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Two of my Canadian #sts friends just popped up in my #podcast feed. Listen to Mél Hogan and her discussion with Lee Vinsel. Wishful worries and future making. And then there’s the #Solarpunk presents feature with Anne Pasek on Low-Carbon Methods. Yes! 🥌 climatejustice.rocks/@solarpun… shows.acast.com/the-data-…
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We, the @rustlab@assemblag.es, have written about reading. Academia as reading culture. #academicchatter@a.gup.pe Please Go Away…We’re Reading. A Practice Approach to a Taken-for-Granted Academic Craft 🤳On.Culture www.on-culture.org/journal/p…
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#Modi lost the absolute majority, the #BJP needs a coalition. #India. Modi basically controls the national media and has an imperium of (social media) support that is unknown of. And still. ✨Surprise✨ Perhaps prior news commentary was riding a criti-hype. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hat…
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HEPA filter, old/new. When I’m thinking about good (somewhere between low- and high) #tech, I’m also thinking HEPA. Randomly fabricated fibers that randomise and trick the movements of particles. Air purifiers are part of the #solarpunk future. Not only to be equipped for #wildwires. #airpollution
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What’s the backend of #Solarpunk? I’m thinking low and high #tech, digital in particular. What are the sites where this is discussed? Collecting. solarpunks.net solar.lowtechmagazine.com paleofuture.com www.notechmagazine.com grist.org #Mastodon in general?
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This post is GOLD. Engineering for the slow internet (an Antarctica story). Through the comments on Hacker News, we see who’s affected. Everyone moving, VPN users, folks on a limit, you. brr.fyi/posts/eng… hackerweb.app #degrowth #tech #it
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#DieZeit bietet ein interaktives Feature zu gesellschaftlichen Problemen – und Lösungen. Natürlich eine große Nummer: #Müll. Natürlich im Fokus nahezu aller Lösungen: individuelle Aktionen und Verantwortung. Hauptsache keine Produktion antasten. Nachhaltigkeit ist im Griff der industriellen PR.
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One theme in my research about chip value chains is that #semiconductor firms invest a lot of R&D and money into lowering the ecological impact. Chemicals, energy, water. Big customers want it. And then we study our university #IT systems and find no #sustainability pressure. Strange blind spot