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The BREAK–DOWN @break_downradio Sep 24

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We asked Mark Krockenberger four questions about koalas, chlamydia, and what this unexpected story can teach us about conservation in a climate-changed world.

Read his full responses on our website now.

break-down.org/on-koalas-and-…

Koala clinging to a tree branch at golden hour, paired with the headline "4 questions for Mark Krockenberger on koalas and chlamydia" indicating an interview about koala health and disease.

A warning that widespread chlamydia in northern Australian koalas—infecting roughly two-thirds to nine-tenths—has ravaged the species, causing emaciation, female infertility, and in some regions determining whether koalas persist in local ecosystems.

Explains that chlamydiosis causes immune-driven scarring of koalas' reproductive tracts and female infertility, spreads mainly at mating (and possibly mother-to-joey or during fights), reducing population reproductive success and resilience.

2021 report summary stating environmental stress makes chlamydia spread faster in koalas, paired with an expert quote that heat, drought and habitat fragmentation have escalated chlamydiosis and now prevent koala populations from recovering between events.

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Has our latest episode with Paris Marx got you thinking about data centers and Silicon Valley? Here are six recommendations

Curated six-book roundup on the era of data centers, AI, and Silicon Valley, shown as six cover images under the header "6 books on the era of data centers and Silicon Valley"; titles include Hyperscale, Empire of AI, The Rulers, Bog Communism, Muskism, The Nerd Reich.

Hyperscale — book cover by Paris Marx showing the title "Hyperscale" over a starfield with a half-visible Earth, a gray panel reading "The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires," and the author name "Paris Marx" in bold at the bottom.

Book cover for Empire of AI by Karen Hao, subtitle "Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI," showing bold black title and author text centered over a circular purple-to-orange gradient against a black background.

Title "The Rulers" by Cecilia Rikap — a stark book cover showing two dark, stormy cloud shapes stacked on a pale background, with the subtitle "Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" suggesting ominous cloud-based corporate control.

The BREAK–DOWN @break_downradio 2d

There's a reason why AI uses so much computation.

Listen to Paris Marx and Adrienne Buller on our new episode, Growth Mindset

youtu.be/Hvmua7f8VP8

The BREAK–DOWN @break_downradio 3d

Data centers are the start of a backlash to tech

Listen to Paris Marx and Adrienne Buller on our new episode, Growth Mindset

youtu.be/Hvmua7f8VP8

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