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Albert Pinto

@70sbachchan.bsky.social
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Alternately Defiant, Dispirited, and Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality and Development. I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter thepolycrisis.org

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
485/ Iran & Houthis are timing their military offensive to inflict maximum damage on Trump/GOP for midterms. Trump's panic is palpable. Soaring Fuel, energy, food prices -> govts being toppled. His tactic of blaming Ukraine for their bombing of Russian oil infrastructure is not going to fly....
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 6h
“People all around the world are looking to Americans to stop their government. Now is the time," the IRGC said. "Americans need to rise up and put an end to this miserable situation that their country, and the world at large, is facing." www.newsweek.com/5-takeaways-...
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5 Takeaways From Iran Letter to Americans and What It Means for Trump’s War
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Bentley Allan @bentleyallan.bsky.social · 7h
And it misses the fact that the Trump administration just supported domestic solar manufacturing with minimum import prices! The reality is always more interesting than the narrative.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 9h
I think a not too insignificant amount of Trump voters really did buy the whole “he will not start wars” schtick
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h
"'This administration knows exactly what they’re doing, and their main goal is to end legal immigration to the United States.'"
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Trump to Foreign Students: F*ck Off
Trump promised green cards for “the best and brightest”—but he’s making legal immigration a gauntlet of red tape, fees, and threats.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8h
Solar power made up 11.3% of US electricity this July, up from 9.5% last year Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 9.5% of US electricity, another record high!
a graph of solar's share of US electricity
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8h
Solar power also continues to skyrocket in Texas, with generation up 47% compared to last year Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 12.6% of Texas' electricity, a record high!
a graph of Texas monthly solar generation
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
Trump and his Republican allies insist China is to blame for how unpopular Data Centers are They think we are all Morons
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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW: The big story is not Chinese EVs everywhere —but Chinese EV factories everywhere. And its not just Chinese firms going out. Our CM-FDI database tracks every foreign Solar, Wind, EV and battery manufacturing plant built in 21st century. cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@washingtonpost reported earlier that hospitals insurance costs next year are projected to spike by the most in 2 decades, partly "due to medical providers’ increased use of artificial intelligence to find more claims they can bill for" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 11h
4/ Fortunately, carbon accounting crusader @ghgpolicy.org , who was on the technical board overseeing the revisions, resigned & brought a formal complaint. This has brought the whole process under scrutiny & a reboot of the process.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 11h
2/ Industry captured the process of revising forest methodologies, resulting in an insane proposal that would allow firms to claim emissions reductions credits even as their emissions increased. @worldresources.bsky.social, the institutional home of the GHG-P, backed this new methodology.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 11h
Big ups to @katearonoff.bsky.social for covering this seemingly boring but actually really important story about the GHG Protocol. Standards are technical & opaque AND they’re where the politics happen. This is a classic case of “managing tons.” 🧵
newrepublic.com
Did the Forestry Industry Just Get to Write Its Own Emissions Rules?
Accusations of industry capture, allegedly secret working groups, and the resignations of two researchers—a scandal is rocking the world of carbon emissions accounting.
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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 13h
*This* is how AI will kill us. [#3 of an ongoing series.] bsky.app/profile/70sb...
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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 16h
Happy to report I’m doing my bit. Plus no expensive parking fees on campus.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
7/ Why are Chinese EVs 'going out'? 3 reasons: 1 Overcapacity at home: thin margins & production capacity of ~50 million cars w domestic sales ~25 million 2 More profits abroad: Overseas customers, esp in OECD will pay more than Chinese customers 3 They are better cars cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Wait what theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
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The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
ngl this goes hard. "Absurd and inhuman violence is spreading ferociously through the sacred places of the Christian East, profaned by the blasphemy of war and the brutality of business" bsky.app/profile/adha...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Lula at UN: “African countries borrow at rates up to 8 times higher than Germany and 4 times higher than the United States. It’s a Marshall Plan in reverse, in which the poorest finance the richest.” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mar... I presented at G20 Rio YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6Z...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
France is now both ATOMIC BUCOLIC and SOLAR PUNK
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Horrific! “A Post analysis found that immigration judges have ordered more than 440,000 asylum seekers removed during President Trump’s first 19 months back in office — more than during the previous eight years combined.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... bsky.app/profile/davi...
washingtonpost.com
Asylum seekers thought they had a haven in the U.S. Then Trump returned.
More than 440,000 people have been ordered removed since the president returned to office — more than during the previous eight years combined.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 25/09/2026
At a certain point you just have to call it election interference from the US.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
President Trump will announce a plan for a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, with the aim of starting production by 2030, a White House official says.
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Trump to unveil plans for a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa
Mesabi Metallics, which is building the plant, aims to start production in 2030, a White House official said.
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In practice, AI literacy doesn’t start with building the tool for your personal use. It starts with understanding yourself as a collection of tasks who should subcontract those out to a machine. Almost no regular person’s life currently exists as such.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
There are 2 big stories in development happening in Africa @katemac.bsky.social (1) LEAPFROGGING: Africa is buying huge quantities of solar panels. Electricity access is accelerating growth (2) MAKING not just BUYING: some countries are capturing manufacturing phenomenalworld.org/analysis/afr...
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Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay | Green Strategy in Africa
On the continent’s industrial development agenda for the twenty-first century
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social and I have a @britishacademy.bsky.social paper on how the US is now somehow managing to combine gross overuse of dollar power (e.g. upcoming ICC sanctions) with genial complaisance about the use of crypto to circumvent ordinary controls
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The US dollar system as a source of international disorder
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the dollar system is "a global panopticon and choke point for everyone except criminals"
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The humanities have been calling out genAI theft since the jump, while STEM has rallied around “discovery potential”. I am *ONCE AGAIN* reminding EVERYONE that science is not the sacred cow, STEM isn’t the exception. They are going to steal our IP, too. We aren’t special.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 27/09/2026
so much crap has been written about how drones (short range precision strike) are changing the battlefield. almost nothing has been written about how drones (long range precision strike) are changing the war. so i thought i would. short answer: "this sucks man"
liberalcurrents.com
The War with Iran Has No End (Neon Liberalism #92)
Structural factors are driving us towards a more chaotic and lawless world.
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Madison Condon @madisoncondon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Two years ago, researchers at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, started developing the suite of climate and weather analytics that T. Rowe now uses alongside its own econometric analyses." no NSF funding? can you help finance divest from emerging markets to keep your lab alive?
bloomberg.com
T. Rowe Seeks to Ringfence $165 Billion EM Book From El Niño Fallout
T. Rowe Price has started relying on custom-made models to protect its $165 billion portfolio of emerging-market debt and equities from what promises to be an unusually destructive El Niño.
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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
15/ France trying to transfer advanced battery and EV technology from Asia Investments in the battery sector in Dunkirk are expected to exceed €9 billion! Taiwan's ProLogium & Sino-Japanese AESC gigafactories ambition in Dunkirk Supported by French govt & French battery national champion
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Global solar rankings as of 2025: Leaders: Total generation: China 🇨🇳, #2 US, # 3 India as Share of electricity generation.... Hungary ?? Per capita...Australia Our Electric World Order is here: pod.link/1884213852 @katemac.bsky.social @palmapolyak.bsky.social ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
3/ Will climate goals be rolled back? No, argues our new research The surge of global green investment was created by govts, and can bolster political coalitions comprising manufacturers, suppliers, workers and consumers to support Climate AND development. cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com/docs/cm-fdi-...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
2/ New research from our Johns Hopkins's Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab: The US is pulling back from climate & going all-in on AI. China is stepping in to build green factories overseas. The scale is staggering. Explore the cleantech manufacturing FDI database cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"China has multiple companies that, judged on tech, scale, market...would enjoy higher valuations in a different political economy. Their valuations are held down by the (correct) expectation that much of the value they create will ultimately accrue to buyers rather than shareholders" -Fishman & Kuo
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Australia & Türkiye rely on coal,gas,& oil to generate respectively around 90% & 80% of their domestic energy needs. Australia is also the world’s 3rd-largest fossil fuels exporter.Given such dependencies,how will the #COP31 presidencies tackle the fossil fuel question?"-@rishpardikar.bsky.social
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Rapid industrial development requires human capital: workers who are literate enough to be trained, healthy enough to show up, disciplined enough to come in on time, and sufficiently unencumbered by traditional life that they can sell their labor to whoever offers the most for it“ Thread
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epicfubar.bsky.social @epicfubar.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
So liberating women, investing in health care, and emphasizing education is the route to success, you say?
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stirring peach by Indonesia at UN. 280 million people. The UN and multilateralism cannot survive whilst Israel violates every principle of UN. Multilateralism, Human rights, right to sovereignty and self determination, peace. youtu.be/1fyOGzJIoCY?...
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FULL: '1,000 Friends Too Few, One Enemy Too Many', Indonesia FM Calls Out Israel & UN Gaza Failure
YouTube video by NDTV World
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
now thats a perfect paragraph #MagnificasHumanitas
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
germany has a fully owned Chinese CATL battery plant. And its carmakers are doing many tech partnerships. You can enter any country on our Hopkins CM-FDI explorer to find all the foreign owned or joint venture cleantech manufacturing plants. check it out:) cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com/explorer.html
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When the public thinks about "AI" they think about chatbots and internet slop but the real *transformation* stuff is in business processes / backends - and it's far from clear to what extent consumers will get any derived benefits. See for eg the AI arms race between insurers and hospitals below.
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