You may not feel it, but the ground beneath you may be sinking.

In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.

Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/

You guys are doing it again.

Yes, NOAA is important because of the National Weather Service, but that is not all they do and you should stop saying it is.

I wrote this for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Read it and adjust your messaging accordingly. 🧪🦑🌎🐟

blog.ucs.org/science-blog...

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:

www.404media.co/teachers-are...

New from @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social:

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.

"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...

In case you want to be even angrier today

Really good video.

We now have nonsense wars on pretty much everything, in particular, notions of wokeness, DEIA, the list goes on and on, but perhaps the most damaging new war-front would be the shots fired against the very notion of empathy. It is being framed as a trait to be eradicated.

this 1941 article where the author describes all the guests at a fancy society party and ruthlessly analyzes which of them might become Nazis and what their hook would be has unfortunately aged like a fine wine. we still know all these people

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. to.pbs.org/3BWpsm9

On Beethoven's birthday, the story behind "Ode to Joy" – his eternal hymn to perseverance, paid for with half a lifetime of struggle

Wrote about what’s behind conservatives watching movies and shows warning about the dangers of fascism and somehow coming away thinking the fascists are the good guys, and they should follow their example www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

In a time where trust in institutions is dangerously low, the AI-ification of services risks eroding what little trust remains, particularly among marginalized groups that have already have the least reason to trust.

@jessgrose.bsky.social @allisonpugh.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/o...

Looking back on the 18 most important things I learned about life (and love, and patience, and forgiveness, and the creative process) from the first 18 years of The Marginalian