Teddy Rmble
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Teddy Rmble
@TeddyRmble
Filmmaker, animal lover, conservationist. Lover of wild places. Vegetarian.












Good grief. California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton refuses to say Joe Biden won the 2020 election.


The Second Circuit of the United States Appeals Court refuses Trump's request to rehear the case he lost last year. This photo was taken of Robbie Kaplan & me by Adam Gray of Reuters. This VERY informative article was written by @AyshaBagchi usatoday.com/story/news/pol…


Study: Birds are more afraid of women than men, and no one knows why. | Not The Bee A new study has shown that for some unknown reason men are able to get closer to birds before they take flight than women. The study was conducted across several European cities. The researchers found that compared to women, men were able to get an average of one metre closer to birds before they fled (termed flight initiation distance). And it wasn't just one variety of bird either. This finding was also consistent across the 37 bird species studied, from species that typically flee early, like magpies, to species that flee late, like pigeons. The researchers are absolutely befuddled as to what the reason is for the phenomenon. Professor Daniel Blumstein from the University of California, Los Angeles, a co-author of the study said: ‘I fully believe our results, that urban birds react differently based on the sex of the person approaching them, but I can't explain them right now. We used bleeding-edge comparative analysis techniques that showed our findings were consistent across cities and species, but we simply don't have a conclusive explanation yet.' They think it might be related to pheromones or the female gait, but no one is entirely sure. There were a couple of other reasonable hypothesis out there: One thing is for sure though; we can no longer use the term bird brain to denigrate the woke. notthebee.com/article/study-…


🚨BREAKING: Republicans' odds to flipping the Michigan US Senate seat JUMP OVERNIGHT. Michigan - 2026 US Senate 🟥Mike Rogers 44.3% (+3.7) 🟦Abdul El-Sayed 40.6% Polling average via Pollsmax.com. Abdul El-Sayed has become the Democratic frontrunner, and compared to his primary opponents—Mallory McMorrow and Haley Stevens—he performs by far the worst against Mike Rogers. If El-Sayed ends up being the nominee, Republicans will be the heavy favorites to flip Michigan's US Senate seat later this year.

Most people I know in AI think the median person is screwed, and they have no idea what to do about it. I spent the last 3 months talking to dozens of researchers, economists, and policy experts about AI's impact on work; including reps from every frontier lab and several Congressional offices. Unfortunately, I was not reassured. The AI industry is raising the alarm, but can't change course. These companies' core business model relies on the disruption they are warning about: their faith in full automation only makes them go faster. Policymakers are waking up, but still paralyzed by data and debates. Econ wonks disagree on plenty, but even the limited scenario looks like a "painful transition" that will disempower millions of workers. But an "underclass" is not inevitable, but rather a societal choice — and one we can and should stop. Instead of waiting for impact, we should start planning now to support workers through AI disruption. Whether policymakers can assuage concerns about economic security may determine if we get to reap AI's gains at all. New from me for @NYTOpinion. I put a ton into researching what I think may be the biggest topic of the year, so hope you read it (gift link here!) nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opi…

















