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Notes · July 25, 2026
Notes for July 25, 2026
Drying Lakes Can Release the Carbon Buried Beneath Them
A Science study estimates the dried Aral Sea bed has released about 748 Mt CO2 since 1960—arguing disappearing lakes are not only water and habitat disasters but missing carbon sources in climate accounting, with similar risks elsewhere.
Inspired by science.org · Science
Context Engineering Has to Evolve with the Model
Anthropic cut most of Claude Code’s system prompt for Claude 5-generation models without coding-eval loss—arguing prompts and agent configs must be retested per model, not copied across LLMs as if one format were durable.
Inspired by claude.com · Thariq Shihipar
Renewable Ammonia Could Make Fertilizer Production Far More Local
UMN’s wind/solar-powered ammonia demo shows fertilizer can follow intermittent renewables—arguing local nitrogen production matters for resilience when global fertilizer supply chains break.
Inspired by ammoniaenergy.org · Ammonia Energy Association
Google Used to Be the Company Everyone Wanted Sending Them Traffic
Google’s AI results reduce publisher clicks while still needing crawled original work—arguing the old search partnership is flipping into a trap that may consume the open web Google depends on.
Inspired by futurism.com · Victor Tangermann
Even When Cities Want Flock Gone, Getting Rid of It Isn’t Always Easy
404 Media documents show Verona, Wisconsin asked Flock to remove ALPR cameras after the contract ended, then bagged them while waiting—arguing surveillance gear should stop collecting data and leave promptly when a city votes it out.
Inspired by 404media.co · 404 Media