What Ta-Nehisi Coates is doing, using his standing in the liberal mainstream to enter rarefied mainstream spaces to speak out on behalf of Palestinians, even though those spaces will be invariably hostile and even perhaps subsequently foreclosed to him, is incredible

if this sucks blame @lissaharris.bsky.socialgo.bsky.app/6xM4pSh please also tell me if I missed people I and very bad at lists, like generally.

This is why “climate analytics” used by banks, telcos etc is not necessarily a good idea.

MMmjamurphy.bsky.socialOct 2, 2024 11:38am

Migration away from areas most exposed to climate change will not be uniform, with those left behind most vulnerable as tax bases shrink. 🎁 link

Opinion | Climate ‘Abandonment’ Zones Are Coming to the American South

The exodus of the young means high-risk towns could enter a population death spiral.

Anyone who’s written - or edited others’ writing - on complex topics knows that clarity of ideas & concepts matters more than anything. Most bad writing is a result of disproportionate effort into *sounding* good.

NPnatureportfolio.bsky.socialSep 30, 2024 1:39pm

Scaling up and shaping up large language models increased their tendency to provide sensible yet incorrect answers at difficulty levels humans cannot supervise, highlighting the need for a shift in AI design towards reliability, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4eCAnis 🧪

Angola’s finance minister earlier this month demonstrating new strategic non-alignment: China, Europe, US need to show up financially if they want us to buy their stuff; and we prefer FDI rather than more debt. www.reuters.com/markets/ango...

Thrilled to be here in Climate / UNGA week

RHrachelholliday.bsky.socialSep 26, 2024 12:36pm

good morning new york!

What Happens If Eric Adams Resigns? Can He Be Forced Out?

The public advocate is second in line, but he won’t be interim mayor for long. Here’s how things would all shake out.

The cyclist didn't just die. He was hit and killed. He didn't crash on his own. He was hit. I'm once again begging journalists to correctly describe crashes where drivers kill cyclists.

New York seems busier than I remember.

How nerdy are we trying to get on Bsky? I am discovering that people fit heavy-tailed distributions (e.g. Gamma) to gridded datasets to estimate likelihood and return times of extreme events 😬 www.drought.gov/data-maps-to... standardized-precipitation-index-spi-nclimgrid-monthly This is risky 1/

U.S. Gridded Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) from nClimGrid-Monthly | Drought.gov

The US Gridded Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is derived from the nClimGrid-Monthly dataset and includes timescales of 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and 72 months.

This should be bigger news: AI is *revitalizing the fossil fuels industry.* Bloomberg called it a "surprising resurgence" in gas-fired power plants when we were on the brink of a transition to clean energy. And big tech has nothing to say about it. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-is-revi...

AI is revitalizing the fossil fuels industry, and big tech has nothing to say for itself

Silicon Valley is helping to accelerate the climate crisis in at least 3 major ways