Hey everyone - Will Saletan (wsaletan on Threads) won a Webby award for his book-length deep dive on the corruption of Lindsey Graham! If you missed it, go back and read it: thebulwark.com/cp/143897946

I think being anti-mob may be at the deepest roots of my lifelong work. Mobs, have you ever had the misfortune to be caught in one, are amphibious in their lack of empathy. Lynch mobs are lynch mobs regardless of the ideology they espouse or world they claim to want.

The way a lot of ppl seem to see the world is:

- if things are getting bad, that's news
- if things have been bad but are getting better, that's also bad news
- if things are good, that's boring so it's not news

The problem with this approach isn't just that you persuade…

'Apocalyptic narrative no longer has much force as a strategy of environmental communication or aesthetics. The more promising forms of eco-futurist narrative are those seeking to outline new social forms that can emerge from current ecological crisis.' cambridge.org/core/books/abs…

ELON: 100 GIGAFACTORIES WOULD TRANSITION THE WORLD TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

'Tesla can't build 100 Gigafactories. The thing that's really going to make a difference is if companies that are much bigger than Tesla do the same thing. If the big industrial companies in China, the U.S,…

Both parties fear that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could 'spoil' the presidential race for their side. Fortunately, #RankedChoiceVoting offers a solution, and it's already used in Maine and Alaska!

“Showing people what climate solutions look like is one of the most effective ways to get them to support action,” said Katharine Hayhoe, a professor at Texas Tech University, who writes about the need for climate stories that go beyond gloom and doom. latimes.com/environment/ne…

A new PBS show promotes a more promising vision of the future npr.org/2024/04/01/124…

Grimes for PBS Documentary “A Brief History of the Future”. It will premiere April 3, 2024, at 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET.

For historical fiction watch
@ShogunFX for future fact watch A Brief History of the Future

Great review of A Brief History of the Future premiering April 3 on @pbs and streaming everywhere! forbes.com/sites/dougsund… Kathryn Murdoch Drizzy

The End of Race Politics author Coleman Hughes's appearance on The View is a great example of how much better public discourse is when people with different POVs interact. Sharp but civil disagreement abt the need for color-blind policies. Via Jules Terpak

‘A Brief History’ PBS Doc Series Argues For Optimism About The Future David Bloom

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‘A Brief History’ PBS Doc Series Argues For Optimism About The Future forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2…

A full theater at last night’s screening in LA for 'A Brief History of the Future' 🎥 Premiering April 3rd at 9/8c on @pbs.

Director Andrew Morgan, Host Ari Wallach, and EP Kathryn Murdoch engaged in discussion about reshaping our futures. #ABriefHistoryoftheFuture

The TikTok bill addresses a real potential security risk. But forcing TikTok to break up with China will not by itself stop the harm the platform & other social media do to our kids and our democracy.

Here's my take on how the Senate should improve it. thehill.com/opinion/453493…

Not sure how the economics works but fascinating concept

According to Carbon Brief's modeling, Trump's promised policies would add an extra 4 billion tons of CO2 emissions by 2030, the equivalent of $900 billion in damages. If you really give a shit about climate, all your efforts are bent on preventing this.

carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump…

Did you know 6M independent voters are disenfranchised from today’s taxpayer funded #SuperTuesday primaries?