Both 2023 (probably) and 2024 were over 1.5°C according to Berkeley Earth, 1.54±0.06°C and 1.62±0.06°C respectively. 2025 was (probably) a shade under at 1.44±0.09°C. Unfortunately it looks like that goal won't be attainable, but all the more reason to make the changes we can.

https://berkeleyearth.org/global-temperature-report-for-2023...

https://berkeleyearth.org/global-temperature-report-for-2024...

https://berkeleyearth.org/global-temperature-report-for-2025...

They also never managed the massive economies of scale for regular solar panels that have driven down prices. Solar panels that can be mounted on any kind of roof, in fields, etc.

I noticed it too, first time I genuinely used bing, and it worked fine.

I don't think I ever remember seeing gws go down, there will be a big postmortem on this

Looking forward to the postmortem

I thought that honour belonged to the NZ super fund with an annualised return of 10% before tax since it's creation in 2003. I couldn't find a comparable figure for the CPPIB, but it looks to be lower.

https://nzsuperfund.nz/

I am not an expert, but my understanding is most funds don't change allocations immediately, but it would be part of normal rebalancing, e.g. VOO and other indexes that track the S&P500 do it quarterly

And even with that, they give themselves some room for tracking error, I think.

This is not new, the article spins it as a big increase using a low during COVID as a baseline.

Alternative article with stats back to 2001: https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/137340/current-exod...

Note also that the population has grown around 30% since 2001, so the rate is probably lower than in the 2000s.

NZ is a small country, cities are small, it can be expensive, and the job market is relatively limited. For some it's made up for by the abundance of nature, the laid back attitudes, etc. but that's never going to be everyone's cup of tea.

For card payments sure, but if you buy with play store gift cards bought from a third party retailer, I don't think Google is making much if anything out of that.

Or alternatively, a hundred 10 mile by 10 mile installations. Or on average 2 such installations per state. Hardly seems anywhere near comparable to a Dyson sphere

There are 13,000 square miles of dedicated parking lots in the United States. Covering these gets you a double-whammy of keeping heat out of the ground and generating power.

Honest question: do you get charged more for health insurance in the US if you and/or your family aren't vaccinated?

This looks similar to what Meta (then Facebook) did a decade ago and basically broke the agreements between Apple, Google, etc. to not poach each others employees