Squirrel the Riveted
@rivetedsquirrel.bsky.social
Michigander. Doomer Optimist.
Pinned
“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.” —The Hobbit
Energy Doc Brown needed to power his flux capacitor in Back to the Future: 1.21 gigawatts
Energy needed to power a proposed OpenAI / Oracle data center in Saline, MI: 1.40 gigawatts
Energy needed to power a proposed OpenAI / Oracle data center in Saline, MI: 1.40 gigawatts
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Energy Doc Brown needed to power his flux capacitor in Back to the Future: 1.21 gigawatts
Energy needed to power a proposed OpenAI / Oracle data center in Saline, MI: 1.40 gigawatts
Energy needed to power a proposed OpenAI / Oracle data center in Saline, MI: 1.40 gigawatts
My first thought is a basic property of abundance is that it doesn’t require distribution
“In a world of widely distributed abundance”
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My first thought is a basic property of abundance is that it doesn’t require distribution
“In a world of widely distributed abundance”
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“In a world of widely distributed abundance”
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Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
"During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat... waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier."
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
"During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat... waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier."
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.
www.thebignewsletter.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
"During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat... waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier."
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
"During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat... waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier."
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
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All of my parents cutlery is family made and easily into its second century of daily usage.
January 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
All of my parents cutlery is family made and easily into its second century of daily usage.
“DEI was a failure. It was a failure not because it wasn't implemented properly or because we didn't try hard enough.
It was a failure because the civil rights movement wasn't about elite diversity in the first place -- it was about lifting up the poor.” www.theamericansaga.com/p/dei-is-a-f...
It was a failure because the civil rights movement wasn't about elite diversity in the first place -- it was about lifting up the poor.” www.theamericansaga.com/p/dei-is-a-f...
DEI Is a Failure Because the Civil Rights Movement Wasn’t About Elite Diversity
The tide is turning against modern diversity bureaucracies. But that's not necessarily bad news for progressives, at least if they believe in the goals of the civil rights movement.
www.theamericansaga.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“DEI was a failure. It was a failure not because it wasn't implemented properly or because we didn't try hard enough.
It was a failure because the civil rights movement wasn't about elite diversity in the first place -- it was about lifting up the poor.” www.theamericansaga.com/p/dei-is-a-f...
It was a failure because the civil rights movement wasn't about elite diversity in the first place -- it was about lifting up the poor.” www.theamericansaga.com/p/dei-is-a-f...
Like anything, context matters. Find common ground on the right stuff.
January 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Like anything, context matters. Find common ground on the right stuff.
“This has got to be a society-wide cultural shift that we have to stop looking at this vital force of nature as something we can conquer or control, and learn how to live with it” 🔥
As the climate crisis turbocharges wildfires, adding resources alone won’t be enough to stop the destruction – our relationship with the land must be remade www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We surpassed human limits to stop this’: LA megafires show our approach to fire needs to change
As the climate crisis turbocharges wildfires, adding resources alone won’t be enough to stop the destruction – our relationship with the land must be remade
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“This has got to be a society-wide cultural shift that we have to stop looking at this vital force of nature as something we can conquer or control, and learn how to live with it” 🔥
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Dating from the 1050s, in the reign of Edward the Confessor, this is Britain’s oldest door, made from oak, in a passage leading to the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey
www.westminster-abbey.org/history/expl...
www.westminster-abbey.org/history/expl...
January 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Dating from the 1050s, in the reign of Edward the Confessor, this is Britain’s oldest door, made from oak, in a passage leading to the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey
www.westminster-abbey.org/history/expl...
www.westminster-abbey.org/history/expl...
+ for advocating for adaptation and resilience
- for using the term “mindbomb”
- for using the term “mindbomb”
"The climate movement has been missing a trick by being so fixated on decarbonisation, in a manner that has not resonated with portions of the population not already convinced."
We need to pivot to a strategy based in climate adaptation, especially with #Trump in charge.
https://buff.ly/40M2GpB
We need to pivot to a strategy based in climate adaptation, especially with #Trump in charge.
https://buff.ly/40M2GpB
Pivoting to a Strategy based in Climate Adaptation: The Path Forward from Trump-world – Rupert Read
buff.ly
January 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
+ for advocating for adaptation and resilience
- for using the term “mindbomb”
- for using the term “mindbomb”
They shouldn’t have to work in these conditions. Masks or no masks
Ventura County strawberry workers are harvesting in heavy smoke from the Hughes Fire. We remind workers their employers have to provide them with respirator masks if the AQI exceeds 150. Stay safe! #WeFeedYou
January 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
They shouldn’t have to work in these conditions. Masks or no masks
Said goodbye to the sweetest chinchilla yesterday.
January 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Said goodbye to the sweetest chinchilla yesterday.
Trying to figure out whether “actual people” refers to everyone in red states or just those that vote blue.
please stop saying you want to see people in red states suffer.
there are actual people here.
there are actual people here.
January 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trying to figure out whether “actual people” refers to everyone in red states or just those that vote blue.
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'Thuya Burl Tripartite' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Thuya burl, Serviceberry and Ebony with Holly spacers.
The bowl is Serviceberry wood... a favorite! An understory tree that is native to Canada and every U.S. state except Hawaii.
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #carving 🥄
The bowl is Serviceberry wood... a favorite! An understory tree that is native to Canada and every U.S. state except Hawaii.
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #carving 🥄
January 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
'Thuya Burl Tripartite' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Thuya burl, Serviceberry and Ebony with Holly spacers.
The bowl is Serviceberry wood... a favorite! An understory tree that is native to Canada and every U.S. state except Hawaii.
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #carving 🥄
The bowl is Serviceberry wood... a favorite! An understory tree that is native to Canada and every U.S. state except Hawaii.
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #carving 🥄
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You know that screenshot is very old because Google is still showing the best result at the top.
January 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You know that screenshot is very old because Google is still showing the best result at the top.
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Progress on the timber framing elements for our current project.
#timberframing #architecture #design #home #vermont
#timberframing #architecture #design #home #vermont
January 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Progress on the timber framing elements for our current project.
#timberframing #architecture #design #home #vermont
#timberframing #architecture #design #home #vermont
I wonder how Arthur Schopenhauer (1766-1860) conceived of health. Probably very different than we do today
Universal Healthcare!!!!
"With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...Healt h is by far the most important element in human happiness."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...Healt h is by far the most important element in human happiness."
Arthur Schopenhauer
January 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I wonder how Arthur Schopenhauer (1766-1860) conceived of health. Probably very different than we do today
“Social science and medicine are not interested in discovering causation. They are looking for evidence to justify policies that will impact populations of people. And statistics has been one of the most powerful methods for population-level, bureaucratic assessment” www.argmin.net/p/bureaucrat...
Bureaucratic Statistics
A few thoughts about a reframing of statistical methodology
www.argmin.net
January 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
“Social science and medicine are not interested in discovering causation. They are looking for evidence to justify policies that will impact populations of people. And statistics has been one of the most powerful methods for population-level, bureaucratic assessment” www.argmin.net/p/bureaucrat...
“In our exuberance to find these cancers, we have basically turned a lot of healthy people who are not destined to die from the cancers into patients” www.carolynbarbermd.com/9242-2/
January 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“In our exuberance to find these cancers, we have basically turned a lot of healthy people who are not destined to die from the cancers into patients” www.carolynbarbermd.com/9242-2/
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Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting."
Illich, Deschooling Society
Illich, Deschooling Society
January 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting."
Illich, Deschooling Society
Illich, Deschooling Society
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I don't want my fridge to have a camera or Wi-Fi. I don't want my dishwasher to be smart. I don't want my washing machine to text me.
In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.
In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.
January 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I don't want my fridge to have a camera or Wi-Fi. I don't want my dishwasher to be smart. I don't want my washing machine to text me.
In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.
In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.
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Just a reminder since it's garden-planning season for those in the northern hemisphere, that Permapeople has a free and non-commercial garden planner.
More elaborate than a grid-based planner, and more suited for food foresters and homesteaders, but it's awesome!
permapeople.org/plans/new
More elaborate than a grid-based planner, and more suited for food foresters and homesteaders, but it's awesome!
permapeople.org/plans/new
New garden plan | 🌱✌️ Permapeople
Create a new garden plan with Permapeople
permapeople.org
January 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Just a reminder since it's garden-planning season for those in the northern hemisphere, that Permapeople has a free and non-commercial garden planner.
More elaborate than a grid-based planner, and more suited for food foresters and homesteaders, but it's awesome!
permapeople.org/plans/new
More elaborate than a grid-based planner, and more suited for food foresters and homesteaders, but it's awesome!
permapeople.org/plans/new
Michigan plans to clear 400+ acres of state forest near Gaylord for solar farm www.mlive.com/environment/...
Michigan plans to clear 400+ acres of state forest near Gaylord for solar farm
Officials with the DNR recently assessed 1,200 acres of public trust land in Otsego County near a major power transmission line to decide whether it was suitable for solar arrays.
www.mlive.com
January 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Michigan plans to clear 400+ acres of state forest near Gaylord for solar farm www.mlive.com/environment/...
“It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?”
January 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?”