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About 98% of all land that’s been deforested over the last 10,000 years has been converted to agriculture, according to data from @fao.org.
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Agriculture Affects Deforestation Much More Than Most People Realize
Cattle farming accounts for 80 percent of all deforested land across the Amazon, and 41 percent of all tropical deforestation worldwide.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
About 98% of all land that’s been deforested over the last 10,000 years has been converted to agriculture, according to data from @fao.org.
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Silicon Valley could’ve been one of the most unbelievable and prosperous places on the planet, but elected officials decided to listen to NIMBYs for decades, and this is what the commercial corridor where the world’s most valuable company is headquartered looks like:
January 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Silicon Valley could’ve been one of the most unbelievable and prosperous places on the planet, but elected officials decided to listen to NIMBYs for decades, and this is what the commercial corridor where the world’s most valuable company is headquartered looks like:
“High users of overtime,” the report continued, “consistently work the equivalent of 80-hour work weeks every week of the year, in some cases for multiple years in a row.”
Insane that this is allowed by SFPD and city officials.
Insane that this is allowed by SFPD and city officials.
SFPD overtime has more than doubled to $108M, according to a city audit released this morning.
Officers routinely blow through overtime limits, the audit found, w/little consequence, & SFPD has poor controls in place to stop abuse.
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Officers routinely blow through overtime limits, the audit found, w/little consequence, & SFPD has poor controls in place to stop abuse.
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missionlocal.org/2024/12/sfpd...
SFPD overtime has more than doubled to $108M, city audit finds
City audit finds SFPD has "poor internal control" of overtime, but SFPD chief argues it's tied to understaffing.
missionlocal.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:37 PM
“High users of overtime,” the report continued, “consistently work the equivalent of 80-hour work weeks every week of the year, in some cases for multiple years in a row.”
Insane that this is allowed by SFPD and city officials.
Insane that this is allowed by SFPD and city officials.
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imagine being a university leader, clearing $500k a year, and pushing for the prosecution of a teenage reporter.
absolute cowards.
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absolute cowards.
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Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters?
Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.
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December 5, 2024 at 7:19 AM
imagine being a university leader, clearing $500k a year, and pushing for the prosecution of a teenage reporter.
absolute cowards.
www.cjr.org/getting-the-...
absolute cowards.
www.cjr.org/getting-the-...
November 30, 2024 at 12:32 AM
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“From what I knew about Jackie Fielder before her resounding election this month as supervisor for the Mission, I expected a bomb-thrower.”
#sfpol #sfnews from @adamlashinsky.bsky.social
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Opinion | Jackie Fielder's party of one
Is the new supervisor a bold, young progressive who just wants to get stuff done? Or a far-left firebrand looking to turn the system upside down?
sfstandard.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:36 PM
“From what I knew about Jackie Fielder before her resounding election this month as supervisor for the Mission, I expected a bomb-thrower.”
#sfpol #sfnews from @adamlashinsky.bsky.social
sfstandard.com/opinion/2024...
#sfpol #sfnews from @adamlashinsky.bsky.social
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