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SpaceElevatorMusic t1_j9kybjn wrote

Reply to We are journalists from EdSource and we want to answer questions on what parents and teachers need to know to help kids learn to read by EdSourceToday

Hey, and thanks for this AMA.

How long-standing are these problems (as opposed to being a consequence of pandemic-related learning loss)?

From a policymaker’s perspective, what top-down policy solutions to the literacy crisis have the most evidence behind their efficacy?

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SpaceElevatorMusic t1_j7vrrxx wrote

Reply to comment by Sammy_Roth in I’m Sammy Roth, an L.A. Times reporter trying to figure out where to put all the solar and wind farms we'll need to fight climate change. Is farmland the answer? AMA! by losangelestimes

I appreciate your responses.

To the second point, I fully agree that most people would not regard it as one of the most important stories. Nevertheless, I think the scale of the problem speaks for itself: so far this year, over 6 billion animals have been killed for food in the US alone. There is an emerging scientific consensus that many animals, including the kinds most frequently farmed, fished, or hunted, are sentient and have the capacity to suffer. And they do suffer; the practices that take place, particularly but not exclusively on industrial farms, are exempted from animal cruelty laws. Just food for thought for future coverage.

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SpaceElevatorMusic t1_j7vp0yu wrote

Reply to I’m Sammy Roth, an L.A. Times reporter trying to figure out where to put all the solar and wind farms we'll need to fight climate change. Is farmland the answer? AMA! by losangelestimes

Hello, and thanks for this AMA.

Speaking of "the difficult choices that must be made to ramp down climate pollution", and given the current concerns about water and land usage in California, does any of your reporting (or that another Los Angeles Times journalist) focus on the unnecessary environmental damage caused in the state by the animal agriculture industry?

Moreover, can I ask for your take on why almost no media outlets cover what should be one of the largest stories in our society; that of animal rights, or the lack thereof? Ironically, it's tabloids like the Daily Mail that do the most coverage of these topics because "vegan activist does X outrageous thing" gets plenty of hate clicks, and occasionally they give quote one or two sentences from said activist.

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SpaceElevatorMusic t1_j7m6pxd wrote

Reply to We’re Recursion and we’re using AI to decode biology and industrialize drug discovery! by ShakeNBakeGibson

Hi, and thanks for this AMA.

I've read that AI could be used for reducing the amount of computation necessary to model really complex things like protein folding. Does your work touch on that, or are you otherwise able to comment on whether or not that's true?

In general, how much success have you had in "predicting the result of experiments before we do them"?

Lastly, while I realize you're a company and seeking to make money, do you have any standards in place that you're committed to to avoid price gouging people and/or taxpayers for access to the results of your healthcare-related research?

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