Dr Chandra Clarke
@chandraclarke.bsky.social
Science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction author, recovering/relapsing entrepreneur, coffee addict, environmental activist. My latest book: Let's Fix This: Cleaner Living in a Dirty World https://bookshop.org/a/87457/9781777217495
An entry for the ‘capitalism breeds innovation’ series
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
An entry for the ‘capitalism breeds innovation’ series
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Dear courier companies, I really don't care which distribution centre my parcel is moving through, but the company of origin it would be super handy to know. Like, which hecking incoming parcel does tracking number lBREEBL2BROX actually refer to?
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Dear courier companies, I really don't care which distribution centre my parcel is moving through, but the company of origin it would be super handy to know. Like, which hecking incoming parcel does tracking number lBREEBL2BROX actually refer to?
I love all these online store unsubscribe pages that say "Oh hey, did you mean to do that?" My guy, I had to scroll down twelve pages of your unsolicited marketing email and repeatedly click on your tiny print unsub link. Yes, I truly meant that.
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I love all these online store unsubscribe pages that say "Oh hey, did you mean to do that?" My guy, I had to scroll down twelve pages of your unsolicited marketing email and repeatedly click on your tiny print unsub link. Yes, I truly meant that.
At this point, the leopard is likely to blow up like Mr Creosote from Monty Python.
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
At this point, the leopard is likely to blow up like Mr Creosote from Monty Python.
Reposted by Dr Chandra Clarke
"There's a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities." - Ursula K. Le Guin
October 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"There's a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities." - Ursula K. Le Guin
I don’t know who needs to hear this but molten / chocolate lava cakes are astonishingly easy to make.
October 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but molten / chocolate lava cakes are astonishingly easy to make.
According to the newsletter International Intrigue, the UN has a smaller budget than the NYPD. ($3.7B vs $5.7B) 🤔
September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
According to the newsletter International Intrigue, the UN has a smaller budget than the NYPD. ($3.7B vs $5.7B) 🤔
A 2020 article on political turbulence cycles and the way through them. #longread #politics www.noemamag.com/welcome-to-t...
Welcome To The ‘Turbulent Twenties’ | NOEMA
We predicted political upheaval in America in the 2020s. This is why it’s here and what we can do to temper it.
www.noemamag.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A 2020 article on political turbulence cycles and the way through them. #longread #politics www.noemamag.com/welcome-to-t...
We absolutely should be using existing roof and parking lot space for solar. But solar + farmland is also viable when done right. #agrovoltaics
September 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We absolutely should be using existing roof and parking lot space for solar. But solar + farmland is also viable when done right. #agrovoltaics
She was not amused by this development.
August 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
She was not amused by this development.
Fun article with visualizations (that you can play with) about how things (ideas, a virus, culture) spread. meltingasphalt.com/interactive/...
Going Critical
Learn how things spread with playable simulations
meltingasphalt.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Fun article with visualizations (that you can play with) about how things (ideas, a virus, culture) spread. meltingasphalt.com/interactive/...
In 2019, the Welsh government appointed the world's first Future Generations Commissioner to represent the unborn citizens of Wales with statutory powers. #futures #futuresthinking
August 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In 2019, the Welsh government appointed the world's first Future Generations Commissioner to represent the unborn citizens of Wales with statutory powers. #futures #futuresthinking
An interesting new study in the origins of inequality: www.science.org/content/arti...
Related: Graeber and Wengrow's book is an interesting read: bookshop.org/a/87457/9781...
Related: Graeber and Wengrow's book is an interesting read: bookshop.org/a/87457/9781...
Ancient Europeans resisted inequality for 5000 years
Farming and draft animals didn’t stratify societies in Carpathian Basin
www.science.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
An interesting new study in the origins of inequality: www.science.org/content/arti...
Related: Graeber and Wengrow's book is an interesting read: bookshop.org/a/87457/9781...
Related: Graeber and Wengrow's book is an interesting read: bookshop.org/a/87457/9781...
As Spock would say, ‘fascinating.’ www.sciencenews.org/article/snai...
This snail may hold a secret to human eye regeneration
Golden apple snails can regrow full, functional eyes. Studying their genes may reveal how to repair human eye injuries.
www.sciencenews.org
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As Spock would say, ‘fascinating.’ www.sciencenews.org/article/snai...
Reposted by Dr Chandra Clarke
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.
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August 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
