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THE AI CON How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

Also discussed in The AI Con. The story told definitely made it sound like they had the right idea

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Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed Nonprofit Climate Central has hired the scientist behind a key database of costly weather disasters to rebuild it.

"A climate nonprofit is planning to revive a key federal database tracking billion-dollar weather disasters that the Trump administration formally stopped updating in May.

The database - which was produced by NOAA - is set to return this fall as a product of @climatecentral.org."

‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’

This is not caused primarily by "screen time".

It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.

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"...therapy, but nothing serious." 🤦‍♀️

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

Hello, I'm a psychology professor in a film. In addition to my university duties, I somehow also have time to assist in investigations. Usually, I'll end class early after I see you lingering at the back of my auditorium course. I know what makes ppl tick & I have a dark fascination with madness.

The video is shocking - but felony charges have been filed: against the protestors who are being beaten up.
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The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America’s worst natural disaster in recorded history.

This 10-year-old article is seared in my brain. So vivid & terrifying: www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

more evidence for “a bunch of AI cultists dismantled large parts of the federal government because they believed that their LLMs were intelligent and could do the work better” thesis

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The UN's top court in a landmark climate decision says a 'clean, healthy and sustainable environment' is a human right.

The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change livestream has begun.

The Court begins by concluding that the questions put to it are legal in nature and that it has jurisdiction to provide an Advisory Opinion.

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Featured prominently: attacks on research, policy, and access to information/data on climate and environmental justice.

Helpful summary & figures from the Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org

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This brutality took place at a peaceful protest in Cincinnati, as ppl gathered in support of Ayman Soliman, an Egyptian immigrant & chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital who showed up to a routine ICE check-in & was detained bc his asylum status was revoked. Now this for supporters. Despicable.

I just watched "Butterfly in the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow." It was even better than the Mr. Rogers documentary from a while back. 😭 As PBS loses funding, check out PBS passport. Stream shows by donating $5/month to your local PBS station. share.google/a7JLZCcO78Xy...

Been a proud PBS Passport holder for years. It’s such a good investment.

What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover? For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on.

Extreme heat doesn’t receive the same “round-the-clock” coverage as wildfires, hurricanes, or floods. Yet, “Of all the climate disasters we face, heat is the most urgent, and its day-to-day effects are also the trickiest to talk about.” By Meg Bernhard @columjournreview.bsky.social

This was where I worked. This was where research showed that BPA harmed babies, Pesticides created 6 legged frogs and PCBs cause cancer among other things. The EPA is a superhero from protecting human health and the health of our water and air. Ask WHY they would shut this down?

Wow.

a man and a woman are sitting in a vehicle with the man holding a steering wheel ALT: a man and a woman are sitting in a vehicle with the man holding a steering wheel

Wherever I think about all we could have done to prevent where we are in the climate crisis I think about this steamroller scene..

The whole 🧵. On mosquitoes and concentration camps.

Chart that goes from flat to spiking over the last day, indicating skyrocketing Google searches for the word bawdy.

Google Analytics for the search term "bawdy."

Yeah, no. Look around. For decades, adults have pretty much accomplished the "burning it all down" part. Young people are inheriting a climate crisis & wrecked systems. They know we need to replace what has gotten us to this point. And they're right.

Subject: Stop-Work Order for 1305M220CNWWR0059: NOAA Weather and All-Hazards Radio Maintenance Pursuant to FAR 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order (AUG 1989), effective immediately, the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division is hereby issuing a stop-work order for NOAA Weather and All-Hazards Radio Maintenance. This stop-work order is issued in accordance with implementation of Executive Order 14222. You are hereby directed, effective by close of business day on July 13, 2025, to cease services or materials related to these positions on the subject contract, to direct any subcontractors to comply with the contents of this stop-work order if/where applicable, and to otherwise minimize costs to the maximum extent practicable. This stop-work order shall remain in effect until you are notified otherwise by a U.S. Department of Commerce Contracting Officer. During the period of the stop-work order, please contact with any questions regarding the contents of this notice. Sincerely.

Unbelievable. Just days after the tragic flooding in Texas, NOAA is demanding that public TV stations remove equipment from towers that is critical for these stations to send weather alerts. Trump’s ideological crusade against public broadcasting will cost lives.

Ok, what I hate more than the hidden message is that *anyone* is fake-reviewing. I mean, come on! If you can't review, decline. So maybe instead of "give me a great review," demand that it use at least two baseball metaphors and also mention a unicorn. At least that way you know & can call it out.

We need stories. When life is just an endless stream of moments & metrics (& neverending to-do lists), it can begin to lack meaning & coherence.

Here's to space & slowness & silence. To sense things & make connections. To tell the stories of our lives & the world, & how things could be different.

There is a lot of good research out there showing that many people highly vulnerable to heat *are not aware of this*, contributing to them being unable to recognize extreme heat danger until it’s too late.

And AI use in universities is about to make this problem exponentially worse, until the inevitable backlash, in which everyone in university administration will say that they always knew AI was a bad idea.

How do I feel about saving lives during heatwaves? Hm, I'm so torn!

(Reminder that extreme heat is the most fatal of all climate-driven hazards. Heatwaves kill people, especially older adults, BIPOC, low-income households, and ppl with chronic illnesses.)

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