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Anok Yai T Magazine (August 2020) ph. Harley Weir

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…the solar e-waste glut is coming. By 2050, the International Renewable Energy Agency projects that up to 78 million metric tons of solar panels will have reached the end of their life, and that the world will be generating about 6 million metric tons of new solar e-waste annually. While the latter number is a small fraction of the total e-waste humanity produces each year, standard electronics recycling methods don’t cut it for solar panels. Recovering the most valuable materials from one, including silver and silicon, requires bespoke recycling solutions. And if we fail to develop those solutions along with policies that support their widespread adoption, we already know what will happen.

“If we don’t mandate recycling, many of the modules will go to landfill,” said Arizona State University solar researcher Meng Tao, who recently authored a review paper on recycling silicon solar panels, which comprise 95 percent of the solar market.

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did you guys know that the robot genre of science fiction sprung up as a critique of the way in which industrialization reduced workers to taking up monotonous, unskilled factory jobs in order to earn profit, jobs which in turn alienated them from their own humanity? did you know that the theory of the alienation of the self under capitalistic mode of production is a core principle of marxism? did you know that robot itself comes from a czech playwright who, for a science fiction play, coined the word as a derivative of the czech term robota, meaning forced labor? did you know that the robot genre is rooted in anti-capitalist sentiment?

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Limo interiors by LA Custom Coach Inc.

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For @week-of-toku-ladies day 4 here is Yûko Moriyama as the interstellar bounty hunter Iria from the 1994 Keita Amemiya film Zeiram 2.

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While the high-tech approach pushes the costs and energy use of the internet higher and higher, the low-tech alternatives result in much cheaper and very energy efficient networks that combine well with renewable power production and are resistant to disruptions.

If we want the internet to keep working in circumstances where access to energy is more limited, we can learn important lessons from alternative network technologies. Best of all, there’s no need to wait for governments or companies to facilitate: we can build our own resilient communication infrastructure if we cooperate with one another. This is demonstrated by several community networks in Europe, of which the largest has more than 35,000 users already.

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News - Discotek Media announced on Facebook and Twitter that they’ve licensed the original 1988 Appleseed OVA based on Masamune Shirow’s original manga. Set for release April 30, 2019. Pre-orders are already up on Rightstuf!

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Lady Battle Cop (1990).

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Mariko Mori, Link (1995—2000) Video Installation

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Vanessa Demouy as Lara Croft for VSD Magazine, 1997

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azure 的插画 INSION的机械…@saber_01采集到机械—外骨骼(520图)_花瓣人文艺术

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Mariko Mori – Miko no Inori / The Shaman Girl’s Prayer (1998) Physical Release, Limited Edition of 100 Egg-shaped VHS Case

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