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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
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The AI bubble has reached its ‘fried chicken’ phase ft.trib.al/VGyrH8K
The AI bubble has reached its ‘fried chicken’ phase
This is nuts. When’s the crash?
ft.trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The AI bubble has reached its ‘fried chicken’ phase ft.trib.al/VGyrH8K
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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»Das ist eine Revolution: China überrollt die Welt mit Erneuerbaren«
»Teile der Union wissen aber nicht, wie sie moderne Energiepolitik machen sollen, ohne zu "grün" zu klingen. Also verkünden sie aus Trotz lieber das Gegenteil«
www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/D...
»Teile der Union wissen aber nicht, wie sie moderne Energiepolitik machen sollen, ohne zu "grün" zu klingen. Also verkünden sie aus Trotz lieber das Gegenteil«
www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/D...
"Das ist eine Revolution: China überrollt die Welt mit Erneuerbaren"
In Deutschland verkommt "Energiewende" zum Kampfbegriff. Für Tim Meyer ein Fehler. Im Gespräch mit ntv.de bezeichnet er die Erneuerbaren als nichts anderes als eine industrielle Revolution. Leider hat...
www.n-tv.de
October 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
»Das ist eine Revolution: China überrollt die Welt mit Erneuerbaren«
»Teile der Union wissen aber nicht, wie sie moderne Energiepolitik machen sollen, ohne zu "grün" zu klingen. Also verkünden sie aus Trotz lieber das Gegenteil«
www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/D...
»Teile der Union wissen aber nicht, wie sie moderne Energiepolitik machen sollen, ohne zu "grün" zu klingen. Also verkünden sie aus Trotz lieber das Gegenteil«
www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/D...
"Strömavbrottet sammanföll med en planerad uppdatering av Ellevios tjänst för att kommunicera om avbrott" www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
Stort strömavbrott i centrala Stockholm
Strömmen är tillbaka på Södermalm och i Gamla stan efter kvällens stora strömavbrott. Som mest var över 20 000 kunder drabbade.
www.svt.se
October 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Strömavbrottet sammanföll med en planerad uppdatering av Ellevios tjänst för att kommunicera om avbrott" www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
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when I visited korea last year I went to haeinsa temple to see the tripitaka koreana, a set of 80k+ wooden printing blocks for buddhist scriptures, made in the 13th century en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripita...
Tripitaka Koreana - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when I visited korea last year I went to haeinsa temple to see the tripitaka koreana, a set of 80k+ wooden printing blocks for buddhist scriptures, made in the 13th century en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripita...
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Startlingly good effects of LNP-mRNA vaccines when given to cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint therapy. More vaccine research please. More mRNA!
mRNA Vaccines and Immuno-oncology: Good News
www.science.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Startlingly good effects of LNP-mRNA vaccines when given to cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint therapy. More vaccine research please. More mRNA!
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What is more, at the Nordic Tipping Week I‘m currently attending we learned that climate models that agree best with observations are the ones where #AMOC declines most by 2100 (as yet unpublished work).
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What is more, at the Nordic Tipping Week I‘m currently attending we learned that climate models that agree best with observations are the ones where #AMOC declines most by 2100 (as yet unpublished work).
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Nexperia warns customers over chips made in China: FD www.dutchnews.nl?p=258863
Nexperia warns customers over chips made in China: FD
www.dutchnews.nl
October 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Nexperia warns customers over chips made in China: FD www.dutchnews.nl?p=258863
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Very interesting article discussing what might lurk behind the Nexperia controversy.
bits-chips.com/article/lets...
bits-chips.com/article/lets...
Let’s not forget Itec in the Nexperia affair - Bits&Chips
The storm surrounding Nexperia has mostly been told as a story about chips and geopolitics. But in the shadow of that debate sits a smaller, quieter player: its subsidiary Itec. At this firm resides m...
bits-chips.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Very interesting article discussing what might lurk behind the Nexperia controversy.
bits-chips.com/article/lets...
bits-chips.com/article/lets...
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Today I learnt that the significant portion on the internet that relies on AWS also happens to be the significant portion of the internet I seemingly avoid.
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Today I learnt that the significant portion on the internet that relies on AWS also happens to be the significant portion of the internet I seemingly avoid.
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“The U.S. military demonstration that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol vehicle…”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-19/u-s-military-live-fire-demonstration-dropped-shrapnel-on-chp-vehicle
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-19/u-s-military-live-fire-demonstration-dropped-shrapnel-on-chp-vehicle
Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says
The U.S. military demonstration that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol vehicle, resulting in damage, agency officials ...
www.latimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
“The U.S. military demonstration that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol vehicle…”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-19/u-s-military-live-fire-demonstration-dropped-shrapnel-on-chp-vehicle
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-19/u-s-military-live-fire-demonstration-dropped-shrapnel-on-chp-vehicle
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The floating French Tara Polar Research Station in Reykjavik harbor.
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The floating French Tara Polar Research Station in Reykjavik harbor.
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I can just about cope with the idea that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has hit a new record -- it's what one would expect even if we were rapidly decarbonizing. But that the *rate of increase* has hit a new record is unbelievably depressing.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I can just about cope with the idea that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has hit a new record -- it's what one would expect even if we were rapidly decarbonizing. But that the *rate of increase* has hit a new record is unbelievably depressing.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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this is one of the best articulations of the AI bear case I've read
most of the AI companies are also massively wealthy and profitable hypercorps, but OpenAI specifically is a bomb planted at the heart of the American stock market helpfully labeled "this is a bomb"
prospect.org/power/2025-1...
most of the AI companies are also massively wealthy and profitable hypercorps, but OpenAI specifically is a bomb planted at the heart of the American stock market helpfully labeled "this is a bomb"
prospect.org/power/2025-1...
The AI Ouroboros
Nvidia and other companies are paying startups to buy their products.
prospect.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
this is one of the best articulations of the AI bear case I've read
most of the AI companies are also massively wealthy and profitable hypercorps, but OpenAI specifically is a bomb planted at the heart of the American stock market helpfully labeled "this is a bomb"
prospect.org/power/2025-1...
most of the AI companies are also massively wealthy and profitable hypercorps, but OpenAI specifically is a bomb planted at the heart of the American stock market helpfully labeled "this is a bomb"
prospect.org/power/2025-1...
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Kun AI:ta pyytää visualisoimaan tätä epäpyhää kokonaisuutta, sohaisee se kyllä asian ydintä, mutta hermostuksissaan sitten typottaa urakalla. En siis edes promptannut näitä Compute Credittejä tai tätä toista kiertotaloutta 😅
October 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Kun AI:ta pyytää visualisoimaan tätä epäpyhää kokonaisuutta, sohaisee se kyllä asian ydintä, mutta hermostuksissaan sitten typottaa urakalla. En siis edes promptannut näitä Compute Credittejä tai tätä toista kiertotaloutta 😅
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Flying cars are the perfect example of a point solution: trying to solve a systemic problem (traffic) with an individual product (fly over the traffic).
But traffic is not a technology problem; it's a social problem. Remote work, congestion fees, and dense transit-connected housing solve it better.
But traffic is not a technology problem; it's a social problem. Remote work, congestion fees, and dense transit-connected housing solve it better.
which then begs the question of why you want flying cars instead of whatever mass transportation equivalent you imagine
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Flying cars are the perfect example of a point solution: trying to solve a systemic problem (traffic) with an individual product (fly over the traffic).
But traffic is not a technology problem; it's a social problem. Remote work, congestion fees, and dense transit-connected housing solve it better.
But traffic is not a technology problem; it's a social problem. Remote work, congestion fees, and dense transit-connected housing solve it better.
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Today is the 89th anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street when the people of the East End of London halted the march of Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts through Stepney.
October 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Today is the 89th anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street when the people of the East End of London halted the march of Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts through Stepney.
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I think for me the most compelling answer for "why fund basic research?" (and the one most relevant to the people doing the work) is that humans are curious and finding stuff out makes us happy and fulfilled. Science is a thing humans like. Life would be more dull and sad if we didn't do it.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I think for me the most compelling answer for "why fund basic research?" (and the one most relevant to the people doing the work) is that humans are curious and finding stuff out makes us happy and fulfilled. Science is a thing humans like. Life would be more dull and sad if we didn't do it.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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Eher deutet dieser Aktionismus auf Panik, man will mE den W unter Druck setzen, die Unterstützung der UA zu reduzieren, bevor die UA Angriffe auf die RU Infrastruktur und die zunehmenden Wirtschaftsprobleme zur Katastrophe führen
Die Lage in RU dürfte schlechter sein als von außen sichtbar
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Die Lage in RU dürfte schlechter sein als von außen sichtbar
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September 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Eher deutet dieser Aktionismus auf Panik, man will mE den W unter Druck setzen, die Unterstützung der UA zu reduzieren, bevor die UA Angriffe auf die RU Infrastruktur und die zunehmenden Wirtschaftsprobleme zur Katastrophe führen
Die Lage in RU dürfte schlechter sein als von außen sichtbar
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Die Lage in RU dürfte schlechter sein als von außen sichtbar
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