China Saved the World Economy (So Far) Direct link to original post:https://verysmallocean.org/blog.html#china-saves-world-economy An incomplete summary of China Quietly Saved the World Last Month (also embedded below) by Max Fisher Months ago, the news and many other people were expecting a much more massive oil shock. Oil at $150-200 a barrel. Gas lines. No jet flights. An economic […]
Category: Prose
Humans Will Never Live on Mars Permanently
The barriers to establishing a permanent presence on mars are many and appear insurmountable to anyone with a little bit of critical thinking and scientific knowledge. Among them are the radiation, lack of atmosphere, biological effects of low gravity, and toxic dirt. Elon Musk and others are selling a dangerous fantasy
Very Small Ocean Flyers
In 2025, Solar & Clean Power met all demand growth while fossil electricity stayed flat. Fossil exports in mid-2026 are paralyzed on 4 seas & in Russia, while China rolls out EVs (electric vehicles) & renewables at massive scales. Climate Victory is Possible. But Climate Change presents a less talked-about problem: the threat to Ocean Oxygen. Seawater only contains 6-10 mg/kg of molecular oxygen, O2, compared to 210,000 mg/kg in the air.
Easy Em Website Framework Lessons 1 & 2
Would you like to be able to build your own websites / webpages from scratch instead of using overcomplicated website builders and platforms? Want something simple that looks and works great on any size & type of screen? My Easy Em website framework can be a great starting point! Build your first web page in 30 minutes.
Your Dishonor – Postcard Microfiction
My first real postcard poem in a while. I guess I’ve grown a bit bored with the precomposed printed text blocks so I’ll be doing these again. But it’s election season and I’ve got stuff to advertise so I won’t be entirely giving up on the precomposed text blocks.
Strengthening Baltic Defense: A Unified Approach Against Aggression
Given the news of the day (Several Russian attack drones shot down after flying into Polish airspace) and the general expectation that Russia+Belarus will at some point attack the Baltic states, would it make sense for Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to have a sub-NATO, cross-border, joint defense structure and posture?
I Vote Because – VoteForward.org
Vote Forward (https://votefwd.org) connects volunteers to voters to increase voter turnout without resorting to partisanship. I have updated my statement that I’ve used on Vote Forward letters and also in my own postcard campaigns. It’s included below. I still have some of the Victory 2024 postcards left and I have been printing out and gluesticking […]
A Typology of Voids
[…] the hypothesized taste of words left unspoken, the clear light of Buddhism, the mass dimension of those mega trillions of photons, & the lack of mice in unset traps.
In aping the rhetoric of others, one accrues signifiers one never intended, while by following the feet before you, […]
News on the Green Transition
[…] Although the principles of international climate diplomacy suggest that poorer countries, being less responsible for climate change, have less duty to go green, many face strong economic incentives to do so anyway. Most countries in the global south are energy importers, and therefore must use scarce foreign currency to buy oil and gas. […]
New Text Block for The Key of Sparrows Fortune Telling System Postcards
Card text block that I glue and paste on: A MODERN NON-TAROT ORACLE / CREATIVITY / PROBLEM SOLVING TOOL. STAY TUNED FOR A FUTURE CARD DECK. A 12X18″ LAMINATED PRINT IS AVAILABLE NOW WITH A MORE POLISHED VERSION IN PROGRESS. ART PRINTS ARE ALSO PLANNED. The system was designed such that you can use three […]
Lost in Mist 