Bill Tschumy
btschumy@mas.to
<p>Collapse Aware; Amateur astronomer; Zoologist; Microscopist; Weather buff; Mobile software developer; <br /> • Co-author of "SkySafari" planetarium app.<br /> • Latest app: "Our Galaxy". Shows the 3D locations of objects in and around our galaxy.</p>
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“US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them” If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear. #USPolitics
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Bananaball https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/27/savannah-bananas-bananaball-expansion-disney-baseball-brand
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@benlockwood@ecoevo.social I agree with your sentiment but not necessarily with the facts. For example, we don’t have the technology to make cement without using fossil fuels. Same for metals needed for electrification. All our large machinery runs on diesel fuels and there is no technology to electrify them. We do have the technology to do better than we currently are but it is not clear if that will be good enough.
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RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116442574740398259 Compared to oil, solar and wind is a very diffuse energy source. That means we will have to devote much more land to “green” energy than we’ve had to for fossil fuels. That will cause decreases in natural vegetation and biodiversity. Not to mention the environmental damage from mining the metals needed. I’m not saying we should stick with fossil fuels, just that both have severe problems. The solution is to learn to reduce energy con...