www.theguardian.com/environment/... #rewilding #environment #nature

Tao of Meow #caturday ☯️

An entry for the ‘capitalism breeds innovation’ series

New blog up: www.chandrakclarke.com/not-fit-to-p... #printers #humour #humor #technology #modernlife

Dear courier companies, I really don't care which distribution centre my parcel is moving through, but the company of origin it would be super handy to know. Like, which hecking incoming parcel does tracking number lBREEBL2BROX actually refer to?

I love all these online store unsubscribe pages that say "Oh hey, did you mean to do that?" My guy, I had to scroll down twelve pages of your unsolicited marketing email and repeatedly click on your tiny print unsub link. Yes, I truly meant that.

At this point, the leopard is likely to blow up like Mr Creosote from Monty Python.

"There's a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities." - Ursula K. Le Guin

I don’t know who needs to hear this but molten / chocolate lava cakes are astonishingly easy to make.

What a privilege it is to make a rescue feel this secure. #caturday

According to the newsletter International Intrigue, the UN has a smaller budget than the NYPD. ($3.7B vs $5.7B) 🤔

A 2020 article on political turbulence cycles and the way through them. #longread #politics www.noemamag.com/welcome-to-t...

www.bbc.com/future/artic... #rewilding

We absolutely should be using existing roof and parking lot space for solar. But solar + farmland is also viable when done right. #agrovoltaics

She was not amused by this development.

Fun article with visualizations (that you can play with) about how things (ideas, a virus, culture) spread. meltingasphalt.com/interactive/...

In 2019, the Welsh government appointed the world's first Future Generations Commissioner to represent the unborn citizens of Wales with statutory powers. #futures #futuresthinking

An interesting new study in the origins of inequality: www.science.org/content/arti... Related: Graeber and Wengrow's book is an interesting read: bookshop.org/a/87457/9781...

As Spock would say, ‘fascinating.’ www.sciencenews.org/article/snai...

1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.

Espalier is the term for training and pruning a tree to grow in a single plane. Planting against south- and west-facing walls heated by the Sun provides a warm microclimate that extends the growing season. Pruning allows sunlight to reach every part of the plant, enhancing color and boosting yields.

That’s… a lot of trees. www.popsci.com/environment/...

This organization planted nearly 800,000 trees in Quebec using... drones. www.flashforest.com

I've been fascinated by agrovoltaics for a while, and knew about the benefits solar panels provided to certain crops. Turns out that the plants in turn help cool the panels, making them more efficient in hot weather. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

I can't help but wonder what would happen to our thinking if we put more nature-connected observations back into our calendars. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/t...

Terraformation has set up a way to plant trees by subscription plant.terraformation.com

Someone has put together a real life "tech tree" tracing our achievements over time. Gamers will know what I mean. www.historicaltechtree.com

A very good question.

Bookish hazards: interesting piece on a tool to test books for arsenic. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Including the delightfully named chomchom www.tasteatlas.com/best-rated-d...

A potion prop at a local Medieval Faire. Simple, direct, to the point. 😬

Fascinating piece on the influence of 🐙 imagery nautil.us/the-octopus-...

Hack your productivity! * Rise at 5 a.m. * Meditate * Journal * [have a life partner that does all the domestic and organizational work] * Work out * Crank through day's work, energized and refreshed * Pick up kids at school

Dear Any Store With an Email List, I'd probably be willing to stay *on* your list if you weren't emailing Every. Flipping. Day. Sincerely, Everyone

I loathe the term "content. Blogs, feeds, channels must be filled with "content" in service to algorithms. The term diminishes the value of writing, editing, composing, filming, producing. Also hate "engagement." It diminishes the value of reading, viewing, listening, and most of all, thinking.

imagine5.com/articles/veh... Interesting article about #electricvehicles #evs

Interesting developments in #geothermal kaufman.substack.com/p/geothermal...

www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/27/1... Interesting. #climatecrisis #fuelcell #electrification

#scifi #sciencefiction www.bbc.com/future/artic...