Beaverland: interview with author Leila Philip (climatewaterproject.substack.com)
A NEW SEASON OF MIDNIGHT BURGER IS HERE AND (checks notes) ITS STILL WEIRD!! (lemmy.world)
“Chapter 33: Everybody Down” is now live! Listen here!...
Ep. 63—THE BEAVER EPISODE (finally!) with Dr. Emily Fairfax and Dr. Sophie Gilbert (lifewithfirepodcast.com)
The long-awaited beaver episode! In this episode, we learn about how beavers are not only champions of wildfire resilience but are also sleeper endurance athletes (climbing mountains to find new watersheds), dedicated anti-capitalists (not giving a **** about the regulatory or material concerns of humans), expert engineers...
Offiziell gibt sich China im Krieg gegen die Ukraine neutral. Doch im chinesischen Staatsfernsehen wird russische Kriegspropaganda verbreitet. (share.deutschlandradio.de)
Non Serviam Podcast #42 - Demanding Utopia! with Justine Norton-Kertson of Solarpunk Magazine (youtu.be)
Contested waters in Crimea: How Russia used water as a weapon of war following the invasion of Ukraine --- (28 min) (www.bbc.co.uk)
An irrigation system, once created at Stalin’s order as a project of grand Soviet social engineering, is now running dry.
Lemmy Home for the Endless Thread Podcast (lemmy.world)
As Endless Thread begins to divest itself from being an all-Reddit, all the time podcast, I started a home here on Lemmy for it.
“Kyiv in 3 days”
WarTranslated (Dmitri) on X: "Authors of “Kyiv in 3 days” and “16,000 to take Avdiivka “ are calling the incursion into the occupied territory “madness” 😁 And the “SMO” is apparently designed to “treat” it. I see now how they’ve prescribed it to themselves. t.co/lHybSaoycP" / X...
How conspiracy theories help to maintain Vladimir Putin’s grip on power in Russia --- (25 min) (theconversation.com)
As soon as the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny in a Siberian penal colony was announced in February, conspiracy theories about who was behind it began circulating in Russia....
Degrowth and Ecosocialism with Jason Hickel | Planet: Critical (www.youtube.com)
Open Source Beats Authoritarianism: Audrey Tang, Taiwan's first Digital Minister, on why strong public and civic digital infrastructures are key to advancing democracy (www.eff.org)
Audrey Tang has served as Taiwan’s first Digital Minister since 2016, by which time she already was known for revitalizing the computer languages Perl and Haskell, as well as for building the online spreadsheet system EtherCalc in collaboration with Dan Bricklin....
What we—and AI—can learn from nature's intelligence - Ted Radio Hour [Podcast] (www.npr.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12901877
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its risks for Europe and the US (www.ekathimerini.com)
When China’s Belt and Road Initiative was formally launched in 2013, it was touted as a world-spanning push to replicate the economic and political impact of the Silk Road. As it made investments across the world – including in the port of Piraeus during the depths of the financial crisis – Western capitals sought to...
The obscure but extremely important battle over building codes (www.volts.wtf)
Creating in a Commons: Conversations with Creative Commons and Disquiet Junto (www.artistsandhackers.org)
Secretly intercepted phone calls from Russian soldiers in Ukraine reveal how fear and propaganda fueled Russia’s violence against its neighbour --- (50 min) (www.motherjones.com)
[Warning: The podcast contains potentially distressing content.]...
298 – [UNLOCKED] Q&A: How to Make Library Socialism Now – srsly wrong (srslywrong.com)
One of the most hopeful and practical podcasts I’ve listened to in a long time. I know this show has been linked here before but I think this specific episode is worthy of a listen to those who are interested in working directly at making the world a better place.
The electric transformer shortage (overcast.fm)
Casa Encantada - A Portrait of the Fight for Housing in Belo Horizonte Going Through the Pandemic (www.aradio-berlin.org)
Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors w/ Tory Stephens (thefirethesetimes.com)
What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW (youtu.be)
Dana R. Fisher on the Past, Present and Future of Climate Protest (open.spotify.com)
Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins | A weekly podcast from Heatmap News about climate change and the shift away from fossil fuels. (feeds.acast.com)
Part One: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI - Behind the Bastards (omny.fm)
Robert sits down with Ify Nwadiwe to talk about the weird cult that’s formed around AI, and some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley. (Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: rollingstone.com/…/ai-companies-advocates-cult-12…)...