Notices by David Ho (davidho@mastodon.world), page 2

I’m not a doomer but it feels like we’re pretty far to the right side already.

You want to see Pierre and Marie Curie with their bicycles. The Curie Museum claims this was their wedding day but that’s hard to believe.

Marie Curie was the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes!

What’s the best way to improve a street?

Close it off to motor vehicles!

We should all look forward to the day when we’ve decarbonized enough that fossil fuel subsidies are no longer the lever by which governments attempt to control consumer prices and inflation.

“The state of California sued ExxonMobil on Monday, accusing the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastics recycling and contributing to the flood of bottles, bags and wrappers polluting waterways in the state and worldwide.” 🍿

https://wapo.st/4gBjNBl

Savage!

Serious PSA: If you’re taking the RER C from Paris to Versailles, don’t get the t+ ticket (€2.15). You have to buy a ticket for Versailles (€4.15).

There are people waiting to check at the exit and the instant fine is €32. I saw many people caught out by this.

I think most people (myself included) don’t have an intuition for orders of magnitude (e.g., the difference between millionaire and billionaire).

One way to appreciate this is time, since we all experience it. Here's the difference between a thousand, a million, and a billion seconds.

“Europe’s food and farming lobbies have recognised the need to eat less meat after hammering out a shared vision for the future of agriculture with green groups and other stakeholders.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/04/europe-farming-lobbies-recognise-need-eat-less-meat-report

From the bad place.

When they warned about this, I didn’t realize it was about CO₂ emissions from AI.

“All of humanity could share a prosperous, equitable future but the space for development is rapidly shrinking under pressure from a wealthy minority of ultra-consumers, a groundbreaking study has shown.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/12/consumerism-and-the-climate-crisis-threaten-equitable-future-for-humanity-report-says

As a climate scientist who relies on environmental data, it pisses me off that these criminals tampered with rain gauges to defraud the government.

It’s a wild story worth reading.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/08/patrich-esch-ed-dean-jagers-ranchers-fraud-insurance/

More of this please.

“…Volvo has announced it has abandoned its target to produce only fully electric cars by 2030, saying it now expects it will also be selling some hybrid vehicles by that date.

“The car maker blamed changing market conditions for its decision …“

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ejye39434o

https://apnews.com/article/heat-climate-change-record-broiling-hot-699026b8e57cc8404bc73d20e223500e

“Schoolchildren living in London's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) were nearly four times as likely to switch to walking and cycling after its introduction compared with those outside the zone.” 👀

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw8envvv0do

Gonna put “experience with reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification” on my CV.

It’s always good to make sure you don’t have a deadly disease before attending a meeting.

The most ridiculous thing about US Presidential elections isn't how long the campaign lasts (we're halfway between when Biden dropped out and Election Day); it's the fact that everyone knows that Kamala Harris will win by millions of votes, but we're still not sure who will win the presidency.

Whose house is this?