There Be Ghosts In This Agroforest

There Be Ghosts In This Agroforest

@agroforest.bsky.social

Retired lawyer. Road cyclist. Cat colony guardian. Worst gardener. Turning a Christmas tree farm in the Driftless Area into a food forest.

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There Be Ghosts In This Agroforest
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Any northern tier folks out there? Teach me, please. Where do raccoons go when it turns cold? I had no raccoons all winter, then they bedeviled me from late March until last week. What do raccoons do during the cold? Can I leave cat food in the barn overnight now?

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This would mean 25-29% improvement in panel efficiency over current TOPCon, I think. Not good at math. pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/10/26/i...

pv-magazine-usa.comINA Solar, Caelux target perovskite-silicon tandem module production by 2028 - pv magazine USAINA Solar and US-based Caelux have signed a five-year agreement to commercialize 3 GW of perovskite-TOPCon hybrid-tandem solar modules in India, targeting efficiencies of up to 29% by 2028. The deal e...
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Lotta good news lately: “Starlink we will diversify away from, no question,” the Canadian prime minister has said. The question for Europe is: If not now, when? 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

bloomberg.comStarlink Doubts Have Put a Rocket Under SpaceX’s RivalsWhat does a technological kill switch look like? Ask Ukraine. Reports of speed restrictions on its military use of Elon Musk’s satellite network Starlink, essential for fending off Russian aerial assa...
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In the United States we spend roughly 31% of each dollar in healthcare spending on administrative costs, whereas under Canada’s universal Medicare system, the cost is just 16% of spending.The difference is about $900 billion a year, or $6,700 per household. deanbaker22.substack.com/p/medicare-f...

deanbaker22.substack.comMedicare For All Can Be SimpleWe need to get rid of government-granted patent monopolies for drugs and medical equipment

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Carl T. Bergstrom
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Bluesky devs: have you considered perhaps NOT including a trending bar that literally gets stupider every time you log in?

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"I think what we are seeing is that at least larger enterprises are becoming a lot more cognizant and a lot more aware of what is the true ROI of all of their AI spend. They are also getting worried if some of the AI spending completely out of control with no real return. -IBM CEO Arvind Krishna

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Krishna went on: But the way I have always characterized it is, there is no question to us, and this is the advice I give every C-suite member that I meet, that what we are trying to give people on AI, the productivity, the advantages of AI, the way it is going to change work, is very real. Sure.

There Be Ghosts In This Agroforest
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Wisconsin Forestry hates forests, it seems. They logged out about 80% of the big trees and all of the understory in the public forest near me. I guess bears don't need dens, deer don't need cover, raccoons, possums, squirrels owls, eagles are all shit out of luck. Have a nice winter, animals.

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Ahem. Fuck this guy. If you put him on your air, or whatever podcasts are, I'm taking my subscription attention elsewhere. Like Axelrod, he worked for one of the most charismatic politicians to ever live, and thinks he, not the magically charismatic guy, deserves credit for the victories.

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The investors who (no doubt) caused the AI bubble are buying hedges against the expected burst.

Mohamed A. El-Erian@elerianm.bsky.social

From the FT: "Investors are racing to buy credit default swaps to protect their portfolios in the event the AI boom unravels.... In a sign of investors’ increasing unease over the borrowing binge, the cost of buying CDS on many AI-linked companies has hit record highs this month." #economy #markets

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In the category "Things We All Saw Coming" Matthew McConaughey is a self-important, bubble-headed Sarandon who can't a coherent sentence. He's supporting his daughter who partnered up with Joe Manchin, so you know it's all stupid and pointless. www.jezebel.com/loud-and-pro...

jezebel.comNo One Asked, but Matthew McConaughey Is a Loud and Proud IndependentThe actor is telling others to vote for the “number one political identity in America today.”
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Every October, I try and watch a horror movie a day to get into the spirit. Today, I watched Renfield and it's fucking great! Nic Cage as Dracula, Nicholas Hoult as Renfield, and fucking Awkwafina as the moral center/heroine/foil?! Serve me that with the soundtrack all fucking day

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Our former ambassador to Kosovo (and other places?) out here spitting bible truth.

Ambassador Greg Delawie@gregdelawie.bsky.social

Key lies in Trump's stmt: 1) diesel is up due to Iran's blockage of the Straight of Hormuz, which resulted from his vanity war with Iran (#EpsteinFury); 2) Russia is providing intel on US bases in the Middle East to Iran so it can kill US soldiers there. Trump doesn't care about these deaths ...