Kathy Reid
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Isabel Richards
@1sabelR@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

(1/3) What do #reflexive practices look like on #cybernetic fieldwork?

For our research team, we use a combination of #embodied methods and second-order #cybernetics to inspire fresh perspectives on historical #technologies, the natural #environment, and past identities in #Australia ☀️🤖💡 We “explore the emotions, sensations, and lived experiences of us as researchers and the researched (telegraph workers, surveyors, repeater stations, railway lines etc.).”

But how do we do this? …⬇️⬇️

Two hand drawn maps of the overland telegraph line through Australia. The bottom one is a sketch of gibber plains with key sites such as Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, and Strangways Springs. The top one is a map with prose “we joke about songs we will write, the ballads of dirt and dynamite, over the crackle of walkie talkies. We follow the lines on the map and off the map again, chasing shadows of the nineteenth century and men we can never meet, even though we talk about them like admired friends and bosses we never had. We wash red earth off our hands and faces everyday, and everyday there is more. We see the signs everywhere - poles, insulators, track, tree stumps - as we call the names down the wire - beltana, strangways, the Peake. We call other names too - Araban, Arrernte, Adamanye. We are connected through this country, those lines, these stories, that time.”
Two hand drawn maps of the overland telegraph line through Australia. The bottom one is a sketch of gibber plains with key sites such as Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, and Strangways Springs. The top one is a map with prose “we joke about songs we will write, the ballads of dirt and dynamite, over the crackle of walkie talkies. We follow the lines on the map and off the map again, chasing shadows of the nineteenth century and men we can never meet, even though we talk about them like admired friends and bosses we never had. We wash red earth off our hands and faces everyday, and everyday there is more. We see the signs everywhere - poles, insulators, track, tree stumps - as we call the names down the wire - beltana, strangways, the Peake. We call other names too - Araban, Arrernte, Adamanye. We are connected through this country, those lines, these stories, that time.”
Two hand drawn maps of the overland telegraph line through Australia. The bottom one is a sketch of gibber plains with key sites such as Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, and Strangways Springs. The top one is a map with prose “we joke about songs we will write, the ballads of dirt and dynamite, over the crackle of walkie talkies. We follow the lines on the map and off the map again, chasing shadows of the nineteenth century and men we can never meet, even though we talk about them like admired friends and bosses we never had. We wash red earth off our hands and faces everyday, and everyday there is more. We see the signs everywhere - poles, insulators, track, tree stumps - as we call the names down the wire - beltana, strangways, the Peake. We call other names too - Araban, Arrernte, Adamanye. We are connected through this country, those lines, these stories, that time.”
Isabel Richards
@1sabelR@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

(1/3) What do #reflexive practices look like on #cybernetic fieldwork?

For our research team, we use a combination of #embodied methods and second-order #cybernetics to inspire fresh perspectives on historical #technologies, the natural #environment, and past identities in #Australia ☀️🤖💡 We “explore the emotions, sensations, and lived experiences of us as researchers and the researched (telegraph workers, surveyors, repeater stations, railway lines etc.).”

But how do we do this? …⬇️⬇️

Two hand drawn maps of the overland telegraph line through Australia. The bottom one is a sketch of gibber plains with key sites such as Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, and Strangways Springs. The top one is a map with prose “we joke about songs we will write, the ballads of dirt and dynamite, over the crackle of walkie talkies. We follow the lines on the map and off the map again, chasing shadows of the nineteenth century and men we can never meet, even though we talk about them like admired friends and bosses we never had. We wash red earth off our hands and faces everyday, and everyday there is more. We see the signs everywhere - poles, insulators, track, tree stumps - as we call the names down the wire - beltana, strangways, the Peake. We call other names too - Araban, Arrernte, Adamanye. We are connected through this country, those lines, these stories, that time.”
Two hand drawn maps of the overland telegraph line through Australia. The bottom one is a sketch of gibber plains with key sites such as Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, and Strangways Springs. The top one is a map with prose “we joke about songs we will write, the ballads of dirt and dynamite, over the crackle of walkie talkies. We follow the lines on the map and off the map again, chasing shadows of the nineteenth century and men we can never meet, even though we talk about them like admired friends and bosses we never had. We wash red earth off our hands and faces everyday, and everyday there is more. We see the signs everywhere - poles, insulators, track, tree stumps - as we call the names down the wire - beltana, strangways, the Peake. We call other names too - Araban, Arrernte, Adamanye. We are connected through this country, those lines, these stories, that time.”
Two hand drawn maps of the overland telegraph line through Australia. The bottom one is a sketch of gibber plains with key sites such as Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, and Strangways Springs. The top one is a map with prose “we joke about songs we will write, the ballads of dirt and dynamite, over the crackle of walkie talkies. We follow the lines on the map and off the map again, chasing shadows of the nineteenth century and men we can never meet, even though we talk about them like admired friends and bosses we never had. We wash red earth off our hands and faces everyday, and everyday there is more. We see the signs everywhere - poles, insulators, track, tree stumps - as we call the names down the wire - beltana, strangways, the Peake. We call other names too - Araban, Arrernte, Adamanye. We are connected through this country, those lines, these stories, that time.”
Afnic
@afnic@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

🌍 We are proud to announce that the DECODES project (Datacenter Energy Consumption Optimisation by DNS EvaluationS) has been selected by the ANR (French National Research Agency) as part of its call for projects launched at the end of 2024.

🔋 Objective: to optimise the energy consumption of data centers by assessing the role and impact of the DNS (Domain Name System).

➡️ https://www.afnic.fr/observatoire-ressources/actualites/le-projet-decodes-vers-loptimisation-de-la-consommation-energetique-des-datacenters-au-travers-du-dns/

#Innovation#DNS#Datacenter#Research#Sustainability#ANR#Afnic#CSR#Internet#Environment
Afnic
@afnic@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

🌍 We are proud to announce that the DECODES project (Datacenter Energy Consumption Optimisation by DNS EvaluationS) has been selected by the ANR (French National Research Agency) as part of its call for projects launched at the end of 2024.

🔋 Objective: to optimise the energy consumption of data centers by assessing the role and impact of the DNS (Domain Name System).

➡️ https://www.afnic.fr/observatoire-ressources/actualites/le-projet-decodes-vers-loptimisation-de-la-consommation-energetique-des-datacenters-au-travers-du-dns/

#Innovation#DNS#Datacenter#Research#Sustainability#ANR#Afnic#CSR#Internet#Environment
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Sky-high electricity costs, coupled with the piecemeal support successive governments have given to big industrial power user, are said to have made power prices an obstacle to the U.K.'s shift towards cleaner energy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/28/energy/electricity-costs-britain-net-zero/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #uk #energy #electricity #coal #netzero #emissions #fossilfuels #renewables #wind #solar

Charlie Stross
Cory Doctorow
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Kyle Memoir 🍉
@f800gecko@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Look at the AI-generated shit passing as journalism these days.

'The article discusses the issue of missed strikes and missed balls in football games, focusing on the accuracy of umpires.'

The item is entirely & only about MLB. Beyond the idiocy quoted above, check out the nonsensical section on 'worst umpire ever' and the many binary contradictions in the text.

We’re killing the planet for this vomit?

https://sportslawblogger.com/in-baseball-do-umpires-still-call-balls-and-strikes.html

@pluralistic

#ai #environment #climatechange #mlb #sports
Kyle Memoir 🍉
@f800gecko@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Look at the AI-generated shit passing as journalism these days.

'The article discusses the issue of missed strikes and missed balls in football games, focusing on the accuracy of umpires.'

The item is entirely & only about MLB. Beyond the idiocy quoted above, check out the nonsensical section on 'worst umpire ever' and the many binary contradictions in the text.

We’re killing the planet for this vomit?

https://sportslawblogger.com/in-baseball-do-umpires-still-call-balls-and-strikes.html

@pluralistic

#ai #environment #climatechange #mlb #sports

Bjørnar (he/him)
gittaca
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Martin Rundkvist
@mrundkvist@archaeo.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

It's obviously insane that we have organised our economies in such a way that politicians encourage people to spend extravagantly during an extinction event. Make every day Buy Nothing Day. Read a library book, take a long walk, mend your socks. Be frugal, be ascetic, strive not to consume. You are not responsible for heating up "the market".

#degrowth #environment #economy
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, prompting Delhi to fast-track plans for its own dam to mitigate the effects. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/asia-pacific/politics/china-dam-water-war-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #india #narendramodi #xijinping #water #conservation #dams #climatechange #environment #rivers #hydropower #tibet
Martin Rundkvist
@mrundkvist@archaeo.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

It's obviously insane that we have organised our economies in such a way that politicians encourage people to spend extravagantly during an extinction event. Make every day Buy Nothing Day. Read a library book, take a long walk, mend your socks. Be frugal, be ascetic, strive not to consume. You are not responsible for heating up "the market".

#degrowth #environment #economy
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene toward cooler locations. But recent temperature spikes in mountainous areas show there may be no escape. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/24/climate-change/heat-waves-cooler-vacation-destinations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #heat #heatwaves #nagano #tochigi #hakuba #climatechange #tourism