May have to acquire a turntable again, the first for many, many years. Never mind just the ageless music of @bluenoterecords.bsky.social and ECM Records, but the LP covers bring me such joy just to look at. #jazz
Stefan Andreasson
@bstefan.bsky.social
Reader in Comparative Politics at Queen’s University Belfast. Political economy of energy and natural resources. Writing a book on The Resilience of Big Oil. Bookworm, amateur sports photographer. Anglophile. https://sites.google.com/view/bstefan
“The disruption in the energy world . . . gives us plenty of opportunities if you’re able to capture them,” Patrick Pouyanné, #TotalEnergies www.ft.com/content/ae67...
TotalEnergies boss hails ‘opportunities’ created by global market turmoil
Patrick Pouyanné says he prefers ‘disruption to the peaceful world’ despite French major being among those most affected by Middle East conflict
ft.com
Let it flow! #Hormuz Middle Eastern oil exports rise to highest level since Iran war began www.ft.com/content/26c5...
Middle Eastern oil exports rise to highest level since Iran war began
Shuttle services through Strait of Hormuz have brought shipments to more than 80% of prewar daily average
ft.com
This is what happens when (especially US) universities become obsessed with socially engineering ideologically acceptable student bodies. abcnews.com/US/students-...
Students outraged after Stanford University uses AI to alter race, appearances in promotional photo
Stanford University is facing criticism after using artificial intelligence to alter a photo of three students in an advertisement.
abcnews.com
My colleagues Fawwaz Alabdulhadi, @jacktaggart.bsky.social I have a new article published (open access) in @ripejournal.bsky.social, "The petrochemical pivot: geostrategic globalization and the future of oil and gas". I hope you will find it informative. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The petrochemical pivot: geostrategic globalization and the future of oil and gas
While demand for oil as an energy source is projected to decline, petrochemical demand is expected to grow significantly. Toward securing future profitability, oil and gas (O&G) firms are pivoting ...
tandfonline.com
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
mathandai.org
What next, an American NOC? "President Trump’s #Venezuela deal caps months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world’s largest proven #oil reserves" www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Exclusive | Inside Trump’s Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela’s Oil Riches
The deal capped months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves.
wsj.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating based on race." -- US Chief Justice John Roberts, 2007. I'm wondering whether this is now considered a "far right" viewpoint.
"For as long as I can remember, I’ve wished innovation could happen faster. With #AI, my feelings are more complicated." -- Bill Gates www.gatesnotes.com/work/make-ai...
gatesnotes.com
Will Vaca Muerta become the new Permian? "Harold Hamm launches multibillion-dollar plan to drill Argentine shale" www.ft.com/content/2e59...
Harold Hamm launches multibillion-dollar plan to drill Argentine shale
Trump ally partners with trader Mercuria in latest move targeting South American nation’s oil
ft.com
It's back to a core focus on #oil and gas for #Shell, but it is the #chemicals assets as well as the #renewables assets that are underperforming. "Shell draws Exxon interest in $8bn US chemical assets sale" www.ft.com/content/d6f1...
Shell draws Exxon interest in $8bn US chemical assets sale
US supermajor and LyondellBasell among suitors as UK group looks to shed underperforming plants and refocus on oil and gas
ft.com
I often come across international outfits coaching students for places at the world's most competitive universities and find that they use what seems to me very dubious metrics and comparisons. 1/
The Arday debacle is as good an illustration of the "soft bigotry of low expectations" as we'll ever get.
The 2025 US - EU $750 billion #energy deal would be a tall order to fulfill, both for American producers and European purchasers. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sciencedirect.com
So the #WorldCup has come and gone, and Ranch dressing is still awful.
#Nigeria joins the @IEA as an Association country. North / South divide in global #energy is increasingly blurring. www.iea.org/news/nigeria...
Nigeria joins the IEA in a major step for global energy governance - News - IEA
Nigeria joins the IEA in a major step for global energy governance - News from the International Energy Agency
iea.org
The dream life: completely surrounded by, and immersed in, books. #literature www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/s...
Too Many Books?
Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.
nytimes.com
On critical theory and the Frankfurt School as bourgeois “high-end primal-scream therapy”. Jürgen #Habermas Defended Reason in a Darkening Age www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Jürgen Habermas Defended Reason in a Darkening Age
The great German philosopher, who died in March, understood how much depended on a principled public sphere.
newyorker.com
Dangote can do more for #development in #Africa than generations of NGOs and aid. #Nigeria #refining "How a $20bn bet paid off for Africa’s richest man" www.ft.com/content/afed...
How a $20bn bet paid off for Africa’s richest man
Critics dub Aliko Dangote a crony capitalist. He says he is pioneering Asian-style economic development
ft.com
Wishing all our family and friends in the USA a happy 4th of July!
Summer by the sea☀️ Our beautiful North Down coast at Donaghadee.
Essential reading by JP Morgan's Michael Cembalest on the #energytransition am.jpmorgan.com/gb/en/asset-...
Fighting Words: The Energy Transition in 2026
This year we tackle the fiercest energy debates— from data centers and power prices to the “primary energy” fallacy and more.
am.jpmorgan.com
#SpaceX joins world's 10 largest companies by market cap. 8 of 10 are US companies. #investing $SPCX
