Yeah it's a great app, one of the big reasons I still use MacOS - but there's certain features which you still need Adobe Acrobat for, I know to fill in the tax forms for my country you do.

I really like the 2 Bach synth albums by Marco Rosano.

Unfortunately it doesn't have a socketed SSD but one which is soldered on, so while it can be done by a technician it's extremely technical.

rats, what I thought. Ahh, well.

Psychedelics are not some harmless cure-all. They can provide remarkable experiences, life affirming experiences and being quite effective against depression. They can also cause some pretty scary and bad times. So they need to be treated with respect. But I think they're well worth exploring.

My initial.reactiom to his book on ADHD was similar, I couldn't believe that it could all be reduced to trauma.

I've really come around to that theory though and I think he's very wise.

We need to take a close look at the way we are living our lives under capitalism, the decisions we're forced to.make, and the way we treat our children.

The video of the sprite lightning in Tibet blew me away.

https://x.com/DarshanRajguru5/status/1940829392269463943

News story about that: https://petapixel.com/2025/06/02/rare-red-sprite-photographe...

This is incredible. I'd like to know what the physical process is here in terms of the colors and current paths. Is the red light a product of hydrogen gas disassociated from water vapor? Spectral phenomena of glow discharge?

China is deploying solar at scale and enabling many countries to do it too, like Pakistan.

They are also starting use massive batteries including lithium phosphate and sodium tech for things like grid storage and powered locomotives.

I see China is building the first commercial Thorium reactors now.

It's fascinating that the entire history of nuclear power is tied up with the history of nuclear weapons.

Throrium was not employed as a reactor fuel because it couldn't be used to make nuclear weapons.

How about Throrium reactors? Do they solve any problems of waste disposal?

10000 years is long. It's twice the length of the entire recorded history. I don't even know if mankind will survive another 100 years.

> I don't even know if mankind will survive another 100 years.

Then it reasons that we should absolutely use this fuel.

If all else is held equal, then yes, that follows. But the debate is more or less that some think it will hasten that timeline (through nuclear warfare and accidents) and some think it will delay it (by reducing pollution/climate change).

Using nuclear fuel leaves less for weapons and more demand increases cost for weapons too. Accidents happen, but they won't be the end of our species.

I think we should use more nuclear energy, I think nuclear powered container ships are under explored for instance. But it's not so simple. Nuclear energy programs can become nuclear weapons programs. A larger uranium mining and processing industry lowers the barriers of entry for building a weapons program. We're not going to exhaust our uranium reserves anytime soon. We're not going to be wiped out by a nuclear accidents, but we're heading into a future of stronger storms and more frequent wildfires, and nuclear power has a way of making disasters even worse.

I've been thinking about nuclear powered container ships for a while. Ships burn the worst fuel, bunker fuel or heavy fuel oil. Nuclear is a lot more clean.

And yes there's the risk of greater nuclear proliferation but we already have colossal stockpiles of nuclear weapons that pose a massive threat to mankind. That's been the reality for 70 years.