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Soph Warnes

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Data & Graphics @ CNN. 📈👸 Priors: WSJ, ONS. Clearly a fan of acronyms. "Aggressive Door Opener". Fair Warning newsletter: https://fairwarning.substack.com

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · Dec 24

You come to me, on the day of my daughter's wedding...

Tuxedo cat ominously sat on a chair at a table

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 2h

Has anyone ever experienced serotonin syndrome? Interested in symptoms etc

Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 5h

Three-day headache is now so routine I could almost ignore it except, when I actually notice it, it's agony

Looking forward to being well again because I really am hating being so sick

Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 16h

I was shocked. I went with a group of American friends who are public transport nerds and they were all really excited to go and I totally didn't understand until I had the most blissful afternoon to myself cycling to our Airbnb

Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 16h

I went to Montreal last summer and cycling there was, in my view (not the most seasoned cyclist) it was the best place I've ever cycled. Just beautiful heading north on the cycle paths along the grass verges.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 16h

It's one of the most iconic films made in my lifetime imo

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 16h

I was trying to remember which one benvolio was but yeah, shit haircut blonde guy definitely did not die

Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 17h

After all that, I still don't know how many people died in Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted by the US Department of Justice.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 20h

Quite enjoying Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, and looking forward to Celebrity Traitors later. Perhaps the only bright spot of not being able to do anything or leave the house 🤷🏻‍♀️😭

Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 22h

I didn't catch it for ages either. Think this is my second time maybe 🤔

Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 1d

Tested earlier and I have it. Not sure how long it's meant to last

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

Thanks to London’s bold action, almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air.

That means fewer children will grow up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 1d

Can't thank whoever invented codeine enough

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 1d

I got glandular fever when I was younger and I was sick for about 3 years after and I thought I had CFS as well so I totally understand. I was petrified of getting COVID for the same reason, I thought maybe somehow I'd be more likely to get really sick from it, but thankfully no

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 1d

I can't hear, I can't smell, I have a raging headache, my teeth hurt, and I'm starving hungry because I can't keep anything in

Is this COVID? I don't think it's flu and it feels worse than a cold

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 1d

This from @realgdt.bsky.social talking about 'Frankenstein' is so good.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 1d

I was waiting for the mention of journalists, ngl

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 2d

You're not that much older than me tho?

Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah that's my thinking. Leave it and it'll recover. Still worrying generally.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 2d

Seriously considering taking my 401(k) out but then a part of me thinks it'll be just 2-3 years of pain... eek

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 2d

The big tech companies are very entangled with AI companies. If that sector collapses, so many other things would be impacted. Plus they make up a huge % of the global market now, so anyone with pensions will be exposed in some way. That's my understanding anyway.

Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 2d

Ok so all this being true, what can I - someone who is exposed to the US market in multiple ways - actually do? I wish this sort of thing came with advice for what people should do in different circumstances...ie if you're close to withdrawing pensions etc

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 2d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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