read this last month, had a great time, mostly wish there were 4 more books already extant

robert j bennett, ceo, results omega@robertjbennett.bsky.social · last mo.

hey! that’s today!!

Every time data centers are brought up, I'm reminded of a recent meeting I had with a person working in that sector who mentioned how important power demand modeling was, because they projected if the grid were to go down in Phoenix during peak summer, 30,000 people would die in the first 24 hours

Butte, Montana residents persist despite a century of setbacks.

The indomitable Butte, Montana - High Country News

The misunderstood, often-maligned mining town helps itself.

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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks. The website to check linked in the reply. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility

The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.

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For my fellow infectious disease and desert nerds 👇🏻

On a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters

After years in Big Pharma, a chemist pivoted to help save the species that made Ozempic possible.

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The Trump administration's cuts in science funding will likely lead to an exodus of scientific expertise, the research community warns. "That beacon of research that the US was for several decades — it’s just not going to be there.” www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/t...

Trump policies spark fears of brain drain, threatening to undermine U.S. dominance in biomedicine

A torrent of Trump administration policies is alarming scientists who fear the current climate is weakening researchers’ resolve to stick with careers in academic science.

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🧪 A $4B cut to to NIH funding will have a seismic impact on science & medicine in the US. What's at stake? Our competitive edge in biomedical innovation, access to high quality health care (including for kids w/cancer), local economies...It's a big deal. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):

On Friday evening, the Trump administration slashed NIH grant "indirect costs" in a change set to massively undercut university & hospital budgets on Monday. @statnews.com explains what indirect costs are, how this will decrease American scientific dominance, & whether this is illegal: 🧪🧬🧫

What are indirect research costs? A quick explainer in light of NIH’s sweeping policy change

National Institutes of Health slashed overhead costs allowed under its grants to match private foundations, but the two don't account for expenses in the same way.

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I need 10 seasons of The Pitt and I need them now.

There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see

Bit of a different landscape for today’s morning run

Bill Belichick did you know you can get a Cook Out tray with two quesadillas and then order a quesadilla for each of your two sides and then swap your drink for a quesadilla? So five quesadillas for the price of one tray. It’s an incredible deal

Jeremy Markovich@ncrabbithole.com · 2y ago

Here is an assignment: Please reply with your best photoshops of grumpy-ass Bill Belichick in stereotypically North Carolina situations

U.S. officials moved Tuesday to protect the monarch, an iconic orange and black butterfly famous for its marathon migration across North America, under the Endangered Species Act.

U.S. moves to add monarch butterfly to the endangered species list

The major U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal would declare the iconic species as threatened, with federal scientists saying the species is on the decline.

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It’s not AZ but this will do

To say: my profile pic is a LiDAR image showing the river-ghosts—historical meanders—of the Lower Mississippi. Water, wandering, wilfully. It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers. See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work & below. What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.

I have something to write that’s hard so I read a lot of books and articles to get ready to write and anyway my garage is now organized for winter.

My XOXO talk is online. It's a v. personal look at what it was like to cover the pandemic, live through it, be broken by it, and heal from it. I talk about my approach to journalism, a 7-part code for being a public figure, why I left the Atlantic, and a lot more. xoxofest.com/2024/videos/...

Ed Yong · Videos · XOXO

Avid birder and Pulitzer-winning science journalist Ed Yong built a devoted audience for his deeply empathetic coverage of the pandemic for The Atlantic, while his two New York Times bestsellers, ...

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Hi! I handle marketing and communications for Duke BME, which means I get to work with very talented faculty, staff and students and share stories about their work. Since we're doing introductions, here are a few of the stories I've worked on over the years:

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