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Not the first to say this, but we really need to stop saying "save the planet" and start saying "save us" -- the planet will be fine.
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The only answer I have for this question is because the Biden folks don't want the fucking world to end. They want to hit the Paris Agreement targets and so that America can lead by example, even if there is a political cost and very little gain.
Exciting day at work today 🚀
At Databricks, we've built an awesome model training and tuning stack. We now used it to release DBRX, the best open source LLM on standard benchmarks to date, exceeding GPT-3.5 while running 2x faster than Llama-70B. databricks.com/blog/introduc…
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Today, I'm taking executive action to launch the American Climate Corps – a workforce initiative that will train over 20,000 young people for good-paying jobs in the clean energy and climate resilience economy.
Whitehouse.gov/ClimateCorps
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MLflow just added first-class support for LLMs, including integrations with @huggingface transformers/pipelines, @OpenAI and @langchain! Open source #LLMOps is here. databricks.com/blog/2023/04/…
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We've just launched a version of Dolly on HuggingFace, with new examples showing its capabilities. This is all with just 50k training examples. Stay tuned for new versions with other datasets soon. huggingface.co/databricks/do…
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Prairie strips are a farm conservation practice that requires minimal intervention and delivers huge benefits
By converting 10% of cropland to native prairie, farmers can reduce soil loss by 95%, total phosphorous loss by 90%, and total nitrogen loss by 85%
A quick summary:
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Some positive news on Covid
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-b…
This is the launch I've been working on the past year! Real-time, production Model Serving is now available on Databricks 🎇
Databricks Model Serving is now GA! Key benefits:
- Simple: pick a model and get HA serving and fast autoscaling to minimize cost.
- Integrated with your data platform: build features, serve them, monitor and debug quality all on the same platform.
databricks.com/blog/2023/03/…
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Kelp forests, eelgrass meadows, and native oyster beds can help us fight climate change, supply us with seafood, support our state’s $45 billion ocean economy, and give our coastlines their iconic beauty. #AB1407 #HelpKelp
California's kelp forests and other marine habitat are under constant threat. That's why I'm proud to work with @SenJohnLaird & @AsmGailPellerin on legislation backed by @nature_org @MontereyAq to accelerate our state's marine habitat restoration efforts. #AB1407
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In the last few years, BP, Shell, and ExxonMobil have announced net-zero climate pledges.
They've spent millions of dollars advertising their investments in clean energy.
Last week, all 3 companies changed up those plans and said they are doubling down on fossil fuels.
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Great article. Also featuring the force of nature @Olya_Irzak herself!! 🌍
nytimes.com/2023/01/30/techn…
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A polyculture of wheat grown with walnut trees produces ~ 40% higher yields.
1 hectare of wheat/walnut mix yields the same as 1.4 hectares of each crop grown separately.
This is an example of overyielding.
FUF is an amazing local NGO and one of our regular charity contributions. I love seeing the FUF gardens in our neighborhood on our walks. So many benefits from rainwater capture to mental health and safety improvements. (Cars drive slower on tree lined streets!)🌱🌱
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I did some fun reporting last week in the Bay Area, checking out companies making meat and dairy products without animals. I ate some of the future of food. Here’s a thread with some of the cool stuff I got to try! 1
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When Fetterman takes office in January, 10% of all U.S. senators will be named John/Jon
TIL that you can fix messed up formatting in Gmail (e.g. from copy paste) by directly going into devtools and fixing the styles there. And then you can send the email formatted correctly. (!)
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Almost a year ago, I started on a journey to find the photographer that took this beautiful photo. I've searched hundreds of websites and thousands of photos. I've seen every goosefish photo on Al Gore's internet. I've given up more times than I can count.
But today, I did it.
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On Election Day eve, Twitter has suspended
@sdoute , the executive director of the League of Women Voters of California
@LWVC on the eve of midterm elections . No warning. No explanation. No way to appeal. What is next?
ALT Screenshot of what was @sdoute's Twitter account profile. Stephanie Doute is the executive director of the League of Women Voters of California. Instead of Stephanie Doute's tweets with nonpartisan information for the November 8, 2022 election, the profile is empty. It only shows a generic "Account suspended" message.
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Amazon tells its customers and investors that it is committed to climate action.
So I looked at which candidates the company is supporting in the 2022 midterms.
I discovered that Amazon has given $138,000 to 25 climate deniers.
Here's who the company is supporting:
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