Daniel Khent
danielkhent@nostrplebs.com
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#writing, #AI, #bitcoin, #transhumanism, #postscarcity, #solarpunk, #lunarpunk, #ecopsycology
Soil is more important than oil.
“Why is it that we cannot have perennial grains that grow like prairie plants?”
#agriculture
the Guardian
‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution
Scientists in Kansas believe Kernza could cut emissions, restore degraded soils and reshape the future of agriculture
“detection is perhaps no longer possible because reality itself has become so weird”
#literature #thomaspynchon
Literary Hub
Studies in Unmeaning: On Thomas Pynchon’s Detective Fictions
Thomas Pynchon’s late style, beginning with Inherent Vice (2009) and continuing through Bleeding Edge (2013) to Shadow Ticket (2025), represents ...
Trois voitures de Waymo se retrouvent bloquées dans une impasse
I’m surprised this doesn’t happen all the time.
#AI
Autoplus
Trois voitures de Waymo se retrouvent bloquées dans une impasse !
À San Francisco, des véhicules autonomes de Waymo se sont retrouvés piégés par une impasse et des manœuvres délicates.
Somewhere on the outskirts of Detroit
A system that uses solar to provide enough energy to power an entire coffee farm operation.
#agrivoltaic #renewableenergy
The Cool Down
Farmers stunned after unexpected impacts of new solar farm project: 'It's exciting'
One Puerto Rican farmer has developed an agrivoltaics system to both grow coffee and produce solar energy.
“room-temperature quantum sensing tool for chemistry, biology and materials science”
#quantum
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-quantum-sensor-based-silicon-carbide.html
The Bellmaker by Of The Trees
I think ayahuasca was involved.
“Chinese Satellite Crushes Starlink With 2-Watt Laser Fired From 36,000 KM in Space”
High-throughput optical link from a geostationary satellite. Not really apples to apples comparison to Starlink. GEO prioritizes broad coverage and capacity, while LEO prioritizes real-time responsiveness.
#technology
Chinese Satellite Crushes Starlink With 2-Watt Laser Fired From 36,000 KM in Space
The AI Boom Is Driving a Massive Geothermal Energy Revival
#geothermal #AI
OilPrice.com
The AI Boom Is Driving a Massive Geothermal Energy Revival | OilPrice.com
Enhanced geothermal energy is receiving massive investment from Big Tech to meet rising AI energy demand, with global forecasts predicting dramatic...
Iceland declares threat to Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk
#climatechange
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/iceland-sees-security-risk-existential-threat-atlantic-ocean-currents-possible-2025-11-12/
World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing
#renewableenergy #environment
Marine Insight
World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing
Marine Insight - The maritime industry guide.
Old fashioned breaking and entering industrial espionage
Glad to see not everything is going AI.
#industrialespionage #AI
Sports Auto Moto
Alpine : des intrus visitent les locaux de l'équipe, des soupçons d'espionnage industriel au menu
Alpine a été visité par des inconnus, avec des soupçons d'espionnage industriel dans l'air.
Unfettered Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wild Animals Once. It Just May Again.
Economic war on wildness.
#ecopsychology
TIME
How Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wildlife
It may just again, writes Dan Flores.
Programming Cells: Towards an Automated Genetic Compiler
Vibe coding cells. Yikes.
#genetics #vibecoding
PROGRAMMING CELLS: TOWARDS AN AUTOMATED ‘GENETIC COMPILER’ - The Science and Applications of Synthetic and Systems Biology - NCBI Bookshelf
One of the visions of synthetic biology is to be able to program cells using a language that is similar to that used to program computers or roboti...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity (in the middle of the day).
Mine while the sun shines
#renewableenergy
Electrek
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
Iceland starts drilling into a volcano?
I like the sentiment, but I don’t think there is any drilling going on.
Too bad, because this would be a good first step towards an evil lair.
#geothermal #evillair
Iceland starts drilling into a volcano — 100 MW to power 50,000 homes from extreme heat
A lot of hyperbole but this part is true: The University of Reading study did find that ozone recovery could contribute about 40% more warming than previously estimated, with an additional 0.27 watts per square meter of warming expected.
Who wants: skin cancer, cataracts, crop damage, ocean ecosystem damage?
#climatechange
Climate change advocates face humiliation as scientists warn saving the ozone layer will backfire | Daily Mail Online
A surprising new study has revealed how 40 years of work to repair the ozone layer may end up causing its own climate change emergency that no one ...