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“*We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will save us if we do not reach out our hand. All you have is what you are, and what you give.*“ ~ Ursula LeGuin
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I would love to see a chart of how members of Congress spend their time in 1800, 1900, 2000 and today https://www.understandingcongress.org/podcast/what-does-a-member-of-the-house-of-representatives-do-all-day-with-fmr-rep-derek-kilmer/ Dream would be decade by decade
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Scattered these wildflowers, Jonny apple seed style I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see these native plants blossom Every day now, one or two more burst into bloom There’s a metaphor in here about how my cofounder once upon a time was always great about scattering his idea seeds far and wide. Many now have turned into Oakes
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Here’s to hoping the tariffs are rightly declared unconstitutional https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-conservative-legal-advocates-working-to-kill-trumps-tariffs
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Where did the forecaster folks interested in cities hang out I'd love to talk about Urban infrastructure GovTech / Civic tech/urban tech Climate resiliency Energy transition in cities Land use Urban decay and corruption Best sci-fi cities Stuff like that Where's the place for that conversation
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Anyone have a home office whiteboard setup that they're proud of I'm looking for ideas inspiration
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Messing around with AI slopchurn for the linkedin... not too bad! “Fear is the mind-killer.” But so is false certainty. That quote is apropos reading RAND’s spicy (pun intended) post on decision-making under deep uncertainty—using Dune as a surprisingly apt metaphor. Just like Paul Atreides navigates shifting futures on the desert planet Arrakis, our job in water management is to steer through a landscape shaped by climate extremes, evolving regulations, and uncertain hydrology. At Met, we recently launched the implementation phase of our Climate Adaptation Master Plan for Water—an ambitious framework grounded not in prediction, but in adaptive management. The underlying protocols draw on robust decision-making (RDM), an approach developed by RAND researchers that flips the script from “predict and act” to “assess many futures and adapt accordingly.”
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Savage https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIMnTWjS76U/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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Ooof DOGE has really gotten over partisan IMHO https://finance.yahoo.com/news/airbnb-co-founder-doge-employee-000041424.html
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Anyone sub 4
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1925 edition But does abundance pass the big ass horse test? https://www.joshbarro.com/p/abundance-liberals-have-a-carbon
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Ooof so dumb https://media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/04/2003683009/-1/-1/0/250404-LIST%20OF%20REMOVED%20BOOKS%20FROM%20NIMITZ%20LIBRARY.PDF Reminds me of the great movie Indiana Jones and the last Crusade https://youtu.be/y-ro75wn63A?si=16o51NdidITU_31z
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Once upon a a time, cities didn't have professionally managed budgets measuring all their dollar inputs. In the not too distant future, we will look similarly incredulously at the lack of data optimizing all a city's operational outputs. Excellent thoughts from my fellow argonaut Varun Adibhatla here
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How much of web three is simply an outlet for elite overproduction?
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At Descanso, I love to share AI generated stories with my toddler, daughter It doesn’t require a fancy frontier model or paid Subscription It’s a little mini example of where LLMs are most powerful and applied to the edge At the intersection of a bits and atoms rather than evermore powerful virtual insights Sent with voice to text
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Rocket launch viewed from Descanso Gardens near Pasadena California With the transmission lines, there’s a beautiful disposition of the organic and the synthetic
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Ooof "many Chinese make comparisons between Mr Trump’s whirlwind executive orders buffeting America and the chairman’s Cultural Revolution, which tore China apart after 1966. Whether China seizes this moment depends on one man: Mr Xi. But the fact that the opportunity exists owes much to another: Mr Trump."
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