Paul N. Edwards

@avastmachine.bsky.social

829

Followers

1208

Following

216

Posts

History, politics of climate science, climate change, and knowledge infrastructures. Stanford prof. Director, STS Program and Co-Director, Stanford Existential Risks Initiative. Odds that industrial civilization survives this burning century: ???

Posts Replies Media

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

From the other place. Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries replacing nickel magnesium cobalt (NMC) as industry standard in EVs. High end cars likely moving to solid state batteries. May not need all that Indonesian nickel or Congolese cobalt.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

There's that. There's also the framing of the entire "Left" (however loosely defined) as an enemy of the State. It is hard to overstate the importance of not just beating these people at the polls, but grinding their bones into dust. I mean, if we're going to get all Enemy of the State about it...

If you care about criminal system reform, Project 2025 would allow the DOJ to prosecute reform-minded district attorneys.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Check out the Do Something about Climate Change starter pack from @costasamaras.bsky.social ! bsky.app/starter-pack...

Do Something About Climate Change Starter Parkbsky.app Join the conversation

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Le jour de gloire est arrivé!

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

It held

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Ouch

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Here’s a message: the next four years sets the landscape for the rest of the century for America. Democracy, a livable climate, & justice for all is a path we can choose. Because of the hard work and accomplishments of the 1st term, a better future for all is within sight. Let’s go get it, together.

Which is obviously not future-oriented! But it's a kind of alternate reality future. I do think whatever happens with this period and whether it's Biden or someone else, a vision of what's over the horizon is pretty important and has been a bit absent in this campaign.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeF...

La Marseillaise Casablancawww.youtube.com YouTube video by Andrew Barbin

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

FUCK OUI and fuck the front national

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Sometimes the news is actually good

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

I happen to enjoy reading the books of men I’ve dated

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Saw this on mastodon and it is fantastic. AI in medicine

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

It costs the states literally nothing to accept this cash. Save the children my ass.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Pro tip for those who want the discourse to move on from Biden’s age: wave the poll around a lot. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Losswww.bloomberg.com The incumbent trails his GOP rival by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

🚨BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court OVERTURNS ban on ballot drop boxes. Congratulations to our client Priorities USA and the voters of Wisconsin. We are not done fighting for free and fair elections and we are not done winning! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

🚨 Voting Rights Victory in Wisconsinwww.democracydocket.com Read about the latest voting rights victory in Priorities USA v. Wisconsin Elections Commission.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

roberts’ reasoning is fundamentally (lower-case “r”) anti-republican. i know we dunk on the framers here but roberts has issued a rebuke of the revolutionary assumption that concentrated, unaccountable power is a fundamental threat to liberty.

It's just hilariously disingenuous. Imagine looking at, say, ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY and concluding that the biggest threat to liberty isn't abuse of power, but powerful people refraining from sufficiently wielding their authority out of fear that they might one day be held accountable.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

When you see the way the press is treating Joe Biden for aging in public, you see how they could treat Donald Trump for committing fraud, rape, espionage, and insurrection and never, ever will.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Meanwhile ...Las Vegas temperatures...While your eyes go to the highs, I worry as much about extreme lows. That's when health issues amplify

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Say what you will about the UK, but the quick transition of power and the lack of election denial are refreshing to see.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

if you squint at the 2022 midterms you might think the US counts as part of this overall pattern, though obviously this year's election will be the real test

Some initial thoughts on the UK elections. 1. It confirms once again that when a center-right party veers to the hard right to weaken the far right, it ends up doing the opposite. After purging moderates and going full-on wingnuts and fever swamp, the Tories got decimated by Reform, not Labour. 🧵

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

In retrospect maybe decades of saturation in American cowboy and superhero fiction - in which solo vigilantes (fed up with incompetence and malice of public servants) work outside of government or the law to single handedly restore order - weren’t such a good idea…

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

When I was a teenager, I organized a protest with a couple of friends after Michael Griffith was killed in Howard Beach. Almost no one showed up. I think we had 6 people [including us 3 organizers]. I was crushed. I cried to my dad & he asked: "what did you say to the three people who joined you?"

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Finally this Is getting some play! www.rawstory.com/project-2025...

Project 2025 will rob veterans and active duty troops of billions in benefitswww.rawstory.com The Project 2025 blueprint for a potential second Donald Trump administration would plunder veterans' benefits and shower cash on private contractors.Right-wing policy makers led by the Heritage Found...

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Trump: Biden has to be in bed by 8pm but I promise to America I will sleep 3 hours a night in order to fit in the amount of raping stealing and murdering we need to get done to fix this country NYT : Trump promises a robust presidential ambition

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

someone tell the economist about FDR

IMO this is a straight-up ageist and ableist image, no?

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

"In 2023, Google’s carbon intensity climbed to 11.4 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per million dollars of revenue. That’s up 101% since 2019, and up nearly 25% since 2022." Microsoft's "increased by 20% since 2022."

Google just released numbers on AI and emissions — and they aren’t good | Latitude Mediawww.latitudemedia.com And as the artificial intelligence arms race wages on, the company expects emissions to keep going up.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

In a public statement, Putin says he supports Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine. Birds of a feather and all that.

Reposted by

Paul N. Edwards

Two years ago we were on the White House South Lawn for the 4th of July Celebration. I love being on the lawn. I love the fountain. The Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate action in history, would pass a few weeks later. On July 4th next year, let’s pass another Inflation Reduction Act.