Beau Cronin
@beaucronin.bsky.social
Technologist dedicated to the climate crisis. The only way out is through. he/him
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Ooh, a partnership between Rivian (cool EVs) and WeaveGrid (cool company working on vehicle-to-grid tech). Good stuff.
WeaveGrid and Rivian Collaborate to Deliver Advanced Grid-Integrated Charging Solutions | WeaveGrid
The new collaboration will enable Rivian drivers to participate in utility managed charging programs that support grid reliability and decarbonization.
www.weavegrid.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ooh, a partnership between Rivian (cool EVs) and WeaveGrid (cool company working on vehicle-to-grid tech). Good stuff.
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Today's information environment is spectacle. It's about attention. The way to win in that environment is to genuinely believe what you believe, to believe in yourself, to *actively try to draw attention*, to showboat & peacock & find gimmicks & excuses to highlight the fights you want.
May 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today's information environment is spectacle. It's about attention. The way to win in that environment is to genuinely believe what you believe, to believe in yourself, to *actively try to draw attention*, to showboat & peacock & find gimmicks & excuses to highlight the fights you want.
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feels like the Taliban blowing up giant Buddhas
February 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
feels like the Taliban blowing up giant Buddhas
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What we are about to witness is a tragedy that no one living has seen. The regression of a society from its ideals that will lead to a wave of domestic death, the collapse of our institutions, and the end of collective power in ways that mirror and surpass the end of Reconstruction.
January 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What we are about to witness is a tragedy that no one living has seen. The regression of a society from its ideals that will lead to a wave of domestic death, the collapse of our institutions, and the end of collective power in ways that mirror and surpass the end of Reconstruction.
Thinking of starting a project.
In short: label everything economically interesting in satellite imagery. Mines, factories, dams, warehouses, ports, etc.
Data is available, classifiers should be trainable. Outputs could include OSM, but various.
Going to try and figure out where it's impossible.
In short: label everything economically interesting in satellite imagery. Mines, factories, dams, warehouses, ports, etc.
Data is available, classifiers should be trainable. Outputs could include OSM, but various.
Going to try and figure out where it's impossible.
December 11, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Thinking of starting a project.
In short: label everything economically interesting in satellite imagery. Mines, factories, dams, warehouses, ports, etc.
Data is available, classifiers should be trainable. Outputs could include OSM, but various.
Going to try and figure out where it's impossible.
In short: label everything economically interesting in satellite imagery. Mines, factories, dams, warehouses, ports, etc.
Data is available, classifiers should be trainable. Outputs could include OSM, but various.
Going to try and figure out where it's impossible.
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omg YES. in fact it was precisely this phenomenon that made me write 'the prodigal tech bro'. i realised I was jumping to coffee with men who'd made their money and now wanted to salve their consciences and 'pick my brain' ... just because they asked.
IME women and NB ppl rarely rarely ask.
IME women and NB ppl rarely rarely ask.
The Prodigal Techbro
Prodigal tech bro stories skip straight from the past, when they were part of something that—surprise!—turned out to be bad, to the present, where they are now a moral authority on how to do good…
conversationalist.org
November 15, 2024 at 1:33 PM
omg YES. in fact it was precisely this phenomenon that made me write 'the prodigal tech bro'. i realised I was jumping to coffee with men who'd made their money and now wanted to salve their consciences and 'pick my brain' ... just because they asked.
IME women and NB ppl rarely rarely ask.
IME women and NB ppl rarely rarely ask.
October 21, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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In the spirit of XOXO and the past couple of years of preliminary work and the things that need fixing, I'm starting a micro-studio and kicking off a community support setup and fixing what I can reach in the only way I know how.
www.wrecka.ge/into-the-wre...
www.wrecka.ge/into-the-wre...
October 9, 2024 at 8:28 PM
In the spirit of XOXO and the past couple of years of preliminary work and the things that need fixing, I'm starting a micro-studio and kicking off a community support setup and fixing what I can reach in the only way I know how.
www.wrecka.ge/into-the-wre...
www.wrecka.ge/into-the-wre...
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www.programmablemutter.com/p/after-soft... After software eats the world, what comes out the other end?
After software eats the world, what comes out the other end?
Malkovich. Malkovich. Malkovich?
www.programmablemutter.com
October 3, 2024 at 1:59 PM
www.programmablemutter.com/p/after-soft... After software eats the world, what comes out the other end?
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“The great strength of Scott’s work was the power of its critique, while its biggest weakness was its lack of a general compelling alternative.” www.programmablemutter.com/p/high-moder...
High Modernism made our world
On James Scott and technology
www.programmablemutter.com
July 29, 2024 at 11:41 AM
“The great strength of Scott’s work was the power of its critique, while its biggest weakness was its lack of a general compelling alternative.” www.programmablemutter.com/p/high-moder...
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Guy designing the Nostromo: However many chains you think we need on the ship, double--then triple that number and that's what we'll put in the ship's chain room.
Assistant: Yes, sir. And the chains are dry, of course?
Designer: You're fired
Assistant: Yes, sir. And the chains are dry, of course?
Designer: You're fired
April 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Guy designing the Nostromo: However many chains you think we need on the ship, double--then triple that number and that's what we'll put in the ship's chain room.
Assistant: Yes, sir. And the chains are dry, of course?
Designer: You're fired
Assistant: Yes, sir. And the chains are dry, of course?
Designer: You're fired
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Can't bring data to a vibes fight.
March 7, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Can't bring data to a vibes fight.
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www.programmablemutter.com/p/dr-panglos... Dr. Pangloss's Panopticon: What Noah Smith Doesn't Get about Progress and Technology.
Dr. Pangloss's Panopticon
Economists have a blind spot about progress and technology
www.programmablemutter.com
February 26, 2024 at 1:49 PM
www.programmablemutter.com/p/dr-panglos... Dr. Pangloss's Panopticon: What Noah Smith Doesn't Get about Progress and Technology.
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Life is mostly just deciding how insane you can afford to be
January 31, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Life is mostly just deciding how insane you can afford to be
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It's exhausting to meet new people all the time and have to teach them about yourself. You should have a highlight reel you can give them
February 2, 2024 at 3:51 AM
It's exhausting to meet new people all the time and have to teach them about yourself. You should have a highlight reel you can give them
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Can't have it both ways, if the government is going to make me do my own taxes they should live with the number I come up with. Don't come back to me later like "Actually,"
January 14, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Can't have it both ways, if the government is going to make me do my own taxes they should live with the number I come up with. Don't come back to me later like "Actually,"
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them: are you fucking stupid?
Me:
Me:
January 6, 2024 at 4:07 PM
them: are you fucking stupid?
Me:
Me:
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Wrapping my mental health tightly in parchment and foil to keep it moist.
January 12, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Wrapping my mental health tightly in parchment and foil to keep it moist.
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At least the face-eating leopards won't go hungry.
January 8, 2024 at 3:44 PM
At least the face-eating leopards won't go hungry.
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social you’re here! Hi!
January 3, 2024 at 1:11 AM
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social you’re here! Hi!
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One of my high-key beliefs is that part of what will have proved invaluable for helping us get through the next couple decades is a widespread social movement to acclimate everyone to being comfortable uncertainty and ambiguity in all aspects of life, and we need to get on that right now
Learning how to be comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity can even be taught! To full-grown adults! We have the tools for this.
There’s a psychometric called “need for cognitive closure,” which measures how uncomfortable people are with ambiguity and how strongly they prefer simple answers.
Turns out it has a positive correlation with conservative ideology!
Hence the “tHeRe aRe TwO geNdErs” thing.
Turns out it has a positive correlation with conservative ideology!
Hence the “tHeRe aRe TwO geNdErs” thing.
December 22, 2023 at 2:50 AM
One of my high-key beliefs is that part of what will have proved invaluable for helping us get through the next couple decades is a widespread social movement to acclimate everyone to being comfortable uncertainty and ambiguity in all aspects of life, and we need to get on that right now
@joparkerbear.bsky.social your reskeet game is so damn strong
December 22, 2023 at 3:05 AM
@joparkerbear.bsky.social your reskeet game is so damn strong
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welcome to your 40’s you only like 3 people and 1 is questionable
December 18, 2023 at 4:37 PM
welcome to your 40’s you only like 3 people and 1 is questionable
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Hey, my girlfriend and I noticed you from across the room. Are you gonna finish your fries
December 6, 2023 at 4:50 AM
Hey, my girlfriend and I noticed you from across the room. Are you gonna finish your fries