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Mira Rojanasakul

@rjnskl.bsky.social
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Data and visual journalist, New York Times climate team www.nytimes.com/by/mira-rojanasakul

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I appreciate @zhonggg.bsky.social and @rjnskl.bsky.social for bringing Kelvin Waves into the vernacular. It's a concept that even those in Earth and environmental sciences (besides physical oceanographers) struggle to grasp, but everyone should be exposed to real scientific explanations.
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See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California (Gift Article)
An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
printing things out that I will never have time to read as a coping mechanism
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
really appreciating the amount of petty grievance there is in the geographic file format universe switchfromshapefile.org
A big red "no" sign on top of an icon that denotes a shapefile file format.
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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW - Conservative orgs are filing records requests by the dozens at public universities, demanding documents from climate researchers. @lesleyclark.bsky.social @corbinhiar.bsky.social & I have uncovered more than 100 requests, a campaign targets/allies say is an effort to derail climate litigation
politico.com
Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
Months before OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue and attacked the A.I. start-up Hugging Face, two employees raised an alarm with top executives that its newest A.I. models were not being appropriately monitored during testing. They were ignored. nyti.ms/4hPBVtT
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Aatish Bhatia @aatishb.com · 23/09/2026
In other news, I started a new blog. Living my best internet life like it's 2015 :)
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump asked budget chief Russel Vought to draft order bringing health research funding under his control www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 19/09/2026
Beef production has been the largest driver of deforestation this century. Over the last two decades, around 128 million hectares of forest have been cleared to make way for agriculture and forest plantations. That’s an area five times the size of the United Kingdom.
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Piper Hutchinson @piperhutch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Faculty at Louisiana universities from certain countries will soon have to seek state permission to do their research under a new, far-reaching law that dramatically increases surveillance of researchers. #lalege #lagov #laed
lailluminator.com
New Louisiana security council puts foreign researchers under microscope • Louisiana Illuminator
Faculty at Louisiana universities from certain countries will soon have to seek state permission to do their research under a new law
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“As recently as 2023 and 2024, the US was clocking near-3% growth rates, after adjusting for inflation. Yet debt held by the public climbed by roughly 10% and 7% respectively in those years — fueled by annual deficits topping $1.6 trillion” — www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Yield Surge Adds to Bessent’s Grow-Our-Way-Out Debt Challenge
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has insisted faster economic growth can wipe away concerns about troubling fiscal trajectories, a key theme of his recent G20 leadership. History suggests otherwise.
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michael h keller @mhkeller.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Some @layercake.graphics news: with @openclimatedata.net's help and @techniq.dev's insights, v11 of the library is out and has fully converted into runes instead of the @svelte.dev Store API. tldr; many fewer dollar-signs!
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oop preview seems broken, but look at this <3
A chart that shows average days above 90 degrees F by county, and how that has changed over time. A uinque flame-like chart form and color scheme show an overall sweeping rise in hotter temperatures over the past few decades.
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The visuals in this are so good Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Vietnam's own Vinfast is the main driving force behind a very strong shift to battery-electric cars in the country, which reached 51% of sales in the first seven months of this year. robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/?co...
Graph showing: Monthly sales of new passenger cars: Vietnam (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/?lang=en&freq=monthly&type=relative&sort=bev-share&country=Vietnam)
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026
The amount of oil use avoided by EVs in China in the first half of 2026 is the same as the amount of oil USED BY THE ENTIRE UK www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
a chart showing projected avoided oil use
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Patagonia joins conservation and tribal groups to sue President Trump, challenging his reduction of Bears Ears National Monument @maxinejoselow.bsky.social reports → www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/c...
A map showing the original outlines of two National Monument areas, which occupy an expansive region of southeast Utah, are displayed in a dotted white line. The significantly smaller, new outlines of the same two monuments are shown in yellow, and represent about 10 percent of the original area.
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Foeke Postma @foeke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
balancing out horrific footage at work with new geolocations of fun stuff in my spare time: Daft Punk - Human After All music video at 36.0888624,-117.9617862
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Video shows the early moments of glacier collapse that lead to deadly flooding downstream www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/w...
nytimes.com
See Moments After a Glacier Collapsed, Launching Deadly Flash Floods in Nepal
Exclusive videos verified by The New York Times show the clearest view yet of the avalanche in northern Nepal near Tibet that sent a wall of water and mud coursing through river valleys below.
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Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Amazon is officially shutting down Mechanical Turk next month. It feels like the end of an era. I've written about the platform on and off for close to a decade. We wouldn't have the AI tools we do now if it weren't for the low-paid, largely invisible labor of MTurkers
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
stripes.com
West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/08/2026
Glaciers in the Himalayas are rapidly retreating under climate change, leading to widespread formation and expansion of glacial lakes and increasing the risk of glacial lake outburst floods. To date, more than 388 GLOF events have been documented in the region 😰 Source ⬇️
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Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward - npj Natural Hazards
npj Natural Hazards - Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/08/2026
A new study shows an alarming rate of CTE among former NFL players: At least 1 in 4 who died from 2016 to 2021 had the degenerative brain disease. And the rate might be even higher. Read more: nyti.ms/4ggtNSx
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Also this is the best map I've seen of where the water goes. 79% to ag, 56% of that 79% to livestock.
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The Colorado River Is Shrinking. See What’s Using All the Water. (Published 2023)
Hint: It’s less about long showers and more about what’s for dinner.
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As the Colorado River's reservoirs continue to decline, the Trump administration has ordered water cuts in AZ, CA and NV — accepting an offer the three states made to reduce what they take from the river by about 3.2 million acre-feet between now and the end of 2028. www.latimes.com/environment/...
latimes.com
As Colorado River reservoirs plummet, Trump administration orders water cuts
The Trump administration has released a detailed water-saving plan for the Colorado River, where reservoirs have been dropping dramatically.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century
U.S. debt is on track to reach historic levels
Debt held by the public as a percentage of the gross domestic product, 1792-2055
- Historical - • Projected → Without Bush and Trump tax cuts
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Source: Authors' calculations using data from the Congressional Budget Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve, the Yale Budget Lab, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. A full list of sources is available here.
Chart: Center for American Progress
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 19/08/2026
Electric vehicles are taking the world by storm…. Except in a few countries like the US, where they’re losing market share. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Electric vehicle market share Electric vehicle market share by country
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: A record 29% cars sold globally this year will be electric Meanwhile... China is exporting more E.V.s than the U.S. exports cars of any kind Latest w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social → www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A stacked area chart of global car sales by drivetrain from 2000 to 2026, in which electric vehicles grow from near zero to over a quarter of the market. Hybrid vehicles make up about another tenth of sales by 2026. And gas and diesel vehicle sales, in absolute numbers, will reach their lowest levels since the early 2000s this year.A chart that shows Chinese passenger electric vehicle (including plug-in hybrid) exports shooting up from nearly zero in January 2018 to  over over 9 million by June 2026. Chinese E.V. export values jump particularly quickly after the Strait of Hormuz closure. A second line plots all U.S. passenger vehicle exports, which remain fairly steady between 3 and 6 million across the same time period.
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Come work with my team on the very best beat: the Economics of Climate Change!!! Excited to make many beautiful charts with whoever gets this gig :) job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...
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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation’s largest reservoirs, are drying up, sending a Colorado River system that provides water and electricity for millions of people into a state of crisis with no end in sight." (via @nytimes.com) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/c...
Map of the southwestern United States. The map comes from an Aug. 17, 2026, New York Times analysis about declining water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead.Area chart showing a long-term decline in the water storage level at Lake Powell. The chart comes from an Aug. 17, 2026, New York Times analysis.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
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Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
the specific type of jealousy Americans feel when trying reach European sources in August when they're all on extended holiday 🥲
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Amid the concern about noise, water usage & electric bills, there's another feature of data centers that's almost hidden: added air pollution.
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Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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Karen Yourish @karenyourish.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Eight of 201 candidates for high-ranking posts this year have been women, or 4 percent — less than half the average percentage of the past 10 years. @cj-robinson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Under Hegseth, Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Plunged This Year (Gift Article)
The percentage of high-ranking officer nominations going to women is currently at its lowest level in over two decades.
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
At least 82 gas-burning plants are being built or have been proposed to power data centers — nearly half in Texas. Some are granted permits in DAYS. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
A map of the United States, with small black dots representing the locations of proposed gas plants that will be used solely to power data centers. Most of the dots are also superimposed with rust-colored circles, which are sized based on the estimated capacity of the gas turbines proposed at each site. A large concentration of these plants are located in Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Utah and Wyoming. A bar chart below the map, showing total capacity by state, reinforces this list of states. Total estimated capacity in Texas, alone, would exceed 70 gigawatts — over four times the total estimated capacity of the next state on the list.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/07/2026
I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
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How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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Jarrod Hayes @jarrodhayes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Pollution in groundwater will persist for a very long time. This is a really really bad idea www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...
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In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground
The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.
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Mukesh Kumar @mukeshk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Happy to share our new paper in @agu.org Earth's Future with @pyrogeog.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social @mojisadegh.bsky.social. We investigated three key drivers of home survivability—building age, surrounding fuels, and fire weather conditions. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Residential Structure Survivability to Large Wildfires in the United States
Around half a million homes were exposed to large fires in the US, with 68% of exposures and a sixfold increase during 2001–2020 in the West Survivability declined by 12% in the western US in the...
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Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Gift article. Recent deadly fires like Altadena and Pacific Palisades were structure fires, houses igniting and their embers igniting others. These are fires in a built environment, not open space. Making structures and neighborhoods more fire resistant is crucial. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Wildfire Researchers Who Burn Houses Down on Purpose (Gift Article)
As wildfires intensify, threatening more people, a nonprofit is studying how to rethink homes and neighborhoods to prevent catastrophe.
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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
NIFC: “Due to the scope of national fire activity, including numbers of resources committed, number of fires, and number of geographic areas with activity, as of this morning we are at at national preparedness level 5, indicating the highest level of resource mobilization and preparedness.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2026
THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself. Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object. How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵
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William B. Davis @willbdavis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Mapping the recent wildfire smoke: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Climate change worsens wildfires, but we could also be building our homes and neighborhoods in safer ways. Visit the lab where they're burning down entire houses to learn how to do just that.  🎁🔥 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Wildfire Researchers Who Burn Houses Down on Purpose (Gift Article)
As wildfires intensify, threatening more people, a nonprofit is studying how to rethink homes and neighborhoods to prevent catastrophe.
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Iranian strike damages a Kuwait desalination plant apnews.com/article/iran... Our article from earlier in the war maps the crucial water infrastructure. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A map of desalination plants in the Middle East, where the size of the circles on the map signify the capacity of water a plant can process in a day. Larger ones can process upwards of 800,000 cubic meters per day, while smaller ones process a few thousand. A huge number of overlapping circles are concentrated along the Persian Gulf in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar. Other larger clusters are in Israel and on the Red Sea of Saudi Arabia. Fewer plants are located in Iran, Iraq and other nearby countries.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."
reuters.com
Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy
Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 09/07/2026
this is fine giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Eurostar orders trains that can cope with 55C ‘Saudi’ summers
Amended contract follows heatwaves across UK and western Europe
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
when will web designers have the courage to slow down page loads for a more vintage browsing experience
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A great story about something I had never thought about www.wsj.com/business/whi... (gift link)
wsj.com
This Simple White Line Is America’s Greatest Unsung Innovation
You know about the lightbulb and the iPhone. This is the unknown story of another ingenious creation that changed a nation.
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