Morris Pondfield
@mpondfield
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Consultant, Professor, Terps, Ravens plus O's Fan, an early adopter. There is no box.
Maryland
Joined February 2009
"These were not simple #oil fields. The Orinoco Belt is among the most technically demanding heavy oil regions in the world. Sustaining production requires..." https://t.co/mE9F1Jel0S
#Venezuela #OilPolitics #oilandgas #technology #oilcompanies
oilprice.com
Venezuela's oil recovery is hampered by both long-term structural damage from the collapse of PDVSA and later, faster-acting disruption from US sanctions, with a near-term rebound hinging most on...
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Fear that #AI will decimate #jobmarket is growing fast among educated #middleclass — and not just among the young. It’s fear that's impacting their #mentalhealth. It's also threatening to impact who they'll vote for.― @noreenahertz
https://t.co/kVc9llFlCT
#artificial_intelligence
politico.com
As automation anxiety once fueled right-wing populism, fears of AI displacement may now power a new, left-leaning revolt among white-collar workers.
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“Confronted with evidence of his own failure, #Trump announced that he’s changing course and pursuing a more responsible economic direction. No, I’m just kidding. He’s actually firing the commissioner of labor statistics.” #BLS #Economy #JobsReport
https://t.co/ncuprt4qNr
ms.now
Confronted with evidence of his own failures, the president could've changed direction. He instead found it easier to fire his labor statistics chief.
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"Crazy leaders are hard to predict. Unpredictability creates uncertainty. And uncertainty kills investment and hiring, at home as well as abroad. In trying to win a bigger share of the spoils, brinkmanship ensures there are fewer spoils to be won."
economist.com
Whatever its geopolitical merits, the “madman theory” transfers badly to economics
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Yet instead, punch drunk on the #AI Kool Aid, govts are racing in the opposite direction…Could it be that politicians have forsaken their own #criticalthinking because they’ve been using #ChatGPT too much? ― @noreenahertz
https://t.co/oCGoIemOeX
#technology #dumbingdown
telegraph.co.uk
Could it be that politicians have forsaken their own critical thinking because they’ve been using ChatGPT too much?
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“The problem is math. Price becomes a choke point. When something is not viable anymore, it just breaks down” https://t.co/8npa6jE3Pz
economist.com
Mexico and Canada win a reprieve, but firms remain rattled
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"including growing population, deepening rule of law & success of non-traded goods that fueled America’s growth…may all sound technical & academic. Alas, it's Trump who, in his mangling of history & economics, is steering America/world back to a dead end"
economist.com
Donald Trump’s pursuit of tariffs will make the world poorer—and America, too
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"Watch Duty is already a lifeline for the state’s residents." ...be safe https://t.co/lB62Syt6eC
wired.com
Watch Duty is already a lifeline for the state’s residents. Its reach could soon extend to more disasters and regions.
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"Showing the surface wind on the map, showing evacuation zone on the map, showing evacuation zone where the fire is. Putting entire story from multiple locations into one place that anyone can use... It now provides fire information in 22 western states."
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Here’s a list of the top-rated #charities to help the #WildfireRelief effort https://t.co/hrBzX4cxlS
#CaliforniaWildfires #PacificPalisades
cnbc.com
For those who wish to help victims of the wildfires, here is a list of highly rated nonprofits already engaged in relief and recovery efforts on the ground.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others. ― Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter‘s presidency is extraordinarily underrated. But this is a good time to tell my favorite personal story. I was an advisor to the Carter Baker commission on election reform. At one of the meetings, President Carter asked if I would have lunch with him. 1/
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"You’re like, ‘What in the world are you talking about?’ The present day, it turns out. “Everyone stares at their iPhones around the dinner table,” Mr. Dear said. “We are all living the PLATO life now.” https://t.co/b9PJer4Ndv
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"... joining #Bluesky can be a reset — chance to start over on a platform that isn’t engineered to maximize engagement, that isn’t owned by a capricious billionaire or an amoral #advertising conglomerate, & that doesn’t treat its users as lab rats."
nytimes.com
Bluesky has a hint of the old Twitter magic, but the feeling of freedom it offers might be even better.
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Dems have the Senate majority for the next 60-plus days. Use it! Not just to confirm judges. Hold your own pre-confirmation hearings. Foreign Relations on Tulsi Gabbards ties to Russia. Intel Committee onJohn Ratliffe's misconduct on intelligence in Trump's first term. 1/
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We learn #Geology the morning after the #earthquake. — Ralph Waldo Emerson https://t.co/FjfrcZ7Iyr
#earthquakenyc
nytimes.com
A magnitude-4.8 earthquake sent tremors from Philadelphia to Boston and jolted buildings in New York City. An apparent aftershock was widely felt around 6 p.m.
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"That conclusion, if confirmed, could liberate #astronomers — & rest of us — from longstanding, grim prediction about ultimate fate of the #universe… Instead, it seems, #darkenergy is capable of changing course & pointing #cosmos toward a richer #future"
nytimes.com
Scientists may have discovered a major flaw in their understanding of that mysterious cosmic force. That could be good news for the fate of the universe.
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