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/
thankgiving flights is why the democrats caved on the government shutdown fight with Trump?
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
thankgiving flights is why the democrats caved on the government shutdown fight with Trump?
this cartoon sums it up.
This next decade is about China's solar hockey stick of hope against the petrostates led by the US.
China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
This next decade is about China's solar hockey stick of hope against the petrostates led by the US.
China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
this cartoon sums it up.
This next decade is about China's solar hockey stick of hope against the petrostates led by the US.
China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
This next decade is about China's solar hockey stick of hope against the petrostates led by the US.
China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
Solar panel installation dropped off a cliff in Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain etc as EU pursued ruinous austerity policy.
Where would solar, Wind & EV be now Without Europe‘s LOST DECADE in 2010s?
@palmapolyak.bsky.social @mkblyth.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/car...
Where would solar, Wind & EV be now Without Europe‘s LOST DECADE in 2010s?
@palmapolyak.bsky.social @mkblyth.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/car...
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Solar panel installation dropped off a cliff in Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain etc as EU pursued ruinous austerity policy.
Where would solar, Wind & EV be now Without Europe‘s LOST DECADE in 2010s?
@palmapolyak.bsky.social @mkblyth.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/car...
Where would solar, Wind & EV be now Without Europe‘s LOST DECADE in 2010s?
@palmapolyak.bsky.social @mkblyth.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/car...
"There are more US naval assets in the Caribbean than at any time since the Cuban missile crisis" - @adamtooze.bsky.social
"Washington hopes cutting off Venezuelan oil to Havana would collapse the Cuban regime."
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/m...
"Washington hopes cutting off Venezuelan oil to Havana would collapse the Cuban regime."
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/m...
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
"There are more US naval assets in the Caribbean than at any time since the Cuban missile crisis" - @adamtooze.bsky.social
"Washington hopes cutting off Venezuelan oil to Havana would collapse the Cuban regime."
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/m...
"Washington hopes cutting off Venezuelan oil to Havana would collapse the Cuban regime."
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/m...
"A key difference btwn the AI buildout & the Internet buildout leading up to the DotCom Bubble. During the Internet buildout, capex significantly outstripped cash flows.
Today it’s reversed mainly bc the mega cap tech “hyperscalers” are also wildly profitable"-Steve Hou
www.ft.com/content/2490...
Today it’s reversed mainly bc the mega cap tech “hyperscalers” are also wildly profitable"-Steve Hou
www.ft.com/content/2490...
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"A key difference btwn the AI buildout & the Internet buildout leading up to the DotCom Bubble. During the Internet buildout, capex significantly outstripped cash flows.
Today it’s reversed mainly bc the mega cap tech “hyperscalers” are also wildly profitable"-Steve Hou
www.ft.com/content/2490...
Today it’s reversed mainly bc the mega cap tech “hyperscalers” are also wildly profitable"-Steve Hou
www.ft.com/content/2490...
all baby zohran wanted was to be Spiderman, a rapper and mayor of new york city 😭
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
all baby zohran wanted was to be Spiderman, a rapper and mayor of new york city 😭
Chinese policymakers got Tesla to China so that chinese firms could learn from Tesla's manufacturing innovations and get far better themselves. You can read the history here by Kyle Chan:
www.uscc.gov/sites/defaul...
www.uscc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Chinese policymakers got Tesla to China so that chinese firms could learn from Tesla's manufacturing innovations and get far better themselves. You can read the history here by Kyle Chan:
www.uscc.gov/sites/defaul...
www.uscc.gov/sites/defaul...
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:
oh no what will the COMMUNIST SHARIA CALIPHATE have in store for them
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
oh no what will the COMMUNIST SHARIA CALIPHATE have in store for them
COMMUNIST SHARIA CALIPHATE OF NEW YORK baby
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
COMMUNIST SHARIA CALIPHATE OF NEW YORK baby
RT @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
The War Powers Resolution was Congress’s attempt to rein in the quasi-legal military authority that had been accumulated by the presidency. It was passed in response to Nixon’s secret bombing of Cambodia, Operation Menu, which was *drumroll* an airstrike campaign.
The War Powers Resolution was Congress’s attempt to rein in the quasi-legal military authority that had been accumulated by the presidency. It was passed in response to Nixon’s secret bombing of Cambodia, Operation Menu, which was *drumroll* an airstrike campaign.
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
RT @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
The War Powers Resolution was Congress’s attempt to rein in the quasi-legal military authority that had been accumulated by the presidency. It was passed in response to Nixon’s secret bombing of Cambodia, Operation Menu, which was *drumroll* an airstrike campaign.
The War Powers Resolution was Congress’s attempt to rein in the quasi-legal military authority that had been accumulated by the presidency. It was passed in response to Nixon’s secret bombing of Cambodia, Operation Menu, which was *drumroll* an airstrike campaign.
Agree with the sentiment. To find out if you are in the top 10% income percentile in the US
FRED data: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1NzQI
dqydj.com/income-perce...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
FRED data: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1NzQI
dqydj.com/income-perce...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Agree with the sentiment. To find out if you are in the top 10% income percentile in the US
FRED data: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1NzQI
dqydj.com/income-perce...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
FRED data: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1NzQI
dqydj.com/income-perce...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
“This naturally raises the question: what policies should be used to stop or moderate the increase in income inequality? There are three ways in which this can be done“
1 SPREAD ownership of capital
2 TAX capital incomes
3 BAN some financial activities
branko2f7.substack.com/p/how-to-con...
1 SPREAD ownership of capital
2 TAX capital incomes
3 BAN some financial activities
branko2f7.substack.com/p/how-to-con...
November 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“This naturally raises the question: what policies should be used to stop or moderate the increase in income inequality? There are three ways in which this can be done“
1 SPREAD ownership of capital
2 TAX capital incomes
3 BAN some financial activities
branko2f7.substack.com/p/how-to-con...
1 SPREAD ownership of capital
2 TAX capital incomes
3 BAN some financial activities
branko2f7.substack.com/p/how-to-con...
American oligarchy on a different planet altogether from the rest of us
November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
American oligarchy on a different planet altogether from the rest of us
Top 10% by income now getting half of all consumption
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Top 10% by income now getting half of all consumption
”… didn’t the night end, wasn’t the earth
safe when it was planted
didn’t we plant the seeds,
weren’t we necessary to the earth,
the vines, were they harvested?“
— October , Louise Gluck
safe when it was planted
didn’t we plant the seeds,
weren’t we necessary to the earth,
the vines, were they harvested?“
— October , Louise Gluck
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
”… didn’t the night end, wasn’t the earth
safe when it was planted
didn’t we plant the seeds,
weren’t we necessary to the earth,
the vines, were they harvested?“
— October , Louise Gluck
safe when it was planted
didn’t we plant the seeds,
weren’t we necessary to the earth,
the vines, were they harvested?“
— October , Louise Gluck
warhammer intensifies, chicago edition
November 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
warhammer intensifies, chicago edition
"Undeniably a major moment in power relations and one that should prompt deeper reflection on how much structural economic power the US really has in the world." - Nick Mulder
www.ft.com/content/b505...
www.ft.com/content/b505...
November 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"Undeniably a major moment in power relations and one that should prompt deeper reflection on how much structural economic power the US really has in the world." - Nick Mulder
www.ft.com/content/b505...
www.ft.com/content/b505...
BigTech at $400Bn into AI this year!
"tech sector + the Mag 7 now makes up over 50% of the S&P 500's market cap." - Skanda Amarnath
"The plan? We gamble the entire global economy on inventing a technology that will abolish basically all jobs on the planet"
-@maiamindel
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/big-...
"tech sector + the Mag 7 now makes up over 50% of the S&P 500's market cap." - Skanda Amarnath
"The plan? We gamble the entire global economy on inventing a technology that will abolish basically all jobs on the planet"
-@maiamindel
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/big-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
BigTech at $400Bn into AI this year!
"tech sector + the Mag 7 now makes up over 50% of the S&P 500's market cap." - Skanda Amarnath
"The plan? We gamble the entire global economy on inventing a technology that will abolish basically all jobs on the planet"
-@maiamindel
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/big-...
"tech sector + the Mag 7 now makes up over 50% of the S&P 500's market cap." - Skanda Amarnath
"The plan? We gamble the entire global economy on inventing a technology that will abolish basically all jobs on the planet"
-@maiamindel
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/big-...
please do! Our NZIPL hopkins report looked at mexico's green industry potential.
Ember reckons it can displace gas grid for mexico's energy security.
“Mexico has all the ingredients to be a solar powerhouse,” said Wilmar Suarez, Latin America energy analyst at Ember.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Ember reckons it can displace gas grid for mexico's energy security.
“Mexico has all the ingredients to be a solar powerhouse,” said Wilmar Suarez, Latin America energy analyst at Ember.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
please do! Our NZIPL hopkins report looked at mexico's green industry potential.
Ember reckons it can displace gas grid for mexico's energy security.
“Mexico has all the ingredients to be a solar powerhouse,” said Wilmar Suarez, Latin America energy analyst at Ember.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Ember reckons it can displace gas grid for mexico's energy security.
“Mexico has all the ingredients to be a solar powerhouse,” said Wilmar Suarez, Latin America energy analyst at Ember.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
If you add all of this together, it’s not radical. It’s the same list engineers, modelers, and policy wonks have been building since the early 2000s.
It’s what works.
It’s affordable, scalable, and politically survivable.
Everything else is distraction
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/29/a...
It’s what works.
It’s affordable, scalable, and politically survivable.
Everything else is distraction
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/29/a...
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If you add all of this together, it’s not radical. It’s the same list engineers, modelers, and policy wonks have been building since the early 2000s.
It’s what works.
It’s affordable, scalable, and politically survivable.
Everything else is distraction
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/29/a...
It’s what works.
It’s affordable, scalable, and politically survivable.
Everything else is distraction
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/29/a...
Body Language gurus....where are you?
"Already one major breakthrough from the Trump–Xi meeting:
We now have stock photos from THIS DECADE to illustrate our op-eds on US–China relations!" - @jwdwerner.bsky.social
"Already one major breakthrough from the Trump–Xi meeting:
We now have stock photos from THIS DECADE to illustrate our op-eds on US–China relations!" - @jwdwerner.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Body Language gurus....where are you?
"Already one major breakthrough from the Trump–Xi meeting:
We now have stock photos from THIS DECADE to illustrate our op-eds on US–China relations!" - @jwdwerner.bsky.social
"Already one major breakthrough from the Trump–Xi meeting:
We now have stock photos from THIS DECADE to illustrate our op-eds on US–China relations!" - @jwdwerner.bsky.social