Cullen Hendrix
@cullenhendrix.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at Peterson Institute. Sustainability, security, and political economy. Heart masquerading as head since 1977. You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does.
I could barely afford vibranium as it was
Asperas Bompar@asperasbompar.bsky.social · 6d agoWakanda tariffs going to get doubled now
Between trading with Wakanda and the AI-generated map that landlocked Nigeria, Mozambique and Côte D'Ivoire, one gets the impression that Africa is not a super high priority for this administration.
Watch it till the end. This is moral clarity -- TMZ understands the moment, and what that Rand Paul kangaroo court was, better than any coverage I've seen so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zaO...
This Is Personal
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Rogue OpenAI agents are leaving notes to themselves on company servers to help them escape their test environments (!!!) www.reuters.com/business/its...
This is so obvious, and it's really disappointing to see Democrats out there willfully ignoring this basic fact. Markets aren't going anywhere. Markets and social welfare are not at odds - in the long term, the former needs the latter to survive.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2w ago“Is there concern the slippery slope to socialism ends up full-blown communism?”😵💫 🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “No that’s silly. We can’t even raise the wage, you think communism will happen? They’re scaring ppl so we don’t talk about 🌎 having guaranteed health care.” (From @pabloreports.bsky.social )
This is good news but also a terrible sign of how far our standards have fallen for presidential conduct.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoKaroline Leavitt confirms that Trump does not plan to intervene in the extradition process for the Tate brothers
If past is precedent, this year's El Niño could easily cost the global economy ~$700 billion. If the international community does not step in, those costs to grow to $3 trillion in the following years. My latest for @piie.com. #elniño #econsky
El Niño could drag down the global economy by almost $700 billion or $3 trillion—and the choice is ours
The US National Weather Service has announced the arrival of an El Niño, the warm phase the Central Pacific warming and cooling cycle that affects weather across the globe. The odds favor a "very stro...
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It's gonna be wild watching those who downplayed climate change go through the stages of grief for the world as they knew it. This is denial.
Cycling Weekly@cyclingweekly.com · 3w ago'It's not possible, the Tour de France is July': Race director rejects Tadej Pogačar's wish www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-...
In case you're wondering, yes, the East coast smoke is related to climate change. @zekehausfather.com explains in a new post on The Climate Brink www.theclimatebrink.com/p/canadas-bo...
Canada's boreal wildfires aren't just bad forest management
Higher fire season temperatures are strongly correlated with increased area burned
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New @iea.org estimates of costs if China fully weaponizes critical minerals: - Export restrictions on rare earths mean $6.5 trillion in lost production in autos, high-tech, defense and energy outside China - Export restrictions on graphite mean $300 billion in lost battery production outside China
Climate change conspicuously absent from the National Security Strategy, and here we have sabre rattling over wildfires.
Global News@globalnews.ca · 3w ago"If Canada will not manage its forests to prevent these fires, the United States will look elsewhere, and act on our own, to protect our people,” said a group of U.S. lawmakers. globalnews.ca/news/1196860...
So, the president is engaging in routine insider trading, which is bad. Now he wants to sell early access to his market-moving social posts to Wall Street. Forget Biden or Obama: any previous GOP president would have been impeached yesterday.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoThis is nuts: "Trump Media has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks & trading firms 'the fastest' access to posts from influential Truth Social accounts Trump’s posts on the platform regularly move markets. High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders"
I'm not a knowledgeable soccer fan but wow, these refs are going to have to get control of these teams and fast. These first twelve minutes have been a disaster.
We reject their sick perversion of this historic day. We reject the very idea of claiming freedom of speech to obliterate *all* the constitutional rights of people they hate and exclude by force—via ethnic cleansing (“remigration”) or other weapons. WE define ‘nation’. WE define ‘patriot’.
Rafael M Batista@rafmbatista.bsky.social · last mo.Patriot front marching from Union Station right now. White supremacist and neo-fascist organization. Cowards.
Just think how long it will take to clear out the throngs of joyful attendees.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last mo.
Maybe credible, legible pathways to financial security would help.
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · last mo.NEW from me: Americans are set to lose nearly $250B gambling this year—a record high, up more than 60% since 2019—and that's before counting unofficial betting via prediction markets or crypto Can anything stop America's gambling boom? 🧵
I think it's more Hardin's lifeboat ethics + a white South African's pining for the good old days. Either way it's disgusting.
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · last mo.This is just repackaged 1920s era eugenics.
I sincerely hope this is the plan. Border Patrol? Yes. Fingermen? No.
Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · last mo.Stephen Miller just warned voters what will happen if Democrats retake Congress in November: “It’s game over. They’re going to get rid of ICE.”
This isn't something that gets better with a change in administration. We are going to lose millennia of accumulated, nonpartisan expertise because of this. And who will want to go into public service under these conditions?
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last mo.There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.
The US-China trade war isn't just about tariffs—it's a medieval siege over the critical inputs of the future. No alliance safety nets. No third-party mediators. Just two superpower rivals testing their wills. Here is why the lack of historical "guardrails" makes this conflict so uniquely volatile.
Peterson Institute for International Economics@piie.com · last mo.The US-China trade war is historically unique: It is security rivals, not patrons & clients, & competition is not principally over finished goods but over the inputs that determine who can make the next generation of finished goods or services at all. By @cullenhendrix.bsky.social:
The Trump administration has provided or is considering providing $8.9B+ in funding to 14 firms with ties to the Trump &/or Lutnick families that are actively working with the US government on mining deals, Paul Sonne & @EricLipton.bsky.social report.
Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.
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The US is driving away international students at a long-term economic cost
For generations, students from around the world have fueled universities in the United States, their top destination by far. Those students don't just sustain a $43 billion export industry in higher e...
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Cullen Hendrix@cullenhendrix.bsky.social · last mo.US student visa issuances dropped by about a third through September 2025, per @piie.com. Higher ed is a crucial service the US sells to global talent, but shifting immigration policy is putting a massive brake on demand, harming higher ed and US soft power.
US student visa issuances dropped by about a third through September 2025, per @piie.com. Higher ed is a crucial service the US sells to global talent, but shifting immigration policy is putting a massive brake on demand, harming higher ed and US soft power.