chaplinscourage
@chaplinscourage.bsky.social
call it #climatebreakdown because that is what it is
"fight with hope, fight without hope, but fight absolutely" ~ mike davis
"fight with hope, fight without hope, but fight absolutely" ~ mike davis
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www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
"For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.
Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong..."
"For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.
Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong..."
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
"For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.
Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong..."
"For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.
Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong..."
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"When making decisions most people ask, 'Will it help me or my family now or the next shareholders meeting or my next election campaign?'
The hallmark of wisdom is asking, 'What effects will the decision I make today have on future generations? On the health of the planet?'"
~Dr Jane Goodall
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The hallmark of wisdom is asking, 'What effects will the decision I make today have on future generations? On the health of the planet?'"
~Dr Jane Goodall
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November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"When making decisions most people ask, 'Will it help me or my family now or the next shareholders meeting or my next election campaign?'
The hallmark of wisdom is asking, 'What effects will the decision I make today have on future generations? On the health of the planet?'"
~Dr Jane Goodall
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The hallmark of wisdom is asking, 'What effects will the decision I make today have on future generations? On the health of the planet?'"
~Dr Jane Goodall
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I couldn't agree more
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November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I couldn't agree more
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LIVE: Jane Goodall funeral youtube.com/live/2ahbwvZ...
LIVE: Jane Goodall funeral
YouTube video by Reuters
youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
LIVE: Jane Goodall funeral youtube.com/live/2ahbwvZ...
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good stuff
I wrote about my transition from The Washington Post and how I'm looking at my future. But mostly I wrote about who is trying to use your power for their own purposes. www.pbump.net/o/the-power-...
The power we use and the power we give
There was an article posted recently that walked well-worn terrain, arguing for people not to abandon Twitter but, instead, to engage with it. There’s not much point in rehashing the details; the piec...
www.pbump.net
August 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
good stuff
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a thought i have reading @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s wonderful piece is that one reason the administration wants to erase any mention of the worst of our past is because it is intent on recapitulating those atrocities www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
a thought i have reading @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s wonderful piece is that one reason the administration wants to erase any mention of the worst of our past is because it is intent on recapitulating those atrocities www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The sagebrush rebel revival, my latest in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-...
The sagebrush rebel revival
Dustin Mulvaney traces the current deregulatory bonanza that the Trump administration has unleashed on public lands and waters to the Wise Use movement of the 1980s and the Sagebrush Rebellion that pr...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The sagebrush rebel revival, my latest in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-...
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If I hadn't already been impatient to get to Helm, this would have sealed it: "I had begun wondering if I should imagine ways up and out of doom scenarios instead of just describing the conflict within them. The answer was yes." www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels
Environmental fiction is booming – but can it move beyond dystopia to a brighter vision of the future?
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
If I hadn't already been impatient to get to Helm, this would have sealed it: "I had begun wondering if I should imagine ways up and out of doom scenarios instead of just describing the conflict within them. The answer was yes." www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Stoked to see Cory Doctorow’s forthcoming ENSHITTIFICATION has made the longlist for the 2025 FT Business Book of the Year—go, Cory!: businessbook.live.ft.com/page/4834239...
Business Book of the Year 2025
This annual Award, promoted by the Financial Times and Schroders, now in its 21st year, aims to identify the book that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues, i...
businessbook.live.ft.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Stoked to see Cory Doctorow’s forthcoming ENSHITTIFICATION has made the longlist for the 2025 FT Business Book of the Year—go, Cory!: businessbook.live.ft.com/page/4834239...
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"The residents of Tecolutilla, Mexico, knew the heatwave was bad when they heard the thuds. One by one, the town’s howler monkeys, overcome with dehydration and exhaustion, were falling from the trees like apples."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Monkeys falling from trees and baking barnacles: how heat is driving animals to extinction
With the number of very hot days rising as well as average temperatures, more and more animals are vulnerable. But while some species can adapt, others are seeing huge population declines
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"The residents of Tecolutilla, Mexico, knew the heatwave was bad when they heard the thuds. One by one, the town’s howler monkeys, overcome with dehydration and exhaustion, were falling from the trees like apples."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Just lovely...
Happy release day to Sword of the Sea, the latest game from Giant Squid, with ethereal soundtrack by @awintory.bsky.social :) I once again had the privilege of recording woodwinds, including this beautiful Mayan triple harmony drone flute. It has a haunting voice that's all throughout the score 🪈
August 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Just lovely...
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"Melting permafrost turns fields into lumpy mush."
This is Kivalina.
By @pollymosendz.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is Kivalina.
By @pollymosendz.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Alaska’s Kivalina, Endangered by Climate Change, Explores Retreat– Again
The small island community has long contemplated relocation, but how to pay for the move remains in question.
www.bloomberg.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Melting permafrost turns fields into lumpy mush."
This is Kivalina.
By @pollymosendz.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is Kivalina.
By @pollymosendz.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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🚨 Breaking: Louisiana regulators rushed approval of Entergy & Meta’s massive gas-powered data center plan, without protections for ratepayers. “This decision follows a pattern of fast-tracking utility proposals with very little public notice and transparency...”
Statement: act.ucsusa.org/4mqkQXe
Statement: act.ucsusa.org/4mqkQXe
August 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🚨 Breaking: Louisiana regulators rushed approval of Entergy & Meta’s massive gas-powered data center plan, without protections for ratepayers. “This decision follows a pattern of fast-tracking utility proposals with very little public notice and transparency...”
Statement: act.ucsusa.org/4mqkQXe
Statement: act.ucsusa.org/4mqkQXe
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Anything forced upon you...
If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
August 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Anything forced upon you...
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Good people, don't outsource anything you're not willing to lose....
August 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Good people, don't outsource anything you're not willing to lose....
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Nothing the US does better than being unable to contain its hubris, resulting in China (and increasingly many other countries) realizing it’s better if they do their own thing than depend further on the US.
China turns against Nvidia’s AI chip after ‘insulting’ Howard Lutnick remarks
Comments by US commerce secretary trigger Chinese regulatory effort to stop tech groups buying H20 processors
www.ft.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Nothing the US does better than being unable to contain its hubris, resulting in China (and increasingly many other countries) realizing it’s better if they do their own thing than depend further on the US.
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Former invertebrate neuroscientist who now covers AI more or less full time, here:
No.
Computational capacity of ANs are not even in the same galaxy as conventional neurons; differing network characteristics further make it not an apples to apples comparison.
No.
Computational capacity of ANs are not even in the same galaxy as conventional neurons; differing network characteristics further make it not an apples to apples comparison.
August 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Former invertebrate neuroscientist who now covers AI more or less full time, here:
No.
Computational capacity of ANs are not even in the same galaxy as conventional neurons; differing network characteristics further make it not an apples to apples comparison.
No.
Computational capacity of ANs are not even in the same galaxy as conventional neurons; differing network characteristics further make it not an apples to apples comparison.
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Five years ago this morning, lightning strikes from remnants of Tropical Storm Fausto ignited fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains that became CZU Lightning Complex wildfire, which destroyed 1,490 buildings and burned 86,500 acres including Big Basin State Park. Photo by @jadenschaul.com #MitchellsCove
August 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Five years ago this morning, lightning strikes from remnants of Tropical Storm Fausto ignited fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains that became CZU Lightning Complex wildfire, which destroyed 1,490 buildings and burned 86,500 acres including Big Basin State Park. Photo by @jadenschaul.com #MitchellsCove
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Trump admin plans to rehire 450 employees of National Weather Service fired by DOGE because they’re now recognized as critical to public safety — but NOAA source says this will take months
In other words, hurricane season could be over before this damage is undone
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
In other words, hurricane season could be over before this damage is undone
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
NWS to rehire workers after deep DOGE cuts
NOAA and the NWS weren't immune to the DOGE cuts of the second Trump administration's early months, which included the firing, rehiring and refiring of some workers.
www.nbcnews.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Trump admin plans to rehire 450 employees of National Weather Service fired by DOGE because they’re now recognized as critical to public safety — but NOAA source says this will take months
In other words, hurricane season could be over before this damage is undone
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
In other words, hurricane season could be over before this damage is undone
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
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$50,000 signing bonuses; $60,000 in student loan forgiveness
ICE has launched an all-out recruiting blitz across social media to staff up as quickly as possible
Agency website declares: “America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-...
ICE has launched an all-out recruiting blitz across social media to staff up as quickly as possible
Agency website declares: “America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-...
$50,000 Signing Bonus, No Age Caps: The Blitz to Hire ICE Officers
Uncle Sam is using social media and financial incentives to entice new recruits.
www.wsj.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
$50,000 signing bonuses; $60,000 in student loan forgiveness
ICE has launched an all-out recruiting blitz across social media to staff up as quickly as possible
Agency website declares: “America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-...
ICE has launched an all-out recruiting blitz across social media to staff up as quickly as possible
Agency website declares: “America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-...
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Rep. Jeffries wanted to throw stones but forgot he lived in a glass house.
Since @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is so concerned about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social housing maybe he should address his own property tax bill of just $213 a year thanks to a sweetheart deal he supported when he served in the state Assembly that will last through 2032. nypost.com/2022/01/23/r...
Exclusive | Rep. Hakeem Jeffries pays just $200 in property taxes thanks to sweetheart subsidy law
Public records show that Jeffries and his family reside in a condo unit in Prospect Heights, paying just $213 a year in property taxes.
nypost.com
August 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Rep. Jeffries wanted to throw stones but forgot he lived in a glass house.