Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026485/ 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.... 2317
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-...newsweek.com5 Takeaways From Iran Letter to Americans and What It Means for Trump’s War 2224
Reposted by Albert PintoBentley Allan @bentleyallan.bsky.social · 7hAnd 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. 0102
Reposted by Albert PintoSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 9hI think a not too insignificant amount of Trump voters really did buy the whole “he will not start wars” schtick 501245137
Reposted by Albert PintoThe 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.'"lnk.thebulwark.comTrump to Foreign Students: F*ck OffTrump promised green cards for “the best and brightest”—but he’s making legal immigration a gauntlet of red tape, fees, and threats. 47525
Reposted by Albert PintoJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8hSolar 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! 218021
Reposted by Albert PintoJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8hSolar 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! 416618
Reposted by Albert PintoThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15hTrump and his Republican allies insist China is to blame for how unpopular Data Centers are They think we are all Morons 40384103
Reposted by Albert PintoLorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. 323311787
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026NEW: 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 119376
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert 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... 510966
Reposted by Albert PintoJessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 11h4/ 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. 1123
Reposted by Albert PintoJessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 11h2/ 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. 1104
Reposted by Albert PintoJessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 11hBig 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.comDid 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. 14424
Reposted by Albert PintoTheodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 13h*This* is how AI will kill us. [#3 of an ongoing series.] bsky.app/profile/70sb... 1159
Reposted by Albert PintoHolly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 16hHappy to report I’m doing my bit. Plus no expensive parking fees on campus. 0183
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/20267/ 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 1377
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Wait what theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...theconversation.comThe world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carsElectric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most. 251034405
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026ngl 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... 117241
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Lula 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... 528198
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026France is now both ATOMIC BUCOLIC and SOLAR PUNK 26114
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Horrific! “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.comAsylum 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. 0118
Reposted by Albert PintoDaniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 25/09/2026At a certain point you just have to call it election interference from the US. 7696272
Reposted by Albert PintoNBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026President 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.nbcnews.toTrump to unveil plans for a $15 billion steel mill in IowaMesabi Metallics, which is building the plant, aims to start production in 2030, a White House official said. 512012
Reposted by Albert PintoUrvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026There 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. 142459845
Reposted by Albert PintoTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In 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. 9824205
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026There 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...phenomenalworld.orgKate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay | Green Strategy in AfricaOn the continent’s industrial development agenda for the twenty-first century 320971
Reposted by Albert PintoHenry 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 controlsthebritishacademy.ac.ukThe US dollar system as a source of international disorder 13515
Reposted by Albert PintoDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the dollar system is "a global panopticon and choke point for everyone except criminals" 24618
Reposted by Albert PintoColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The 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. 8369148
Reposted by Albert PintoMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files 875328858234
Reposted by Albert PintoGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026Gone 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. 18819485
Reposted by Albert PintoDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 27/09/2026so 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.comThe War with Iran Has No End (Neon Liberalism #92)Structural factors are driving us towards a more chaotic and lawless world. 510420
Reposted by Albert PintoMadison 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.comT. Rowe Seeks to Ringfence $165 Billion EM Book From El Niño FalloutT. 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. 153
Reposted by Albert PintoNoel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The 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... 12690294
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/202615/ 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 2146
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert 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... 37233
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/20263/ 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-... 1457
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/20262/ 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 16726
Reposted by Albert PintoWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The 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. 42103084362
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 1103
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 1112
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 1114
Reposted by Albert Pintoepicfubar.bsky.social @epicfubar.bsky.social · 29/06/2026So liberating women, investing in health care, and emphasizing education is the route to success, you say? 0317
Reposted by Albert PintoPeggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Stirring 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?...youtu.beFULL: '1,000 Friends Too Few, One Enemy Too Many', Indonesia FM Calls Out Israel & UN Gaza FailureYouTube video by NDTV World 67950
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026now thats a perfect paragraph #MagnificasHumanitas 15117
Reposted by Albert PintoDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026to 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.forbiddenstories.orgThe Deportation Project MapBetween 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... 3822341161
Reposted by Albert PintoMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:meidasnews.com“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banksWeeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states 44194574484
Reposted by Albert PintoAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026germany 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 131
Reposted by Albert PintoTim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When 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. 22513