🥵 The world is missing its lofty climate targets

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The world is missing its lofty climate targets. Time for some realism. To accept that the world's average temperature might rise by more than 1.5°C, declared the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands in 2015, would be to sign the “death warrant” of small, low-lying countries such as his. To… (The Economist)

The Economist @TheEconomist

Global warming cannot be limited to 1.5°C. A dose of realism is needed at COP27, where three hard truths must be faced: econ.st/3UjmiMI Cover image: Carl Godfrey

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Stripe Cutting Headcount by 14% as It Readies for 'Leaner Times'. Stripe Inc., one of the world's most valuable startups, will cut more than 1,000 jobs as it seeks to rein in costs ahead of any economic downturn. The payments company will cut its workforce by 14% this week, returning headcount to the almost 7,000… (Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg)

Elad Gil @eladgil

Environment is only going to get tougher for private tech in 2023 Hard work to be done, but Stripe going to emerge stronger than ever. Incredibly bullish on their future 💪 Good time for other companies to focus on what 2023 means for them bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Elon Musk's first Hyperloop tunnel in California is gone. Elon Musk's first prototype Hyperloop tunnel is no more. Bloomberg reports that the roughly one-mile-long white steel tunnel running along Jack Northrop Avenue near SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, has been removed and will be replaced… (Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge)

Verge Transportation @vergecars

Elon Musk’s first Hyperloop tunnel in California is gone theverge.com/2022/11/3/2343…

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Substack targets Twitter with launch of discussions feature, Substack Chat. Another company hoping to capitalize on Twitter's upheaval in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover is the newsletter platform Substack. The company has openly targeted Twitter's user base over the past few days and has now thrown its hat into the ring… (Sarah Perez / TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez @sarahintampa

Substack targets Twitter with launch of discussions feature, Substack Chat:

ift.ttSubstack targets Twitter with launch of discussions feature, Substack ChatSubstack today launched a new chat feature that allows writers to communicate directly with their most avid readers directly in the Substack mobile app.

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Twitter may have lost more than a million users since Elon Musk took over. “We have observed an uptick in people deactivating their accounts and also Twitter suspending accounts,” says Christopher Bouzy, Bot Sentinel's founder. Bouzy and Bot Sentinel arrived at their numbers by looking at the proportion of… (Chris Stokel-Walker / MIT Technology Review)

Christopher Bouzy @cbouzy

Exclusive: Based on our internal data, we estimate 877,000 Twitter accounts were deactivated, and a further 497,000 were suspended between October 27 and November 1. That’s more than double the usual number.

technologyreview.comTwitter may have lost more than a million users since Elon Musk took overEstimates from Bot Sentinel suggest that more than 875,000 users deactivated their accounts between October 27 and November 1, while half a million more were suspended.

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