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Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 14h

Phenomenal World Books now officially publishes books. GREENBACK EMPIRE by Ho-fung Hung THE FISCAL FED by Will Bateman Both out October 29. Order your copies now: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/se...

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Patrick Graichen @pgraichen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Denn die Speicher sind jetzt gerade so voll, dass sie genug Gas für einen normal-kalten Winter wie letztes Jahr haben - unter einer Voraussetzung: Es passiert nichts außergewöhnliches.

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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Ergänzung: Auch Reiches Aussage zu den Gasspeichern im selben Interview ist nicht korrekt. Details in diesem Thread: bsky.app/profile/mkre...

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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Das kann doch wohl nicht wahr sein. Im SZ-Interview verbreitet Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche schon wieder die Falschbehauptung, dass Wärmepumpen mit 12 Milliarden Euro im Jahr gefördert werden. Tatsächlich ist es weniger als die Hälfte.

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Holger Nohr @holgernohr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Reiche hat im Wirtschaftsministerium das Referat für Wind-, Solar- und Transformationsindustrien aufgelöst. Am 2. Oktober wurde das Referat geschlossen. Seither gibt es keine eigene Stelle mehr für Wind- und Solarpolitik. Die Energieverbände sind entsetzt. www.topagrar.com/energie/news...

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Reiche löst heimlich Referat für Wind-, Solar- und Transformationsindustrien auf

Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium hat bekannt gegeben, das Referat für Wind-, Solar- und Transformationsindustrien aufgelöst zu haben. Die Energieverbände sind entsetzt.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026

As always with Rs, the sense is not so much that they deny the physical phenomenon of climate change as the presence or absence of the phenomenon simply never enters their thinking. They interact with it *purely* as a partisan matter, something libs care about. No awareness of a world beyond.

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Energy Data Infrastructure | Global Energy Analytics @energtx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

CO2 emissions per person, 2024 — Top 10 countries by fossil CO2 per capita. Top 3: Saudi Arabia 20.4 t, United Arab Emirates 20.1 t, Australia 14.5 t. energtx.com/visualizations #energy #EnergyData #DataViz #Emissions

Bar chart — CO2 emissions per person: Top 10 countries by fossil CO2 per capita, 2024. Top 3: Saudi Arabia 20.4 t, United Arab Emirates 20.1 t, Australia 14.5 t. 10 countries shown; Saudi Arabia leads. Source: Global Carbon Project.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Anyway, while some people are worried about fiscal sustainability or a global bond crisis, I think we should focus on the important thing: This moment is a great opportunity to learn about how bond markets really work.

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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 07/10/2026

Don't look away. "It's 6:30 in the morning in Ukraine. We have been under russian attack all night, and the heaviest part is still ahead." — @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 06/10/2026

New YouGov polls of 7 Senate races TX Talarico 50%, Paxton 44% OH Brown 49%, Husted 45% KS Hamilton 48%, Marshall 45% MI El-Sayed 49%, Rogers 48% NE Osborn 48%, Ricketts 47% NH Pappas 51%, Sununu 43% FL Moody 49%, Nixon 44% (Links in reply)

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Nick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The radical right have spent years denying #climate change but, according to author @snellarthur.bsky.social in my latest Lowdown podcast, they will exploit the coming chaos to their advantage. Watch or listen to our account of the politics of catastrophe

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Climate change and the destruction of nations

The Lowdown interview with Arthur Snell

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of the most interesting debates in current international security is the degree to which we’re reliant on undersea cables and the degree to which these aren’t at all protected! I spoke to @katjabego.bsky.social about her excellent new book on the subject. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Deep Connections: Kaja Bego on the undersea cables that underpin the global economy.

Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 5 October · 53min

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 05/10/2026

It’s not merely the case that Greenland Sharks were eating halibut in Baffin Bay before white men started catching them from boats, but some of *these* Greenland Sharks were eating halibut in Baffin Bay before white men started catching them from boats, and this proposal is an abomination.

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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Record BEV share in Germany! 🔥 34.5%, more than one in three new cars. The previous high was 33.2% back in December 2022. 88.6k BEV, almost double last September. And for the second month in a row, more BEV than petrol and diesel combined.

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Maybe this helps to cure people from the MAGA-, REFORM-, RN-, Bolsonaro- & AfD-disease.

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Maybe this helps to cure people from the MAGA-, REFORM-, RN-, Bolsonaro- & AfD-disease.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.

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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'

J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As climate scientists, it sucks to be defunded. But it adds insult to injury to be defunded by this moron who has access to the best climate science and data in the world and still says asinine things like this.

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Jasmin Smajic @jasminsmajic.com · 04/10/2026

Electric trucks need less charging infrastructure than expected. In most countries (and under various scenarios) up to 80 percent of the total charging need is satisfied by depots. The rest can be covered by fast charging on highways, industrial zones and logistics centers. #energysky #greensky

https://www.elektroauto-news.net/news/e-lkw-ladeinfrastruktur-weniger-aufwand-studie

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🇺🇸 New NYT/Siena polls show Democrats highly competitive in five traditionally Republican Senate states a month before the midterms.

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Die Sehnsucht der Deutschen nach Unterwerfung ist zwar beileibe nichts Neues, aber immer wieder erschreckend. Leider sind es längst nicht nur AfD-Wähler, die so denken, wie es @mariamlau.bsky.social in ihrem Chrupalla-Portrait auf den Punkt brachte.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.

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Nabil Wakim @nabilwakim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Summer 2026 was hottest on record in Western Europe, yet still no political awakening - According to the European Copernicus service, the average summer temperature reached 21.7°C, well above average. Yet European Union member states continued to invest in fossil fuels.

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Summer 2026 was hottest on record in Western Europe, yet still no political awakening

According to the European Copernicus service, the average summer temperature reached 21.7°C, well above average, and river flows dropped to their lowest levels in more than 30 years. Yet European Unio...

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Google Gemini is ok for first stage of research but deep knowledge by human experts is way better :)

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Which (European) software companies offer comparable products to Palantir?

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Bijan Moini @bijanmoini.de · 02/10/2026

Einer der vielen Widersprüche der AfD: Die rechtsextreme Erzählung vom „Großen Austausch“ verbreiten und zugleich mit dem einzigen Land anbandeln, das ihn tatsächlich gezielt betreibt.

NYTimes Überschrift und Teaser:

A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe
The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Back on my Ethanol soapbox - Even under some generous assumptions, electrifying just 3.6% of the current gasoline-powered fleet would free up enough land to power EVs replacing the entire gasoline fleet with solar.

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Wearing a HR Monitor while taking a poo @thepenismightier4.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a fucking stupid time to be alive

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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In der Sache selbst sind die Differenzen bei der #Zuckersteuer nicht besonders groß. Dass es darum trotzdem einen so großen öffentlichrn Streit gibt, ist eher ein Zeichen für den Zustand dieser Koalition. table.media/berlin/talk-...

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Koalitionsstreit über Zuckersteuer: Warum Verhakungen wie diese kaum noch jemand versteht

Sie können besser entscheiden, weil Sie besser informiert sind – das ist das Ziel von Table.Briefings. Mit dem Informationsvorsprung zum Wettbewerbsvorteil.

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Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 01/10/2026

here's a fun stat for the orbital data center curious: Google's latest analysis of launch prices for space data centers suggests Starship will have to fly 1,800 times to drive the learning curve for cost reductions down to $200 per kg. techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/g...

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Google thinks SpaceX's Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the ground | TechCrunch

Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.

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Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's definitely not a giant fee grab 🙄 www.pionline.com/rules-regula...

One proposal would permit investment advisers to regulated funds to receive performance-based compensation calculated based on capital gains in or capital appreciation of a regulated fund’s account. Performance-based compensation frameworks are common with private funds, such as private equity and venture capital strategies and hedge funds.

The move could attract private market managers to launch and allocate private market strategies to regulated funds, according to John Fitzgerald, a partner at law firm McDermott Will & Schulte.

“There have been private market managers who’ve been hesitant to enter registered funds because of the fee construct,” Fitzgerald said. If this proposal were to be finalized, “I would expect there to be some private market advisers, who will relook at this market to see whether or not they can offer their strategy there,” he added.

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 01/10/2026

France appears unstoppable when it comes to electrification: in September, electric cars already accounted for 42 per cent of new car sales. Since the start of the summer, this share has been rising by several percentage points every month. Is the oil price crisis one of the factors behind this?

The graph shows the market share of electric cars and PHEVs in the French market, with strong growth from June 2026 onwards in particular

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Germany’s AfD mourns the destruction of the Nordstream pipeline as an attack on ‘Germany’s energy sovereignty’ - with Russian gas. All you need to know about AfD.

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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Sources told Bloomberg that the 'kill chain' that led to the attack included input from the Maven AI system operated by Palantir. Maven did not flag that the site was now a school, the report claimed, nor did any personnel tasked with reviewing the AI target data."

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They say similar things about oil and gas wells.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/09/2026

Today on Volts: Heat-pump water heaters use a fraction of the energy of the conventional kind, but they've often been bulky, loud, & a hassle to install. A company called Reservoir has made one that's smaller, quieter, & much smarter, installed in hours by their own plumbers. I talk with the CEO.

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What’s up with heat-pump water heaters?

A conversation with Luke Winston-Almanzar of Reservoir.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault

Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Burnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media:

The Daily Telegraph: TRIPLE LOCK SCRAPPED BY 2030 (with a monstering photo of Burnham)

Daily Express: IT'S A CRYING SHAME FOR OUR NATION

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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 29/09/2026

🚨 CfP: "Offshore Capitalism: Climate and Crisis", mini-conference at 2027 SASE in Glasgow 🚨 With @joseatiles.bsky.social, @andreabinder.bsky.social & Sabine Dörry, we welcome papers on 'the offshore' from a range of perspectives. DEADLINE: 1 Nov. Apply here: sase.org/conference-s...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

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Alex Papadopoulos @egeasri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Small reactors just had their “best year ever.” Solar is already doing what SMRs hope to do: mass production at scale. Keep developing clean energy—but solar isn’t waiting for 2050, and neither is the world ☀️ #Solar #CleanEnergy youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa...

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How Solar Is Beating Nuclear's Best Idea

YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 29/09/2026

Either this is true, in which case *what are we doing here*? Shut it down. Or it's bullshit, in which case these are truly silly people unworthy of our money

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

China isn’t going to easily agree to curb its export glut. Franco-German backing for an ambitious response gives Commissioner Sefcovic some much needed leverage in his negotiations with China, ahead of the October deadline. 1/

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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The puzzle: The EU is deeply embedded in the global dollar system, creating geopolitical risks and undermining EU sovereignty. However, the EU is a large trading block and has all the institutional conditions to make the euro into an alternative to the dollar.

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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally out, with @shahinvallee.bsky.social our ambitious story for European Macro Policy Network (EMPN) on the future of the global euro empn.eu/publication/...

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