Gil Friend - Sustainability OG
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Advisor. Board member. Coach. Speaker. I post about #sustainability, #climate, #strategy, #policy, #employeeOwnership. And what it might be like if we if we did business—& everything else—as though we actually belong to the living world. Because we do.
Ram Dass explores playing your part on all of the stages that life presents, then answers questions about dreams, preventing detachment from turning into laziness, dealing with burnout & more. Be Here Now Network 🎧 https://beherenownetwork.com/ram-dass-here-and-now-ep-309-playing-your-part/
Outgoing Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis are reportedly undecided about Todd Blanche's nomination for AG. A single GOP "No" vote in committee this Thursday could tank Blanche's nomination entirely. Call and tell them to reject Blanche: (202) 224-3121
A good read about business transparency, and those seeking less of it: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-r...
The Revolt of the Insiders
Here’s a brief follow up, genetically if not literally similar to my...
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As *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every other technology: www.normaltech.ai 1/
I really liked Jeff's thread, but as one of the early originators of the carbon footprint concept, I want to address this misconception because I've heard it often.
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2mo agoI just learned that the term "carbon footprint" was developed by BP to offload responsibility for climate change onto individuals. Something like that's happening in higher ed with AI. Institutions capitulate or dodge; students are submitting; & they believe it's their individual failing. 7/
The Supreme Court Gives Donald Trump Full Control Over the Executive Branch, Except the Part of It that Impacts Their Retirement Portfolios
The Supremes deliver a dark day for democracy. The mystery though: why did they exempt the Fed?
All thermal power plants need cooling. Guess which power plants don’t?
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · last mo."For days, officials across France have scrambled to cope with the searing heat, shutting down three nuclear reactors after the surrounding cooling waters became too hot..." So much for nuclear as a climate solution.....
How is it the power grid couldn’t handle electric cars but it will be fine with all these data centers?
The kind of day this is: she posts this, and 155 people comment (we’re not alone!), and I read them all!
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last mo.not to brag but yesterday i did laundry and put it away the same day
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%... "That's just how it is."
For the first time on record, solar generated more electricity than coal across the entire U.S. - despite active federal policy pushing the other direction. Read more at the link below!
The great solar-coal flip | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Solar passes coal, super El Niño looms, and show your warming stripes Coal built the Industrial Revolution - now wind and solar are beating
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☹️ #Pareidolia #Iseefaces #FacesInThings #FacesInPlaces #ThingsWithFaces ©️ (Photographer unknown, source: Facebook)
Beginning next week, Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon. That's what happens when you build out wind, sun, and batteries open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you?
The latest on energy, climate and affordability
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“By what fkn authority?” asks the First Amendment.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · last mo.Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
We told the nation this back in...2013 www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
Taxpayer subsidies helped save Tesla Motors, so why does Elon Musk slam them?
Silicon Valley has always relied on the government to jump-start innovative businesses—no matter how much it clings to the go-it-alone narrative.
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Congressman Greg Casar@repcasar.bsky.social · 2mo agoElon Musk talks about “waste fraud and abuse” when he wants to kick seniors off Social Security. But experts say “almost all” of his wealth comes from government help.
Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
What if the real risk of AI isn’t AI at all, but the business matrix in which it's being developed and deployed? @Rory Sutherland https://youtube.com/shorts/I3kksHX6IAA?si=-2TBx76FQKRKprso
The 4 Corporate Enemies of Innovation 💡
The biggest risk with AI isn’t the tech, it’s the corporate framewo…
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Anthropic Calls for global Pause on AI Development — Anthropic says AI progress is accelerating beyond human control risk and urges a global freeze on advanced AI development. The warning adds fresh pressure as regulators and major labs debate how to manage rapidly improving…
Anthropic Calls for global Pause on AI Development
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"We’ve automated as much as possible at Every—agents write the code, draft emails, and compile the newsletter—and yet there’s more human work to do than ever." https://every.to/p/after-automation
After Automation
AI progress creates more work for humans, not less
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‘…the Hawaii law is a “model for the country” that other states should rush to emulate.’
‘Big News’: Hawaii Targets Citizens United With Law Clarifying Corporations Are Not People | Common Dreams
Hawaii passes groundbreaking law challenging Citizens United ruling, reclassifying corporations as "artificial persons" to limit political donations.
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