Yes you can live without big tech. The Opt Out Project provides alternatives to being locked in to digital ecosystems.

Pre-history Quarries. OK, recently I have been down the rabbit hole of the possibility of a pre-history civilisation(s) that possessed now forgotten engineering capabilities. This is a fascinating video that touches on the topic. And no, I don’t think it was aliens.

Where does the night start? In early 2023 thousands of angry, happy people found their way onto the emptiness of the Dartmoor National Park in southwest England to assert their right to camp without landowners’ permission.

Consciousness and the dying brain. Are cardiac arrest patients capable of experiencing events related to resuscitation? Can we know whether they are having connected or disconnected experience (e.g., near-death experiences) that might have implications if they survive their cardiac arrest?

A just world on a safe planet: The news is not good.
A Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations.