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Ende September: Das #Matterhorn ist schneefrei. 😢 Der #Klimawandel setzt den #Alpen immer mehr zu. Laut MeteoSchweiz war es von April bis September in der #Schweiz so warm und so trocken wie noch nie in den vergangenen 160 Jahren.

Vergleichsbild des Matterhorns vom 29. September 2026 und 29. September 2025. Oben ist die Landschaft rund um das Matterhorn weitgehend schneefrei und von grauem Geröll und Fels geprägt. Unten sind das Matterhorn und die umliegenden Hänge ein Jahr zuvor grossflächig mit Schnee bedeckt.

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Euan Taylor @euantaylor.bsky.social · 13h

For all those breathless commentators talking about USA stopping its leadership of the international legal order, I wonder how they factor in that US removed its signature from the ICJ in 1985 over being sued by Nicaragua. It's long been the case that US has sought to play by its own rules.

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Euan Taylor @euantaylor.bsky.social · 16h

Generally, if a price is high for something then the costs of supplying that thing are high or there's a lack of real competition. If we want to get prices down, then we need to increase competition amongst suppliers first - that is market structures. No one owes anyone a "fair" price.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Official monthly data is in, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 21% compared to this time last year!

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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 28/09/2026

My friend's office is next door, I wasn't sure where she was at the time. Just heard from her and thankfully she is unharmed. What is happening in Kyiv right now is truly horrific. Millions of people are at risk of dying at any time. I'm not quite sure this really comes across, abroad.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Euan Taylor @euantaylor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Spirits in the material world - The Police

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Every year, HMRC, by its own estimates, fails to collect 46.8 billion of tax. See webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/202606... How about hiring more people to retrieve this avoided tax before suggesting funding defence by cutting welfare to the poorest and most vulnerable? Just saying.

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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Since start of summer, Ireland, Italy and the UK stand out for high wholesale electricity prices. Expensive gas still setting the price in more hours than neighbouring countries. european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/Qm-ysQ

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universalhat @universalhat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

very cool! interesting they're referring to the fuel engine in the ES-30 as a "range extender", suggesting they're going the Volt route of no direct drive linkage to the props. i'd figured the "power when you need it, efficiency when you don't" capacity of hybrids was going to be used for takeoff!

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 24/09/2026

Revenues of most US firms present in China have been stagnating since 2023 • Data reflect fierce local competition and sluggishness of Chinese economy • Amid low returns, many US firms have stopped investing into China and are shrinking operations www.economist.com/business/202...

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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think I’ve underestimated how radical it is to be an “actually, we don’t need more data” guy in the age of AI

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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The US EIA is currently forecasting US fossil-fuel emissions to drop by 1.7% in 2026. robbieandrew.github.io/USA/

Graph showing: Changing EIA forecasts for US CO2 emissions in 2026 (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/USA/)

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

BOOOOM "Euro area output growth hits near three-and-a-half year high in September. New #export orders increased for the second month running, after having decreased in each of the 53 months prior to August." Source: www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/...

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A different kind of AI apocalypse

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 18/09/2026

⚡️ BREAKING: Putin signed a decree nationalizing the Russian assets of Western giants Auchan, Nestlé, and Leroy Merlin, placing them under state-controlled management. The forced takeover comes after the companies spent years refusing to exit the Russian market.

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Europe is helping protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks. Given the worsening security situation, EU Operation ASPIDES has raised the alert level of its vessels as it continues its escort duties. (2/2)

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NEW from us: India's rapid clean power expansion has kept power sector emissions flat for two years, for the first time in over 50 years, and sharply reduced fossil fuel imports. Oil and gas consumption have also fallen for two years in a row, helping alleviate the Hormuz shock.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Honoured that @grandcontinent.bsky.social has published an article I put together exploring the long term causes of America's military decline

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 16/09/2026

waah waah nudify apps bad, doxxing bad, very online nazis bad, blah blah blah. But X? Oh yeah that's a really important communication channel.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Another clear and knowable downstream consequence of letting scammers get rich off crypto was that that money would boomerang back into politics in ways that were highly likely to try to skirt around fundraising laws and distort policy incentives.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

7/ Where active cooling is needed, reversible heat pumps deliver it from the same asset that decarbonises winter heating. Solving the cooling challenge this way also solves some of the heating one. The tools already exist.

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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

9/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit. We were silent. As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 11/09/2026

A lot can happen in a year. Next week, President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will reflect on the past year, Europe’s current state of affairs, and the priorities that will shape our future in her State of the Union address. So, what have we achieved over the past year? Here's a recap ⬇️

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Euan Taylor @euantaylor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

An experience that I wonder also applies here. When people ask me about the relevance of William Wallace on today's politics, I tend to mention that Bannockburn was 700 years ago. I am not sure people necessarily appreciate how long ago these events were when first asked to consider them.

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LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I keep saying this. But the value isn't the AI, it's the data it's trained on. You'd be a fool to give access to company data to these AI companies. You should be training your own on top of their base model.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 10/09/2026

Tallinn boasts 112 km of cycling routes, with the goal to exceed 300 km by 2035. Its aims for cycling to account for 11% of trips, while 70% of regional journeys should be made by walking, cycling or transit by 2035. Take a ride with us and see how the city is putting these ambitions into practice.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 08/09/2026

A lot of far right politics is just becoming a generic "smash everything" button for anti-system voters. The level of success rests, I think, on how much they can convince a broader coalition to be happy with pressing it too.

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Euan Taylor @euantaylor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The irony is that the elites that reduced the labour share of gdp that has created the financial uncertainty and political instability are egging on those impacted by their actions so that they can further avoid tax and regulation. In doing so, perpetuating a downward spiral of social unrest.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Man, I wish there had been a time of negative interest rates and budget surpluses when Germany could have easily fixed its infrastructure.

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Rugby League Players Association @rlpa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Never alone 🏹 ❤️

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Dario Perkins @darioperkins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

interesting blog suggests tax distortions artificially depressed the wage share. Company owners are paying themselves in profits rather than wages. Analysis stops in 2017 but you have to think these distortions have only become larger since COVID everywheremillionaire.substack.com/p/why-the-la...

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Why the Labor Share Keeps Falling: Taxes!

Pass-throughs, the 2017 and 2023 tax reforms, and the falling labor share

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Euan Taylor @euantaylor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Fundamentally, Trump is in power because the wealthy and ultra wealthy valued tax cuts over government and were prepared to sign up to Trump and his entourage to enable that. Trumpism doesn't go away until the wealthy value society more. So... next time there's a crisis - bail in the wealthy.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We all know the urban greening Paris has been doing. But do we know what Warsaw Poland has been doing? Impressive. “Not so long ago, they were dominated by cars, concrete, & asphalt. Today, they're full of greenery, pedestrian-friendly, & better for the climate.” The New Center of Warsaw project.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How many more studies does your city need proving that people on bikes and on foot spend more on shopping streets than people in cars? Bike-lanes mean business. In general, and specifically more than on-street parking or another lane for cars. #UrbanTruth

Poster saying “Bike-lanes mean business!” By the Urban Truth Collective, with a photo of a central Paris bike-lane filled with people on bikes.

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

OUT TODAY: The take-off in African solar that official statistics can’t yet see 2026 is on track for +45% in solar installations, setting new records in 36 countries. New methodology reveals 3/4 of growth is distributed solar, much of which is missing from official data..🧵

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 24/08/2026

Underappreciated: US farmland *already substantially produces energy, not food*, and does so very inefficiently. Corn ethanol (~40% of all US corn) requires about 100 times more land per vehicle-mile driven than solar photovoltaics -> electric vehicles. Shifting corn to solar *would free up land*.

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acemaxx analytics @acemaxx.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Whether resolving #China ’s economic imbalances requires a stronger RMB or stronger domestic demand is a false dichotomy, chart #GoldmanSachs

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...

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KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS

Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

But accountability and transitional justice for principals. A major litmus test of whether the US survives as a democracy is whether Hegseth, Rubio and everyone else involved in the boat strikes wind up in prison.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What's visible with Cuba and other case studies of supposed authoritarian resilience is that the cohesion and grip of the regime falls apart in rural areas and small towns largely off the horizon of global discourse and holds on for much longer in the urban centres of power

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Rugby League Players Association @rlpa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"On behalf of the RLPA, and personally as a former teammate of Tui’s, I would like to congratulate Tui on an outstanding playing career," said Dale Finucane, Player Transition Manager at the RLPA.

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Sven Giegold @sven-giegold.de · 19/08/2026

Gute Nachrichten in düsterer Weltlage: Überall, wo Öl importiert werden muss, treiben ausgerechnet die Kriege von Putin & Trump den Umstieg aufs E-Auto an: 100% Plus in Lateinamerika, 90% in Indien, 75% in Südostasien. In über 90 Ländern wächst der Markt. Fast jeder 3. Neuwagen ist elektrisch.

Grafik aus dem IEA-Report. Erkennbar ist, dass in den letzten Jahrzehnten ganz überwiegend weltweit Verbrenner-Autos verkauft wurden. Ungefähr ab 2020 kann man aber deutlich erkennen, dass der Anteil von Hybrid- und E-Autos immer stärker anwächst. Mittlerweile haben E-Autos einen Marktanteil von mehr als 28 % erreicht.

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acemaxx analytics @acemaxx.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

30y Govt bond yields, chart @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6135...

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Euan Taylor @euantaylor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Regarding the Chinese economy and the bad shape that it is in, I can't wrap my head around how China is meant to strengthen its currency whilst it goes through an involution driven economic crisis. Surely, if China enters an economic crisis, it's currency would weaken?

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