Patrick Tanguay @inevernu@social.coop

Re-introduction. As the bio says, I’m an autodidact, generalist, and synthesist. I write Sentiers, a weekly newsletter for those who want to understand the world and imagine better futures, it’s even been called “the closest thing we now have to a ‘This week in futures’ newsletter.” My work usually has to do with curating and writing, with a fledgling practice in futures. #introduction #reintroduction #generalists #curation #newsletter #futures #solarpunk #cities

Everyone who's not a white bro still struggles to get financing, yet this truant manages to grab another $70 million for a scam within a scam. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.vox.com/recode/23142106/adam-neumann-crypto-carbon-credit-offset-flowcarbon

Someone needs to make a Betteridge bot for headlines like this. https://atmos.earth/kpop-fans-blackpink-climate-change/ (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines). Toot the link with NO.

Very much into this post by @genmon@twitter.com, in equal parts because I'm avidly noticing some parts, and seen af in others. (Like in that quote!) https://interconnected.org/home/2022/05/27/apps

There's a not insignificant overlap between people who yell about an edit button on birdsite and those who yell "put X on the blockchain!" Think about it.

I'm pretty much off Twitter and the better for it, RSS and newsletters FTW! https://sentiers.media/using-twitter-distance/

Sometimes, things you know still don't register. "It’s 21 years since the first ever iPod." 🤯🤯🤯

Triaging a couple of inboxes this afternoon.

Oh Melon, Melon, Melon. Don't you have anything better to do? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/elon-musk-would-let-trump-back-on-twitter-says-ban-was-morally-wrong/

Who could have expected this? 🤦🏼‍♂️

https://fosstodon.org/@dajbelshaw/108283195754428449

🚨 👉🏼 A pretty big project has been pushed back 4-5 months, so I find myself with quite a bit of availability for that period. Hit me up if you need a hand finding signals about what’s going on and what’s coming, connecting the dots (making sense), or communicating your thinking (writing newsletters, blogs, briefings, etc.).

https://pkty.ca

I'm pretty much 100% in agreement with this. (Plus, great production value!)

https://mastodon.social/@SekhmetDesign/108278026950482733

LoLNO! https://www.protocol.com/climate/tony-fadell-climate-change

For my personal taste, I find that a lot of websites look best on an iPad in portrait orientation.

#randomthought

New thing on the blog, noting for reference a year later. An online version of the short talk I gave at the Montréal chapter of Speculative Futures.

Loose principles on scanning, angled for the needs of organizations. https://sentiers.media/scanning-principles/

#futures #signals