Jed ☭

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Speculative Materialist, interested in climate, energy. Communist by ideology.
Starting Jan 2023, Acquisitions Editor at New Harbinger, so if you have an idea for a book on #Psychology #MentalHealth, LMK!
Substackhttps://thespouter.substack.com/
Typewriter Storehttps://www.etsy.com/shop/VinelandTypewriters
ApoCon Essayhttps://apocalypse-confidential.com/2022/09/08/the-autonomous-chemical-weapon-how-sentient-oil-took-control-of-our-history-part-one/
Plasticationhttps://thespouter.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-world-of-the-plastic
Jed ☭Jan 1, 2023

@purplequeennl @gregorysherrow @MargaretSefton @juliafgreen @ElisesWritings @thebradking @VickiKyriakakis @GeckoEdit @miriamgershow @patchworkheart @jacmoe @Bronwen @levato @Bernadette_BookNanny

thanks -- good to be connected to fellow writers of the weird. I do weird nonfiction if anyone wants something to read (And will you share your work too?) https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2022/09/08/the-autonomous-chemical-weapon-how-sentient-oil-took-control-of-our-history-part-one/

THE AUTONOMOUS CHEMICAL WEAPON: HOW SENTIENT OIL TOOK CONTROL OF OUR HISTORY – PART ONE

“Capitalism was here even before human existence, waiting for a host.” — Reza Negarestani, Cyclonopedia, 27 The contention is this: not only do we use oil, it uses us.  Not just oil, but…

APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL
Jed ☭Dec 25, 2022
Plastisphere PodcastNov 7, 2022

#Introduction Hi plastic nerds and podcast friends, great to join you here in the Fediverse!

This #podcast is about our strange, complicated relationship with a group of mighty materials called #plastic. #Plastics enable the modern world, but also cause some serious #pollution. What's the state of #science about the impacts on the #environment, #climate and human #health? How do we change our relationship to plastics?

Those are questions I explore in this slow media series. Join me!

Show threadJed ☭Dec 21, 2022
@shaggycent @climatenews https://thespouter.substack.com/p/the-dialectics-of-liberal-environmentalism
The Dialectics of Liberal Environmentalism

How We Lost Control

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Show threadJed ☭Dec 21, 2022
@EliotJacobson Overshoot is inherently a problematic framing as it morally launders emissions and pollution that falls below the threshold. https://thespouter.substack.com/p/the-dialectics-of-liberal-environmentalism
The Dialectics of Liberal Environmentalism

How We Lost Control

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Show threadJed ☭Dec 21, 2022
@EliotJacobson I'm not looking for a less-political or less-revolutionary framing. It is capitalism, but "capitalism was here even before human existence, waiting for a host." https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2022/09/08/the-autonomous-chemical-weapon-how-sentient-oil-took-control-of-our-history-part-one/
THE AUTONOMOUS CHEMICAL WEAPON: HOW SENTIENT OIL TOOK CONTROL OF OUR HISTORY – PART ONE

“Capitalism was here even before human existence, waiting for a host.” — Reza Negarestani, Cyclonopedia, 27 The contention is this: not only do we use oil, it uses us.  Not just oil, but…

APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL
Show threadJed ☭Dec 21, 2022
@EliotJacobson https://thespouter.substack.com/p/why-it-doesnt-matter-if-you-give
Why It Doesn’t Matter if you Give in to Climate Despair

Part 1 of Hydrocarbon Corpse Juice: an Essay about Seeing Beyond Ourselves

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Jed ☭Dec 21, 2022
Prof. Eliot JacobsonDec 21, 2022

#Climate #collapse #extinction
The 6th great extinction is ongoing, the collapse of global industrial civilization is ongoing, the end of our legacy as humans creating art and science is ongoing, and every bit of it is terribly sad.

But sadness is a greater motivator than hope. All hope does is to give us an excuse to believe someone else is taking care of things. Knowing we are doomed gets me active, to save what I can for whatever comes next, and this is what I focus on every day.

Show threadJed ☭Dec 1, 2022
@paul_briley @jacklowe @TheGuardian @zoesqwilliams CFCs didn't pose a fundamental challenge to capitalism; they could be replaced with barely a glitch on duPont's balance sheet. The environmental movement that could be successful on CFCs didn't have a prayer in a head-on confrontation with the core activity of petrocapitalism. In this sense the success on ozone hurt the climate.
https://thespouter.substack.com/p/the-dialectics-of-liberal-environmentalism?r=3916x&utm_medium=android
The Dialectics of Liberal Environmentalism

How We Lost Control

The Spouter
Show threadJed ☭Dec 1, 2022
@paul_briley @jacklowe @TheGuardian @zoesqwilliams What if there is no right answer anymore?
https://thespouter.substack.com/p/why-it-doesnt-matter-if-you-give?r=3916x&utm_medium=android
Why It Doesn’t Matter if you Give in to Climate Despair

Part 1 of Hydrocarbon Corpse Juice: an Essay about Seeing Beyond Ourselves

The Spouter
Show threadJed ☭Nov 29, 2022

@Clif @Cooljojo @MichaelEMann @kathhayhoe @andrewdessler @hausfath @RARohde @rahmstorf @petergleick @[email protected] @ClimateHuman @ZLabe @ed_hawkins

the scientists' day as the leaders of this movement should end. No political imagination.
https://thespouter.substack.com/p/the-dialectics-of-liberal-environmentalism?r=3916x&utm_medium=android

The Dialectics of Liberal Environmentalism

How We Lost Control

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