Katherine T. Tyson
Day job policymaking on climate change/adaptation gap. Research public goods provision (IR, IPE, Law)
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- In 2015, the main criticism of bitcoin was that it would finance organized crime and human trafficking. Anyone who is pretending that they didn't know is either a liar or ignorant.
- An alternative hypothesis: if Millennials, Gen X and boomers were sitting exams like Gen Z we’d find a drop in intelligence across the board. It’s almost like a novel virus that causes cognitive decline emerged 5 years ago.
- The social contract supporting academia is broken: its gamification is leading to everyone being worse off.
- The social contract is broken. After this insanity, any reform needs to tackle wealth inequality as a priority.
- “The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.” - Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos 2026
- Text of PM Mark Carney’s full WEF Davos speech
- Is 2026 the year media starts catching up with the Covid science? Dementia risk has long been associated with Covid19 infections. We’re facing a mass disabling event that could be mitigated by proper public health measures. We can’t afford to keep ignoring the elephant in the room.
- Tomorrow is going to be one for the history books: Greenland, Iran, Venezuela, ICE and now the Fed
- Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
- This is not a valid train of thought
- How to help save globally overwhelmed healthcare systems: upgrade the PPE. “Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient.”
- Geriatric men playing politics like a game of risk will doom us all
- 2025 was the dumpster fire I expected. If you’re looking for more control over 2026 may I recommend investing in high quality masks to wear in crowded spaces. The dumpster fire may keep burning in 2026, but it’s a whole lot easier to handle healthy.
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- I hope this holiday season is treating everyone on Bluesky well, especially those who may be handling more this year
