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🔁 https://om.co/2026/02/12/living-in-the-petri-dish-of-the-future/

The tragic garbage avalanche in the Philippines is a notable reminder that we are already living in the future of Idiocracy, a film that opens with The Great Garbage Avalanche of 2505.

Also… why is the floating Great Pacific Garbage Patch no longer in the news?

The year is 2026 and I just fixed some broken Perl code. Living in the future, baby.
#perl

Marx unfrozen in the Future
(Original title: Marx is Unfrozen in the Future)
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/643

Guangzhou is quietly becoming a blueprint for sustainable cities.
The Chinese megacity has transformed urban living with vertical gardens replacing concrete, parks built over malls, and green spaces woven throughout. They're prioritizing clean transit and renewable energy while proving dense cities can actually improve quality of life.

What does it tell us that AI scrapers are ignoring the more intelligent way of scraping data despite all the indications towards it?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/stop-crawling-my-html-you-dickheads-use-the-api/
I don't think the answer is …

"We don’t really think about our future – we remember it",
said Dr Hal Hershfield, who studies how humans think about time and how that influences our emotions and behaviors.
When we daydream or envision ourselves at a later point, we essentially create a memory.
We then use these memories to construct our ideas about the future.
This process is called “episodic future thinking”;
it supports our decision-making, emotional regulation and ability to p…

Giving up territory in Ukraine is also condemning people living there to live under Russian rule, a harsh dictatorship with limited freedoms, no room for opposition, bad economy etcetera. I don't think many people prefer Russia above living in Ukraine as part of the EU in the near future.
#russia #ukraine

"Integral ecology reminds us that humans are at their best when they understand their home and care for it."
—James Jenkins ’15 M.Div. writing in the new issue of Reflections, in his piece titled "We Must Build with Others the Future We Need” https://

Envision starting your day with the calming rhythm of ocean waves or the soft rustle of a mountain breeze, all while savoring your coffee without a care in the world. ☕️🏞️ Retirement isn't merely the end of work; it's the beginning of life's most cherished experiences and thrilling adventures. Let's forge a future where every day feels like living the dream! #DreamAgain #RetirementBliss