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The weekly tent-pole essay, plus Action Steps. 10/10, you're welcome.
🌎 Life, Liberty, and Solar Panels
June 30, 2023

🌎 Life, Liberty, and Solar Panels

This week: Texans have a huge opportunity to get even MORE liberty — from the sun. Plus : Diabetes is expected to double, the state of carbon removal, A.I. detection tools, future pandemic prepping, BEES?!, and more Here's W…
🌎 An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
June 28, 2023

🌎 An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

This week: Can Apple help improve mental health? Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️LGBTQ+ youth are 4x more likely to attempt suicide than their peers. Help the The Trevor Project build a safer, more-inclusive world through crisis s…
🌎 The Inevitable Future
June 26, 2023

🌎 The Inevitable Future

This week: Is the future inevitable? Plus: A lack of OB-GYN’s in a post- Roe world, some new bills for agrivoltaics, the best in climate journalism, the link between COVID and Alzheimer’s, misinformation, and more Here's Wha…
🌎 Start Over (Again)
June 9, 2023

🌎 Start Over (Again)

This week: Got fired? Start over. Plus: More young people are getting cancer, the rise of solar power, new YouTube misinformation rules, getting paid to bike to work, and more Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️ If apocalyptic skies …
🌎 10 Questions You Need to Ask Right Now
June 8, 2023

🌎 10 Questions You Need to Ask Right Now

This week: Ask these questions before you click on ANYTHING. Plus: Gut inflammation news, California insurance gets harder to find, 750k adults just lost Medicaid, what (non-vaccinated) COVID actually does to your lungs, and…
🌎 Gradually, and then all at once
May 19, 2023

🌎 Gradually, and then all at once

This week: Things feel pretty out of control. Get used to it. Plus: The Canadian West is burning, Oregon bans PFAS, ChatGPT plugins for everyone, the All We Can Save project is hiring, and more Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️Wild…
🌎 COVID has ended (or has it?)
May 16, 2023

🌎 COVID has ended (or has it?)

This week: COVID is over (as far as we know it). What did we learn, and what’s next? PLUS: Gay blood donations are a go, wind power in the UK, social media guidelines, millions for Black farmers, water report cards, and more…
🌎 Never Tell Me The Odds
May 5, 2023

🌎 Never Tell Me The Odds

This week: Solutions to our biggest problems shouldn’t be so perplexing. On the other hand, washing our hands wasn’t obvious for a couple hundred thousand years, and my kids STILL don't want to do it. Plus: Seasonal allergy …
🌎 What Would You Say You Do Here
April 26, 2023

🌎 What Would You Say You Do Here

This week: Is what you’re working on important? Plus: The cleanest produce, a mosquito factory, lots of rooftop solar, autonomous GPT, maybe, and the latest with the Colorado River Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️ Climate change a…
🌎 This Isn't Rocket Science (Unless It Is)
April 18, 2023

🌎 This Isn't Rocket Science (Unless It Is)

This week: A very basic way to use a mental model, you’re welcome. PLUS: Mosquitoes, overseas abortion pills, healthy ice cream, German nuclear power, electric school buses, and more. Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️ Interested in…
🌎 ESG is good business (but don't call it ESG)
March 24, 2023

🌎 ESG is good business (but don't call it ESG)

This week: Fighting over ESG is stupid, risky, and bad business. Let’s move on. Plus: RSV vaccines, the E-BIKE Act, Skittles (?), deepfakes, allergies, and a new season of DRILLED What We Can Do: ⚡️ Submit your comment to ke…
🌎 Welcome to the Unknown Unknowns
March 17, 2023

🌎 Welcome to the Unknown Unknowns

This week: What we know — and more importantly, what we don’t — about what AI is capable of, and how much change we’re capable of absorbing. Plus: the Willow Project, H-1B visas, blueberries, honeybee vaccines, climate discl…
🌎 A living act of resistance
March 8, 2023

🌎 A living act of resistance

This week: Can little-old-you really make a difference? Hell yes you can. Plus: cheaper insulin, cleaner camping gear, a new (lidless) coffee cup, good news on BetterHelp, and maybe even some paid leave. Here's What You Can …
🌎 How to get sh*t done
Feb. 24, 2023

🌎 How to get sh*t done

This week: Pulled in a million directions? Wondering what the hell you do with your days? Find your north stars (and become devastatingly effective) with one simple question. What We Can Do: ⚡️ Please don’t use public wifi w…
🌎 What Do You Need?
Feb. 22, 2023

🌎 What Do You Need?

This week: The future of search and chatbots looks a lot like our ancient past. Why do we keep making the same tools over and over again? What We Can Do: ⚡️ Addiction is brutal. Help yourself or a loved one or someone you’ve…