Daniel Khent
@danielkhent.bsky.social
#writing #jazz #speculativefiction #climatechange #AI #solarpunk #postscarcity #ecopsychology #transhumanism
Unfettered Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wild Animals Once. It Just May Again.
Economic war on wildness.
#ecopsychology
time.com/7289151/amer...
Economic war on wildness.
#ecopsychology
time.com/7289151/amer...
How Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wildlife
It may just again, writes Dan Flores.
time.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Unfettered Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wild Animals Once. It Just May Again.
Economic war on wildness.
#ecopsychology
time.com/7289151/amer...
Economic war on wildness.
#ecopsychology
time.com/7289151/amer...
Programming Cells: Towards an Automated Genetic Compiler
Vibe coding cells. Yikes.
#genetics #vibecoding
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK844...
Vibe coding cells. Yikes.
#genetics #vibecoding
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK844...
PROGRAMMING CELLS: TOWARDS AN AUTOMATED ‘GENETIC COMPILER’
One of the visions of synthetic biology is to be able to program cells using a language that is similar to that used to program computers or robotics. For large genetic programs, keeping track of the ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Programming Cells: Towards an Automated Genetic Compiler
Vibe coding cells. Yikes.
#genetics #vibecoding
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK844...
Vibe coding cells. Yikes.
#genetics #vibecoding
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK844...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity (in the middle of the day).
Mine while the sun shines
#renewableenergy
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Mine while the sun shines
#renewableenergy
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity (in the middle of the day).
Mine while the sun shines
#renewableenergy
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Mine while the sun shines
#renewableenergy
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Iceland starts drilling into a volcano?
I like the sentiment, but I don’t think there is any drilling going on.
Too bad, because this would be a good first step towards an evil lair.
#geothermal #evillair
www.eldiario24.com/en/iceland-h...
I like the sentiment, but I don’t think there is any drilling going on.
Too bad, because this would be a good first step towards an evil lair.
#geothermal #evillair
www.eldiario24.com/en/iceland-h...
Iceland starts drilling into a volcano — 100 MW to power 50,000 homes from extreme heat
Iceland begins a powerful drilling into a volcano to harness 100 MW of geothermal power, enough clean, renewable energy to supply 50,000 homes sustainably.
www.eldiario24.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Iceland starts drilling into a volcano?
I like the sentiment, but I don’t think there is any drilling going on.
Too bad, because this would be a good first step towards an evil lair.
#geothermal #evillair
www.eldiario24.com/en/iceland-h...
I like the sentiment, but I don’t think there is any drilling going on.
Too bad, because this would be a good first step towards an evil lair.
#geothermal #evillair
www.eldiario24.com/en/iceland-h...
A lot of hyperbole but this part is true: The University of Reading study did find that ozone recovery could contribute about 40% more warming than previously estimated.
Who wants: skin cancer, cataracts, crop damage, ocean ecosystem damage?
#climatechange
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Who wants: skin cancer, cataracts, crop damage, ocean ecosystem damage?
#climatechange
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Climate advocates face humiliation as scientists issue ozone warning
A surprising new study has revealed how 40 years of work to repair the ozone layer may end up causing its own climate change emergency that no one saw coming.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A lot of hyperbole but this part is true: The University of Reading study did find that ozone recovery could contribute about 40% more warming than previously estimated.
Who wants: skin cancer, cataracts, crop damage, ocean ecosystem damage?
#climatechange
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Who wants: skin cancer, cataracts, crop damage, ocean ecosystem damage?
#climatechange
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
“AI Could Unlock a Post-Scarcity Society”
That old chestnut.
#AI #postscarcity
news.bitcoin.com/decentralize...
That old chestnut.
#AI #postscarcity
news.bitcoin.com/decentralize...
Decentralized AI Could Unlock a Post-Scarcity Society, Says 0G Labs CEO
Discover how 0G Labs and founder Michael Heinrich are pioneering decentralized AI to ensure transparency, data integrity, and affordability.
news.bitcoin.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“AI Could Unlock a Post-Scarcity Society”
That old chestnut.
#AI #postscarcity
news.bitcoin.com/decentralize...
That old chestnut.
#AI #postscarcity
news.bitcoin.com/decentralize...
First neuromorphic computer with 2 billion neurons
The system consists of 15 blade-type neuromorphic servers with 960 Darwin 3 chips each chip supports more than 2.35 million spiking neurons and hundreds of millions of synapses.
#AI #neuromorphiccomputing
www.futura-sciences.com/tech/actuali...
The system consists of 15 blade-type neuromorphic servers with 960 Darwin 3 chips each chip supports more than 2.35 million spiking neurons and hundreds of millions of synapses.
#AI #neuromorphiccomputing
www.futura-sciences.com/tech/actuali...
Darwin Monkey, premier ordinateur neuromorphique au monde à 2 milliards de neurones
En Chine, une équipe de chercheurs a mis au point un ordinateur neuromorphique d'une puissance jamais atteinte. Cette innovation va permettre de concevoir des systèmes informatiques plus perfo...
www.futura-sciences.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
First neuromorphic computer with 2 billion neurons
The system consists of 15 blade-type neuromorphic servers with 960 Darwin 3 chips each chip supports more than 2.35 million spiking neurons and hundreds of millions of synapses.
#AI #neuromorphiccomputing
www.futura-sciences.com/tech/actuali...
The system consists of 15 blade-type neuromorphic servers with 960 Darwin 3 chips each chip supports more than 2.35 million spiking neurons and hundreds of millions of synapses.
#AI #neuromorphiccomputing
www.futura-sciences.com/tech/actuali...
The Unceasing Cessna Hacienda
This beats the tired changing-the-motor-while-the-car-is-moving metaphor
#technology
www.damninteresting.com/the-unceasin...
This beats the tired changing-the-motor-while-the-car-is-moving metaphor
#technology
www.damninteresting.com/the-unceasin...
The Unceasing Cessna Hacienda
In 1958, one heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
www.damninteresting.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Unceasing Cessna Hacienda
This beats the tired changing-the-motor-while-the-car-is-moving metaphor
#technology
www.damninteresting.com/the-unceasin...
This beats the tired changing-the-motor-while-the-car-is-moving metaphor
#technology
www.damninteresting.com/the-unceasin...
Mary Shelley Invented Science Fiction—and Pioneered Polyamory Too
Heinlein has nothing on Mary Shelley.
#scifi
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Heinlein has nothing on Mary Shelley.
#scifi
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Mary Shelley Invented Science Fiction—and Pioneered Polyamory Too
As another Frankenstein film debuts, here’s a full accounting of the writer’s tangled romantic history, involving Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and her own sister.
www.vanityfair.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Mary Shelley Invented Science Fiction—and Pioneered Polyamory Too
Heinlein has nothing on Mary Shelley.
#scifi
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Heinlein has nothing on Mary Shelley.
#scifi
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
“Beyond Alcubierre: A Tour of Modern Warp-Drive Physics”
spacetime metric engineering
#scifi #science
medium.com/@timventura/...
spacetime metric engineering
#scifi #science
medium.com/@timventura/...
Beyond Alcubierre: A Tour of Modern Warp-Drive Physics
Thirty-one years after Miguel Alcubierre proposed a spacetime “warp bubble,” the field has matured from a single, exotic metric into a…
medium.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Beyond Alcubierre: A Tour of Modern Warp-Drive Physics”
spacetime metric engineering
#scifi #science
medium.com/@timventura/...
spacetime metric engineering
#scifi #science
medium.com/@timventura/...
An FPGA-Based Mechanical Keyboard
FPGAs used in finance to get an edge, soon to be used by gamers?
#technology #gaming
hackaday.com/2025/10/01/a...
FPGAs used in finance to get an edge, soon to be used by gamers?
#technology #gaming
hackaday.com/2025/10/01/a...
An FPGA-Based Mechanical Keyboard
You can buy all kinds of keyboards these days, from basic big-brand stuff to obscure mechanical delicacies from small-time builders. Or, you can go the maker route, and build your own. That’s…
hackaday.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
An FPGA-Based Mechanical Keyboard
FPGAs used in finance to get an edge, soon to be used by gamers?
#technology #gaming
hackaday.com/2025/10/01/a...
FPGAs used in finance to get an edge, soon to be used by gamers?
#technology #gaming
hackaday.com/2025/10/01/a...
Kafka’s Amerika / Der Verschollene (“The Missing Person”)
“Amerika is not America; it is a cipher for Kafka’s dream of a country he never visited.”
#literature
lithub.com/uncanny-pres...
“Amerika is not America; it is a cipher for Kafka’s dream of a country he never visited.”
#literature
lithub.com/uncanny-pres...
Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika
Unlike the obsessive protagonists of The Trial and The Castle, who draw us into their labyrinthine thinking, Karl Rossmann, the naive young hero of Kafka’s Amerika or, to use Kafka’s own title, Der…
lithub.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Kafka’s Amerika / Der Verschollene (“The Missing Person”)
“Amerika is not America; it is a cipher for Kafka’s dream of a country he never visited.”
#literature
lithub.com/uncanny-pres...
“Amerika is not America; it is a cipher for Kafka’s dream of a country he never visited.”
#literature
lithub.com/uncanny-pres...
“Scientists achieve electrically driven perovskite laser using dual-cavity design.”
If only Mars had high concentrations of perovskite instead of perchlorates then we could make Mars a giant space laser.
#scifi
phys.org/news/2025-09...
If only Mars had high concentrations of perovskite instead of perchlorates then we could make Mars a giant space laser.
#scifi
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Scientists achieve electrically driven perovskite laser using dual-cavity design
In a recent Nature study, scientists have demonstrated an electrically driven perovskite laser using a dual-cavity design, addressing a challenge that has persisted in the field for over a decade.
phys.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“Scientists achieve electrically driven perovskite laser using dual-cavity design.”
If only Mars had high concentrations of perovskite instead of perchlorates then we could make Mars a giant space laser.
#scifi
phys.org/news/2025-09...
If only Mars had high concentrations of perovskite instead of perchlorates then we could make Mars a giant space laser.
#scifi
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Reposted by Daniel Khent
*Some very familiar scenes in downtown Ibiza right now if you've ever seen a mild hurricane drenching a town in the Texas Gulf Coast #Gabrielle
*Of course this is Spain and they're not supposed to get any Caribbean hurricanes #climatecrisis
*Of course this is Spain and they're not supposed to get any Caribbean hurricanes #climatecrisis
September 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
*Some very familiar scenes in downtown Ibiza right now if you've ever seen a mild hurricane drenching a town in the Texas Gulf Coast #Gabrielle
*Of course this is Spain and they're not supposed to get any Caribbean hurricanes #climatecrisis
*Of course this is Spain and they're not supposed to get any Caribbean hurricanes #climatecrisis
Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers
#datacenters
www.wired.com/story/inside...
#datacenters
www.wired.com/story/inside...
Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers
Companies are going to great lengths to protect the infrastructure that provides the backbone of the world’s digital services—by burying their data deep underground.
www.wired.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers
#datacenters
www.wired.com/story/inside...
#datacenters
www.wired.com/story/inside...
“Otherworldly, Forgotten Houses in 'America the Abandoned'”
#gothic ruin in America
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/brya...
#gothic ruin in America
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/brya...
Bryan Sansivero Documents Otherworldly, Forgotten Houses in 'America the Abandoned'
The new volume from Artisan Books gathers 200 of Sansivero's enigmatic photos.
www.thisiscolossal.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Otherworldly, Forgotten Houses in 'America the Abandoned'”
#gothic ruin in America
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/brya...
#gothic ruin in America
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/brya...
The Pueblo Revolt. August 10, 1680
“Pueblo warriors … carried out a coordinated attack on Spanish missionaries and colonists across New Mexico. Within a few days, they had driven virtually all Spaniards out of the province.”
Had no idea--
#americanhistory
archaeology.org/issues/march...
“Pueblo warriors … carried out a coordinated attack on Spanish missionaries and colonists across New Mexico. Within a few days, they had driven virtually all Spaniards out of the province.”
Had no idea--
#americanhistory
archaeology.org/issues/march...
Features - The First American Revolution - Archaeology Magazine - March/April 2017
Exploring the legacy of the New World’s most successful native rebellion
archaeology.org
September 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Pueblo Revolt. August 10, 1680
“Pueblo warriors … carried out a coordinated attack on Spanish missionaries and colonists across New Mexico. Within a few days, they had driven virtually all Spaniards out of the province.”
Had no idea--
#americanhistory
archaeology.org/issues/march...
“Pueblo warriors … carried out a coordinated attack on Spanish missionaries and colonists across New Mexico. Within a few days, they had driven virtually all Spaniards out of the province.”
Had no idea--
#americanhistory
archaeology.org/issues/march...
“cloud coverage falling by about 1.5% per decade”
Complex interaction between climate change and clouds: isccp.giss.nasa.gov/role.html
#climatechange
www.science.org/content/arti...
Complex interaction between climate change and clouds: isccp.giss.nasa.gov/role.html
#climatechange
www.science.org/content/arti...
Earth’s clouds are shrinking, boosting global warming
Narrowing storm bands may be a surprising and dangerous new feedback of climate change
www.science.org
September 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“cloud coverage falling by about 1.5% per decade”
Complex interaction between climate change and clouds: isccp.giss.nasa.gov/role.html
#climatechange
www.science.org/content/arti...
Complex interaction between climate change and clouds: isccp.giss.nasa.gov/role.html
#climatechange
www.science.org/content/arti...
Dynamic holographic display with addressable on-chip metasurface network based on lithium niobate photonics
yea, yea, where is my holowatch?
#scifi
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
yea, yea, where is my holowatch?
#scifi
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamic holographic display with addressable on-chip metasurface network based on lithium niobate photonics - Light: Science & Applications
Light: Science & Applications - Dynamic holographic display with addressable on-chip metasurface network based on lithium niobate photonics
www.nature.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Dynamic holographic display with addressable on-chip metasurface network based on lithium niobate photonics
yea, yea, where is my holowatch?
#scifi
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
yea, yea, where is my holowatch?
#scifi
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Clownfish and Anemones Are Disappearing Because of Climate Change
#climatechange
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
#climatechange
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
Clownfish and Anemones Are Disappearing Because of Climate Change
A new study led by Boston University marine biologists reveals that heat waves are threatening the future of the fish made famous by "Finding Nemo"
www.bu.edu
September 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Clownfish and Anemones Are Disappearing Because of Climate Change
#climatechange
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
#climatechange
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
Reposted by Daniel Khent
1979 - An evening with Oscar Peterson - Concertgebouw - Amsterdam
#OscarPeterson (p), #HerbEllis (g), #RayBrown (b), #JeffHamilton (dr)
#jazz jazzsky
#OscarPeterson (p), #HerbEllis (g), #RayBrown (b), #JeffHamilton (dr)
#jazz jazzsky
September 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1979 - An evening with Oscar Peterson - Concertgebouw - Amsterdam
#OscarPeterson (p), #HerbEllis (g), #RayBrown (b), #JeffHamilton (dr)
#jazz jazzsky
#OscarPeterson (p), #HerbEllis (g), #RayBrown (b), #JeffHamilton (dr)
#jazz jazzsky
Global agricultural land use peaked in the early 2000s and has been slowly falling ever since.
Note: deforestation in biodiversity-critical tropical regions continues at alarming rates.
#rewilding #agriculture
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Note: deforestation in biodiversity-critical tropical regions continues at alarming rates.
#rewilding #agriculture
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The rewilding milestone Earth has already passed
The world's use of farmland has peaked, bringing the chance to turn over more space to nature. How far could the trend go?
www.bbc.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Global agricultural land use peaked in the early 2000s and has been slowly falling ever since.
Note: deforestation in biodiversity-critical tropical regions continues at alarming rates.
#rewilding #agriculture
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Note: deforestation in biodiversity-critical tropical regions continues at alarming rates.
#rewilding #agriculture
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
