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Throw Them All Out
A polemic
Oct 9 • 
tundranaut
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September 2025

Requiem for a Death Machine?
A solar sacrifice zone may be nearing its end
Sep 30 • 
tundranaut
2
Containment Zones, Part I
The territory of deferred accidents and controlled chaos is the territory of the future
Sep 19 • 
tundranaut
2
Bits, Electrons, & Tokens
projects that are moving the ball forward
Sep 15 • 
Maverick
2

August 2025

Dromology and the Shape of Speed
The grid is an accident in motion.
Aug 26 • 
tundranaut
4
Spenglerian Optimism: American Cosmists
Paleo-Futurism's techno-frontiersman
Published on Spenglerian Musings • Aug 16
Nuclear Renaissance, Incoming
It looks like our friends at Valar Atomics have hit a home run.
Aug 13 • 
tundranaut
4
Halcyon Blues
Alas, it seems another novel idea I’ve toyed with has been implemented by deep-pocketed tech people who beat me to the punch.
Aug 1 • 
tundranaut
3

July 2025

Edisonian Micro-Grids & Closing Loops
Off-Grid DC Revival & Cyclical Energy Economies
Jul 23 • 
Maverick
3
The Seven Masques of Oil
An Object-Oriented Analysis
Published on Philosopher of the Oil Sands • Jul 13

June 2025

June 27, 2025 Newsletter: California Supreme Court to Revisit Rooftop Solar, Why I Like "Landman," etc
Also: an announcement that I've accepted a position as senior research fellow at the Institute for Provisional Trust Mechanisms
Jun 28 • 
tundranaut
2
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Techno-Economic Concrescence
Many things...are happening!
Jun 10 • 
Maverick
6
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