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andrewrosenblum.bsky.social
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The protesters in Berkeley were back at Tesla today at noon. They say they will be there each week:

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Just passed by the Tesla dealership in Berkeley.

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people. wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/

submitted 9 days ago • 488 comments

All-time corporate-courage quote here from Google: "In the future we will no longer have aspirational goals" www.wsj.com/tech/google-...

submitted 16 days ago • 9 comments

This book sounds interesting and timely-gonna pre order

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Shot of a lifetime. 📸: Ian Turner

submitted 28 days ago • 813 comments

If the pace China installed Wind-Water-Solar in 2024 (370.5 GW/yr) continues, and if they electrify all energy, China will reach 100% WWS for all energy purposes in 21.5 years (by 2046).

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

What can the new administration actually do on "mass deportations?" For @capitalandmain.bsky.social, Hilary Beaumont talked to several immigration experts. Sanctuary areas make things difficult; & true mass deportation would require up to 700B. (I helped with FC) capitalandmain.com/how-sanctuar...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Amid the other Meta news this week, I was kind of gobsmacked to read more about Brian, the fake Black grandpa who has been online as an AI persona since 2020: edition.cnn.com/2025/01/03/b...

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Spinal Tap needs a drummer. AQ needs a number #3. LinkedIn brings us -

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

This is a great expose by @lizpelly.bsky.social on Spotify's Orwellian-sounding "Perfect Fit Content." The company hires musicians to ghost-write inoffensive Muzak within jazz, ambient, and "chill" genres. Discovery Mode -- of artists who don't actually exist. harpers.org/archive/2025...

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

New piece is top 5 engineering feats of 2024 for @popsci. Grand award winner: Joule Hive, which heats firebricks w/ clean juice to temps > 3,000 degrees. Why it matters: 17% of our CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuel to provide heat for heavy industry www.popsci.com/techn...

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Droughts and erratic rain in Brazil and Vietnam has caused coffee futures to hit an all-time high. I AM CONCERNED www.bbc.com/news/article...

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🧬⏳ Ancient humans and Neanderthals Scientists have now studied 45,000-year-old human remains & found all non-Africans share Neanderthal DNA from a single mixing event 45,000–49,000 years ago! This sheds light on how our ancestors spread across the world. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #SciComm 🧪

submitted 71 days ago • 35 comments

This cartoon is from 1930. It could have been today.

submitted 72 days ago • 146 comments

Really interesting review of two new books about Silicon Valley's "disruption" of democracy, and why disruption is not always good. (For example, the meteor that disrupted the dinosaurs): www.technologyreview...

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