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Unbridled thirst for all things AI.
'Tallies of AI energy use short-circuit the conversation by scolding individual behavior or triggering comparisons to bigger offenders. Both dodge the point.'
'Tallies of AI energy use short-circuit the conversation by scolding individual behavior or triggering comparisons to bigger offenders. Both dodge the point.'
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Unbridled thirst for all things AI.
'Tallies of AI energy use short-circuit the conversation by scolding individual behavior or triggering comparisons to bigger offenders. Both dodge the point.'
'Tallies of AI energy use short-circuit the conversation by scolding individual behavior or triggering comparisons to bigger offenders. Both dodge the point.'
Hi Jessica. Thank you for sharing and for your efforts overall.
Yes to processing feelings. Often, otherwise, forms of denial creep in. Awareness and acceptance are two very different things.
“Inner adaptation” also helps broaden prepping beyond the sphere of the individual or family.
Yes to processing feelings. Often, otherwise, forms of denial creep in. Awareness and acceptance are two very different things.
“Inner adaptation” also helps broaden prepping beyond the sphere of the individual or family.
We’re DO’ers not doomers.
1) Inner adaptation: emotional, psychological, and spiritual efforts to process fear, grief, despair.
2) Outer adaptation: practical work on personal and collective resilience, mutual aid, activities that support and regenerate community.
Deeds & actions not just words.
1) Inner adaptation: emotional, psychological, and spiritual efforts to process fear, grief, despair.
2) Outer adaptation: practical work on personal and collective resilience, mutual aid, activities that support and regenerate community.
Deeds & actions not just words.
May 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hi Jessica. Thank you for sharing and for your efforts overall.
Yes to processing feelings. Often, otherwise, forms of denial creep in. Awareness and acceptance are two very different things.
“Inner adaptation” also helps broaden prepping beyond the sphere of the individual or family.
Yes to processing feelings. Often, otherwise, forms of denial creep in. Awareness and acceptance are two very different things.
“Inner adaptation” also helps broaden prepping beyond the sphere of the individual or family.
Bonus: a graphic from Hunter's piece. Again, he's writing about particular issues in one specific country but his advice has much relevance to Deep Adaptation and the DA ethos as a whole.
Thanks to @daniel-hunter.bsky.social
Thanks to @daniel-hunter.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Bonus: a graphic from Hunter's piece. Again, he's writing about particular issues in one specific country but his advice has much relevance to Deep Adaptation and the DA ethos as a whole.
Thanks to @daniel-hunter.bsky.social
Thanks to @daniel-hunter.bsky.social
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9. Handle fear, make violence rebound (times call for courage, it can be/it will be/IT IS hard, and exhausting, but here we are, embrace steps one and two for support)
10. Envision a positive future (YES! (enough said))
We hope DA followers find these posts and Hunter's piece valuable! 🙏❤️
9. Handle fear, make violence rebound (times call for courage, it can be/it will be/IT IS hard, and exhausting, but here we are, embrace steps one and two for support)
10. Envision a positive future (YES! (enough said))
We hope DA followers find these posts and Hunter's piece valuable! 🙏❤️
10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
wagingnonviolence.org
April 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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9. Handle fear, make violence rebound (times call for courage, it can be/it will be/IT IS hard, and exhausting, but here we are, embrace steps one and two for support)
10. Envision a positive future (YES! (enough said))
We hope DA followers find these posts and Hunter's piece valuable! 🙏❤️
9. Handle fear, make violence rebound (times call for courage, it can be/it will be/IT IS hard, and exhausting, but here we are, embrace steps one and two for support)
10. Envision a positive future (YES! (enough said))
We hope DA followers find these posts and Hunter's piece valuable! 🙏❤️
...(do so carefully of course, speak (and act) truth to power but in so doing take care for self and others.)
7. Reorient your political map (this is another of the Four R's in the pinned post - Reconciliation)
8. Get real about power (getting real about everything is the heart of DA)
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7. Reorient your political map (this is another of the Four R's in the pinned post - Reconciliation)
8. Get real about power (getting real about everything is the heart of DA)
...
April 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
...(do so carefully of course, speak (and act) truth to power but in so doing take care for self and others.)
7. Reorient your political map (this is another of the Four R's in the pinned post - Reconciliation)
8. Get real about power (getting real about everything is the heart of DA)
...
7. Reorient your political map (this is another of the Four R's in the pinned post - Reconciliation)
8. Get real about power (getting real about everything is the heart of DA)
...
...(those first two point to adrienne maree brown's wise maxim: "move at the speed of trust.")
3. Grieve (hello DA's inner adaptation!)
4. Release that which you cannot change (hello one of the DA's Four R's (see pinned post!))
5. Find your path
6. Do not obey in advance, do not self censor
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3. Grieve (hello DA's inner adaptation!)
4. Release that which you cannot change (hello one of the DA's Four R's (see pinned post!))
5. Find your path
6. Do not obey in advance, do not self censor
...
April 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
...(those first two point to adrienne maree brown's wise maxim: "move at the speed of trust.")
3. Grieve (hello DA's inner adaptation!)
4. Release that which you cannot change (hello one of the DA's Four R's (see pinned post!))
5. Find your path
6. Do not obey in advance, do not self censor
...
3. Grieve (hello DA's inner adaptation!)
4. Release that which you cannot change (hello one of the DA's Four R's (see pinned post!))
5. Find your path
6. Do not obey in advance, do not self censor
...
... to nearly any crisis that any DA follower may be focused upon. Daniel Hunter lays out a 10 point plan that reads like a DA playbook! Let's give a quick TLDR just because (and again, scroll down for Hunter's whole, worthwhile piece).
1. Trust yourself
2. Find others who you trust
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1. Trust yourself
2. Find others who you trust
...
April 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
... to nearly any crisis that any DA follower may be focused upon. Daniel Hunter lays out a 10 point plan that reads like a DA playbook! Let's give a quick TLDR just because (and again, scroll down for Hunter's whole, worthwhile piece).
1. Trust yourself
2. Find others who you trust
...
1. Trust yourself
2. Find others who you trust
...
...usefully, for self and for others too, in the largest sense. The following article (you'll have to scroll down to get to the link) is making the rounds again, and though it focuses on what to do in response to one guy in one country (a distressingly powerful influence to be sure), it applies...
April 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
...usefully, for self and for others too, in the largest sense. The following article (you'll have to scroll down to get to the link) is making the rounds again, and though it focuses on what to do in response to one guy in one country (a distressingly powerful influence to be sure), it applies...
Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Neil Postman
(image by Olivier Bonhomme)
- Neil Postman
(image by Olivier Bonhomme)
March 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Neil Postman
(image by Olivier Bonhomme)
- Neil Postman
(image by Olivier Bonhomme)
Practical adaptation:
Forest school / homeschool / unschool / fun = place-based learning in action.
Forest school / homeschool / unschool / fun = place-based learning in action.
#forestschool #edusky #nature #homeschooling #unschooling #play First day of nature meetups this "spring"
March 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Practical adaptation:
Forest school / homeschool / unschool / fun = place-based learning in action.
Forest school / homeschool / unschool / fun = place-based learning in action.