Guillermo Idanez 🇪🇺
@idanez.bsky.social
Born at 326 PPM. I share pieces about democracy, equality, climate emergency, and the energy transition. Dad, husband, Spaniard in Brussels, trying green urbanite, extroverted introvert, concerned optimist.
86 Stories of Progress from 2024
Not everything that happened this year was terrible.
fixthenews.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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the most unrealistic thing about Star Wars movies imo is that at no point did they ever leave the house for an adventure only to realize that one of the droids is at like 13% battery level
September 3, 2024 at 11:26 PM
the most unrealistic thing about Star Wars movies imo is that at no point did they ever leave the house for an adventure only to realize that one of the droids is at like 13% battery level
“Recessions and trade wars may come and go, but what makes this juncture so perilous for the continent’s prosperity has to do with the biggest inconvenient truth of all: the EU has become an innovation desert.”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe’s economic apocalypse
Stagnation, flagging competitiveness, Donald Trump — the continent is facing “an existential challenge.”
www.politico.eu
December 19, 2024 at 8:06 AM
“Recessions and trade wars may come and go, but what makes this juncture so perilous for the continent’s prosperity has to do with the biggest inconvenient truth of all: the EU has become an innovation desert.”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
If you read just one thing today -be this article by @mikegrunwald.bsky.social and the corresponding 🧵.
An excellent piece that throws a crucial perspective on industrial agriculture. Eye-opening.
An excellent piece that throws a crucial perspective on industrial agriculture. Eye-opening.
There has been...interest...in my NYT essay about industrial agriculture. I've seen a lot of thoughtful commentary, not all of it about the depth of my evil. Thanks! Here's a gift link, then a quick thread responding to the most common critiques. 1
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
Opinion | Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food (Gift Article)
Every farm, even the scenic ones with red barns and rolling hills, is a kind of environmental crime scene, an echo of whatever wilderness it once replaced.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:09 PM
If you read just one thing today -be this article by @mikegrunwald.bsky.social and the corresponding 🧵.
An excellent piece that throws a crucial perspective on industrial agriculture. Eye-opening.
An excellent piece that throws a crucial perspective on industrial agriculture. Eye-opening.
Pont Saint-Louis, Paris, yesterday.
December 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Pont Saint-Louis, Paris, yesterday.
Every year, Popular Science’s 50 What’s New makes the best Christmas gift list.
www.popsci.com/technology/b...
www.popsci.com/technology/b...
The 50 greatest innovations of 2024
The 37th annual Best of What's New awards.
www.popsci.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Every year, Popular Science’s 50 What’s New makes the best Christmas gift list.
www.popsci.com/technology/b...
www.popsci.com/technology/b...
@pkrugman.bsky.social last piece for the NYT - “if we stand up to the kakistocracy — rule by the worst — that’s emerging as we speak, we may eventually find our way back to a better world.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
Opinion | My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment
Where have all the good vibes gone?
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:33 AM
@pkrugman.bsky.social last piece for the NYT - “if we stand up to the kakistocracy — rule by the worst — that’s emerging as we speak, we may eventually find our way back to a better world.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
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"Electric vehicles have reached price parity in China. Average transaction prices for battery electric vehicles are now lower than average combustion vehicles and adoption is taking off as a result
"Technology developments tend to not respect borders over time"
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
"Technology developments tend to not respect borders over time"
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
"Electric vehicles have reached price parity in China. Average transaction prices for battery electric vehicles are now lower than average combustion vehicles and adoption is taking off as a result
"Technology developments tend to not respect borders over time"
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
"Technology developments tend to not respect borders over time"
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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#2 Disrupter: Teresa Ribera
As the EU competition chief, Ribera has a mandate to shake up the bloc.
Those efforts are bound to infuriate leaders in Brussels and beyond, but she’s up for the task.
Read her full #POLITICO28 profile: www.politico.eu/list/politic...
As the EU competition chief, Ribera has a mandate to shake up the bloc.
Those efforts are bound to infuriate leaders in Brussels and beyond, but she’s up for the task.
Read her full #POLITICO28 profile: www.politico.eu/list/politic...
December 10, 2024 at 2:04 PM
#2 Disrupter: Teresa Ribera
As the EU competition chief, Ribera has a mandate to shake up the bloc.
Those efforts are bound to infuriate leaders in Brussels and beyond, but she’s up for the task.
Read her full #POLITICO28 profile: www.politico.eu/list/politic...
As the EU competition chief, Ribera has a mandate to shake up the bloc.
Those efforts are bound to infuriate leaders in Brussels and beyond, but she’s up for the task.
Read her full #POLITICO28 profile: www.politico.eu/list/politic...
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"fixing Europe’s rail network is exactly the sort of thing that Brussels should be doing – whether by using competition policy to break up national monopolies, or by applying Single Market principles to require operators to maintain their networks and open them to trains from other countries"
A pre-breakfast culture clash on a German express train made me realise that cross-border rail travel in Europe isn't up to scratch. This week's essay. open.substack.com/pub/theleopa...
A single market for trains
Riding the rails across Europe is too much hassle.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:01 AM
"fixing Europe’s rail network is exactly the sort of thing that Brussels should be doing – whether by using competition policy to break up national monopolies, or by applying Single Market principles to require operators to maintain their networks and open them to trains from other countries"
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)
YouTube video by Coldplay
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December 8, 2024 at 9:14 AM
“When the rich rob the poor, it’s called business. When the poor fight back, it’s called violence.” – The Apocryphal Twain
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The Apocryphal Twain: “When the rich rob the poor, it’s called business.”
There is perhaps no greater testament to Twain’s lasting reputation than the habitual misattribution of miscellaneous wit and wisdom to his name. The circulation of such apocryphal aphorisms was co…
marktwainstudies.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:48 AM
“When the rich rob the poor, it’s called business. When the poor fight back, it’s called violence.” – The Apocryphal Twain
marktwainstudies.com/the-apocryph...
marktwainstudies.com/the-apocryph...
Just watched Wicked. I’m as impressed as Wendy Ide: “With its all too timely themes of bullying, corrupt leaders and the demonisation of difference, this is a movie that promises […] escapism but delivers considerably more in the way of depth and darkness.
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande make the magic happen
The stars enchant as young rival witches in Jon M Chu’s impossibly slick first instalment of his two-part adaptation of musical juggernaut Wicked
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Just watched Wicked. I’m as impressed as Wendy Ide: “With its all too timely themes of bullying, corrupt leaders and the demonisation of difference, this is a movie that promises […] escapism but delivers considerably more in the way of depth and darkness.
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
“Deals worth about $2.4 billion were completed in the third quarter [of 2024], more than four times the value of those in China and the second-highest total globally behind the US, data compiled by BloombergNEF show.”
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/12/06/i...
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/12/06/i...
India now outpaces China in green investments as renewables surge
The momentum is being driven by India’s push to build out local clean energy capacity to limit reliance on China, and the goal of exporting.
theprogressplaybook.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:08 AM
“Deals worth about $2.4 billion were completed in the third quarter [of 2024], more than four times the value of those in China and the second-highest total globally behind the US, data compiled by BloombergNEF show.”
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/12/06/i...
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/12/06/i...
The lack of efficiency in public administration has become a mantra.
What about friction and waste in firms? White-collar workers burn 50%+ of their time in useless meetings, dead projects, and just noise.
That’s a huge opportunity for welfare redistribution, full employment and societal growth.
What about friction and waste in firms? White-collar workers burn 50%+ of their time in useless meetings, dead projects, and just noise.
That’s a huge opportunity for welfare redistribution, full employment and societal growth.
December 6, 2024 at 11:02 AM
The lack of efficiency in public administration has become a mantra.
What about friction and waste in firms? White-collar workers burn 50%+ of their time in useless meetings, dead projects, and just noise.
That’s a huge opportunity for welfare redistribution, full employment and societal growth.
What about friction and waste in firms? White-collar workers burn 50%+ of their time in useless meetings, dead projects, and just noise.
That’s a huge opportunity for welfare redistribution, full employment and societal growth.
(C) David Sipress - www.davidsipress.com/cartoons
December 5, 2024 at 1:30 PM
(C) David Sipress - www.davidsipress.com/cartoons
“By creating overcapacity, China is forcibly deindustrializing every single one of its geopolitical rivals.
Yes, this reduces profit for Chinese companies, but profit is not the goal of war.”
open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...
Yes, this reduces profit for Chinese companies, but profit is not the goal of war.”
open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...
Manufacturing is a war now
And the democracies are losing.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:18 PM
“By creating overcapacity, China is forcibly deindustrializing every single one of its geopolitical rivals.
Yes, this reduces profit for Chinese companies, but profit is not the goal of war.”
open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...
Yes, this reduces profit for Chinese companies, but profit is not the goal of war.”
open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...
The Algorithm Has Been Hiding Something From You | NYT Opinion
YouTube video by The New York Times
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December 4, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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One of the biggest mistakes left-leaning people make: when they think about "messaging" or "branding," they think about clever words & phrases. But the key to successful messaging is *power*, ie, the capacity to thrust your message into eyes/ears. Repetition, not cleverness, is the key to success.
December 3, 2024 at 6:50 PM
One of the biggest mistakes left-leaning people make: when they think about "messaging" or "branding," they think about clever words & phrases. But the key to successful messaging is *power*, ie, the capacity to thrust your message into eyes/ears. Repetition, not cleverness, is the key to success.
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One of the most photographed murals in Brussels was torn down today to make way for a European Commission conference center.
‘Future is Europe’ mural is a thing of the past
It may or may not be resurrected.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2024 at 12:48 PM
One of the most photographed murals in Brussels was torn down today to make way for a European Commission conference center.
Reposted by Guillermo Idanez 🇪🇺
Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
February 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...