mtobis

BSc ee, Northwestern; PhD ocean/atmos sci, UW Madison; model builder; musician. Worried about the future on several fronts, climate disruption among them.

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This hook got me, because it's something I have been thinking about, but the hook is not representative of the thread.

But the thread is one you should not miss anyway.

It's about the various ways corporations extract value from their workers and customers.

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Notwithstanding the pretensions of certain well-paid economists, political economy is not a "physics of human behavior," through which human interactions and outcomes can be quantized and precisely captured through mathematical models.

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@provisionalidea I'm in the bubble-about-to-burst camp.

Come on over to bsky where the cool kids go.

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#Squaredle 06/28
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Economist prof Thomas Schelling (U MD), Wall St. Journal, Feb 23, 2006.

He concluded "But the uncertainties are daunting... I'd buy insurance. I'd do it prudently, and without great alarm. Yet!"

Argue strategy, please. Please stop trying to confuse people about the facts.

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

This new study found a flaw in most econometric analyses of future damages from climate change. They used a different modelling approach that incorporates global economic interconnectedness, and found when you do this, projected damages are much greater than originally estimated.

[Amber Mac @ambermac]

Read the room, bro. It's Team Canada time, not "let's keep hating on Liberal and NDP leaders and voters" time 🇨🇦.

You're stuck in 2024 while we're all trying to survive 2025.

One country. One goal. Stronger Together.

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[JYP @Teoli2003]

@drtod1000 @ryankatzrosene "There are a lot of natural variations missing"

Which ones?

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@Teoli2003 @drtod1000 @ryankatzrosene I'd like to use this interesting/terrifying graph for my #graphicdujour series on bsky but I'd need a reference other than "some guy on Twitter". It agrees with my understanding but I'd like to attach it to a published source. Can you tell me where you got it?

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@n0rth_cr0wn @Martyupnorth_2 Is there a French word for "cherrypicking"?

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@gravvz @KuittinenPetri @SiaKordestani Trees dry out if they get less rain and/or more evaporation than they are adapted to. A drought is a drought as far as the plants are concerned.

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 @rahmstorf]

So why didn't the world act? This BBC documentary thriller explains the key reason. Well worth watching! https://t.co/K8KKyDAg2J

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@daisymr39 @MrsJellySantos Philippines.

I’ve gotten them pretending to be both USPS and other times Canada Post.

Always from a Philippine number.

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@Darren76780228 @peterbropotkin To advocate for a minimum human living standard is not the same as advocating the end of capitalism, never mind the end of money.

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@Darren76780228 @peterbropotkin That's a strawman.

People want things other than minimal food and shelter. People can be rewarded for work with luxuries without threatening them with starvation.

Finland is already doing these things e.g. If you are homeless they provide a tiny but clean and safe apartment.

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@Darren76780228 @peterbropotkin First of all, money does not create resources. Money allocates resources. We "pay for" things by doing the work.

Work is of course necessary, though less than in the past since we have so many fine machines. Work could still be rewarded by luxury above basic food and shelter.

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@jtweetsthings @peterbropotkin That is the right question. The answer isn't that it's "impossible", though. The answer is that it suits people of power that we keep fighting.

However if we keep fighting as if there were scarcity, actual scarcity will come. You won't like it.

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#Squaredle 12/25
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[Max Fawcett 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @maxfawcett]

My word, this thread is quite the trip.

Let's dive in, shall we?

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@peacewdiversity @maxfawcett By design, the literal average cost is exactly zero.