Christian Nimsky

Happy "let's circle back in the New Year" season to all who celebrate.

The @accuweather.com acct hasn't posted here on Bluesky in two months but they did put this map together on their other socials, showing verified shots of the 11/11 aurora in all 50 states. Solar Cycle 25 has defied expectations and has been giving us a show for a year and a half.

#northernlights

New sea surface temperature record just set (red line). We are on track to set more ocean temperature records this year. Oceans can buffer a lot of temperature increase — so for ocean temps to rise this much means we could be bigger climate trouble sooner than we thought.

Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.

A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Absolutely every business should do this.

Markets are looking for certainty to invest, right? I can't say what the state of tariffs will be tomorrow or next year. But I can say with certainty that, in the short and long term, the planet is going to continue to heat up and throw up great opportunities to invest. Don't miss out!

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Planet heating factors into every investment decision.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says an "off-frontier" strategy of building models "three or six months behind" cuts costs and helps focus on some use cases (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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Trump should know sales receipt tariff itemization on iPhones and products is definitely going to happen, making his tariff policy politically untenable. Hopefully, he realizes this sooner than later, so we can avoid needless economic suffering.

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.

Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

Really good points Jason. Have walked the paths you listed a few times. Organizational context is critical and product teams need to calibrate transform efforts to greater good of the org, and there is no one right path for everyone.

One thing you can do: sign up for magazine and newspaper subscriptions. Support independent press.

transbay tube

The BART transbay tube connecting SF and Oakland briefly closed today after a 7.0 earthquake rattled the California coast. This prompted me to go down a little rabbit hole about transit, tunnels, and earthquakes. 1/

Happy family tech support day, may all your OSs be updated and routers reset.