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Niall

@Niall@mastodon.nz

Wannabe Climate Change Survivor trying hard to build a fantastic carbon free future.
Founder & Chief Chimp at The Infinite Monkey Lab developing grid batteries from End of Life EV batteries.

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pluralistic, to random
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It's the start of a long weekend and I've found myself with a backlog of links, so it's time for another linkdump - the eighteenth in the (occasional) series. Here's the previous installments:

https://pluralistic.net/tag/linkdump/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/25/anthology/#lol-no

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Niall,
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@weaselx86 @pluralistic that's a fantastic response to a disingenuous threat.

peterdutoit, to random
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MUST WATCH:

"The dream in the USA of 'electric SUVs for all' rests on the back of extraction from the mines of Congo and from the bodies of Congolese workers who are supposed to bear the brunt of that Dream. This is not a viable future."— @jasonhickel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reDNhbSy5mo

#CllimateCrisis #EnergyTransition

Niall,
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@peterdutoit I feel this is more useful than the 'EVs bad because Cobalt mining' argument. We should have ethical standards for all supply chains regardless of how much or how little of it we use. The 'West' shafted African nations under colonialism and then left them in disarray when colonialism became unfashionable/unprofitable. EVs aren't the problem, its the colonial legacy.

jacqueline, to random
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achievement unlocked: ordered enough of something from mouser that they just sent me the manufacturer's package

Niall,
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@jacqueline cool :-) That website has so many interesting distractions!

Niall,
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@jacqueline BTW, what are you making?

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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If the sky is dark where you are GO OUT NOW AND WATCH AN AMAZING AURORA!!! Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere get out now! Clouds marred the view before dawn at Hoopers Inlet in Dunedin NZ but the aurora was still incredible! #aurora #auroraaustralis #NewZealand

Niall,
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@iangriffin that's an incredible photo!

kate, to random
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    Niall,
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    @kate what fresh hell have you ended up in?!

    Niall, to random
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    Forcing people to use Facebook (or other proprietary monopolistic corporations) to get updates on essential services should be illegal.
    Luckily I'm offgrid and so I'm just looking as a tourist but the point stands. Grrrrrrrrrr.

    Niall,
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    @strypey Good post, much better than my whining! Have you had any engagement?

    peterdutoit, to climate
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    Niall,
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    @peterdutoit
    Thanks for the link to 'The Continent' newspaper. That is a tough read beautifully presented & well written.

    billbennett, to random

    I had to put one of my stories into Google Docs (don't ask) and notice the spell checker wants to change Tbps (terabits per second) to Tbsp (tablespoons)

    Niall,
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    @phil_stevens @billbennett @essjax don't forget the unifying measure: the size of Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    peterdutoit, (edited ) to climate
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    Niall,
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    @peterdutoit I only saw the deletion & missed your addition at first. I almost think it worked better: 'American consumption grows'.
    (Don't even need to blame a country: 'Consumption grows' sums the problem up pretty well IMO.

    The_Tim, to random
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    Who could have possibly foreseen it. 😒 #layoffs https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/23/spotify-earnings-q1-ceo-daniel-eklaying-off-1500-spotify-employees-negatively-affected-streaming-giants-operations/

    Niall,
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    @The_Tim CEOs get huge pay because they are so very much smarter than the rest of us. So if he couldn't see it coming it must have been 1000% unforseeable. I'm glad we have the smart people in charge. /s

    davidho, to random
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    You’re not closing the street to cars, you’re opening it to people.

    Video of people enjoying themselves on the street because there are no cars threatening to kill them.

    Niall,
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    @coffeepine @davidho perfection is the enemy of progress.

    eclectech, to random
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    A while back I stuck some googly eyes on some fish & was annoyed because it was a rubbish loop & a bit slapdash even for me, so I got another clip & have sporadically been adding more googly eyes.

    Decided it was done & generated the new file.

    Downside: The loop is worse & overall the new clip looks just the same.

    Upside: I think I've discovered a new form of adding-googly-eyes-to-moving-fish therapy. Surprisingly relaxing. Would recommend.

    #sillyScribbles #googlyEyes #fish #silly #nonsense

    A video clip of a dark aquarium tank with many fish, all the same kind, swimming back and forth. Quite a lot of them have had a set of googly eyes and an open O mouth added.

    Niall,
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    @eclectech open-source the code! This needs to be everywhere :)

    iangriffin, to random
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    Wow I love dog walks on the Otago Peninsula! The wildlife you see is sublime

    video/mp4

    Niall,
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    @iangriffin very nice. Also smooth camera. What was it-if phone what sort please?

    ElleGray, to random
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    so tucker carlson blew the interview with putin. time to send in philomena cunk

    Niall,
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    @mxtthxw @ElleGray "why is it dat you is always bein called putin when it is obvious dat you is put out an actin all hurt an ting?"
    Sorry not sorry.

    Rjdlandscapes, to NewZealand
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    Basically some of our most popular vehicles are likely to be cheating on their emissions

    But we dont worry about those things any more right?

    BTW pollution is behind 1 in 10 deaths in NZ
    https://newsroom.co.nz/2023/10/06/the-invisible-killer-new-zealands-air-pollution-crisis/

    Niall,
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    @Rjdlandscapes @phil_stevens Time to reveal an idea I've been sitting on for a while: Now we have the ability to make emissions-free vehicles all engine exhausts should be into the cabin ventilation system. No need for emissions tests.

    Niall, to random
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    Generator running floodlights on a bright sunny day. #ffs.

    Niall, to random
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    :)

    subjacentish, to random
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    Suggestion: Whenever someone tries the "Reasonable" game on you, demand they change the word to "effective."

    "What are reasonable solutions to climate change?"

    No, "What are effective solutions to climate change?"

    "What are reasonable Covid precautions?"

    No, "What are effective Covid precautions?"

    We don't talk about "reasonable" ways to escape from a great white shark or avoid a gasoline tanker that has overturned.

    Niall,
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    @subjacentish nice reframing. I'd like to add my 'like' to the pile heaped on this post.

    Niall, to random
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    Odd choice given the current situation there. Looks like I'm an AMD guy now (if that's still the alternative to Intel-I haven't bought a brand-new computer in ages)

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-26/intel-to-invest-25-billion-in-israel-after-winning-incentives

    Niall, to random
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    Having patchy wifi can be a boon somedays and alt text lets you know how lucky you are.
    #Blessed

    Niall, to random
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    Pretty good sunset tonight :)

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    As we approach the end of the year, wouldn't now be a good time to FINALLY DUMP THAT BOX OF OLD CABLES AND CHARGERS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HOLDING ON TO FOR TEN YEARS "JUST IN CASE" ?!?!?

    It's ok. You can let them go now. You're going to be fine.

    Niall,
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    @Mrfunkedude nope, not gonna do it. I try not to be confrontational on social media but you're just plain wrong!
    Now I must go and sit in a darkened room until my breathing normalises...

    chu, (edited ) to climate

    In conversation w a friend, she was surprised when I said we won't have electricity after social collapse. She asked "why? What happens to electricity?"

    I had to then explain that infrastructure needs people to maintain and if things fall apart, nobody will keep the generators going or the wires in check. She seemed surprised by this.

    Is this why people don't seem worried about what's coming? They have no idea???

    I was trying to hide my shock that I had to explain this to someone who isn't a child. I think I take too much for granted and assume too much of people's ability to be logical.

    Now her obsession with social issues at the expense of #ClimateCrisis makes sense. I was always wondering how someone on the left would not care about collapse. I have tried to explain before that as much as I share her concerns about the many dire issues that do need dealing with, none of it matters if climate change causes collapse. Then we won't have social housing, or equity, or any of the other things she cares about. (she was even part of a group that protested demanding "affordable gas")

    Her look of shock finally helped me realize that she has absolutely no idea what #ClimateCollapse means. No idea. I've been arguing with her all these years and she's had no idea.

    I don't even know what to say.

    There's no way she's the only one. Lots of well intentioned people say "yes climate is important but....".

    I am here to tell you that none of those other issues will even exist in the face of climate and social collapse.

    I don't know if the average person can even imagine the number of deaths that we are facing when the society we built loses electricity.

    Niall,
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    @Ulzana @chu and the alternative candidate will offer what? No point in taking things in isolation otherwise nothing looks good.

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