Marco Forlin
@mforlin.bsky.social
I write music and play guitars, synths, eurorack by night.
I work on Embedded SW, Machine Learning, DSPs, by day.
Currently on a deep dive about environmental and social issues, trying to rectify my abysmal ignorance and figure out what I can do to help.
I work on Embedded SW, Machine Learning, DSPs, by day.
Currently on a deep dive about environmental and social issues, trying to rectify my abysmal ignorance and figure out what I can do to help.
Let's try to postpone at least one concurrent part of our self-inflicted meta crisis by a bit, shall we?
Statement on Superintelligence
“We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is (1) broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and (2) strong public bu...
superintelligence-statement.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Let's try to postpone at least one concurrent part of our self-inflicted meta crisis by a bit, shall we?
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Right now, a group of EU leaders want to scrap laws that protect our air, water and nature - in an attempt to please Trump.
We can’t let that happen. Join 83,000 Europeans saying no to fossil fuels, yes to a fair, green Europe. Sign now: go.wemove.eu/trump-deal
We can’t let that happen. Join 83,000 Europeans saying no to fossil fuels, yes to a fair, green Europe. Sign now: go.wemove.eu/trump-deal
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Right now, a group of EU leaders want to scrap laws that protect our air, water and nature - in an attempt to please Trump.
We can’t let that happen. Join 83,000 Europeans saying no to fossil fuels, yes to a fair, green Europe. Sign now: go.wemove.eu/trump-deal
We can’t let that happen. Join 83,000 Europeans saying no to fossil fuels, yes to a fair, green Europe. Sign now: go.wemove.eu/trump-deal
We're heading towards societal collapse, but hey let's make "erotica AI chatbots" and other bullshit.
October 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We're heading towards societal collapse, but hey let's make "erotica AI chatbots" and other bullshit.
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Plan for climate levy on shipping emissions shelved as countries bow to US intimidation and bullying
#IMO #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#IMO #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure
Long-planned charge on greenhouse gas emissions postponed as Trump officials accused of intimidation tactics
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Plan for climate levy on shipping emissions shelved as countries bow to US intimidation and bullying
#IMO #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#IMO #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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canadian media would never have this courage
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
canadian media would never have this courage
EU Commission President von der Leyen caved in to pressure from US President Trump. Tell Europe’s leaders to reject the trade deal and protect climate and citizens today. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...
Say NO to Trump’s trade deal
EU Commission President von der Leyen caved in to pressure from US President Trump. Tell Europe’s leaders to reject the trade deal and protect climate and citizens today.
action.wemove.eu
October 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
EU Commission President von der Leyen caved in to pressure from US President Trump. Tell Europe’s leaders to reject the trade deal and protect climate and citizens today. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...
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1) This is some pretty remarkable shade thrown at the big AI companies by a startup that's hiring away their researchers
2) That those researchers are giving up millions to do this indicates a rising level of discomfort with OpenAI/Meta/Google/etc's moral standing
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/t...
2) That those researchers are giving up millions to do this indicates a rising level of discomfort with OpenAI/Meta/Google/etc's moral standing
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/t...
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
1) This is some pretty remarkable shade thrown at the big AI companies by a startup that's hiring away their researchers
2) That those researchers are giving up millions to do this indicates a rising level of discomfort with OpenAI/Meta/Google/etc's moral standing
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/t...
2) That those researchers are giving up millions to do this indicates a rising level of discomfort with OpenAI/Meta/Google/etc's moral standing
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/t...
Book #9 is Hanzi Freinacht's "Nordic ideology." So far, it's as brilliant as the first one. This stuff should be studied in schools instead of obsessing over old stuff. We need to discuss the global future and how we want it to be, not the past, through a tiny identitarian lens.
September 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Book #9 is Hanzi Freinacht's "Nordic ideology." So far, it's as brilliant as the first one. This stuff should be studied in schools instead of obsessing over old stuff. We need to discuss the global future and how we want it to be, not the past, through a tiny identitarian lens.
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The sandman series was great! I love the whole atmosphere and pace of it, it's different than anything else. The main actor is great, and the soundtrack is perfect. Now I want to read the comics, but I don't also don't feel like donating to Gaiman 🤔
September 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The sandman series was great! I love the whole atmosphere and pace of it, it's different than anything else. The main actor is great, and the soundtrack is perfect. Now I want to read the comics, but I don't also don't feel like donating to Gaiman 🤔
I'm in the process of decreasing my reliance on big tech, so I already switched to proton mail, ente for photos, but wasn't sure what to do with audible. It seems libro.fm is a worthy replacement, a B Corp helping out small bookstores.
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
libro.fm
September 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'm in the process of decreasing my reliance on big tech, so I already switched to proton mail, ente for photos, but wasn't sure what to do with audible. It seems libro.fm is a worthy replacement, a B Corp helping out small bookstores.
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The Indigenous community of San José Poaquil is using technology to monitor the health and integrity of their ancestral forest.
Locals have created online maps for their forest, which have allowed them to keep track of wildfires, deforestation and other illicit activities that threaten the area.
Locals have created online maps for their forest, which have allowed them to keep track of wildfires, deforestation and other illicit activities that threaten the area.
In Guatemala, young Kaqchikel Maya protect their sacred forest with open mapping
SAN JOSÉ POAQUIL, Guatemala — The last rays of daylight filter through the trees as Andres “Tata” López, 56, the local Maya mayor, greets his neighbors coming to source water in the communal forest…
news.mongabay.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Indigenous community of San José Poaquil is using technology to monitor the health and integrity of their ancestral forest.
Locals have created online maps for their forest, which have allowed them to keep track of wildfires, deforestation and other illicit activities that threaten the area.
Locals have created online maps for their forest, which have allowed them to keep track of wildfires, deforestation and other illicit activities that threaten the area.
Look, it was even written in the rulebook: "But in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes, but you shall devote them to complete destruction...". So, just following orders, all good then.💩
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Look, it was even written in the rulebook: "But in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes, but you shall devote them to complete destruction...". So, just following orders, all good then.💩
Aside from the Bible's historical and cultural value, it's incredible that people still see a 2000 year old text as something they need to constantly negotiate with in order to approach our current world. As if that was the pinnacle of human enlightenment, with no more room for learning. Move on.
September 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Aside from the Bible's historical and cultural value, it's incredible that people still see a 2000 year old text as something they need to constantly negotiate with in order to approach our current world. As if that was the pinnacle of human enlightenment, with no more room for learning. Move on.
In his book about metamodern politics, Hanzi Freinacht says that a metamodern should embrace dialogue with people from all cognitive complexity and symbolic stages. In principle, I agree, but how does one do that with people who support blatant injustice, discrimination, or even genocide? Not sure.
September 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In his book about metamodern politics, Hanzi Freinacht says that a metamodern should embrace dialogue with people from all cognitive complexity and symbolic stages. In principle, I agree, but how does one do that with people who support blatant injustice, discrimination, or even genocide? Not sure.
In the environment conscious part of bluesky, there's a justified acrimony towards crypto. That's fair, but I'd like to point out there's plenty of virtuous blockchain related regenerative finance projects: Grassroots economics, greenpill, and gainforest are examples, there's many more.
September 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In the environment conscious part of bluesky, there's a justified acrimony towards crypto. That's fair, but I'd like to point out there's plenty of virtuous blockchain related regenerative finance projects: Grassroots economics, greenpill, and gainforest are examples, there's many more.
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How much will it take for people to accept that Israel is committing a genocide, and how many reports need to be released for our governments to stop it?
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
www.bbc.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
How much will it take for people to accept that Israel is committing a genocide, and how many reports need to be released for our governments to stop it?
Book #8 is "How the Bible began" by Jacob L. Wright, a fascinating explanation about the timeline and motivations behind the biggest and most successful piece of propaganda in history.
September 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Book #8 is "How the Bible began" by Jacob L. Wright, a fascinating explanation about the timeline and motivations behind the biggest and most successful piece of propaganda in history.
I have a fascination with the history of religion, mostly because I can hardly understand religion nowadays. So book #7 was a detour into ancient christianity, with "the myth of persecution" by Candida Moss. Turns out christians wildly exaggerated about being persecuted, because PR.
September 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I have a fascination with the history of religion, mostly because I can hardly understand religion nowadays. So book #7 was a detour into ancient christianity, with "the myth of persecution" by Candida Moss. Turns out christians wildly exaggerated about being persecuted, because PR.
Book #6 was "Complexity, a guided tour" by Melanie Mitchell. Not exactly what I thought it would be, but there are plenty of interesting details about complexity sciences nonetheless.
September 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Book #6 was "Complexity, a guided tour" by Melanie Mitchell. Not exactly what I thought it would be, but there are plenty of interesting details about complexity sciences nonetheless.
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If you have ever scrolled your feed and felt powerless, this is where your name matters. Your signature tells ministers that people across Europe want action now and it gives cover to those on the fence to do the right thing.
👉 Sign the petition today. go.wemove.eu/stop-eu-isra...
👉 Sign the petition today. go.wemove.eu/stop-eu-isra...
No EU Business with War Criminals
Urgent action needed: Children in Gaza are being deliberately starved. Call on the EU to suspend its trade deal with Israel, stop arms exports, and sanction perpetrators of human rights crimes.
go.wemove.eu
August 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you have ever scrolled your feed and felt powerless, this is where your name matters. Your signature tells ministers that people across Europe want action now and it gives cover to those on the fence to do the right thing.
👉 Sign the petition today. go.wemove.eu/stop-eu-isra...
👉 Sign the petition today. go.wemove.eu/stop-eu-isra...
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New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye.
The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza
The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza
August 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye.
The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza
The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza
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The French and Belgian governments are looking into solutions – but only massive public pressure can turn that concern into real action. 90,000+ people have already spoken up – let’s turn up the heat.
🖊️ SIGN NOW.
Stand with women everywhere.
🔗 go.wemove.eu/StandWithWomen
🖊️ SIGN NOW.
Stand with women everywhere.
🔗 go.wemove.eu/StandWithWomen
Don’t burn care: save contraceptives, save lives
$10 million in contraceptives are days from being burned in Europe – under Trump's orders. Our leaders are starting to give in to public pressure. With enough voices, we can stop this destruction and…
go.wemove.eu
August 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The French and Belgian governments are looking into solutions – but only massive public pressure can turn that concern into real action. 90,000+ people have already spoken up – let’s turn up the heat.
🖊️ SIGN NOW.
Stand with women everywhere.
🔗 go.wemove.eu/StandWithWomen
🖊️ SIGN NOW.
Stand with women everywhere.
🔗 go.wemove.eu/StandWithWomen
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Our identity is much more intertwined with the people around us than we might think. Social neuroscientist Taylor Guthrie explains.
August 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Our identity is much more intertwined with the people around us than we might think. Social neuroscientist Taylor Guthrie explains.
I looked into "gaianism" because I was curious about how an earth centric spirituality may look like. Yeah, it's as bad and prone to extremism as any other religion. No thanks.
August 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I looked into "gaianism" because I was curious about how an earth centric spirituality may look like. Yeah, it's as bad and prone to extremism as any other religion. No thanks.