ocrow
@ocrow.bsky.social
UX, climate, ritual, optimism, non-violence
What percentage of your meals have a last course of nuts?
March 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
What percentage of your meals have a last course of nuts?
What does it mean when the fridge sounds like Imperial Probe Droid?
January 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What does it mean when the fridge sounds like Imperial Probe Droid?
Crashed and burned car going the other way on ride to Heathrow. Feels strangely appropriate to the day. Situation not normal, normal
January 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Crashed and burned car going the other way on ride to Heathrow. Feels strangely appropriate to the day. Situation not normal, normal
Some people make great art seem impossibly hard and some inspire us to try for what is outside the expected - what we need to express because it is true and necessary and resonant and not fully recognized.
was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Some people make great art seem impossibly hard and some inspire us to try for what is outside the expected - what we need to express because it is true and necessary and resonant and not fully recognized.
Hearing that Lynch died is heartbreaking. There're films of his that I've not watched yet, but this feels like when Ian Banks went; now there's this constrained finite amount of that particular beauty in the world.
January 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Hearing that Lynch died is heartbreaking. There're films of his that I've not watched yet, but this feels like when Ian Banks went; now there's this constrained finite amount of that particular beauty in the world.
@awaitley.bsky.social Woot! You're here!
January 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
@awaitley.bsky.social Woot! You're here!
@diatom.bsky.social One thing I was wanting last night was an online place to chat with a group of friends. Not FB. Something more connected. Maybe something more like pineapples.
November 6, 2024 at 4:55 PM
@diatom.bsky.social One thing I was wanting last night was an online place to chat with a group of friends. Not FB. Something more connected. Maybe something more like pineapples.
Building a toy house out of Legos is like building a British house. What's like building an American house?
September 17, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Building a toy house out of Legos is like building a British house. What's like building an American house?
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This is a must-read about how much the USA was willing to bend over backwards to defend German corporate interests during and after the war if it meant defending Wall Street's interests.
All Honorable Men: The Story of the Men on Both Sides o…
A scathing attack on Wall Street’s illegal ties to Nazi…
www.goodreads.com
March 29, 2024 at 12:24 PM
This is a must-read about how much the USA was willing to bend over backwards to defend German corporate interests during and after the war if it meant defending Wall Street's interests.
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1/ The challenge of the present is that we are choking on complex problems, and all of the tools we have to solve these problems are poisoned.
March 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
1/ The challenge of the present is that we are choking on complex problems, and all of the tools we have to solve these problems are poisoned.
I really thought my FB account had been compromised. Looks now like their session/login service is down. Unclear what would cause that, but many people are reporting. Is everyone affected?
March 5, 2024 at 4:31 PM
I really thought my FB account had been compromised. Looks now like their session/login service is down. Unclear what would cause that, but many people are reporting. Is everyone affected?
@biorem.bsky.social
What I'm looking for is:
1) Blogging, not micro-blogging – long form writing encouraged
2) Preference algorithms never mandatory – you control your feed
3) Comments as first-class entities – conversations are findable and extend in time
What I'm looking for is:
1) Blogging, not micro-blogging – long form writing encouraged
2) Preference algorithms never mandatory – you control your feed
3) Comments as first-class entities – conversations are findable and extend in time
January 21, 2024 at 9:02 PM
@biorem.bsky.social
What I'm looking for is:
1) Blogging, not micro-blogging – long form writing encouraged
2) Preference algorithms never mandatory – you control your feed
3) Comments as first-class entities – conversations are findable and extend in time
What I'm looking for is:
1) Blogging, not micro-blogging – long form writing encouraged
2) Preference algorithms never mandatory – you control your feed
3) Comments as first-class entities – conversations are findable and extend in time
I switched from Chrome to Firefox a few years ago as it seemed to me less resource demanding. I use Firefox on Mac and on Android. Being able to send tabs between desktop and phone easily is a wonderful feature.
In 2024, please switch to Firefox
This December, if there's one tech New Year's resolution I'd encourage you to have, it's switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefo...
roytanck.com
December 29, 2023 at 4:48 PM
I switched from Chrome to Firefox a few years ago as it seemed to me less resource demanding. I use Firefox on Mac and on Android. Being able to send tabs between desktop and phone easily is a wonderful feature.
We have to start thinking about how to mend our systems. Here's an excellent primer on the story so far.
1/ Societies are run on trust. When trust erodes, societies collapse.
Money, as a concept, is a universal medium of exchange predicated on trust. When people no longer trust that their money works the way money is supposed to work, the economy collapses.
Money, as a concept, is a universal medium of exchange predicated on trust. When people no longer trust that their money works the way money is supposed to work, the economy collapses.
December 4, 2023 at 7:18 PM
We have to start thinking about how to mend our systems. Here's an excellent primer on the story so far.
It's a small step, but an important one. Peace is rarely easy. It is made of many small steps.
Oakland joins chorus of U.S. cities demanding ceasefire in Gaza
Oakland City Council voted unanimously on Monday to support congressional and worldwide calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for the release of all hostages. “I reject the fact that Oak...
oaklandnorth.net
November 29, 2023 at 6:37 AM
It's a small step, but an important one. Peace is rarely easy. It is made of many small steps.
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If real-world rate & scale constraints keep CDR marginal, it can never compensate for a failure to sufficiently reduce emissions.
Hence, the best antidote to a risky temperature overshoot is to reduce emissions, even if CDR shows promise.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Hence, the best antidote to a risky temperature overshoot is to reduce emissions, even if CDR shows promise.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 20, 2023 at 6:17 AM
If real-world rate & scale constraints keep CDR marginal, it can never compensate for a failure to sufficiently reduce emissions.
Hence, the best antidote to a risky temperature overshoot is to reduce emissions, even if CDR shows promise.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Hence, the best antidote to a risky temperature overshoot is to reduce emissions, even if CDR shows promise.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Product labeling requirements don't really solve problems, but by making the concealed visible, they do create new accountability mechanisms. How would an embodied carbon label requirement change what we buy? What would be needed to ensure label accuracy?
November 13, 2023 at 7:06 PM
Product labeling requirements don't really solve problems, but by making the concealed visible, they do create new accountability mechanisms. How would an embodied carbon label requirement change what we buy? What would be needed to ensure label accuracy?
Similarly, while I'm comfortable with the idea that police can give instructions, I profoundly dispute the notion that they give commands. Citizens are not soldiers. Police are not military. They are public employees.
Being a diehard fan of a politician is like having a shrine to your electrician or a votive candle of your plumber.
You’re hiring them for a practical job. You’re not dating them.
You’re hiring them for a practical job. You’re not dating them.
I have never been in love with, totally agreed with, or even mostly agreed with anyone I've ever voted for. I guess maybe there are people who have (?), but I don't understand that.
November 11, 2023 at 9:11 PM
Similarly, while I'm comfortable with the idea that police can give instructions, I profoundly dispute the notion that they give commands. Citizens are not soldiers. Police are not military. They are public employees.
Does populism amount to simply the enactment of popular policies? Rory Stewart provided this helpful counter-definition:
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October 19, 2023 at 3:16 AM
Does populism amount to simply the enactment of popular policies? Rory Stewart provided this helpful counter-definition:
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Dear Grist ... your article describing a major new National Academy of Sciences climate report "Accelerating Decarbonization in the US", needs to contain ... a link to the document you are reporting on!
Here you go:
nap.nationalacademies.org/25931
Here you go:
nap.nationalacademies.org/25931
Scientists lay out a sweeping roadmap for transitioning the US off fossil fuels
The National Academies of Science report includes 80 recommendations for how the U.S. can achieve its target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
grist.org
October 17, 2023 at 9:25 PM
Dear Grist ... your article describing a major new National Academy of Sciences climate report "Accelerating Decarbonization in the US", needs to contain ... a link to the document you are reporting on!
Here you go:
nap.nationalacademies.org/25931
Here you go:
nap.nationalacademies.org/25931