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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 23h

Not to forget: we still need reinforces urban greening & especially tree plans, even if it’s only a pleasant late September day today. Yes, a few parking lots will disappear, but it will be better for all remaining parking lots AND citizens.

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DT Cochrane @dtcochrane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Too big too fail should apply to industrial operations not the ownership claims. If a bank fails, the owners made the wrong bet. Let their claims go to zero. If public powers are needed to preserve the functional apparatus of the bank, then put it under public ownership.

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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Getting expensive to fill up this year‘s European gas stores.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"This is what's possible if we can sort out our insane permitting and installation costs in North America. A $3600 basic 4.8 kw solar PV system - installed, permitted and insured for a year." -- @chrisbataille.bsky.social BYD has operational EV AND battery AND solar PV module factories in Brazil

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BYD starts sales of 4.8 kW solar kits in Brazil - pv magazine Global

BYD has started selling 4.8 kWp solar kits through its 233 dealerships in Brazil, with packages covering equipment, installation, utility approval, and one year of insurance. The kits use eight 600 W ...

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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

“in “a worst-case scenario … we have to have much more of an online presence than an offline one”” hahahahaha www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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‘Attack on civil society’: why Viktor Orbán’s favourite thinktank is in crisis

MCC Brussels received lavish funding from Budapest, but Hungary’s new PM is launching an investigation

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Few know this but almost all the economic news coming out of China for the past half decade -- Domestic Growth Slowdown! EVs! Solar! Exports! China Shock 2.0 etc etc -- is about this dramatic policy driven gear-shift of the domestic economy out of the property sector.

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Aber nicht damit es mehr Parkplätze gibt, sondern weniger Sozialwohnungen

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Arne Semsrott @arnesemsrott.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

von mir aus darf sich jens spahn jederzeit auch ohne krankschreibung arbeitsunfähig melden

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Good explanation why spending more on defence doesn’t mean we need to cut back on infrastructure, care, etc. Money is not the constraint, real resources are what matters.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

For centuries, Bedouins across the Middle East and North Africa have covered their entire body in the heat. They remain comfortable — or as comfortable as one can be in such temperatures — because their clothing is loose, thus allowing for airflow. This way, your body can breathe.

A man with a trained falcon used for hunting. He's wearing long, loose fitting garments.

A young man plays a bagpipe instrument. He's wearing long, loose fitting garments.

A Bedouin elder and his camel. He is wearing long, loose fitting garments.

Men dance during wedding celebrations. They are wearing long, loose fitting garments.

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olivier_rbxl @olivier-rbxl.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026

+39,5% market share for BEVs in Germany 🇩🇪 over the past 12 months -7,6% overall for vehicles that still run on fossil fuels If you don’t believe the narrative, check the facts. Electrification of transportation will only grow. It’s cheaper overall and reduces geopolitical exposure.

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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Ein paar Updates aus dem BMF: 1. Welche KTF-Programme wie stark gekürzt werden, wird bis zum 15. Juli entschieden. 2. In den nächsten Jahren wird die Abführung aus dem KTF eher noch höher ausfallen als 2027. 3. Kritik an diesem Vorgehen kann man im BMF absolut nicht nachvollziehen.

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026

Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A kick-ass chart by Matt McLean in @sondreus.bsky.social's fantastic retrospective of 250 years of American power www.economist.com/interactive/...

Stream graph by The Economist showing the share of world GDP of a number of countries and empires, from 1820 to 2025

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Portugal-Croatia showed again how ridiculous the whole VAR thing is. We cannot see with our naked eyes if the player touched the ball or not but we destroy the whole dynamic of the game with the crushing weight of a meaningless bureacratic act. VAR must go, so that football can live.

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Maximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Die Bundesregierung will per Gesetz eine Vergesellschaftung von Wohnungen unterbinden. Das widerspricht den Möglichkeiten, die Art. 15 Grundgesetz bietet. Dass die SPD dies mitträgt ist historisch bemerkenswert: Denn die SPD machte damals ihre Zustimmung zum Grundgesetz von Art. 15 GG abhängig.

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

“The Commission estimates that the measure exempting companies from withholding tax alone will save corporations around €5.3 billion per year. These are direct tax cuts, not administrative savings.” … when ‘simplification’ just means handing it over to the multinationals

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

😍this is my politics electric school buses for kids turning into even more of a public utility than they already are by helping the grid out....

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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It's hot as balls in the city. Good thing we've got all these glass and metal hotboxes everywhere instead of trees

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 26/06/2026

Bei Rente via Umlageverfahren: Lohnsteigerungen sind gut für die Rentenfinanzierung. Arbeitende 🤝 Renter*innen Bei Rente via Kapitaldeckung: Lohnsteigerungen, so sie die Profite und damit die Aktienpreise mindern, sind schlecht für die Rentenfinanzierung. Arbeitende⚡️ Renter*innen.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

"China's electricity system is now roughly 1.7× larger than the US and EU combined." Combined.

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking is right

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

France is actively pushing for new revenue sources in the EU budget 2028–2034 as a way to avoid politically toxic debates about higher national contributions. Good! We have just completed a study analysing various options for new own resources 🧵

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Italian manufacturers have excellent capabilities in electrolyser &heat pump equipment. High competitive advantage per our Hopkins NZIPL lab's CICE model. More generally, can use this 2 by 2 to prioritize EU's strategy on what to compete, see Carnegie report. carnegieendowment.org/europe/resea...

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Electrification Electrification Electrification

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

3) Move the capital to Manchester. I've been banging on about this for almost a decade (see below) but the point stands: devolution is good but creating a viable second centre to UK would be much, much better. www.economist.com/bagehots-not...

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The pragmatic case for moving Britain’s capital to Manchester

The vast Victorian complex by the Thames is in a dreadful state

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system:relevant? @dxsrxxt.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Übrigens gab' es in Frankreich während dieser Hitzewelle eine Ansprache des Premierministers, einen angeordneten "Sommer ohne Urlaub" für alle Kabinettsmitglieder, 100 Mios Soforthilfen für Hitzeschutz für Kliniken, Altenheime und andere sensible Spots, eine sofortige Verdopplung des geplanten

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Tooze's hate for oligarchic German industrial families is so pure. Chartbook on EU's China Shock 2.0 argues 1 This is 'mercantilist on mercantilist violence'. EU surpluses to rest of the world vs CN surpluses to EU 2 Germany's car industry REFUSAL to invest. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

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Florian Schuster-Johnson @floschuster.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Nächste Woche kommt der #Bundeshaushalt 2027. Sich darin zurecht zu finden, ist kompliziert. Wir helfen dabei: mit unserem Haushaltstracker. Er ist der erste Datensatz, der die Bundesfinanzen komplett erfasst und an einer Stelle bündelt. /1

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

They tried their best to give it the real American vibe

About 20 minutes later, roughly eight police officers in plain clothes surrounded us and pulled us out of the event. None of them wore visible identification, only flashing a badge for a short enough time to not register. When we first asked who they were, they physically pushed us, said “we are police” and to come with them immediately.
For the next 15 minutes or so, the officers confiscated our IDs and questioned us. They asked whether The European Correspondent had a political leaning, whether we had an agenda, and how we had got into the event (that the American embassy invited us to).

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

At the Cycle-Race Track by Jean Metzinger, 1912 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A strange thing, the expansion of electrification: it will come sooner or later, but it is VERY important that it comes sooner.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

“Over prior years, we didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many product cycles.” Evergreen.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Sales of AC are skyrocketing in Europe - the fastest warming continent, with the most vulnerable elderly... And from where? "Chinese AC manufacturers work around the clock as European heatwaves drive booming demand for cooling products" Just dont tariff these ok www.globaltimes.cn/page/202606/...

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advait @advaitarun.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I think it’s time to dust off Galbraith’s great work of applied economic theory, and to hold its candle to our contemporary industrial policy and decarbonization challenges. “This is not the age of the small man”—now on the blog: advaitcore.substack.com/p/the-new-in...

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This is not the age of the small man

Reviewing John Kenneth Galbraith's "The New Industrial State" (1967).

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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

⚠️Temperatures in Berlin’s streets have reached 62.6°C. The German organization “BaumEntscheid e.V.” has published thermal images of Berlin. The results show that treeless, “bald” urban areas heat up to between 45°C and 62.6°C.

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 24/06/2026

As I said to a reporter last week, maybe we talk too much about Musk as the first trillionaire and not enough about him as the last one. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

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Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX shares ‘come down to earth with a bump’ – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as drops in SpaceX and Tesla’s shares eat into Musk’s wealth

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

President Trump is actually jealous of Belgium for at least getting a tie against Iran.

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🦇🧛 Hanno Auflauer 🧛🦇 @matthias-warkus.de · 20/06/2026

Ich sitze direkt an der Scheibe vor einem Parkplatz. Wenn jetzt ein 89-jähriger in seinem Q4 Gas und Bremse verwechselt, bin ich sofort tot.

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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Renewables-plus-storage is so cheap that in large parts of the world it is cheaper to build a whole new clean power plant than just pay for the fuel and maintenance for a fully-depreciated gas generator. Renewables aren’t just threatening new-build gas — they are undermining existing plants.

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

1/4 "Cette puissance productive s’accompagne d’un envers de plus en plus préoccupant: surcapacités, marges comprimées, productivité en ralentissement, endettement massif, crise immobilière et une consommation intérieure insuffisante qui s’installe dans la durée." legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/06/1...

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La Chine peut-elle survivre au siècle chinois ? | Le Grand Continent

L’industrie chinoise n’a jamais paru aussi puissante. Ses fragilités internes sont tout aussi visibles.

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Holy cow. Most impressive visualisation of the battery effect I‘ve seen so far

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

So it is entirely possible for China to trace the complete downstream value chain of its minerals for geopolitical purposes but it is too much to ask from European companies to trace their supply chains for human rights and sustainability reasons? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

So what to do, apart from not starting from here? Even apparent solutions like precautionary stockpiling of critical minerals have problems. China’s rare earths export controls regime requires end-user licences, enabling Beijing to withhold sales from any buyer it suspects of insulating itself against coercion. China really has thought this through very well.

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Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Harnessing the full potential of Europe‘s cleantech industries remains first and foremost a demand-side problem. Shielding European companies from Chinese competition is one thing but much more important would be policy measures to accelerate the mass deployment of clean technologies. And …

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

How many of you think European Industry is in crisis? That EU industry is bedeviled by Chinese induutry, American tariffs and Russian energy weapon seems to be the prevailing sentiment. So....Europe's clean tech industry must be dead right? ....and not producing 2X more than it is installing?!?

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