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Dalchico Feb 26, 2024

Kit O'Connell Feb 26, 2024

I've been laid off at the @TexasObserver today. The publication no longer has a digital editor or social media manager (I was both), and has also fired its editor-in-chief and laid off another member of the editor team.

If you have leads please send them my way. And please consider joining my Patreon to support my continued writing. https://patreon.com/kitoconnell

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Dalchico Dec 11, 2023

Baltimore Banner Dec 11, 2023

Inside Johns Hopkins University’s plan to make Baltimore a national hub for artificial intelligence https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/higher-education/johns-hopkins-artificial-intelligence-PQ3ZGOVYFBD4PG5OKKBU6AVBDE/

Inside Johns Hopkins University’s plan to make Baltimore a national hub for artificial intelligence

Johns Hopkins University is building a Data Science and AI Institute on the Homewood campus, with the goal of positioning Baltimore as the nation’s foremost destination for data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

The Baltimore Banner

Dalchico Nov 19, 2023

Air Adam Nov 19, 2023

Looking forward to reading this book by @histoftech that just arrived in the post on Friday! Got a book on Theranos to finish, after which this has leapfrogged into the next spot! 📚

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #ReadingList #SoftwareEngineering #WomenInTech

Dalchico Oct 21, 2023

Steve Herman Oct 21, 2023

Attention fellow ham operators: We’re QRV as W4W today at POTA K-7636 (Widewater State Park in #Virginia). Among the other ops: Martyn KJ6SDF (pictured).

Dalchico Sep 23, 2023

Gabriel Arana Sep 23, 2023

“Simplistic thinking about race—in which people and systems turn a blind eye to racism and let racist social forces run amok—actually enables racism.” https://www.texasobserver.org/mccarthyism-texas-am-journalism-freedom/ @TexasObserver

McCarthyism Rides Again at Texas Universities

A&M’s treatment of Kathleen McElroy is the start of a backward-turning era.

The Texas Observer

Dalchico Sep 22, 2023

The Colorado Sun ☀️Sep 22, 2023

The Town of Vail will have to pay Vail Resorts $17.5 million to acquire a 23-acre parcel where the resort operator planned to build employee housing but the town wants to protect for wildlife.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/21/vail-condemnation-bighorn-housing-land/?utm_content=buffer6ccd9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

Town of Vail must pay $17.5 million for parcel where Vail Resorts planned housing but town wants for wildlife

The Town of Vail will pay Vail Resorts $17.5 million for land where bighorn sheep winter but the resort operator wants to build housing

The Colorado Sun

Dalchico Sep 8, 2023

Steve Herman Sep 8, 2023

New tapes show Trump supporter and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell repeatedly losing his temper, leaving the room and swearing at opposing counsel during a series of depositions earlier this year. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/08/my-pillow-ceo-mike-lindell-melts-down-in-trump-2020-deposition.html

Dalchico Sep 4, 2023

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Kat O’Brien Sep 4, 2023

@mimsical here’s another one to add to the thread.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/home-insurance-costs-wildfires-floods-weather/675141/
#ClimateMigration

What Your Insurer Is Trying to Tell You About Climate Change

Insurers are trying to send a message. The government is trying to suppress it.

The Atlantic

Dalchico Sep 4, 2023

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Christopher Mims Sep 4, 2023

Tech workers who fled to Austin during the pandemic are being repelled — Austin is #3 in the country for outmigration now — by a summer that has smashed all records for heat, with well over a month of days above 100 degrees.

This is a profoundly different weather than Austin had 20 or 30 years ago.

🧵 #climatemigration #climatechange

https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-workers-moved-to-austin-regrets-2023-8

Some tech workers who moved to Austin are having regrets

Drawn by the promise of an emerging tech hub, some tech workers who flocked to Austin found a middling tech scene, subpar culture, and scorching heat.

Insider

Dalchico Aug 29, 2023

Christopher Mims Aug 29, 2023

PBS Terra's Weathered series, and host Maiya May, are doing some of the most important journalism in the world right now.

Here, for example, is the best 3-part series on climate impacts I've ever seen:

What's the RISKIEST Region in the US as the Climate Changes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Oe6YK0DgE

THIS Is the Safest Place to Live in the US as the Climate Changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcj9IGY6Etg

Is Earth's Largest Heat Transfer Really Shutting Down?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CXZi-gFgX4

What is the RISKIEST Region in the US as the Climate Changes?

Climate Change is increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters all around the world. And in the United States, more and more people seem to be ...

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