Many scientists don’t want to tell the truth about climate change. Here’s why(wbur.org)

38 points by kitkat_new 3 years ago | 17 comments

Solar and batteries are going to win, and our thinking needs to adjust(noahpinion.blog)

57 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 58 comments

The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out(theconversation.com)

175 points by enopod_ 2 years ago | 113 comments

4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program(kcrw.com)

415 points by ProAm 1 year ago | 521 comments

NPR article republished by KCRW reporting that nearly 4,000 NASA employees chose to leave the agency through a deferred resignation program.

Meta: Shut down your invasive AI Discover feed(mozillafoundation.org)

493 points by speckx 1 year ago | 212 comments

A Mozilla Foundation campaign page urging Meta to shut down its Meta AI Discover feed, which it calls invasive to user privacy, with a call to take action.

Neuroevolution of augmenting topologies (NEAT algorithm)(en.wikipedia.org)

73 points by elsewhen 1 year ago | 29 comments

AI uses less water than the public thinks(californiawaterblog.com)

359 points by hirpslop 5 months ago | 320 comments

California WaterBlog post examining AI and data center water use, arguing concerns are overstated and drawing lessons for California water management.

Cities can cost effectively start their own utilities(kevin.burke.dev)

374 points by kevinburke 1 year ago | 336 comments

Kevin Burke blog post arguing Northern California cities can cost-effectively create their own electric utilities to undercut PG&E's high rates.

California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years(latimes.com)

420 points by thnaks 9 months ago | 215 comments

Los Angeles Times article reporting that California is free of all drought and abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years, and explaining the turnaround.

California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops(kqed.org)

362 points by randycupertino 27 days ago | 877 comments

AP article on KQED reporting that California grape growers struggle to find buyers as wine consumption declines and supply exceeds demand.

LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed(theregister.com)

341 points by rntn 1 year ago | 479 comments

The Register news article on Los Angeles County wildfires forcing about 70,000 evacuations and the closure of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

California is chasing wealth that has feet(blog.landeconomics.org)

251 points by idbnstra 1 month ago | 673 comments

A Progress and Poverty Substack post arguing that California should tax its $8.14 trillion in land value rather than pursue a one-time billionaire wealth tax.