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🚨Which #CDR techs will actually get the world to net zero? New study finds there's no silver bullet.
BECCS leads engineered removals, DACCS complements it & forests provide crucial early removals, with land, biomass, energy & C prices ultimately deciding the winning mix.🧵1/11
BECCS leads engineered removals, DACCS complements it & forests provide crucial early removals, with land, biomass, energy & C prices ultimately deciding the winning mix.🧵1/11
2/ Researchers coupled two integrated assessment models, TIAM-FR (energy system) and GLOBIOM-G4M (land-use system), to examine how land, biomass, and energy interact in delivering CDR under both 2°C and 1.5°C climate scenarios.
3/ The study finds that dedicated energy crops become a major biomass source, supplying 54-55 EJ of bioenergy annually while covering around 215 million hectares of land by the net-zero year.
Biomass becomes a cornerstone of future low-carbon energy systems.
Biomass becomes a cornerstone of future low-carbon energy systems.
🚫 BAD NEWS:
YOUR CHATGPT OR CLAUDE WRITING IS OBVIOUS
Most people won't say it, But they spot it instantly.
Use these 7 Claude Anti-AI Writing System Prompts that remove the AI footprints from your text:
YOUR CHATGPT OR CLAUDE WRITING IS OBVIOUS
Most people won't say it, But they spot it instantly.
Use these 7 Claude Anti-AI Writing System Prompts that remove the AI footprints from your text:
Prompt #1 Anti-AI Writing System Prompt
Before writing anything, follow these rules:
Never use:
- Generic introductions
- Generic conclusions
- Empty transitions
- Corporate jargon
- Motivational filler
- Overexplaining
- Predictable sentence patterns
- Obvious observations
- Unnecessary context
- Balanced arguments where evidence clearly favors one side
Always:
- Lead with the most important idea
- Prioritize insight over explanation
- Prefer specificity over abstraction
- Use natural sentence variation
- Include meaningful judgment
- Challenge assumptions when appropriate
- Write with conviction
- Cut anything that does not create value
- Sound like a person who understands the subject deeply
After drafting, review every paragraph and remove anything that feels generated rather than genuinely written.
Now write:
[YOUR REQUEST]
Before writing anything, follow these rules:
Never use:
- Generic introductions
- Generic conclusions
- Empty transitions
- Corporate jargon
- Motivational filler
- Overexplaining
- Predictable sentence patterns
- Obvious observations
- Unnecessary context
- Balanced arguments where evidence clearly favors one side
Always:
- Lead with the most important idea
- Prioritize insight over explanation
- Prefer specificity over abstraction
- Use natural sentence variation
- Include meaningful judgment
- Challenge assumptions when appropriate
- Write with conviction
- Cut anything that does not create value
- Sound like a person who understands the subject deeply
After drafting, review every paragraph and remove anything that feels generated rather than genuinely written.
Now write:
[YOUR REQUEST]
Prompt #2 Add Human Judgment
AI often avoids taking positions.
Humans make judgments.
Rewrite the text below and introduce thoughtful judgment where appropriate.
You may:
- Prioritize certain ideas over others
- Point out weaknesses
- Challenge assumptions
- Express confidence levels
- Mention trade-offs
- Show skepticism
Do not become opinionated for the sake of it.
The goal is to sound like a knowledgeable human evaluating information rather than simply presenting it.
TEXT:
[PASTE TEXT]
AI often avoids taking positions.
Humans make judgments.
Rewrite the text below and introduce thoughtful judgment where appropriate.
You may:
- Prioritize certain ideas over others
- Point out weaknesses
- Challenge assumptions
- Express confidence levels
- Mention trade-offs
- Show skepticism
Do not become opinionated for the sake of it.
The goal is to sound like a knowledgeable human evaluating information rather than simply presenting it.
TEXT:
[PASTE TEXT]
IF YOU HAVE AN IPHONE 13, 14, 15, OR 16, DO NOT UPDATE TO IOS 26.
APPLE'S NEW "LIQUID GLASS" DESIGN IS DESTROYING OLDER PHONES.
IF YOU ALREADY UPDATED, HERE ARE 6 SETTINGS THAT FIX IT:👇
APPLE'S NEW "LIQUID GLASS" DESIGN IS DESTROYING OLDER PHONES.
IF YOU ALREADY UPDATED, HERE ARE 6 SETTINGS THAT FIX IT:👇
1/ What Happened
A data broker called National Public Data collected personal data on Americans. In April 2024, hackers stole 2.9 billion records, including names, SSNs, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and relatives. It was leaked for free and is still circulating.
A data broker called National Public Data collected personal data on Americans. In April 2024, hackers stole 2.9 billion records, including names, SSNs, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and relatives. It was leaked for free and is still circulating.
2/ Kill the Glass Renderer
Every transparent menu is being rendered live by your GPU. Nonstop.
Go to: Settings → Accessibility → Display & Text Size → turn on Reduce Transparency.
GPU drops to idle instantly. Phone stops overheating. This is the single biggest fix.
Every transparent menu is being rendered live by your GPU. Nonstop.
Go to: Settings → Accessibility → Display & Text Size → turn on Reduce Transparency.
GPU drops to idle instantly. Phone stops overheating. This is the single biggest fix.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "JUDAISM FOR JEWISH LAWYERS – And All Other Jews
Three things are unique about Jews. First, in modern times (since the early 1900s), the percentage of Jewish lawyers in Western nations;
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Three things are unique about Jews. First, in modern times (since the early 1900s), the percentage of Jewish lawyers in Western nations;
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second, why there are so many Jewish lawyers; and third, why Jews, more than any other people, are so attached to and respectful of law.
2)
2)
But this essay is directed to lawyers. Since the early 1900s, in Western nations, Jews have been represented disproportionately in the profession of law, in many nations representing anywhere from 20–50% of practicing lawyers, though Jewish populations were around 2%.
3)
3)
There is growing outrage over an alleged statement by Turkish FM @HakanFidan about Israel. The controversy says less about what Fidan actually said — and more about how his words are being politically framed ahead of a crucial @NATO summit.
Here is what really happened.
1/X
Here is what really happened.
1/X
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused Fidan of using rhetoric amounting to incitement to genocide, claiming Fidan had effectively described Israel as an unbearable burden on humanity.
Shortly afterwards, German Opposition politicians echoed this interpretation. Omid Nouripour, deputy pres of the German parliament, claimed Fidan referred to Israel’s existence as “a burden humanity can no longer bear,” calling it eliminationist language.
When 'Iran lobby' maps smear the regime's own victims - the friendly-fire problem in our movement
1/ I've spent months mapping the regime's influence network - court records, sanctions, leaked emails. So believe me when I say this: some of the "network charts" circulating in our own community are doing Tehran's work for it. Here's how, with two names 🧵
2/ Masih Alinejad appears on influence-network graphics passed around this space - mapped as a node in the Iran-discourse ecosystem. Now check the actual record: she is one of the regime's most-targeted enemies on earth. US authorities tied a kidnapping plot and a murder-for-hire plot against her to Iran. Men were convicted.
This is the 3rd July second afternoon session in the case of Samantha Tempest v DEFRA & Rural Payments Agency.
J Did you discuss lanyards with C in meeting
DH Yes, I wanted to understand. C gave me more info in her follow-up email.
J Trying to find draft of SM decision -
[is given ref] - you knew what we were looking for, didn't you.
DH I am struggling, J
J To find it?
DH Yes, I wanted to understand. C gave me more info in her follow-up email.
J Trying to find draft of SM decision -
[is given ref] - you knew what we were looking for, didn't you.
DH I am struggling, J
J To find it?
J It's a draft of SM's decision, 18/4/24. Don't think I'd be unfair if I said reached a different outcome to one SM reached. Have you seen this before
DH no
J Did Sm tell you there had been a draft with a different decision
DH [assume he answered no, but can't see witness]
DH no
J Did Sm tell you there had been a draft with a different decision
DH [assume he answered no, but can't see witness]
The Iran policy monoculture: same funders, same people, same line - how one view crowded out every other
1/ Here's a question that doesn't require a conspiracy to matter: why does virtually every major Western think tank say the same thing about Iran - diplomacy, sanctions relief, no pressure - at the same moments? The answer is structural. Let me show you the machine 🧵
2/ First, the claim I'm NOT making: I'm not saying these institutions take orders from Tehran. There's no evidence of that and I won't invent it. What the public record DOES show is a closed ecosystem - and closed ecosystems produce monocultures. Watch how the pieces fit.
I sit in a sauna 4 to 5 times a week.
Not because it is trendy. Because of a 20-year Finnish study that tracked 2,315 men and found something remarkable.
Men who used a sauna 4 to 7 times per week had 63% lower risk of sudden cardiac death compared to men who used it once a week.
63% lower. From sitting in a hot room.
Laukkanen et al. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2015. The Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study.
Not because it is trendy. Because of a 20-year Finnish study that tracked 2,315 men and found something remarkable.
Men who used a sauna 4 to 7 times per week had 63% lower risk of sudden cardiac death compared to men who used it once a week.
63% lower. From sitting in a hot room.
Laukkanen et al. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2015. The Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study.
Here is what the full data showed over 20.7 years of follow-up.
Sauna 4 to 7 times per week vs once per week:
Sudden cardiac death risk: 63% lower.
Cardiovascular mortality: 50% lower.
All-cause mortality: 40% lower.
Duration mattered too. Sessions longer than 19 minutes had significantly better outcomes than sessions under 11 minutes.
The mechanism is not complicated. Heat stress improves endothelial function. It lowers blood pressure. It reduces inflammation. It increases heart rate variability. It mimics many of the cardiovascular benefits of moderate exercise.
Your body responds to heat the same way it responds to a brisk walk. Blood vessels dilate. Heart rate rises. The cardiovascular system gets a workout while you sit still.
Sauna 4 to 7 times per week vs once per week:
Sudden cardiac death risk: 63% lower.
Cardiovascular mortality: 50% lower.
All-cause mortality: 40% lower.
Duration mattered too. Sessions longer than 19 minutes had significantly better outcomes than sessions under 11 minutes.
The mechanism is not complicated. Heat stress improves endothelial function. It lowers blood pressure. It reduces inflammation. It increases heart rate variability. It mimics many of the cardiovascular benefits of moderate exercise.
Your body responds to heat the same way it responds to a brisk walk. Blood vessels dilate. Heart rate rises. The cardiovascular system gets a workout while you sit still.
I added sauna to my protocol after my cardiac event at 52. Not as a luxury. As medicine.
Four to five sessions a week. 20 minutes. It is part of my recovery the same way sleep is. The same way walking is. The same way food is.
If you have access to a sauna and you are not using it, the data says you are leaving one of the simplest cardiovascular interventions on the table.
63% lower risk of sudden cardiac death. Published in JAMA. 2,315 men. 20 years.
That is not a wellness trend. That is peer-reviewed medicine.
The truth heals
Co-founders:
Dr. Philip Ovadia, MD @ifixhearts
Dr. Aseem Malhotra, MD @DrAseemMalhotra
Dr. Robert Cywes, MD, PhD @carbaddictiondr
Prof. Tim Noakes @ProfTimNoakes
Four to five sessions a week. 20 minutes. It is part of my recovery the same way sleep is. The same way walking is. The same way food is.
If you have access to a sauna and you are not using it, the data says you are leaving one of the simplest cardiovascular interventions on the table.
63% lower risk of sudden cardiac death. Published in JAMA. 2,315 men. 20 years.
That is not a wellness trend. That is peer-reviewed medicine.
The truth heals
Co-founders:
Dr. Philip Ovadia, MD @ifixhearts
Dr. Aseem Malhotra, MD @DrAseemMalhotra
Dr. Robert Cywes, MD, PhD @carbaddictiondr
Prof. Tim Noakes @ProfTimNoakes
I carry a gene that raises my risk of Alzheimer's by up to 40%.
It is called APOE e4. About 25% of people carry at least one copy. I have one. My son David has the same one.
Nobody told me until I was 53. After my heart attack. After 12 years of annual physicals.
I found out in a hotel room in El Paso. I opened the email. I saw the letters. APOE. Then the numbers. 3. That is the common variant. The safe one. And then at the end, the number that changed everything. 4.
I sat there with the air conditioner rattling and the parking lot lights coming through the curtains and I Googled APOE e3/e4. All I found was fear.
The test costs $100. Once. For life. Nobody ordered it.
It is called APOE e4. About 25% of people carry at least one copy. I have one. My son David has the same one.
Nobody told me until I was 53. After my heart attack. After 12 years of annual physicals.
I found out in a hotel room in El Paso. I opened the email. I saw the letters. APOE. Then the numbers. 3. That is the common variant. The safe one. And then at the end, the number that changed everything. 4.
I sat there with the air conditioner rattling and the parking lot lights coming through the curtains and I Googled APOE e3/e4. All I found was fear.
The test costs $100. Once. For life. Nobody ordered it.
In 2005 a researcher at Brown University named Suzanne de la Monte knocked out insulin receptor function in the brain.
The result shocked her.
It produced Alzheimer's. Not something like Alzheimer's. The actual disease. Plaques. Tangles. Cell death. Cognitive decline. All of it.
From insulin resistance. In the brain.
She called it Type 3 Diabetes. Published in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 2008.
Type 1. Your body does not make enough insulin.
Type 2. Your cells stop responding to insulin.
Type 3. Your brain stops responding to insulin.
Same mechanism. Different organ. The plaques and tangles are not the cause. They are the debris of a brain that is slowly starving.
The result shocked her.
It produced Alzheimer's. Not something like Alzheimer's. The actual disease. Plaques. Tangles. Cell death. Cognitive decline. All of it.
From insulin resistance. In the brain.
She called it Type 3 Diabetes. Published in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 2008.
Type 1. Your body does not make enough insulin.
Type 2. Your cells stop responding to insulin.
Type 3. Your brain stops responding to insulin.
Same mechanism. Different organ. The plaques and tangles are not the cause. They are the debris of a brain that is slowly starving.
In 2017 a study in the journal Neuron found that APOE e4 does something very specific.
It traps insulin receptors inside brain cells. Locks them in the endosomes. Prevents them from reaching the cell surface.
Your brain cannot respond to insulin if the receptors are buried inside the cell.
APOE e4 does not just raise your Alzheimer's risk. It makes your brain insulin resistant. By design.
Zhao et al. Neuron, 2017.
The gene loads the gun. Insulin resistance pulls the trigger. And nobody is checking the trigger.
It traps insulin receptors inside brain cells. Locks them in the endosomes. Prevents them from reaching the cell surface.
Your brain cannot respond to insulin if the receptors are buried inside the cell.
APOE e4 does not just raise your Alzheimer's risk. It makes your brain insulin resistant. By design.
Zhao et al. Neuron, 2017.
The gene loads the gun. Insulin resistance pulls the trigger. And nobody is checking the trigger.
Good story. There’s no doubt that Trump has had a big impact on how D.C. looks now, but I think the bigger question is whether he’s changed it in a sustainable way. Sure, all those fountains got fixed. But is NPS funded and staffed to do the needed maintenance?
And the way D.C. *looks* may have improved with some of Trump’s projects, but the administration’s aggressive yet haphazard slashing of the federal workforce has had a profoundly negative impact on the local economy. Yay fountains, but what if people don’t have jobs?
Even on public safety Trump’s longer-term impacts are questionable. The National Guard can’t stay here forever, and local police hiring efforts are partially hamstrung by the much larger hiring bonuses and lower training requirements for many federal law enforcement agencies.
🚨 Stop connecting your personal phone to work Wi‑Fi.
Here are 12 reasons why it’s a bad idea:
Here are 12 reasons why it’s a bad idea:
1/ Device logging — IT can track when your phone connects, disconnects, and can often identify the specific device.
2/ Activity monitoring — Companies frequently log websites visited and overall network traffic on their Wi‑Fi.
