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Kind of dismissed this cement battery thing when it first came out, but maybe it has legs?
Kind of dismissed this cement battery thing when it first came out, but maybe it has legs?
Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power
New concrete and carbon black supercapacitors with optimized electrolytes have 10 times the energy storage of previous designs and can be incorporated into a wide range of architectural forms.
news.mit.edu
October 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
news.mit.edu/2025/concret...
Kind of dismissed this cement battery thing when it first came out, but maybe it has legs?
Kind of dismissed this cement battery thing when it first came out, but maybe it has legs?
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ClimateAdam fact checks Trump’s UN speech, in his unique style: both enlightening and entertaining.
If you don’t yet subscribe to him, consider it!
youtu.be/lEEwAcQ-zpU?...
If you don’t yet subscribe to him, consider it!
youtu.be/lEEwAcQ-zpU?...
Climate Scientist Reacts to Trump's UN Speech
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
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October 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
ClimateAdam fact checks Trump’s UN speech, in his unique style: both enlightening and entertaining.
If you don’t yet subscribe to him, consider it!
youtu.be/lEEwAcQ-zpU?...
If you don’t yet subscribe to him, consider it!
youtu.be/lEEwAcQ-zpU?...
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On Apr 24, China and Kenya reported their new, upgraded ties as both countries' leaders work to build a China-Africa Community. A thread on Chinese-Kenyan relations, from a BRI perspective.
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
China, Kenya upgrade ties amid 'turbulent international situation'
China and Kenya announced they had upgraded ties to a "new level" on Thursday during a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto in Beijing, as they both pledged to create an "all weather" China-Africa community.
www.reuters.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
On Apr 24, China and Kenya reported their new, upgraded ties as both countries' leaders work to build a China-Africa Community. A thread on Chinese-Kenyan relations, from a BRI perspective.
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
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Must-read story on how Trump is weakening our cyberdefenses by @sangernyt.bsky.social and Nick Corasaniti
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Trump’s National Security Firings Come as He Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses
The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was only the latest move that has eroded the country’s fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting elections.
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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After DOGE disbands most USAID projects -- US EXIM bank reapproves $5bn loan for the TotalEnergies $20bn+ Mozambique LNG project.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
US approves $5 billion loan to TotalEnergies for Mozambique gas project
The board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a nearly $5 billion loan for a long-delayed LNG project in Mozambique, clearing a key hurdle to restarting the project under development by French oil major TotalEnergies .
www.reuters.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
After DOGE disbands most USAID projects -- US EXIM bank reapproves $5bn loan for the TotalEnergies $20bn+ Mozambique LNG project.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
B.C. plans for ‘any action’ Trump may take on Columbia River Treaty: thenarwhal.ca/trump-suspen...
B.C. plans for ‘any action’ by Trump on Columbia River Treaty | The Narwhal
Canada and the U.S. reached an agreement in principle on sharing Columbia River water last year. But now U.S. President Donald Trump wants changes
thenarwhal.ca
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
B.C. plans for ‘any action’ Trump may take on Columbia River Treaty: thenarwhal.ca/trump-suspen...
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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This year I spent months reporting in Colombia, Mexico, and California, following Chinese migrants hoping to seek asylum in the US. It's a route that's become known as 走线. We made a 4-part podcast series about their journey. The first episode is free this week: open.spotify.com/episode/0vTt...
Climbers (part one): A way out of China
Drum Tower · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:59 AM
This year I spent months reporting in Colombia, Mexico, and California, following Chinese migrants hoping to seek asylum in the US. It's a route that's become known as 走线. We made a 4-part podcast series about their journey. The first episode is free this week: open.spotify.com/episode/0vTt...
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Freedom isn’t just about leaving it’s about rediscovering who you are.
Thank you @ceci.hendrickson for sharing this very personal video!
Leaaving a high control group is the first step. What comes next is far more powerful: reclaiming your joy, choices, & future.
www.instagram.com/reel/DG1rHwe...
Thank you @ceci.hendrickson for sharing this very personal video!
Leaaving a high control group is the first step. What comes next is far more powerful: reclaiming your joy, choices, & future.
www.instagram.com/reel/DG1rHwe...
March 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Freedom isn’t just about leaving it’s about rediscovering who you are.
Thank you @ceci.hendrickson for sharing this very personal video!
Leaaving a high control group is the first step. What comes next is far more powerful: reclaiming your joy, choices, & future.
www.instagram.com/reel/DG1rHwe...
Thank you @ceci.hendrickson for sharing this very personal video!
Leaaving a high control group is the first step. What comes next is far more powerful: reclaiming your joy, choices, & future.
www.instagram.com/reel/DG1rHwe...
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In 'Science Interrupted', Timothy McLellan draws from his fieldwork within an agroforestry research institute in southwest China to investigate and break down audit cultures and the practice of dealing with bureaucracy within scientific research.
Science Interrupted: A Conversation with Timothy G. McLellan | Made in China Journal
In Science Interrupted: Rethinking Research Practice with Bureaucracy, Agroforestry, and Ethnography (Cornell University Press, 2024), anthropologist Timothy G. McLellan investigates and breaks down a...
madeinchinajournal.com
June 4, 2024 at 9:03 AM
In 'Science Interrupted', Timothy McLellan draws from his fieldwork within an agroforestry research institute in southwest China to investigate and break down audit cultures and the practice of dealing with bureaucracy within scientific research.
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Come join our team: hiring foe press/strategic communications www.bu.edu/gdp/about-us...
Careers | Global Development Policy Center
www.bu.edu
March 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Come join our team: hiring foe press/strategic communications www.bu.edu/gdp/about-us...
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We're having a real winter in New York for once
February 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We're having a real winter in New York for once
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I just found the most perfect word in the English language — unfortunately.
enantiodromia
The process by which something becomes its opposite: applied esp. to the adoption by an individual or community of a set of beliefs opposite to those held at an earlier stage.
www.oed.com/dictionary/e...
enantiodromia
The process by which something becomes its opposite: applied esp. to the adoption by an individual or community of a set of beliefs opposite to those held at an earlier stage.
www.oed.com/dictionary/e...
Oxford English Dictionary
The OED is the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600,000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1,000 years of English.
www.oed.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I just found the most perfect word in the English language — unfortunately.
enantiodromia
The process by which something becomes its opposite: applied esp. to the adoption by an individual or community of a set of beliefs opposite to those held at an earlier stage.
www.oed.com/dictionary/e...
enantiodromia
The process by which something becomes its opposite: applied esp. to the adoption by an individual or community of a set of beliefs opposite to those held at an earlier stage.
www.oed.com/dictionary/e...
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