Philip Loring
@philiploring.com
Human ecologist and storyteller. Regeneration and Social Justice. Global Director @nature_org. Author: FINDING OUR NICHE. Stubbornly optimistic that radical change is closer than we think. Opinions mine (but science-based). 🏳️🌈
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Philip Loring
@philiploring.com
· Feb 25
I believe in unicorns
If you want to change the world, you should too.
conservechange.medium.com
“When we put into the world an alternative notion of how it could or should be, we take a little bit of power away from the people who tell us that this is all we can have.”
Why I want you to believe in unicorns:
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Why I want you to believe in unicorns:
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AI and Race Science: How plans for “racial hierarchy”, “genetic optimisation” and “population culling” are circulating inside the billionaire Epstein and Big Tech networks
How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite
The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles
bylinetimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
AI and Race Science: How plans for “racial hierarchy”, “genetic optimisation” and “population culling” are circulating inside the billionaire Epstein and Big Tech networks
Jingle Jangle is criminally underrated
December 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Jingle Jangle is criminally underrated
Why in the world does the media report breathlessly on every utterance out of tech billionaires’ mouths as if they’re the Oracle at fucking Delphi?
Oh right because billionaires own the media.
Oh right because billionaires own the media.
December 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Why in the world does the media report breathlessly on every utterance out of tech billionaires’ mouths as if they’re the Oracle at fucking Delphi?
Oh right because billionaires own the media.
Oh right because billionaires own the media.
Their explicit policy platform is to keep as many of us poor and dependent on bad wages as possible.
The Trump administration will begin seizing the pay of people in default on their student loans early next year, marking the first wave of new wage garnishments since the pandemic.
Wage garnishment for defaulted student loans to resume early next year
The Education Department had stopped collecting wages to repay defaulted loans during the coronavirus pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Their explicit policy platform is to keep as many of us poor and dependent on bad wages as possible.
They’re fishing for a bribe
The Trump administration pauses five offshore wind projects on the East Coast, citing national security concerns.
Trump administration pauses 5 offshore wind projects on the East Coast
The Trump administration is pausing leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the East Coast due to unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon.
bit.ly
December 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They’re fishing for a bribe
The entitlement and lack of self awareness in these quotes from Dems facing challenges is …. exactly why they are facing challenges
CNN: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The entitlement and lack of self awareness in these quotes from Dems facing challenges is …. exactly why they are facing challenges
Trump’s tariffs are a bad idea
Abundance is a bad idea
There. Pretty easy.
This is a discursive trick from Yglesias, a form of poisoning the well. “So and so is wrong about A so they are wrong about B.”
It’s also hasty generalization: trying to cast any criticism of abundance in this light.
Abundance is a bad idea
There. Pretty easy.
This is a discursive trick from Yglesias, a form of poisoning the well. “So and so is wrong about A so they are wrong about B.”
It’s also hasty generalization: trying to cast any criticism of abundance in this light.
Tariffs are Trump’s least-popular idea.
They’ve totally failed substantively.
But a little circle of brain-poisoned leftists hate “abundance” so much they want to defend Trump on trade.
They’ve totally failed substantively.
But a little circle of brain-poisoned leftists hate “abundance” so much they want to defend Trump on trade.
December 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Trump’s tariffs are a bad idea
Abundance is a bad idea
There. Pretty easy.
This is a discursive trick from Yglesias, a form of poisoning the well. “So and so is wrong about A so they are wrong about B.”
It’s also hasty generalization: trying to cast any criticism of abundance in this light.
Abundance is a bad idea
There. Pretty easy.
This is a discursive trick from Yglesias, a form of poisoning the well. “So and so is wrong about A so they are wrong about B.”
It’s also hasty generalization: trying to cast any criticism of abundance in this light.
The subordination of the fundamental to the contingent is the most problematic habit of the modern worldview. In this case that all new “technology” exists as an inherent unquestionable good to which humans must adapt. People should listen more to anthropologists.
This is my favorite version of the AI push — we don’t have any real ideas for how you should use it, but it’s not going anywhere, so you had better figure out a use for it and then start using it quick!
Uh, no. I don’t think I will.
Uh, no. I don’t think I will.
Figure out how to use it. Ostrich mode will help no one.
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The subordination of the fundamental to the contingent is the most problematic habit of the modern worldview. In this case that all new “technology” exists as an inherent unquestionable good to which humans must adapt. People should listen more to anthropologists.
LAN party? I’m old enough to remember LapLink parties
December 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
LAN party? I’m old enough to remember LapLink parties
I just finished a draft chapter on the "Green Revolution" in my new manuscript, and let me tell you it GOES HARD.
December 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I just finished a draft chapter on the "Green Revolution" in my new manuscript, and let me tell you it GOES HARD.
The deployment of “ai” is not a case study in diffusion of innovation or adoption of new technology. It is a case study in coerced implementation, it is social engineering by the elite class and it’s bad for people and bad for the planet
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT
As Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims you should “build data centers” if “you want low electricity prices,” more than 200 environmental organizations have joined to “demand a halt to the bui...
unicornriot.ninja
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The deployment of “ai” is not a case study in diffusion of innovation or adoption of new technology. It is a case study in coerced implementation, it is social engineering by the elite class and it’s bad for people and bad for the planet
Omg MS WORD is now prompting me to chat with copilot every time I open a document PLEASE MAKE IT STOP
December 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Omg MS WORD is now prompting me to chat with copilot every time I open a document PLEASE MAKE IT STOP
Looking for a fun foodie holiday gift and want to support transformational change in food systems? If you're in Canada, you're in luck: regenerationcanada.org/en/2025-gift...
2025 Holiday Gift Guide: Support Canadian Farms Using Regenerative Practices - Régénération Canada
Celebrate the Season With Gifts That Support Regenerative Farming As we enter a season of gathering, gifting, and sharing food, we invite you to support farmers across Canada who are caring for thei...
regenerationcanada.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Looking for a fun foodie holiday gift and want to support transformational change in food systems? If you're in Canada, you're in luck: regenerationcanada.org/en/2025-gift...
Wait is it possible that the Cali redistricting push has given Kiley some incentive to actually work for his job? Huh....
it really feels like the end is near for Mike Johnson's speakership after a critical mass of House Republicans this morning forced a vote on ACA subsidies over his resistance
December 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Wait is it possible that the Cali redistricting push has given Kiley some incentive to actually work for his job? Huh....
As heartbreaking and catastrophic for science and society as the NCAR news is, despite being predictable, its just more evidence that all these people know how to do is tear things down. They will never build anything good. And that strategy has a bottom.
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The opposite of vandalism is beautification
Trump and his allies are tearing everything down. The economy. Leading institutions of education and research, systems for public health…
conservechange.medium.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As heartbreaking and catastrophic for science and society as the NCAR news is, despite being predictable, its just more evidence that all these people know how to do is tear things down. They will never build anything good. And that strategy has a bottom.
conservechange.medium.com/the-opposite...
conservechange.medium.com/the-opposite...
Omg
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Omg
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The original definition of academic freedom came from the American Association of University Professors--the union for professors--in response to suppression against professors for being "too left" & it focused a LOT on universities not being beholden to corporate funders or wealthy benefactors...🧵
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The original definition of academic freedom came from the American Association of University Professors--the union for professors--in response to suppression against professors for being "too left" & it focused a LOT on universities not being beholden to corporate funders or wealthy benefactors...🧵
Reposted by Philip Loring
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
There is a non-zero chance of an AI-related mass suicide in the next couple of years
AI Jesus? Rogan has jumped the shark, and that's saying something.
December 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
There is a non-zero chance of an AI-related mass suicide in the next couple of years
Serious question: Why even litigate this? Just ignore it. Make them litigate it. If CO brings it to court they are starting a process that could let this Supreme Court create (another) power the presidency doesn’t have.
President Trump says he's pardoning Tina Peters even though the law says he can't pardon state charges.
Colorado's AG tells me Peters isn't getting out while the claim is litigated.
Colorado's AG tells me Peters isn't getting out while the claim is litigated.
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Serious question: Why even litigate this? Just ignore it. Make them litigate it. If CO brings it to court they are starting a process that could let this Supreme Court create (another) power the presidency doesn’t have.
It looks like a Minion.
I look forward to reports from my neighbors on the other side of Four Mile Run about their new, four-wheeled robot frens.
Robot Food Delivery Service Launches in Alexandria
Serve Robotics Inc. has partnered with the City of Alexandria and Uber Eats to offer autonomous robot food delivery.
northernvirginiamag.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It looks like a Minion.
These people lack any self awareness. It would only take the tiniest bit for them to think, “wait, hey maybe it’s me”
Mark Cuban Says ‘It Became Pointless’ To Post On Bluesky Due To The Hate He Gets There
Mark Cuban Says 'It Became Pointless' To Post On Bluesky Due To The Hate He Gets There
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and longtime "Shark Tank" star, says he’s done posting on Bluesky for now, and the reason is simple: it’s not worth
offthefrontpage.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
These people lack any self awareness. It would only take the tiniest bit for them to think, “wait, hey maybe it’s me”
Is there a Christmas song on “The Chipmunks Christmas” that isn’t among the top 3 renditions of that song?
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Is there a Christmas song on “The Chipmunks Christmas” that isn’t among the top 3 renditions of that song?
Supergirl trailer looks dope.
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Supergirl trailer looks dope.
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The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country.
Yes, I said TOURISTS — not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry.
Yes, I said TOURISTS — not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry.
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country.
Yes, I said TOURISTS — not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry.
Yes, I said TOURISTS — not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry.