The government’s climate change report features meaty data but a squishy summary

The government’s climate change report features meaty data but a squishy summary

ByJosh Bernoff

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and several other government organizations are completing a report on global climate science. Someone leaked a late draft to the New York Times, which published it. The 545 page report is a great case study on how (and how not) to summarize technical information. The executive summary features telling…

The remarkable candor of Taylor Huckaby, voice of @SFBART

The remarkable candor of Taylor Huckaby, voice of @SFBART

ByJosh Bernoff

Taylor Huckaby, who posts on the Twitter account of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), just turned honesty into a full-fledged funding debate. I’ll show you what’s special and effective about his tweets. Here’s what Huckaby tweeted in response to a complaint. @shakatron BART was built to transport far fewer people, and much…