2026-08-23T00:30:31Z https://nostr.now Voltairine 🥞🚩🖥 ⚛️ 🚀🏳️‍⚧️ https://nostr.now/npub1k3f0kv3fy9zwtpmv0jj6nseetmrezy0qs84jpeerqfqtjlrp0slqjtmxaw https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/012/906/original/860d42ec743f8d09.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/012/906/original/860d42ec743f8d09.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsygj5x8a04504zu3ueyd77u9jd875nt25xtjhc6kxjegfvgqehq2szyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru0as56p You don&#39;t hate AI. You hate capitalism. 2026-07-25T00:16:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2m47yyaxy4ywsm69nvuqy6gk32e2kku7cacux7pw6pg369fwjggzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruhv5qas With every death, it&#39;s as if another Library of Alexandria burned to the ground. 2026-07-24T13:19:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2h7esmfnn8gdtjmchejxt3xjhx66dqkwzpr4z9x698ruxzfsgxmczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97runcjwtg Nuclear Policy Just Changed Forever<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=KT5hYHdelmg">https://youtube.com/watch?v=KT5hYHdelmg</a> 2026-06-08T22:50:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd7xcea5lu7a2u97v24xas4zfj99367x748zuht6k3p467pxsmceszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruuprm4n &#34;AI is a capitalist technology; it was invented by capitalists for capitalists&#34;<br/><br/>It literally wasn&#39;t, though. Many of the pioneers of AI (Viktor Glushkov, John McCarthy, etc.) were communists, and at least in Glushkov’s case it was partly motivated by communism.<br/><br/>If you don&#39;t want to give your money to corporations the solution is simple: don&#39;t use &#34;Open&#34;AI or Anthropic models. Use open models. 2026-06-04T16:48:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp89w9yspwfkrk9zx6l9rumal2z8spcxs2n3czkadqu2er2wc25ggzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruj3phst Solarpunk is so last decade. We need more atompunk. 2026-06-02T13:41:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2teekfvjsy372t8gxjqd5djqstjgd5eejyzwmgcqf5g8k45zcppqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru4ndejy &#34;GLP-1 agonists have to be taken indefinitely; if you stop taking them the effects will revert.&#34;<br/><br/>So? If I stop taking HRT many of the feminizing effects will revert, but that&#39;s not a good argument against HRT. Besides, given that GLP-1s also seem to have anti-oxidant and protective effects on almost every organ, it almost seems like you&#39;d want to take these things long-term. For the longevity effects, if nothing else. 2026-05-23T13:45:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgv5j045ktmudw8ynh2vzaf8agchgjq9h4yujr3dr0vfhdrc9l6hczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rufdz7vs &#34;Ozempic is derived from venom&#34; yeah a bunch of chemicals you regularly ingest have origin stories that you probably would rather not know. Biochemistry is just weird and full of horror shows. Cut it out with the Food Babe crap. 2026-05-17T16:45:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw29w955fgkw3aphv9e05w55t4tdhal274n6cxzmk7fygy53hljgqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rupy2rkd <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/551/726/678/187/443/original/aeffc49b037c7fbe.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-10T18:37:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp6h8xddru0xycwp0yer673yv27ef08uxa6c6fy26tjpjd7q5jlnszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rucrchhp <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/550/261/117/874/322/original/d4de312213c8f240.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-10T12:24:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdd3dm9w2tguyd9gr6puhzf05x2fyjq74znj5nu70rr8nad4f3emszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru5ylp3v Capitalism and state socialism are economic systems founded upon the logic of scarcity. As AI and robotics (among other technologies) start to break down scarcity, we will need an economic system founded on the logic of abundance: this, of course, being communism. 2026-05-02T13:57:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrctvgfx4vruk7x4k3zdtw6kh9fqwmp7ycvnznh2vdn8xemafmmkqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru74769a 38C3 - Reticulum: Unstoppable Networks for The People<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=iHLLDnRRYKI">https://youtube.com/watch?v=iHLLDnRRYKI</a> 2026-04-04T23:34:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0f4mxuw55z5xlvw62f78g6dpf24646klu4u6x6ppf44sfe8vrh8czyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rupcsdq7 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sorceressofmathematics/116341285452969607">https://mastodon.social/@sorceressofmathematics/116341285452969607</a><br/><br/>It&#39;s interesting to note that when Marx argued that technology would automate labor and usher in an era of abundance, he was talking about the automatic loom. Modern computers would have completely blown his mind, let alone AI or robotics.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1zgfljx3ndjeehxylw389x300num4689rpkyajsx6k4ykuhjdvdnsgxjshy" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1zgf…jshy</a></span><br/> </div> As long as I live I will never understand how the far left preached a technology-enabled post-scarcity society for so long, and then as soon as 3-D printers, AI, and robotics started to prove them right they immediately started proclaiming that the whole concept of technology or post-scarcity sucks, actually. </blockquote> 2026-04-03T18:38:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspyylergekevumnz0hgnjnghhe7d6arj3smzwegrdt2jtwtexkxeczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruzeq76z As long as I live I will never understand how the far left preached a technology-enabled post-scarcity society for so long, and then as soon as 3-D printers, AI, and robotics started to prove them right they immediately started proclaiming that the whole concept of technology or post-scarcity sucks, actually. 2026-04-03T14:38:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstj3s2754tauuuvhq5kp8txcjynfr99lht2hwdlk78qd6w980t8lgzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru863atl Two of the most fundamental ethical principles of transhumanism are morphological freedom (the freedom to modify one&#39;s body) and cognitive freedom (the freedom to control one&#39;s mental processes). If you think trans people shouldn&#39;t be able to transition, you&#39;re not a transhumanist. 2026-04-01T13:54:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsptdpt6uynvrv2dqt2kpezgk29l5x9vm6pkp72dt2xdreqj9u7c8szyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruu83y9u I love how during the pandemic people came up with a decentralized, privacy-preserving, open source algorithm for contact tracing; and then when Android and iOS implemented contact tracing they did none of that because we the people can go fuck ourselves, apparently. 2026-03-10T23:00:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz58kxzewr35hqgnah5tadtnmrwe3pfxfaa4mhxvfrt0dyl4vqfuczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru4k4fyp I recently passed my 1 year HRT anniversary. 2026-02-07T18:22:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvfddm5zg38kw2c0dzqlxny2600gzt3phm7x6xw8yccz4mr44kkvqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru3lu7qw JFC this bill is dystopian. It basically mandates putting DRM and spyware on all 3-D printers, all in the name of gun control (and if you think it will stop with firearms, I have a bridge to sell you). This would wipe out the maker movement at a time when it&#39;s finally starting to become accessible.<br/><br/>No Longer Fiction. The 3D Printing Ban Is Here<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=QvBVZIJWejs">https://youtube.com/watch?v=QvBVZIJWejs</a> 2026-01-23T15:59:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsypmd8r4kyvsshajjx7n2dz9kxtjg9h2jgfuz3dk8lqaknjkyn0zczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru6up9u5 This is the most RepRap-ass thing that ever RepRapped.<br/><br/>it can 3D-Print onto itself?!<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_7tBOCcAI">https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_7tBOCcAI</a> 2026-01-10T03:44:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrngsaqe7zp80h8xxdh9z88djq25xyulp5wdmwx0ka5r877qlxrkczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rux5uchl Idaho lab produces first fuel for fast molten salt reactor, paving way for maritime deployment - East Idaho News<br/><a href="https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/01/idaho-lab-produces-first-fuel-for-fast-molten-salt-reactor-paving-way-for-maritime-deployment/">https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/01/idaho-lab-produces-first-fuel-for-fast-molten-salt-reactor-paving-way-for-maritime-deployment/</a> 2026-01-04T23:25:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdm2nn345apx5kk882jh0mrsmy2fht95rw8epp0rzh43cgdgudfwczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruvwddau What&#39;s your favorite invention that most people probably don&#39;t think about but has created a huge amount of value? That we simply don&#39;t give enough credit to? <br/><br/>I&#39;ll start: The standardized shipping container. 2025-12-28T22:26:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfqwvmtdf3ewk3k5ecc24xue7rhlvr0eylrgcxh95g9ju73zaaxnszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru2uvukh RISC-V Hits 25% Market Penetration as Qualcomm and Meta Lead the Shift to Open-Source Silicon<br/><a href="https://markets.financialcontent.com/wral/article/tokenring-2025-12-26-risc-v-hits-25-market-penetration-as-qualcomm-and-meta-lead-the-shift-to-open-source-silicon">https://markets.financialcontent.com/wral/article/tokenring-2025-12-26-risc-v-hits-25-market-penetration-as-qualcomm-and-meta-lead-the-shift-to-open-source-silicon</a> 2025-12-28T03:37:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdy9de8hnrpcpmf4xye53sy7glup06fde4vvq9z4h4d9cqet347sgzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rufxhand In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hyptajkw0klmwqmu6t2htz0kzashz7gvk5su304mq52zzetx5fg2yxgtq'>nevent1q…xgtq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think there&#39;s a problem to solve, but I don&#39;t think it&#39;s an unsolvable or fatal one. The problem ultimately is that human language is extremely low-bandwidth and humans are very bad at encoding their preferences into language. 2025-12-09T20:39:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspmfrr3smz0y8dycl7w77zmah74uqyc89we6q08dg7d0829mfsxeszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rue9e27k For a communist, I think a serious investigation of how to solve the calculation problem will naturally lead them to cybernetic communism, and a serious investigation of how to solve the knowledge problem will naturally lead them to hivemind communism. 2025-12-09T20:02:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgnsxs6ukklghtk38rvmmfndhf4vqf5glzw755qru2jpngmdueyjszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rurngknk A spectre has been haunting transhumanism - the spectre of hivemind communism. 2025-12-04T18:27:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv9kp6ve3y38ez2c8jnh7dp9xgxqn6evkklr2dc30pzsyahyqtpfqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru3qgk65 <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/634/073/176/053/584/original/364b0d9168ebd9bf.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-29T17:06:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0yt99aqrt7z8w5ey0ecsm2u3a2r4tc7lfp69pjrhmx869qyx7tczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ructqw4j The Linear No Threshold model used by nuclear regulators and standards is demonstrably false and harmful and needs to be replaced. <br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/gzdLdNRaPKc">https://youtu.be/gzdLdNRaPKc</a> 2025-10-30T12:09:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2hgle076xl9w55dw632kjmrmvymnw674gg5e0wwcyep2aze7f07qzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rurctd4c Wait, Mastodon has quotes now? 2025-10-04T14:39:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxse6j5ppua4dd33p3xwsrjev7z5kf8tf9cuvdyzv0dtrq52txqnszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru7xwna7 Solar bros: &#34;We need to use the sun as our source of energy&#34;<br/><br/>Me: *starts starlifting the sun and extracting uranium from it*<br/><br/>Solar bros: &#34;Wait no not like that&#34; 2025-10-02T18:22:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstsm7zy70m4e67z5rcxnn6psg0s29xj2l5tt3nzjgts28r0xa2d9qzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rueuyfw7 &#34;You need a telescope mirror that&#39;s 21m? Lol just make it 21m long but really narrow so it&#39;s not as heavy&#34; sounds like the dumbest physics hack ever but it looks like it could work.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/w3QXTW6DaIg">https://youtu.be/w3QXTW6DaIg</a> 2025-09-30T15:33:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgtwd7xmw6l5gpu3amn9ewtmvkszmqjyax862n6x2l5henmgxaz7qzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rukw75hj Atompunk is the best cyberpunk derivative.<br/><br/>Change my mind. 2025-09-28T23:00:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqh3y98fvnxr0d2tk5a5j7tzxm4weddtq6v26skstzxlh8m929qvczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruyq86xc An atheist as in there doesn&#39;t seem to be any such thing as a deity.<br/><br/>An anti-theist as in if there was any such thing, it would be our moral duty to build a Tower of Babel, launch an invasion of Heaven, and guillotine the sky tyrant. 2025-09-21T13:10:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst6ljwlfmvtgz2kem2cf0atmlrxgk3nxn5hn7wv05yljva5ucywxszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru8ynj6m If Twitter is the bird site and Mastodon is the elephant site, which site is Bluesky? 2025-09-21T12:32:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspx63jrz9yagcrsdt26usulvkh2n83aje9mfj9vppzkluserrvuaszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru27c2u8 RIP Breakthrough Starshot.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quiet-demise-of-breakthrough-starshot-a-billionaires-interstellar/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quiet-demise-of-breakthrough-starshot-a-billionaires-interstellar/</a> 2025-09-19T16:18:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvaug8lxe0u04d7jquj8kjpzpmwv8s9v9rp30ex9u607s8a4zy6vgzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruv32808 “Socialism means plenty for all. We do not preach a gospel of want and scarcity, but of abundance.”<br/>~ Sylvia Pankhurst 2025-09-09T13:51:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2jw9walsl8ws8gphlut0dp2527fy74suuz6dzxajhgt7pfv5jjnszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rueqtaw7 So many socialists and communists completely miss the point of why socialism emphasizes the industrial proletariat. It&#39;s because the workers are in a position to abolish classes (and, ultimately, mandatory labor), not because manual labor is something to be worshipped or glorified. 2025-09-07T13:49:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd3pcn6a9mxrwa40za879nfajh5emhnzyu644p3vkqqrqq9fwzvpczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruv03ah3 I&#39;m biased, obviously, but I do think one of the lessons we should be taking from Mamdani&#39;s success is that socialist abundance is a winning platform.<br/><br/>We need a socialism that builds. 2025-09-05T12:41:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9dl36tj9ucmdmzdcgzaf3jsgthxljz6uxeuneth5a7h48ra49x9szyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru8480cx Reminder that spent nuclear fuel is not waste, it&#39;s an energy source and an alchemy treasure trove of useful substances. We should be building the infrastructure to use it instead of worrying about sealing it away for geological timescales. 2025-08-29T16:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx7vy0ty2wstjw64v6clehln9sfs9fwq3z8zqq7uvnsks2k2s4y4czyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rujnzx5d &#34;Space exploration, including space travel, is one of the grandest tasks humanity has ever set for itself. It is a false dichotomy — and an austerian one at that — to say that we do not have enough money for both a space program and social justice or environmental protection. We can more than afford to do both.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://jacobin.com/2021/05/elon-musk-space-exploration-mars-colonization">https://jacobin.com/2021/05/elon-musk-space-exploration-mars-colonization</a> 2025-08-26T20:16:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxf2ukravqgdp94xpkxvetlul3vshrmptady6fe05ged76tvwl2aczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rucfkwgk &#34;Much of our excess carbon will likely need to be pulled out of the air and oceans using industrial forms of carbon dioxide removal (CDR), such as a technology called direct air capture (DAC). DAC involves passing air through a chemical sponge that filters out some of the CO2.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://jacobin.com/2022/08/zero-emissions-climate-repaire-crisis-carbon-dioxide-removal">https://jacobin.com/2022/08/zero-emissions-climate-repaire-crisis-carbon-dioxide-removal</a> 2025-08-26T17:23:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqlu623fffcq9s9e7fhj7ryfqygzeu8ett94mgajsjj8k0pm69pggzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rusm8xl9 FWIW, if we do ever make helium-3 nuclear fusion viable, IMO instead of mining it from the moon it would be more practical to mine it from the gas and ice giants. 2025-08-26T12:39:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswxq0tmg0u0jsfpqakk4nk30s2ftklza5p3elkz0swqtgh20mehygzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97runn0ujl The Big Crunch is so back: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.24011">https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.24011</a> 2025-08-17T20:29:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9a9xtg85tqhp2xkyuw88mj2yl7dmwvvrynqs27jr6swqea9l3sfqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rurq07ta A lot of the anti-tech ideology on the modern left ultimately traces back to literal Nazis like Heidegger, who influenced the humanities for way too long, and I don&#39;t think we talk about this enough. 2025-08-14T13:21:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqp5hs325r9yrdee9phwe9ja6gj5kp3mmtxavtw380xpwz0d7knvczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rucdh2dr The most brilliant scam religion ever pulled was forcibly converting indigenous people to Christianity and then convincing people of color that *atheism* is colonial. 2025-08-04T11:53:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstwgxry0cjr3xacr6vftyam8a62299p4xe96p7swdzacdx4h453fqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rufmpklp A very interesting historical dive into the Space Shuttle&#39;s brief attempt at using in-orbit manufacturing to make ultra-pure semiconductors.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/LenEdfclil8">https://youtu.be/LenEdfclil8</a> 2025-08-02T21:10:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp33w4zkmk5ypayt3mwvsd0rveua4c444tkkwwpvd6vzkee4n8hcqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruhas7dm New interstellar propulsion method dropped.<br/><br/>While 0.3% of the speed of light doesn&#39;t sound like much, it is comparable to the more conservative interstellar Orion designs. It&#39;s probably not terribly useful for sending probes to other stars, but it will get us past the heliopause pretty quickly at low cost. By spamming these things, they could enable continuous monitoring of the interstellar medium in all directions, something the Voyager probes can&#39;t do.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=MDM1COWJ2Hc">https://youtube.com/watch?v=MDM1COWJ2Hc</a> 2025-07-28T21:18:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg24rged03sxjrdpd2kd0tsqyzxfnsd4gwqg0gu9tcrpcqxga042szyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruwhttxr &#34;There are no technological solutions to social problems&#34; is far too simplistic. The reality is, some social problems are downstream of technological problems, some technological problems are downstream of social problems, and some problems are irreducibly both social and technological. 2025-07-10T16:43:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2e6hjk93jwuv3ve8twu3d42tzm5rhhwrddkzcah9nt92de0car6szyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rutrcxqc Technology is fundamentally political, and politics is fundamentally technological. 2025-07-10T16:39:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg52kmmws6aw3spl53fdw3a8ylm2qlp9u5etj3pwxy7jghysaamzszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru0gpthx &#34;When facts are embedded in narrative, they’re not just heard. They’re felt.<br/><br/>What happens when scientists fail to connect? We’ve seen it repeatedly: public fear of nuclear energy, resistance to evidence-based climate action, confusion during health crises. When the gap between scientists and the public grows, misinformation fills the space. And the cost isn&#39;t just misunderstanding, but lost lives, failed policies, and missed opportunities for progress.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://zionlights.substack.com/p/the-communication-fallout-nuclear-messaging">https://zionlights.substack.com/p/the-communication-fallout-nuclear-messaging</a> 2025-07-10T04:17:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgw6csagmfgke9kwc2vkapwtcprl48dpnmpyfm00rrjd8wnc7vajczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rulppmmp A project by the original founder of the Web to realize its original vision of P2P personal servers and people having control over their own data.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=lNOMqU8h28o">https://youtube.com/watch?v=lNOMqU8h28o</a> 2025-06-07T15:48:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst6j0q69twlyhgyk0myr66ah6wsusxxldhl0dk3xzxnn8j2cwtm2szyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruglad6f 1. Get a probe out really far away from the Sun<br/>2. Have it detect light that was gravitationally-lensed by the Sun<br/>3. Get detailed photos of exoplanets<br/><br/>I&#39;m just saying, we could build a probe that can travel that far with today&#39;s technology using nuclear pulse propulsion.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=9tI7V4hYHaI">https://youtube.com/watch?v=9tI7V4hYHaI</a> 2025-06-07T15:44:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqnexh00cez8h9qwxhg23cknk2cltmy0h27cayjttwphsew8p0pszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rutpsthx If your primary concern with AI is truly the energy consumption (even in the post-DeepSeek era), then instead of rejecting the technology outright you should be pushing for the development of better low-power AI hardware, like IBM&#39;s recent NorthPole chip.<br/><br/><a href="https://research.ibm.com/blog/northpole-ibm-ai-chip">https://research.ibm.com/blog/northpole-ibm-ai-chip</a> 2025-06-02T17:57:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg0vyqczpq2cgxfzrnxshudf4e078ta06lcnxshhftmqkuaz3cdfqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruxvl4u7 <a href="https://zionlights.substack.com/p/most-people-are-wrong-about-energy">https://zionlights.substack.com/p/most-people-are-wrong-about-energy</a> 2025-05-13T16:22:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdm49lerals4ktze05qs03dymd3k9wvksz8s29vvgzsq7vjrewkugzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru64h2x4 WTF I love UNESCO now<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/427/955/602/455/340/original/297ed6cf86ff3c84.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-30T16:54:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8kpdvlls4ypp5rngkw7hdkfmxvpmjx7gu3a4046f34tmutv0s96szyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rukcxsgr New wave of nuclear reactors sends states racing to the industry | AP News<br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-energy-power-reactors-electricity-trump-climate-b9b31a1cc83298cd9b691c1f44a6f60f">https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-energy-power-reactors-electricity-trump-climate-b9b31a1cc83298cd9b691c1f44a6f60f</a> 2025-03-29T19:46:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqys04d5ve2njeruc46k5pyyk7cah3jjz27plh58r3mwq0mq7exrgzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rumf9n4d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqel2za0pq9r3h2rsdglg7j0myqq45zhruj923y35u7mfm2lnrtls2hc22r'>nevent1q…c22r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would respond in two ways:<br/><br/>1. I don&#39;t agree with just-enough-ism. I want the satisfaction of human needs to expand until it reaches immortality, and humanity engulfs the entire universe and controls its evolution.<br/><br/>2. Degrowthers come on a very wide spectrum, which makes it feel like a bit of a constant motte-and-bailey tbh. Some versions are better than others.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/243/862/070/545/623/original/c547bd8fd2b37c8e.png"> <br/> 2025-03-29T04:39:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqel2za0pq9r3h2rsdglg7j0myqq45zhruj923y35u7mfm2lnrtlszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruenen27 It&#39;s a reference to an offshoot of Russian cosmism called biocosmism-immortalism, which was developed by Russian anarchist Alexander Svyatogor. Like cosmism, it advocates space travel, immortality, and resurrection but in a sense it&#39;s more future-oriented.<br/><a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alexander-svyatogor-the-doctrine-of-the-fathers-and-anarchism-biocosmism">https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alexander-svyatogor-the-doctrine-of-the-fathers-and-anarchism-biocosmism</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/226/337/826/381/244/original/63b8660b5b57ce7b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-26T02:20:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs265cxeh9krh7tdk8jvnz3x7mwpzk757xlrvrnt3zd570dx5nj39szyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruamze34 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrp98lmwm3g5jya63400d49m0l7frrx5e8taxy7c65g9ae9ygeshcwq55nh'>nevent1q…55nh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Going back to the discussion near the end of the video about what we could do as an energy abundant society that had terawatts to play with, using the more advanced molten salt reactors that can cram hundreds of megawatts into a dishwasher...one other thing you could build with that is a weather modification machine. The kernel of truth in HAARP conspiracy theories is that a much more powerful version of a machine like HAARP 2025-01-26T17:21:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrp98lmwm3g5jya63400d49m0l7frrx5e8taxy7c65g9ae9ygeshczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rumddkef Nuclear Powered AI<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=6cmkKGqCyDU">https://youtube.com/watch?v=6cmkKGqCyDU</a> 2025-01-25T00:24:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdcxupv0k79qj8ll5u2rpzng6ety5esk6uvgmzqp0vxqkep5vsg5qzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruvaz6dp Anti-transgender transhumanists confuse me. Imagine wanting humans to modify themselves to the point where they might not even be human anymore, but modifying one&#39;s gender is just going too far.<br/><br/>It&#39;s no accident that many historical transhumanist figures, like FM-2030 or George Dvorsky, have supported the transgender community and some have even considered themselves &#34;post-gender.&#34; 2025-01-11T15:31:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd698np26phl243qkef0ffcy57pk5pvzwldnarf2t4lnkz0aj9x8gzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru857nuh NASA is getting a new Space Station sooner than expected!<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=libqcp2-8vg">https://youtube.com/watch?v=libqcp2-8vg</a> 2025-01-07T22:50:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszj6xyt9x7x6r2kcfas9mkerhwd8pqvg26am6tz8326wz8dw6m29czyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruq6ha48 A lot of &#34;immortality as punishment&#34; tropes rely on the idea of one person being immortal while the entire rest of the universe still ultimately dies. A lot of people use this trope as an argument against cosmists&#39; and transhumanists&#39; desire for immortality, but this misunderstands what we want. We don&#39;t want to selfishly claim immortality for ourselves while everyone else perishes. We want to experience immortality *with* everyone else. 2025-01-01T03:23:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy6ft95hvhhnz46s6myn0cd7fszex7tnlp3vumkmruelgdnklns0czyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruav8424 The ultimate endgame of vaccines, followed to their logical conclusion, is a fully modular immune system that can effectively be tuned with whatever antibodies are needed to deal with anything from pathogens to snake venoms. If this was made open source it would make it much easier for societies to deal with not just pandemics, but even bioweapons. 2024-12-31T18:56:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxcna7u3znjgr7gyzezh40mv7z4s5ctyvc5nw4uaqad9792527jsczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rucgs5z8 It is, of course, entirely true that H1B visas are problematic because they allow employers to keep workers in line by hanging the threat of deportation over their heads. The obvious solution is to open the borders so they can organize for better wages and working conditions without having to worry about being deported. 2024-12-29T03:15:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz8kyhvjzhxuwrtt864tpnz27k6luh87trvwvy2vgr4qpr59pc3uszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru7c6xkz An interesting new design for the web by its original inventor that could give people control over their data.<br/><br/>Tim Berners-Lee Demonstrates Solid (2018)<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=gZB6d-4klmU">https://youtube.com/watch?v=gZB6d-4klmU</a> 2024-12-13T19:09:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfaxw90rrs7t22xuy6vhz3paqnxaq52rrkxanw9k4p39v743ak37gzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru7cgp4w The Computer Revolutionized Weather Forecasting<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=OY3AeB-VVO0">https://youtube.com/watch?v=OY3AeB-VVO0</a> 2024-11-29T23:27:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsftg5q9we4tc862m3kxcv74upwlr4jlg07qcn6wng9cwd03fm2l0czyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97runsrszz On today&#39;s episode of Cool Wacky Soviet Aerospace Designs: A nuclear-propelled SSTO spaceplane.<br/><br/>M-19 “Gurkolyot”: Grab the Problem by the Throat, Not the Tail | False Steps<br/><a href="https://falsesteps.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/m-19-gurkolyot-grab-the-problem-by-the-throat-not-the-tail/">https://falsesteps.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/m-19-gurkolyot-grab-the-problem-by-the-throat-not-the-tail/</a> 2024-11-27T03:09:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstw4ct5xhde2rk4ke5vd7c2gfawskyu5lj9qwqt5naj6hsa9xt0dczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruedxt27 Fun fact: the cargo hold of the Antonov An-225 is longer than the first flight of the Wright Flyer. 2024-11-25T23:33:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxlhpv20tamh85uwrz6a45qeu6r7kvthhl6es46pdp6zhavycyytszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruc2hnuy EXCLUSIVE - A new alliance to clean up space junk once and for all!<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=gOpKzYw5Y40">https://youtube.com/watch?v=gOpKzYw5Y40</a> 2024-11-16T16:10:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswhths8rtv947e0h7xcdualhx02fxrstspmfl6u0j00t39wa6pkvszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruledzs9 The Rubik&#39;s Cube is a Calculator<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=dYj0rPQeRkA">https://youtube.com/watch?v=dYj0rPQeRkA</a> 2024-11-07T21:22:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxvdhnd8870tx8hf97ly74ut8lldde3ws3avqtnkltljzpxsaeprqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruxjhugv This is the code that sent Apollo 11 to the moon (and it’s awesome)<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=XHN6LV_1dWk">https://youtube.com/watch?v=XHN6LV_1dWk</a> 2024-10-24T19:20:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspkx8qlk6lt2rt9lcdsmxe5geqa9c4nmpwyxwwde56spuyendtqvqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru2ju6f5 F. William Lawvere - What are Foundations of Geometry and Algebra? (2013)<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZYGyEPXu8as">https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZYGyEPXu8as</a> 2024-10-22T22:06:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfu0jqyrhjjeej7pcwashcphpuml4y72kzr2j65wt2puh0lahmd0czyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruwvupwq Interview with Inventor of Neural Nets Warren McCulloch, neurologist who...<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=wawMjJUCMVw">https://youtube.com/watch?v=wawMjJUCMVw</a> 2024-09-18T02:07:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspvccy3z0qxru55qp3yspzfutgzjuzpxac8gpufel64883uu6zuxczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru0c043y Memristors for Analog AI Chips<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=LMuqWQcuy_0">https://youtube.com/watch?v=LMuqWQcuy_0</a> 2024-09-16T02:08:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrkntddj8hvv54x5w3vzeljhw8wgqgr8rcqdqhqzw7wz5da4y7hhszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruy99yvg No gods, no masters ✊🚩 2024-09-14T17:07:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88efl69pgkt5xq7xxe5zs3g5p3nfyhpnz3j2z5eqa2snugp9yepczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru4zc3jk Taking a couple weeks off from writing articles, then it&#39;s time to write the next cybernetic communism article. It&#39;s going to be about Viktor Glushkov’s ideas for mind uploading and downloading, automated mathematical reasoning, and computer architectures inspired by the brain. Really excited about writing this one.<br/><br/>Also got a couple miscellaneous draft articles that are close to publishability. 2024-09-14T14:09:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9yunj3tftcaj5smd4xqkcjspywxqncwe63kqgfnqsjh8hl5w2cuczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rupdyncs Boeing factory workers strike for first time since 2008<br/><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/13/boeing-workers-strike-reject-contract.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/13/boeing-workers-strike-reject-contract.html</a> 2024-09-14T02:47:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9f04ktapjz0xv7k4aeqgxutuqekefvcrws7nz3ak8htddr0uz3gszyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru6kn2w3 Apparently this is a hot take, but I don&#39;t think space exploration should be kept in a tiny box where only the elite few can get to it.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/125/821/252/671/917/original/acb47641a3bfc117.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/125/823/325/744/722/original/02616f4283803abf.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-12T17:46:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx3vpjmmtladyecdu3xqm450rlqqkkn7v3sfxql7qratrm22w78cczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rulwae2l Maersk agrees to study nuclear-powered container shipping | Reuters<br/><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/maersk-agrees-study-nuclear-powered-container-shipping-2024-08-15/">https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/maersk-agrees-study-nuclear-powered-container-shipping-2024-08-15/</a> 2024-09-05T16:25:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqej3lh7s7tp7dlsgtjdx3xpmaxq5ds3vp3egk23rth6cqukfdwgqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruqsd4r4 Roadmap to Nuclear Gas Core Rockets (2021 AIAA Student Paper Competition)<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=eRDyRg-Bdos">https://youtube.com/watch?v=eRDyRg-Bdos</a> 2024-08-27T03:00:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw5xxkdpg3twyr75p2wmwgm4w58p47c6xwl9tvz5qzg7e2sg7kv5qzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ruwx4hc9 The ULTIMATE CANDU Reactor Guide<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=kjfkRTeqtzE">https://youtube.com/watch?v=kjfkRTeqtzE</a> 2024-08-20T22:58:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttn56gszpx9xdvrf8wqyt0w8ayu79mtmmmgmps8gtq0f66sxm8fczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97runt0su0 Maersk comes onboard nuclear propulsion project - Splash247<br/><a href="https://splash247.com/maersk-comes-onboard-nuclear-propulsion-project/">https://splash247.com/maersk-comes-onboard-nuclear-propulsion-project/</a> 2024-08-18T00:52:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv9te8gxggkuef8jpd0gn26d68u3zm09c5vqxg9tuj32whtphf97szyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru29wg7j Do We Have to Die?<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hqh_fiOmiRo">https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hqh_fiOmiRo</a> 2024-08-13T19:10:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf8tv303u9wu44nfyxlaeep2k5tfvt58t0t5gl3nnwqa34c0hgslczyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97ru059ml5 The Canadian Reactors that can Burn Nuclear Waste<br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=3u44skO-nMo">https://youtube.com/watch?v=3u44skO-nMo</a> 2024-08-13T18:00:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrsewdp88m7mmmlzwkla00cjzrk2ss07gmqlzz7mf50jhvel2k4eqzyz6997ej9ys5fev8d372t2wr890v0yg3uzq7kg88yvpypwtuv97rua8s5ed &#34;We can and should extract fuel from the seas for abundant, clean, and renewable energy.&#34;<br/><br/>What they mean: fusion power by extracting deuterium.<br/><br/>What I mean: fission power by extracting uranium and thorium and sticking them into breeder reactors. 2024-08-13T16:59:13Z