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Tom Hancock

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China/economics etc, fmr Bloomberg/FT etc. still posting charts on LinkedIn

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 12h
"The entire tax code needs to be overhauled if a guy like Zuckerberg can cash $4 billion in stock options and the company can write it off and avoid paying $355 million in taxes by calling him a "researcher" " -- @scarylawyerguy x.com/scarylawyerg...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/09/2026
President Trump’s war on Iran, now in its seventh month, has led to a plunge in the consumption of oil and gas around the world as fighting disrupts production and transportation. wapo.st/4ycPvNA
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Tom Hancock @tomhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"When it comes to brain gain vs. brain drain, the United States saw a net gain of +2,145 (AI) researchers in 2025 while China registered a net loss of -1,729 researchers" carnegieendowment.org/china/featur...
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Who’s Ahead in the Global AI Talent Race?
The United States and China are extending their lead in producing and attracting top AI talent. At the same time, Asia ex-China is rising while Europe falters.
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Phil McKenna @mckennapr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Exclusive: More than half of global sulfur hexafluoride emissions, a climate pollutant 24,300 times worse than CO2, come from China. An inexpensive recycling program could help slash emissions, an @insideclimatenews.org analysis concludes. My latest, w/ Rudy Lu and @peteraldhous.com. Article ⬇️
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Tom Hancock @tomhancock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Don't see much 'crowding out' here
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Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Tax Foundation argued recently that we should think of the falling labor share as making a 'round trip' back to 'historically precedented' values. I disagree and walk through how the argument is weaker than it seems. Plus we dig into NIPA flat files! newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/i-disagree...
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I Disagree With The Tax Foundation, Labor Share is Collapsing
Getting into the guts of NIPA and what prop income really does when you include it.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"This is the first time in more than 50 years that there has been no growth in India’s coal power over a two-year period, even as electricity demand grew overall." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...
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Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge - Carbon Brief
A surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth from the first half of 2024 to the same period in 2026.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 13/09/2026
A site in China is just the third to give us an insight into the way the enigmatic Denisovans lived. The archaeology at the site suggests the ancient humans were skilled hunters, although their stone tools were relatively simple
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Denisovan tools from cave in China show how mysterious humans lived | New Scientist
A site in China is just the third to give us an insight into the way the enigmatic Denisovans lived. The archaeology at the site suggests the ancient humans were skilled hunters, although their stone tools were relatively simple
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Sixth Tone @sixthtone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The mobile game, popular since 2018, features a frog who holidays across China. Users say they can’t bear to delete it. ow.ly/lU4E50ZMuC7
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 11/09/2026
Chinese tech giants are recruiting skilled professionals as specialized AI trainers to build high-quality data sets restofworld.org/2026/china-expert-a…
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Now it’s China’s experts who are gig workers training AI
Squeezed by a stagnant economy and state directives, China's underemployed lawyers, architects, and engineers are taking cheap gig work to teach AI their exact trades — just to pay this month's mortga...
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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 06/09/2026
The LNG price shock resulting from Hormuz disruptions has translated into higher wholesale electricity prices in markets where LNG plays a key role. Average spot electricity prices in the EU & Japan rose by over 30% year-on-year during Q2 of 2026 👉 buff.ly/kYN16Pr
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Reuters @reuters.com · 27/08/2026
Climate change is leading to conditions that can destabilize high-mountain rock and ice, strengthening prospects for disasters such as this week's Himalayan flood, scientists say reut.rs/4gn7F9b
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 26/08/2026
"shifting fortunes of property are the norm throughout the last few centuries ... This explanatory gap forced North to resort to the dramatic landing of a Dutch king at Torbay as the single event on which the entire institutional transformation could be hinged." Nicholas Mulder, who should be here.
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The Pitfalls of Proprietarianism
Why property rights alone cannot explain economic development
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/08/2026
The daily global average sea surface temperature has just reached its highest level on record, per C3S. "The timing of the record is particularly notable. Global ocean temperatures are typically highest in March and April, following the austral summer, yet this record has been reached in August."
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Reuters @reuters.com · 20/08/2026
Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan, from property tycoon to life in jail reut.rs/4wAA0gM
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Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan, from property tycoon to life in jail
Mingling with power brokers at the Chinese Communist Party's centenary celebrations in 2021, ​a beaming Hui Ka Yan betrayed no sign of the pressure mounting on his property company, China Evergrande Group, the world's most-indebted developer.
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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is a century-old strategy, with tons of forgotten lessons to be re-learned! Electric utilities around the US used to do this regularly to increase the pace of electrification - the model is well-defined and successful. PUCs and city councils should be demanding these programs at scale.
A draft advertisement by Southern California Edison for $5 electric hobs sold directly by the utility. Courtesy The Huntington Library.A photo, c. 1914, of a Southern California Edison electric appliance delivery van, with a bulk collection of new electric heaters and other appliances on the curb alongside. Courtesy The Huntington Library.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10/08/2026
‘Unlike Stalin, Mao or Franco, Kim Il-sung created a system that changed little after his death and is upheld by an unprecedented third dynastic generation.’ Ed Pulford on the founder of North Korea: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Ed Pulford · Beyond the 38th Parallel: The Cult of Kim
The man in whose image North Korea was made was formed in very particular circumstances. Over a life corresponding...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 09/08/2026
🇭🇰 Hong Kong's weather observatory posted a record high temperature of 36.9C on Sunday as Typhoon Dolphin swept warm air over the city, the meteorological service said. ➡️ u.afp.com/SHgA
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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 08/08/2026
The way the world generates its electricity continues to evolve. Renewables are on track to become the world's largest source of electricity generation in 2026, overtaking coal after reaching near parity in 2025. Learn more 👉 iea.li/4xn9Sqy
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Tom Hancock @tomhancock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Chinese central government ultra-long term bond issuance is being used to fund new lifts in older apartment blocks around the country. A sign of elevating fiscal policy? @rajakorman.bsky.social mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LizLyTMUYW...
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37部“超龄”电梯换新,居民没多花一分钱,北京这个小区有妙招
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 30/07/2026
Hong Kong's independent Greenfield Bookstore, whose staff were arrested by national security police two weeks ago, has announced its closure. HKFP paid a visit on Thursday as customers made last minute purchases. In full: buff.ly/Xogcqsl Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 06/07/2026
The supply response to the Hormuz crisis extends well beyond the Middle East Led by the US, Atlantic Basin producers have boosted exports to Asia. At the same time, China has drawn on inventories to curb crude imports, helping ease wider market pressures: iea.li/4y4yfKW
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 23/06/2026
The FIFA World Cup’s advanced AI tools rely on thousands of data workers manually logging match actions to fuel the sports betting industry restofworld.org/2026/fifa-world-cup…
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The AI-powered World Cup runs on thousands of data workers
Human annotators in Brazil, Cambodia, and the Philippines are tracking every movement in the football tournament for teams, broadcasters, and the betting industry.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 24/06/2026
🇨🇳 🇯🇵 Fans in China cheer on Japan at World Cup despite political tension China isn't the most obvious place for Japan football fandom to thrive, but groups of Chinese fans are cheering on Japan at the World Cup, inspired by their love of Japanese anime.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 16/06/2026
HUGE U-TURN: The report behind global news stories on a millionaire exodus has confirmed millionaire migration is “modest” & announced it will no longer be publishing migrations estimates that "data does not yet support”, after tax campaigners debunked its methodology. taxjustice.net/press/millio...
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Millionaire exodus study drops author and numbers after fake data accusations - Tax Justice Network
The widely covered study confirms migration was “modest” and drops estimates that “data does not yet support”.
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Bec Crew @beccrew.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Harvard is no longer the top university in the Nature Index - China's Zhejiang University is. And with Tsinghua University hot on its heels, Harvard's second place is not looking secure, either. #NatureIndexResearchLeaders. www.nature.com/nature-index...
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Harvard loses first place in Nature Index
For the first time in a decade, the US university has lost its top position in the academic rankings, usurped by a Chinese institution.
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cma @cma1973.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Trump and Xi Are Angling for Three Years of Stability carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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Trump and Xi Are Angling for Three Years of Stability
But their "principal to principal" model will only be as effective as the political strength of each leader back home.
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Tom Hancock @tomhancock.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Google hallucinating lines from Moby Dick
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Reuters @reuters.com · 27/05/2026
China allows fresh urea exports amid Iran war-fuelled fertiliser crisis, sources say reut.rs/3Q8tRtb
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China allows fresh urea exports amid Iran war-fuelled fertiliser crisis, sources say
China has issued export quotas for urea fertiliser, sources with ​direct knowledge of the matter said, a move that could help ease soaring ‌global prices for one of the world's most widely used crop nutrients after supply disruptions linked to the Iran war.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Chinese researchers confirmed Tehran oil depot fires in March released toxic sulfur dioxide equivalent to a moderate volcanic eruption. via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Toxic Fumes From Tehran Oil Fires Affected Area Size of Italy
When Tehran oil infrastructure caught fire in March following Israeli strikes, the blaze produced toxic fumes detectable across an area the size of Italy, according to fresh research.
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Tom Hancock @tomhancock.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“We have sold part of our oil to China through pre-sales, and the transfer of the purchased volume has already begun... The American side, according to its bilateral discussions with Beijing, is expected not to create any obstacles for the transportation of this oil by Chinese tankers"
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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 25/05/2026
34.8ºC at Kew Gardens breaks its May AND June records by OVER 4ºC for its May record set in 1922 and by 0.2ºC for its June record set in 1976. Unprecedented heat for the UK in late May, and likely to be bettered tomorrow. A rounded 35ºC temperature should not happen in May.
Spaghetti plot showing Kew and Kew Gardens temperatures since 1881 with May and June records highlighted at 30.3ºC in 1922 and 34.6ºC in 1976 respectively. 2026 is plotted as a thick red line that nearly exceeds 35ºC with a value of 34.8ºC.
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Britain needs a transformative state but progressive politicians worry about the gilt cage constraining public investment - here are three steps to get out of the bond vigilantes' hock. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre....
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Britain’s politicians need to worry less about the bond markets – and more about the Bank of England | Daniela Gabor
A new model of central banking would weaken the power of bond vigilantes – and help progressive politicians pay for transformative change, says academic Daniela Gabor
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Tim Jones @tim-jones6.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Ethiopia makes clear it won't pay bondholders anything until they accept a debt relief deal similar to that agreed by China and France www.mofed.gov.et/blog/ethiopi...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 12/01/2026
Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025 according to new Chartbeat data Since May 2023, Google search referrals were down 21% globally, with Google Discover down 18% pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
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Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025
Google search traffic was down globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data.
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 18/05/2026
For $7 an hour, virtual assistants in the Philippines are using AI to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives, fueling a "thought leadership" content mill restofworld.org/2026/virtual-assist…
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The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn's “thought leadership” content mill
For $7 an hour, virtual assistants use AI tools to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives.
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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 17/05/2026
The global oil market is set to remain severely undersupplied until 4Q26 – even with the pre-crisis surplus cushioning the impact of disruptions Even if markets recover through the year, rebuilding depleted stocks could keep balances tight beyond 2026 👉 iea.li/4dbg0v0
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 16/05/2026
At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread rainforest dieback with as little as 1.5°C of global warming
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Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s
At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread rainforest dieback with as little as 1.5°C of global warming
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I wrote a post about this recently. It is a central fact about industrial capitalism that real resources are allocated on the basis of hopes and dreams, rather than as a rational response to prices in existing markets. jwmason.org/slackwire/mo...
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 10/05/2026
Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming
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There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise
Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Is the Strait of Hormuz open? You be the judge:
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Tom Hancock @tomhancock.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Base chemical prices rose more than 60% in recent weeks, the fastest pace ever recorded - Goldman Sachs research
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 22/04/2026
NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math. less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)
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New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations
A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 20/04/2026
NEW | Record exports of solar, batteries and EVs last month 📈 China’s exports for the ‘new three’ industries reached a record high of $21.9bn in March 2026, up 70% year-on-year, in the wake of the US-Israel war with Iran and changing export rebates for solar and batteries.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 20/04/2026
China curtailing, not banning fuel exports, shipping data shows reut.rs/4vGYbuY
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China curtailing, not banning fuel exports, shipping data shows
China is curtailing refined fuel exports rather ​than banning them, with countries including Malaysia and Australia receiving supplies even after Beijing extended last month's restriction into April, according to shipping ‌data and traders.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Guardian article on the new paper: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is quite extraordinary- scientists set a kind of trap for AI chat bots by inventing a fake disease. AI told people it was real and… the deliberately bogus preprints started being cited in peer reviewed literature 🫣 🧪 #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/03/2026
An Al Jazeera investigation finds internal security facilities in populated areas have been heavily targeted.
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Why have the US and Israel bombed more than 75 Iranian police facilities?
An Al Jazeera investigation finds internal security facilities in populated areas have been heavily targeted.
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