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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

terrible news of Perry Mehrling passing. RIP to a wonderful scholar & teacher who demystified the global financial crisis that wrecked a generation. He has left an oeuvre with a powerful message: Money is a hierarchy of promises & payments, anchored by central bank money sites.bu.edu/perry/lectur...

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Miriam Matthiessen @miriammthsn.bsky.social · 10h

oh no rip :( I followed his course on the economics of money and banking in the early days of the first lockdown and I can't recommend it enough for anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of finance, monetary policy and central banking. It looks like the entire MOOC is now available on youtube:

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MOOC | Perry Mehrling - Economics of Money and Banking - YouTube

Discover how modern money actually works, where the current system came from, and where it seems to be going. The course, filmed live at Barnard College, is ...

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Daniel Keil @danielkeil.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ulrich Vosgerau, Werte-Union,AfD-Anwalt, nennt JSUD-Mitglieder, die sich Tillschneider entgegengestellt haben, „Synagogen-Quexe“ und findet es „schade“, dass sie „nicht mit dem Polizeiknüppel durch die Straßen gejagt worden sind“. 1/2

Ausschnitt aus x-Post von Vosgerau: „Anderseits lassen sich auch gute Gründe finden, warum es wirklich schade ist, daß diese hergelaufenen und selbsternannten Synagogen-Quexe von Halle nicht mit dem Polizeiknüppel durch die Straßen gejagt worden sind. Denn immerhin kann kein Zweifel daran bestehen, daß ihre insofern nicht nur strunzdumme, sondern v.a. gewissenlose Aktion eins der größten Übel unserer Zeit in Deutschland beträchtlich gefördert haben wird: den Antisemitismus!“

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Gina-Julia Westenberger @gjwestenberger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What can we learn from this? Left-behind places also favor more leftist parties, and regional economic deprivation alone is not a sufficient explanation for the success of the radical right.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is very possibly one of the most important moments in climate politics in our lifetimes. What happens now could range from “difficult UNFCCC conversation starter” to “one thousand op-eds about how loss and damage was always going to fail in this moment, and total loss of trust in UNFCCC”

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 31/08/2026

An excellent thread on a new - seemingly coordinated – wave of German disinformation regarding EVs versus internal combustion engines. (And on how ‘Europe’s best university’ is not doing enough to uphold its academic credentials; with a non-public and non-peer reviewed whitepaper as ‘source’)

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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ich glaube ja, es wäre in der Öffentichkeit nicht ganz einfach zu vermitteln, wenn der Hitzeschutz in Krankenhäusern und Pflegeheimen daran scheitert, dass der Bund dafür weiterhin kein Geld geben darf, weil die Union nicht zusammen mit den Linken das Grundgesetz ändern will. (Quelle: Berlin.Table)

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Dass dieser Vorschlag bei der Union nicht auf Begeisterung stößt, hat auch einen formalen Grund. Umzusetzen wäre die Verfassungsänderung nur, wenn neben Union und SPD auch Grüne und Linke zustimmen. Beide haben dazu bereits grundsätzliche Bereitschaft signalisiert, doch die Union lehnt eine solche Zusammenarbeit mit der Linken ab. Dass das bei der Entscheidung eine Rolle spielt, machte der stellvertretende Regierungssprecher Sebastian Hille am Mittwoch deutlich. Natürlich müssten bei der Frage die Mehrheitsverhältnisse im Bundestag Berücksichtigung finden, sagte er – und fügte „als Gedankenspiel“ an: „Was hilft einem der Wille, das Grundgesetz ändern zu wollen, wenn man nicht die notwendigen Mehrheiten hat?“

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 05/08/2026

Modeling teams have their work cur out for them. Many thought the high end model runs were very unlikely to come true. See purple dotted line for the actual El Niño temps for the main 3.4 region, compared to the forecasts from April. The biggest harm will come from underestimating tail risks:

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Frau Nora @fraunora.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Kennt ihr die NRW Mobilitätsgarantie? Wenn ihr mit der Bahn unterwegs seid und eure gebuchte Bahn hat am Abfahrtsort 20 Minuten Verspätung hat, könnt ihr eine Entschädigung beantragen bei Reisen innerhalb NRWs. Auch mit Deutschlandticket. Auch wenn ihr von Nah- auf Fernverkehr wechseln müsst.

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Mobilitätsgarantie NRW: Garantiert mobil

Auf Busse und Bahnen in NRW ist Verlass. Bei Verspätungen oder Ausfällen kannst du die Mobilitätsgarantie NRW nutzen. Hier gibt es alle Infos.

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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 12/07/2026

i stand corrected

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 23/06/2026

The ECB just hiked into an oil price shock, again. In our new paper for the EP Monetary Dialogue, we argue that this needs to stop. 🧵 If inflation is a function of the energy mix (✅) and the energy mix a function of monetary policy (✅), then even a narrow reading of the ECB’s mandate ... 1/

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"Inflation, Supply Shocks and the Case for a Cautious and Differentiated Monetary Policy Response"

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Tightening against an energy price shock is a crude response, that only works if it chokes the economy, and green investment with it. It shouldn't be so controversial for the ECB to accept it.

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Georg Zachmann @gzachmann.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Climate impacts will become a structural macro-fiscal problem. With low private insurance, EU governments are sleepwalking into becoming disaster insurers of last resort. Our @bruegel.org Policy Brief on mitigating rising fiscal costs of climate disasters. 🔗 www.bruegel.org/policy-brief... 🧵1/10

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Planning for the rising fiscal costs of climate disasters

Low insurance coverage is turning EU governments into disaster insurers of last resort, strengthening the case for prevention and adaptation finance

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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This might be one of the funniest chart about energy scenarios I’ve seen. You can hardly see “actual” for gas

Winners and Losers
The IEA overestimated gas growth in Asia and underestimated solar

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• Forecast 547 TWh
• Actual 17 TWh

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• Forecast 465 TWh
• Actual 1,333 TWh

Note: Shows expected growth in Asian power generation between 2018 and 2025, based on actual 2018 generation, actual 2025 generation, and the 2018 World Energy Outlook's Current Policies Scenario estimates for 2025. Actual 2025 generation figures are from Ember.
Source: International Energy Agency, Ember, Bloomberg Opinion calculations

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Europe has already cut its energy bill by 29% but nobody talks about it. EU energy use in 2024: 854 Mtoe. Without efficiency gains since 2000 it would have been ~1,103 Mtoe. That's energy nobody had to generate, import or pay for. New policy brief out today 👇 www.janrosenow.com/uploads/4/7/...

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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Die Behauptung, dass die Systemkosten der Stromversorgung durch die Energiewende steigen, wird im neuen Energiemonitor von EY und BDEW eindrucksvoll widerlegt: Zwar steigen die Gesamtkosten der Erzeugung bis 2036 an, doch weil gleichzeitig die Strommenge steigt, sinken die Kosten pro kWh deutlich:

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Mega heat pumps can replace fossil fuels in industry. In 2018 the frontier sat at ~165°C & a few MW. By 2024: 280°C & up to 100 MW. +115°C & a 50x capacity jump in six years. The tech isn't the bottleneck. Policy, grid access & power prices are. More soon, sign up here janrosenow.substack.com

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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Das Ziel, dass Deutschland im Jahr 2045 klimneutral sein soll, hat Katherina Reiche inzwischen offenbar ganz offiziell aufgegeben.

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Germany’s production has declined sharply in industries highly exposed to Chinese competition, falling by more than 20% since 2018.

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Felix Struck @gatostruck.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Honestly a shame this isn't Standard practice. Raises research impact, simplifies teaching, enables policy relevance.. just a win on all sides

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Give all these places trams post haste

Chart showing extremely
Strong correlation between reform voting areas and percentage who drive to work

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Prime Minister Péter Magyar inaugural speech: "The psyche of the whole country was poisoned by politics that was artificially inciting hatred. The Hungarian state is not allowed to do anything like this ever again... This era is, once and for all, finished."

Péter Magyar addressed the Hungarian parliament after being sworn in as PM.

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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Unless they’re tracking Chinese clean tech export data - which I think only Ember does consistently? - all the energy scenarios models etc are just plain wrong.

Charts showing gap between official installed solar power estimates in 6 countries vs inferred solar based on Chinese export data. Huge gaps esp in Senegal, Poland, Kenya, Namibia & PAKISTAN!!

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Lasse Thiele @lassessostehen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Schlussfolgerung: Eine Demokratisierung der Klimaanpassungspolitik ist dringend notwendig – aber nur möglich, wenn diese Fragen breiter diskutiert werden. Das als Anregung auch an alle Medienschaffenden: Schaut euch mal an, was in der #DAS2024 alles nicht zusammenpasst. 11/12

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Felix Struck @gatostruck.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

With the @re-publica.com coming up next week in Berlin, I have to share this wonderful banner stolen from their website.

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Claudia Kemfert @ckemfert.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Erneuerbare sind Klimaschutz und Wirtschaftsmotor: Laut IÖW könnten Regionen ihre Einnahmen bis 2033 von 5,5 auf 12,4 Mrd. € jährlich steigern. Mehr Wind & Solar heißt mehr Jobs, Wertschöpfung und kommunale Spielräume vor Ort. www.ioew.de/news/article...

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umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

On Earth day there should be only one topic: The biophysical Earth system is now in the process of cascading collapse that will happen fast and destroy the living conditions on Earth for complex life! #Earth #climate

Earth being pushed into a new hot house Earth

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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 21/04/2026

Seit 2006 gibt es 14 % weniger Straftaten. Im gleichen Zeitraum gab es aber 108 % mehr Ausländer. Deutschland wird immer sicherer. Die AfD will nicht, dass die Menschen das wissen.

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Dominik Piétron @dominikpietron.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

„…das Wirtschaftsministerium hält an einem Ausschreibungsdesign fest, das genau das [ein paar Batterieapeicher für grünen Strom] verhindern soll.“ 🤨

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19/04/2026

Prediction markets are presented as real-time measures of probable outcomes driven by collective investment. Which is what horse racing odds are, and we don’t treat those as more than a novelty. Gift link: www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

If a 600-ton excavator can be converted from diesel to electric, pretty much anything can. And thanks to Dementia Don and the oil crooks pulling his strings, the world is now - finally - scrambling to break decisively with fossil fuels. electrek.co/2026/04/18/m...

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MASSIVE 600 ton Liebherr mining excavator converted from diesel to electric

Lloyds Metals and Energy have successfully converted a massive, 650-ton class Liebherr R 996 excavators from diesel power to electric.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Is that bad? Seems bad

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Just sobbed hardest I have since my mom died in 2020. She missed these trials by a few months. One of most ruthless cancers. Hard to fathom that maybe she'd still be here. I feel such a hole inside. In case you're wondering if we should fund mRNA research instead of another stupid war ... yes.

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Pretty flawless analysis here.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/04/2026

I'm bad at math, is 90% a lot?

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Center for Progressive Reform @progressivereform.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The climate scenario RCP 8.5 is unfairly understood as "misleading," "controversial," or deceptive. This is unfortunate, write @madisoncondon.bsky.social and @vsrikrish.bsky.social — even if its predicted emissions are unlikely, it's incredibly useful for all kinds of climate modeling

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RCP 8.5 Is Fine, Actually - Center for Progressive Reform

While the high levels of fossil fuel emissions mapped in the RCP 8.5 scenario are unlikely, it remains an important scenario for modeling future climate impacts, particularly at local scales.

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Lasse Thiele @lassessostehen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Gerade diese Komplexität macht den Emissionshandel für die fossile Lobby so attraktiv: Immer predigen, dass es fürs Klima nur diesen "einfachen" Marktmechanismus braucht - und dann im Verborgenen an tausend obskuren Stellschrauben drehen, um ihn möglichst harmlos fürs fossile Geschäft zu halten. 6/8

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I anticipated that the energy transition would not go smoothly but I seriously underestimated just how stupid it would be

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 16/03/2026

A year after this tweet, the wide scientific community said the same in English, rather than French. The scientific process takes time, which we don't have.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 13/03/2026

Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Microsoft bought 93% of all the carbon removal credits globally last year. This is absurd, and no way to determine which method might actually work and scale. Carbon dioxide removal research and development should be government-funded and government-led.

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Microsoft is the carbon removal market

The company bought 93% of global carbon removals last year, new research shows.

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Felix Struck @gatostruck.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Really need to look into this one later

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DocGaby @docgaby.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

"Hier wurde ein Instrument erprobt, das funktioniert – wissenschaftlich evaluiert, von den Teilnehmern als bereichernd erlebt, von der Bevölkerung mehrheitlich befürwortet. Aber konservative Spitzenpolitiker räumten es weg, weil es unbequem war."

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