iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

What lesson will Iran learn? Become a ‘normal’ country or quickly build more nuclear weapons and missiles for stronger deterrence?

420

Reposted by Hendrik Tiesinga

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Electrification 2.0 = the next wave of climate tech. Ships, planes, factories, proteins, buildings, grids—it’s time to plug the whole economy into clean power. I wrote about the startups, systems, and capital we need to scale it fast: www.linkedin.com/pulse/electr... #energysky #climatesky

linkedin.com

Electrification 2.0: Kickstarting the Next Exponential Revolution

Electrification has been the backbone of the energy transition and most of the carbon emissions reductions so far. Over the past two decades, we scaled solar, wind, batteries, and electric vehicles fa...

051

Reposted by Hendrik Tiesinga

Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Hell of a chart, this, from @financialtimes.com. Spot the JCPOA. on.ft.com/4kSuQYO

9230881365

Reposted by Hendrik Tiesinga

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why The public discourse is not keeping up. Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵

17286213

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Would be interesting to see a graph comparing energy prices and energy used per unit of GDP and see if Europe end up being more competitive

210

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Is it now ok to buy Tesla’s again? 🤔

100

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🍿Quickest way to sell more Teslas is to trash Trump!

010

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Tarrifs for the working class and tax cuts for the rich. It’s a smart electoral strategy even if economically disastrous.

050

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Covid vaccines is a non-issue in Europe and only recommended for vulnerable and elderly groups and even there not much. I don’t see why you would want to get vaccinated at this point

000

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

linkedin.com

Electrification 2.0: Kickstarting the Next Exponential Revolution

051

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is why we named our ERW startup in Indonesia Tambora!

010

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

We signed our first ERW offtake agreement for Southeast Asia! Ping me if you want to know more!

020

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

It’s 21c in Portugal! Maybe I should move back to NL!

010

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Chatgpt is a pretty decent life and career coach

120

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Playing devils advocate here, but what other solution is there for Ukraine but to accept the status quo? Without massive increase in support from US and EU, they won’t regain anything. And that support is not coming unfortunately.

130

Reposted by Hendrik Tiesinga

Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

PV for a neonatal unit. This must be one of the most effective aid projects conceivable, in terms of lives saved per $ spent. Any academics out there want to work on quantifying it? Please RT. youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...

youtu.be

How Solar Is Saving Babies’ Lives in Sierra Leone — Ep204: Project Bo

YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast

15520

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Republican congress can stop the tarrifs any time they want..

010

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Trade deficits matter: US imports > exports, funded by a financial surplus—mostly stocks & bonds, not new factories. In 2023, greenfield FDI was just 1.5% of it. It’s trading goods for paper assets, not building industry.

010

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

It’s China’s and to a lesser extend Japan and Germany’s beggar thy neighbor trade policies that got us Trump and these tarrifs, not the other way around…

010

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Monday Trump will announce one month tariff delays for the countries that offered concessions or to negotiate…

010

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Without tarrifs or a currency peg this is what happens. 1997 Asia crisis was the real turning point with the build up of offshore dollar reserves. The solution is likely monetary and not tarrifs.

020

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

But only China and the EU have enough leverage and market size to engage in a trade war and even they probably don’t have the appetite. Trumps gamble might just work out.

110

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

If Trumps gamble works 10% tariffs across the board will stay and deals will be made with individual surplus countries to cut their surpluses through various adjustments, and things will stabilize. Off course it can also turn into an all out downward spiral trade war…

110

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Let’s say Trump’s tariffs work and the US closes its trade deficit. Where will countries get their trade and reserve currency dollars from? That would cause a massive dollar shortage and global recession.

130

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

If Trump’s tariffs work and the US closes its trade deficit. Where will countries get their trade and reserve currency dollars from?

020

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

This is similar us during Trump 1 when ICE also deliberately went after community leaders

061

Reposted by Hendrik Tiesinga

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.

ctvnews.ca

‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation

A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.

22191193898

Reposted by Hendrik Tiesinga

The Onion @theonion.com · 26/03/2025

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

3474549710019

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

All of this can be decarbonized. All road transport can be electrified. 50% of shipping in fossil fuels that we don’t need. Short and medium range shipping and aviation can be electrified as well with enough political will. I don’t see the problem. Moving things is good!

100

Reposted by Hendrik Tiesinga

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 25/03/2025

Europe’s climate action and energy security are two sides of the same coin. While progress has been made to reduce emissions from road transport, growth in aviation traffic threatens to keep Europe reliant on oil imports. Explore our 2025 State of European Transport ➡️ bit.ly/4c0yYSH

2102

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

What a nonsense. Global trade is what creates a global society that can collaborate on global challenges. Sure no unregulated trade, but retreating into regions is a bad idea.

100

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Same protocol as China, only travel with burner phone and laptop to the US from now on.

110

Reposted by Hendrik Tiesinga

Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

1/7 Good Martin Wolf article on Stephen Miran's proposal to restructure the global trading system. My only criticism is his conflating of declining manufacturing employment with declining manufacturing. www.ft.com/content/9fa4... via @ft

ft.com

Will anybody buy a ‘Mar-a-Lago accord’?

The US president wants both to protect domestic manufacturing and hold the dollar as the reserve currency

2233

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Trump has mastered the art of partial populism. He gives workers rhetoric and tariffs, while giving the rich tax cuts and deregulation. Until Democrats find a way to reclaim real economic populism, this formula will keep winning. #Trumponomics #EconomicPopulism

000

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The problem? Trumponomics isn’t sustainable. It balloons deficits, lacks industrial strategy, and does nothing for long-term economic resilience. But as long as Democrats fail to offer real economic populism, Trump (or a future right-wing populist) will own the narrative.

100

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

So instead, Democrats play it safe: a moderate neoliberal economic agenda that excites no one, paired with progressive identity politics as their main radical stance. This strategy divides rather than unites voters around class interests.

100

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Democrats, on the other hand, are stuck. They can’t bribe business with tax cuts like Trump. But they also won’t embrace trade populism because their corporate donors—and the neoliberal establishment—oppose it.

100

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This balancing act works politically. Workers blame globalization for job losses and see Trump’s trade policies as a fix. Meanwhile, businesses and the wealthy benefit from deregulation and tax cuts, so they tolerate his economic nationalism.

100

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Instead of funding infrastructure, industry, or education, Trump fuels short-term growth with tax cuts and deregulation. This keeps Wall Street happy and ensures CEOs don’t turn against him—while his tariffs make it seem like he’s fighting for Main Street.

100

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Trump presents himself as a champion of the American worker. He pushes tariffs, trade wars, and economic nationalism. Many see this as a revival of FDR-style populism. But unlike the New Deal, his version leaves out public investment and progressive taxation.

100

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Trump’s brilliant move is that he combines economic populism with tax cuts for the rich. This mix—pro-worker rhetoric and pro-business policies—keeps both the working class and corporate elite on his side. It’s politically powerful, but economically flawed. 🧵👇

110

Hendrik Tiesinga @hendrikt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Sounds reasonable but it does assume maintaining a gas infrastructure which is a cost, and an upgraded grid is needed anyway if we electrify transport and other things. Maybe it works in NL because it already has gas everywhere but I would bet on full electrification.

100