Daniel Khent
danielkhent@nostrplebs.com
npub14220...yxtr
#writing, #AI, #bitcoin, #transhumanism, #postscarcity, #solarpunk, #lunarpunk, #ecopsycology
The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin
“Even before I had the money, even if I never had the money,” Akasha tells me, smiling, staring at me with the wide, blue eyes of a true believer, “I was free.”
#entheogens
https://www.wired.com/story/rise-fall-dark-web-psychedelics-kingpin-dmt/
LLMs Aren’t Mirrors, They’re Holograms
The article is pretty soft, but the idea of a re-entrant symbolic hologram is interesting…
#AI #LLM
Psychology Today
LLMs Aren’t Mirrors, They’re Holograms
An LLM isn’t a mirror—it’s more like a hologram, one that reconstructs meaning from language.
Major Lithium Deposit found in deposit running southeastern Oregon to north Nevada
#renewableenergy
UNILAD
Scientists discover $1,500,000,000,000 lithium deposit in US state
Mining is already underway in one state, but another is debating whether or not to begin drilling - with an endangered species inhabiting it
“Engineers build record-breaking wind turbine with material no one saw coming”
Pretty cool. But no one thought of wood before?
#renewableenergy
The Cool Down
Engineers build record-breaking wind turbine with material no one saw coming: 'It's not difficult to envision'
A Swedish company has turned to wood for a more sustainable construction material for wind turbines.
Turn Cheap Solar Marine Buoys Into Solar-Powered Meshtastic Nodes
#solarpunk
Hackster.io
Stephen Heinz Turns Cheap Solar Marine Buoys Into Solar-Powered Meshtastic Nodes
Cheap solar-powered marine lights can live a new life as housings for solar-charged battery-backed Meshtastic LoRa nodes.
“Neither climate change nor meteorites – NASA confirms that the end of life on Earth will be due to loss of oxygen”
finally some good news...
#climatechange #science
https://eladelantado.com/news/earth-oxygen-loss-nasa-study/
Photovoltaic spheres called “Sphelar by Kyosemi” that capture light from all angles
Not sure if this is real. A sphere with ~20% efficiency?
#renewableenergy #solarpunk
Blanquivioletas EN
Sphelar Power Corporation
Development story - Technology - Sphelar Power Corporation
'breathing' magma cap inside Yellowstone supervolcano
This cap acts like a lid that traps a significant amount of heat and pressure inside, but it appears to be porous enough to steadily release some of that pressure.
#science #geology
Live Science
Scientists find
Yellowstone
Lucid Dreaming Reveals a New Layer of Conscious Brain Activity
#luciddreaming
Neuroscience News
Lucid Dreaming Reveals a New Layer of Conscious Brain Activity - Neuroscience News
Lucid dreaming, where people become aware they are dreaming, has long fascinated both scientists and dreamers.
Fossil Fuels Were Less Than Half of US Electricity in March?
#renewableenergy
CleanTechnica
Fossil Fuels Were Less Than Half of US Electricity in March! - CleanTechnica
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