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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
IMPORTANT: Study finds electrifying SUVs/pick-ups could actually INCREASE emissions by using up scarce battery material that could otherwise be used to electrify a lot MORE smaller cars (and e-bikes). Via @sciencedirect.bsky.social SUVs are too big. #CarBloat www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sciencedirect.com
The new electric SUV market under battery supply constraints: Might they increase CO2 emissions?
Two trends have shaped the European car market over the past decade: electrification and SUVisation. Recently, they have merged in a new product: the …
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Interesting, I had similar initial thoughts. #Trump #Musk edition.cnn.com/2025/06/06/p...
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Trump asks aides if they think Musk’s behavior could be related to alleged drug use, source says | CNN Politics
Trump has asked aides and advisers if they believe Musk’s recent behavior could be related to his alleged drug use.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Don’t let Trump, MAGA and Elon win in Canada.
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said Sunday that he’s concerned that the global monetary system will break down. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/13/b...
cnbc.com
Billionaire Ray Dalio: 'I'm worried about something worse than a recession'
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said he is worried about a breakdown of the global monetary order.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.
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Sundass Khan @sundasskhan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Allow someone in your life and let them be your companion, you cant watch and share reels for the rest of your life.
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Retaliatory pain is justified if calculated accurately. But no room for #TrumpTarrifs formula
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
“At 3C of global heating, climate damage cannot be insured against, covered by governments, or adapted to. That means no more mortgages or new real estate devt, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function and capitalism ceases to be viable.”
theguardian.com
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
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Mike Barry @planamikebarry.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Insurance sector is the true ‘canary in the capitalist coal mine’ - it knows that 3C heating breaks society and the economy that’s meant to serve it
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Conspiranon @conspiranon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Reagan's 1988 speech is in sharp contrast to Trump’s stance with the use of tariffs. "Beware of demagogues who are ready to declare trade wars against our friends". www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/rona... youtu.be/v-pjybRvmv8 youtu.be/7zMEH3VMPFY
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
پٹواری کدھر ہیں؟ بلیو سکائی پر نظر ہی نہیں آ رہے۔ باقی لوگ بھی چند دن کی محبت کے بعد چھوڑ چلے بلیو سکائی کو
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A key part of the #EU's proposals is to not just equip its forces to face the menace from Russia but also to make sure investments bolster European defence firms. Brussels wants to use the 150bn euro programme to do more joint procurement/buy more European. #Trump www.france24.com/en/live-news...
france24.com
EU launches push to boost defence as Trump pivots away from Europe
The EU on Wednesday will look to launch plans to help member states bolster their defences as Europe grapples with Russian aggression and the potential loss of the US security umbrella.
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
دل بہت اداس ہے۔ اسلئے گجریلہ بنانے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 10/03/2025
French lawmakers back bill to bring back village bars
lemonde.fr
French lawmakers back bill to bring back village bars
France's rural areas have seen the number of its cafés drop in the last few decades. The lower house of Parliament passed a bill that would make it easier for café owners to be granted a permit to sell alcohol.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the incorrect perception problem, NOT telling the truth. Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Cartoon noting the irony that car infrastructure is commonly considered a public investment, and public transit infrastructure is often attacked as a wasteful subsidy, when the opposite is actually true.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
In 1996, Utrecht NL transformed a 6-lane car street thru the heart of the city into a car-free street that easily carries 40k people on bikes a day plus a LOT of public transit riders — far more people now than ever moved on it in cars. And with so much less pollution/emissions, noise & public cost.
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
"For both #Starmer and #Macron, this is no longer the time for a charm offensive to woo Washington, which has hardly produced any results." #France #UK #Ukraine #Russia #Trump #EU #NATO www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
lemonde.fr
Ukraine and Europe, alone against Russia
EDITORIAL. The violent exchange between Donald Trump, JD Vance and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, February 28, illustrates the hostility of the Trump administration toward Ukraine an...
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
ایک اکیلا فرانس ٹرمپ کو چیلنج کرنے کیلئے تیار۔ کیا انگریزی بولنے والا برطانیہ اسکا ساتھ دے گا؟ www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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French nuclear shield could extend across Europe
Jet fighters armed with nuclear weapons could be posted to Germany as Emmanuel Macron discusses Ukraine’s defence with Donald Trump
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Unelected billionaire breaks laws to "restore" democracy "What #Musk is up to is #illegal. Most egregiously, his deletion of entire depts and Trump’s refusal to spend as directed by Congress is unconstitutional. That’s why courts enjoined them." www.publicnotice.co/p/elon-musk-...
publicnotice.co
Unelected billionaire breaks laws to "restore" democracy
This is NOT what democracy looks like.
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
‏بات دراصل یہ ہے کہ صبر اور قناعت کا جو تصور ہمیں جس شکل میں پڑھایا جاتا ہے بلکہ مسلط کیا جاتا ہے وہ صرف و صرف استحصال کا آلہ ہے، سب سے بہترین آلہ۔ ‏
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Far right-wing forces have long argued that government doesn’t work. They routinely provide irrefutable evidence that government doesn’t work when we foolishly give THEM control over it.
Headline: Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them.
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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I really wish Americans would stop treating the continued existence of Canada as the sort of thing they can do amusing thought experiments about.
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
اتنی طویل خشک سالی 🤕 اللہ تعالیٰ ہم سے ناراض ہے۔ ابھی بھی توبہ کرلو اور بند کردو گناہوں کی زندگی گزارنا۔ خان صاحب کو جیل میں رکھ کر ککڑ اور دیسی گھی کھلا رہے ہو۔ پھانسی چڑھاؤ خان صاحب تاکہ بارانٕ رحمت برسے۔
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
‏زبردستی کی شادی کا تصور ہی گھریلو اور بچوں پر تشدد، غیرت کے نام پر قتل جیسے سنگین سماجی مسائل کے علاوہ جرگہ/ پنچایت سسٹم کو مضبوط کرتا ہے۔ لیکن ایک سوال ہے۔ لڑکیوں کی زبردستی کی شادی کی پر بات کی جاتی ہے، لیکن کیا لڑکوں کی شادی زبردستی نہیں کروائی جاتی؟ وجہ کیا ہے بات نہ کرنے کی؟
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Sundass Khan @sundasskhan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Saying NO to something you don’t wish to do is not a bad habit. Just say it when you don’t want it ☺️
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The great migration continues.
reuters.com
EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
پرجوش پٹواری بلیو سکائی سے غائب
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
‏مومن تو ایک سوراخ سے بار بار ڈسا نہیں جاتا، لیکن نون لیگ کو بحیثیت مجموعی ہر نظر آنے والے بلکہ ہر ممکنہ سوراخ سے بار بار ڈسے جانے کی علت ہے۔ 🤡🍹
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 24/01/2025
OPINION: The era of Bidenomics is being eclipsed by a new vision rooted in what could be called “national capitalism.” But for some reason this isn’t getting through to Brussels. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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Gaurav Sabnis @gauravsabnis.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
"Manmohan Singh wasn't invited to Obama inauguration." Abey bhajan bhature, until now no foreign leaders were ever invited to inauguration. Not even 2017 Trump inauguration. Trump has invited Bolsonaro who's not in power, but not Modi. Simple fact. Spin it how you like.
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Gaurav Sabnis @gauravsabnis.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Modi is really going to miss Biden! Biden didn't respect Modi but respected the office of the Indian PM enough to still keep things diplomatically nice with the state dinner and all. Trump doesn't respect Modi AND respects no office in the world. Many humiliations await.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
The New Republic is doing it right. Journalists take note
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Tanees @taneesfatima.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Graphice Designer is Usama Bin Laden 2.0.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 10/01/2025
The death toll in Gaza in the first nine months of the Israel-Hamas war was around 40% higher than recorded by the Palestinian territory's health ministry, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal.
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Gaza death toll 40% higher than recorded, peer-reviewed study estimates
New study used data from Gaza's health ministry, an online survey and social media obituaries to reach a best estimate of 64,260 deaths by June 30 last year.
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The government comes for the regular people first 🙄 www.facebook.com/share/v/15ks...
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Same here but پیسے نہیں ہیں 🥺🥹
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
‏تلوار نکال کر اپنا دفاع کیا کریں فوراً۔ آپ کی زندگی تباہ ہونے کے بعد آپ صرف تماشا بن جاتے ہیں، زیادہ سے زیادہ زبردستی سے معافی مانگی جاتی ہے
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 06/01/2025
The Musk-Farage fallout has revealed the achilles heel of the populist right – it relies almost entirely on big egos and personalities and collapses like a house of cards when they turn on one another
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When egos collide: Trump could be next after angry Musk turns on Farage
News analysis: The Musk-Farage fallout has revealed the achilles heel of the populist right – it relies almost entirely on big egos and personalities and collapses like a house of cards when they turn...
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
انتظار اذیت ہے
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
#NewYearResolution بونگیاں مارنی نہیں چھوڑنی
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 29/12/2024
German politicians attack Elon Musk article praising far-right AfD www.ft.com/content/f682ef52-613c-47…
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German politicians attack Elon Musk article praising far-right AfD
Lawmakers from Social Democrats and Greens criticise media group Axel Springer over publication of opinion piece
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Tanzeela @tee16.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Not every distance is absence not every silence is oblivion.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Next time someone tries arguing that it’s “social engineering” (cue ominous music) to give people CHOICES to walk, bike & take public transit in their city, tell them that designing our current car DEPENDENCY has been the largest and most damaging social engineering experiment in human history.
Highway filled with carsLines of gridlocked cars Highway willed with choked lanes of traffic Massive suburban car-dependant sprawl in low density, single use housing subdivisions
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
اچھا بچو تو پھر کیا سیکھ رہے ہیں آپ آج کل
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عائشہ @aeysha.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Imagine an open-air December wedding at a farmhouse in Islamabad.All the ladies are dressed elegantly in sleeveless sarees. Amidst them,I am wearing coat over saree. A young lady approaches me and asks,”Are you normal” Smiling I reply,I’m a man disguised as a woman, bro…. and I feel cold 😭😭😭😭
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arsalanraja.bsky.social @arsalanraja.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas 🎁🎄🎉
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