Caroline Jaffe

Studying climate, agriculture, and sensor tech @medialab. Formerly @FulbrightPrgrm @Yale. Other loves: bicycles, clay, my local restaurant scene

[Robert Downey Jr @RobertDowneyJr]

Every 1M spent on bike lanes creates 18 more jobs than the same amount for regular auto centric roads…lets “self-propel” our planets future….#bikelanesrock

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Samson Slaying a Philistine, by Giambologna, 1562

[Caroline Jaffe @cjaffe325]

So many good points in this @fmanjoo @nytimes piece on bike infra -- my favorites are that: 1) bike infra benefits cyclists AND drivers and 2) these are choices not tragedies. Love the @CambMA shout-out too! cc: @cambbikesafety

https://t.co/BsJkj62dUa

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Congratulations, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

[Caroline Jaffe @cjaffe325]

Great @NewYorker piece on the idea (+ challenges) of internalizing negative externalities of our food system https://t.co/FrIE1NwdXi

[Caroline Jaffe @cjaffe325]

@jarjoh @CambMA @RideBluebikes Totally agree with this! Would love to see one at the CHA Hospital

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Michelle Wu, who entered public service out of frustration with the obstacles that her immigrant family faced, will be the next mayor of Boston. The city has been led by an unbroken string of Irish American or Italian American men since the 1930s. https://t.co/MVL3bE0F0C

[Matthew Hayek @matthewhayek]

Plant-based meat companies could certainly be more transparent. But this article is an exercise in hand-wringing that misleads readers into thinking the impacts of meat vs. plant burgers are opaque. That's not true. Thread: https://t.co/eevGcZ8rei

[Dr. Nadina Galle @earthtonadina]

🚨 New pub alert! 'Spectral vegetation indices' allow us to measure vegetation health from #satelliteimagery. Farmers have used this for decades to assess crop health, and now, as a proxy for soil health. But what if we could apply this to urban trees...?
https://t.co/mjSzCnfLXF

[Caroline Jaffe @cjaffe325]

@earthtonadina @medialab Thanks for the shout-out, Nadina! So fun working with you and Robin and great to see this published! :)

[Sam Spaulding @SpauldingSam]

A new paper, largely based on my thesis proposal, is out today in @FrontRoboticsAI! In it, we discuss ways that educational agents can personalize to human students across task contexts and over time, combining transfer and continual learning techniques https://t.co/4ZcQOHTUAu

[Bike Is Best @BikeIsBestHQ]

Nearly 60% of car journeys are under 5 miles. There's a better tool for the job. For short journeys #BikeIsBest

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

An utterly crushing day for Big Oil
1) Chevron investors demand emission cuts
2) Dutch court tells Shell to cut emissions by half
3) Exxon shareholders buck the company and elect directors demanding climate action.
Thanks to all who fight--you push long enough and dominoes tumble

[Matthew Hayek @matthewhayek]

I love this new @epicurious initiative. They will inevitably get backlash from big corporate producers and local farmers alike. Their backlash will be swift and predictable. Here's a thread of what's going to happen and how they can push back. https://t.co/jAeeoG2wMc

[Caroline Jaffe @cjaffe325]

Happy to see @fmanjoo socializing questions like this in the @nytimes -- "Do You Really Need to Fly?" https://t.co/2dvZCwkmJR

[Caroline Jaffe @cjaffe325]

@cdempc @sweetgreen @BostonBTD @bostonbikeunion @SpauldingSam is this you???

[Caroline Jaffe @cjaffe325]

I'm glad to see this piece on corporate climate accountability (or lack thereof), Scope 3 emissions, and carbon offsets. A good reminder that greenwashing is alive and well and that we need better mechanisms for holding companies accountable https://t.co/r4QLYZ0SVO

[Caroline Jaffe @cjaffe325]

Filled with gratitude and admiration for these smart and driven women! Fascinating to read about this 10-yr process. https://t.co/B49VUI51wZ via @nytimes

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To all of you in Georgia, today is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming runoff election. Take a few minutes right now to register to vote, and then make sure everybody you know is registered, too. https://t.co/2Ob571igh3

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

Why is the Trump White House suddenly a very polite place to work? Everyone’s going around saying “pardon me.”