Albert Pinto
@70sbachchan.bsky.social
Alternately Defiant, Dispirited, and Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality and Development.
I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter https://www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-polycrisis/
I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter https://www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-polycrisis/
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Albert Pinto
@70sbachchan.bsky.social
· Mar 20
Global Conjuncture w/ Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay
Featuring Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay on a global conjuncture defined by Washington’s shredding of the liberal international order’s legitimacy amid a panic over decline: the escalating Cold War with Ch...
thedigradio.com
Our world crisis of ecology, economics, and empire, has continued to metastasize. It is shaking confidence in established worldviews & ruling elites everywhere.
@iliasalami.bsky.social & @danieldenvir.bsky.social & I chatted about @thepolycrisis.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
@iliasalami.bsky.social & @danieldenvir.bsky.social & I chatted about @thepolycrisis.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
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REALLY chuffed to be invited to @parismarx.com's incredible @techwontsave.us pod to talk about not just the climate harms we face from an uncontrolled data centre expansion but the way companies enacting it seem to think they're cape-wearing climate superheroes -->>>
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
REALLY chuffed to be invited to @parismarx.com's incredible @techwontsave.us pod to talk about not just the climate harms we face from an uncontrolled data centre expansion but the way companies enacting it seem to think they're cape-wearing climate superheroes -->>>
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
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Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
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there is no going back to normal
Why are the Vibes off?
great piece by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
Https://backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vibing
Why are the Vibes off?
great piece by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
Https://backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vibing
ways of vibing
treatments and responses in the real world
backofmind.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
there is no going back to normal
Why are the Vibes off?
great piece by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
Https://backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vibing
Why are the Vibes off?
great piece by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
Https://backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vibing
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Keep asking questions, ladies. The men aren’t doing it.
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Keep asking questions, ladies. The men aren’t doing it.
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My impression after two days of conferencing abroad is that the extent to which things are Really Bad in US academia and public research is not fully registering. Folks are not realizing that this admin is salting the earth and the geopolitical era of US scientific leadership might be over for good.
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My impression after two days of conferencing abroad is that the extent to which things are Really Bad in US academia and public research is not fully registering. Folks are not realizing that this admin is salting the earth and the geopolitical era of US scientific leadership might be over for good.
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I did not realize Masala Crab was a thing, and I want it more than anything right now.
Happy new year.
Me with Masala Crab
Bourdain: When you’re sitting in front of a plate of fresh-boiled crawfish and you’re about to mercilessly suck the juices out of their little bitty heads, that’s when you know you’re the happiest you’re ever gonna be. Relish it.
Me with Masala Crab
Bourdain: When you’re sitting in front of a plate of fresh-boiled crawfish and you’re about to mercilessly suck the juices out of their little bitty heads, that’s when you know you’re the happiest you’re ever gonna be. Relish it.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I did not realize Masala Crab was a thing, and I want it more than anything right now.
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⏰Exciting new #greeneconomy polling:
Partnering with @savanta.bsky.social, our new Global Green Attitudes Survey 2025 has once again polled 10,000 people across 10 key countries to understand their views on the green transition.
@gecoalition.bsky.social
#GreenEconomyAttitudes #polling #greensky
Partnering with @savanta.bsky.social, our new Global Green Attitudes Survey 2025 has once again polled 10,000 people across 10 key countries to understand their views on the green transition.
@gecoalition.bsky.social
#GreenEconomyAttitudes #polling #greensky
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
⏰Exciting new #greeneconomy polling:
Partnering with @savanta.bsky.social, our new Global Green Attitudes Survey 2025 has once again polled 10,000 people across 10 key countries to understand their views on the green transition.
@gecoalition.bsky.social
#GreenEconomyAttitudes #polling #greensky
Partnering with @savanta.bsky.social, our new Global Green Attitudes Survey 2025 has once again polled 10,000 people across 10 key countries to understand their views on the green transition.
@gecoalition.bsky.social
#GreenEconomyAttitudes #polling #greensky
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Across Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, and Türkiye, we see continued high support for the #greeneconomy.
We replicate (!) our 2024 finding - 7/10 'prioritising environmental protection, even if it slows economic growth'.
We replicate (!) our 2024 finding - 7/10 'prioritising environmental protection, even if it slows economic growth'.
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Across Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, and Türkiye, we see continued high support for the #greeneconomy.
We replicate (!) our 2024 finding - 7/10 'prioritising environmental protection, even if it slows economic growth'.
We replicate (!) our 2024 finding - 7/10 'prioritising environmental protection, even if it slows economic growth'.
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NYT reporting that Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado lied to Trump about Maduro´s role in the drug trade to prompt a US invasion... welcome back the WMDs
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NYT reporting that Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado lied to Trump about Maduro´s role in the drug trade to prompt a US invasion... welcome back the WMDs
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Tech giants are building loads of hyperscale data centers to power generative AI. What happened to their climate pledges?
This week @ketanjoshi.co joins @parismarx.com to discuss the greenwashing of data centers and how they’re driving fossil fuel demand.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
This week @ketanjoshi.co joins @parismarx.com to discuss the greenwashing of data centers and how they’re driving fossil fuel demand.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Tech giants are building loads of hyperscale data centers to power generative AI. What happened to their climate pledges?
This week @ketanjoshi.co joins @parismarx.com to discuss the greenwashing of data centers and how they’re driving fossil fuel demand.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
This week @ketanjoshi.co joins @parismarx.com to discuss the greenwashing of data centers and how they’re driving fossil fuel demand.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
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Lighthouse Point, morning twilight.
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Lighthouse Point, morning twilight.
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
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"John Burn Murdoch points out that young people are extremely unhappy in the Western world because society broke its promise of a home them - there is no faith in the future of the system, so people turn to ripping each other apart." - @kyla.bsky.social
kyla.substack.com/p/how-ai-hea...
kyla.substack.com/p/how-ai-hea...
August 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"John Burn Murdoch points out that young people are extremely unhappy in the Western world because society broke its promise of a home them - there is no faith in the future of the system, so people turn to ripping each other apart." - @kyla.bsky.social
kyla.substack.com/p/how-ai-hea...
kyla.substack.com/p/how-ai-hea...
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this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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at the 'stack, I continue to worry around some of my issues with Data Guyism ... backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vi...
ways of vibing
treatments and responses in the real world
backofmind.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
at the 'stack, I continue to worry around some of my issues with Data Guyism ... backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vi...
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When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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There are two basic facts that are essential to understanding global climate policy:
1) The preferred geopolitical weapon of the modern US empire has been the imposition of energy starvation.
2) The primary strategic vulnerability of China is that they are reliant upon energy imports.
1) The preferred geopolitical weapon of the modern US empire has been the imposition of energy starvation.
2) The primary strategic vulnerability of China is that they are reliant upon energy imports.
China is making massive investments in electrification to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and the US dollar.
@katemac.bsky.social and @70sbachchan.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the geopolitics and how other countries are getting on board.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/291_...
@katemac.bsky.social and @70sbachchan.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the geopolitics and how other countries are getting on board.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/291_...
August 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There are two basic facts that are essential to understanding global climate policy:
1) The preferred geopolitical weapon of the modern US empire has been the imposition of energy starvation.
2) The primary strategic vulnerability of China is that they are reliant upon energy imports.
1) The preferred geopolitical weapon of the modern US empire has been the imposition of energy starvation.
2) The primary strategic vulnerability of China is that they are reliant upon energy imports.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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It's probably also not great for "American competitiveness," regardless of how you define that term.
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It's probably also not great for "American competitiveness," regardless of how you define that term.
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Lower taxes (tariffs) at the beginning of the supply chain and higher taxes at the end means that you have lower taxes on high CO2 goods and higher taxes on low CO2 goods--a negative carbon tax!
That's right: pretty much every country in the world has a de facto negative carbon tax on imports.
That's right: pretty much every country in the world has a de facto negative carbon tax on imports.
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Lower taxes (tariffs) at the beginning of the supply chain and higher taxes at the end means that you have lower taxes on high CO2 goods and higher taxes on low CO2 goods--a negative carbon tax!
That's right: pretty much every country in the world has a de facto negative carbon tax on imports.
That's right: pretty much every country in the world has a de facto negative carbon tax on imports.
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Understanding this requires a little background on the typical structure of supply chains and tariffs.
In most supply chains, the closer you are to the customer, the higher your value-addition. Profit margins are a lot higher on cars than on steel, on clothes than on polyester chemicals.
In most supply chains, the closer you are to the customer, the higher your value-addition. Profit margins are a lot higher on cars than on steel, on clothes than on polyester chemicals.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Understanding this requires a little background on the typical structure of supply chains and tariffs.
In most supply chains, the closer you are to the customer, the higher your value-addition. Profit margins are a lot higher on cars than on steel, on clothes than on polyester chemicals.
In most supply chains, the closer you are to the customer, the higher your value-addition. Profit margins are a lot higher on cars than on steel, on clothes than on polyester chemicals.