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BSc ee, Northwestern; PhD ocean/atmos sci, UW Madison; model builder; musician. Worried about the future on several fronts, climate disruption among them.

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Economist prof Thomas Schelling (U MD), Wall St. Journal, Feb 23, 2006. He concluded "But the uncertainties are daunting... I'd buy insurance. I'd do it prudently, and without great alarm. Yet!" Argue strategy, please. Please stop trying to confuse people about the facts.

Economist prof Thomas Schelling (U MD), Wall St. Journal,  Feb 23, 2006.

He concluded "But the uncertainties are daunting... I'd buy insurance. I'd do it prudently, and without great alarm. Yet!"

Argue strategy, please. Please stop trying to confuse people about the facts.
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This is a bit too harsh. The people at the meeting really believed that they had made progress. Their respective governments probably weren't fully conscious of their hypocrisy. But the result is hardly different for all that.

ClimateJohn (@john_on_climate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So let me get this straight. Governments have been funding fraudulent scientists for the last 50 years to create a fake crisis, which they have then ignored and failed take the required action to fix? Lucky this genius 21 year old figured it all out for us. #climatebrawl

So let me get this straight. Governments have been funding fraudulent scientists for the last 50 years to create a fake crisis, which they have then ignored and failed take the required action to fix?

Lucky this genius 21 year old figured it all out for us.

#climatebrawl
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I knew there were a lot of fake accounts on this platform, but they are usually obvious. I had no idea how intricate and complex the ruse could be. Get a load of this story. 1/

Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK (@doctorow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The techbro's overwhelming conceit is that nothing is a crime, so long as you do it with an app. Just as fintech is designed to be a bank that's exempt from banking regulations, the gig economy is meant to be a workplace that's exempt from labor law. 31/

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Read the room, bro. It's Team Canada time, not "let's keep hating on Liberal and NDP leaders and voters" time 🇨🇦. You're stuck in 2024 while we're all trying to survive 2025. One country. One goal. Stronger Together.

Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD (@ryankatzrosene) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This new study found a flaw in most econometric analyses of future damages from climate change. They used a different modelling approach that incorporates global economic interconnectedness, and found when you do this, projected damages are much greater than originally estimated.

This new study found a flaw in most econometric analyses of future damages from climate change. They used a different modelling approach that incorporates global economic interconnectedness, and found when you do this, projected damages are much greater than originally estimated.
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This hook got me, because it's something I have been thinking about, but the hook is not representative of the thread. But the thread is one you should not miss anyway. It's about the various ways corporations extract value from their workers and customers.