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Proof that really good writing is almost as enjoyable as really good chocolate, and it’s not easy to find either. So appreciate the gift article!!

The feel good climate story you didn’t know you needed.

It is insane that I did not know this, given how much I read about public health.

What an absolutely spectacular piece of writing about a disaster that I was alive for, but somehow missed entirely. Particularly haunting given what we know is to come with climate change.

I opt out every time, and you should, too. It’s optional.

“A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contract—Flock refused to take its cameras down so Elgin Community College covered them. The company snuck back to uncover them” www.theverge.com/tech/1009411...

I keep trying to think of any historical example where a given technology's PROMOTERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS were like 'we are absolutely going to ruin your fucking life so be prepared like it's the end of the world'

There’s often a voice in my head that says, “I’m so tired.” But I’ve realized it’s not quite true. I’m actually grief-stricken by what is happening in the world, and that is, yes, tiring. It helped me to non-pathologize what I’m feeling.

This. Scientists go to extraordinary lengths to safeguard themselves from being scooped. To use a plagiarism machine is just insane.

The Democratic party has been almost completely captured. How in the world do we get ourselves out of this mess?

This is the clearest explanation of what’s happening in U.S. politics I’ve seen. Illuminating, if not incredibly grim.

This is a great point. Go back in time. Imagine if the laws against recording people w/o their consent had required you to pat people down for wires? Or to check your phones for wire taps on a regular basis? That would be absurd!

WOW. I was already a fan of Mamdani, but this 🤯

This is *insane*

Again, just mind boggling that it’s the Republicans who are leading this much needed policy. And with a super catchy name too!

It is *insane* that DeSantis is leading the “anti-surveillance state". But it also means that every single state led by a Dem should be able to ban license plate readers in their state. How is it possible Dems aren’t trying to beat R’s at this very popular message??

The water crisis is here and we need to be sounding the alarm about the role data centers play in exacerbating it

Lara Korte, who was just fired from Stars & Stripes, has been covering the relocation of personnel from Bahrain for months and did a great piece today on 1,300 Navy family members displaced from Bahrain who are stuck in limbo given the damage to the Bahrain base. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

The sitting potential of vehicle to grid is getting larger than the elephant in the room.

Failing to see the problem with this. Had a conversation with my students last term. Is there any other tech that has relied on being so forcefully pushed onto people to be successful? I can’t think of one. Advertised heavily, etc? Yes. Pushed onto people so they have to constantly turn it off? No

this is the exact right messaging. we should attach it to everyone musk is supporting. make his money so toxic that no one wants it.

Such a good thread. I decided several yrs ago that if a friend asked me for money for a charitable cause or GoFundMe that they were supporting, I’d donate. There’s a feeling of “I can’t support everyone” but really, you don’t have that many friends fundraising. You can absolutely support them all.

I love a post that makes you laugh and cry at the same time

This is so true. Imagine if engineers or doctors had to do what writers/artists are expected to do. We’ve accepted (very flawed) AI transcription in medical settings bc we’ve decided drs are too busy/stretched to type their own notes.

“There’s going to be a war.” I gotta wonder where that energy has been in the face of the GOP and Trump. I remember Jeffries keeping the powder dry. But when it’s the left, they’ve got all the fight in the world.

I would simply suggest that if people want to defend democracy and see defeating incumbent democrats as the way to do that, then the failure lies not with the challengers and voters but with the incumbents who failed, often repeatedly, to meet the moment while squandering energy and donations.

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This is the question to be asking. And if you want to make a guess, look at what’s happening in Corpus Christi when it comes to residents vs refineries, plastic plants, and steel mills.

What I’m hearing: Instagram’s Trust and Safery org absolutely gutted the last few weeks. ~60% of the org gone - between layoffs and forced reassignments to data labelling. All while “AI maxxing” pushed a bunch of bugs to prod. And hence why today’s massive Instagram account takeover happening.

While I feel for these workers, it’s worth noting 1) Meta has been a morally bankrupt company for some time, and 2) many tech workers were fine with the consequences of AI until it came for *their* jobs. There’s a lot tech workers (& esp leaders) need to grapple with.

See @democrats.org? It’s not that hard to talk about climate in a way that’s easy to understand & relevant to everyone. You want to sway swing voters? This is the way. More climate talk please!

I went to see Tom Steyer's town hall in Santa Barbara last week. The line wrapped around the block before the doors even opened. Standing room only inside. Hundreds of people couldn't get in. Whether or not the media is saying it: Steyer has momentum. And I was very impressed. THREAD!🧵

WOW

People have lost their minds

"You cannot fight poverty with a tool that is invisible to poor people, and you cannot reduce inequality with a tool that helps the rich more than the working class." Must read by @scottsantens.com on how we can reduce poverty & elect more effective Dems scottsantens.substack.com/p/democrats-...

I genuinely don’t understand how cities get suckered by tech companies over and over and over. How are we supposed to believe public officials are going to fix all the messes we’re in when they can’t even recognize obvious lies by the bad guys??

This is the way ❤️

As a fire scientist, I am devastated for my many good friends and colleagues who will be affected by the mass closure of so many research stations and offices. Many will leave the agency. USFS has pioneered so much foundational fire science. The consequences of this will be catastrophic.

Transportation politics is about dragging people kicking and screaming into change that results fairly quickly in a widespread consensus that we can't imagine going back to the way it was before.

"The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing. Not a dramatic collapse. Not Skynet. Just a generation of researchers who can produce results but can't produce understanding."

This makes me so mad