David Ho
@davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy
Climate scientist researching the ocean carbon cycle and marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). Professor of Oceanography at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa […]
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Climate change + poor governance = deadly consequences
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/world/asia/vietnam-flooding-typhoon-emergency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.308._9E1.kgV2PoAdN8PR&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/world/asia/vietnam-flooding-typhoon-emergency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.308._9E1.kgV2PoAdN8PR&smid=url-share
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Climate change + poor governance = deadly consequences
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/world/asia/vietnam-flooding-typhoon-emergency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.308._9E1.kgV2PoAdN8PR&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/world/asia/vietnam-flooding-typhoon-emergency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.308._9E1.kgV2PoAdN8PR&smid=url-share
Fighting food waste seems like a good use of machine learning.
https://www.thetimes.com/article/408edac1-9709-4309-86f9-88e8a05b41d2?shareToken=7dfff7b855e7ff3e6cc28d88c913465b
https://www.thetimes.com/article/408edac1-9709-4309-86f9-88e8a05b41d2?shareToken=7dfff7b855e7ff3e6cc28d88c913465b
Meet Pancho, the AI bot fighting food waste at the hotel buffet
Spanish hoteliers are turning to technology to avoid fines for tossing out up to 30 per cent of lavish daily spreads
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Fighting food waste seems like a good use of machine learning.
https://www.thetimes.com/article/408edac1-9709-4309-86f9-88e8a05b41d2?shareToken=7dfff7b855e7ff3e6cc28d88c913465b
https://www.thetimes.com/article/408edac1-9709-4309-86f9-88e8a05b41d2?shareToken=7dfff7b855e7ff3e6cc28d88c913465b
Climate change is bad.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/11/cop-climate-3c-warming/685036/?gift=R28_OutuuEtg79CezsPuXknxhcT7-Yml5SHgP9igeI8
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/11/cop-climate-3c-warming/685036/?gift=R28_OutuuEtg79CezsPuXknxhcT7-Yml5SHgP9igeI8
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Curious about people’s thoughts on this.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/opinion/patreon-algorithms-social-media-internet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U8._kZV.oaFAs5yFAEPv&smid=nytcore-android-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/opinion/patreon-algorithms-social-media-internet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U8._kZV.oaFAs5yFAEPv&smid=nytcore-android-share
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Trying to organize a retirement gift for a colleague. Anyone have opinions about the Surly Disc Trucker as a touring bike?
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Trying to organize a retirement gift for a colleague. Anyone have opinions about the Surly Disc Trucker as a touring bike?
If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5593087/climate-tipping-points-cop30-brazil-coral-glaciers-carbon
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5593087/climate-tipping-points-cop30-brazil-coral-glaciers-carbon
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5593087/climate-tipping-points-cop30-brazil-coral-glaciers-carbon
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5593087/climate-tipping-points-cop30-brazil-coral-glaciers-carbon
"For decades, zoos and circuses have been working with sanctuaries to give a better life to captive elephants, great apes, big cats and other land animals. The time has come for animal-protection organizations, marine parks, aquariums and governments to work together to retire whales and […]
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November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"For decades, zoos and circuses have been working with sanctuaries to give a better life to captive elephants, great apes, big cats and other land animals. The time has come for animal-protection organizations, marine parks, aquariums and governments to work together to retire whales and […]
The Trump regime’s cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants. The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities […]
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November 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Trump regime’s cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants. The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities […]
Reposted by David Ho
For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
Immigration raids in Hawaiʻi are especially ironic since the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was illegally overthrown and the Hawaiian Islands annexed by the United States against the will of the people.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/11/immigration-arrests-surge-hawaii-federal-agents-target-courthouses/
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/11/immigration-arrests-surge-hawaii-federal-agents-target-courthouses/
Immigration arrests surge in Hawaii as federal agents target courthouses
Advocates and legal experts say many arrests are happening quietly, often when immigrants show up at state courts.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Immigration raids in Hawaiʻi are especially ironic since the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was illegally overthrown and the Hawaiian Islands annexed by the United States against the will of the people.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/11/immigration-arrests-surge-hawaii-federal-agents-target-courthouses/
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/11/immigration-arrests-surge-hawaii-federal-agents-target-courthouses/
“The mainstream media has been strikingly incurious about the nature of Epstein’s geopolitical activity…[it] has in fact long participated in covering up the full scale of the Epstein story. The original cover-up was ignoring his sexual crimes. Those are now better reported. But by ignoring how […]
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November 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“The mainstream media has been strikingly incurious about the nature of Epstein’s geopolitical activity…[it] has in fact long participated in covering up the full scale of the Epstein story. The original cover-up was ignoring his sexual crimes. Those are now better reported. But by ignoring how […]
Boeing is paying Charm Industrial to remove 100000 tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere, which is a time machine that takes us back by 1 minute and 15 seconds. 🥲
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/14/boeing-has-a-carbon-emissions-problem-startup-charm-industrial-is-cleaning-up/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/14/boeing-has-a-carbon-emissions-problem-startup-charm-industrial-is-cleaning-up/
Boeing has a carbon emissions problem. Startup Charm Industrial is cleaning up.
The deal will see Charm Industrial collect forestry waste and transform it into a bio-oil it buries underground.
techcrunch.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Boeing is paying Charm Industrial to remove 100000 tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere, which is a time machine that takes us back by 1 minute and 15 seconds. 🥲
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/14/boeing-has-a-carbon-emissions-problem-startup-charm-industrial-is-cleaning-up/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/14/boeing-has-a-carbon-emissions-problem-startup-charm-industrial-is-cleaning-up/
They’re wasting our tax dollars
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/11/15/g-s1-97843/birth-control-contraceptives-usaid-belgium-unusable-storage
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/11/15/g-s1-97843/birth-control-contraceptives-usaid-belgium-unusable-storage
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Come be my colleague at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. We're hiring an assistant professor in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling.
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/5142055/assistant-professor-ocean-biogeochemical-modeling-0082726?keywords=ocean&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/5142055/assistant-professor-ocean-biogeochemical-modeling-0082726?keywords=ocean&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs
Career Opportunities at the University of Hawai'i | University of Hawai'i
www.schooljobs.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Come be my colleague at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. We're hiring an assistant professor in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling.
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/5142055/assistant-professor-ocean-biogeochemical-modeling-0082726?keywords=ocean&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/5142055/assistant-professor-ocean-biogeochemical-modeling-0082726?keywords=ocean&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs
There are things that shouldn't be in private control, and water is one of them.
In East Maui, Hawaiʻi, a decision is pending on whether to grant a 30-year water license to a private Canadian company whose predecessors have a long history of devastating the local ecosystem or give control to […]
In East Maui, Hawaiʻi, a decision is pending on whether to grant a 30-year water license to a private Canadian company whose predecessors have a long history of devastating the local ecosystem or give control to […]
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November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
There are things that shouldn't be in private control, and water is one of them.
In East Maui, Hawaiʻi, a decision is pending on whether to grant a 30-year water license to a private Canadian company whose predecessors have a long history of devastating the local ecosystem or give control to […]
In East Maui, Hawaiʻi, a decision is pending on whether to grant a 30-year water license to a private Canadian company whose predecessors have a long history of devastating the local ecosystem or give control to […]
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C.
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C.
1.5°C was a good target, but did anyone seriously think it was possible?
So 2.6°C is […]
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C.
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C.
1.5°C was a good target, but did anyone seriously think it was possible?
So 2.6°C is […]
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November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C.
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C.
1.5°C was a good target, but did anyone seriously think it was possible?
So 2.6°C is […]
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C.
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C.
1.5°C was a good target, but did anyone seriously think it was possible?
So 2.6°C is […]
The CIA conducted a covert program for over a decade to manipulate Afghanistan’s opium crop by airdropping specially modified poppy seeds. These seeds were designed to produce plants with minimal chemicals used to make heroin, aiming to degrade the crop’s potency over time. While the program was […]
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November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The CIA conducted a covert program for over a decade to manipulate Afghanistan’s opium crop by airdropping specially modified poppy seeds. These seeds were designed to produce plants with minimal chemicals used to make heroin, aiming to degrade the crop’s potency over time. While the program was […]
It might be true that the world needs to remove ten billion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere every year but it’s never going to happen for many different reasons: technical, financial, social, environmental, governance, etc. If we don’t reduce CO₂ emissions, we’re screwed. That’s it […]
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November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It might be true that the world needs to remove ten billion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere every year but it’s never going to happen for many different reasons: technical, financial, social, environmental, governance, etc. If we don’t reduce CO₂ emissions, we’re screwed. That’s it […]
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific […]
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November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific […]
Cyclists should be able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign.
https://theconversation.com/cyclists-may-be-right-to-run-stop-signs-and-red-lights-heres-why-268724
https://theconversation.com/cyclists-may-be-right-to-run-stop-signs-and-red-lights-heres-why-268724
Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here’s why
Should cyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs? This rule from Idaho is divisive, but the scientific data is surprising.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Cyclists should be able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign.
https://theconversation.com/cyclists-may-be-right-to-run-stop-signs-and-red-lights-heres-why-268724
https://theconversation.com/cyclists-may-be-right-to-run-stop-signs-and-red-lights-heres-why-268724
ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
https://www.ft.com/content/f61fe8b7-5412-403c-86d7-d2997efdd408
https://www.ft.com/content/f61fe8b7-5412-403c-86d7-d2997efdd408
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
https://www.ft.com/content/f61fe8b7-5412-403c-86d7-d2997efdd408
https://www.ft.com/content/f61fe8b7-5412-403c-86d7-d2997efdd408
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/
https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/
https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/
Kudos to the Seattle times for spelling with diacritical marks used in the Hawaiian language, the ʻokina and the kahakō.
A few years ago, when I asked the NY Times to spell my affiliation as University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, they refused because it went against their style guide […]
A few years ago, when I asked the NY Times to spell my affiliation as University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, they refused because it went against their style guide […]
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November 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Kudos to the Seattle times for spelling with diacritical marks used in the Hawaiian language, the ʻokina and the kahakō.
A few years ago, when I asked the NY Times to spell my affiliation as University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, they refused because it went against their style guide […]
A few years ago, when I asked the NY Times to spell my affiliation as University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, they refused because it went against their style guide […]
Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/climate/paris-agreement-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8._FoE.8eesjpnE0K4M&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/climate/paris-agreement-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8._FoE.8eesjpnE0K4M&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/climate/paris-agreement-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8._FoE.8eesjpnE0K4M&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/climate/paris-agreement-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8._FoE.8eesjpnE0K4M&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics