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The CEO of GoFundMe recently confirmed one third of GoFundMe campaigns are to pay medical bills. Feel free to look up exact statistics but essentially GoFundMe has become one of the biggest insurers in the country. What does that say about our healthcare system?

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Sandbagged by Ford's decision to cut Toronto councillors? Check out "DEFEND DEMOCRACY HANDS OFF TORONTO" https://t.co/DuimcwtVHQ @Eventbrite

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Last mile legacy systems. The copper-infrastructure city. Bangkok, 2017.

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Alex Steffen@AlexSteffen·

13 Aug

One of the most wondrous and formative experiences of my life was solo hiking through Glacier in the early 90s. It changed me, my life trajectory, and my connection to the Earth we live within.

I can't bring myself to read these stories. https://t.co/70pUsVbaYB

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Spiderman vs Minimalism, Melbourne, Australia, 12/2015

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China Daily@ChinaDailyUSA·

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Have you ever considered wearing a 3D printed wedding dress? Or wearing 3D printed sneakers on your next jog? At the China #3DPrinting Cultural Museum, these concepts can become a reality! #YangtzeEconomy

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Alex Steffen@AlexSteffen·

13 Aug

When it comes to climate, if it's not action at disruptive scales and speeds, it's predatory delay.

That's when we are, now, after decades of inaction. That's the curve we're on.

We're completely out of time for gradual, incremental approaches and small comfortable steps.

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jennifer keesmaat@jen_keesmaat·

13 Aug

Everyone who rides the subway to work or school every day knows that we’ve reached a crisis point. You wait on a dangerously overcrowded platform as packed train after packed train passes you by. And when you finally get on, you’re crushed. Toronto commuters need relief, now. 1/4

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13 Aug

All 16,359 of Shenzhen's buses have gone electric. See how they did it 👇 https://t.co/lrrKEbxpIo #Cities4Climate via @WRIRossCities

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Jeff Morris Jr.@jmj·

11 Aug

In crypto, "product design" has created a new breed of product leaders & PM's. Relevant skills:

1. Experience with distributed systems problems.
2. Cryptoeconomics: knowledge of cryptography + economic incentives.
3. Mechanism design: know how to incentivize rational actors.

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