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Apr 27

Marlon van der Linde

Apr 27

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The New Climate.

Water Woes in a Warming World

The well water on our rural farm offers a global challenge in microcosm: a toxic triangle of minerals, human needs, and climate change.

Apr 29

Water Woes in a Warming World

Apr 29

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Generative AI

Can't Draw? Training Custom Models in Leonardo AI

Considering plagiarism, the dull nature of AI-produced images, and how I create my art using trained AI models.

Apr 7

Can't Draw? Training Custom Models in Leonardo AI

Apr 7

Published in

The New Climate.

Dryland Alchemy: Building a Dam in the Desert

Capturing fleeting rainfall on our small farm created permanent wildlife habitat in an arid region. This is climate resilience in action.

Mar 21

Dryland Alchemy: Building a Dam in the Desert

Mar 21

Published in

The New Climate.

Decoding Nitrogen: A Guide to Regenerative Food Production

Rethinking our approach to nitrogen will support the planet and your garden or farm’s soil health— here’s how I did it on my farm.

Mar 12

Decoding Nitrogen: A Guide to Regenerative Food Production

Mar 12

March 9: The Dark Side

Today is not just Meatball Day. It is also a day that saw many foul things, some of which we can learn from.

Mar 8

March 9: The Dark Side

Mar 8

Our neighbour is a mongoose now.

Notes from Nowhere: No Mailboxes Here

Feb 27

Our neighbour is a mongoose now.

Feb 27

Cereal Port: The Free Computer

History forms us. This free computer changed my brain, but it couldn’t change my heart.

Feb 26

A red, pulse dialling phone with a rotary dialler on it. It sits atop a coffee table in a hazy, 1990’s living area.

Feb 26

26 Years of Text Mining: 9490 Days of Writing

The evolution of digital writing & writing ̶a̶s̶ ̶i̶f̶ while no-one is reading.

Feb 17

26 Years of Text Mining: 9490 Days of Writing

Feb 17

Clickbait: Leave the Rat race. Reality: How it’s going for me.

Terms like homesteading, offgrid, self-reliance and self-sufficiency really got SEO’d hard in recent years. I am going down that road, and…

Feb 14

Clickbait: Leave the Rat race. Reality: How it’s going for me.

Feb 14

Marlon van der Linde

Marlon van der Linde

Software dev turned subsistence farmer. Separating reliable information from comfortable myths. Desert survivalist, photographer, and brain-user. #human

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