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My research focuses on ice sheets and sea level rise which are often thought to be long-term and distant problems (they're actually not but that's another topic), but this is the kind of disruption that's harder to adapt to in some.ways. What happens to our food supply when Spain runs out of water?
We're (probably) not going to starve, but other people might and we're certainly going to be spending more in food

NYC Participatory Voting for Improvement Projects
How would you spend $1 million in your neighborhood?
The better question is how would you allocate $1million between city agencies? And the big question is and will not be answered: What happens if we don't vote for fixing potholes on Broadway? Does DOT just do that as part of its regular street milling schedule?
#participatoryBudgeting

Thank you, Teri @…! (And thank you Chuck @…!) I hadn't read Stephanie Jones' writing until now. She's great. Her writing really gets you, right in your heart.
Here's another blog entry of hers. J…

My Old Man DID Know Something
My father, Judge Nathaniel R. Jones spent his life fighting for justice and change. He first answered the call as a young boy when he saw racial injustice and wanted to do something about it. His m…

How COVID-19 has Impacted the Anti-Vaccine Discourse: A Large-Scale Twitter Study Spanning Pre-COVID and Post-COVID Era
Soham Poddar, Rajdeep Mukherjee, Subhendu Khatuya, Niloy Ganguly, Saptarshi Ghosh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01669

How COVID-19 has Impacted the Anti-Vaccine Discourse: A Large-Scale Twitter Study Spanning Pre-COVID and Post-COVID Era
The debate around vaccines has been going on for decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic showed how crucial it is to understand and mitigate anti-vaccine sentiments. While the pandemic may be over, it is still important to understand how the pandemic affected the anti-vaccine discourse, and whether the arguments against non-COVID vaccines (e.g., Flu, MMR, IPV, HPV vaccines) have also changed due to the pandemic. This study attempts to answer these questions through a large-scale study of anti-vaccin…

Good news and bad news for users if #logseq:
They're working on a DB version in parallel that will provide better scalability, performance and realtime #collaboration (#RTC). They'll charge for RTC.…

Dieses Gericht schmeckt sowohl mit #Schupfnudeln als auch mit #Spätzle sehr gut. Je nachdem, was euch besser schmeckt. Wer es versteht, Spätzle selber zu machen, kann den #Verpackungsmüll

Tour 092: Wanderung um den Teufelsbruch im Spandauer Forst (ca. 7,2 km)
Diese Wanderung ist eine von vielen Möglichkeiten durch den Spandauer Forst. Ein Stück Havelufer ist einbezogen. An- und Abfahrt sind per Bus sowohl vom Rathaus Spandau als auch von Hennigsdorf aus möglich.

1,5 Milliarden Dollar für die Ukraine von der Weltbank
Die infolge des russischen Angriffskriegs wirtschaftlich angeschlagene Ukraine erhält frisches Geld von der Weltbank. Die Zahlung belaufe sich auf 1,5 Milliarden Dollar, teilte Ministerpräsident Denys Schmyhal mit. Damit könnten unter anderem Sozialausgaben finanziert werden. Die Ukraine ist auf die Finanzhilfe ihrer westlichen Partner angewiesen.
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Denys Shmyhal (@Denys_Shmyhal) on X
Ukraine has received 1.5 billion dollars from @WorldBank as part of the Development Policy Loan (DPL). 984 million dollars come from Japan and 516 million dollars from the UK. The funds will cover budget spending for social and humanitarian needs and reconstruction. We are…

Baseball has an injury problem with plenty of questions and no real answers
#MLB #Baseball #SBNation

Secret papers reveal Post Office knew its court defence was false - #BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68663750
'The Post Office said it would be "inappropriate" to comment.'

Secret papers reveal Post Office knew its court defence was false - #BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68663750
'The Post Office said it would be "inappropriate" to comment.'