The cost.

Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.

I sure do hope that they've stopped paying Nina Totenberg. It is indefensible that @propublica.org broke the Harlan Crow story and not her.

Scoop: NSF has been quietly blocking new funds and grants to four top universities: Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Dozens of proposals from PIs at these universities—and their collaborators—have been stuck at the Office of Award Management awaiting finalization for months.

it is very bad to have a society in which cheats and grifters *openly* prosper.

The California grid now boasts the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants worth of batteries -- the total cost of which was, I suspect, less than a single nuclear plant.

War is stupid. Unjust wars are stupider. Wars for clicks are stupidest. “War criminal” is the least of it.

Last night trucks kept revving their engines outside of my bedroom window while I was trying to sleep, and then this morning I got hate recognized at Walmart by an employee who tried to hit me with their cart.. all because I made a video encouraging residents to oppose data centers..

Top man.

Fair. Or, nice one, bru.

The long game. Instead of spectacle vindictive side show by reality TV “actor”. Capitalism with Chinese characteristics comes without fundamental human rights freedoms. Democratic capitalism can/must do better to ungrip moneyed incumbents, reassert role of stead governments and public good.

Congrats @chadpbown.com and @soumayakeynes.ft.com! Enjoy the crazy ride. May include #winning! #HTWATW

Corruption. The golden era of federal government under the man who sells everything for his gain first.

On ways massive pollution is changing our one planet’a climate. How adjusting one possible scenario leaves many other ways to a worsening and more costly way of life.

Political risk is investment risk.

“The dividing line between cities that succeed and those that stagnate isn’t geography, wealth, or even size—it’s mindset. Some places embrace experimentation, risk, and what @brenttoderian.bsky.social calls competent failure.” @momentummag.bsky.social profiles us. momentummag.com/urban-truth-...

I'd like to propose that we drain all of Sam Altman's blood and then offer to sell it back to him at cost.

Trump wants to celebrate and now pay his Jan 6 terrorists who attacked Capitol to help him. It's exactly what Hitler did when he became Chancellor of Germany for those who waged his attempted coup in 1923. My new article on how this is NOT a coincidence deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trumps-j6-...

This is an absolutely hilarious coming from an Uber exec. No ROI on AI tools, you say?? Hrm!

A decade ago, analysts were calling Spain a cautionary tale. Too much solar, too fast! Today, Spain is rapidly on its way to having the cheapest power in Europe. Maybe this time, solar naysayers will learn... haha, jk, they'll just move the goalposts.

Russia destroyed the Chornobyl museum one month after Ukraine built it for the 40th anniversary. Zelenskyy: Ukraine hits military targets. Russia hits museums, schools, apartments. The museum was a memorial. Russia destroyed it anyway. Support link is in our Bio.

This is just crushing. Emily Waldorf was denied care for a risky miscarriage due to Arkansas’ abortion ban, even after she met the hospital’s CEO, called the governor’s office and got a lawyer. www.propublica.org/article/arka...

2008 reloading.

Oh goodness, the heat pump / AC industry in the UK is going to explode, now that 'summer' isn't just a hot 2-week "heat wave"

Clarity from @richardabetts.bsky.social speaking to general audience: “Heatwaves will keep getting more severe if we keep heating the planet by burning fossil fuels.” 5/5, no notes.

Useful. Also true of all complex topics where infrequent inexpert purchasers face significant purchase decisions in context of information asymmetry. In US, in C2B, it’s the explicit marketing theme of Consumer Reports.

“Over the past few years, physical risks have turned from a niche domain of (re)insurers into a systemic risk factor that may have an impact through various channels on financial markets and financial institutions alike.” www.bis.org/publ/work127...

NEW INVESTIGATION: I sent FOI requests to 162 NHS trusts in the UK, asking whether they have been forced to close down facilities due to flooding. They sent details of maternity units, surgical theatres and entire hospitals that have been disrupted by heavy rainfall or floodwaters since 2021.

OTD in 2014 the Russian attack of Donetsk airport began, lasting 8 months and destroying the airport. The EU punished me by approving Nordstream 2 a short while later. The message of appeasement was noted.

SIKORSKI: I'm skeptical about negotiating with Putin. First, Vladimir Putin is a man whose word and whose signature cannot be trusted. He has lied to us repeatedly: “These are not my men in Crimea,” remember? “I have absolutely no intention of invading Ukraine.”

Yep. Here's the list of telescopes that were used to achieve the goals of NASA's DART mission, and basically every single one of them outside the USA depended on collaborations with and labor* from scientists and non-scientists who are not US residents. *and that labor paid for by non-US sources

Important contribution from the leader of a major faith tradition. Will students of every Catholic university heed its warning in the crush to best internships>jobs pipeline? Will big accounting, consulting, and Wall St firms hiring from Mainline moderate their AI fandom? Dignity is a choice.

My quote of the day We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. Carl Sagan

News media repeating Trump’s claims on anything is committing professional misconduct unless it also notes that Trump lies about everything

An incredible Community Note on a post from Twitter's head of product showing that viral videos on the platform are just a Russian nesting doll of grifters all the way down....

"This is not just the most corrupt presidency in American history, it is among the most corrupt regimes on earth." It turns out Americans don't actually like it.

Respect the confronting slavery.

"He spent $291 million. In return, the $2.37 billion in federal liability he faced on inauguration day began quietly disappearing." - @thefarce.org #TeslaTakedown #InvestigateDOGE @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/159101...

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified…… History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” - George Orwell -

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

This was literally Winston’s Ministry of Truth job in George Orwell’s “1984” #Orwellian

Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine last night shows the Kremlin’s brutality and disregard for both human life and peace negotiations. Terror against civilians is not strength. It's despair. We stand firmly with Ukraine, with further support on the way to reinforce its air defence systems.

Recommended read: A Floodlight investigation for Inside Climate News examined “Trump officials, billionaires and the quiet reshaping of America’s public lands”.

One day, we’ll drink morning coffee together in a beautiful, peaceful Kyiv

Read this and remember that Republicans stopped providing Ukrainians with any U.S. military aid including Patriot missiles.

I must be super evolved then because I understand very well that Google is trying to build an agentic wall around the entire internet with the ultimate goal of users paying to access it and data owners paying to contribute to it.

With democracy under attack nations like the UK ought to demonstrate its strengths. Fundamental to democracy is that we trust people to make decisions. But that only works if they’re given the facts and if steps are taken to counter disinformation. Government must lead on this not cede ground.

Fabulous story.

Ukraine will win.

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com