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Sometimes spending summer at home is nice too.

Parking in #NewYork The New Yorker

Making both the desert and stock market bloom, #Israel has been the one developmental success story in the region. “The markets are signalling a clear winner in the Middle East” on.ft.com/3TGl2oG

The ⁦EIA⁩ “we project U.S. production growth of crude #oilandgas remains relatively high through 2030 due to increasing U.S. exports of petroleum products and [LNG], as U.S. energy exports continue to be economical for international consumers.” eia.gov/todayinenergy/…

The world's oil transit Choke points 2023

Well, I learned more about what’s coming our way in academia by reading this piece in The New Yorker by hua hsu than I could by prompting ChatGPT for a week or two. You can’t replace guys like Prof. Hsu with a chatbot. #AI newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

BP offloads US onshore wind business as it pivots back to oil on.ft.com/4mlT7XB

An arbitration panel has cleared the way for Chevron to close its $53 billion purchase of Hess, after Exxon tried to pre-empt the deal wsj.com/business/energ… via The Wall Street Journal

Been reading John Kemp's daily newsletter for years. It really is one of the most valuable arrivals in my otherwise too busy Inbox. #energy

Is this the year when #Chevron exists the North Sea completely? #oilandgas rystadenergy.com/news/global-up…

A most grim take on #SouthAfrica's future. No longer Mandela's Rainbow Nation. "Wall Street Misprices South Africa’s Collapse" by Max Meizlish wsj.com/opinion/wall-s… via Wall Street Journal Opinion

A very serious decline in Europe's #petrochemicals production. Again, costs and regulation are the culprits. #oilandgas "Europe's chemical industry seeks a lifeboat to stay in business" reuters.com/business/energ…

Some news for the #gold bugs out there. #Fusion energy start-up claims to have cracked alchemy via Financial Times on.ft.com/4lEOO9x

IOCs ending the development of new #oilandgas fields is not in the cards. Too much demand worldwide. ‘Net zero’ emissions standard paused as #Shell quits via Financial Times on.ft.com/4f2cGla

RIP John "#Ozzy" Osbourne (1948-2025). There goes a big part of my teenage years. Standing in the crowd in Dublin during the last Sabbath tour in 2017, a viciously loud "Snowblind" washing over us, remains a highlight. "Never talking Just keeps walking Spreading his magic..."

Tragic. Qualitative, comparative, theoretically informed (or theory generating) work in economic history is foundational. e.g. I cannot imagine understanding the 20th century without Barry Eichengreen. The optimal amount of qualitative economic history is surely >20% of papers.

As it's the centenary of its publication, I decided to re-read Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. What a marvel, this time too! It’s quite possibly the most flawlessly written book in the English language, each page like a whole composition unto itself. #literature