Graham Caswell
@grahamcaswell.bsky.social
Well done, John. Every week you move the dial a little.
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Well done, John. Every week you move the dial a little.
Convergent evolution like crabification also happens in technology. Look at the diversity of the cars in early motor races compared to the uniformity of Formula 1 cars today under 'survival of the fastest'. That's evidence (albeit circumstantial) for universality.
February 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Convergent evolution like crabification also happens in technology. Look at the diversity of the cars in early motor races compared to the uniformity of Formula 1 cars today under 'survival of the fastest'. That's evidence (albeit circumstantial) for universality.
They mean the children not inspired, the curiosity not sparked, the STEM not studied, the careers not pursued, the innovations that will never happen. They mean these costs, right?
February 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
They mean the children not inspired, the curiosity not sparked, the STEM not studied, the careers not pursued, the innovations that will never happen. They mean these costs, right?
😂There's wisdom everywhere for those with eyes to see. No grant funding though!
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
😂There's wisdom everywhere for those with eyes to see. No grant funding though!
Technocracy looks a lot like Neil Postman's Technopoly. And Avivocracy looks a lot like humility, temperance and acceptance.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot know;
courage to learn the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot know;
courage to learn the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
February 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Technocracy looks a lot like Neil Postman's Technopoly. And Avivocracy looks a lot like humility, temperance and acceptance.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot know;
courage to learn the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot know;
courage to learn the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
When you think about it, both Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency and Buddhism are based on the principle of the interconnectedness of all things.
Maybe the real difficulty is in unlearning duality, quantification, reductionism and epistemological arrogance? But what would I know.
Maybe the real difficulty is in unlearning duality, quantification, reductionism and epistemological arrogance? But what would I know.
February 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
When you think about it, both Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency and Buddhism are based on the principle of the interconnectedness of all things.
Maybe the real difficulty is in unlearning duality, quantification, reductionism and epistemological arrogance? But what would I know.
Maybe the real difficulty is in unlearning duality, quantification, reductionism and epistemological arrogance? But what would I know.
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WOW!
Just got the presentation for the new plans for College Green and Dame Street. Looks absolutely amazing.
The Greens have been pushing for this for nearly two decades: we'll keep on going until we get it over the line.
Just got the presentation for the new plans for College Green and Dame Street. Looks absolutely amazing.
The Greens have been pushing for this for nearly two decades: we'll keep on going until we get it over the line.
February 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
WOW!
Just got the presentation for the new plans for College Green and Dame Street. Looks absolutely amazing.
The Greens have been pushing for this for nearly two decades: we'll keep on going until we get it over the line.
Just got the presentation for the new plans for College Green and Dame Street. Looks absolutely amazing.
The Greens have been pushing for this for nearly two decades: we'll keep on going until we get it over the line.
It was the Irish Green Party getting into government that got this. God bless PR.
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
It was the Irish Green Party getting into government that got this. God bless PR.
So there's something like a 1 in 13 chance your house will burn down before the mortgage is paid off (not that you'll get a mortgage, because you won't be able to get insurance).
A lot of people living near water are also going to learn this the hard way. Best to sell before the rush.
A lot of people living near water are also going to learn this the hard way. Best to sell before the rush.
Nice tool! I like how they give a 1-year, 15-year, and 30-year probability of a wildfire burning your property. There's just a 0.28% chance in 1 year for the sample property I show below, but a 7.56% chance over 30 years.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
So there's something like a 1 in 13 chance your house will burn down before the mortgage is paid off (not that you'll get a mortgage, because you won't be able to get insurance).
A lot of people living near water are also going to learn this the hard way. Best to sell before the rush.
A lot of people living near water are also going to learn this the hard way. Best to sell before the rush.
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Read our open letter to the Taoiseach and Climate Minister, arguing that there is no legal or scientific justification for delaying Ireland's Climate Action Plan. It's urgently needed to close the carbon budget delivery gap this decade, and further delays will increase overall costs.
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Read our open letter to the Taoiseach and Climate Minister, arguing that there is no legal or scientific justification for delaying Ireland's Climate Action Plan. It's urgently needed to close the carbon budget delivery gap this decade, and further delays will increase overall costs.
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🎵
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
🎵
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
🎵
this is excellent, and broadly relevant well outside of environmentalism open.substack.com/pub/drlennec...
I Said Environmentalism Was Out of Ideas. I Was Wrong. It's Worse.
How the people fighting for the planet lost touch with the people living on it
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM
🎵
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
🎵
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
🎵
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You are welcome to disagree but I personally want people with this level of empathy, compassion and kindness in charge our lives, welfare and country.
Great episode with Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer.
youtube.com/shorts/afqQX...
Great episode with Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer.
youtube.com/shorts/afqQX...
This is what politicians without vested interests look like
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
You are welcome to disagree but I personally want people with this level of empathy, compassion and kindness in charge our lives, welfare and country.
Great episode with Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer.
youtube.com/shorts/afqQX...
Great episode with Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer.
youtube.com/shorts/afqQX...
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Recent talk recorded with slides.
Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...
The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...
Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...
The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...
Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
February 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Recent talk recorded with slides.
Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...
The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...
Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...
The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...
Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
🎵
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
🎵
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
🎵
this is excellent, and broadly relevant well outside of environmentalism open.substack.com/pub/drlennec...
I Said Environmentalism Was Out of Ideas. I Was Wrong. It's Worse.
How the people fighting for the planet lost touch with the people living on it
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM
🎵
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
🎵
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
🎵
"Over time, the [environmental] movement reorganized itself around professional legitimacy, institutional survival, and elite comfort. Risk became something to manage away. Process replaced power. Consensus replaced urgency."
drlennecefer.substack.com/p/i-said-env...
drlennecefer.substack.com/p/i-said-env...
I Said Environmentalism Was Out of Ideas. I Was Wrong. It's Worse.
How the people fighting for the planet lost touch with the people living on it
drlennecefer.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
"Over time, the [environmental] movement reorganized itself around professional legitimacy, institutional survival, and elite comfort. Risk became something to manage away. Process replaced power. Consensus replaced urgency."
drlennecefer.substack.com/p/i-said-env...
drlennecefer.substack.com/p/i-said-env...
Thank you for keeping it real.
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Thank you for keeping it real.
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China — China! — has signed off on a report that warns focusing on unchecked economic growth is contributing to the destruction of global biodiversity.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn
China, India and EU countries were among the signatories of a report that criticized the prevailing measures of economic success.
subscriber.politicopro.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
China — China! — has signed off on a report that warns focusing on unchecked economic growth is contributing to the destruction of global biodiversity.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Something like a million euros per house. Not to save them, but to postpone their destruction for a few decades. The seas will rise up to 2m over the next 75 years, so this is just the beginning of the beginning.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
New form of sea defence set to save dozens of family homes on Dublin coast
‘I was here a few years ago with a woman who was crying because her house was gone,’ says Fingal Mayor
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Something like a million euros per house. Not to save them, but to postpone their destruction for a few decades. The seas will rise up to 2m over the next 75 years, so this is just the beginning of the beginning.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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And here ist IAE photovoltaic scenario vs historical development.
Wikipedia -> IAE -> critics
Wikipedia -> IAE -> critics
February 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM
And here ist IAE photovoltaic scenario vs historical development.
Wikipedia -> IAE -> critics
Wikipedia -> IAE -> critics
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"We're for the jobs the comet will bring..." #DontLookUp
February 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
"We're for the jobs the comet will bring..." #DontLookUp
That's another part of avoidance. Many politicians, organisations and voters see 'climate action' alongside 'ending poverty' or 'peace on earth' as something good but aspirational.
But unlike ending poverty or war, climate comes with a rapidly approaching deadline. And tipping points are binary.
But unlike ending poverty or war, climate comes with a rapidly approaching deadline. And tipping points are binary.
February 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
That's another part of avoidance. Many politicians, organisations and voters see 'climate action' alongside 'ending poverty' or 'peace on earth' as something good but aspirational.
But unlike ending poverty or war, climate comes with a rapidly approaching deadline. And tipping points are binary.
But unlike ending poverty or war, climate comes with a rapidly approaching deadline. And tipping points are binary.
People downstream pay a very, very high price for invasive deer and hill sheep farming.
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
People downstream pay a very, very high price for invasive deer and hill sheep farming.
Clearly against it will, this dog is being forced to participate in a fake, carefully choregraphed pretense carefully designed to rehabilitate the image an amoral sleezeball. Someone should call the RSPCA.
February 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Clearly against it will, this dog is being forced to participate in a fake, carefully choregraphed pretense carefully designed to rehabilitate the image an amoral sleezeball. Someone should call the RSPCA.