Doug Bierend
@dougbierend.bsky.social
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Doug Bierend
@dougbierend.bsky.social
· Jan 28
now that i’m gearing up to shop around the proposal here’s the elevator pitch for my next book: we were sold a vision of futurity that is false, reifying existing powers/interests, and pursuing that vision will destroy us. instead, i want to portray a better future that’s already in practice today
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“A growing ecological movement sees the solution [to the climate crisis] in bioregionalism: the idea of reorganizing social & economic life around the natural boundaries of the ecosystems that host & sustain us.”
— @dougbierend.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #bioregionalism #esg
— @dougbierend.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #bioregionalism #esg
Inside The Push To Rebuild Society Around Ecosystems | NOEMA
As the climate crisis deepens, an old green dream is returning — with new tools and technologies.
www.noemamag.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“A growing ecological movement sees the solution [to the climate crisis] in bioregionalism: the idea of reorganizing social & economic life around the natural boundaries of the ecosystems that host & sustain us.”
— @dougbierend.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #bioregionalism #esg
— @dougbierend.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #bioregionalism #esg
audience for last night’s band practice
February 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
audience for last night’s band practice
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hating cars 🤝 hating ICE
One of Trump's ethnic cleansing ICE vans melted in Philadelphia.
February 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
hating cars 🤝 hating ICE
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for some reason it's the mass firing of national park rangers that has fucked me up the most. what did a fuckin park ranger ever do to you
February 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
for some reason it's the mass firing of national park rangers that has fucked me up the most. what did a fuckin park ranger ever do to you
normal rockwell is a dangerous man who shouldn’t be trusted. i say this at great personal risk
February 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
normal rockwell is a dangerous man who shouldn’t be trusted. i say this at great personal risk
effin cold but also effin pretty
February 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
effin cold but also effin pretty
maybe folks hate the billions and billions (and billions) spent on building the most annoying industry in history, instead of funding a richer, broader and more equitable education system. billionaires seemingly can’t recognize value in anything unless it’s expensive and innovative and has a fat ROI
I have to admit that I've been surprised at the level of hate at AI LLMs.
There is finally a tool that allows those without access to an advanced education to self learn, anywhere , anytime. To get answers to questions, (even if sometimes wrong) , that they would otherwise never have access to
There is finally a tool that allows those without access to an advanced education to self learn, anywhere , anytime. To get answers to questions, (even if sometimes wrong) , that they would otherwise never have access to
Nag. Sorry. I can't abide the pocket lining any more. You've been a better billionaire than most, but at the end if the day, it's all just a meal ticket for you. Gross.
February 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
maybe folks hate the billions and billions (and billions) spent on building the most annoying industry in history, instead of funding a richer, broader and more equitable education system. billionaires seemingly can’t recognize value in anything unless it’s expensive and innovative and has a fat ROI
for many years i’ve felt sore about being excluded from creative/professional cliques, a lifelong extension of my experience in high school. after 13 years i’m not really part of a peer group, and i am humble. but i also know my value, and i’m proud to have found my own, strange path as a writer
February 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
for many years i’ve felt sore about being excluded from creative/professional cliques, a lifelong extension of my experience in high school. after 13 years i’m not really part of a peer group, and i am humble. but i also know my value, and i’m proud to have found my own, strange path as a writer
it’s been the case for decades that the us military can do incalculable damage, but can’t actually win a ‘war’ (usually an occupation). the trump regime seems hungry for a more conventional, continental scale conflict, but chances are we’re just as doomed in that endeavor. gives me hope.
February 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
it’s been the case for decades that the us military can do incalculable damage, but can’t actually win a ‘war’ (usually an occupation). the trump regime seems hungry for a more conventional, continental scale conflict, but chances are we’re just as doomed in that endeavor. gives me hope.
i think a lot of today’s social ills can be traced to a certain set of privileged people becoming enamored with the idea of abstracting the world into design or engineering terms, and believing that doing so offers a unique insight into Actual Reality
February 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i think a lot of today’s social ills can be traced to a certain set of privileged people becoming enamored with the idea of abstracting the world into design or engineering terms, and believing that doing so offers a unique insight into Actual Reality
i’m speaking into the void here but does anyone happen to have a suggestion for accessing data on old drives from a 2008 and 2014 macbook? data recovery services are crazy expensive and i think the drives are functional, just need a way to interface with them so i can browse some folders
February 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
i’m speaking into the void here but does anyone happen to have a suggestion for accessing data on old drives from a 2008 and 2014 macbook? data recovery services are crazy expensive and i think the drives are functional, just need a way to interface with them so i can browse some folders
if i sell my house, at least now i can boost its value by virtue of not being under the airport’s flight paths
February 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
if i sell my house, at least now i can boost its value by virtue of not being under the airport’s flight paths
lots of valid criticisms of the graphics, but the voices are the most unnerving part to me…are they ai generated? is this what zuckerberg thinks ‘humans relating’ sounds like?
This is Meta’s brand new ad for Horizon Worlds. Not sure how I’m supposed to feel about it.
February 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
lots of valid criticisms of the graphics, but the voices are the most unnerving part to me…are they ai generated? is this what zuckerberg thinks ‘humans relating’ sounds like?
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the 2020s, aka the decade that proved all the alarmists right
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
the 2020s, aka the decade that proved all the alarmists right
mark my words we’re going to learn elon musk has hundreds of kids
February 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
mark my words we’re going to learn elon musk has hundreds of kids
wonder how the “don’t like it? then leave” folks feel a about this
Article lede: "More than one-third of Canadians support a proposal to allow three U.S. states—California, Oregon and Washington—to join Canada, according to a new poll."
February 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
wonder how the “don’t like it? then leave” folks feel a about this
guitar pickups are such cool objects imo
February 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
guitar pickups are such cool objects imo
if you encounter someone who actually thinks AI should be used to administrate government, education, air traffic control etc, ask them what they think of the fact that the best models can only multiply 3 x 3 correctly about 97% of the time
February 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
if you encounter someone who actually thinks AI should be used to administrate government, education, air traffic control etc, ask them what they think of the fact that the best models can only multiply 3 x 3 correctly about 97% of the time
surely collapsing tesla’s valuation is a worthy cause and one around which many can rally
February 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
surely collapsing tesla’s valuation is a worthy cause and one around which many can rally
i remember when musk was considered a branding genius
it’ll be a rough ride for everyone, but i think we’re about to witness one of the great hubristic downfalls in human history
it’ll be a rough ride for everyone, but i think we’re about to witness one of the great hubristic downfalls in human history
February 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
i remember when musk was considered a branding genius
it’ll be a rough ride for everyone, but i think we’re about to witness one of the great hubristic downfalls in human history
it’ll be a rough ride for everyone, but i think we’re about to witness one of the great hubristic downfalls in human history
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This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
there is a very different but equivalently dramatic and strident version of the restructuring of the federal apparatus that i would wholeheartedly support. of course the targets and intention differ greatly, but hey, when the whole thing inevitably comes down, so will the aspects that are evil.
February 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
there is a very different but equivalently dramatic and strident version of the restructuring of the federal apparatus that i would wholeheartedly support. of course the targets and intention differ greatly, but hey, when the whole thing inevitably comes down, so will the aspects that are evil.
between the looming pandemics and the collapse of the federal government, i’m thinking the airline industry as such may not exist for too much longer
February 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
between the looming pandemics and the collapse of the federal government, i’m thinking the airline industry as such may not exist for too much longer