ego_bot
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Aspiring writer of science fiction. Hypocritical environmentalist. ★ egobot.org
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Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution.
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Living Report: Regenerative Agriculture vs. Rewilding
A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed evidence on regenerative grazing vs. rewilding through dietary shifts that reduce land use and restore soil, water, climate, and biodiversity
iffs.earth
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution.
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
This "The Ministry for the Future" chapter fills me with joy. Written in the POV of myriad environmental NGOs, listed by country in alphabetical order.
"Listen to our stories. See where you can help. Build your own project. You will love it as we do. There is no other world." #books #climate
"Listen to our stories. See where you can help. Build your own project. You will love it as we do. There is no other world." #books #climate
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"In 2009, climate scientists were warning that, if countries did not curb their emissions, the world would face up to 6°C of warming... in 2015...around 4°C...Today, around 2.5°C. This steady decline has happened because, contrary to popular belief, the world really is acting on climate change."
The problem with ‘mega-COPs’: can a 50,000-person conference still tackle climate change?
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the COP30 UN climate change conference in Brazil. Can they all be heard?
theconversation.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"In 2009, climate scientists were warning that, if countries did not curb their emissions, the world would face up to 6°C of warming... in 2015...around 4°C...Today, around 2.5°C. This steady decline has happened because, contrary to popular belief, the world really is acting on climate change."
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EPISODE 1000 🦑 🎉
“My name is Leicester”
Novel of the White Powder, by Arthur Machen
Narrators: Kat Day and Alasdair Stuart
Host: Alasdair Stuart, with interview from Shawn Garrett
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/10/30/p...
This story first appeared in The Three Impostors in 1895
“My name is Leicester”
Novel of the White Powder, by Arthur Machen
Narrators: Kat Day and Alasdair Stuart
Host: Alasdair Stuart, with interview from Shawn Garrett
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/10/30/p...
This story first appeared in The Three Impostors in 1895
PseudoPod 1000: Novel of the White Powder | PseudoPod
My name is Leicester; my father, Major-General Wyn Leicester, a distinguished officer of artillery, succumbed five years ago to a complicated liver complaint acquired in the deadly climate of India.
pseudopod.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
EPISODE 1000 🦑 🎉
“My name is Leicester”
Novel of the White Powder, by Arthur Machen
Narrators: Kat Day and Alasdair Stuart
Host: Alasdair Stuart, with interview from Shawn Garrett
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/10/30/p...
This story first appeared in The Three Impostors in 1895
“My name is Leicester”
Novel of the White Powder, by Arthur Machen
Narrators: Kat Day and Alasdair Stuart
Host: Alasdair Stuart, with interview from Shawn Garrett
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
pseudopod.org/2025/10/30/p...
This story first appeared in The Three Impostors in 1895
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If anyone can assuage my animosity and anxiety towards this techno era of ours, it's Ken Liu.
It's launch day for the US edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM!
What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.
Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.
Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If anyone can assuage my animosity and anxiety towards this techno era of ours, it's Ken Liu.
Just doing my part in echoing this anti AI-slop sentiment into the zeitgeist.
Zelda Williams put it most eloquently: "You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings . . ."
Zelda Williams put it most eloquently: "You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings . . ."
October 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Just doing my part in echoing this anti AI-slop sentiment into the zeitgeist.
Zelda Williams put it most eloquently: "You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings . . ."
Zelda Williams put it most eloquently: "You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings . . ."
Jane Goodall's parting message. Don't lose hope, don't be apathetic, keep being the change. "Because, multiplied a million, a billion times, even small actions will make for great change."
janegoodall.ca/our-stories/...
janegoodall.ca/our-stories/...
Dr. Jane Goodall leaves behind her last words
Photo: Katherine Holland In the place where I am now, I look back over my life. I look back at the world I’ve left behind. What message do I want to leave? I want to make sure that you all understand ...
janegoodall.ca
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Jane Goodall's parting message. Don't lose hope, don't be apathetic, keep being the change. "Because, multiplied a million, a billion times, even small actions will make for great change."
janegoodall.ca/our-stories/...
janegoodall.ca/our-stories/...
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Here’s my take on why beef matters for climate change:
“Nothing else on a pound for pound basis, except maybe refrigerants, comes close to the polluting power of beef.”
That “doesn’t mean everyone has to be vegan tomorrow,” but the goal should be to trim back…
apnews.com/article/plan...
“Nothing else on a pound for pound basis, except maybe refrigerants, comes close to the polluting power of beef.”
That “doesn’t mean everyone has to be vegan tomorrow,” but the goal should be to trim back…
apnews.com/article/plan...
Want to eat more plant-based meals? Maggie Baird, Billie Eilish's mom, has some ideas
Have you heard replacing meat with plant-based foods is better for the planet and can be better for your health too, but you don’t know where to start?
apnews.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Here’s my take on why beef matters for climate change:
“Nothing else on a pound for pound basis, except maybe refrigerants, comes close to the polluting power of beef.”
That “doesn’t mean everyone has to be vegan tomorrow,” but the goal should be to trim back…
apnews.com/article/plan...
“Nothing else on a pound for pound basis, except maybe refrigerants, comes close to the polluting power of beef.”
That “doesn’t mean everyone has to be vegan tomorrow,” but the goal should be to trim back…
apnews.com/article/plan...
Let's make her proud.
Jane Goodall. A legend of science and humanity. And one of my inspirations.
She made the world a better, richer, more extraordinary place.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
She made the world a better, richer, more extraordinary place.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Let's make her proud.
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2025: Hoorah, this *looks* perfect! The chatbots will do all the calculus for us!
2030: Wait ... why did that bridge fall down?
2030: Wait ... why did that bridge fall down?
September 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
2025: Hoorah, this *looks* perfect! The chatbots will do all the calculus for us!
2030: Wait ... why did that bridge fall down?
2030: Wait ... why did that bridge fall down?
Just learned of this amazing poem by Rudy Francisco. Art that makes us more empathetic people.
September 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Just learned of this amazing poem by Rudy Francisco. Art that makes us more empathetic people.
Keep this link close on hand for when the world is looking grim. It shows the many ways that humanity, and even certain environmental areas, are improving despite what these supercomputers in our pockets tell us. Don't let our proclivity for negative news shadow the good. humanprogress.org/datasets/
September 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Keep this link close on hand for when the world is looking grim. It shows the many ways that humanity, and even certain environmental areas, are improving despite what these supercomputers in our pockets tell us. Don't let our proclivity for negative news shadow the good. humanprogress.org/datasets/
"...no machine, no matter how powerful, could achieve genuine insight or expertise like a human so long as it remained disembodied, disembedded, and blind to the meaningful whole within which human cognition always operates."
In other words, LLMs ain't it.
quillette.com/2025/09/07/c...
In other words, LLMs ain't it.
quillette.com/2025/09/07/c...
ChatGPT-5 and the Limits of Machine Intelligence
The disillusion produced by GPT-5 is not a technical hiccup, it’s a philosophical wake-up call.
quillette.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"...no machine, no matter how powerful, could achieve genuine insight or expertise like a human so long as it remained disembodied, disembedded, and blind to the meaningful whole within which human cognition always operates."
In other words, LLMs ain't it.
quillette.com/2025/09/07/c...
In other words, LLMs ain't it.
quillette.com/2025/09/07/c...
I'm honored to have my nihilistic, eco-anxious diatribe published at Pseudopod.
“Behold the truth of this world, Koji, my friend,” said Masa.
The Hermit Crab God, by ego_bot
Narrator: Chris Tang
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2025/08/29/p...
This is a PseudoPod original
The Hermit Crab God, by ego_bot
Narrator: Chris Tang
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2025/08/29/p...
This is a PseudoPod original
PseudoPod 991: The Hermit Crab God
“Behold the truth of this world, Koji, my friend,” said Masa. Pretending sophistication. “We live in a world made by humans, for humans. Don’t need a college degree to figure that out.
pseudopod.org
August 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm honored to have my nihilistic, eco-anxious diatribe published at Pseudopod.
Sometimes I put my head down and pretend suffering isn't happening. That there's nothing we do. That this is just another of humanity's countless conflicts. Truth is, we CAN relieve suffering by donating. @mommunism.bsky.social verifies the people who truly need help from the scammers. Follow her.
Yasmine’s son Zakaria has been helping her with the fundraiser and he has social media in Gaza that predates the war, she is friends with @ssaakkhheerr2.bsky.social whom I’ve shared before and sent me a copy of her Palestinian ID.
She has no real way to support herself and needs help ❤️
She has no real way to support herself and needs help ❤️
Save Yasmine and her family from genocide
Hello, I am Yasmine from the Gaza Strip, I am 50 years old, I have 6 sons and 3 daughters, and I have many grandchildren. We all lived in a beautiful house and happiness filled everything in our lives...
www.chuffed.org
August 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Sometimes I put my head down and pretend suffering isn't happening. That there's nothing we do. That this is just another of humanity's countless conflicts. Truth is, we CAN relieve suffering by donating. @mommunism.bsky.social verifies the people who truly need help from the scammers. Follow her.
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I don’t eat meat from animals, but I recognise the ethical question of whether it is wrong in all circumstances is more balanced than I once thought.
One thing I’m clear about: anyone who refuses to buy products from factory-farmed animals is on the right side. (1/2)
One thing I’m clear about: anyone who refuses to buy products from factory-farmed animals is on the right side. (1/2)
August 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I don’t eat meat from animals, but I recognise the ethical question of whether it is wrong in all circumstances is more balanced than I once thought.
One thing I’m clear about: anyone who refuses to buy products from factory-farmed animals is on the right side. (1/2)
One thing I’m clear about: anyone who refuses to buy products from factory-farmed animals is on the right side. (1/2)
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We’re deeply disappointed negotiations for a global plastics treaty have ended without a final agreement.
Over the past 3 years, the momentum has been undeniable. The world now understands, plastic is a full lifecycle problem that demands systemic solutions, & that its health impacts are profound.
Over the past 3 years, the momentum has been undeniable. The world now understands, plastic is a full lifecycle problem that demands systemic solutions, & that its health impacts are profound.
August 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We’re deeply disappointed negotiations for a global plastics treaty have ended without a final agreement.
Over the past 3 years, the momentum has been undeniable. The world now understands, plastic is a full lifecycle problem that demands systemic solutions, & that its health impacts are profound.
Over the past 3 years, the momentum has been undeniable. The world now understands, plastic is a full lifecycle problem that demands systemic solutions, & that its health impacts are profound.
Talks broke down, but there is hope yet to curb our civilization's single-use plastic consumption. "Campaigners also note that it took eight years of talks to agree an amendment on hydrofluorocarbons to the Montreal protocol on ozone-depleting substances." share.google/8RGPbmhdOPmW...
The Guardian view on the collapse of environmental talks: petrostates blocked a global plastics deal, but we must not despair | Editorial
Editorial: The failure of UN talks in Geneva should anger us all. The increasing threat to our health, our environments and wildlife must be addressed.
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August 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Talks broke down, but there is hope yet to curb our civilization's single-use plastic consumption. "Campaigners also note that it took eight years of talks to agree an amendment on hydrofluorocarbons to the Montreal protocol on ozone-depleting substances." share.google/8RGPbmhdOPmW...
August 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Some people have asked me why I bother fighting for a future I'm never going to see.
I could say "It's not for me, it's for future generations" (which is true of course). But I also feel this question is flawed because the future I am trying to build is already happening right now.
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#Solarpunk
I could say "It's not for me, it's for future generations" (which is true of course). But I also feel this question is flawed because the future I am trying to build is already happening right now.
🧵
#Solarpunk
August 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Some people have asked me why I bother fighting for a future I'm never going to see.
I could say "It's not for me, it's for future generations" (which is true of course). But I also feel this question is flawed because the future I am trying to build is already happening right now.
🧵
#Solarpunk
I could say "It's not for me, it's for future generations" (which is true of course). But I also feel this question is flawed because the future I am trying to build is already happening right now.
🧵
#Solarpunk
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Check out the latest episode of DataFramed, where we talk about scifi, AI, and why stories matter.
www.datacamp.com/podcast/what...
www.datacamp.com/podcast/what...
What Science Fiction Can Tell Us About the Future of AI with Ken Liu, Sci-Fi Author
Adel and Ken explore the intersection of technology and storytelling, how sci-fi can inform AI's trajectory, the role of AI in reshaping human relationships and creativity, how AI is changing art, and...
www.datacamp.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Check out the latest episode of DataFramed, where we talk about scifi, AI, and why stories matter.
www.datacamp.com/podcast/what...
www.datacamp.com/podcast/what...
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Why don’t more people stop eating animals, even when they know the reality of factory farming?
In our latest “Lives Well Lived” episode, neuroscientist Tali Sharot explains how we train ourselves not to think about things that make us uncomfortable, like the suffering behind a burger.
In our latest “Lives Well Lived” episode, neuroscientist Tali Sharot explains how we train ourselves not to think about things that make us uncomfortable, like the suffering behind a burger.
July 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Why don’t more people stop eating animals, even when they know the reality of factory farming?
In our latest “Lives Well Lived” episode, neuroscientist Tali Sharot explains how we train ourselves not to think about things that make us uncomfortable, like the suffering behind a burger.
In our latest “Lives Well Lived” episode, neuroscientist Tali Sharot explains how we train ourselves not to think about things that make us uncomfortable, like the suffering behind a burger.
Finally cracked open KSR's "The Ministry for the Future." That was the most effective and unequivocally horrific opening chapter I've ever read. Simply wow. #books #booksky #climatechange
June 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Finally cracked open KSR's "The Ministry for the Future." That was the most effective and unequivocally horrific opening chapter I've ever read. Simply wow. #books #booksky #climatechange