Alan Carpenter

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Retired, but nurturing a late career as a 3D artist
Atheist, relentlessly curious and deeply worried about AGW. Kindness. 
NQ on Bindal country.

#sculpture #art #auspol
Contemporary Arthttps://www.umbrella.org.au/
CALDhttps://www.tmsg.org.au/

Dear The USA,

You have too many states. Please eliminate at least 10 of them. I am not a crackpot.

Something Big Is Happening

A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.

matt shumer
Seen on #Bluesky
table saw safety is easy, you just have to constantly think "it wants to kill me it will kill me it wants to kill and eat me it wants to kill me and bite off my finger it wants to kill me so bad" the whole time the saw is plugged in
Whatever Carney and Smith and Trump and the Saudis want you to believe, big investors know: We're living through the last oil glut. There's no prospect for more tankers, there's no financial point to new pipelines, dredging harbors and lifting bans. This is it. The end of the beginning of the end of oil. Thank God. #canpoli #BCpoli #uspol #renewableenergy #CovidIsNotOver #fossilfuels https://www.forbes.com/sites/we-dont-have-time/2025/12/14/financial-markets-are-already-pricing-the-fossil-fuel-phase-out/
Financial Markets Are Already Pricing The Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

COP30 avoided the word “fossil fuels,” but markets didn’t. Institutional capital is already pricing a Fossil Fuel Phase-Out through mandates, risk, and valuation gaps.

Forbes

RE: https://aus.social/@andyjennings/115680010700553443

Cracking good as usual from AK 👏

Have you looked at that FIFA peace prize? It's rotting disintegrating hands shredding the planet.

Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion

Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion

Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25

It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.