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I always like it when PBS says that viewers like me.
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I always like it when PBS says that viewers like me.
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The new clean energy regime can be summarized in one incredible statistic: China installed more wind and solar power in a single year than the total amount of renewable energy currently operating in the United States.
America was already losing to China on clean energy. Trump just sealed its fate. | CNN
The new global clean energy regime can be summarized in one incredible statistic: China installed more wind and solar power in a single year than the total amount of renewable energy currently operati...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The new clean energy regime can be summarized in one incredible statistic: China installed more wind and solar power in a single year than the total amount of renewable energy currently operating in the United States.
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TIRED: “learn to code!”
WIRED:
WIRED:
June 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
TIRED: “learn to code!”
WIRED:
WIRED:
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Getting to the age where even the people I don't think I've known that long, I've known for like 15 years.
June 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Getting to the age where even the people I don't think I've known that long, I've known for like 15 years.
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Let's be real: if Republicans pass the House budget bill as is, it will murder the US nuclear industry, ruin our chances of winning the AI race (by constraining power supply), concede the global auto sector to China, and vaporize about half a trillion dollars of US manufacturing investment...
May 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Let's be real: if Republicans pass the House budget bill as is, it will murder the US nuclear industry, ruin our chances of winning the AI race (by constraining power supply), concede the global auto sector to China, and vaporize about half a trillion dollars of US manufacturing investment...
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Personally I was getting bored of living in a land of plenty and abundance. It will be a refreshing change of pace to huddle around a cauldron, cooking a thin broth of water and boiled wood called “stick soup”
May 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Personally I was getting bored of living in a land of plenty and abundance. It will be a refreshing change of pace to huddle around a cauldron, cooking a thin broth of water and boiled wood called “stick soup”
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Interesting research! Human beings are, by nature, extremely bad at noticing & appreciating the significance of gradual change over time. We notice binaries, on/offs, either/ors.
"Winter temperatures gradually rising." - no one cares
"Lake X used to freeze over; now it doesn't." - people notice
"Winter temperatures gradually rising." - no one cares
"Lake X used to freeze over; now it doesn't." - people notice
🚨 New in Nature Human Behavior! 🚨
Binary climate data visuals amplify perceived impact of climate change.
Both graphs in this image reflect equivalent climate change trends over time, yet people consistently perceive climate change as having a greater impact in the right plot than the left.
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Binary climate data visuals amplify perceived impact of climate change.
Both graphs in this image reflect equivalent climate change trends over time, yet people consistently perceive climate change as having a greater impact in the right plot than the left.
👇1/n
April 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Interesting research! Human beings are, by nature, extremely bad at noticing & appreciating the significance of gradual change over time. We notice binaries, on/offs, either/ors.
"Winter temperatures gradually rising." - no one cares
"Lake X used to freeze over; now it doesn't." - people notice
"Winter temperatures gradually rising." - no one cares
"Lake X used to freeze over; now it doesn't." - people notice
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The penguins 🐧 had eaten the dogs! They’d eaten the cats! They had eaten the pets! Of the people that lived there!
April 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The penguins 🐧 had eaten the dogs! They’d eaten the cats! They had eaten the pets! Of the people that lived there!
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So weird how this keeps happening.
www.axios.com/2025/04/02/t...
www.axios.com/2025/04/02/t...
April 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So weird how this keeps happening.
www.axios.com/2025/04/02/t...
www.axios.com/2025/04/02/t...
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We all know what's going on here, right?
Tariffs not as economic policy, but purely to consolidate political power.
From here on out, every day for Trump will be one of CEOs, presidents, prime ministers showing up to grovel, kiss the ring, ask for special favors.
Tariffs not as economic policy, but purely to consolidate political power.
From here on out, every day for Trump will be one of CEOs, presidents, prime ministers showing up to grovel, kiss the ring, ask for special favors.
April 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We all know what's going on here, right?
Tariffs not as economic policy, but purely to consolidate political power.
From here on out, every day for Trump will be one of CEOs, presidents, prime ministers showing up to grovel, kiss the ring, ask for special favors.
Tariffs not as economic policy, but purely to consolidate political power.
From here on out, every day for Trump will be one of CEOs, presidents, prime ministers showing up to grovel, kiss the ring, ask for special favors.
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Debra Messing has produced an extraordinary documentary called October 8, which I highly recommend everyone see—no matter what you think you know about October 7. Debra has been an absolute symbol of advocacy and moral clarity, and I am so grateful for her work on this documentary.
March 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Debra Messing has produced an extraordinary documentary called October 8, which I highly recommend everyone see—no matter what you think you know about October 7. Debra has been an absolute symbol of advocacy and moral clarity, and I am so grateful for her work on this documentary.
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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