Istg we're being gaslit as a country. Because wtf do you mean Starmer was Mr Rules when he appointed Mandelson when he knew full well he was a liability BECAUSE HE BROKE THE RULES and some pretty big ones at that.
Mihai Chereji
@cronco.bsky.social
web developer, interests in policy, politics, economics. MPA @ UCL IIPP Hackney Green Party candidate for Hoxton East and Shoreditch Promoted by S Liberadzki on behalf of Mihai Chereji, at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ https://cronco.me
Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...
UK heatwave live: Rare red weather warning issued as Britain braces for 40C heat
Britons have been warned to stay out of the sun and to avoid exercising between 11am and 3pm
independent.co.uk
Forget about the London banana, the London Green Pepper is where you want to live.
www.ft.com/content/8ee0... Burning the world to hit token usage quotas 😬 Looks like the software world is about to get a refresher on Goodhart's Law.
Amazon staff use AI tool for unnecessary tasks to inflate usage scores
In-house MeshClaw tool enables employees to delegate jobs to AI agents and climb company’s AI leaderboard
ft.com
"Best of times, worst of times" When we titled our paper on the distributional implications of the 2022 fossil energy crisis, we did predict that such crises were likely to occur again -- but didn't think as soon again as 2026! Link to the (free) paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
*Lionel Hutz business card voice* 'No, pressure existed!'
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 4mo ago"No pressure existed whatsoever" on the FCDO to appoint Mandelson, Keir Starmer tells the House of the Commons. And that, I think, is gonna be a big big hostage to fortune.
Still of the view that the biggest risk in this whole mess is widespread hunger in poorer countries leading to political instability.
Isabella M. Weber@isabellamweber.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt will be the law of the jungle. Market analysts are already predicting that rich countries will outbid poor countries for scarce oil and gas supplies. This means energy famine for the Global South. Link: www.ft.com/content/6ca1...
While I love this for Russia, the war becoming nothing but swarms of autonomous Hunter-Killer drones fighting each other and blowing up people and infrastructure behind the lines feels terrifying.
Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱@djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 4mo agoFTA: "If current trends continue, even the Russian Northern Fleet at docked at Severomorsk will soon be vulnerable." tfw about to lose the Northern Fleet after losing the Black Sea Fleet, to a country which, it always bears mentioning, has not had a navy since 2022
Europe should move faster on electrification, renewables, storage and grid integration, because those investments reduce exposure to volatile global fuel markets rather than merely shifting that exposure from one foreign supplier to another.
There is already some evidence that the oil price shock is beginning to affect demand for EVs as petrol prices surged after the start of the Iran war, while fuel crises in parts of Asia-Pacific have similarly boosted EV demand.
In transport, higher renewables use and wider EV adoption can weaken exposure to fossil fuel price shocks by shifting part of household and firm transport spending away from volatile global oil markets and towards electricity.
Europe remains highly exposed outside the power sector. Fossil fuels still dominate transport and still account for a large share of energy use in households and industry.
A cleaner power mix can materially weaken an important transmission channel from fossil fuel markets to inflation, even if it does not eliminate broader exposure altogether.
Renewables are a structural hedge against fossil fuel shocks. In power markets, the more often wind, solar, hydro and nuclear cover demand, the fewer the hours in which gas sets the marginal price, and the weaker the link between global gas markets and domestic electricity costs.
After 2022, European countries cut gas demand, filled storage and diversified supply. But the deeper shift, towards electrification and structurally lower fossil fuel demand progressed more unevenly and the green transition has even lost much of its earlier political momentum.
The 2026 Iran war has reinforced the lesson the lesson we should’ve learned after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As long as Europe remains tied to volatile global oil and gas markets, geopolitical disruption will keep feeding into inflation and weaker growth.
Given the persistent disruptions from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, @cronco.bsky.social and I have written a substack article about how Europe’s fossil fuel dependence is now as much about macroeconomic resilience as climate. A 🧵. #Iran #Inflation #Energy open.substack.com/pub/outsampl...
The Iran War, Energy Price Shocks, and the Green Transition
The Iran War and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz strengthens the economic case for accelerating decarbonisation and reducing exposure to fossil fuels.
open.substack.com
how do we get JD Vance to start speaking at Reform press conferences
I am standing as a (paper) candidate for the @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social for Hoxton East and Shoreditch ward. Delighted to be part of a great slate of candidates in a borough that I'm proud to call home. Register to vote by April 20 at gov.uk/register-to-vote #getgreenselected
My undying loyalty to any maps/routing company that will allow me to plan cycling routes while avoiding canals in London 💀
This is the largest oil supply shock in history in mb/d The enemy gets a vote. Iran is now delivering pain to Trump via multiple paths (1) Gulf Kings (2) Financial meltdown (3) AI tech oligarchs (4) Fuel, fertilizer, food disruptions Read our Polycrisis Dispatch: buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
Proud to be part of this change!
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7mo agoHackney membership has grown by 350 per cent! @zoegarbett.bsky.social and Dylan Law - with the entire Hackney Team - are running a brilliant campaign for Mayor of Hackney. Between now & May 7th, get involved with one of our action days. Ready to make history! www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
A market with no price signals that has created some of the highest fees in the world that hasn’t secured university funding. A policy that achieves literally none of its aims!
I just got on a new carriage on the Central line, it's a lot quieter than the old ones and has AC, it almost feels unreal.
my private memo is raising a lot of questions already answered by my private memo
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8mo agoIn the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’” @barrons.com $NVDA @firstadopter.bsky.social www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.