Bart Hedebouw
@barthedebouw.bsky.social
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The externalities of cars scale with weight, size and speed: space taken, gas burned, tire particulates, noise, pavement, cost to consumer and, above all, crash force, injuries and fatalities.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
March 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The externalities of cars scale with weight, size and speed: space taken, gas burned, tire particulates, noise, pavement, cost to consumer and, above all, crash force, injuries and fatalities.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
“So: in repeating the notion of “peace negotiations” might we not be contributing to a charade?”. Snyder provides analysis.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Peace or Partition?
Russians and Americans speak about Ukraine, without Ukrainians
open.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“So: in repeating the notion of “peace negotiations” might we not be contributing to a charade?”. Snyder provides analysis.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
2 underlying principles did emerge during the Security Conference: …Ukraine, like the rest of Europe, was to be seen … as an American colony. The second was that the war could be ended by direct discussions between Americans and the Russian aggressor.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Affirmative Action for Dictators
American Foreign Policy seen from Munich
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
2 underlying principles did emerge during the Security Conference: …Ukraine, like the rest of Europe, was to be seen … as an American colony. The second was that the war could be ended by direct discussions between Americans and the Russian aggressor.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Reposted by Bart Hedebouw
Ice is melting at the North Pole in midwinter.
Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point
Scientists say unusually mild temperatures linked to low-pressure system over Iceland directing strong flow of warm air towards north pole
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Ice is melting at the North Pole in midwinter.
Reposted by Bart Hedebouw
The bigger picture is dismantling the state to build a “network state”
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The bigger picture is dismantling the state to build a “network state”
Reposted by Bart Hedebouw
Global aviation demand in 2024 surpassed pre-pandemic levels, and it is expected to more than double over the next quarter Century
January 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Global aviation demand in 2024 surpassed pre-pandemic levels, and it is expected to more than double over the next quarter Century
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„What remained free of charge? Misinformation, propaganda, and lies. …
It is hard to imagine more fertile terrain for a propaganda war, one that the paywalled side is destined to lose. There is no longer a public sphere, but there is a public flat earth.“
From They Knew by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
It is hard to imagine more fertile terrain for a propaganda war, one that the paywalled side is destined to lose. There is no longer a public sphere, but there is a public flat earth.“
From They Knew by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 10, 2023 at 10:26 PM
„What remained free of charge? Misinformation, propaganda, and lies. …
It is hard to imagine more fertile terrain for a propaganda war, one that the paywalled side is destined to lose. There is no longer a public sphere, but there is a public flat earth.“
From They Knew by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
It is hard to imagine more fertile terrain for a propaganda war, one that the paywalled side is destined to lose. There is no longer a public sphere, but there is a public flat earth.“
From They Knew by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social