Tony
@tonyprep.bsky.social
As far as social media is concerned, the only things I want to share with the world is the state of the world.
Can't say if it's related to number of doses. I only had the primary course and first booster. Never had COVID-19. Following the NZ data, when it was available, boosters reduced protection to the level of the unvaccinated. I can't see myself getting another, but it's up to the individual.
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Can't say if it's related to number of doses. I only had the primary course and first booster. Never had COVID-19. Following the NZ data, when it was available, boosters reduced protection to the level of the unvaccinated. I can't see myself getting another, but it's up to the individual.
Of course you don't; you're not a hunter-gatherer.
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Of course you don't; you're not a hunter-gatherer.
Hunter-gatherers had freedom. Civilised people less so.
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hunter-gatherers had freedom. Civilised people less so.
Trump popularity polls averages, from multiple sources.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Trump popularity polls averages, from multiple sources.
Eh? So where do you get your data from?
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Eh? So where do you get your data from?
I think it's called hopium.
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I think it's called hopium.
He still has an approval rating around 40%, so the entire country is clearly not embarrassed by him, strangely.
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
He still has an approval rating around 40%, so the entire country is clearly not embarrassed by him, strangely.
The author was a vegetarian for about 20 years and it made her ill. She tackles the issue from multiple angles (environmental, empathy for the animals, health, economic) and explains how it doesn't make sense from any angle though she also rails against industrial farming for other reasons.
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The author was a vegetarian for about 20 years and it made her ill. She tackles the issue from multiple angles (environmental, empathy for the animals, health, economic) and explains how it doesn't make sense from any angle though she also rails against industrial farming for other reasons.
Yes, I'm sure that the small amount of fossil fuels that could easily be collected might have had an impact on pre-civilisation human life but it's the industrial collection/extraction of those resources that really broke the world.
October 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Yes, I'm sure that the small amount of fossil fuels that could easily be collected might have had an impact on pre-civilisation human life but it's the industrial collection/extraction of those resources that really broke the world.
Fossil fuels broke the world as soon as they were discovered. Now some want to keep that broken world by powering everything with energy harvested from renewable sources with non-renewable infrastructure. And if that's done too fast (assuming it's possible), it crashes the economy.
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Fossil fuels broke the world as soon as they were discovered. Now some want to keep that broken world by powering everything with energy harvested from renewable sources with non-renewable infrastructure. And if that's done too fast (assuming it's possible), it crashes the economy.
I hate them using the term "clean energy" as though it would fix everything.
September 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I hate them using the term "clean energy" as though it would fix everything.
Our technological industrial civilisation is unsustainable. If you can think of a way to make it sustainable, I'm all ears. Note, though, that sustainable means "able to continue indefinitely." Reduced environmental impact is nowhere near enough.
September 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Our technological industrial civilisation is unsustainable. If you can think of a way to make it sustainable, I'm all ears. Note, though, that sustainable means "able to continue indefinitely." Reduced environmental impact is nowhere near enough.
Hausfather is definitely clutching at straws and even clings to the notion that building renewable energy harvesting infrastructure is clean. We will never avoid the worst case scenario because that is the scenario we end up with as emissions continue. With modernity, they will always continue.
September 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hausfather is definitely clutching at straws and even clings to the notion that building renewable energy harvesting infrastructure is clean. We will never avoid the worst case scenario because that is the scenario we end up with as emissions continue. With modernity, they will always continue.
Climate pulse shows a less noisy tail.
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
September 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Climate pulse shows a less noisy tail.
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
Bill seems to be ignoring the environmental damage done by civilisation, even before climate change started being a big cause of ecosystem decline. Switching to solar solves nothing, especially as it requires a viable fossil fuel industry to actually be built and re-built.
August 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Bill seems to be ignoring the environmental damage done by civilisation, even before climate change started being a big cause of ecosystem decline. Switching to solar solves nothing, especially as it requires a viable fossil fuel industry to actually be built and re-built.
Right. It's impossible. No-one will vote for simplification and downsizing of their economy, no matter how much the facts show that's the best path for future generations, of all species.
August 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Right. It's impossible. No-one will vote for simplification and downsizing of their economy, no matter how much the facts show that's the best path for future generations, of all species.
If governments ever make climate sense, that is purely by coincidence, not design.
August 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If governments ever make climate sense, that is purely by coincidence, not design.
My bad. I missed that bit of the clip.
July 31, 2025 at 4:56 AM
My bad. I missed that bit of the clip.
This is wrong. Conflating average lifespan with what individual lifetimes might be. Plenty of pre-industrial humans, even pre-historic, lived well past 60, even past 70. But child mortality in particular reduced the average.
July 31, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is wrong. Conflating average lifespan with what individual lifetimes might be. Plenty of pre-industrial humans, even pre-historic, lived well past 60, even past 70. But child mortality in particular reduced the average.
True, but it can't be solved anyway. All we may be able to do now is limit how bad it's going to get.
July 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
True, but it can't be solved anyway. All we may be able to do now is limit how bad it's going to get.
I'm certainly not optimistic, nor am I pessimistic. I prefer realism. The reality of what kind of life is sustainable would not suit anyone but I can't help that. Reality is what it is. I'd prefer a managed decline but I doubt people would vote for that.
July 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I'm certainly not optimistic, nor am I pessimistic. I prefer realism. The reality of what kind of life is sustainable would not suit anyone but I can't help that. Reality is what it is. I'd prefer a managed decline but I doubt people would vote for that.
Yes, infrastructure which harnesses the sun's energy isn't, itself, renewable. Consequently, it is unsustainable.
July 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yes, infrastructure which harnesses the sun's energy isn't, itself, renewable. Consequently, it is unsustainable.
I wasn't comparing. Does it solve the problem of our continuing to wreak havoc on our planet? No. I just slows the pace of the damage.
July 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I wasn't comparing. Does it solve the problem of our continuing to wreak havoc on our planet? No. I just slows the pace of the damage.