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 disclosure rules, next-gen bed nets, and health insurance in North Carolina
Here's What You Can Do:
• ⚡️ Just a few bucks buys some life-saving bed nets (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiRxUNhoaMPA_7bxBk-U3WXxcaGA3iKvF87B6dUQfTATa/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h17/EhqSD0YTC2ZeblE0_4OvQkzaA8b4Bu6ZXyVnI5WbebI)with Against Malaria, maybe the most effective NGO on the planet
• ⚡️ The only thing dumber than cancer is rare cancers. Good news: you can help fund research against them (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiTNlNKmkKuNP5jZ2UPuEA_6Ipd_kE7k_OWBNWXC2Wd4UgbJgYo1Pp39zdy8t61OZvw/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h18/M-FWV-8eTEajhNDMgpCRtWBU4vYiaLAw2AopCTBuADA)(and work up a sweat at the same time) with our friends at Cycle for Survival
• ⚡️ This (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/QgjBzarbzqjekhTFFit-As1jF3CnD912ynPtsvA8Rwu8tG92UXU1Xw799P_Cd1WCJrfdDusq0XdFfSRUCCgu4ci8vsPHyDpcfwnuwOWYcIW5TPIkKusOu-V0mXGyaNefaD0aiq7dR9-hVC_QuFjDkQHfKWX3EW6xohMrD3JgrGmnGROPvWwDWfTU80GdZhBmlnCqRPP1ehGIIWYm6AzxqIV02tw4ujaWlq32rspiWU2dA4hY9ND6pknv9ulWPT8dC7vqCty1sbIF5d8lAz5nvbM9n7DET9td5qr5m1hMY_xzgXu960UngJ6GzdKcY3KQ7IvjhEfvB1T3sRzjkH72UWdVu0URLtfkHGaDxd1bzW98qNHm6NDT5pghTawawmYa3O2Waw9eTtKYPFC1ECquXqGhn5qGNAqvfXUHqSLbr8bS2Y97E9grxJHxg8_NpAwp/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h19/8NIQIPi8kf-XJZ-_Dfq7cHTrZehmsxqKmtQbqzZs0Nk) is the best electric vehicle you can buy
• ⚡️ Get educated and follow (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/w3dYILNc3lH6MOK0tu1At8hpbG9kMoqAuHq5BOEuA7Ew8CYtLvZmp4YlOPvuGfG5/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h20/KzEIWhjRImfdIXGcrF7K6YuxX982kDBFk7TgwEVl4Jo) the Black Maternal Health Caucus on Twitter
• ⚡️ Understand your home’s exposure (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/d4ruQtIswcxhZq9taaCtBhlvo1QaVSBU6QCSHpHTf_Y/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h21/GcGvdN6MmoMeXrqzpEBy0bY6Td6apUHBv3cn18AW3tc) to flooding, fires, heat and wind with Risk Factor
News Roundup
Health & Medicine
• What’s second-hand stress? (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiSJ78XowQXJeSvMRPzjJZy4aBYnB75q2X-TAQl9XuUAoDQGCU76ge18xUMSMrCRVlLaPnxkr2y6MNECU8maQ9EAg_iqoy91MzoZGVejuy_3O/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h28/cRxuS81LnCEsN-zWbchHfWf2AJbhpWEQqi47sCeHMnw)
• Next-gen bed nets (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiSqIfhiJPW3T4AMQH159fgqJHWuZ87Uy69pkKZe4dFqQwGBvwncXlX1qWOnT3pmrEvvcZMaY0dDJNmfgaDvjHffQCSjtbuvn_6f1IYCdPL-MGcng5UC9XZTKEqYqlXRoparaypzKgX0Vof7EdyL_kB4/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h29/z51iXtnh2vrRedXTnZlADPLxUP7GO_iu4u1O5ZLBJJM) are coming and could save so many lives
• Medicaid expansion might finally be coming to North Carolina (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiWHrY4e4pujvaHAypEbmLdcD9SYcUTixEKQoiVmul9kr68GXmTd3e5M7Otet8_a2AvHRDBZdYhcktlHrLRMWaoZGUvC_tGdl2haoxm-eh0kf_TTokmVBOtAslYvdHtFszQ/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h30/XvKfOk6X1Bv-8cD1-UCXCv6TCuwT_RDDOhxdpAk3Sxg)
Climate
• Joe Biden approved the Willow Project (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/fEw1cIZxS-IK_iL3eiKqkyOi_VvOlwqT8GbRUQEfiWh9Es3fRi_TVJASvYxwAxhCoZCaHT3eQUiJqaj_lVeulEFSs5VmHNWsY2Tm3DuboUQ/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h31/g6H_zlDd4llwIHDFUAHnJjo83m2EaW4lLsKtPrp9NHg) in Alaska and it sucks, but on the other hand, the US is on track (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/fEw1cIZxS-IK_iL3eiKqk3OXWAuZYzobNykX5964EsfuHiGOdo7Mx8ADefla4k-I3LO5zb_AtkIYWLqJGLcXCQ/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h32/iSjeXjjDXlhr-k3IH0H-teu104b6-uU8QehJiyI0rgw) for a major clean energy milestone
• The world’s first honeybee vaccine (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiaUO3Pad0ilOlEh6KJcTL0HkyP_HuChzv7CSTmiKkAwqCYpyrA2d3EoFNuRNRlwAnHpBPaSs2Chq8vY2eXm644K7uzDNMHvciqJzvgUUFw7f/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h33/4I2G1TnTTNaYbzwEfRkL9G7igUPg2HhQpi6DSbbFzQc) is like “magic”
• Use this tool (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiTJLfiTeVbPCWlDxK96q64L0Ixtk2YBJaMAHpXQGadwPA2tFka8I2Z3VR8VY6eGtO0njRZfJUSPyJbvnUSotIOMpKeOdrPiG5P8xA6DFhig37OSqV3UdUCLnujj0ZpiJiuFvRo364eFvxwVaqELeQ9pjK73zmIufmzGgbMTx8LnP8-Yia-K1YoAzmqLteu8M8iZFJHXihn7uNHyS9SwADYJ7jX4YSiv9aW-T04zZ2NiKPZQKKGk5RYf4uBzmUDcJmisG4EpimBZ3DOOv0tihjqwbB_B5NmAh0j5yPY-h2_rbarq-6urPqSojkSkiDz9hbQ/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h34/lgXJaWBcAkvNjuCVlLYJZ1C3OqOOPsuyAOnKpQwebdc) to see how early spring came to your neighborhood
• In the future, it might still cost $1 trillion (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/w3dYILNc3lH6MOK0tu1At-fy_i-v5mUb6PSmL4QiGR-Q317TFWUnvMtHKaYE8rouCXh2uVeeHx7gLw5fGHEzwBvYcWJuEQOtPHAezMMKaIsjaupm3B5fWZOUFfPx_ZSlcQHR7q2IjXQEOgsKpSP0M0mKpePfJEx4xS6X5cmXrwkammZF7UCsiERLZhVj4saHZY30jnWlYmTNUxgPQ6NjdYGeWV5Nah6Fgtf-Pb48nbo/3uj/_Fpw2ohQRDC9WMUDsb_Ecg/h35/jmYJheAm8VQtO15gcF9FobbQnXMTwlh1t7ZdHirGijc) per ppm of CO2 removed, we should pay for it
• The SEC’s climate disclosure rules (...
