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Jason Abbruzzese
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Senior tech, science and climate editor at NBC News Digital. Accepting all DMs, reading some too.
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Two things can be true
Fossil fuels are categorically catastrophic so no matter how we deploy clean energy it’s a good thing
Even if clean is far superior, these new supply chains will impact people so let’s stop pretending they won’t and get it right
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Incredibly this same map shows the occurrences of indoor aurora borealis
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Hand models - the lowest rung on the hierarchy - realizing they're the least likely to be replaced by AI
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If you happen to be on the summit of Mt Washington right now, and you step outside, you would have a plausible case for being one of the only people on the planet to have experienced the Polar Vortex (a stratospheric phenomenon) firsthand
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INSANE conditions on Mt Washington, NH. 120mph+ winds and -95°F wind chill. It is above the tropopause, meaning that these are stratospheric winds.
Footage from the summit live stream 2:30-2:40pm. #nhwx
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Anybody got shots of the balloon from above? The ones from below are....not flattering.
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OK ok so it's Red Dawn
but with balloons
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We have had several reports across northwest MO of a large balloon visible on the horizon. It is now visible from our office in Pleasant Hill and the KC Metro. We have confirmed that it is not an NWS weather balloon.
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This is what happens when we fall behind on our strategic helium reserve.
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We dont know if those articles were placed by opposition research.
We do know that the American Accountability Foundation, a Republican firm that has been behind attacks on many Biden nominees, has been buying Facebook ads going after Sohn.
facebook.com/ads/library/?a
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Gigi Sohn has faced a particularly contentious nomination battle.
But two recent articles trying to insinuate she's connected to an organization that supports sex trafficking have even her rivals crying foul.
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Chinese balloon in the sky
I can fly twice as high
take a look
it's.... also taking a look
Chinese spy balloooooon
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I find this very unsettling!
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the Seinfeld AI is becoming self-aware this is not a drill
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you'd have to go back to october 1953 to see a lowe unemployment rate than that fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE#
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there were 517,000 nonfarm jobs added in the month of january and the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.4%. bls.gov/news.release/e
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woooooo doggie
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The unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since 1969
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Another must-read exclusive from : Memphis man says he was assaulted by same Scorpion officers charged with Tyre Nichols' death
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If you're a dev who is looking at the new Twitter API pricing, I want to talk to you.
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Interesting thread.
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OK OK OK...I haven't focused on the AP Program in years. But since it's having a moment right now, a few thoughts...
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Power drill spam emails. Why?
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The content itself is secondary to how it measures up to what was said days/weeks before.
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I continue to think that one of the defining characteristics of the Fox News/rightwing media world in the past decade or so is a need to continually move to more and more extreme views.
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I spent the night on a plantation in an African ancestor's cabin. It was harrowing but changed me. Please read and share.
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Maybe the most bizarre thing yet since Elon took over and that's saying something
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One thing I love about our team is how well they do at explaining internet drama that can confuse even the most online people. See 's latest on the mascara discourse:
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WHY CHIPOTLE HIRING > FANG LAYOFFS
I wrote about how the burrito chain is a more important macro bellweather and driver than Amazon or Microsoft
From the newsletter:
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NEW, from me: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is joining another Washington commission, this one on biotechnology. But this time, a person close to him says he will donate the profits from his investments in the biotech space to charity:
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NOAA is an agency that affects daily life in the US, forecasting the weather & studying climate change. A forthcoming bill would move it out of the Commerce Dept., and make it an independent agency. Details w/
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Philly cops sidelined by injury get full pay plus a 20% bonus. Police union had designated doctors to diagnose injured cops. Incredibly, 14% of the force was on paid injury leave. After media report, union doctors were dismissed. Injuries dropped 30%.
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Arrests in Atlanta 'Cop City' protests raise concerns over domestic terrorism charges nbcnews.com/news/us-news/a via
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GOP underwriting these laws say the intent is to limit censorship. But it’s a subversion of the First Amendment. The result of these laws is that the state can now dictate what private companies do w/ private speech. It’ll lead to more hate & more lies.
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“following mass layoffs across the tech industry, videos flexing company perks have been replaced with content about unemployment and labor rights”
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A mailman, a NASA scientist and a park ranger: Some government employees shrug off TikTok bans
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YouTube, Arizona State University and "Crash Course" — the popular educational YouTube channel founded by vloggers Hank and John Green — announce the launch of Study Hall, a pathway to college credit and higher education resource.
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