Asking for a Signal Boost from my friends! *** We are doing a special FREE LinkedIn Live event on Jan 30, featuring MIT Technology Review 's mat honan ☀️, Melissa Heikkilä, and Will Douglas Heaven who will be talking about critical AI issues for Europe. Thank you!! Erin linkedin.com/events/critica…

This, this, and also this. “Economic headwinds”? No, The Messenger’s flop is the result of one man’s blindness to his own bad ideas | Nieman Journalism Lab niemanlab.org/2024/02/econom…

I have now read more articles about the demise of The Messenger than I ever read published by The Messenger. “Ineptitude bordering on cruelty”: A roundup of recent news and takes on The Messenger niemanlab.org/2024/02/inepti… via Nieman Lab

I'll be back in Austin this week to speak at SXSW on Friday, March 8 in the Austin Convention Center. 11:30 am I'll be presenting MIT Technology Review's annual list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. #tr10 Hope to see you there!

Hi, SXSW! bramsonboudreau is speaking on MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2024 in Ballroom D at 11:30. schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP…

Struck that Macron is addressing Putin with the "tu" instead of "vous" - ie very informally, like a family member or friend.

Yes, the Emperor is a Dark Lord of the Sith, builds Death Stars to blow up planets, and killed all of the Jedi, but Yoda is OLD, walks with a CANE and TALKS FUNNY. Who do YOU trust to run the Galaxy?

I pay what I owe. Tomorrow I will wire transfer to the IRS $288,000,000.00 This country has done so much for me, I’m proud to pay my taxes every single year. Tag a former president that you know doesn’t

Hundreds of golden retrievers took over Boston Common on Sunday, marching around the park, greeting marathon runners, celebrating the life of Spencer the Marathon dog -- and also raising awareness of canine cancer. #GoldenStrong wcvb.com/article/2024-b…

"...I am just one person, the problem is huge, what can I do?’ Think about the deserts; one drop of rainfall, that won’t make any difference. But when billions of billions of raindrops fall, that wakes up the life beneath the sand...cumulatively we can change the world!”👇

"Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab," an opinion item by @ayjchan of the Broad Institute of MIT/Harvard appearing in New York Times with lavish graphics. The case remains circumstantial. 1/2 nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Good morning with good news: It took until 2022 for the world to reach 1 TW of solar. Two years later, in 2024, global solar capacity reaches 2 TW! By 2028, global solar capacity is 5.1 TW in Solar Power Europe's medium scenario. Wow! 50 countries will install 1GW plus in 2025.

Ok Democrats, let's do this.

Controversial CRISPR scientist promises “no more gene-edited babies” until society comes around trib.al/VSDOcrZ

Happy International Cat Day to everyone except JD Vance.

This is what used to pass for "cutbacks" in the media world:

If Trump wins and enacts his #Project2025 agenda, America will no longer be the land of the free.