Austin

all hail plankton

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

In the last few decades, the SUV market in America has exploded.

Automakers say the reason for this growth has been "changing consumer preferences."

But that's not the full story.

One of the main reasons for the growth is the "SUV loophole."

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[Adémọ́lá. @OgbeniDemola]

On Tuesday In 1958 Belgian government captured families from Congo and displayed them in human Zoos in Brussels during Brussels World Fair.

[Austin @TrefesAustin]

@arsenavetis @PeterDiamandis who owns the robots?

[Austin @TrefesAustin]

@arsenavetis @PeterDiamandis wouldn’t the robots need to get salaries in order to pay taxes? in which case, we are just unproductive in the labor pool by comparison and all on some sort of welfare

[Qagggy! @Qagggy]

Boxpark is a cool idea. Tiny spaces that let retailers develop a business without a ton of money.

[George Mack @george__mack]

4. Chat-GPT Is A Wrecking Ball For The Current Education System

• GPT-4 can do homework and already pass a huge range of exams

• The average 11-18-year-old is technologically savvier than the average 35+ teacher

• The education curriculum notoriously takes years to update.

[George Mack @george__mack]

1. The Silent Fentanyl Pandemic

• Overdose is the leading cause of death in under 45's (Replacing suicide)

• Covid killed 8,900 young people in 2020. Overdoses killed 49,000. (2/3rds Fentanyl)

• In 2022, police seized enough Fentanyl to kill every adult and child in America

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

It’s important to bring this back up every now and then as a reminder that permitting denser cities is the fiscally responsible thing to do.

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

Motor vehicles have been the #1 or #2 cause of death in American children for decades. It’s inexcusable and entirely preventable through vehicle and street design choices.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This time lapse video shows the lava flow engulfing a parked car on the streets of Puna, Hawaii as a consequence of the eruption of the Kilauea volcano on May 7, 2018

[source, video: https://t.co/k9KlOndJ0Q]

[Silver Spook @SilverSpookGuy]

The US banned Hawaiian language, poisons our water, devastated our universal healthcare, overthrew our country, & illegally occupies Hawaii to this day. My mother's hands were broken for speaking Hawaiian in school. The US is not a beacon, but the destroyer of independence.

[Joey CoCo Diaz @madflavor]

Its going to be a good day.....Powder those nuts and get ready for the unexpected......

[microscopic images. @microscopicture]

zooming in from milky way to atoms

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

If CO₂ emissions were visible, this is what they would look like [source, read more: https://t.co/91N5rUpViV]

[Austin @TrefesAustin]

10/10

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

🆕 UN Climate Change report 🆕

A new report summarizing countries' national climate plans (#NDCs) shows that current commitments remain insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C by the end of the century.

#COP27 | #ClimateCrisis