#298: What they're *not* teaching kids today Important, Not Important

This week:
Climate change in the curriculumIncreasingly divergent subvariantsCell-cultured meatRSV vaccines are comingGenerative AI (...didn't write this, but it might one day)
Here's What You Can Do:
Teachers can't teach without understanding the material. Check out ClimeTime and the CLEAN project for free, vetted resources for educators K-12.Bring everyone you know to get their bivalent boosters, bring masks back (they can help defend against the flu and RSV too), and improve your air quality wherever you canOur friends at Climate Tech VC put together a free deep-dive on methane emissions from cows. Read it and get up to speed.Join our friends at Pod Save America to call, text, knock on doors, and vote for people who will fight for the 75% of Americans who don't have access to paid leave through an employerCheck out Bleeding Edge AI for a cool timeline for developments as they happen, and/or Ben's Bites, a free, digestible, pithy email update with all things generative AI
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