Joanne Nucho
@jnucho.bsky.social
anthropologist, filmmaker
writing about electricity, energy, and the future of the grid
author of Everyday Sectarianism in Urban Lebanon (Princeton 2016)
opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect the views of my employer
www.joannenucho.com
writing about electricity, energy, and the future of the grid
author of Everyday Sectarianism in Urban Lebanon (Princeton 2016)
opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect the views of my employer
www.joannenucho.com
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Much ink has been spilt on Elon Musk as an individual personality rather than as a product of political economy. On 28 October listen to Quinn Slobodian propose a theory of Muskism analogous to Fordism. For details and to register go to www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Much ink has been spilt on Elon Musk as an individual personality rather than as a product of political economy. On 28 October listen to Quinn Slobodian propose a theory of Muskism analogous to Fordism. For details and to register go to www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
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this has been one of my central arguments the past ten years. the theory underpinning the anti-democratic elements of the american constitutional order is wrong!
The more democratic elements of the American constitutional and economic order are actually throwing up road blocks to Trumpism. Protests and boycotts and low level courts and juries and cetera. Elite actors on the other hand are all too frequently caving. Fascinating study in who actually cares!
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
this has been one of my central arguments the past ten years. the theory underpinning the anti-democratic elements of the american constitutional order is wrong!
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Really hits home how the only way the Left can deliver a massive public goods agenda is through power at the Federal level. 🫤
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Really hits home how the only way the Left can deliver a massive public goods agenda is through power at the Federal level. 🫤
Sadly the US govt and state of California has underwritten Tesla. So I guess all of us have paid him out of our tax dollars.
If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Sadly the US govt and state of California has underwritten Tesla. So I guess all of us have paid him out of our tax dollars.
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If 1000 billion dollars for a single human beings work really makes you think about the labor theory of economic value AND the madness of economic reason...
the Pope:
the Pope:
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If 1000 billion dollars for a single human beings work really makes you think about the labor theory of economic value AND the madness of economic reason...
the Pope:
the Pope:
Complicated, intricate arrangements between consumers, big solar companies and desrisking federal loans will create disappointing results. We need a public green energy transition, not layers of derisked debt for consumers or solar tech companies. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Complicated, intricate arrangements between consumers, big solar companies and desrisking federal loans will create disappointing results. We need a public green energy transition, not layers of derisked debt for consumers or solar tech companies. 1/
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Why carbon offsetting (and big business) will not save the planet.
Carbon Offsetting is Not Going to Save the Planet
There is not enough planet Earth to first turn it inside out and then turn it outside in again. Available resources do not allow for removal of the total aggregate of CO2 from the fossil fuels in s…
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November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Why carbon offsetting (and big business) will not save the planet.
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Incredibly instructive reporting on what appears well on its way to becoming the biggest, most concentrated, most energy- and resource-intensive, and most speculative wave of capital investment ever.
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July 31, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Incredibly instructive reporting on what appears well on its way to becoming the biggest, most concentrated, most energy- and resource-intensive, and most speculative wave of capital investment ever.
ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
This is an incredible film about the horrors of the bail bonds system. No description in words could do it justice. I am in awe and heartbroken. www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
A Musical Indictment of the Harris County Jail in “Criminal”
www.newyorker.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This is an incredible film about the horrors of the bail bonds system. No description in words could do it justice. I am in awe and heartbroken. www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
It bears remembering www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-pr...
Joe Biden is producing more oil than Donald Trump did
Oil production hit record under Biden despite making transition to renewables key part of his agenda. Will it hurt him in 2024?
www.newsweek.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It bears remembering www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-pr...
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At least 19 Palestinian doctors are still being held in Israeli detention without charge.
Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers
Pressure is mounting for Israel to release many more detainees as part of the U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been he...
www.democracynow.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
At least 19 Palestinian doctors are still being held in Israeli detention without charge.
Our commons are being gifted to tech. Private equity has its eyes on buying up parts of the grid to fuel a speculative dystopian future where AI data centers drink our water and energy resources. Just this month, blackrock buys an entire public utility and it barely makes waves.
October 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Our commons are being gifted to tech. Private equity has its eyes on buying up parts of the grid to fuel a speculative dystopian future where AI data centers drink our water and energy resources. Just this month, blackrock buys an entire public utility and it barely makes waves.
This was a $2.2 billion dollar project, less than 15 years old, and already getting shut down. You can see it driving from LA to Las Vegas - it looks like the eye of Sauron and apparently incinerates 6000 birds per year.
October 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This was a $2.2 billion dollar project, less than 15 years old, and already getting shut down. You can see it driving from LA to Las Vegas - it looks like the eye of Sauron and apparently incinerates 6000 birds per year.
This is absolutely stunning. "We see BlackRock positioning itself very aggressively to take advantage of the entire supply chain when it comes to AI and data centers, and power generation is a really key part of that,” Schafer told the Prospect. "
Ignoring a judge’s recommendation, the Minnesota regulators unanimously approved BlackRock’s plan to take Minnesota Power private. Private equity is buying up utilities as profits from fueling data centers grow. From James Baratta: trib.al/DhfuUOy
BlackRock Just Bought a Minnesota Utility
On Friday, state regulators voted unanimously in favor of allowing private equity to take a Duluth-based utility holding company private. The Prospect takes you inside the room where it all went down.
trib.al
October 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is absolutely stunning. "We see BlackRock positioning itself very aggressively to take advantage of the entire supply chain when it comes to AI and data centers, and power generation is a really key part of that,” Schafer told the Prospect. "
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Ignoring a judge’s recommendation, the Minnesota regulators unanimously approved BlackRock’s plan to take Minnesota Power private. Private equity is buying up utilities as profits from fueling data centers grow. From James Baratta: trib.al/DhfuUOy
BlackRock Just Bought a Minnesota Utility
On Friday, state regulators voted unanimously in favor of allowing private equity to take a Duluth-based utility holding company private. The Prospect takes you inside the room where it all went down.
trib.al
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ignoring a judge’s recommendation, the Minnesota regulators unanimously approved BlackRock’s plan to take Minnesota Power private. Private equity is buying up utilities as profits from fueling data centers grow. From James Baratta: trib.al/DhfuUOy
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@moneyontheleft.bsky.social gave me the privilege + pleasure of reading an earlier draft; I'm excited to see it made public.
May this vision help generate thousands of curious convos, a robust counterculture on public finance...
....and, one day, radical financial action at a scale of millions.
May this vision help generate thousands of curious convos, a robust counterculture on public finance...
....and, one day, radical financial action at a scale of millions.
✨ New! ✨
"Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City"
Grab your favorite beverage ☕ and settle in for a deep long-read.👩💻
"Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City"
Grab your favorite beverage ☕ and settle in for a deep long-read.👩💻
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
moneyontheleft.org
October 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social gave me the privilege + pleasure of reading an earlier draft; I'm excited to see it made public.
May this vision help generate thousands of curious convos, a robust counterculture on public finance...
....and, one day, radical financial action at a scale of millions.
May this vision help generate thousands of curious convos, a robust counterculture on public finance...
....and, one day, radical financial action at a scale of millions.
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A bold vision that empowers communities to solve our cities’ most pressing problems.
Celina Su's Budget Justice is out now in North America (4 Nov UK pub). Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Celina Su's Budget Justice is out now in North America (4 Nov UK pub). Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
October 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A bold vision that empowers communities to solve our cities’ most pressing problems.
Celina Su's Budget Justice is out now in North America (4 Nov UK pub). Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Celina Su's Budget Justice is out now in North America (4 Nov UK pub). Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
This is the biggest story in US energy today in terms of precedent and potential impact. Everyone should be watching.
Gov’t regulators will soon decide if Minnesota Power can be sold to BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager.
Supporters say the deal is key to going carbon-free. Opponents say it puts profits ahead of people. Do you trust private equity to run a public utility? A decision is expected Oct. 3.
Supporters say the deal is key to going carbon-free. Opponents say it puts profits ahead of people. Do you trust private equity to run a public utility? A decision is expected Oct. 3.
Can private equity pave the way for Minnesota’s clean energy transition?
Minnesota Power says the utility needs private investment to finance its shift to carbon-free electricity. Skeptics fear higher rates and broken promises.
www.mprnews.org
October 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This is the biggest story in US energy today in terms of precedent and potential impact. Everyone should be watching.