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The Palestinian people are not Hamas. The response to Hamas’ horrific terrorism cannot be mass death of innocent Palestinians.
Israel, just like the U.S., must follow international law, even when Hamas does not. Our humanity is at stake.
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Required reading. Come for the in-depth but highly accessible explanations of concentration at every layer of the AI compute stack;
stay for the profound questions it asks of the desirability + sustainability of this tech paradigm in the first place.
🚨NEW REPORT surveys the state of compute, a core dependency in building large-scale AI.
We review the hardware, software, and infrastructure needed for AI––and how the government can regulate for competition rather than concentration.
ainowinstitute.org/publicati…
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this self-congratulation is so oblivious when MA's public transit is in a visible crisis and the housing situation statewide is frankly out of control.
I don't want $17 back; I want a functional T and to not get price gouged out of my neighborhood!
Senate President @KarenSpilka says "this tax relief proposal ... is historic. ... It is the largest bipartisan legislative tax relief proposal in over a generation" #mapoli xitter.cf/lisakashinsky/status/1…
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“‘Challenges,’ they write, in an almost laconic voice, ‘include the degree to which time is running out, there is no central authority, those seeking the solutions are also causing the problem, and the present is favoured over the future.” lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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The WH just announced a program to employ tens of thousands of youth with a pathway to lifelong careers doing the critical work of stopping climate change.
We fought for these demands for years. Now the priorities of young people are beginning to become reality.
Exciting day!
Today, we are mobilizing the next generation of clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience workers.
Join us at whitehouse.gov/ClimateCorps
ALT Biden-Harris Administration Launches American Climate Corps A workforce initiative that will train young people for careers in the growing fields of clean energy and climate resilience whitehouse.gov/ClimateCorps
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MIT Solve is excited to reveal our 🎉2023 Solver teams 🎊 live from #NewYorkCity. Today our new class is here with us to pitch their solutions live and to connect with our community of supporters! tinyurl.com/2tp7aj92
#SolveFinals #GlobalChallenges
Changing the shuttle loop into another plaza feels like a huge win for space around the Union. Beautiful weather helps!
ALT Students reading and playing on a newer plaza converted from a shuttle parking loop at Pitt
Nice to see that the 28X has persisted (remembering when it almost got cancelled in the aughts). @PGHtransit’s integration with @transitapp worked beautifully.
Also interested to see how similar/different the city feels after ~8 years away. If not forwarned by @eefandrews the airport upgrades would have been a much bigger shock!
Back in Pgh for 30 hrs for these finals - excited to see how their ideas have expanded since original applications.
The 5 finalists are quite diverse in their approaches to advancing carbon neutrality to the benefit of the Pitt community. pitt.ly/44IFyZ0
We are excited to hear their final pitches and select a winner on September 14.
Register to attend: pitt.ly/3OZJsqu
ALT Pitt Sustainability Challenge: Finalist Pitch Event September 14, 2023, 9 a.m. - noon
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We are proud to share MIT Solve's 2023 fiscal year report! We're inspired by what has been done in just a year and eager to see what other global challenges we can solve together.
Take a look here ➡️ hubs.li/Q021DlFv0
New from me and @_hala: How we finance climate solutions - what kinds, where they’re located, and who is part of the design - is critical to a stable future, with key roles for both investment and philanthropic capital.
Financing climate solutions: Do it the easy way or the impactful way? tcrn.ch/3EwV0MR by @_hala
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🏙️ Solve Challenge Finals 2023 will be held on September 18 in NYC 🏙️
Hear from leaders like:
@SaveCEO_US, @savethechildren
@dsengeh, Sierra Leone
Sarah Chandler, @Apple
Cynthia Barnhart, @mit
Register for the live stream and request your invitation
tinyurl.com/yck5tyav
Imagine a better future for the Needham Line (and then go tell your electeds to make it a reality!)
🚨 New Regional Rail report alert!
🧵 Let’s talk about our vision for a modernized Needham Line ↓
ALT A map of TransitMatters' proposed Orange Line and Green Line Extensions. Stops on the OLX to West Roxbury: Forest Hills, Roslindale Village, Bellevue, Highland, West Roxbury, VFW Parkway Stops on the GLX to Needham: Upper Falls, Needham Junction, Needham Center, Needham Heights
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Build. It. Now. ~$350m with basic cut & cover to unlock tons of capacity in the core from not overloading the OL and GL for Red-Blue transfers! No brainer!
The Red-Blue Connector would extend the Blue Line from its end at Bowdoin to the Red Line's Charles/MGH. As part of our FY24-28 Capital Investment Plan, $29.8 million will go toward planning & 30% design of this significant expansion.
🔗mbta.com/projects/red-blue-c…
#BuildingABetterT
ALT A design rendering of the proposed Blue Line stop at Charles/MGH as part of the Red-Blue Connector.
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🚧 It’s been 1 year since the Orange Line shutdown. Did riders get the “improved service, fewer delays, & faster Orange Line trips” former Gov. Baker & the T promised?
📈 …No. In fact, there are MORE slow zones. Take a look at the data: dashboard.transitmatters.org…
ALT 2022 OL Shutdown A year in review The amount of Orange Line slow zones increased by 167 percent, from 6 segments to 16. Slow zones are up 220 percent, from 5 minutes of slow zones to 16 minutes. Speed on the Orange Line has decreased by 13 percent, from 16 miles per hour to 14 miles per hour. However, daily ridership increased by 10 percent, from 68,000 riders to 75,000 riders. And daily service has increased by 9 percent, from 101 trips to 110 trips.
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anyone incarcerated for more than two years is going to return to their google account deleted, and with it most connection to family, jobs, memories and everything else that allows for readjustment
Having been extremely lucky to spend 16 of the last 18 years at institutions with this benefit (in Pittsburgh and Boston), it is life-changing, particularly when introduced in undergrad. Buy transit passes, not parking lots.
In Philadelphia, SEPTA now offers college students a dirt-cheap "all-you-can-ride" transit pass --but only if their school buys one for ALL students. Swarthmore is the first to sign on.
It's a model more colleges (& transit agencies) should consider. 🧵⬇️
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