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Mostly reading/thinking about China, trying to recover a sliver of before-times Twitter on BlueSky and Threads
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Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
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Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
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October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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This how the framing is going.
That a president has no power in the US constitution to do a thing is now being recast as the president having “no explicit power”.
Subtle, devious, dangerous, treacherous shift.
Sad and bad to see NYT adopting this spin on a headline.
That a president has no power in the US constitution to do a thing is now being recast as the president having “no explicit power”.
Subtle, devious, dangerous, treacherous shift.
Sad and bad to see NYT adopting this spin on a headline.
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
August 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This how the framing is going.
That a president has no power in the US constitution to do a thing is now being recast as the president having “no explicit power”.
Subtle, devious, dangerous, treacherous shift.
Sad and bad to see NYT adopting this spin on a headline.
That a president has no power in the US constitution to do a thing is now being recast as the president having “no explicit power”.
Subtle, devious, dangerous, treacherous shift.
Sad and bad to see NYT adopting this spin on a headline.
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Kind of amazing how many analysts and scholars wasted 100 000s of wordcount worth of credibility in taking the incoherent flailing of an incompetent administration that is rapidly paralysing the US seriously
August 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Kind of amazing how many analysts and scholars wasted 100 000s of wordcount worth of credibility in taking the incoherent flailing of an incompetent administration that is rapidly paralysing the US seriously
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It's simply amazing to me that the U.S. spent 70 years (1945-2015) constructing a post-WW2 military, economic, and social world order to its liking, only to turn around and decide it was actually the victim of this order the entire time.
July 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's simply amazing to me that the U.S. spent 70 years (1945-2015) constructing a post-WW2 military, economic, and social world order to its liking, only to turn around and decide it was actually the victim of this order the entire time.
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pretty telling comment here. Britain and America absolutely did feed and clothe Nazi and Japanese POWs during WWII. and they provided food and supplies to occupied territories as the war was won. the Hunger Plan by contrast was a Nazi thing
July 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
pretty telling comment here. Britain and America absolutely did feed and clothe Nazi and Japanese POWs during WWII. and they provided food and supplies to occupied territories as the war was won. the Hunger Plan by contrast was a Nazi thing
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The rest of the world will learn an important lesson from China. Build out your renewables so you aren't as dependent on imported fossil fuels and the whims of idiots.
"China’s imports of three major energy products from the US hit almost zero in June"
"China’s imports of three major energy products from the US hit almost zero in June"
July 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The rest of the world will learn an important lesson from China. Build out your renewables so you aren't as dependent on imported fossil fuels and the whims of idiots.
"China’s imports of three major energy products from the US hit almost zero in June"
"China’s imports of three major energy products from the US hit almost zero in June"
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‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
Two hours after Keira Alexandra Kronvold gave birth, her daughter was taken from her – the third child to be removed from her care following a now-banned assessment that disproportionately targets Inuit women in Denmark. Will she win the fight to get Zammi back?
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
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Chinese brands were long seen as poor-quality, unimaginative and unfairly subsidised. The new cohort of consumer firms, taking on sleepy Western incumbents, is to be welcomed https://econ.trib.al/nf7kQ7k
Chinese brands are sweeping the world. Good
From fast food to video games, new marques are making their mark
econ.trib.al
June 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Chinese brands were long seen as poor-quality, unimaginative and unfairly subsidised. The new cohort of consumer firms, taking on sleepy Western incumbents, is to be welcomed https://econ.trib.al/nf7kQ7k
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From the "the official Twitter of the U.S. Mission to the EU." Good job to the "Censorship-Industrial Complex" dipshits for helping authoritarians target their critics.
June 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
From the "the official Twitter of the U.S. Mission to the EU." Good job to the "Censorship-Industrial Complex" dipshits for helping authoritarians target their critics.
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I really hope that this was just a(nother) failed attempt to impress Trump and bring him back to the Western team. Rare earth refinement is a messy and enviromentally unfriendly process that usually leaves one with a lot of undesirable waste, so everyone was quite happy to get it cheaply from China
June 17, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I really hope that this was just a(nother) failed attempt to impress Trump and bring him back to the Western team. Rare earth refinement is a messy and enviromentally unfriendly process that usually leaves one with a lot of undesirable waste, so everyone was quite happy to get it cheaply from China
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Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please."
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
June 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please."
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
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I cannot stress enough, this is Trump making your kids tuition at *any* institution more expensive by scaring away international students who pay full-freight and thus subsidize US students' tuition.
That's how Dems should attack: Trump wants college to be more expensive. Trump take college.
That's how Dems should attack: Trump wants college to be more expensive. Trump take college.
BREAKING: Trump has banned all foreign-national Harvard students and researchers from entering the US on student or foreign exchange visas. Shifts legal fight from one over State and DHS powers to presidential powers
June 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I cannot stress enough, this is Trump making your kids tuition at *any* institution more expensive by scaring away international students who pay full-freight and thus subsidize US students' tuition.
That's how Dems should attack: Trump wants college to be more expensive. Trump take college.
That's how Dems should attack: Trump wants college to be more expensive. Trump take college.
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The MAHA Report cites studies that don’t exist.
W/ @emilykennard.bsky.social:
www.notus.org/health-scien...
W/ @emilykennard.bsky.social:
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The MAHA Report cites studies that don’t exist.
W/ @emilykennard.bsky.social:
www.notus.org/health-scien...
W/ @emilykennard.bsky.social:
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours.
The Golden Age.
The Golden Age.
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours.
The Golden Age.
The Golden Age.
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very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
after announcing that foreign students are being banned from Havard, Noem warns "this should be a warning to every other university to get your act together."
May 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
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(Bloomberg) - BYD Co. sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla Inc. for the first time, overtaking the American brand that’s long led the continent’s EV segment.
$TSLA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
$TSLA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
May 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
(Bloomberg) - BYD Co. sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla Inc. for the first time, overtaking the American brand that’s long led the continent’s EV segment.
$TSLA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
$TSLA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Remember in TikTok debates when they said that anyone asking for across-the-board rather than app-specific regulation of data collection, usage, and AI influence operations was failing to recognize the unique harm of a foreign adversary-controlled social media platform?
🤖 @404media.co reports on why @grok couldn’t stop talking about “white genocide” — a “system prompt” to the X AI:
www.404media.co/why-did-grok...
@zey.bsky.social shared a smoking prompt.
A March 2025 answer to my question about “white genocide” remains live, but answers are all “unavailable”
www.404media.co/why-did-grok...
@zey.bsky.social shared a smoking prompt.
A March 2025 answer to my question about “white genocide” remains live, but answers are all “unavailable”
May 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Remember in TikTok debates when they said that anyone asking for across-the-board rather than app-specific regulation of data collection, usage, and AI influence operations was failing to recognize the unique harm of a foreign adversary-controlled social media platform?
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i think the reality is that in the modern media ecosystem, the algorithms allow people to put almost anything in your face, no matter how rare, and convince you that it’s an epidemic
Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
I have two sons, and I don't think I've ever seen messaging going "Don't be a boy" or "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
May 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
i think the reality is that in the modern media ecosystem, the algorithms allow people to put almost anything in your face, no matter how rare, and convince you that it’s an epidemic
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It’s still surprising to me how useless X, Bluesky, and other 'feeds' have become at helping you catch up on news in the morning. There was about a decade where they were superior to any one homepage, but that era is over, over, over. We’re back to newsletters and typing “CNN.com” into the URL box.
May 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It’s still surprising to me how useless X, Bluesky, and other 'feeds' have become at helping you catch up on news in the morning. There was about a decade where they were superior to any one homepage, but that era is over, over, over. We’re back to newsletters and typing “CNN.com” into the URL box.
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Trump explains to his disciples that imported goods are merely the manifestation of our uncontrolled desires, which themselves are but illusions.
May 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump explains to his disciples that imported goods are merely the manifestation of our uncontrolled desires, which themselves are but illusions.
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A Facebook post unearthed a legend: the lost MingKwai typewriter, designed by Lin Yutang in 1947, resurfaced in a NY basement. Hailed as a marvel yet dismissed as a failure, its rediscovery revives debates over innovation, identity, and what it means to be Chinese, writes @yangyangcheng.bsky.social.
Lost and Found: The Unexpected Journey of the MingKwai Typewriter | Made in China Journal
It began as an innocuous inquiry on Facebook. Nelson Felix, a resident of New York State, posted in the group ‘What’s My Typewriter Worth?’ about a curious find he made while clearing out the basement...
madeinchinajournal.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A Facebook post unearthed a legend: the lost MingKwai typewriter, designed by Lin Yutang in 1947, resurfaced in a NY basement. Hailed as a marvel yet dismissed as a failure, its rediscovery revives debates over innovation, identity, and what it means to be Chinese, writes @yangyangcheng.bsky.social.
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Watch the video below with this image in mind.
It's not even a fake- it's someone's labeling/interpretation of his tattoos.
The reporter desperately tries to move on, won't let Trump get the photo out when he offers- but it's clear Trump honestly believes this is an untouched image.
It's not even a fake- it's someone's labeling/interpretation of his tattoos.
The reporter desperately tries to move on, won't let Trump get the photo out when he offers- but it's clear Trump honestly believes this is an untouched image.
April 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Watch the video below with this image in mind.
It's not even a fake- it's someone's labeling/interpretation of his tattoos.
The reporter desperately tries to move on, won't let Trump get the photo out when he offers- but it's clear Trump honestly believes this is an untouched image.
It's not even a fake- it's someone's labeling/interpretation of his tattoos.
The reporter desperately tries to move on, won't let Trump get the photo out when he offers- but it's clear Trump honestly believes this is an untouched image.
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Good god. Meta is using their AI licensing deals with John Cena, Disney, and others to peddle sex chat bots to kids. Burn this company to the fucking ground. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
April 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Good god. Meta is using their AI licensing deals with John Cena, Disney, and others to peddle sex chat bots to kids. Burn this company to the fucking ground. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...