James Hrynyshyn

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team.
The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 #climate journalists.
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Meet the independent who wants to be Polk County's new sheriff: Keenan Nesbitt. polklore.com

With all the money pouring into AI, there really needs to be a provision that no data centre will be approved without the owner also paying to build out enough renewable power to power the data centre, plus, say 10% extra to reduce power costs to local communities.

Democrats gonna flip 100 House seats.

This is what @adamserwer.bsky.social has told us over and over again.

The cruelty is the point.

Which is what makes work like Rodrick's so important. The more witness that is borne the more obstacles form in the way of state terror.

My thanks.

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test

Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)

Good tech.

Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)

Bad tech.

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

I would say this findings shows women are more AI literate than men, because the majority of non-magical beings have no innate ability to "judge truthfulness"

Hell, yeah. Thanks, Boss!

We finally got gun-control.

There will be statues and memorials built to honor what the people of Minnesota are doing right now. What a painful burden but what an incredible contribution to the story of our country and the freedoms we sometimes take for granted but ultimately refuse to give up. I’m in awe.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

We must watch for a breach in the living wall that hemmed us in; the wall that had only admitted us in order to shut us up.

Opinion: How must the world stand up to Donald Trump? Mark Carney’s speech at Davos is a good starting point

Andrew Coyne in the Globe and Mail on Carney's speech:

"The rhetoric is not particularly eloquent, the insights not especially scintillating. Its main recommendation...essentially warmed-over friendshoring. Its impact... comes from its candour, its clarity, and, perhaps most of all, its timing"

Ignorance is strength.

it's bizarre to see both CNN and CNBC run with chyrons reporting that Trump said he won't "use force" to take Greenland, when the comments in question were clearly a threat to take Greenland by force. How naive are we at this point?

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7 Trillion Scaling back subsidies would reduce air pollution, generate revenue, and make a major contribution to slowing climate change

Absolutely - most plastics + most of the chemicals added to plastics are made from fossil fuels. And, of course, fossil fuels are among the most heavily subsidised products in the world. Our governments are subsidising the health-harming junk cluttering our lives.

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National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3

Everyone should watch and share this. Very funny, but also true, smart and informative. #Greenland #Denmark

How is it that Bill Kristol is better on ICE than the Democratic leadership in Congress?

Ironic, because Tim Hortons is another American owned company.

This. This. This. This. This.

Bari Weiss is a stupid person’s (Danial Ellison) idea of the answer to covering reality in the current media age.

Leaving aside her ridiculous and incoherent politics, she has exactly none of the experience and knowledge needed to meet this moment.

UNC cell biologist Paul Maddox is more than a little frustrated with the lack of intelligence in evidence in Washington these days. So he wants to be western North Carolina's congressmen. polklore.com

Is that a rhetorical question?

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There is no attitude for which legacy journalists are more often rewarded by their bosses than "Everybody needs to calm down." It is a preening announcement that you are the adult in the room, immune from emotion or overreaction or "hysteria." And it is the worst imaginable priority for this era. >

I really think where we went wrong was algorithmic feeds. by far the best and most fulfilling part of my BlueSky experience is the one list that includes friends (including ones I've never met IRL)

In light of what happened to Renee Good, I thought it important to reiterate my grandmother's advice.

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

Uruguay's power grid now runs 99% on renewable #energy #climate

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