alexbeyman in #travel • last yearPostcards From the Virtual World, Vol. 1: YayoiTravel blogs are played out. Dime a dozen these days. But what about a travel blog by someone touring the virtual world? Taking photos along the way to share with you, showcasing…alexbeyman in #climate • last yearCheating Our Way Out of Climate ConsequencesJohan C. Faust, Christian März and Sian F. Henley via Wikipedia Commons I had an interesting conversation recently. Whenever the long term consequalexbeyman in #science • last yearIs Water a Fuel? Well No, But Actually Yes. Sort Of?If you’ve ever had the misfortune of reading the comments under any Youtube video about electric cars or alternative energy, you’ve probably seen someone shilling perpetual…alexbeyman in #crazy • last yearInteresting Crackpots Vol. 4: Gene Ray, Father of Time CubeMcGeddon, via Wikipedia Commons When the sun is directly overhead, it’s mid-day where you are, but roughly six hoursalexbeyman in #history • last yearInteresting Crackpots Vol. 3: Hanns Hörbiger, Father of World Ice TheorySmithsonian Libraries via Wikipedia Commons If you read volumes one and two of this series, you likely noalexbeyman in #history • last yearInteresting Crackpots Vol. 2: Alfred Lawson, Father of LawsonomyAudrey Nowakowski via Wikipedia Commons Alfred Lawson seemed a natural follow up toalexbeyman in #history • last yearInteresting Crackpots Vol. 1: Wilhelm Reich, Father of OrgonomySvoboda, Antonin via Wikipedia Commons Record Scratch* “Yup, that’s malexbeyman in #diy • 2 years agoHow to Power Your Fridge Off Your Electric CarAuthor’s own photo What could anybody possibly need a wall outlet in their car for? Aren’t there little inverters sold at Harbor Freight or at truck stops you can plug into thealexbeyman in #diy • 2 years agoMore Underwater Hamster HabitatsAuthor’s own photo The previous article on this project did reasonably well,alexbeyman in #space • 2 years agoSurviving in Domes on a Warmer Earth Will Prepare Us for MarsPixabay I of course don’t mean to suggest we abandon efforts at reducing carbon emissions and repaialexbeyman in #science • 2 years agoWhy I Build Underwater Habitats for HamstersAuthor’s photo Probably you have many questions. I know this because I’ve heard them all, in the course of this project. For example, “How do they get air?” Via an air compressor oalexbeyman in #future • 2 years agoWhere’s My Hoverboard??Wikipedia Commons (modified by author) No, I don’t mean those stupid hands-free segways.alexbeyman in #nasa • 2 years agoNautilus-X, NASA’s Cancelled Interplanetary ShuttleWikipedia Commons One of the most tiresomely common questions I’ve seenalexbeyman in #transportation • 2 years agoPersonal Rapid Transit: Driverless Pods of the (Retro) FutureWikipedia Commons The future of transportation was a lot of things before it was driverless cars. Many ofalexbeyman in #philosophy • 2 years agoHomo Sapiens, the Self-Domesticating Animalsource For the past 62 years, Lyudmila Trut and her team of geneticists have been running what is arguablyalexbeyman in #future • 2 years agoWe Don’t Have Much Longer to Become a Type 1 Civilizationsource For those not in the loop, the Kardashev Scale is a system of measurement invented by Sovalexbeyman in #futurism • 2 years agoThere's One Thing Futurists are Never Wrong Aboutsource A bold claim, I know. It won’t surprise you to find out that I want to stick some qualialexbeyman in #singularity • 2 years agoWill a Biological Singularity Arrive First?source Popular expectations for the future are helplessly colored by present trends. The assumption is always that whatever’s goingalexbeyman in #space • 2 years agoThe Importance of Industrializing the Moonsource There’s an idiom that goes “It’s expensive to be poor”. The illustration usually given is that a cheap pair of boots that will lasalexbeyman in #musk • 2 years agoNew Frontiers Jeff Bezos Could Conquer if He Wasn’t Trying to be Elon Musksource If you’re a space nerd like I am, odds are good news has l