I am old. Much too old for this twittering world. So I write poems and stories to stay sane and translate stuff to stay above water. I am no longer thin.
@elonmusk@elonmusk The British Empire transported ~3.1–3.4 million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic (per the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database). That's roughly 2.5–3× more than the ~1–1.25 million white Europeans taken in the Barbary slave trade.
This explanation of the 'greenhouse effect' in 1985 by Dr. Carl Sagan remains a landmark of science communication for its clarity and planetary perspective.