Podcasts about Solarpunk

In this episode of the Crazy Wisdom Podcast, host Stewart Alsop sits down with Neil Bortolus, founder of Esteem Biomechanics and Stewart's personal trainer for the past year and a half, to explore the intersection of functional movement, human biology, and emerging technology. Their conversation ranges from the principles of biomechanics and the evolutionary blueprint of human movement—standing, walking, running, and throwing—to the dangers of modern movement practices that prioritize aesthetics over function, the role of fascia and connective tissue in chronic pain, and why most gym exercises fail to respect our biological needs. They tackle bigger questions about where technology is taking us, from AI and LLMs replacing human cognitive work to transhumanism and whether we're headed toward a cyberpunk dystopia or a solarpunk regenerative future, all while emphasizing the importance of first principles thinking, the need for humans to remain in the loop, and creating environments that promote biological and mental regeneration rather than degeneration. Visit Neil's website atesteembiomechanics.comTimestamps00:00 Stewart introduces Neil Bortolus, founder of Esteem Biomechanics and his trainer for a year and a half, discussing their interesting conversations about movement and health05:00 Discussion shifts to negative and positive pressure in the body, how athletes naturally create proper core tension, and the differences between training high-performance athletes versus clients with cerebral palsy or stroke recovery10:00 Stewart shares his journey through yoga and discovering modern postural yoga's surprising origins in late 1800s British calisthenics mixed with Indian anticolonial movements, questioning why modern movement practices are fundamentally flawed15:00 Neil explains functional patterns' first principles approach, emphasizing standing walking running and throwing as evolutionary movement patterns that should guide all exercise design20:00 Conversation explores Brian Johnson's technology-focused longevity experiments versus optimizing natural biological function, questioning whether peak biology or technology interventions lead to better health outcomes25:00 Neil describes environmental factors like Southern California and Hawaii providing optimal conditions for human health through fresh food, sunlight, and natural grounding environments year-round30:00 Discussion of solarpunk versus cyberpunk futures, examining how technology could either support biological health or create dependency, with Stewart sharing his Invisalign experience as cautionary tale35:00 Neil and Stewart analyze education systems, influencer marketing, and Jacques Ellul's concept of technique autonomously taking over human goals and replacing both muscle and mental labor40:00 Neil questions Stewart's first principles for approaching technology, leading to discussion about using AI to accomplish tasks faster while maintaining human oversight and decision-making authority45:00 Stewart explains the black box problem with LLMs and neural networks, admitting he's built applications he can't fully understand, questioning whether understanding mechanisms matters if outputs work50:00 Debate about benevolent AI governance using El Salvador's transformation as analogy, questioning whether society should surrender control to AI systems for farming or other critical infrastructure55:00 Final discussion on determinism versus free will, alignment problems in AI development, and Neil's concept of regenerative versus degenerative environments for optimal human biological and mental healthKey Insights1. Movement training must be adapted to individual needs and capabilities rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach. Neil explains that working with clients ranging from those with cerebral palsy and stroke recovery to high-performance athletes requires fundamentally different techniques. While stroke and cerebral palsy clients experience every improvement as monumental, such as being able to walk a mile, elite athletes already possess optimal biomechanics and need only tiny refinements. The challenge lies in keeping athletes motivated through detailed adjustments while helping severely impaired clients build basic functions from the ground up.2. Modern fitness and yoga practices are built on flawed first principles that prioritize aesthetics over functional movement. The conversation reveals how modern postural yoga was actually invented in the late 1800s through a combination of British calisthenics and Indian anticolonial movements, not ancient wisdom as commonly believed. Similarly, conventional gym exercises and bodybuilding focus on how bodies look rather than how they function evolutionarily. The key insight from Functional Patterns methodology is that if a technique cannot help someone who is broken, it should not be applied to someone who is healthy. This principle exposes how much of modern fitness is based on working with people who are already genetically gifted rather than developing universally applicable methods.3. Human movement should be designed around four fundamental patterns that reflect our evolutionary blueprint: standing, walking, running, and throwing. These movements represent the biomechanical demands that shaped human evolution and remain essential for optimal health. Hunter-gatherer tribes that still exist today demonstrate this principle, as their members typically exhibit athletic builds, low body fat, minimal injury rates, and few mental health disorders despite having no access to modern gyms. The critical insight is that 80 percent of human movement occurs horizontally through space rather than vertically, yet most conventional exercises focus on vertical force vectors like squatting and deadlifting, which do not align with how humans actually move in nature.4. Technology should be used to optimize our environment for biological health rather than replace biological function entirely. The discussion contrasts two approaches to human enhancement: using technology to create better living conditions versus using it to bypass the need for healthy habits. Examples include using renewable energy to reduce electromagnetic frequency exposure, ensuring clean water access, and designing indoor lighting that mimics natural sunlight patterns. The key is maintaining environments that support regenerative rather than degenerative processes. This regenerative approach considers whether food, exercise, and environmental factors promote cellular regeneration and joint health, rather than simply preventing obvious harm.5. The rapidly changing technological environment is outpacing human biological adaptation in unprecedented ways. While human populations historically had thousands of years to develop epigenetic adaptations to their environments, such as Icelandic peoples developing larger bodies for heat retention or Sub-Saharan Africans developing efficient heat expulsion, modern society changes too quickly for such adaptation. The past two hundred years have seen dramatic shifts, and the pace is accelerating rather than slowing. Most dramatically, the media environment is changing fastest of all, particularly with AI development creating a cognitive flywheel where staying current requires constant attention to collective knowledge networks like Twitter and Reddit, leaving those outside these loops increasingly disconnected from technological reality.6. AI and large language models represent both opportunity and risk depending on whether humans maintain agency in their use. The conversation distinguishes between using AI as a tool to accomplish tasks more efficiently while keeping humans in control versus allowing AI to make decisions autonomously. The example given involves using AI to complete projects that previously required hiring people, eliminating interpersonal problems while still maintaining human oversight and learning. However, there is concern that many people are beginning to ask AI how to make every decision, effectively abdicating their agency. The critical variable in any AI interaction is actually the human prompter and their instructions, yet this is often overlooked by AI developers who believe in determinism and lack of free will.7. Modern society operates within a deterministic framework where free will is exercised primarily in choosing which constrained environment to inhabit. Using the example of an accountant earning two hundred thousand dollars annually with a four hundred thousand dollar mortgage and three children in private school, Neil illustrates how most daily decisions are predetermined by earlier choices about environment and commitments. True free will exists at major life forks, such as choosing a career path or living situation, but day to day existence operates within deterministic constraints created by those choices. This insight applies to both human development and AI alignment, suggesting that the solution is not giving AI ultimate freedom but rather constraining its environment so that available options consistently benefit humanity, similar to how Functional Patterns constrains exercise choices to only those respecting biological blueprints.

Hoy tenemos un programa con equipo mermado pero con mucho contenido. Dada la dupla, aprovechamos para hablar de DLSS 5 y los re-escalados en la siguiente generación. Para el análisis traemos Solarpunk, un survival grato y relajado para cerrar el verano. También se nos junta el Zelda que vimos en el direct y algunos anuncios de la gamescom. Comentarios: https://t.me/comentariosindiepodcast

A hide-and-seek game where you paint yourself to blend into the map, made by two people in two months, just made $60 million. That's the winner of this quarter's Steam Scanner — and it's the one idea on the list mobile genuinely can't clone.The closing caveat matters: it's survivorship bias — 20K+ games hit Steam a year — and Steam's discovery means a Mecha Chameleon never gets brute-forced by three Voodoo clones in a month. That's the whole difference between the two platforms.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 The Steam Scanner is back — Q2, smallest to biggest04:20 Taskbar Hero — an idle RPG in your taskbar (and the widget hint)08:00 Supermarket Chaos & Oaken Tower — the tidy-up trend and an idle PvP tower12:00 Idle gacha, Solarpunk & the evolve-into-a-crab roguelite18:20 Librarian & Rome's Dead — high-budget cleaning and Roman survivor-slop22:10 Vampire Crawlers, Paralives & the co-op casino-debt game27:20 The winner — Mecha Chameleon, $60M by two people35:30 Survivorship bias and why Steam can't be brute-forcedThis episode is brought to you by Kinoa — the AI operating system for mobile game operations: flows, live segments, in-app messages, push notifications, and A/B testing in one place, run by the operators who own the numbers. Carry1st saw +43% ARPDAU; PlayStudios saw +31% revenue on Tetris Block Party. Learn more at Kinoa.http://www.kinoa.ai?utm_source=MatejPodcast&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=Matej+Podcast&utm_id=100--------------------------------------PVX Partners offers non-dilutive funding for game developers.Go to: https://pvxpartners.com/They can help you access the most effective form of growth capital once you have the metrics to back it.- Scale fast- Keep your shares- Drawdown only as needed- Have PvX take downside risk alongside you+ Work with a team entirely made up of ex-gaming operators and investors---------------------------------------For an ever-growing number of game developers, this means that now is the perfect time to invest in monetizing direct-to-consumer at scale.Our sponsor FastSpring:Has delivered D2C at scale for over 20 yearsThey power top mobile publishers around the worldLaunch a new webstore, replace an existing D2C vendor, or add a redundant D2C vendor at fastspring.gg.---------------------------------------This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let's not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.Panelists: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jakub Remia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Felix Braberg, Matej Lancaric⁠Join our slack channel here: https://join.slack.com/t/two-and-half-gamers/shared_invite/zt-3bckldvr8-8PXvzciMWdheOzED9hq0SA---------------------------------------Matej LancaricUser Acquisition & Creatives Consultant⁠https://lancaric.meFelix BrabergAd monetization consultant⁠https://www.felixbraberg.comJakub RemiarGame design consultant⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar---------------------------------------Please share the podcast with your industry friends, dogs & cats. Especially cats! They love it!Hit the Subscribe button on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple!Please share feedback and comments - matej@lancaric.me---------------------------------------If you are interested in getting UA tips every week on Monday, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lancaric.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & sign up for the Brutally Honest newsletter by Matej LancaricDo you have UA questions nobody can answer? Ask ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matej AI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the First UA AI in the gaming industry! https://lancaric.me/matej-ai

Joshua aka HylianDescent of Hyrule Gaming Group returns for his 6th episode as guest host for our 10 Year Anniversary Special. I join him as the guest, as we get into the 10 years of Tales from the Fandom. We talk about the eras of the podcast, from its early episodes to its COVID years, along with some memorable guests. We both talk about how much work content creation is, and the behind the scenes of the podcast (and my continued dislike of editing). One of the big things is a discussion about my personal cornerstones/pillars of fandom that I'll always come back to - even if I'm not in them as much as other creators (hello Lord of the Rings creators, you all rock!) We also talk about some fandoms that surprised me, and he asks me a hard hitting question to round things out. On the tail end, I resume host mode and ask Hylian about two of his most recently played games (at the time of recording), Solarpunk, and Pokemon Pokopia. I also find out some future games that he's interested in playing off stream. You can find Joshua at: https://www.twitch.tv/hyliandescent https://www.instagram.com/hyliandescent/ https://www.instagram.com/hyrulegg/ https://t.co/4kqVCNPl1r?amp=1 You can listen to his first five episodes here: https://talesfromthefandom.libsyn.com/episode-388-joshua-aka-hyliandescent-of-hyrule-gaming-group-returns-as-we-talk-video-games-his-twitch-growth-and-balancing-hylian-and-joshua https://talesfromthefandom.libsyn.com/episode-337-joshua-aka-hyliandescent-of-hyrule-gaming-group-returns-as-we-talk-twitch-video-games-and-self-care https://talesfromthefandom.libsyn.com/episode-268-joshua-aka-hylian-descent-of-hyrule-gaming-group-returns-to-talk-twitch-community-evolution-and-animal-crossing https://talesfromthefandom.libsyn.com/episode-197-joshua-aka-hylian-descent-of-hyrule-gaming-group-returns-to-talk-twitch-animal-crossing-and-community-building https://talesfromthefandom.libsyn.com/episode-156-joshua-aka-hylian-descent-of-hyrule-gaming-group

We return from our holidays with an indulgent episode that starts light and ends up very dark as we turn to the unavoidable Jason Arday discourse.The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (Full Episode: 1hr 40 mins)Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurusSupplementary Material 5400:00 Pecan Pie Introduction04:10 Solar Punk Matt08:17 Ireland Trip Report15:24 Australian Burger Culture17:32 Manga Cafe Experiments24:10 Joe Rogan on AI Remote Viewing29:14 Parapsychology as a Research Field34:07 A One Man University Level Course in Bad Thinking36:58 The Young Info Turks40:53 More Credulity with Ryan Grim over Fauci42:14 Richard Ebright, Warning Signs, and Radicalisation Spirals48:28 Vinay Prasad jumping on the Anti-Fauci wagon for the Free Press52:31 The Jason Arday Affair54:28 The Surrounding Context58:18 Polemical Discourse Waves01:05:22 The Guru Factor01:08:25 A Realistic View of Universities as Imperfect Institutions01:12:17 Elite Prestige Bias01:21:33 Culture War Distortions01:25:04 The Ethics of Critical Journalism01:29:50 Inconsistent Standards01:38:36 OutroLinksThe Jack Nicholson Story from the Always Sunny PodcastThe Manga Cafes in QuestionDeposition of InfoWars Host Owen ShroyerAlex Jones And Roger Stone Interrupt The Young Turks Republican National Convention CoverageKen Klippenstein visits the War RoomAna Kasparian & Owen Shroyer: The UNEXPECTED Conversation on MAGA, DSA & the Uniparty!Bret Weinstein on InfoWarsRichard Ebright on one of his many Twitter spiralsJoe Rogan on AI Remote ViewingThe Free Press: Vinay Prasad- Anthony Fauci's Vaccine DeceptionsRyan Grim being credulous over Fauci and VaccinesThe Guardian: Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig's head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor (Lanre Bakare)The Atlantic: The Jason Arday Truthers (Helen Lewis)Front Left: It sure looks like Jason Arday was horrifically wronged (based on citation data) (Jason Stanley)A Digital Lynching (Carol Cadwalladr)Tox Report: The Most Unfortunate Thing (Sarah Ditum)Byline Times: The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday (Nafeez Ahmed)The Good Law Project: Stand in Solidarity with Jason ArdayAmnesty UK supporting “Arday's Law”Simon Baron Cohen on BBC 4 Today talking about Jason ArdayNYT: A Top Scholar's Fall Shows That Universities Don't Get ItNYT: Professor's Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and HiringThe Emancipator: The Media Lynched Kason Arday (Ibram X. Kendi)Gideon M.K.: The Jason Arday Saga Is Terrible And Everyone Involved Should Be Ashamed Of ThemselvesWays to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy: Cambridge's youngest Black professor Jason Arday on Autism, racism, and learning to read at 18Open (supporting) letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent UniversityBoard Member of Ghent University (Dries Bostyn) discussing the disciplinary case on TwitterNumb at the Lodge: The Carrion-Eaters (Sam Kriss)The Chronicle of Higher Education: Jason Arday & Me (Musa al-Gharbi)US Ambassador applies pressure to Ghent UniversityNathan Cofnas thanks the US Ambassador for interveningAcademia is Doing Fine, Actually (Nicholas Decker)Eric Turkheimer substack on Nathan Cofnas' viewsSasha Gusev thread on Nathan Cofnas' views

Hur skapar vi en bättre framtid? Kanske genom att våga drömma om hur den skulle kunna se ut. Författare och filmskapare har fantiserat fram futuristiska världar som kan hjälpa oss att staka ut vägen framåt. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Följ med frilansjournalisten Karin Svensson till framtiden, i reportageserien Visionära världar, som idag utforskar den gröna storstadsdrömmen, solarpunk.Producent: Maria Götselius.

P1 Kultur följer banden mellan den extrema kampsporten MMA och maktens centrum tillsammans med författaren Jonas Cullberg. Dessutom: En 20 år gammal film om framtidens dumhet - hur rätt har den? Och vad förändrade sommarens braksuccé The Odyssey? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. ”FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” – MAKTEN GENOM ETT MMA-PRISMA Hur blev världens våldsammaste sport en knutpunkt för pengar, politik och kultur? I boken Fight! Fight! Fight! berättar Jonas Cullberg om hur mixed martial arts, MMA, gått från att vara en extrem företeelse i marginalen, till att bli en institution i maktens centrum. Jonas Cullberg är gäst i P1 Kultur.UNDERHÅLLNING, POLITIK – OCH DUMHET: SÅ VÄL LYCKADES ”IDIOCRACY” FÖRUTSPÅ FRAMTIDEN Hur mycket dummare har vi blivit på 20 år? P1 Kulturs kritiker Emma Engström vänder tillbaka till filmen Idiocracy av Mike Judge från 2006 där världen befinner sig på ett intelligensmässigt sluttande plan – vilket leder till en fördumning av såväl kultur som politik. Blev dystopin verklighet?SÅ FÖRÄNDRADE ”THE ODYSSEY” VÄRLDEN En dryg månad efter premiären frågar vi oss vilka spår Christopher Nolans filmatisering av Odyssén lämnar efter sig: Hur förändrar Nolans tolkning av verket vår idé om ursprungstexten? Vad lärde vi oss av debatterna kring filmen? Och vad kan en braksuccé som denna bana väg för? Samtal med filmkritiker Joakim Silverdal och litteraturkritiker Olof Åkerlund.VISIONÄRA VÄRLDAR: SOLARPUNK OCH DEN GRÖNA STORSTADSDRÖMMEN Hur skapar vi en bättre framtid? Kanske genom att våga drömma om hur den skulle kunna se ut. Reportageserien Visionära världar utforskar hur författare och filmskapare genom tiderna har fantiserat fram futuristiska världar som kan hjälpa oss att staka ut vägen framåt. Idag om den gröna storstadsdrömmen, "Solarpunk".Programledare: Saman BakhtiariProducent: Eskil Krogh Larsson

Pendant l'été, je te fais découvrir 3 podcasts écolos. Aujourd'hui,il s'agit de The Big Shift, pour comprendre les grands enjeux écologiques, qui interviewe le créateur de contenu Augustin Demain sur l'imaginaire Solar Punk, une utopie écolo qui réconcilie la technologie et la nature.Bel été à toutes et à tous !__Le site officiel de Soif de SensSoutenir Soif de Sens via Tipeee Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

The real problem with AI isn't AI. It's the level of consciousness we bring to what we build, and what we collectively refuse to examine.We are at the edge of the second great technological revolution. The internet gave us global reach. Artificial intelligence is now accelerating everything we are, including everything we have refused to look at.This essay moves through what that acceleration reveals: the architecture of extraction, from slavery to cheap labor to data; the illusion of freedom we've accepted in place of the real thing; why the consciousness gap between human wisdom and technological intelligence is the most urgent conversation we are not having; and what a genuinely different future could look like, rooted in Solarpunk principles, decentralized power, and the kind of consciousness that can actually hold it.This is not an argument against technology. It is an argument against human unconsciousness. Every tool we have ever built reflects the level of awareness its creators brought to it. The question has never been what we can build. It has always been who we are when we build it — and who owns it.Topics covered in this video:The illusion of progress and why AI is accelerating our collective shadowWhy "cheap labor" is a moral anesthetic, and what we're actually describing when we use that phraseThe architecture of extraction: from land, to labor, to dataAI, power concentration, and the next phase of invisible slaverySolarpunk, decentralization, and the consciousness-led alternativeAncestral healing, shadow work, and the personal responsibility embedded in all of itIf this conversation is pointing at something real for you, The Axis Point is my private mentorship for leaders, creatives, and executives ready to build the internal structure that the external world demands of them.Applications: https://silvanaisaza.com/mentorship/#AIandHumanity #ArtificialIntelligenceEthics #Solarpunk #ConsciousnessGap #EthicalAI

In this episode of Crazy Wisdom, Stewart Alsop sits down with Javier Rolandi, who works in investor relations and communications, for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from the SpaceX IPO and the trust people place in Elon Musk to Javier's own path through electronics, literature, and linguistics in Argentina. They talk about science fiction as a lens on the present, arguing over Borges versus Cortázar and touching on Philip K. Dick, before turning to Stewart's treasure hunt project and what it means for adults to reclaim a sense of play. The back half of the episode gets into bigger cultural territory: the Peter Pan syndrome as it shows up in Buenos Aires and Silicon Valley, the demographic crisis and why people are hesitant to commit to marriage or kids, the immigrant roots of Argentina's tight-knit communities, and a closing debate about solarpunk versus cyberpunk futures and whether religion still has a role to play in building a more human-centered utopia.Timestamps00:00 – Opening dive into the SpaceX IPO and why people place so much trust in Elon Musk's competence. 05:00 – Javi traces his non-linear path into technology, from electronics school to a lifelong love of science fiction. 10:00 – A close look at Borges, his puzzle-like short stories, and layered literary references. 15:00 – Javi picks Cortázar as his favorite, then Stewart demos his treasure hunt game idea. 20:00 – More treasure hunt details, plus the pelotudo/al pedo language game. 25:00 – Javi's fading interest in building electronics and why adult play still matters. 30:00 – The Peter Pan syndrome, Buenos Aires neighborhoods, and staying stuck in teenage behavior. 35:00 – The demographic crisis, Peter Thiel's arrival, and commitment to marriage and kids. 40:00 – How the internet reshapes connection beyond borders and nations. 45:00 – Solarpunk vs. cyberpunk and Argentina's potential as a utopian model. 50:00 – Argentina's immigrant roots, tribal bonding, and ethnic clubs in Buenos Aires. 55:00 – Closing thoughts on religion, ecumenism, and staying optimistic about humanity.Key InsightsTrust in visionary founders like Elon Musk isn't really about understanding the technical details of something like SpaceX—it's about faith in a person's competence to pull off things that would sound crazy coming from anyone else.Javier's relationship with technology has always been non-linear: an early fascination with electronics gave way to literature and linguistics, and only later did a startup career pull him back toward tech, showing that curiosity doesn't have to follow a straight professional line.Science fiction endures because it's never really about the future—it's a way of examining the decisions being made today and how they'll ripple outward, which is why Javier finds himself circling back to present-day questions after every story or film.Reclaiming play as an adult, whether through treasure hunts or simply being unembarrassed in public, isn't regression—it's a deliberate rebellion against the idea that growing up means becoming serious and losing creativity.The demographic shift away from marriage and kids may be less about capability and more about marketing: people who look unhappy while promoting commitment aren't going to convince anyone that the traditional path is worth choosing.Argentina's strong culture of community and friendship traces back to waves of immigrants who had to lean on each other to survive, a tribal instinct that still shapes how people bond in Buenos Aires today.The tension between solarpunk and cyberpunk visions of the future comes down to whether technology serves human connection or overshadows it, and Javier argues Argentina—with its resources and family-oriented culture—is well positioned to lean toward the more hopeful, human-centered version.

Canada gave the world poutine, maple syrup, and apparently an enormous number of incredible video games. This week we're celebrating Canada Day by drafting our ultimate Canadian Gaming Showcase and attempting to answer the impossible question: what are the greatest games ever made north of the 49th parallel? What is Everyone Playing? (00:20:40) Solarpunk (00:24:38) Game On: Video Game Trivia - Oh, Canadian Edition doncha know? (00:29:48) This Week's Topic: Canadian Game Draft (00:36:51) Outro and Wrap-up (01:01:27) --- Thanks for listening! The GoGCast comes out weekly so make sure to subscribe and you won't miss an episode. For more about us, Girls on Games, check out girlsongames.ca. Buy us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/girlsongames

Kleine Spiele, große Aufreger: Zunehmend beunruhigend werden die NEWS zum Thema XBOX, die Matthias, Gregor und Fabian heute natürlich besprechen. Aber bei BUNGIE läuft es auch nicht besser. Schwere Zeiten überall? Nein, bei SOLARPUNK kann man ganz entspannt in der Sandbox craften. Und ist BUBSY 4D nun echt das erste gute Spiel mit dem Rotluchs? NINTENDO liefert das schräge RHYTHM HEAVEN GROOVE ab, fast noch seltsamer sind NAMCO LEGENDARY MOUNTAINS und THE REMAKE OF THE END OF GREATEST RPG OF ALL TIME. Ja, das heißt echt so. Devolvers DARK SCROLLS und ein Ausblick auf das anstehende SPEEDRUNDALE FASTIVAL 2026S runden diesen GAME TALK ab. Viel Spaß! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

En juin 2026, la France traverse sa canicule la plus sévère jamais enregistrée. Un contexte qui nourrit l'éco-anxiété, ce sentiment d'angoisse face à un avenir qui, depuis des décennies, ressemble davantage à Blade Runner ou Black Mirror qu'à une promesse. Pourtant, il existe un mouvement artistique, littéraire et culturel qui choisit l'utopie plutôt que la dystopie : le solarpunk. D'où vient ce terme ? À quoi ressemble concrètement le monde Solarpunk ? Pourquoi ce mouvement est-il aussi important aujourd'hui ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant Vous Savez". Un podcast Bababam Originals écrit et réalisé par Ludivine Morales. À écouter ensuite : Canicule : comment continuer à faire du sport sans risque ? La renaturation des villes peut-elle nous protéger des canicules ? Comment protéger son animal de compagnie pendant une canicule ? Retrouvez tous les épisodes de "Maintenant vous savez". Suivez Bababam sur Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Renewable energy mixed with a DIY attitude!Crafted in Germany by two developers dubbing themselves Cyberwave, this first-person sandbox survival game was brought to life through a Kickstarter campaign and has arrived on Xbox Game Pass just in time for our dynamic duo to check it out. Our trusty "Surprise Me" Button has previously selected its fair share of survival and crafting games, and our hosts have sampled plenty of Minecraft adjacent titles of their own volition, so the natural question is: how does this one stack up against all the rest? Will it have enough novelty to break free of the herd? Tom and Chris each played for the requisite hour and now have gathered to share their harvested wisdom with you. Let's hope it bears fruit!What do you think? Let us know!Check out all our links here:https://linktr.ee/tc1h1dThanks for taking this ride with us :-)

Hooked FM #576 - Steam Machine Preis, GTA 6 Cover, Preis & Union Busting Update, Solarpunk, GRIP XR, Zero Parades

Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass mich Solarpunk doch so fesselt. Survival aber ohne Kämpfe, ohne Stress, einfach ruhiges und entspanntes Ressourcensammeln, mit meinem Schiff zu verschieden Inseln fliegen, meine Maschinen mit Strom versorgen und dann bauen. Es ist simpel, aber es funktioniert. Zumindest bis ca. 15-20 Spielstunden. Danach kommt leider nichts mehr. Da dem Spiel eine Story fehlt und wir auch nur eine begrenzte Anzahl an Inseln zum Erkunden haben, welche jetzt auch nicht so viel zum Entdecken bieten, kann der Spielspaß also schnell verfliegen. Dadurch, dass keine Ressource irgendwann aufgebraucht ist, kann man also endlos bauen. Manche Objekte haben auch verschiedene Alternativen damit Abwechslung reinkommt, aber viel Abwechslung gibt es nur bei den Pflanzen, sonst hält sich das leider auch in Grenzen. Die Zeit, die ich in Solarpunk verbracht hatte, hat mir definitiv Spaß gemacht, aber nun fehlt mir leider der Anreiz weiterzumachen, denn zum Erkunden gibt es nichts mehr, zum Verbessern auch nicht, also kann ich maximal mehr bauen. Gut, es ist ein Cozy Survival Spiel, aber ich hätte mir schon gerne noch etwas mehr gewünscht. Wer also ein Wochenende einen steifen Nacken riskieren möchte, wird mit Solarpunk bestimmt Spaß haben, aber danach kann es leider von der Festplatte wieder verschwinden, was wirklich schade ist.

Hey Podtimists,This week David is on a well earned vacation and so we called in help from our dear friend AJ Fillari! AJ speaks on their experience with a number of fairly new games and Chase opens a meatball store.We also took a deeper look at the new space crafting game, appropriately named SpaceCraft! We were provided codes for this game, thanks to Shiro Games for that! Also thanks so much to AJ for coming on and talking about video games! ---Timestamps:(0:00) - Intro(4:40) - What we've been playing(5:25) - The Lift: Supernatural Handyman Simulator(15:20) - Solarpunk(31:20) - Enter the Chronosphere(42:39) - KuloNiku: Bowl Up!(51:27) - Deep Pixel Melancholy(54:37) - Chivalware(59:46) - AJ's Podtimistic thing of the week(1:03:51) - Chase's Podtimistic thing of the week(1:07:26) - SpaceCraft(1:30:13) - Outro---Games mentioned: The Lift: Supernatural Handyman SimulatorSolarpunkEnter the ChronosphereKuloNiku: Bowl Up!Deep Pixel MelancholyChivalwareSpaceCraft

We talk about time in Solarpunk and Astroneer, plus the start of Steam Next Fest and more Xbox reset news. That and more on this episode of the New Overlords Podcast with Sema and @MaxTheGrey. MP3 Direct Download Link YouTube Link Catch us in Discord at http://newoverlords.com/discord for notes on when we record live and … More indie survival – New Overlords Podcast 611: Solarpunk and Astroneer Read More » The post More indie survival – New Overlords Podcast 611: Solarpunk and Astroneer first appeared on NEW OVERLORDS.

In a nebula of sound, the Wonders takes off this week with Tales from the Rack #23, The Rapscallion Agency: Prologue, and Short Sci-Fi Collection 5- The Yillian Way!

We're back with Jeffrey Adams and his incredible Icebox Radio Theater. This week on The Rack: "A Distant Land, Part 2"!

Blackdoor Agent Sean Bentley summons Doorchief Hardwick to Davos, Switzerland to stop the sale of a mysterious microchip that criminal organizations across Europe have been killing each other to obtain.

We complete series 5 from Librivox's Short Science Fiction Collection! This week: "The Yillian Way" by Keith Laumer!

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We continue with series 5 from Librivox's Short Science Fiction Collection! This week: "The Untouchable" by Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.!

Hyperdrive to the Wonders! This week host Lothar brings us Tales from the Rack #22, Bounty Hunters S1E12- Part 2, and Short Science Fiction Collection 6- The Untouchable!

We're back with Jeffrey Adams and his incredible Icebox Radio Theater. This week on The Rack: "A Distant Land, Part 1"!

The underworld has arrived. Can they be stopped?

Neste episódio, exploramos as origens do movimento solarpunk e discutimos uma confusão cada vez mais comum entre estética, política e narrativa. A partir da literatura de ficção científica, questionamos por que tantas pessoas associam o solarpunk a uma sociedade perfeita, ignorando que utopias e distopias são ferramentas narrativas usadas para criar conflitos, e não modelos prontos de sociedade.Porque uma imagem bonita de futuro não é a mesma coisa que uma história sobre o futuro.Entra no canal Periferia do Futuro pra continuar a conversa sem filtro:⁠⁠https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaaAULA8aKvNJZNFEv1A

In this episode of the Crazy Wisdom Podcast, host Stewart Alsop interviews Joshua Pearce, the John Thompson Chair in Innovation at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Ivey Business School at Western University, about the revolution in open source hardware for scientific research. They discuss how three-dimensional printing, Arduino controllers, and open source designs are dramatically reducing research costs—often by 85-95%—while democratizing access to lab equipment worldwide. Pearce shares stories from his 2013 book "Open Source Lab" and explains how the movement has exploded since then, covering everything from filter wheel changers and ball mills to metal three-dimensional printers and battery research equipment. The conversation explores recycle bots that turn plastic waste into filament, the role of AI in accelerating hardware development, and how open source licensing creates a global knowledge management system where improvements are shared across the scientific community. For those interested in learning more, Pearce recommends checking out the journal HardwareX, repositories like Thingiverse and My Mini Factory, and appropedia.org for open source scientific tools and appropriate technology designs.Timestamps00:00 Welcome and introduction to Joshua Pearce, discussing his work on open source lab equipment and the evolution since publishing his book in 201305:00 Early development of open source hardware including the breakthrough filter wheel changer project built by a high school student that saved thousands of dollars10:00 Discussion of how Arduino and RepRap three-d printers enabled the democratization of scientific tools, making complex equipment accessible to anyone15:00 Economic impact showing average tool savings of 85 percent, with Arduino and three-d printing combinations reaching mid-90s percent cost reduction20:00 Case study of PhD student Mariam building complete battery research tool chain from scratch using open source designs and three-d printed components25:00 Recycle bots enabling transformation of waste plastic into three-d printer filament for pennies, revolutionizing material costs and sustainability30:00 Collaboration between universities and open source companies creating fluid handlers and acquisition systems, accelerating research capabilities globally35:00 Large language models assisting code translation and research planning, though hallucinations require careful verification and domain expertise40:00 Importance of fundamental knowledge when using AI tools, comparing vibe coding acceleration with necessity for understanding underlying principles45:00 Testing standards and calibration methods for open source equipment, balancing precision requirements against cost-effectiveness for specific applications50:00 Metal and ceramic three-d printing developments including MIG welding techniques and sintering processes for creating functional parts55:00 Knowledge management through open source licenses, repositories like Thingiverse and Apropedia enabling global collaboration and continuous improvementKey Insights1. Open source hardware has evolved dramatically since Joshua Pearce wrote his book in 2012-2013, to the point where he can no longer keep up with all the developments in the field. What started as a collection where every single example could fit in one book has exploded into an entire ecosystem with dedicated journals and thousands of researchers contributing. The vision was that scientific papers would eventually include hyperlinks to equipment designs that anyone could download and replicate, and that future is largely here today. There are now so many open source hardware articles being published that no single person can read them all, which represents a massive success for the movement.2. The fundamental breakthrough enabling open source scientific hardware came from combining several key technologies, particularly the RepRap three-d printer project and Arduino microcontrollers. Pearce's introduction to the field came when he needed a sixty-five dollar plastic part for a solar laptop project and discovered Adrian's open-sourced rapid prototyper that could make its own parts. This led to building equipment like a filter wheel changer for testing solar panels with a high school student in about a week, replacing a device that would have cost two thousand five hundred dollars with five months lead time. The democratization of tools like three-d printing and Arduino, combined with extensive code libraries and shared designs, means that even high school students can now create sophisticated scientific equipment.3. Open source scientific hardware delivers massive economic benefits, with the average tool saving scientists around eighty-five percent compared to commercial equipment, and savings reaching the mid-nineties when using Arduino and three-d printing. The economics are so compelling that the tax paid on a normal scientific tool can cover the cost of an open source alternative. A thousand dollar three-d printer can manufacture scientific tools worth more than a thousand dollars in a single Saturday. This dramatic cost reduction makes sophisticated research accessible to laboratories around the world regardless of their funding levels, fundamentally democratizing scientific capability.4. The knowledge management approach enabled by open source licenses creates a powerful collaborative improvement cycle where thousands of people worldwide contribute to evolving designs. When researchers publish equipment designs with strong reciprocal licenses, anyone can use, modify, or even sell the designs, but improvements must be shared back with the community. This creates a dispersed international engineering effort where equipment continuously improves through contributions from researchers across different institutions and countries. The RepRap three-d printer exemplifies this process, starting as barely functional prototypes but evolving through community contributions to surpass commercial alternatives in speed, resolution, and material capabilities.5. The integration of large language models and AI tools has significantly accelerated open source hardware development, though with important caveats about their limitations. LLMs excel at translating code between languages, suggesting experimental approaches, and helping researchers navigate unfamiliar fields by quickly synthesizing information from scientific literature. However, they suffer from hallucination problems and cannot be trusted for writing scientific articles or conducting complete literature reviews without verification. The key to effective use is having enough foundational knowledge to ask the right questions and verify outputs, using AI as a powerful acceleration tool rather than a replacement for expertise.6. Material science capabilities in open source hardware have expanded far beyond plastic three-d printing to include metals, ceramics, semiconductors, and composites through innovative adaptations of basic equipment. Pearce's lab has developed methods for metal three-d printing using modified MIG welding for as little as twelve hundred dollars, created slot-die coating systems for seventeen nanometer semiconductor layers using converted three-d printers, and developed techniques for ceramic printing through various material mixing approaches. The recycle bot technology enables converting waste plastic into high-quality filament for twenty-five cents instead of twenty-five dollars per roll, dramatically reducing material costs while enabling circular manufacturing practices.7. The infrastructure for sharing and discovering open source hardware designs has matured into a robust ecosystem spanning academic journals, commercial repositories, and specialized communities. Hardware X and the Journal of Open Hardware publish peer-reviewed designs alongside traditional scientific journals increasingly incorporating open hardware sections. Repositories like Thingiverse recently returned to hardcore open source principles after ownership changes and contains millions of designs, while Appropedia serves as a wiki for appropriate technology with thousands of open source designs. The GOSH community hosts annual conferences bringing together university researchers, companies, and independent hardware hackers, while field-specific communities have formed around technologies like the OpenFlexure microscope, creating networks where knowledge accumulates and never gets lost.

We're back with Jeffrey Adams and his incredible Icebox Radio Theater. This week on The Rack: "Baiting Bumpo"!

We continue with series 5 from Librivox's Short Science Fiction Collection! This week: "Summit" by Mack Reynolds!

Welcome to your Wonder for this week! Host Lothar brings us Tales From the Rack #21, Bounty Hunters S1E11 Finale Part 1, and Short Science Fiction Collection 5- Summit!

The underworld is marching towards the gates of Hell.

Support Night Clerk Radio on Patreon It's the end of the month, which means we're squeezing in one last episode dedicated to May new music! As usual, we've got two great albums on deck. First, we dive into Empire of Light, the latest space ambient album from vaporwave legend 猫 シ Corp. Then, we check out Philosophie du Soi, an energetic jazz fusion EP from the new duo, PAON. Join us for all that and our usual barrage of questionable shout outs! Shout Outs Phantom Architecture By Philip WilkinsonNull.mkvMalice Music Discussed Empire of Light by 猫 シ Corp.Philosophie du Soi by PAON Additional Links #006 from listencorpFamed Game Vocalist Launches Avant-Garde Jazz Duo with Debut Music Video Credits Music by: 2MelloArtwork by: Patsy McDowellNight Clerk Radio on Bluesky

Fire retro rockets! This week on the Wonders host Lothar brings us Tales from the Rack #20: Northern Gothic, Bounty Hungers S1E10: The underworld cometh, and Short Sci-Fi Collection 5- Quiet, Please!

We're back with Jeffrey Adams and his incredible Icebox Radio Theater. This week on The Rack: "Northern Gothic"!

After the team gets back to the SBHA they are followed by the underworld.

We continue with series 5 from Librivox's Short Science Fiction Collection! This week: "Quiet, Please" by Kevin Scott!

The bounty hunters must travel to the next destination to save the world.

Welcome to Wednesday Wonders! Host Lothar brings the excitement with Tales From the Rack #19, Bounty Hunters S1E9- Goblin and the star, and Short Sci-Fi Collection 5- A Matter of Magnitude!

We're back with Jeffrey Adams and his incredible Icebox Radio Theater. This week on The Rack: "Have You Anything to DeClare?"!

We continue with series 5 from Librivox's Short Science Fiction Collection! This week: "A Matter of Magnitude" by Al Sevcik!

This episode comes from Geoff's request to compare Solarpunk and Permaculture. Suggested reading from this episode: Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin's Kim Stanley Robinson's Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk The anthology: Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World

Jack fills in for ailing host Lothar this week with Tales from the Rack #18, Bounty Hunters S1E8, and Short Sci-Fi Collection 5- Egocentric Orbit.

We're back with Jeffrey Adams and his incredible Icebox Radio Theater. This week on The Rack: "Between the Pipes"!

We continue with series 5 from Librivox's Short Science Fiction Collection! This week: "Egocentric Orbit" by John Cory!

Interviews from this past weekend's Upstate Anarchist Bookfair with Riot Act Books, Solarpunk writer Phoebe Wagner, Flock Off Ithaca, Bolshevik Tendency, and Warzone DistroFor an extended version of this episode, sign up for FREE at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageAt the end I include a snippet of our Armed Love interview with Ben Morea, who passed away this weekend. Check out the full interview here: Part 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65595770?collection=87680 Part 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65563424?collection=87680Critique of "win" narrative in Minneapolis: https://illwill.com/proto-politics-in-purgatorySong: Another Dimension - Twilight Zone (Remix)

For episode 218 of The Fire These Times, I talk to Luka Dowell (Solarpunk Now!), Ariel Kroon (Solarpunk Presents) and Andre (HydroponicTrash) about our changing relationships to Solarpunk given everything that's been going on in the world since the last time we all sat together (in 2023).⁠⁠⁠⁠Lebanon emergency relief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support: You can support my work with⁠⁠⁠ ⁠a one-off or monthly donation⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Ko-fiMasterclass on Modern Lebanon:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Late registration still possible for May 2026⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: Subscribe to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Hauntologies⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: I am on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠Contact: Reach out on ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Signal @ Ayoub.02Previous TFTT episodes on Solarpunk:Solarpunk and Storytelling the Present and Future w/ Phoebe WagnerClimate Narratives that Go Beyond the Apocalypse w/ Alyssa HullThe Political Economy of Solarpunk w/ Andrew Dana HudsonIn Search of Afro-Solarpunk w/ Rob Cameron Hauntings, Futurisms and the Present Movement w/ Luka Dowell aka Solarpunk Now!Solarpunk and Post-Capitalist Desires w/ HydroponicTrashThe Fire These TimesSocial Media: TFTT is on⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Transcription: You can help⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠⁠⁠ transcribe TFTT episodes ⁠here⁠⁠⁠Website: All episodes are archived ⁠⁠⁠on the website⁠⁠⁠From The PeripheryTFTT is a proud member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery Media Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, which you can support ⁠on Patreon⁠⁠⁠ and follow on ⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠.Check out other project wherever you get your podcasts:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Politically Depressed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery Podcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠The Mutual Aid Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠Elia's recent pieces972Mag:⁠⁠⁠ Is Israel trying to foment civil war in Lebanon?Also, for HauntologiesThe Lie I Tell Myself When Covering IsraelElia's Picks, May 2026 EditionRecent Podcast interviewsIt Could Happen Here: ⁠⁠Israel's Attack on Lebanon⁠⁠The Final Straw:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠The US-Israeli War with Iran Spreads, Nuclear Weapons, Lebanon and Anti-Imperial Solidarity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dugout:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Honoring Political Ghosts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Breakup Theory:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Episode 31 – Iran and the US-Israeli Death Drive Economy⁠CreditsElia Ayoub (host, producer, episode design), Elliott Miskovicz (Sound Editor), Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music), ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design),⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design),⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics) and ⁠⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Transcriptions).

A lot of sci-fi is dystopian. Solarpunk flips that on its head. The subgenre imagines a brighter future where humans have fostered a better relationship with technology, the environment, and each other, in spite of climate disaster. On today's show, writer and academic Phoebe Wagner joins Kimberly to make us smart about solarpunk, its connection to the green energy transition, and why you should check it out if you want to shake off climate doom.Here's everything we talked about today:"Solarpunk: A Container for More Fertile Futures" from Solarpunk Magazine"Tired of Dystopian Sci-Fi? You Might Like Solarpunk." from Mother Jones"Sunshine and Seedlings" from Hydroponic Trash"Underground" from Tractor BeamChobani ad on YouTubeWe love hearing from you. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email makemesmart@marketplace.org.

A lot of sci-fi is dystopian. Solarpunk flips that on its head. The subgenre imagines a brighter future where humans have fostered a better relationship with technology, the environment, and each other, in spite of climate disaster. On today's show, writer and academic Phoebe Wagner joins Kimberly to make us smart about solarpunk, its connection to the green energy transition, and why you should check it out if you want to shake off climate doom.Here's everything we talked about today:"Solarpunk: A Container for More Fertile Futures" from Solarpunk Magazine"Tired of Dystopian Sci-Fi? You Might Like Solarpunk." from Mother Jones"Sunshine and Seedlings" from Hydroponic Trash"Underground" from Tractor BeamChobani ad on YouTubeWe love hearing from you. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email makemesmart@marketplace.org.