Peter Keahey

Real quick, if you live in California, like me, Vote YES on Prop 50

Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering Gates wrote a new 17-page memo hoping to have an impact on next month’s United Nations climate change conference in Brazil. He’s urging world leaders to ask whether the little money designated for cli...

Curbing CO₂ emissions is the best way to reduce large-scale human suffering.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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We are in climate change overshoot. This is what life is like above 1.5°C. And it won't get better until rich countries stop burning fossil fuels.

Real quick, this guy is an asshole

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

There should be a mandatory retirement age for people in public office.

For context, anything above 8.0 exceeds what the Dvorak scale was designed to handle.

These ultra-intense storms like Wilma, Haiyan, and Melissa push the bounds of what climate change has changed our planet of being capable to produce.

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed

The world is deeply unserious about dealing with climate change. We need to reduce emissions by 50% in 5 years and we're nowhere near that.

Bill Gates calls for 'strategic pivot' in climate change fight away from curbing emissions In a memo released Tuesday, Gates said the world's primary goal should instead be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions in the world's poorest countries.

You know how to prevent suffering, Bill? CURBING EMISSIONS. Friendly reminder that Bill Gates is NOT a climate scientist.

They need to be held accountable. The judge should ban gas canisters as requested. They cannot be trusted.

im sorry you cant have food but we gave all our money to one guy who “invented” 2 day shipping and another thats promising robot butlers so you can see how our hands are tied

My dad sent me this

Really should be everyone’s top priority….

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

This is the news I've dreaded all my life, and it's here: Humanity has failed to avoid dangerous climate change.

We have now entered the overshoot era.

Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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“Fuck AI”

— Guillermo del Toro

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We got a combo holiday today y’all, it’s indigenous peoples day, AND is Treat yo Self day. Go spend money on fun nonsense

Tl;dr: no!

I think most of us left for our mental health because who wants to argue with trolls and bots?

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin.

4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short
4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China
5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market
The whale’s profit: $192 million

Just rewatched Finding Nemo for the first time in a long time. You know what? I think if we want to get out of this net, we have to keep swimming, and swim together 💜

Psst: Stop burning stuff on Earth for energy. Let the burning fireball in the sky be your energy source.

Coal making a comeback as US datacenters demand power : High gas prices and surging AI demand send operators back to the dirtiest fuel in the stack

STOP USING AI, it’s literally killing us faster

MAGA wants to redefine anti-fascism so they can have a blanket term to "justify" murdering and kidnapping everyday Americans that question the Trump regime, call out its numerous criminal actions, and / or ask for the release of the Epstein files.

The chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize confirms that Donald Trump does not meet the moral and ethical standards associated with the award, citing a lack of courage and integrity a trait that defines MAGA.