sean
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metabolic rift, urban mess, rebuilding the public realm
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one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer
Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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AI boosters like Blaise Agüera y Arcas will tell you that what they call «artificial intelligence» is «the next chapter of … life on Earth.»
It‘s not. It‘s the final chapter of extractivism, colonialism & concentration of capital, in a long-running story of destruction of life on this planet
It‘s not. It‘s the final chapter of extractivism, colonialism & concentration of capital, in a long-running story of destruction of life on this planet
September 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
AI boosters like Blaise Agüera y Arcas will tell you that what they call «artificial intelligence» is «the next chapter of … life on Earth.»
It‘s not. It‘s the final chapter of extractivism, colonialism & concentration of capital, in a long-running story of destruction of life on this planet
It‘s not. It‘s the final chapter of extractivism, colonialism & concentration of capital, in a long-running story of destruction of life on this planet
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Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
August 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
April 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
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So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off
Trump: "I spoke to a lot of leaders -- European, Asian, from all over the world. They are dying to make a deal, but I said 'we're not gonna have deficits with your country' ... to me a deficit is a loss. We're gonna have surpluses or at worst we're gonna be breaking even."
April 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off
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all that money was woke, you see
April 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
all that money was woke, you see
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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
completely average day on the trump mailing list. surely no elderly are blowing their savings on this, right?
April 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
completely average day on the trump mailing list. surely no elderly are blowing their savings on this, right?
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it will be impossible to fix our country without prosecuting the people currently running it
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
it will be impossible to fix our country without prosecuting the people currently running it
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NEW: DOGE is trying to gift itself a building worth $500 million, court filings show. It's the culmination of a dramatic battle between DOGE and the United States Institute of Peace, a Congressionally funded think tank. www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
NEW: DOGE is trying to gift itself a building worth $500 million, court filings show. It's the culmination of a dramatic battle between DOGE and the United States Institute of Peace, a Congressionally funded think tank. www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
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"the strongest governments gain their power, and fundamentally the consent of the governed, by effective provision of public goods. Great powers provide global public goods: they contribute to public welfare beyond the borders of their own state." www.interfluidity.com/v2/9234.html
interfluidity » The great game of global public goods provision
www.interfluidity.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"the strongest governments gain their power, and fundamentally the consent of the governed, by effective provision of public goods. Great powers provide global public goods: they contribute to public welfare beyond the borders of their own state." www.interfluidity.com/v2/9234.html
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You really can’t script this. The same week the Trump admin invokes the state secrets privilege to deny Boasberg info, he is assigned the lawsuit over the Trump administration’s apparent carelessness with state secrets.
March 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
You really can’t script this. The same week the Trump admin invokes the state secrets privilege to deny Boasberg info, he is assigned the lawsuit over the Trump administration’s apparent carelessness with state secrets.
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I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
reject fascism, rediscover anti-fascist american folk music, reclaim patriotism.
March 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
reject fascism, rediscover anti-fascist american folk music, reclaim patriotism.
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The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
March 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
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I think disappearing people who are here legally because the state disagreed with their speech is Bad but I don’t have a law degree so what do I know
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I think disappearing people who are here legally because the state disagreed with their speech is Bad but I don’t have a law degree so what do I know
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One problem with the idea of reserving due process for law-abiding people is that due process is how we figure out which people are law-abiding.
March 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
One problem with the idea of reserving due process for law-abiding people is that due process is how we figure out which people are law-abiding.
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Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished
March 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished
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Just an obvious point that anyone with the inside word on when these these total reversals are going to be announced is in a position to make almost limitless amounts of money. Don't forget that given the kind of people who make up this administration.
March 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Just an obvious point that anyone with the inside word on when these these total reversals are going to be announced is in a position to make almost limitless amounts of money. Don't forget that given the kind of people who make up this administration.
i love graduating in may 2025. this job market sure looks great.
too bad i’m going to grad school, though the funding there seems pretty secure, too!!! :)
too bad i’m going to grad school, though the funding there seems pretty secure, too!!! :)
March 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
i love graduating in may 2025. this job market sure looks great.
too bad i’m going to grad school, though the funding there seems pretty secure, too!!! :)
too bad i’m going to grad school, though the funding there seems pretty secure, too!!! :)
does anyone have access to De Gruyter publications through an institution?
a chapter from „Metropole Wien” (2024) seems applicable to my current research, but i don’t have access!
a chapter from „Metropole Wien” (2024) seems applicable to my current research, but i don’t have access!
March 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
does anyone have access to De Gruyter publications through an institution?
a chapter from „Metropole Wien” (2024) seems applicable to my current research, but i don’t have access!
a chapter from „Metropole Wien” (2024) seems applicable to my current research, but i don’t have access!
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This is a powerful lesson in why you don’t need to quantify how bad all of the bad things are
March 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is a powerful lesson in why you don’t need to quantify how bad all of the bad things are