The Clarence was still mostly silver. A thin strip of sunlight had reached the far bank. Purple flowers lay across the footpath. “Beautiful,” said Kate. “Slippery,” said Jo. They slowed beside the river. Somewhere behind them a ute started, reconsidered, then started properly. “Australia’s batting, eh,” said Kate. “I was having a nice morning.” “Yes,… Continue reading Sprung
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സ്ഥിരീകരണം
The wind had finally dropped, which was a considerable relief to everyone except Tony, who had spent most of the afternoon complaining there wasn't enough of it. They were sitting behind a low wall of coral stone at the edge of a beach near Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka, where someone had assembled a bar out of… Continue reading സ്ഥിരീകരണം
Autumnal
The mountains had moved closer overnight. They always did that. All summer they sat politely at the edge of things, blue and decorative, allowing the valley to pretend it had room. Then September sharpened the air, stripped the haze away and brought their faces forward until the village seemed less built than caught between the… Continue reading Autumnal
¨Rare Earth”
By late afternoon the heat had started coming off the yacht club. Kids were running around the tables, gulls were working the chips, and the water slapped under the dock. Nobody was sailing. Tony came back from the bar with four beers. “Forty-eight fucking dollars.” “Market forces,” said Mitch. “Fuck off.” “Supply and demand.” “There… Continue reading ¨Rare Earth”
Truth IV
Anna put her pint down with the careful violence of someone who had just found the problem hiding in plain sight. “Right,” she said. “We’ve been saying this wrong.” Adam looked up from his crisps. “Always a good sign when a sentence starts like a workplace investigation.” “No,” Anna said. “We keep talking about AI… Continue reading Truth IV
Ethically suspects
Reith lecture this morning on the commute Albert kicked the snowdrift outside the old server farmand muttered that the machines had finally learnedto gossip worse than people.Marin just shrugged — she’d known that for years. The platforms weren’t evil, she said,just overeager dogs chasing whatever smellwas strongest: fear, envy, loneliness,that sickly-sweet scent of validation going… Continue reading Ethically suspects
A start again
A humid Friday night in a Brisbane pub. Ceiling fans useless. Footy on the TV with no sound. Adam’s already two pints in when Anna walks in with a grin and a couple more. She drops them onto the table so hard the foam nearly jumps out. Anna: Jesus, mate, you look like someone just… Continue reading A start again
Interesting times
🌍 Scenario A: Status Quo (Minimal Transition) Assumptions: Continued reliance on fossil fuels. Incremental renewable adoption, but no systemic shift. Military and geopolitical spending remains dominant. Resource extraction continues at current or increasing rates. Timeline: 10 Years (2035) Global emissions still rising or plateauing. Critical minerals (e.g. lithium, cobalt) under severe supply pressure. Climate tipping points… Continue reading Interesting times
Holistics
🧭 The Infrastructure Paradox and the Final Energy Window: A Public Briefing Til: Energi- og miljøkomiteen, Stortinget Fra: Uavhengig energianalyse 🌍 The Situation We are living in a unique and vanishing moment in human history — the only time we will ever have the energy, materials, and technological capacity to build the infrastructure needed for a sustainable future. This… Continue reading Holistics
Resilience
One could argue that resilience is evolutionary but survival of the fittest is not really a political preferance in the modern social concept excepting perhaps a natural willingness towards competition. The democratic majority prefer negotiation to genocide, wellness over starvation, care over neglect. ESG is simply a way of expressing modern human desires into the… Continue reading Resilience
