2026-06-21

• Today is [[summer solstice]] here in the northern hemisphere.

  • The longest day of the year.
  • [[Solstice]] = sun stands still.

• There’s a sign in the churchyard from [[Cumbria Wildlife Trust]] saying that it’s a [[flower-rich area]].

  • It looks very nice. Like a wildflower meadow.

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • US Personal Device Demand Dips in 2026, Returns to Growth Through 2030

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • Ethical AI Companies | Ethical Consumer

• [[Bookmarked]]:

  • France’s digital agency dumping Windows desktops for Linux

• [[Listened]]:

  • [[How to Blow Up a Pipeline]]
    • Scranton and Franzen - Climate fatalism
    • Paul Kingsnorth.
    • "Easier to imagine geoengineering than reengineering the economy."
    • Learning to die rather than learning to fight.
    • All emissions make a contribution to aggregate damage done. So all attempts to reverse emissions are worth it.
    • Mentions earth first, monkey wrench ing. Describes problems with deep ecology.
    • deep green resistance and its problems.
      • Reverse of earlier issue - they think violence without a movement is enough.
    • [[Ende Gelände]] black pump shutdown.
      • Example of how far right comes to defence of capital.