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Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

Latin America’s tax and welfare systems are shockingly bad at reducing inequality. This has physical, political and economic implications for the region https://econ.trib.al/MzQW2uH

Journalist Carole Cadwalladr on Facebook, OpenAI, Palantir & More: "These Companies Are Not Your Friend"

A pilot programme in Nigeria has shown the potential of AI in education. With extra tutoring from a chatbot, students achieved two years’ worth of progress in just six weeks. But there are some caveats https://econ.trib.al/dChxkrK

The abundance agenda, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes, "has set off a schismatic conflict not just over a collection of proposals and the Democratic Party’s direction—but over who should have the standing to direct it." https://theatln.tc/nUGABdW4

Feeling very Ukrainian today. Bravo!

The biggest endorsement I can make for Bluesky is that replacing Twitter with this app on my phone probably improved my general mood when I’m on my phone by 20-25%. I know there are better reasons but it is what it is!

Last in a special series: how marketing principles can apply to everyday life, how artists can sell without selling out, and how I’d rebrand the Democratic Party…

My takeaway from this: He is so fucked.

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

Gray angel with the SMDH at us on Earth Day!! #grayangelfish #angelfish #smdh #earthday #closeup #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf #keybiscaynecommunityfoundation

Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

Why would OpenAI want to start a social network? “It’s one of the first things I’ve seen from OpenAI that feels like the brainchild of executives who aren’t necessarily building cutting-edge technology,” @cwarzel.bsky.social tells @damonberes.com.

Happy #Easter Weekend! 🤣

39 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 19, 1986, "Kiss" by Prince and the Revolution reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

This is a nice thread about The Onion. Thank you for saying nice things, and I can confirm the premise: If you pay your staff well, and you allow them to do what they're great at, it works better than chasing algorithms. The art is better, the truth is found easier, and—bonus!—the revenue is better.

Who told you that you have to finish every book you start?

Our future. phys.org/news/2025-04...

Japan’s World Expo: a positive vision of the future for our divided world?

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

March 2025 continued the trend of exceptionally warm SST departures, particularly in the midlatitude bands of both hemispheres. Meanwhile, La Niña conditions are fading in the central equatorial Pacific. And unsurprisingly, widespread below-average SSTs remain hard to find. Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1.

The online gambling problem with young men. #gambling #addiction

*gazes wistfully out a window*

Founder of Signal 👀 🔥

All you need to know about Twitter

Elbows up, Canada.

Same story, posted same time: Bluesky - 393 reposts, 551 likes Twitter/X - 3 retweets, 7 likes

This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites. Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.

Keep it growing! techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/a...

Love you @wired.com

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Alright doomscroll friends, here's a thread to 📌 on safeguarding yourself. First, a guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance as Donald Trump vows to go after his enemies and exploit America’s digital surveillance machine to do so.

the feminine urge to

Raskin: "This is what Viktor Orban has done in Hungary -- to clear out the civil service with real expert professionals and people devoted to the public interest and replace them with a bunch of party hacks and sycophants to the dear leader."

New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.

To be clear: a tariff is a tax.

@bsky.app share option now active on @wired.com Bravo! Who’s next?

Good news for Trump supporters: They no longer have to fear immigrants eating their dogs and cats. Now all they have to worry about is losing their jobs, health insurance, social security, and basic human rights. 😳

I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.

My man.

no that was the Constitution

This ⬇️ Few people know 230 as well as Mike

Boston doesn’t listen to kings.