Elliott Wright

Aldo Leopold: “The oldest task in history is to learn how to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.” That's not only our oldest task now, but our most urgent as a species on this planet. And it requires human stewardship on the lands that we depend on for our sustenance.

We’re still speechless. Here’s the moment Kelvin Kiptum made history at the #ChicagoMarathon He clocks 2:00:35 and smashes Kipchoge’s previous marathon world record of 2:01:09 😨

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/09/15/bus…

.@bgurley makes some great points here…and he is so consistently on point.

I've been on this ride for more than a year and I still don't know whats going on with BIL and IRA. Historic Money for Bay Area Nature Has Started to Flow. The Challenge? Spending it... baynature.org/article/wild-b…

A cheetah running at full speed covers about 7m (23 ft) with each stride.

@wonderofscience The animal is basically flying

Worked to get this issue coverage. Congress poised to mandate continued sales of leaded aviation gasoline thehill.com/opinion/congre…

Super interesting: youtu.be/5mFsN43y8rY

Tuesday was world’s hottest day on record – breaking Monday’s record theguardian.com/environment/20…

@dog4climate “Be the person your dog thinks you are.”

11/ It’s suuuuuper early but it’s real code and real data, and it’s fun to think about what it could turn into. So much is possible at the intersection of AI and satellite data. #PlanetExplore23 youtube.com/watch?v=dNaPmR…

@ChrisHarihar Stunning.

This interview is a prime example of what not to do & will be studied in public speaking classes for years. Jon Stewart often lets interviewees self-sabotage, but here, the Deputy Secretary of Defense unravels before even making her argument.

On SVB: “I don’t think these people — many performed quite well before in crises and amid uncertainty — are, or suddenly became, idiots. Change makes fools of us, and we are living through an era of change. Three changes worth thinking about right now.” nytimes.com/2023/03/18/opi…

@elizabeth Love it!

With joyous journeys and adventures anew, the Pokemon posse stays true blue. Together they tackle troubles tough, bonding as friends and never enough.

I asked ChatGPT to write a poem about Pokemon and his friends in alliteration. This is pretty wild. My kids are amazed; try it on yours.

Powerful to see this coming together: fastcompany.com/90850251/holdf…

@tseelig @Stanford Sorry to hear that Tina. Scary!

How strong is the wind? Strong enough to knock over this enormous tree @Stanford which crushed my car... Thank goodness I wasn't in it!

@DannyDeraney Thriller album by Michael Jackson.

@marcrandolph Climate.

Social networks are so big because the problem they solve is deep, powerful and universal; tribalism. If you can find a problem that effects every human on earth at that level, it provides lots of opportunity.