The Earth doesn’t “go around the Sun” the Earth goes in a straight line through an area of spacetime that bends around the Sun and I think that’s neat.

I think about this comic at least once a week

WAPO: “.. ocean-container bookings from China to the U.S. are down by more than 60 percent ..

“.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’”

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Renewables were 92% of new power added in 2024. Low carbon sources now accounts for 41% of worldwide electricity.

Though, I can’t help but look at this graph and think about how much better it would look if we weren’t retiring nuclear plants so much faster than we’re building them.

Six months apart. 🇺🇸

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Touching grass is not enough I need to get stuck in a hollow log

Very informative chart from Washington Post

The next period in this saga is also going to be chaotic. The US simply lacks the capacity to manage this number of intense trade negotiations against a strict deadline.

Endless self-flagellation during the literal best economy of all time, because we didn’t want to sound insensitive, all so an actual lunatic could take over and destroy the entire American economic system while gloating about how everyone was going to have to go work on assembly lines

Never forget that the chief complaint against Biden was “the economy is terrible.” You utter imbeciles

Russia is facing a potential budget crisis as the price of oil plummets on trade war fears.

Russia’s Central Bank warned Tuesday that falling global oil prices could strain the country’s public finances, with oil revenues already falling 10% year-on-year in the first quarter.

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

So good. 🤡

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The reason why Western car manufacturers are currently declining is simple. Chinese car manufacturers are not making any profits. They don't have to. The Chinese state is currently subsidising Chinese car manufacturers with the goal of making Chinese car manufacturers dominant in the world.