Posts by urlyman@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #ApVBTnBPIZCCG9mCyu by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       Gravel road ahead #energyTransition
       
 (DIR) Post #ApVBTnM2f1hcn8khYe by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       Capital will evaporate, and with it, capitalism. And even though capitalism sucks, this will not be capital
       
 (DIR) Post #ApVBTnaZmzKRWDYJDE by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       @dansup great name, sounds great @supapp
       
 (DIR) Post #ApVBToQKgYjG6jldsu by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       Far fewer and far lighter vehicles. No bitumen to surface with. Gravels moved into place by what processes?
       
 (DIR) Post #ApVBToqZ71iFQ62am0 by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       My brain, infused with 0.5% microplastic, increasingly thinks about this kind of thing as I unwrap another item of food from its plastic, with all the plastic particles on it that I cannot see but will later ingest https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/113349877948748076
       
 (DIR) Post #ApVBTpNX8S5H4LSvA0 by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       …eventually, my brain, in becoming much more microplastic, will conduct thinking that is much more chaotic and decidedly less plastic. And we can hurtle together into the stupidest future ever conceived by Milton Friedman addled pricks. Pricks like Jim Ratcliffe https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/113299143707652465
       
 (DIR) Post #ApVBTpVKfSK3SX79Jg by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       To extend the above pictorial metaphor, the media is sticking to the story of “the tarmac will keep going so there’s no need for a roadside sign”.Keep your eyes peeled
       
 (DIR) Post #ApVBTqpZjg6pZbapVY by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       In the future, there will very probably be less compute#degrowth
       
 (DIR) Post #ApVBTriWRO3sK1Ii9Y by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       …there will be exponential growth in compute first. Which is a great way to ensure that there will be catastrophically less mid-century or sohttps://mastodon.social/@urlyman/111102122433355977
       
 (DIR) Post #Apr0aJeUfRIIgEPMki by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       @eff the “yes and…” approach is readily ignored by sociopaths
       
 (DIR) Post #AuHKKQmRYTKyqSwgWe by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       @_elena fine with me :)
       
 (DIR) Post #Av5BcS9S0mSQctDppI by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       @_elena @parismarx  Not sure wishing for something that isn’t going to happen will help.Would like to know more about the scope of the second. What kind of “something”?
       
 (DIR) Post #AvDOZrdrdRE5U3DszQ by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       @_elena lovely stuff. Great pitch 🙏
       
 (DIR) Post #AyYjJf9Aub9pUDJHvs by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       There was an old country that swallowed some wood;We should recall it had loads of wood!It swallowed the wood to catch the coal,It swallowed the coal to catch the steel,It swallowed the steel to catch the oil,It swallowed the oil to catch more coal,It swallowed more coal to create The Cloud,That squiggled and jiggled and tickled its crowds.It swallowed The Cloud to catch AI;I don’t know why it swallowed AI – perhaps it’ll die
       
 (DIR) Post #AyYjJf9srxizWPdr2O by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       We have *no idea* what we can ‘afford’ https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/115138959837020568
       
 (DIR) Post #AyYjJgbZUVSy0ZbTpg by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       @_elena 💚✊https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/115264014652351346
       
 (DIR) Post #AyYjJlFQEHigPKHMVE by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       …There was an old country that shat on its work force. It’s screwed, of course- - - Props to Burl Ives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Was_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Fly
       
 (DIR) Post #AyYjJov0a7ldnAl7Eu by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       …There are lots of versions of the Burl Ives song, but this one has resonance because it was animated and produced in the year of my birth, 1964 (by the National Film Board of Canada).And I’ve been catching flies while cycling since the mid 70s. No horses swallowed yet 🐮 🐷 🐐 🐶 🐱 🐦🕷️ 🪰    🐴 💀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjK4pnbW-6o
       
 (DIR) Post #AyYjJrJXfsa3DqFjl2 by urlyman@mastodon.social
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       …The Muppets version is pretty good too 🐸 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_xO2aN_IA