microscopy without chemical confirmation of plastic particles and presenting images of unconfirmed plastics is a misleading application of the method.Altogether, these flaws render their results and conclusions fundamentally incorrect at best.
    2. Dusan (Matt) Materic Thanks Dusan. That makes sense. Would it be feasible/worthwhile, to try to replicate their experiment with these three issues addressed? I assume, given Gauert et al's 2025 paper, the results would still be imperfect, even with their "best" method 3 for minimizing lipid issues, but it seems worth re-testing, as an approximation? Based on their comment in the paper "refinements to the analytical techniques, more complex study designs and much larger cohorts are needed" and their response to a comment on an earlier paper, perhaps they would be game to collaborate?https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/toxsci/kfae137/7829158 …more Like Celebrate Support Love Insightful Funny Like Reply Gabriel Enrique De la Torre • 3rd+ Microplastics | Plastic pollution | Antifouling paint particles 1w Dusan (Matt) Materic this pretty much summarizes it
    1. AI systems gather and examine enormous volumes of data, a large portion of which may contain private or sensitive material. There is a chance of abuse or illegal access in the absence of stringent rules and protections. Gaining public trust requires transparency related to data usage with strong security measures in place.

      The future of security is AI Surveillance Software Development, offering real-time monitoring, facial recognition, and intelligent threat detection. Advanced AI video surveillance software helps businesses, government agencies, and security firms improve efficiency and reduce risks. By integrating Artificial Intelligence for video surveillance, organizations can automate security monitoring with high accuracy and faster response times.

    1. But we’ll be tearful fools If our husbands take us at our word and leave us.

      This section of the text is able to show how the idea for these women of not being available to their husbands in the only way they could at the time was a hard decision. Bringing the possibility that their husband might even leave them if no sexual pleasure was offered to them, with Lysistrata's efforts, they agree over wine, allowing this treaty to commence.

  8. Jan 2025
    1. Many publishers use an “XML-first” publishing workflow, producing a master XML file that is used to generate HTML, PDF, EPUB, and other formats.

      Do we have a sense how true this is in our OJS journal workflows?

    2. If you receive a PDF that is untagged, or where the tag structure is incomplete or incorrect, it is usually best to return to the source document, make the necessary accessibility repairs, and then re-create the PDF.

      Do we have a sense of the workflows journal editing teams are doing to publish galleys / files?

    1. I think the book is fantastic I'm now going to outlined review of a book and then at the end briefly point out some potential implications for psychiatric diagnosis and neurodiversity

      for - implications of book "The Brain Abstracted" for neurodiversity - SOURCE - Youtube - book review - Reviewing "The Brain Abstracted - Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience" - M. Chirimuuta - Youtube channel: Philosophy of Psychiatric Diagnoses - 2025 Jan 23

    1. Visual search and AR or augmented reality are emerging technologies that make it possible to revolutionize the shopping style of people. Now, we get to see the innovations with AI. This makes shopping easier and faster. By enabling consumers to view products in authentic environments, augmented reality (AR) goes beyond this. By enabling customers to interact with things before purchasing them, augmented reality (AR) increases engagement. For instance, AR eCommerce platforms let customers virtually test clothes or digitally arrange furniture in their houses.

      Explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the retail industry, from optimizing inventory management to creating personalized shopping experiences. Discover the impact of AI in retail industry and its role in driving innovation and efficiency for businesses.

    1. for - Youtube - Buzzfeed video - Blind until 36 & Seeing myself for the first time - This is that story - Olivia Durant - 2022 - constructed perception of reality - SOURCE - Youtube - Buzzfeed video - Blind until 36 & Seeing myself for the first time - This is that story - Olivia Durant - 2022 // - Summary - This is a video about a woman who was almost 100% blind since birth and had her eyesight restored as an adult - It is an example of a case study that can shed light on how aspects of our sensory reality that we take for granted are constructed from years of conditioning in chiildhood //

    1. Think of how unproven axioms are necessary to make a rational mathematics possible. This is what, anthropologically and historically speaking, religion and spirituality originally provided, the minimal unspoken premises of societal

      for - comparison - axioms of mathematics - religious axioms for society - SOURCE - article - Substack - The three civilizational priorities of the next societal transition - Michel Bauwens - 2025, Jan 17

    1. system reflexivity

      for - definition - system reflexivity (Moore et al., 2018) - the capacity to see the complexity and mobilize the agency in a system, while deeply engaging with diversity across multiple scales - SOURCE - paper - Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach - Lazurko et al. - 2025, Jan 10

    2. individual reflexivity is rarely traced through to a collective influence on the broader transdisciplinary research process

      for - adjacency - individual reflexivity is rarely traced to a collective influence - Indyweb provenance - SOURCE - paper - Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach - Lazurko et al. - 2025, Jan 10

      adjacency - between - individual reflexivity is rarely traced to a collective influence - Indyweb provenance - adjacency relationship - Indyweb provenance can allow granular tracing of individual contributions to collective knowledge work - so can assist in the use of reflexivity in transdisciplinary work

    3. Reflexivity has been explored on a collective societal level, for example through Ulrich Beck's work on reflexive modernization wherein the unintended consequences of simple modernity motivate a reflexive turn across society, including to science itself: ‘science itself is deconstructed by means of science’

      for - further research - Ulrich Beck's research on unintended consequences of simple modernity - SOURCE - paper - Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach - Lazurko et al. - 2025, Jan 10

    4. In the context of transformative transdisciplinary research, such reflexive processes are meant to open-up epistemic and solution spaces that elevate marginalized perspectives and challenge the status quo.

      for - adjacency - reflexive processes elevate marginalized perspectives and challenge status quo - diversity of Indyweb perspectival knowing - mitigates progress traps that emerge from myopism - SOURCE - paper - Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach - Lazurko et al. - 2025, Jan 10

    5. avigating the diverse and sometimes conflicting perspectives of researchers and participants in transdisciplinary processes raises challenges

      for - adjacency - challenges of harmonizing multiple perspectives - SRG complexity mapping - Deep Humanity - embedded in Indyweb - intrinsic perspectival knowing - facilitates high resolution perspectival complementarity - SOURCE - paper - Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach - Lazurko et al. - 2025, Jan 10

    6. Transdisciplinary sustainability science is increasingly applied to study transformative change. Yet, transdisciplinary research involves diverse actors who hold contrasting and sometimes conflicting perspectives and worldviews. Reflexivity is cited as a crucial capacity for navigating the resulting challenges

      for - adjacency - reflexivity - tool for transdisciplinary research - indyweb - people-centered interpersonal information architecture - mindplex - concept spaces - perspectival knowing - life situatedness - SRG transdisciplinary complexity mapping tool - SOURCE - paper - Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach - Lazurko et al. - 2025, Jan 10

      adjacency - between - reflexivity - tool for transdisciplinary research - indyweb - people-centered, interpersonal information architecture - mindplex - concept space - perspectival knowing - life situatedness - SRG transdisciplinary complexity mapping tool - adjacency relationship - This paper is interesting from the perspective of development of the Indyweb because there, - the people-centered, interpersonal information architecture intrinsically explicates perspectival knowing and life-situatedness - Indyweb can embed an affordance that is a meta function applied to an indyvidual's mindplex that - surfaces and aspectualizes the perspective and worldview salient to the research - The granular information that embeds an indyvidual's perspectives and worldviews is already there in the indyvidual's rich mindplex

    7. as crucial dimensions are left unacknowledged

      for - in other words - remain implicit instead of made explicit - SOURCE - paper - Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach - Lazurko et al. - 2025, Jan 10

    8. for - paper - Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach - Lazurko et al. - 2025, Jan 10

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    1. It makes a lot of sense to have this different strategy of being rooted in the real physical world and have digital nomads being as like a guild of knowledge workers that seed their specialized knowledge because localism is necessary and good, but it's also not necessarily very innovative. Most people at the local level just keep repeating stuff. It's good to have people coming in from the outside and innovating.

      for - insight - good for digital nomads to be rooted somewhere in the physical word - they are like a cosmo guild of knowledge workers - localities tend to repeat the same things - digital nomads as outsiders can inject new patterns - SOURCE - Youtube Ma Earth channel interview - Devcon 2024 - Cosmo Local Commoning with Web 3 - Michel Bauwens - 2025, Jan 2

    2. Fundamentally, I think Web3 is mainly an exit strategy for privileged layers of society. First of all, people within capital will see the system is not doing well and they want to do arbitrage between nation-states.

      for - quote - Web3 is mainly an exit (escape) strategy for privileged layers of society - SOURCE - Youtube Ma Earth channel interview - Devcon 2024 - Cosmo Local Commoning with Web 3 - Michel Bauwens - 2025, Jan 2

    3. was sitting with a climate denier, a collapsist, a deep adaptationist, and an impact investor. You can say a greenwasher if you want to be mean about it. Anyway, they were talking peacefully and respectfully, and I thought, "Wow, this is more than what I thought. This is not just money. This is, there's community there

      for - open space for perspectival knowing - SOURCE - Youtube Ma Earth channel interview - Devcon 2024 - Cosmo Local Commoning with Web 3 - Michel Bauwens - 2025, Jan 2

    1. the death example actually points to something more primordial! It points to the fact that I can never make a focal object of my framing, my capacity for Relevance Realization. I mean, Perspectively. What I mean by that is whenever I am thinking or doing anything, [-] it's always framed because if I'm unframed, I'm facing combinatorial explosion, which is not intelligible to me.

      for - key insight / adjacency - relevance realization - I can never make a focal object of my framing, my capacity for relevance realization - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke - adjacency - focal object - framing - relevance realization - attention - intention - language - gestalt - infinite nesting - design - aspectualize - - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke

      adjacency - between - focal object - framing - relevance realization - attention - intention - language - gestalt - infinite nesting - design - aspectualize

      adjacency - between - focal object - framing - relevance realization - attention - intention - language - gestalt - infinite nesting - design - aspectualize

      adjacency - between - focal object - framing - relevance realization - attention - intention - language - gestalt - infinite nesting - design - aspectualize - adjacency relationship - As soon as we give attention to one aspect of our gestalt reality, we aspectualize, we frame - All of the below involve framing / aspectualizing - thinking - language use - design

    2. it is phenomenologically impossible for me to Perspectively know what it is like to be dead, because whenever I try to conjure up a frame (indicates the smallest, central box in the diagram), “Oh, I'm in a dark room! But wait, I'm still there in the dark room. There's the hereness and the nowness… Oh well, then I'm nowhere! Well, then I'm just an empty…!” No matter what I do, I can't get a framing that has within it my own non-existence, perspectively.

      for - example - what's it like to be dead? - phenomenologically impossible for me to perspectively know what it's like to be dead - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke

    1. On a recent afternoon at his synagogue, Rabbi Hayon recalled taking a picture of his bookshelf and asking his A.I. assistant which of the books he had not quoted in his recent sermons. Before A.I., he would have pulled down the titles themselves, taking the time to read through their indexes, carefully checking them against his own work.“I was a little sad to miss that part of the process that is so fruitful and so joyful and rich and enlightening, that gives fuel to the life of the Spirit,” Rabbi Hayon said. “Using A.I. does get you to an answer quicker, but you’ve certainly lost something along the way.”

      LLMs taking the joy out of the search for information

    2. For centuries, new technologies have changed the ways people worship, from the radio in the 1920s to television sets in the 1950s and the internet in the 1990s. Some proponents of A.I. in religious spaces have gone back even further, comparing A.I.’s potential — and fears of it — to the invention of the printing press in the 15th century.

      Religions use new technologies

      The first major book printed by Guttenburg on his printing press was, of course, the Bible. Having biblical texts widely available in vernacular languages was one of the causes of the Reformation.

      See also The Divided Dial: Episode 2 - From Pulpit to Politics | On the Media | WNYC Studios.

    1. like it or not Fate has placed the current generation in a position will where it will determine whether we march on the disaster or whether the human species and much other life on Earth can be saved from a terrible Indescribable fate

      for - rapid whole system change - Deep Humanity - Tipping Point Festival - validation for - Indyweb - Stop Reset Go - source - Youtube - The End of Organized Humanity - Noam Chomsky - 2024, Dec

    1. Nascimento wrote the music for a stage play by José Vicente de Paula entitled Os convalescentes (“The Convalescent Ones”) in which ‘”San Vicente’ was originally conceived for that play’s portrayal of an unidentified Latin American country under dictatorship, as a stand-in for Brazil during years of heavy censorship.”

      for - music - song - San Vicente - Milton Nascimento - inspiration for the song - stage play about Latin American country under a dictatorship - review Milton Nascimento. Lo Borges - Clube Da Esquina - Classic Music Review - San Vicente - altrochchick - 2021, April 11

    2. “Coração americano” (“American heart”). Those two little words—repeated at various points in the song—reflect not only Brant’s desire to link the darkness that fell over Brazil with the darkness that eventually smothered life in other Latin American countries but also expresses confidence that the Pan-American spirit is real and will survive the cataclysm.

      for - music - song - San Vicente - chorus - Corazon Americano - Milton Nascimento - inspiration for the song - stage play about Latin American country under a dictatorship - review Milton Nascimento. Lo Borges - Clube Da Esquina - Classic Music Review - San Vicente - altrochchick - 2021, April 11

    1. While the food system contributes about 22-34% of the world’s greenhouse gases — it only gets about 2.5-3% of the climate funding.

      for - stats - climate crisis - funding - food system - contributes 30% of global emissions - receives 2.5% climate funding - only 1.5% of the 2.5% goes to sustainable food systems - source - Public climate finance for food systems transformation - Global Alliance for the Future of Food - 2024, Nov - reposted on LinkedIn by Jonathan Foley - to - Public climate finance for food systems transformation - Global Alliance for the Future of Food - 2024, Nov - https://hyp.is/E3p2hsqlEe-tG0ezHCPriw/futureoffood.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ga_climatefinancereport_2024.pdf - TPC network - motivation

  9. Dec 2024
    1. for - Substack article - The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization - Michel Bauwens - 2024, Dec 20 - adjacency - web 3 and Blockchain / crypto technology - communities engaged in regeneration and relocalization - tinkering at the edge - missed opportunity - cosmolocal strategy as leverage point - safe and just cross scale translation of earth system boundaries - Tipping Point Festival - Web 4 - Indyweb

      Summary adjacency between - web 3 and crypto / Blockchain technology - communities engaged in regeneration and relocalization - tinkering at the edge - missed opportunity - cosmolocal lens and framework as a leverage point for synthesis - cosmolocal projects as leverage points - cross scale translated safe and just earth system boundaries as necessary cosmolocal accounting system - meme: sync global, act local - new relationship - This article explores the untapped potential and leverage point offered by recognising a new adjacency and concomitant synthesis of - globalising Web 3 and crypto/Blockchain technology - communities engaged in regenerative and relocation interventions - The fragmentation between these areas keeps activists working in each respective one - tinkering at the edge - severely constraining their potential impact - This is a case of the whole Berlin car greater than the sun of its parts - By joining forces in a global, strategic and systemic way, each can achieve fast more through their mutual support - A cosmolocal lens offers a perspective and framework that makes joining forces make sense<br /> - Projects that recognize that the adjacency between - the globalizing technologies of web 3 and Blockchains and - interventions at the local community level - offer a significant leverage point to bottom up efforts to drive a rapid transition are themselves a leverage point - In this regard, incorporation of an equitable accounting system such as safe and just earth system boundaries that can be cross scale translated to - bioregional, - city and - community, district and ward scale - are an important cosmolocal component of a system designed for rapid transition - Global bottom up community scale events such as the Tipping Point Festival can help rapidly advocate for a cosmolocal lens, framework and strategy - At the same time, Web 4 technology that's goes beyond decentralising into people-centered can contribute another dimension to humanizing technology

      Addendum - 2024, Dec 26 - added a comment to the actual substack page - My substack comment makes commenters of the article aware that we have a public hypothes.is discussion going on in parallel. - This makes the hitherto invisible discussion visible to them

    2. To put it bluntly, Web3 and the crypto economy is still largely an ‘exit’ play for financial and coding elites, practicing the arbitrage of nation-states, but without much connections to local communities and resilient production; Similarly, local communities engaged in relocalized and regenerative production are not in sync with the mutual coordination capacities developed in the crypto/web3 context.

      for - quote - silos - web 3 and crypto silo - localization silo - desiloing can bring about significant empowerment to people everywhere - from Substack article - The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization - Michel Bauwens - 2024, Dec 20 - adjacency - desilo web 3 / Blockchain and localisation - educate cud events such as - Tipping Point Festival - from Substack article - The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization - Michel Bauwens - 2024, Dec 20

      quote - silos - web 3 and crypto silo - localization silo - desiloing can bring about significant empowerment to people everywhere - (see quote below) - To put it bluntly, Web3 and the crypto economy is still largely an ‘exit’ play for financial and coding elites, - practicing the arbitrage of nation-states, - but without much connections to local communities and resilient production; - Similarly, local communities engaged in relocalized and regenerative production - are not in sync with the mutual coordination capacities developed in the crypto/web3 context.

      // - We need to create opportunities such as events and workshops to bring these two spheres into dialogue - Tipping Point Festival, as a cosmolocal event can do this by - holding locally organized events hosted by - local community activists at their community level, and - in larger urban centers, at ward and district level - thec internet can be used to facilitate the emergence of trans-national alliances

    3. To achieve the next great civilizational advance, towards a cosmo-local world order, we will need to bring those two worlds together!

      for - desilo web 3 / Blockchain and localisation via cosmolocal strategy for generating a cosmolocal world order - from Substack article - The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization - Michel Bauwens - 2024, Dec 20

      // - need to move from web 3 to web 4 by adding 'people-centered' to 'decentralized'.

      //

    4. one hand, we have a thriving and well-funded field of Web3 technologies, unconnected and unrelated to actual physical production; on the other hand, we have an explosion of underfunded local production

      for - new local community project funding stream - Web 3 / Blockchain - from Substack article - The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization - Michel Bauwens - 2024, Dec 20

    1. Europeans need a transnational movement that links local movements together into a pan European force that holds this slide into a new version of the 1930s. This movement already exists. This movement is already here. It is DiEM25

      for - adjacency - Yanis Varoufakis - DIEM25 - allocating for cosmolocal movement for Europe - from YouTube - Yanis Varoufakis: Urgent message for 2025

    1. for - adjacency - curiosity of the other - polarization - Common Human Denominator - the sacred - TED Talk - Can curiosity heal division? - Scott Shigeoka - 2024 Dec - othering - self and other - adjacency - deep curiosity - Deep Humanity Common Human Denominators (CHD) - awakening to the sacred - a good transition - social tipping points for complex contagion - wide bridges

      • Summary / adjacency
      • between
        • deep curiosity
        • Deep Humanity Common Human Denominators (CHD)
        • social tipping points for complex contagion
      • new adjacency relationships
        • Scott Shigeoka is a researcher on social divisions.
        • He is also queer and embarked on an adventurous, embedded, courageous and personal research project to venture into Trump country
          • to apply his academic training and curiosity to see if he could
            • find a way to form authentic relationships with people he had always considered 'the other'
          • What the one year experiment taught him was that deep and authentic curiosity is a valuable tool for learning the ubiquitous othering now prevalent in our modern world
          • Out of this experience, he wrote a best selling book called
            • Seek: How curiosity can transform your life and change the world
        • Curiosity is a powerful technique to mitigate othering and is aligned with Deep Humanity Common Human Denominators, which are fundamental qualities all humans share which are.
          • important for navigating the rapid transition our species of going through
          • whose appreciation remind each of us that we are sacred
        • Social TIpping Points of complex contagion requires building wide bridges to diverse groups early on
        • Scott's experiement illustrates building wide bridges
        • Indyweb information infrastructure is open source and supports diversity as it increases the efficacy of collaboration
    1. for - climate crisis - impact of Trump tariff strategy - increasing economic and carbon inequality and precarity for the masses - from - Youtube - Trump wants to crash to benefit the ultra wealthy - Trump's planning to crash the global economy - Richard J Murphy - 2024, Dec

      // - SUMMARY - Richard J Murphy provides us with a big picture of Trump's objective in his calculated Tariff strategy - It's not that it makes no sense and is a strategy of a madman - On the contrary, he has a very calculated and maniacal strategy that will result in significantly increasing the wealth of the elites - By creating high tariffs, he will bring about a global economic crash - Like the 2008 and 2020 crash, central banks will print trillions of dollars of money and handout bailouts - It is the elites who will receive these bailouts and inflate the value of their assets - This will - substantially increase the wealth of the rich - substantially increase the precarity of the vast majority of people - increase global inequality - financial inequality and - carbon inequality - This increased precarity is bad news for the climate crisis as a precarious population have less flexibility in reducing their carbon footprint and are more dependent than ever on whatever remain job and resources they still have - Given we have this knowledge of the elite's hidden strategy, can we the people intervene in any way? - We need to have an understanding of how elites see the world - The entire worldview of externalizing investment as a game of accumulation must be understood deeply - in order to find leverage points for rapid system change

      //

    2. Trump expect if he creates another world financial crisis he believes there will be a bailout and he believes that he and his cohort the world's wealthy will benefit from there being vastly more money in circulation with very little to use it on except the inflation in the value of the assets that they own that is what he's banking on this is literally I think his Economic Policy

      for - quote - economic crashes are profitable for the elites - Trump plans to crash the global economy so that subsequent Quantitative Easing bailouts will inflate value of assets of the rich - from - Youtube - Trump wants to crash to benefit the ultra wealthy - Trump's planning to crash the global economy - Richard J Murphy - 2024, Dec

      quote - economic crashes are good for the elites - Trump plans to crash the global economy so that subsequent Quantitative Easing bailouts will inflate value of assets of the rich - Trump expect if he creates another world financial crisis - he believes there will be a bailout and - he believes that he and his cohort the world's wealthy will benefit from there being vastly more money in circulation with very little to use it on except the inflation in the value of the assets that they own - That is what he's banking on - This is literally I think his Economic Policy - This is what he expects as a consequence of his trade Wars - He doesn't care that we suffer - He won't care about the countries in the developing world - the vast majority of countries in the world in fact who have their debts denominated in dollars who will suffer enormously as a result of their struggle to find the means to repay those debts - As for the time being, the dollar is inflated in value and interest rates are too high he won't care that people are thrown out of work - All he cares about is the inflation in asset values and that is what the whole of the world economy is now geared to create - for the benefit of a few - at cost to the vast majority - Trump's Economic Policy makes sense if you see it in this way - He runs a bailout economic strategy that is going to work for him and his friends because - it will result when the world economy crashes and yet more money being made available through the central banking system to inflate the value of the assets that they own - And they'll say thank you very much we did very nicely out of that when can we have another crash?