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PS. I should also mention that my data shows clear evidence of algorithmic changes on Facebook (Fall 2018), X (Fall 2022 and ongoing) and now Threads (Nov 2024) explicitly downweighting climate content.
In Aug 2018, 'clean energy' was added to FB's "socially sensitive topics" list, and my page's growth was cut in half. A few months later, 'climate change' was added. My page growth froze at 46k then decreased, and my engagement dropped about 10x.
Now, changes in the Threads algorithm made in November have similarly frozen my Threads account and tanked engagement there as well. Here's the data below.
For more on how X's changes have boosted denial, read @ketan's analysis here: https://ketanjoshi.co/2023/03/28/musk-is-remaking-twitter-into-a-climate-denier-sanctuary/
I don't know if y'all can access this story, but @404mediaco has a piece that I helped with. It is:
"AI Comes for a Centuries-Old Craft" and the proliferation of #AIslop beginner books. Preying on beginners who don't know what's real or not is loathsome, and underway.
#BobbinLace #NeedleLace #tatting #lacemaking
https://www.404media.co/email/623759d6-610f-49dc-90cb-3454d3ca8e71/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
Dominion Power claims that Virginians’ power usage keeps climbing, so they need to build new power plants that we’ll all pay for with rate hikes. Forced to release internal records, it turns out that the only increase is coming from building data centers.
Why should Virginians subsidize Amazon, whose budget is 7x Virginia’s? https://virginiamercury.com/2024/11/26/under-pressure-from-the-scc-dominion-reveals-the-true-cost-of-data-centers/
"If a factory is torn down, but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory."
-Robert Pirsig
This is why you can't simply airdrop Scrum or design thinking or AI or any other silver bullet into your org and somehow expect magic to happen.
Many people emailed me to ask how to manage potential financial uncertainties in 2025. I wrote up a brief two page summary; this is not financial advice, but it offers a summary of the risks and how, potentially, to respond. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iwjijEK_6oyN4hV2QahTN0pHcztDNjX5GeeUqWBq_Rw/view
My bike ride to work takes exactly 30 minutes - rain or shine, morning or evening.
A few weeks ago I took the "car" to work, using the car lane instead of the bike lane. It took 45 minutes - 50% longer! - because traffic is just that bad. You're not stuck in traffic, you are traffic.
#CarsRuinCities
i refuse to give up to despair. so here's two ravens nuzzling.
From Threads: Comedian (and poli sci grad) Steve Hofstetter notes that Trump did not get more votes than in 2020, rather, fifteen million people that voted for Biden *did not vote at all* or did not cast a vote in the Presidential race.
Third-party votes didn’t move the needle either way, FWIW.
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe
Clayton Hove
mem_somerville
Waldo Jaquith
Pavel A. Samsonov
Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD
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