Frances Stead Sellers

The energetic truth behind the great promises of AI - Fundación Innovación Bankinter

Join me for a Bankinter Innovation Foundation webinar next Thurs Jan 29 when I’ll be speaking with energy expert Vaclav Smil about the surge in demand from AI and data centers and what it means for energy supplies. He’s a realist!

Here’s how to register:

www.fundacionbankinter.org/en/events/th...

Newlin Grist Mill | LinkedIn Newlin Grist Mill | 36 followers on LinkedIn. Newlin Grist Mill is a museums and institutions company based out of 219 CHEYNEY RD, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, United States.

Newlin Grist Mill is looking for a new exec dir—a fabulous oportunity for a great manager w a love of living history and conservation. Https://www.linkedin.com/company/newlin-grist-mill/

Calling all book lovers in Maine: I’ll be speaking next week with Marie Arana about her remarkable new book, LatinoLand. We’ll be hosted by the wonderful new Hidden Barn Books in Bar Harbor. Details below:

U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high: “it’s a harbinger of things to come,” said pediatrician Eric Ball. “Once we see a resurgence of measles, we know that other diseases are going to come behind it.” Always read ⁦Lena Sun.

YouTube video by Fundación Innovación Bankinter Looking Past the Hype: What’s Really Happening in AI with Jeremy Kahn

Fascinating to hear from “Mastering AI” author @jeremyakahn.bsky.social about new trends in AI and how they will disrupt our lives. The video: youtu.be/BeDeGjmR-3M?...

Looking Past the Hype: What’s Really Happening in AI - Fundación Innovación Bankinter

And here’s the registration link in English:
www.fundacionbankinter.org/en/eventos/l...

Más allá del hype: las verdaderas tendencias en inteligencia artificial - Fundación Innovación Bankinter

Register below to join me in conversation with Jeremy Kahn about rhe future of AI and his remarkanle book, “Mastering AI.” www.fundacionbankinter.org/eventos/tend...

It was an honor to lead the BankInter Innovation Foundation’s Future Trends Forum, #FusionForward, which examined the potential for an almost limitless supply of clean energy if fusion becomes commercially viable. When will that happen? That’s the first question I asked participants.

GDST Alumna of the Year 2024 Voting for GDST Alumna of the Year has opened. See the finalists and have your say over who should win the coveted AOYA prize!

Four pioneering women founded the #GDST in 1872 to advance educational opportunities for girls. I am among the women who owe our careers to their foresight. Please vote in recognition of their commitment to #equity. www.gdst.net/alumna-of-th...

How kind can a leader afford to be? Former NZ PM @jacindaardern.bsky.social makes the case for compassion in her new memoir, “A Different Kind of Power.” My review:

Coming up soon—two important conversations on cancer and health disparities!

Navigating cancer care in America Advancements in immunotherapy, vaccines and oncological research have given new hopes for the treatment and prevention of cancer. On May 6, join Washington Post Live for a series of conversations abou...

Pls join me tomorrow at noon for important discussions about advances in and access to cancer care. Here’s how to register: www.washingtonpost.com/washington-p...

At a Delco mill, they’re rebuilding a waterwheel like what the ancient Romans had Volunteers are rebuilding the waterwheel at Newlin Grist Mill in Glen Mills, using traditional tools and techniques to preserve the 300-year-old site’s working history.

Volunteers and staff at the Newlin Grist Mill in Glen Mills Pa are rebuilding the waterwheel the old fashioned way. It’s an exercise in experimental archaeology.
#woodwork #woodworking #archaeology #oldmills #watermill share.inquirer.com/Yukz3F?utm_s...

Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage

Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

I came to the US as an international student. It’s sobering to read @sarahellison.bsky.social on the fears Feds have sown in those communities.

@eugenerobinson.bsky.social is a beloved member of the @washingtonpost.com — and rightly so. He is insightful and kind and holds himself to the high ethical standards he expects of others.

⏰Next week is the final negotiating session for the #PandemicAccord at the World Health Organization in Geneva.

💣Negotiators cannot afford to fail.

🤝 To strike a deal, countries no longer have the luxury of holding tight to narrow national self-interest.

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The justification used to kill many an @NIH grant: it “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.” Another must-read by @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social & @joelachenbach.bsky.social

YouTube video by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Extraordinary Journeys: Stories of Refugees Fleeing Conflict and Shaping Global Health

It was a huge honor last night to host Extraordinary Journeys: Stories of refugees fleeing conflict snd shaping global health. Please watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTmf...

PM - 01/03/2025 - BBC Sounds Full coverage of the day's news.

Thank you BBC Radio 4 PM programme for inviting me on today to talk about the US relationship with Europe in light of yesterday’s Oval Office meeting: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

@davidmaraniss.bsky.social, one of the most gifted and fairest of Washington Post writers, says he will never write for it again.

Sign up below to join me in DC March 5 when I’ll be talking with refugees from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syrian, Sudan and S Sudan about their “Extraordinary Journeys” shaping global health.

It’s a work of art, right?

Willow crab pots to play role in Cornwall fishing's future The traditional method of making crab and lobster pots from willow is making a comeback.

Take a break from the news to learn how traditional lobster pots may play a role in Cornwall’s fishing future. And below, check out a beauty made by my brother www.bbc.com/news/article...

World at One - 06/02/2025 - BBC Sounds Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.

Thank you to BBC World at One for inviting me on to discuss Trump’s latest Truth Social statement on Gaza: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The @washingtonpost.com’s Health and Science team gathered this week to celebrate editor Steve Smith,
who is heading to the NYT, and deputy Tracy Jan, who’s off to ProPublica.

What fun, @rogerhighfield.bsky.social! Thank you for introducing me to the science, the splendour and Louis XV’s rhino! #versailles.

Still kicking: Metastatic cancer ‘thrivers’ give patients like me hope These survivors, or “cancer thrivers” as some of us prefer to say, helped show me that metastatic cancer is no longer a death sentence.

My remarkable friend @dreacornejo has dyage 4 lung cancer. These survivor stories give her hope. www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

Opinion | How everything became surgery Removing a wee splinter? Treating a wart? If a doctor does it, it can be billed as surgery.

With the missing link:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

How everything became surgery. Always read Libby Rosenthal!