What similarities and differences are there between how ethical adoption of CRISPR has been encouraged and our challenge to do the same with AI? piped.video/SbANEPkLe4Y?is=EpdI…

Insane. This would totally blow our carbon budget. "There are currently 315 datacentres in the queue to connect to the UK’s electricity grid, representing 73GW of demand. This is almost *double* the peak winter energy demand for the entire UK." theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…

I still think about this a lot

“We need three transitions: out of fossil fuels, into renewable energy for all, and into a world that cares for nature. All must be grounded in justice.” - Mary Robinson Who has the best templates for these roadmaps? theguardian.com/environment/…

As @HackHumanityCo we have worked comprehensively to produce the NEAR - House of Stake Constitutional Documents. These Constitutional Documents are meant to support a credible path of progressive decentralization: one that works with current legal, technical, and operational realities, while moving House of Stake toward greater autonomy over time. The goal is to build a governance system that can operate responsibly now, earn legitimacy through good decisions, and evolve to better serve the NEAR ecosystem. To get here has been a co-creative process of many cycles with all key stakeholders involved to set House of Stake up for success. If you are a @NEARProtocol stakeholder that has locked NEAR to veNEAR in House of Stake you can vote here: gov.houseofstake.org/proposa…

#MakeScienceGreatAgain The truth is out there, and it matters, now more than ever. Join @WeDontHaveTime to amplify the voices of scientists from all over our beautiful world: donorbox.org/make-science-gr…

Incredible work!! Looking at how we @Quorso might use @ClimateTRACE to help large retailers decarbonise *much* faster. Will you also share the slides? The visuals clearly contained very important information! I watched it on piped.video/watch?v=o0WBeg1N… via @WeDontHaveTime (thanks!)

👏🥳🍃🌞⚛️ “King Coal is dead. Long live his clean successors. This is the day we finally recognise that we can have power without it costing the Earth.” - @lorddeben former chair of @theCCCuk e3g.org/news/last-uk-coal-po…

Full Arbitrum GovHack video and impact report now up, it was incredible to be part of this! What a community. Onwards and upwards!

My thoughts about recent in-person web3 events (ETHCC, Dubai, ETH Denver) from the perspective of attendees and also event hosts: 1. In-person events are 10x - 1000x less efficient / scalable for knowledge transfer vs digital content. Example: a video clip usually costs ~50x less to produce and receives ~100x as many viewers as an in person talk. 2. Therefore in-person events should optimize for experiences, entertainment, relationships, 1:1 conversations. Traveling across the world and meeting someone, building a friendship with someone, or gaining each other's trust is much more valuable than sitting and listening to another panel that should have been a podcast. 3. The exception is for big announcements or extremely high quality content, people, and presentations. People are bored of sitting and watching the same information rehashed (especially when that information is easily accessible online, at their convenience) and will be much less likely to attend your event if programming is like this. 4. Hackathons on the other hand offer a lot more value for people who attend in person. Working hands-on with team members + having a large amount of knowledgable people within arms reach is something that can't easily be replicated virtually. Downsides are that they are usually short (2-3 days) and only accessible to a very small percentage of people, those who have the money, time, and ability to travel. 5. On the other hand, virtual hackathons are valuable because they allow everyone in the world to participate without restrictions. They also last much longer, giving the devs much more time to cook, and to polish their product. They are also usually less expensive, especially if they are managed in-house, and allow the teams hosting them to not lose 100% of their focus during that time and can instead offer ad hoc support. I also echo 4 & 5 for workshops. 6. If you're a company, you can probably accomplish most of your in-person goals with 4 large regionally-specific showings (events like ETHCC for Europe), and a handful of 1-off smaller events for individuals on your team to attend. TLDR: 1. ~4 strategic regional in-person events per year is probably good enough (one in each USA, Europe, APAC, <other>) 2. Optimize for in-person experiences 3. Digital technical content scales 100x 4. Hold both virtual and in-person hackathons, lean into the positives of each

Being part of the incredible @HackHumanityCo team facilitating #Arbitrum #GovHack was honestly one of the best, most eye-opening and mind-blowing experiences of my life. Excited to see where these 25 projects go as the decentralised future is being built, right before our eyes.

Almost at the end of Day 1, and for those who got stuck in the airport or are coming in late 🥲, here is what you’ve missed: 🧵👇 #govhackbrussels #brussels #ethcc @arbitrum @DAO_Arbitrum

Why is the government cutting funding for the creation and restoration of woodlands? @jimmann23 will this impact @FutureForestCo? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-6…

This is outrageous and should be illegal. The only approach that aligns with our global climate agreements to transition off fossil fuels is to *require* fossil fuel profits to be invested in clean energy (and why not also the loss and damage fund!) theguardian.com/business/202…

📸 As the negotiations stretch into the night, people line the entrance to the meeting rooms at #COP28. Together, they are forming a human chain — joining the call for negotiators to #HoldTheLine and deliver a fast, fair, forever, full and funded phaseout of fossil fuels.

COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. It is even worse than many had feared. It is “Of the Petrostates, By the Petrostates and For the Petrostates.” It is deeply offensive to all who have taken this process seriously. There are 24 hours left to show whose side the world is on: the side that wants to protect humanity’s future by kickstarting the orderly phase out of fossil fuels or the side of the petrostates and the leaders of the oil and gas companies that are fueling the historic climate catastrophe. In order to prevent COP28 from being the most embarrassing and dismal failure in 28 years of international climate negotiations, the final text must include clear language on phasing out fossil fuels. Anything else is a massive step backwards from where the world needs to be to truly address the climate crisis and make sure the 1.5°C goal doesn’t die in Dubai.

I think many would disagree with the idea that the latest #COP28 draft text is "progress"… This just in from @algore: "COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure…this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word."