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@natalexisw @climate @bobivry He tore down an existing mansion and put it in a landfill. The new one is far bigger than anyone needs. Materials and concrete required tons of carbon emissions. He "trucked" a tree from 100 miles away. I count 40 fossil-fueled trucks onsite. "Green?" Where's the skepticism?

I went to South Florida in early, prepandemic March to report on a green megamansion and the man behind it. It's finally out in @climate today! Hope you'll give it a read. @bobivry bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Global Voices Honors the Life of Open Web Activist Bassel Khartabil, Executed by the Syrian Regime · Global Voices globalvoices.org/2017/08/01/glo…

Please conserve electricity today from 3pm-6pm to help reduce future power supply costs. #ShredthePeak

Please conserve electricity today from 4pm-6pm to help reduce future power supply costs. Thank you for helping to #ShredthePeak!

Rise in web encryption meant Turkey had to block all of Wikipedia to screen the unflattering parts: cyber.harvard.edu/publications/2…

From now until 7 p.m.: reduce electricity use and turn down A/C. Keep costs and rates low Reduce emissions. Take action during peaks! twitter.com/readinglight/s…

First human test of CRISPR editing proposed. It's for immune therapy. technologyreview.com/s/601717/first…

Following. Nice job to all at RMLD on getting the word out this way. twitter.com/readinglight/s…

“The Threats Are Bigger Than They’ve Ever Been” -- so says a leading national cybersecurity strategist. technologyreview.com/news/545621/wh…

Welcome to the age of the cyber mega-breach. Here's a look at how we'll survive: technologyreview.com/news/545616/cy…

BREAKING: $100M Illumina spin-out Grail developing liquid biopsy cancer tests. bit.ly/22R9nCE #JPM16 #ILMN

4/ And DHS, don't forget to call on Facebook's data science division for insights and ideas. technologyreview.com/letters/428888…

3/Here are a few ideas for how the social media industry might leverage its tools more effectively vs. extremists: technologyreview.com/view/544401/wh…

2/The Washington Post says White House will send aides to meet with Silicon Valley executives to devise a better online effort vs. ISIS.

1/A new U.S. task force will step up efforts against the kinds of extremist use of social media described here: technologyreview.com/review/541801/…

How to deal with the ISIS social media juggernaut? By scaling one-on-one engagement: technologyreview.com/review/541801/… @Institute4SD

Today's Berkman Buzz: cheating software; fighting ISIS online; the Adblock War eepurl.com/bAJ7MT

@RossFrenett Hi Ross -- here's my piece mentioning your work: technologyreview.com/review/541801/…

Strategies for countering ISIS online: technologyreview.com/review/541801/…