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Daniel Erasmus
@derasmus.bsky.social
ClimateGPT.AI co-creator
Full Member Club of Rome
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Ever tried solving a puzzle with one piece? That is how problems look when we only focus on one part. Systems thinking helps us see the whole picture and the links that shape real solutions. Want to learn more? Read the full article here: vist.ly/4gp5j
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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This World AIDS Day, we honor the voices and activism that shaped the global fight against HIV/AIDS. "Victory Deferred"—a defining history of the crisis by journalist John-Manuel Andriote—is now an open access edition, free for all to read on the Internet Archive: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/a...
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:

In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.

In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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BP scraps plans for Teesside hydrogen and carbon capture scheme on.ft.com/4irLTjQ
BP scraps plans for Teesside hydrogen and carbon capture scheme
Move by oil major paves way for data centre at former steel site
on.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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*I always like vanished high-tech sublimity of this kind, like "giant electrical windmills, oh come on, in your dreams"
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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1/ We were thrilled to see 50+ MPs and Peers at the Overlapping Illness Alliance drop-in last week.

Thanks to your emails, nearly 80% of MPs got an invite, one even said it was the most letters they'd ever had about an event. Your support genuinely made a difference.
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.

Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.

Collections growing at 150TBytes/day

@internetarchive

archive.org/donate

www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Libraries matter. Access matters.

After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.

@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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AI can help us understand and combat climate change. How? 🤔

Check out this captivating keynote on ClimateGPT 2.0 from @derasmus.bsky.social at the World AI Summit, held in the US recently.

Watch it now: 📹 youtu.be/Fk0ku-pq_Ac...

#climatechange #climategpt #AI
KEYNOTE: Saving the Planet with AI
YouTube video by World Summit AI
youtu.be
July 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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OVERLOOKED: Thermal energy storage doesn’t get enough attention.

The world’s thermal storage facility currently being built in Finland will be able to store a whopping 90GWh - that’s 30x more than the largest electric storage facility in operation today.
May 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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🚀 WORLD'S LARGEST BATTERY: Switzerland breaks new ground. 1.6 GWh / 800 MW redox flow battery in Laufenburg (2x China’s record).

⚡ Why it matters:

Safety: Non-flammable | Water-based | No lithium/cobalt
Grid: Stabilizes Europe’s grid + trades energy
AI: Powers AI data center | Recycles waste heat
May 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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If you believe parts of the media electric vehicle sales stalled.

The data tells a very different story: Global electric car sales are accelerating at an unprecedented pace. Over past 3 years sales nearly tripled—reaching 17.3 million new registrations in 2024, up from just 6.5 million in 2021.
May 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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📹 Setting up a livestream isn’t easy. That’s why we turned to an expert: Sophia Tung.

See how this creative software engineer brought her signature mix of tech + chill to our new microfiche scanning livestream—now preserving government records in real time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93Q...
This is where all of The Internet is stored
YouTube video by Sophia Tung
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Will Machines Ever Truly Think? Richard Feynman Contemplates the Future of Artificial Intelligence (1985)
Will Machines Ever Truly Think? Richard Feynman Contemplates the Future of Artificial Intelligence (1985)
Though its answer has grown more complicated in recent years, the question of whether computers will ever truly think has been around for quite some time. Richard Feynman was being asked about it 40 y...
www.openculture.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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PET imaging reveals long-term heart and lung damage from COVID-19.
healthimaging.com/topics/medic...
PET imaging reveals long-term heart and lung damage from COVID-19
New data highlight the long-lasting effects of the coronavirus, revealing changes that are not detectable by standard medical assessments.
healthimaging.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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CIDRAP: 'Long-COVID patients show signs of inflammation on PET/ MRI scans'

"This study highlights the unique power of hybrid PET/MRI imaging to uncover hidden disease processes in long COVID patients," said Zahi Fayad, PhD, senior author of the study

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
Long-COVID patients show signs of inflammation on PET/ MRI scans
www.cidrap.umn.edu
May 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I wrote an essay a couple weeks ago that went viral on how America could be heading into a reinvention like only a few times before. My new piece this week lays out the case about why this happens every 80 years and points out all the evidence around us now.
peterleyden.substack.com/p/why-americ...
Why America Reinvents Itself Every 80 Years - and Is Doing So Again
The three main drivers are the arrival of transformative technologies, the looming potential for vast economic growth, plus the right alignment of certain generations. We have them all right now.
peterleyden.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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🚨NEW: climate inaction will cost more than a third of global GDP this century, but an investment of less than 2% GDP now will reduce harms by 90% - a "massive opportunity for humanity", finds a report from Boston Consulting Group and University of Cambridge.
Climate Inaction Could Cost 1/3 Of Global GDP This Century, BCG Warns
The Big 3 consulting firm finds that most harms come from productivity losses, but also reveals how nations could avoid 90% of climate damage.
www.forbes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Earlier this week, I attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Long Covid, where Long Covid Support presented a report; among the numerous recommendations, it called on the government to provide additional funding to research the effects of Long Covid, which has not been funded since 2021.
February 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Equinor's capital markets update is live now - I am happy to report that Equinor are remaining steadfast in using this photograph of someone using a VR headset as a metaphor for them ignoring the realities of climate and energy

www.equinor.com/investors/q4...
February 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Short summary:

Repeated infections at shorter intervals.

This is true Long C-19 recipe🙏🏻

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SARS-CoV-2 evolution on a dynamic immune landscape - Nature
A modelling approach predicts SARS-CoV-2 variant dynamics on the basis of immunity and cross-neutralization, which was shaped by a region’s SARS-CoV-2 infection history.
www.nature.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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The total distance flown passengers on US airlines since the last crash is 2.3 light-years.
That's about 2.2*10^13 km. The last crash was on Feb 12, 2009.

ourworldindata.org/us-airline-t...
US airlines have transported passengers for more than two light-years since the last plane crash
Sometimes, the most important news is when something isn’t happening.
ourworldindata.org
December 2, 2024 at 10:20 PM