By generating #renewableelectricity and fresh water from the same installation,these projects address #clean-energy and water scarcity Although still emerging, integrated solar-desalination systems could become especially valuable for islands, coastal communities, drought-prone regions #ActOnClimate
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Dear Dems: this is what we want. This is who we want. Listen to us.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last yr.Breaking news: Former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo has conceded to progressive rival Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary for New York City’s next mayor www.ft.com/content/e4b8...
There’s just so much: the victory of a new political talent, the loss of an old tyrant, the possibilities of alliance & positive strategizing, the hope for a more just future, the cracking of the last generation’s stranglehold on power. Also the joy and force of Tish James! Listen to her voice!
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last yr.James: His critics said that he should wait his turn. His critics said that he did not have the experience. His critics said they did not have the right name. Well, now all of them know his god damn name.
Happy to see this finally out in @natcomms.nature.com! 🎉 "The dynamics of leadership and success in software development teams" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Amazing collaboration with @lgajo.bsky.social, @johanneswachs.bsky.social and @fede7j.bsky.social
The dynamics of leadership and success in software development teams - Nature Communications
Understanding how team dynamics impact performance in collaborative environments remains an open question. Here, authors use fine-grained activity data from software projects to characterize team evol...
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This whole clip is truly unbelievably great. I am genuinely astounded by how good this is.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last yr.Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
"The liberal order didn’t collapse because people failed to appreciate its benefits. It collapsed because it failed the vast majority of people it was supposed to serve." Read: substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Death of Neoliberal Globalisation was Written into its DNA
Liberals need to learn the right lessons from its collapse.
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about 90% of culture war grievances is literally just people with nothing happening in their lives getting mad that other people are not as unhappy as they are
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · last yr.the pronoun thing is so incredibly stupid at so many levels, imagine knowing that you live a life so devoid of anything interesting that you have time to sit around steaming at what someone else put in their bio, like why would you ever confess this in public
i study dictatorships that conducted mass disappearances -- this is your sign, if you feel a need to leave and can do so, the time is now
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last yr.Holy shit. Video posted by President Bukele’s team on X shows the moments before his press conference with Trump in which Trump tells him: “We want to do homegrown criminals next. You gotta build about five more places.” (h/t @titonka.bsky.social @michelekelemen.bsky.social)
The Empire shall not allow any form of disobedience. Only the illusion of freedom shall be granted to those who remain loyal and compliant. Dissent will be met with swift correction, ensuring that order prevails. In the shadows, control is absolute, but in the light, they shall believe they are free
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Elon Musk, Henry Ford. Two men who made billions making cars. Two men who preach about free markets but rely on huge government support. Two men who went to war with their unions. Two men who idolize the Nazis. These are the leaders of 'free market' capitalism.
What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.? In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently
“It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter” - George Conway