Marc Blinder
@mblinder.bsky.social
American living in London. Art lover, tech guy, theatre goer and generally loving life as an immigrant.
New study says chimps drink daily. Does that mean they’re watching the news too?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chimps 'lager a day' in ripe fruit fuels drunken monkey theory
Scientists say chimps consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager a day from dining on ripe fruit.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New study says chimps drink daily. Does that mean they’re watching the news too?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That is so cool!
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
That is so cool!
@crow.house.gov really appreciated your interview on pod save America today, but that was a pathetic dodge on the AIPAC question. If the Democractic Party can’t find the moral courage to turn down campaign donations from the worst lobbyists, how can you expect to be taken seriously?
August 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@crow.house.gov really appreciated your interview on pod save America today, but that was a pathetic dodge on the AIPAC question. If the Democractic Party can’t find the moral courage to turn down campaign donations from the worst lobbyists, how can you expect to be taken seriously?
The three true loves of the Republican Party-
1) tax cuts for the rich
2) benefits cuts for the poor
3) wars in the Middle East
It’s like a law of nature
1) tax cuts for the rich
2) benefits cuts for the poor
3) wars in the Middle East
It’s like a law of nature
June 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The three true loves of the Republican Party-
1) tax cuts for the rich
2) benefits cuts for the poor
3) wars in the Middle East
It’s like a law of nature
1) tax cuts for the rich
2) benefits cuts for the poor
3) wars in the Middle East
It’s like a law of nature
Spent a little time on Threads this weekend. Lots of right wing bots and people who have the brains of bots. Stick to Blue Sky people! 😁
June 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Spent a little time on Threads this weekend. Lots of right wing bots and people who have the brains of bots. Stick to Blue Sky people! 😁
Reposted by Marc Blinder
June 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Great coverage of actual humans and businesses already feeling the pain from tariffs… thanks @cnbc.com for being real about the impacts of this terrible policy.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/t...
U.S. agriculture isn't nearing a trade war tariff crisis, it's in a 'full-blown crisis already,' farmers say
U.S. agriculture exporters said global backlash to Trump's tariffs is already resulting in canceled orders and farm layoffs.
www.cnbc.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Great coverage of actual humans and businesses already feeling the pain from tariffs… thanks @cnbc.com for being real about the impacts of this terrible policy.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/t...
A faerie’s eye view of springtime in the UK.
April 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A faerie’s eye view of springtime in the UK.
Reposted by Marc Blinder
As a Jew, this just brings up such horrible associations for me 💔
I hope someday we can learn the lessons of history and become better people.
I hope someday we can learn the lessons of history and become better people.
This is where Trump illegally sent #KilmarAbregoGarcia.
In our name.
We should all be outraged.
H/T Steven Donzinger: www.instagram.com/p/DIckqx4t3-...
In our name.
We should all be outraged.
H/T Steven Donzinger: www.instagram.com/p/DIckqx4t3-...
April 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
As a Jew, this just brings up such horrible associations for me 💔
I hope someday we can learn the lessons of history and become better people.
I hope someday we can learn the lessons of history and become better people.
Reposted by Marc Blinder
Turns out autocracy is bad for business
April 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Turns out autocracy is bad for business
Another great piece from @nathantankus.bsky.social - I’m still digesting it, because this is pretty far outside my professional experience. But, we all need to get a grip on how insane the new trade policies are and what the ripple effects might be. Check his page for the whole trilogy.
It's finally out! Drink coffee, drink soda, take whatever stimulate you prefer. This is extremely long, even by my verbose standards. But its the absolute minimum word count I thought I could tell the "foreign exchange liquidity crisis" aspect of this with.
www.crisesnotes.com/is-the-trump...
www.crisesnotes.com/is-the-trump...
Is the Trump Tariff Financial Crisis A Crisis of the Dollar? It Doesn’t Seem to Be … Yet
SubscribeTip!
For those just tuning in: I wrote a piece a day for the first three days of this week on what we should probably now term the “Trump Tariff Financial Crisis”. I am coming to you Sunday ...
www.crisesnotes.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Another great piece from @nathantankus.bsky.social - I’m still digesting it, because this is pretty far outside my professional experience. But, we all need to get a grip on how insane the new trade policies are and what the ripple effects might be. Check his page for the whole trilogy.
Don’t fall for this.
This is a post about Trump playing 5 dimensional chess with tariffs to lower interest rates.
My response below…
This is a post about Trump playing 5 dimensional chess with tariffs to lower interest rates.
My response below…
April 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Don’t fall for this.
This is a post about Trump playing 5 dimensional chess with tariffs to lower interest rates.
My response below…
This is a post about Trump playing 5 dimensional chess with tariffs to lower interest rates.
My response below…
Tesla's halting orders in China... turns out tariffs are bad for business.
Does anyone think Tesla will be able to make a comeback in China in 2027 if they can't sell cars there for the next two years?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...
Does anyone think Tesla will be able to make a comeback in China in 2027 if they can't sell cars there for the next two years?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...
Tesla Halts Orders in China on U.S. Imported Models (Gift Article)
The removal of an “order” button from Tesla’s Chinese website came after Beijing raised tariffs on American imports in response to President Trump’s levies against the country.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tesla's halting orders in China... turns out tariffs are bad for business.
Does anyone think Tesla will be able to make a comeback in China in 2027 if they can't sell cars there for the next two years?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...
Does anyone think Tesla will be able to make a comeback in China in 2027 if they can't sell cars there for the next two years?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...
Critically important study from budgetlab.bsky.social
at Yale on the current US #tariffs - even after Trump backed down.
The price level... rises by 2.9% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $4,700 in 2024$ 😨
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fis...
at Yale on the current US #tariffs - even after Trump backed down.
The price level... rises by 2.9% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $4,700 in 2024$ 😨
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fis...
The Fiscal and Economic Effects of the Revised April 9 Tariffs
budgetlab.yale.edu
April 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Critically important study from budgetlab.bsky.social
at Yale on the current US #tariffs - even after Trump backed down.
The price level... rises by 2.9% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $4,700 in 2024$ 😨
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fis...
at Yale on the current US #tariffs - even after Trump backed down.
The price level... rises by 2.9% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $4,700 in 2024$ 😨
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fis...
This piece is is informative and chilling - get in there!
It's up, its out. I covered a hell of a lot. There are a few things I didn't end up having the space or the brain functioning left to cover. But I'm gonna crash now. See y'all in 6 hours. Promote the piece in my absence.
www.crisesnotes.com/our2025lehma...
www.crisesnotes.com/our2025lehma...
104% China Tariffs Came into Effect at Midnight. We Instantly Entered this Crisis’s “Lehman Brothers” Moment
READERS NOTE: I'm not going to cover this piece asking for Subscriptions. If you get the importance of this moment, you'll get the importance of what I've done this week, and the past two months or so...
www.crisesnotes.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This piece is is informative and chilling - get in there!
We've got 4 years until the next election. But don't wait until it's too late. Get it done now!
February 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We've got 4 years until the next election. But don't wait until it's too late. Get it done now!
Inspired by @lastpositivist.bsky.social posting about England’s dry sandwich man, I’m posting the most charming article from the UK press I’ve seen…
November 19, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Inspired by @lastpositivist.bsky.social posting about England’s dry sandwich man, I’m posting the most charming article from the UK press I’ve seen…
November 16, 2024 at 5:30 PM