If you need some clarity before you vote today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01Q...

You probably already know this, but Claude Code (dangerously skip permissions, natch) on a Raspberry Pi is a thing of beauty.

Study authors are Miranda Hack of @columbiaseas.bsky.social, @vfmcneill.bsky.social and @steingart.bsky.social of Columbia Engineering and Columbia Climate School, and @gwagner.com of @columbiabusiness.bsky.social.

Our new article out today takes a hard look at some practical limitations on stratospheric aerosol injection and what they means for the riskiness of this approach. @mcneill-lab.org w/ @gwagner.com & @steingart.bsky.social @climate.columbia.edu @columbiaseas.bsky.social Here's the press release:

Wave Division Multiplexing significantly improved the throughput of a single optical fiber, is this the analagous multiplexer for AI? www.scmp.com/business/art...

Now that NPR is free from the shackles of federal funding, they should be as fierce with politicians as the BBC is (which, you know, is sort of but not really funded by the gov't www.google.com/search?q=is+...).

lol free speech RIP.

I’m unreasonably excited for this

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo arstechnica.com/science/2025...

After a shooting at CDC, Kennedy reiterates that public health agencies “lied,” makes false claims about widespread serious injury from vaccines, says not enough known about the shooting to talk about vaccine disinformation that targets his employees. Incredible. www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-j...

Glad the NAS/E is stepping up arstechnica.com/science/2025...

macos (depserately) needs a "clear all notifications" button.

We're all gonna die sooner. DOGE is working.

A whopping 12 Scaramuccis

my facebook feed is the magazine rack at my dentist's office.

Here's what the White House thinks about improving electricity infrastructure in the US. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... I asked Gemini if it was reasonable, here's the response g.co/gemini/share... Asked Grok the same question. x.com/i/grok/share...

New pet peeve unlocked: people who say "but" when the context requires an "and", implied or otherwise.

Miranda Hack kicks off @simonsfoundation.org Annual Meeting on solar geoengineering research with presentation of our paper on "Practical concerns add potential risk factors for stratospheric aerosol injection strategies," joint with @vfmcneill.bsky.social & @steingart.bsky.social

NSF GRPF # cut in half year-on-year 2022: 2193 awards, 1,377 Honorable Mentions 2023: 2555 awards, 801 Honorable Mentions 2024: 2026 awards, 1718 Honorable Mentions 2025: 1000 awards, 3008 Honorable Mentions The gutting continues apace. research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

Per usual, jwz nails it www.jwz.org/blog/2025/04...

apropos of nothing www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMNM...

I work at a Rorschach test. AMA.

is due process even a thing anymore?

In addition to all of the other alarming news in my little world, I have learned many people rank In Rainbows as the #1 Radiohead album, ahead of OK Computer, Kid A, and The Bends. Obviously wrong, but I just spent two days proving it to myself. In Rainbows is fine. But c'mon.

Hey anyone know Linda McMahon’s number i want to invite her to Shabbat dinner

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Not sure who needs to hear this but

anyone got 400MM I can borrow

RIP to a real one defector.com/george-lowe-...

More than ever.

Apropos www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82ddvFW/

For whom is the law and order?

Can Majorana particles make teams not awful?

I poured coffee I brew this morning on top of vanilla ice cream and called it an afforgoto. Here all week. (it was delicious)

Mr. Penny will walk you through our term sheet.

Will Trent delivers pretty well-written pulp. Wish I could say the same for High Potential

www.theindex.media/this-is-the-... h/t jwz

A North Star www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/n...

Not a rhetorical question: does "conflict of interest" matter anymore?

it is news to me that anyone in Alexandria VA is pushing neo marxist class warfare propaganda. The entire town is an airport concession food court, with security to match.

a note to our future selves: this is what happens when we elect people without humor, self-confidence, humility, and empathy.

are the accelerationists taking joy in this?

The undisputed king.

the bimodal Kendrick half time takes really have people telling on themselves. It was brilliant. Just perfect.

Apropos of nothing, I'm proud to be a Jew, I'm proud to be a Cal Alum, and I'm proud to be a faculty at Columbia. @ me.