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Fact 1 "The spectacular acceleration in global renewable investment is, in fact, a story about 1 country: China" Fact 2. "The renewable share of new capacity additions in electricity generation worldwide is 90%" Why are these 2 facts not known broadly? adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-38…

Pretty bad how normalized bigotry against Muslims and Indians has gotten on this site

The consolidation of a US reactionary political coalition of fossil capital, monopoly tech, and natsec hawks makes a lot of sense in the context of a existential battle to control global systems of energy, innovation + production. Must read Albert Pinto Kate Mackenzie in Phenomenal World

“For the first time in two centuries, the West is no longer the leader in future technology, but the follower.” NEW: Kate Mackenzie and I Phenomenal World write about what the Chinese tech acceleration means for the world. Subscribe & read here: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics…

One of the best pieces ever written on BRICS, in my view. Technologies are changing and moving so rapidly that most analyses, not the least prejudices, are becoming outdated.

At May's Beyond Neoliberalism conference in Cambridge Helen Thompson POLIS pointed out 3 recent "Sputnik Moments" with profound consequences -DeepSeek (blowing up Silicon Valley AI boom) -BYD (blowing up Western ICE auto) -Rover (blowing up Space Race) phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics… TY Noam Maggor

My lab’s 5-year NIH R01 grant, awarded to study gene therapy for hearing loss, was abruptly terminated. I want to share how this action has been incredibly harmful and disruptive, not just to my lab, but to the scientific process itself. 1/15

The drone war stuff feels like World War I biplanes where they hadn’t figured out guns so they were dropping bricks and firing pistols at each other

This in a way is a secret weapon for Zohran, and why a lot of conservatives are sputtering about right now. You can yell out "Muslim!" or "Socialist!" or "African!" and his response, with a smile, is "yup."

BRICS in Brazil,&under Brazil's leadership is going green -energy transition investment surge in China, Brazil, India, UAE,S Africa,Indonesia.(none in russia) -first joint statement on climate finance in road to COP30 -sovereignty now includes green energy phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics…

The vibe is so 2000 Russia

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Should the US push for regime change in Iran? Part 1 of my Aspen Ideas conversation w/ two former national security advisers — John Bolton & Susan Rice — and former CIA Director and retired Gen. David Petraeus:

Which way Western man: “There are now two competing global models of energy and influence: one based on fossil fuels, one on green technologies and a new model of sustainable development.”

I think about this often.

.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launches ad hominem attacks on The Budget Lab analysis noting some staff and board members served in the Biden Administration. I am on the board, didn’t serve with Biden and was plenty critical of Biden's stimulus and inflation. (Greg Mankiw former Bush CEA

Which way is the worlds leading hyperpower determined to drag us towards? “There are now two competing global models of energy and influence: one based on fossil fuels, one on green technologies and a new model of sustainable development" phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics…

Lula says BRICS must take steps to ditch the US dollar. Its the kind of thing that BRICS leaders say & goes viral & provokes lots of agitated responses. We argue something far more interesting than de-dollarization is going on. New Phenomenal World phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics…