Courageous essay from @mikegrunwald.bsky.social in NYT. Kudos to Mike for writing it and NYT for publishing it. nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...

"Nuclear is too slow so don't do AI" is not an answer. Even if it doesn't fully living up to hype, forgoing brings substantial economic and national security costs. If choice is AI with gas or no AI, clear what US and every other country will do.

Two good papers in response to my question suggest that calling it a climate crisis or emergency does not increase concern or urgency and leads readers to view news sources as less credible. Thanks @revkin.bsky.social @brossard.bsky.social

According to the ClearSky app, almost 50% of active accounts on Bluesky are blocked by at least one other account and 40% of active accounts block at least one account. Seems remarkable. A function allowing users to block any account that blocked them could be the end of the entire platform...

Left critics of abundance brand it as neoliberal. Right critics brand it as communist. As I wrote a couple of months ago, what is disruptive about abundance movement is it cuts across both party coalitions, comprising upwing factions in both parties. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/will-the-c...

This is a really devastating condemnation of Marzano nomination from Brooke Morrison on LinkedIn. Happy to see more folks in nuclear saying publicly what many more have been asking privately since Matthew Marzano was nominated. www.linkedin.com/posts/brooke...