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Ciao, Venezia. #BiennaleArte2024

Tomorrow, I'll be joining Washington Post Live for a conversation with Bina Venkataraman about the big bets needed to reverse the climate crisis and advance opportunity for all. #PostLive Tune in below:

I asked a number of people who were involved in Harvard's SCoPEx project, or followed it closely, for their insights & thoughts on what unfolded, what lessons can be drawn from the episode—and what it means for geoengineering research moving forward.

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.Bina Venkataraman: 'a trip to see the eclipse will be a trip home ... It will be a chance to be reminded of our place in the solar system and the cosmos — something that, no matter how stark our differences, we still share.'

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A case for giving in to solar eclipse-mania. New for Washington Post Opinions : wapo.st/3VNjdbX

Stefanie Tompkins of DARPA tells Bina Venkataraman: “China has vast access to data about their citizens that we choose not to collect, and so that means that we’re going to go down different paths and work in different directions.” #PostLive

'The stakes are huge.'

The Supreme Court gets another say on abortion. What’s at stake with the mifepristone case?

Amanda Ripley, Alexandra Petri and Ruth Marcus discuss on our new podcast, “Impromptu”: wapo.st/3TttLdg

Congrats to all these journalists and publications doing the essential work of investigating corruption + failures of governance. An honor to serve on the jury and inspiring to see such a competitive field of series - even as so many newsrooms contract - serving the public good.

“You know what they always say about people: They are invisible to the naked eye and can be stored conveniently in vials in a hospital freezer.” Cathartic read from my colleague Alexandra Petri washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

'With climate disasters already exacting a heavy economic and humanitarian toll — especially in lower-income communities — the price of failing to deliver clean energy clearly exceeds the price of collective investment,' Bina Venkataraman writes. wapo.st/3OnJyZj

Flying is a nightmare these days. And we can do better than get angry at flight attendants if we want to fix it. New Washington Post Opinions column: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

From @BinaJV: What it will take to make clean energy affordable — for everyone wapo.st/49dAU7J

What it will take to make clean #energy affordable — for everyone by Bina Venkataraman washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

- Haruki Murakami
📖 : Kafka on the Shore

What one of the year’s biggest scientific breakthroughs — the FDA’s first approval of a #CRISPR therapy — ought to teach us about medical ‘progress’. New column for
Washington Post Opinions
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