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Crisis Lessons Learned When My Apartment Building Was on Fire

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When nature’s fury flares, you’ll be relieved that you have an existing relationship with professionally vetted art conservators that you can call on instead of also needing to research the best partner to deal with the consequences when the waters rise. The sooner you can alert people that you are aware of the issue the better.

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A ‘thorn forest’ once covered 1 million acres in the Rio Grande Valley. This man is trying to bring it back

Fast Company Tech

It also leads the Thornforest Conservation Partnership, a coalition of agencies and organizations hoping to restore at least 81,444 acres, the amount needed for the ocelot population to rebound. Flooding, long a problem, worsens as stormwater infrastructure lags behind frenzied development. American Forests doesnt have that problem.

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Quris combines AI with ‘patient on a chip’ to speed drug development and reduce animal testing

TechCrunch

Without the AI interpreting it, the data suddenly becomes a multi-PhD type of problem. What, are you the guinea pig? The answer is: yes, we’re all guinea pigs. But Bentwich was quick to note that they in no way anticipate eliminating the biological side and relying only on the AI. But this is a first step away from that.”

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How I used AI to boost my self-esteem and how you can do the same

Fast Company Tech

But first, I used myself as the guinea pig. A soap company founder revealed her real reason for leaving finance for ocean conservation. The problem was, most AI tools werent built for this kind of deep, reflective storytelling work. Tears streamed down my face as I saw my own story in a completely new light.

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How a fake “Real Oversight Board” is putting pressure on Facebook

The Verge

The problem with ‘civil’ is it’s a word that’s used by powerful people to silence less powerful people,” he said. The remarks come in response to concerns that Facebook’s algorithm favors conservatives. Some say they feel like guinea pigs, building cool stuff so that Facebook can see what works and eventually buy them out or copy them.