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America Current Events Heros - NOT

So, What’s New?

Oh, not much…. I must admit, we’re a bit jealous. WLBOTT (currently) has under a dozen unindicted co-conspirators.

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Australia Current Events Existential Angst TechnoBLOTT

Marine Cloud Brightening: A Mist Opportunity

[ed. note: I wish I could take credit for this great pun, but it is from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.] Marine Cloud Brightening is a geoengineering technique that may play a big role in addressing climate change. The concept is simple: spray a salt water mist into the air, let the mist drift up […]

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Australia Current Events Movies TechnoBLOTT

Voyager 2

One of mankind’s greatest achievements is the journey of Voyager 2. The mission is still active after 45 years. And still in the news…. Fun Facts From The Measure of Things How can we hear it so far away? Really, Quora? Again? And what about Canberra? Canberra, the national capital of Australia, is conveniently located […]

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Current Events Existential Angst Heros - NOT

Simple Solutions to Complex Problems

At WLBOTT, we like simple solutions to complex problems. Today, we will make the world a better place by simply getting rid of psychopaths in positions of power. [ed. note: conversation with chatGPT, edited for space, full conversation below] Q: Let’s talk about science fiction. I’ve read several books, set in the future, where society […]

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Canada Curated Absurdity Current Events The land, the people, the culture

The Founders Weigh In

WLBOTT is truly blessed to have founders whose sole focus is avoiding litigation and increasing shareholder value. Today we celebrate their recent contributions. UC#1.c (a.k.a. Sally the Intern) From a recent WLBOTT team building exercise in NYC: UC#1 Our founder UC#1, who is a member of the commonwealth, had to gently correct me – I […]

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Current Events Scholarship/Erudition TechnoBLOTT

Global Warming

WLBOTT R&D has been looking into the current state of climate change science and mitigation recently. Some take-aways: All tables and charts are linked to the host source. I tried to use mainstream sources for data. How We Got Here Basically, it boils down to how many people we’ve had, have, and will have on […]