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and first prototype of commercial fusion power station after 2050.

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People who think that fusion will solve climate chrisis don't understand urgency of the situation.
Climate scientists say we have to act in next 10 years. The first test reactor that is expected to produce more thermal energy than it needs is under construction and planned to start comissioning in 2025 and fusion reaction in 2035. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER#Tim
If everything goes well, this will lead to constructon of nuclear fusion power station that demonstrates electricity production in 2040s (...)

Age poll pt. 2! Again, this may not apply to you (refer to previous toot if it doesn't).

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Hello all! In the interest of finding out how the Fedi skews, I want to run another age poll. Please pick the decade that you fall in (there are two polls; if you don't belong in the first, you may belong in the second).

Boosts welcome and encouraged!

RT @Fly_Cuttlefish@twitter.com

This will always be one of my favorite historical fun facts.

๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”—: twitter.com/Fly_Cuttlefish/sta

I wonder if being trained to think about problems abstractly rather than as issues that can have knock effects on other human beings applies to more than just Law and Philosophy. Could explain a bit, what's wrong with Silicon Valley, no groking of real life ramifications of code
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RT @shengokai
Hello, philosophy? Are you fucking paying attention? Not everything is a thought experiment. twitter.com/pronounced_ing/sta
twitter.com/shengokai/status/1

@pluralistic What if problem isn't anti-trust legislation (or lack of enforcement), but the fact that though Internet is peer network, web has client-server architecture? What Amazon, Facebook and Google have in common is they are very good in running servers. So good in fact that some of them resell their ability as a cloud.

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."
- Ursula K. Le Guin

#anticapitalism #anarchism #feminism #IWD #IWD2019

> They realized @databoydg
's tweet was gaining traction & engaged but instead of understanding his analysis & *why* said behavior was problematic, they resorted to explaining away, arguing with the end user that this behavior is fine & that "anyone can easily see this."
nitter.nixnet.services/timnitG

This is usually problem when discussing racism. You should use the concern to validate your understanding, not use your understanding to invalidate the concern.

Why googling "sportsball result" doesn't give the Super Bowl results?

shitpost 

reminder to other white people that white guilt is racist because itโ€™s taking the pain and suffering of people of color and making it about yourself and your feelings; instead of wasting time and energy by feeling guilty be a better ally to people of color by educating yourself and other white people about racism and using money, time, energy and other resources to help people of color in need

George Osborne, lewd joke 

@r000t putting pensions into high risk hedge funds is the problem.
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