Knowing you're killing the habitability of the planet and doing it anyway is far, far more evil than killing the habitability of the planet because you're too stupid to understand what you're doing.
September 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Knowing you're killing the habitability of the planet and doing it anyway is far, far more evil than killing the habitability of the planet because you're too stupid to understand what you're doing.
The presence of electrical activity has implications for surface chemistry, future human exploration and habitability on the Red Planet
Mars Has Lightning, Scientists Prove
The presence of electrical activity has implications for surface chemistry, future human exploration and habitability on the Red Planet
www.scientificamerican.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The presence of electrical activity has implications for surface chemistry, future human exploration and habitability on the Red Planet
Damaging the habitability and biodiversity of the Earth without proven public necessity should basically be one of the highest crimes imaginable.
January 23, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Damaging the habitability and biodiversity of the Earth without proven public necessity should basically be one of the highest crimes imaginable.
Earth is a habitability bubble and I'm fine with that.
Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
August 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Earth is a habitability bubble and I'm fine with that.
*yelling into the void*
If we had the technology colonize the moon or Mars we would also have the technology to maintain earth’s habitability
If we had the technology colonize the moon or Mars we would also have the technology to maintain earth’s habitability
*sigh*
Co-evolution of the Earth, from the atmosphere to the hydrosphere to the *lithosphere*, and life or life's byproducts appears to have been a thing as far back as we have a rock record.
Co-evolution of the Earth, from the atmosphere to the hydrosphere to the *lithosphere*, and life or life's byproducts appears to have been a thing as far back as we have a rock record.
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
*yelling into the void*
If we had the technology colonize the moon or Mars we would also have the technology to maintain earth’s habitability
If we had the technology colonize the moon or Mars we would also have the technology to maintain earth’s habitability
I’m broadly sympathetic to this argument but California is a vast state with a habitability gradient that runs from “actual heaven on earth” through “Bakersfield” and “a mountain pass most famous for cannibalism” all the way to “literally Death Valley”
Giving California the population density of New York would double its population. Giving it the population density of Germany would triple it. “Only so much room” is always an objectively wrong argument bsky.app/profile/will...
January 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m broadly sympathetic to this argument but California is a vast state with a habitability gradient that runs from “actual heaven on earth” through “Bakersfield” and “a mountain pass most famous for cannibalism” all the way to “literally Death Valley”
I today announce my candidacy
September 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I today announce my candidacy
As a matter of black letter law, housing has enforceable standards of habitability.
Assuming that the warehouses-converted-into-ICE-detention-jails will meet those same standards of habitability is contradicted by the available evidence provided by the conduct of the regime's secret police.
Assuming that the warehouses-converted-into-ICE-detention-jails will meet those same standards of habitability is contradicted by the available evidence provided by the conduct of the regime's secret police.
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 6:41 PM
As a matter of black letter law, housing has enforceable standards of habitability.
Assuming that the warehouses-converted-into-ICE-detention-jails will meet those same standards of habitability is contradicted by the available evidence provided by the conduct of the regime's secret police.
Assuming that the warehouses-converted-into-ICE-detention-jails will meet those same standards of habitability is contradicted by the available evidence provided by the conduct of the regime's secret police.
A new analysis of data from the Juno spacecraft suggests that the ice shell covering the ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa might be WAY thicker than anticipated. (With comments from @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social)
Possibly bad news for any hope of life signs from Europa Clipper, currently en route. 🧪🔭
Possibly bad news for any hope of life signs from Europa Clipper, currently en route. 🧪🔭
Surprisingly thick ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa complicates hunt for life
Revelation is blow to hopes for habitability and future space missions
www.science.org
December 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
A new analysis of data from the Juno spacecraft suggests that the ice shell covering the ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa might be WAY thicker than anticipated. (With comments from @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social)
Possibly bad news for any hope of life signs from Europa Clipper, currently en route. 🧪🔭
Possibly bad news for any hope of life signs from Europa Clipper, currently en route. 🧪🔭
never a great sign when "planetary habitability" starts showing up in econ publications imo
New working paper: Prosperity within Limits? Planetary Habitability, Global Convergence & Structural Transformation 2026-2100 wid.world/news-article...
More to come in the Global Justice Report to be released at the World Inequality Conference Paris June 4-6 2026 inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
More to come in the Global Justice Report to be released at the World Inequality Conference Paris June 4-6 2026 inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
March 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
never a great sign when "planetary habitability" starts showing up in econ publications imo
French economist Thomas Piketty to Zack Polanski,
"If we don't manage to articulate together a model of development, energy production, dematerialization of the economy, reduction in working time, which makes all of this compatible with planetary habitability, we are all going to suffer a lot."
"If we don't manage to articulate together a model of development, energy production, dematerialization of the economy, reduction in working time, which makes all of this compatible with planetary habitability, we are all going to suffer a lot."
August 9, 2026 at 9:13 AM
French economist Thomas Piketty to Zack Polanski,
"If we don't manage to articulate together a model of development, energy production, dematerialization of the economy, reduction in working time, which makes all of this compatible with planetary habitability, we are all going to suffer a lot."
"If we don't manage to articulate together a model of development, energy production, dematerialization of the economy, reduction in working time, which makes all of this compatible with planetary habitability, we are all going to suffer a lot."
Fleafeon isn't allowed on colony ships because the habitability sensors detect "Rainforest-Paradise" conditions whenever she unzips her jacket
July 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Fleafeon isn't allowed on colony ships because the habitability sensors detect "Rainforest-Paradise" conditions whenever she unzips her jacket
Step 1: Don't build any new housing for decades
Step 2: Existing housing stock decays, outlives its years of peak habitability
Step 3: Can't redevelop it though, it's so old that it's historic now
Step 2: Existing housing stock decays, outlives its years of peak habitability
Step 3: Can't redevelop it though, it's so old that it's historic now
Historic designations are being weaponized to stop housing in the same way environmental regulations were.
In either case, policymakers need to recognize abuse of these well-intentioned policies and change the law to prevent it.
In either case, policymakers need to recognize abuse of these well-intentioned policies and change the law to prevent it.
More SF neighborhoods want to be ‘historic.’ YIMBYs are upset
Neighborhoods seeking historic status have become the latest flashpoint in the intense debate over building more housing in California.
sfstandard.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Step 1: Don't build any new housing for decades
Step 2: Existing housing stock decays, outlives its years of peak habitability
Step 3: Can't redevelop it though, it's so old that it's historic now
Step 2: Existing housing stock decays, outlives its years of peak habitability
Step 3: Can't redevelop it though, it's so old that it's historic now
Somewhere in the 1990s, I think, the priorities of spacecraft habitability design changed from crew comfort to crew productivity: the astronaut body was a capitalist machine working against the clock to justify its existence. #ArtemisII 🧪
April 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Somewhere in the 1990s, I think, the priorities of spacecraft habitability design changed from crew comfort to crew productivity: the astronaut body was a capitalist machine working against the clock to justify its existence. #ArtemisII 🧪
The Housing Market Transparency Act requires landlords receiving federal tax credits to disclose:
🏘️Ownership changes
💸 Rent increases
🧱 Habitability standards
More transparency means more accountability–and that’s how we protect Nevada families.
🏘️Ownership changes
💸 Rent increases
🧱 Habitability standards
More transparency means more accountability–and that’s how we protect Nevada families.
May 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Housing Market Transparency Act requires landlords receiving federal tax credits to disclose:
🏘️Ownership changes
💸 Rent increases
🧱 Habitability standards
More transparency means more accountability–and that’s how we protect Nevada families.
🏘️Ownership changes
💸 Rent increases
🧱 Habitability standards
More transparency means more accountability–and that’s how we protect Nevada families.
The habitability of other worlds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - The Habitability of Planets - BBC Sounds
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about where life may begin in the universe and how.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 30, 2024 at 8:54 AM
The habitability of other worlds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Habitability sensors going off the charts when Flamme walks into the room because there's two perfect planets straining her outfit
May 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Habitability sensors going off the charts when Flamme walks into the room because there's two perfect planets straining her outfit
it’s crazy to think that europa has twice the amount of water than all of earth’s oceans combined under its icy crust and we currently have a mission on its way to explore its habitability
January 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
it’s crazy to think that europa has twice the amount of water than all of earth’s oceans combined under its icy crust and we currently have a mission on its way to explore its habitability
Because climate change doesn't act fast enough to destroy Earth's habitability…
Nuclear Arms Control Era Comes to End Amid Global Rush for New Weapons
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Because climate change doesn't act fast enough to destroy Earth's habitability…
The unborn generations will continue until living conditions and habitability improve
May 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The unborn generations will continue until living conditions and habitability improve