...and the vast mineral supply chains that feed them. On the other, the Axis of Petrostates: the United States under Trump, Russia, & the Gulf monarchies, which have staked their power & fiscal survival on prolonging the fossil fuel era & weaponizing energy abundance against those who would end it."
Another banger from @nilsgilman.bsky.social: "The new cold war is a contest between competing metabolisms. On one side, the Green Entente: China and an emerging electrostate bloc, which has bet its industrial future on solar panels, batteries... foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/c...
Loved visiting @archive.org today. Fun facts:
- the US Government is the largest publisher in the world by volume
– IA has archived over 1 trillion webpages on their Wayback Machine (web.archive.org)
– at tv.archive.org, they do 24 hour continuous recording of over 70 channels from 45 countries
What if a constitution could molt?
"The fundamental principle to be learned from bugs is that resilience in a variable environment can be successfully managed by development in stages." - Jonathon Keats
longnow.org/ideas/democr...
In the chaos, it’s easy to forget how cool humans are. I’ve been reminded the last week. People making art, a woman swimming across the SF Bay in a long-distance swim attempt, people with amazing hidden talents, being kind, making jokes in long lines...it’s fun to be here together. Let’s keep it up.
This looks fantastic! If you're in SF on May 14, check it out. @annagat.bsky.social @interintellect.bsky.social
interintellect.com/salons/ai-hu...
Our fireside chat here (starts at 16 mins in): m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mpt...
For any founder, lawyer, citizen (that’s all of us!) who needs hope that better ways are very much possible, run don’t walk to order Eric’s book here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Incorr...
Great to be in conversation with @ericries.bsky.social last week at @longnow.org for the first stop on his Incorruptible book tour! There‘a a not-so-quiet revolution underway — companies embedding their values through economic and legal structures that advance human flourishing.
The MIT Press cover for Cindy Cohn's 'Privacy's Defender.'
I've known EFF executive director Cindy Cohn for 27 years. I met her when I needed cyberlaw advice for a startup I'd helped found. We got along so well that I quit the startup and went to work at EFF. Now, Cindy's memoir, *Privacy's Defender*, is on the shelves:
mitpress.mit.edu/978026205124...
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The first astronaut in history to speak French while en route to the moon — Canada’s very own Jeremy Hansen 🇨🇦
Bristlecones are the longest living species of trees on the planet – some live over 5,000 years! @longnow.org has partnered with artist & conceptual philosopher Jonathan Keats & the @nevadaart.bsky.social on a project to tell this story of these two times.
UTC, our universal clock, was only adopted in 1963. What if we measured time differently—not in hours and seconds, but in centuries, like a Bristlecone Pine? 🌲
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_XK...
A newly discovered jellyfish species that tracks 20 hour days. "The [jellyfish's molecular timer that counts down from sunrise until spawning time] suggests that scientists may be overlooking unconventional clocks across the tree of life." @longnow.org www.quantamagazine.org/the-jellies-...
We brake for nautilus!
“We usually stopped what we were doing whenever we saw nautilus, b/c they are such amazing animals to watch,” said #VisioningCoralSea Chief Scientist Dr. Robin Beaman of James Cook University. This enigmatic cephalopod navigated the depths before dinosaurs roamed the Earth!
If you needed a reminder to slow down and breathe today, here it is. A timeline cleanse, courtesy of this lovely poem “Nature Does Not Ask Me” by our very own @denisehearn.bsky.social
The poem calls you to show up, fully inhabited, no more and no less.
Read it here: longnow.org/ideas/nature...
PS she has a bunch of events this week (not sure where you're based), but there will be a party on Saturday in Burlington at SEABA and all others are listed on the website. A goal is to have FUN with the campaign + support people coming together, so come hang out if you'd like!
completely agree!
Hi both, Amanda is the real deal! I encourage you to check out her website for more information on her story + priorities: www.janooforvt.com
(And the texts suck. Some context might help: public filings for donations raised is March 12 -so it's an important early marker of support for her campaign)
"These are dark times, but they are also times that ask something of us." I could not be more proud of my friend Amanda Janoo who has launched her campaign for Vermont governor today!
"WE are the people we have been waiting for." ✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQiF...
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The general contempt for women who are neither sexual objects nor low-level task executors (by their estimation) runs incredibly deep.
Looking forward to hosting @ericries.bsky.social for a fireside chat at @longnow.org on April 7 in San Francisco. We'll be discussing his new book "Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad…and How Great Companies Stay Great." Come hang out!
longnow.org/talks/02026-...
That’s one way to commute…!
“Adopting this relational perspective reframes the entire debate and forces those dismissing the idea to reconsider. First, the user becomes a central figure—not a confused observer but a co-author of the emergent experience.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-a...
Agreed, but I won't hold my breath...
Like a Guinness World Record of grift.
Wild: “Binance holds nearly 90 percent of the total supply of USD1, the Trump family's stablecoin.”
Did you see this? www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Been thinking about this a lot. Wondering who has just made a windfall.
