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Jason Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 1d

This is a moment of world-historical importance:
"Renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year - a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank Ember."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · 7d

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · 9d

The revolution may not be televised but it will be recorded and sent to the world.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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bertrand_k @bertrand-k.bsky.social · Sep 2

2 images du film "Pulp Fiction"
– en haut : Vincent et Jules en tenues de plage avec la légende en haut à gauche 'AUG 31'
– en bas : Vincent et Jules en costumes avec la légende en haut à gauche 'SEPT 1'

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · Aug 22

Two of the single greatest advances of our lifetimes are mRNA technology and renewable energy tech and somehow the United States is now virulently against both.

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · Aug 21

We overestimate in the near term; underestimate in the long run.

Every.Time.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Aug 21

i want to believe…

…that the ai bubble is finally bursting

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Lois Cusick @bellalfc.bsky.social · Aug 6

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · Jul 29

Late stage capitalism, gasping, wheezing, crying, “pull up the ladder, Jack, I’m on board”

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 27

94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.

The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

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Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social · Jul 24

One of my proudest pieces from this year! The @wired.com editors are so supportive of incisive, reader-focused reporting.

"As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger."

www.wired.com/story/genera...

The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger

As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.

www.wired.com

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · Jul 20

“…They checked the wind, saw the authoritarian weather forecast, and chose to sell umbrellas…”

Gold.

Incredible piece by @jefftimmer.bsky.social

Wake up America.

🇨🇦

Jeff Timmer @jefftimmer.bsky.social · Jul 20

My latest column is at @lincolnsquare.media. Read and subscribe. Now would be good. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

'The Complicity of the Gutless, Self-Gelding Beltway Barnacles'

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-compli...

The Complicity of the Gutless, Self-Gelding Beltway Barnacles

There is no Trump 2.0 without these Vichy collaborators.

www.lincolnsquare.media

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · Jun 18

Fantastic piece - as an author writing a second book, it is the background thread in my brain as I wonder will people read this and what really is a book in the era of indefatigable AI.

Thanks for sharing!

Kyle Chayka @chaykak.bsky.social · Jun 18

"Text may get treated like a transitional medium, a temporary resting place for ideas." Joshua Rothman on reading in the age of AI www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

What’s Happening to Reading?

For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.

www.newyorker.com

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Jun 13

what’s happening here is fascinating. I think the next decade of catholicism in this country is a huge part of what the next decade of politics is going to look like.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Jun 13

The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.

(Via Christopher Hale)

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Rob McEntarffer @rmcenta.bsky.social · Jun 13

Amazing conversation between two thoughtful, wise, admirable people.

Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

petebuttigieg.substack.com/p/my-convers...

My Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

On the urgent need to defend democracy, rebuild a government that works for more Americans, and find historical context for the challenges we face today.

petebuttigieg.substack.com

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · Jun 10

Purchased. Can’t wait to read.

Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · Jun 10

Time for a big book rec: Bad Company, by old friend @greenwell.bsky.social. It comes out today. Hand to heart, I would've read this book cover to cover even if I didn't know the author at all. It's legit. bookshop.org/p/books/bad-...

Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream

Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · May 25

Nothing to see here. But, by all means let’s keep talking about DJT’s plane.

Met4Cast @met4cast.net · May 25

This is phenomenal.

Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.

It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.

JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · May 25

I love being in love with you.

I love that we are about to chart a whole new journey together.

I love what you have helped me become.

I love sharing the best of me with all that you are.

#WYKYK
❤️🥰😘

JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · May 14

Yup.

Kate O'Neill @kateoneill.bsky.social · May 14

The real digital transformation isn't adding AI to everything—it's transforming how we think about technology's purpose. Start with human needs, not technical capabilities.

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · May 7

As one of the owners/ shareholders (but in fact just temporarily and in spirit with our indigenous brothers and sisters), that was a master class in statesmanship. Thanks for looking after the ‘hood.

#markcarney #Canada

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JAG in YYC @jagyyc.bsky.social · May 1

#Word

Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · May 1

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.