If billionaires can dream of Mars colonies, eternal life, and a post-democracy world… we can dream of health care, groceries, and a livable planet.

They want to monopolize the future — let’s imagine one without billionaires.
My conversation w/ @wajali.bsky.social
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Overconsumption and ruin: before and after images visualise how tech could harm our planet

I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.

Reading for pleasure has fallen by 40 percent since 2000. This is not progress. You should read because it's good for your brain, your soul. You should read because our freedoms will not long endure in a post-literate world. Most of all, you should read because it's fun.

If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.

'ChatGPT Can't Do What Trained Historians Can' shocker.

On the day the #Trump administration continues to trash the American - & the world -economy, these words by @moisesnaim.bsky.social in The Revenge of Power are very relevant indeed

To learn more about Mexico City's water crisis, read THE LAST DROPS OF MEXICO CITY, published by Long Lead in collaboration with @magnumphotos.bsky.social: mexicocitywater.longlead.com

Magicians have long exploited quirks in our perception of the world to make us experience the impossible. Now, cognitive psychology is exploring how they do it and revealing fresh insights into how our minds work

How idea framing and metaphors shape the way we think:

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"History shows that when enough people take action, they win. And we don't need everyone – just a committed, organized minority. That's where you come in." www.theframelab.org/trump-fears-... @theframelab.bsky.social

Today’s Oaxaca, Mexico wall art. The world understands.

Trump ordered agencies to stop making payments through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This sowed confusion, led the Federal Highway Administration to halt payments, and put road and bridge projects in jeopardy.

minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/24/t...

As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻

president of California Citrus Mutual: “We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting ... Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.” calmatters.org/economy/2025...

‘You won’t find the real criminals here’: a Just Stop Oil activist in jail at Christmas