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Failing to see the problem with this. Had a conversation with my students last term. Is there any other tech that has relied on being so forcefully pushed onto people to be successful? I can’t think of one. Advertised heavily, etc? Yes. Pushed onto people so they have to constantly turn it off? No
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 7mo agoAI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
this is the exact right messaging. we should attach it to everyone musk is supporting. make his money so toxic that no one wants it.
Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 4d agoSusan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children
Such a good thread. I decided several yrs ago that if a friend asked me for money for a charitable cause or GoFundMe that they were supporting, I’d donate. There’s a feeling of “I can’t support everyone” but really, you don’t have that many friends fundraising. You can absolutely support them all.
isaac@sevier.io · 2w agoI have tried to build a habit and openness to giving to organizations and people i support, and part of that is talking about it with others. For a lot of these pledges, my minimum gift is usually $15/mo. I figure if i don't notice the Netflix debit, i can afford it for good stuff too.
I love a post that makes you laugh and cry at the same time
Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin.bsky.social · 3w agoCO2 and Covid-19 virus: We tried to show them that the planet is a unitary whole, with no boundaries, connected by ever-moving invisible gases and currents of air and that they thrive together or not at all, but 🤷♀️ Wildfire smoke: Allow me.
This is so true. Imagine if engineers or doctors had to do what writers/artists are expected to do. We’ve accepted (very flawed) AI transcription in medical settings bc we’ve decided drs are too busy/stretched to type their own notes.
Tom & Lorenzo@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · last mo.I chose this path at the height of the blogging craze, but trying to write while also managing the ever-shifting and constantly shrinking revenue streams that allow you to write for a living is so much more stressful than anyone outside this life understands
“There’s going to be a war.” I gotta wonder where that energy has been in the face of the GOP and Trump. I remember Jeffries keeping the powder dry. But when it’s the left, they’ve got all the fight in the world.
I would simply suggest that if people want to defend democracy and see defeating incumbent democrats as the way to do that, then the failure lies not with the challengers and voters but with the incumbents who failed, often repeatedly, to meet the moment while squandering energy and donations.
Jaime Harrison@jaimeharrison.bsky.social · last mo.I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination. Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign.
This is the question to be asking. And if you want to make a guess, look at what’s happening in Corpus Christi when it comes to residents vs refineries, plastic plants, and steel mills.
Caroline Baxter@convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 2mo ago“When we get into a situation where there’s a limited amount of water available, are we going to limit water to residents and businesses before datacenters?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
What I’m hearing: Instagram’s Trust and Safery org absolutely gutted the last few weeks. ~60% of the org gone - between layoffs and forced reassignments to data labelling. All while “AI maxxing” pushed a bunch of bugs to prod. And hence why today’s massive Instagram account takeover happening.
While I feel for these workers, it’s worth noting 1) Meta has been a morally bankrupt company for some time, and 2) many tech workers were fine with the consequences of AI until it came for *their* jobs. There’s a lot tech workers (& esp leaders) need to grapple with.
Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 3mo agoSee @democrats.org? It’s not that hard to talk about climate in a way that’s easy to understand & relevant to everyone. You want to sway swing voters? This is the way. More climate talk please!
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov · 3mo agoTop 10 reasons why Democrats need to talk about climate change now: 🧵
LeAnn Rimes has cancelled several shows after Covid led to severe laryngitis. So many still refer to the pandemic in past tense but it's still disrupting lives, careers & health www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/...
Emotional LeAnn Rimes shares difficult health update amid cancelled shows: 'It breaks my heart'
LeAnn Rimes has revealed the real reason why she was forced to cancel her Spokane and Seattle shows, revealing she has Covid and "severe laryngitis"
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I went to see Tom Steyer's town hall in Santa Barbara last week. The line wrapped around the block before the doors even opened. Standing room only inside. Hundreds of people couldn't get in. Whether or not the media is saying it: Steyer has momentum. And I was very impressed. THREAD!🧵
"You cannot fight poverty with a tool that is invisible to poor people, and you cannot reduce inequality with a tool that helps the rich more than the working class." Must read by @scottsantens.com on how we can reduce poverty & elect more effective Dems scottsantens.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Have a Tax Problem. They’re Solving It Wrong.
Cory Booker and other Democrats want to expand the standard deduction. A $375/mo Standard Tax Credit would put $4,500 a year in every American's pocket—and reach those deductions leave behind
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I genuinely don’t understand how cities get suckered by tech companies over and over and over. How are we supposed to believe public officials are going to fix all the messes we’re in when they can’t even recognize obvious lies by the bad guys??
John Kostyack@kostyack.bsky.social · 4mo agoxAI has indefinitely paused building a promised water recycling facility, critical to ensuring its Colossus I data center & associated power plant don't drain Memphis's aquifer. An "alarming" reversal, says Sarah Houston of Save Our Aquifer. Making this pledge was how xAi won its approvals.
This is the way ❤️
Rewiring America@rewiringamerica.bsky.social · 4mo ago“You use a stove every day, if that’s electric and that works well then I think people will accept the whole house going that way.” In New York, a $32 million pilot program will install top-of-the-line induction stoves 10,000 public housing apartment units. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As a fire scientist, I am devastated for my many good friends and colleagues who will be affected by the mass closure of so many research stations and offices. Many will leave the agency. USFS has pioneered so much foundational fire science. The consequences of this will be catastrophic.
Transportation politics is about dragging people kicking and screaming into change that results fairly quickly in a widespread consensus that we can't imagine going back to the way it was before.
Tom Olsen@olsenforparks.bsky.social · 4mo ago👀 "In a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian last week, Hidalgo said pedestrianising the city’s riverbanks had been “a tough battle” but now that it had happened people did not want to go back."
"The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing. Not a dramatic collapse. Not Skynet. Just a generation of researchers who can produce results but can't produce understanding."
Minas Karamanis@minaskar.bsky.social · 4mo agoHey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...
Food policing poor families isn't a win for nutrition--it's a loss for dignity and joy. As Brea Perry and I find in our research (see reply), low-income parents buy food treats for their kids because they want their kids to feel happy and normal--and they can't afford to do so in bigger ways.
Wisconsin Examiner@wisconsinexaminer.com · 5mo agoEvers signs bill to ban soda and candy SNAP purchases, provide money to keep error rate low via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/evers...
>10,000 STEM PhDs have left federal service over the past year (including 30% of the federal colleagues with whom I’ve worked closely). Those still left are holding federal science together with duct tape. What an extraordinary act of sabotage against the American people.
Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 4mo agoI just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.
The US already uses more than 22m acres of land for corn ethanol, which altogether only supplies only 5% of US transport fuel. Yes, solar uses land, but it produces 100x more useable energy per acre than biofuels. Let’s scale up solar. EnergySky
Dan Schroeder@dvschroeder.bsky.social · 3y agoFor the entire US, over the long term, 22m acres (~1% of all land) might not be so far off. For BLM lands in these 10 western states, 22m acres is vastly more than needed. These are merely lands BLM says should be available for solar. Only a small fraction of them will ever be developed.
The most vindicated mayor in history.
Kevin J. Kircher@kevinjkircher.com · 5mo agoI knew municipal utilities generally provide lower electricity prices than investor-owned monopoly utilities, but I had no idea the difference was *this stark* in California. No wonder CA electeds are pushing to make municipalization easier and cheaper. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/t...
I am absolutely stunned to just be hearing about this. The media & even some activists talk about most climate impacts as things that will happen by 2050 or 2100. Corpus Christi could completely run out of water in 6 months. Unbelievable we aren’t hearing about this every day.
Faith Kearns, Ph.D.@fkearns.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis story has everything, a focus on desal that led to overlooking other water sources, a city manager making $400K/yr saying don’t panic, a former water system manager saying residents should absolutely panic, and magical thinking: “The last hope to avert disaster was a 20- to 30-inch rainfall.”
