A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children. That is his legacy in this world.

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts

🚨PMQ's🚨 Ellie Chowns MP: "The wealthiest 10% of households in the UK hold more wealth than everyone else in the country put together" "Does the Prime Minister agree with me that it is inequality, not immigration, that is a threat to our country?"

One of the better photographs depicting modernity, I'd say:

A better world is possible

Behold. The festering carcasses of American rot all shoved into ill-fitting suits.

Agriculture drives more biodiversity loss than any other sector, with ruminant meat causing extinction risks ~340× higher than grains by mass and ~100× higher than legumes both by mass and when adjusted for protein.

September 1, 1939 I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth...

The first global comparison of glacier mass change reveals a global loss of 273 billion tonnes per year, an amount equivalent to what the entire human population on Earth drinks in 30 years. 🧪

Chinese Carbon?!?

Worth sharing

"if we all stopped consuming animals and permanently swapped to plant-based food, we could return 3.1 billion hectares of farmland to forests and natural grasslands." That's the size of the US, China, the EU & Australia combined. 8Gt of CO2 would be removed each year. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

Congrats on 1m⬇️🥳 Great Sunday School. I've been watching dark clouds gather over markets for wks wondering if the YouTube algorithm is leading me down a rabbithole🤔 Never once came across the "Fluffer in Chief" theory, it stacks up! he might be over playing his hand though @quietriotpod.bsky.social

World meat production is expected to double by 2050 This would require that we convert 80% of existing forests & shrubland into land devoted to meat & dairy production - an additional 35 million km2 of land, equating to the combined area of Australia & Africa New: academic.oup.com/oocc/article...

Two consecutive long(ish) runs in the orthopedic insoles🎅bought me 😎 Seem to be helping with the P.fasciitis🤞 #Trail @ukrunchat.bsky.social

Satisfied with a significantly louder #QuietRiot on my long run today (found Audio Loudness Boost setting on Podcast Republic app) Disappointed I didn't get the wholly appropriate use of the c-word at the new high volume ;) @quietriotpod.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social

New Years Eve, studs fitted, went out on the Ice for the final run of 2024... Not a lot if grip out there 🥶 #UKRunChat #happynewyear @ukrunchat.bsky.social

Finally a good covering of 🌨 running on frozen ruts & 🧊 was no fun. Added bonus of knowing who else has been 🎶down in the woods today 🐯🐻😎 #ukrunchat