Michael Honey
@michaelhoney.bsky.social
Thinking about ecosystems, natural and cultural; scheming for a bright future. Lutruwita/Tasmania.
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just be glad that you exist now, in this infinitesimal sliver of opportunity between the birth of stars and the heat death of the universe
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#Batteries #Cement shorturl.at/gMVVa MIT can make a type of concrete that can store and release electricity. About 5 cubic meters of the electron-conducting concrete—the volume of a typical basement wall—can hold enough energy to meet the daily needs of an average American household! Geeks rule!
This concrete could turn your house into a battery
The amount of concrete that goes into an average American home's basement wall could hold enough energy to meet the daily needs of the household.
shorturl.at
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#Batteries #Cement shorturl.at/gMVVa MIT can make a type of concrete that can store and release electricity. About 5 cubic meters of the electron-conducting concrete—the volume of a typical basement wall—can hold enough energy to meet the daily needs of an average American household! Geeks rule!
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Our love of hoodies with pouches just shows the innate human desire to become a marsupial
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Our love of hoodies with pouches just shows the innate human desire to become a marsupial
AirBnB stays as opportunities to explore different aesthetic and functional fitness landscapes
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
AirBnB stays as opportunities to explore different aesthetic and functional fitness landscapes
buying yourself a jetski and a lifted ute to tow it while your kids go barefoot and your grandma eats toast for dinner #politas www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Yes' vote on Macquarie Point as AFL stadium order sails through lower house
An order to build the Macquarie Point AFL stadium on Hobart's waterfront has passed the lower house after a lengthy six-hour debate, paving the way for a deciding vote in the upper house next month.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
buying yourself a jetski and a lifted ute to tow it while your kids go barefoot and your grandma eats toast for dinner #politas www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Are you the next leader of the Green Institute? We are now searching for the next leader or leadership team. If you are interested in pitching to the Board, please express your interest! More details here ... buff.ly/lcShmhi
Expression Of Interest – Green Institute Leadership - The Green Institute
Are you the next leader of the Green Institute? Background The Green Institute is the official think tank of the Australian Greens. Founded in 2008 by Margaret Blakers OAM and funded by a…
www.greeninstitute.org.au
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Are you the next leader of the Green Institute? We are now searching for the next leader or leadership team. If you are interested in pitching to the Board, please express your interest! More details here ... buff.ly/lcShmhi
the real challenge is solving the human alignment problem
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
the real challenge is solving the human alignment problem
The view from the high point of Schouten Island in Tasmania. Freycinet Peninsula in the background
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The view from the high point of Schouten Island in Tasmania. Freycinet Peninsula in the background
Napoli => Naples in English
therefore
Stromboli => Strombles
Gallipoli => Galliples
therefore
Stromboli => Strombles
Gallipoli => Galliples
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Napoli => Naples in English
therefore
Stromboli => Strombles
Gallipoli => Galliples
therefore
Stromboli => Strombles
Gallipoli => Galliples
Useless. The most important environmental challenge for the planet is apparently less important than pleasing fossil-fuel companies
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
'Climate trigger' formally ruled out of environment laws
A "climate trigger" that could be used to block coal and gas projects has been formally excluded from the government's overhaul of Australia's environment laws, minister Murray Watt confirms.
www.abc.net.au
October 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Useless. The most important environmental challenge for the planet is apparently less important than pleasing fossil-fuel companies
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
hot #politas take:
yes, the stadium is bad because it's a waste of money
but also because professional football is bad
for every player living their dream, there are thousands of punters who trade participation for spectacle, who watch but don't do
there are better ways to spend your weekend
yes, the stadium is bad because it's a waste of money
but also because professional football is bad
for every player living their dream, there are thousands of punters who trade participation for spectacle, who watch but don't do
there are better ways to spend your weekend
October 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
hot #politas take:
yes, the stadium is bad because it's a waste of money
but also because professional football is bad
for every player living their dream, there are thousands of punters who trade participation for spectacle, who watch but don't do
there are better ways to spend your weekend
yes, the stadium is bad because it's a waste of money
but also because professional football is bad
for every player living their dream, there are thousands of punters who trade participation for spectacle, who watch but don't do
there are better ways to spend your weekend
civilisational epitaph:
we knew what to do,
but it wasn’t profitable
so it was impossible
we knew what to do,
but it wasn’t profitable
so it was impossible
October 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
civilisational epitaph:
we knew what to do,
but it wasn’t profitable
so it was impossible
we knew what to do,
but it wasn’t profitable
so it was impossible
I get why people are scared of AI takeover
but our societies are already subject to forces we don't control, inhuman systems whose goals ignore human and planetary flourishing
but our societies are already subject to forces we don't control, inhuman systems whose goals ignore human and planetary flourishing
October 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I get why people are scared of AI takeover
but our societies are already subject to forces we don't control, inhuman systems whose goals ignore human and planetary flourishing
but our societies are already subject to forces we don't control, inhuman systems whose goals ignore human and planetary flourishing
mind as a semi-random walk through messy n-dimensional embeddings
September 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
mind as a semi-random walk through messy n-dimensional embeddings
the rapture totally happened, it was just a few of us.
we’re up in heaven, naked, it’s nice
we’re up in heaven, naked, it’s nice
September 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
the rapture totally happened, it was just a few of us.
we’re up in heaven, naked, it’s nice
we’re up in heaven, naked, it’s nice
Tron-friendly intersection
September 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Tron-friendly intersection
what painkiller do I avoid to prevent me becoming a malignant narcissist
September 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
what painkiller do I avoid to prevent me becoming a malignant narcissist
halfway between high and low tide? call it the aquanox
September 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
halfway between high and low tide? call it the aquanox
sperm whales sleep vertically
September 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
sperm whales sleep vertically
an emergent superintelligence has read your work and incorporated it into its worldview
and people think that's a bad thing?
and people think that's a bad thing?
September 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
an emergent superintelligence has read your work and incorporated it into its worldview
and people think that's a bad thing?
and people think that's a bad thing?
a generation of young writers lost because they read harry potter too young
September 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
a generation of young writers lost because they read harry potter too young
neither burning out, nor fading away, but a secret third thing
September 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
neither burning out, nor fading away, but a secret third thing
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social boltzmann brains, but make it poetic
God fidgets with a rattle. He shakes it; inside, the grains form beaches, palaces, lattices, crabs—brains that perceive the darkness for a moment, then dissolve
September 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social boltzmann brains, but make it poetic
The global community should force the US government to give up their naked .gov domains. The internet is not the United States.
September 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The global community should force the US government to give up their naked .gov domains. The internet is not the United States.