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i suppose you know a better way to buy sixty million bed nets?

The time taken for the world population to increase by one billion 👇 We are past the peak growth rate, so the time is getting longer. New UN projections don't expect us to reach 11 billion. -- Just updated this chart on Our World in Data with the latest UN projections.

A tale of two very different realities:

Just listen to these absolute kings sing to the Lord before a match

Happy rec letter season! IMO reminders are great, but spreadsheets with all deadlines / schools listed on them are even better. And agree: writing these letters is a pleasure, not a burden. A chance to remember that the future of science is in very good hands.

Guinea worm disease is close to being eradicated. In the late 1980s, there were nearly a million new cases of guinea worm disease recorded worldwide. In 2021, there were only 15. How was this achieved? Read our recent post: ourworldindata.org/guinea-worm-pa…

So SBF's parents - both Stanford law professors with endowed chairs and both specialists in tax law - thought it was just fine for their son's company to give them a multimillion dollar vacation home in the Bahamas. And all this will go away if they "return the property" to FTX.

I love this beautiful quote about hope. via Readwise

This is how the Japanese national team left its locker room after beating Germany this morning 👏 (📷: FIFA)

This is the only real time travel paradox

Hey, Twitter friends! If you're considering the other, gentler, elephant-themed social network, then now is good timing since Ivory by Tapbots launched today (iOS only, atm). For the record, things are much nicer over there. Come connect. :) tapbots.com/ivory/