Pavlina Draganova
@ppdraganova
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Solar in China generated ~1/3 as much as *all* U.S. generation last month. And it’s doubling every 2 years.
I don't think people understand how fast this race is. In May, Chinese solar generated over 100 TWh. China has the manufacturing capacity to build an entire U.S. nuclear fleet worth of generation from solar and storage — every year. Soon, it will be an entire *U.S.* worth of
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I like when people post pics of a great day they had and one of the pics is just a sandwich
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Only 14% of US residents are immigrants. But immigrants are responsible for 36% of aggregate innovation. Two-thirds of this contribution is due to making their native-born collaborators better.
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2024 will go down as the first full year when wind and solar generated more electricity than coal. Our air and water is cleaner, our electricity is cheaper, and our world is better as a result.
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China’s economy still growing and industrializing. This chart, via @pretentiouswhat, seems more useful in terms of understanding the trajectory of electricity production
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Some really good thinking here on what’s needed to reinvigorate US manufacturing - targeted tariffs, smart industrial policy, working constructively with allies:
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There's a clean energy boom happening across the US - creating good quality jobs, making rural communities wealthier, and enabling upgrades to water and sewer systems. All of this progress could be rolled back by a full IRA repeal: https://t.co/bjI5YizTes
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Trump has said he’ll repeal President Biden’s climate law, but one North Carolina district shows how hard unwinding multibillion-dollar projects could be.
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I finally wrote down my thoughts about Glossy, the book about Glossier (where I used to run comms). I have some pretty strong feelings about how Emily Weiss is portrayed, and even stronger ones about what the lessons are (and aren’t) for women founders.
link.medium.com
A response to Glossy from Glossier’s former comms lead
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Inspiring to see Walmart workers discussing their conditions on Organise. Four new actions from Walmart workers in the last week. This user really gets what Organise is all about 😍
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"Hype springs eternal in medicine, but lately the horizon of new possibility seems almost blindingly bright." A thread on what appears to be, somewhat suddenly, a new golden age of biomedical breakthroughs, just as Covid comes to an exhausted close. (1/x)
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We may be on the cusp of an era of astonishing innovation — the limits of which aren’t even clear yet.
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I have never watched Don Lemon but it allows me to revisit the greatest sorbet-related celebrity interaction ever, by the great @taffyakner
https://t.co/s3kXmlGJrf
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Taylor Swift was in talks to sign a $100m sponsorship deal with FTX. But then actually asked “can you tell me that these are not unregistered securities?” and the deal fell through.
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🚨BREAKING: New research by Organise shows that 78% of staff are considering leaving the NHS A survey of over 2,500 NHS staff found: 👉🏽Alarming levels of burnout, stress and anxiety 👉🏾 Delays in procedures and compromised quality of care Read more⤵️ https://t.co/rHl4uUVFMT
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Hiring! 🔥 Come join the @organisehq team changing the world of work 🔥
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As a Frontend Engineer, you’ll be a key part of the product team working across our suite of tools, with a focus on the frontend app for our Network product (organise.network), which is built in...
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IMF: UK only leading economy likely to fall into recession this year (behind Russia!). Forecasts UK ec will shrink 0.6% in ‘23, weighed down by mix high energy prices, rising mortgages, higher taxes> v bleak forecast for Gov that pinned hopes on recovery https://t.co/5k4WLyV7xv
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The International Monetary Fund says the country's growth is being held back by more miserly government spending and the effects of high energy prices - and that the economy will even lag behind...
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This Twitter thread just taught me that Shrek (2001) and Shrek 2 (2004) were both nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes
Always fascinating to remember that they actually created Best Animated Feature just for Shrek because they were so afraid of it winning Best Picture
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