Mike Pozar

Husband and father/stepfather of 5. 14 years as a Software Engineer / Manager at MSFT + Indeed; now a stay-at-home dad and wannabe disc golfer.

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

In the last 30 years, almost everybody in Bangladesh gained access to basic electricity—

In 1991, around 14% of people in Bangladesh had access to electricity. Thirty years later, access was almost universal.

Over 100 million Bangladeshis have gained access to electricity during this time. This enables them to light their homes, use household appliances, or stay connected through phones and the Internet.

The statistic measures the lowest “tier” of energy access: the capacity for basic lighting and charging a phone for at least four hours a day.

But more than half the people in Bangladesh now also have a higher tier of electricity access, which means capacity to power high-load appliances (such as fridges) and electricity for more than eight hours a day.

The UN has set a target to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030. Currently, about 9 in 10 people worldwide have basic access to electricity.

(This Daily Data Insight was written by @antea04.)

[(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences @mateosfo]

New York City just implemented the most effective climate policy ever undertaken in the US, and it didn’t cost a penny.

No costly new technology, no utopian dreams of electric cars or fusion, no giant tubes sucking carbon from air:

Just, charging drivers the cost of driving.

[U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen @RepPettersen]

Today marks the first day I am unable to fly to DC for votes due to travel restrictions ahead of my due date.

It shouldn't be this way. Congress must pass my bipartisan resolution to allow Members who are new parents to vote remotely.

[Neale Mahoney @nealemahoney]

Starting January 1, 2025, medical debt will no longer be listed on Californians' credit reports and cannot be used in lending decisions.

🧵on why I support this policy 👇

@GovPressOffice @MoniqueLimonCA

[emily may @emilykmay]

something i think about a lot is that there is so little media representation of kids going back and forth between divorced parents' homes. it's such a common experience, and to not have it reflected back in tv and movies is bizarre.

[Ivan Kirigin @ikirigin]

A single Caribbean country could afford this experiment. With some ideas from @CJHandmer and Claude, you could fill a balloon, electrolyzed H2 for lift, ignite at elevation, for <$1 per kg SO2. $20M to lower the intensity of a hurricane season is a steal

[Ramez Naam @ramez]

With the right instrumentation to maximize the learnings from this, I fully endorse.

[Ellie @ElunedAnderson]

The two oldest living presidents are now the incumbent president and the president elect

[Mike Pozar @poach187]

@AMAZlNGNATURE Does the photographer have a name? 😡

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

Welcome to the club, new fair catch kick enthusiasts. The rules are every time a team punts from their side of the field with under 5 seconds you have to start tweeting in all caps about it.

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR ALL MY LIFE

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Very glad to see this trend finally reversing

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

via @axios

[The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpod]

Politicians understand the public’s real struggles, but big money ensures they can’t act upon them.

Jon Stewart and @SenSanders call for financial reform in politics.

#TheWeeklyShow

[Mike Pozar @poach187]

@debracleaver In Norway women over a certain age are automatically scheduled for a mammogram every two years (it was one of the first pieces of mail my wife received when we moved here!). You show up, there are no forms to fill out, it takes 15 minutes, and it’s free.

[Mike Pozar @poach187]

@kylascan @Ike_Saul This is why we shouldn’t explain the election results as “see, the economy IS bad, the macro numbers don’t tell the whole story, people are hurting.” No, they’re not (at least, not more than usual, by their own telling) - they just have a warped view of the national economy.

[Mike Pozar @poach187]

@JStein_WaPo @Ike_Saul @elonmusk We could just… stop selling bonds. Seems like this should be their biggest recommendation! #MMT

[Mike Pozar @poach187]

And media messages like “The Biden-Harris administration failed to address the cost-of-living catastrophe, no wonder they voted for Trump” are part of *why* people’s perception is divorced from reality. The premise that there is a cost-of-living catastrophe is false!

[Mike Pozar @poach187]

If we’re talking economy, the takeaway from the election is “people had a very negative perception of the economy that did not match reality, and this affected the election.”

The takeaway is NOT “see the economy is actually bad” 🙄

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

This, from @AnnieLowrey, is the whole ballgame to me. She's the only writer I've seen so efficiently capture the failures of the Biden admin in one place, and relate it to the election we just saw. It's a big part of my forthcoming post-mortem, too:

[Mike Pozar @poach187]

The majority of Americans believe we’re in a recession when we’re not 🤦