This from Adam Tooze today:
What preoccupies me is Mark Blyth’s dramatic 2021 description of our current predicament: “climate breakdown … is a giant non-linear outcome generator with wicked convexities.
In plain English, there is no mean, there is no average, there is no return to normal. It’s one way traffic into the unknown.”
6.1.2025 20:51This from Adam Tooze today:What preoccupies me is Mark Blyth’s dramatic 2021 description of our current predicament: “climate breakdown...This is priceless 👇
(Greg Jabs Drive is a road here in Townsville)
13.12.2024 04:41This is priceless 👇(Greg Jabs Drive is a road here in Townsville)https://johnmenadue.com/a-triumph-for-greed-over-commonsense-and-humanity/
27.11.2024 00:58https://johnmenadue.com/a-triumph-for-greed-over-commonsense-and-humanity/https://johnmenadue.com/the-gods-look-on-aghast-as-human-calamity-unfolds/
22.11.2024 00:07https://johnmenadue.com/the-gods-look-on-aghast-as-human-calamity-unfolds/A very good explainer of the Trump victory.
In short, it is the rise of selfishness, due to the rise of the virtual life, decline of civil society, all enabled and encouraged by the billionaire tech bros.
So Trump comes along and says, I will give you permission to be a mean spirited selfish shit.
9.11.2024 20:18A very good explainer of the Trump victory.In short, it is the rise of selfishness, due to the rise of the virtual life, decline of civil...Highly recommend this from Barry Jones.
A master of clear language. For example…
“We are stuck with the submarines, which will arrive at an unknown date with an unknown cost, almost certainly after they have become obsolete, and with no repayment of Australia’s investment if the deal falls over.”
12.10.2024 00:57Highly recommend this from Barry Jones.A master of clear language. For example…“We are stuck with the submarines, which will arrive at...This is cracking good from Prof Warwick.
Calm, informed, real world commentary on China.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BxDTE2fjT-Q&si=iEKT9ZSt2kaEIdg3
2.6.2024 08:28This is cracking good from Prof Warwick.Calm, informed, real world commentary on...The moment…
30.5.2024 21:32The moment… #guiltyHighly highly recommend this address by Yanis Varoufakis at the National Press Club.
If only our political class would heed his policy prescriptions.
https://youtu.be/S3_I18eEABU?si=CZxuXlZBjurrngsc
25.5.2024 06:26Highly highly recommend this address by Yanis Varoufakis at the National Press Club.If only our political class would heed his policy...Has science obliterated poetry?😬
17.5.2024 21:37Has science obliterated...Why we move to Mastodon…..
23.4.2024 21:00Why we move to Mastodon…..https://johnmenadue.com/the-banality-of-evil-redux/
4.4.2024 01:43https://johnmenadue.com/the-banality-of-evil-redux/Well my gob is smacked.
I’ve been learning/using #arduino to automate parts of #artworks my partner and I are preparing for exhibition.
But I hit the wall with my coding. So I asked Chat GPT.
Me…Is this possible?
GPT…Why certainly sir, you need to adjust your pulse width modulation.
Me … Que? How do I code that.
GPT. ..Like this. ( code with perfect syntax provided with user notes)
….so I load it up and it works first time.
My earth just shifted on its axis.
18.2.2024 04:36Well my gob is smacked.I’ve been learning/using #arduino to automate parts of #artworks my partner and I are preparing for exhibition.But...This is not working👇
Likely we need some truly cataclysmic climate events before we move beyond nice words.
…and don’t look to to billionaire class - they will just build bigger and fancier bunkers.
https://johnmenadue.com/?attachment_id=376358
14.2.2024 00:42This is not working👇Likely we need some truly cataclysmic climate events before we move beyond nice words.…and don’t look to to...« … now a disaster, because warming may be 15 years ahead of the IPCC’s out-dated analysis, and its history of reticence on tipping points. »😬
14.2.2024 00:38« … now a disaster, because warming may be 15 years ahead of the IPCC’s out-dated analysis, and its history of reticence on tipping...A nice explainer on what is going on in planet young folk.👇
I was puzzled by younger women’s reaction to Barbie. It turned out Gen Z men held the answer https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/02/younger-women-barbie-gen-z-men-feminism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
2.2.2024 21:17A nice explainer on what is going on in planet young folk.👇I was puzzled by younger women’s reaction to Barbie. It turned out Gen Z...« Australian politics is in denial as to acceptance that the Anglophone era is now past. That refusal to face reality is already costing Australia dearly, both economically and diplomatically. Those costs will increase. They are made most extreme and dangerous by Australia’s foolish involvement in military planning against China. »
Indeed😬
https://johnmenadue.com/china-learning-from-canute/
29.1.2024 04:52« Australian politics is in denial as to acceptance that the Anglophone era is now past. That refusal to face reality is already costing...Andrew Forrest bells the cat on nuclear energy.
https://twitter.com/DeanRosario/status/1745556123648983256/video/1
12.1.2024 20:58Andrew Forrest bells the cat on nuclear energy.https://twitter.com/DeanRosario/status/1745556123648983256/video/1This is so good in so many ways👇
20.12.2023 21:31This is so good in so many...