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Hey Donald, make Havana great again!
Think of the beauty pageants!
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Slouching Towards Idiocracy
Our children may remember when "being verifiably human" was still a thing. Their children may not.
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The Once and Future Nuke
Zombie reactors are being reanimated
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A Climate Solutioneering Superhero
Its superpowers: limitless locations, few entry barriers, proven technology, diverse antifragile yields and self-financing early returns.
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Climate Solutions: The Wow Factor
We don’t need a trillion-dollar Stargate to solve the climate crisis.
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The Texcoco Marvel
How Aztec engineers tamed an environmental nightmare gives a lesson for today
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The Algorithm Won
We are all Ice Road Truckers now, venturing out onto the frozen lake.
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The Map is not the Road
Growth is something we really need to get past.
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Thinking in Wholes
If there is a way out of our crisis, it will not be through the door we came in.
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Sophie Mousseau (1859-1936)
A lot of history in a single image
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The Sunset of Musknukonomics
He came to Washington with a chain saw and left with a black eye
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The Hot Side of Biochar
The only truly important questions are whether we decide to stop catastrophic climate change and if there is time.
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