Two Ways of Looking at a Blue Bird: What’s Really Going on at Twitter?
Twitter’s upcoming stress test at the World Cup, Twitter’s software, and the players in the Twitter drama.
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The Stavka Memorandum: Russia Means Military Power Plus Diselectrification of the Ukraine (“Stormy and Prolonged Applause”)
John Helmer describes how Russia is identifying electricity grid targets, as well as current ideas for creating a demilitarized zone.
Read more...Successful Tool-Lending Libraries Force Us to Rethink What the Public Is Willing to Share
Spawned in the wake of World War II, tool libraries lend implements and devices and provide practical guidance to community members who can’t afford to own or store their own tools.
Read more...Russia Launches New Electrical Grid/Infrastructure Strikes in Ukraine
Russia launched a new round of infrastructure attacks on Urkaine, but so far it looks more selective than yesterday’s massive blows.
Read more...U.S. to Announce Plan for Private Companies to Fund International Renewable Energy Transition
Yet more proof that the US is far more inteested in green energy profiteering than doing the hard work to reduce the pace of climate change.
Read more...Real Progressives Live with Michael Hudson: The Destiny of Civilization
Michael Hudson explains how financial capitalism won the struggle with industrial capitalism and gave rentiers the upper hand.
Read more...#Musk + #Twitter, Liberal Democrat Aghastitude, and Social Capital on Social Media
Is Twitter really a hellscape of hate and bigotry? And what will happen to Twitter now that Musk has taken it over?
Read more...The Destiny of Civilization: An Interview with Michael Hudson on Economic Development, Rentierism, Debt, China
Another tour de force with Michael Hudson, covering development, rentierism, economic narratives, debt dynamics, and the rise of China.
Read more...Has Russia Already Pwnd Ukraine?
What if Russia is the only country that can get Ukraine back on its feet in any reasonable time frame?
Read more...Reader Sanity Check: Erosion of the Skilled Trades?
America is rotting from the top, witness the arrogance and incompetence of our elites. But are we also faling short on skilled workmen?
Read more...Electro-Shock Therapy for Slow Learners in the Ukraine Electric War (Part III)
Russia launches another high-intensity attack on Ukraine’s electric grid, and John Helmer continues his analysis of Russia’s strategy.
Read more...Energy Loss Is Single Biggest Component of Today’s Electricity System
A comparison of efficiency of electrical sources shows renewables come out markedly ahead.
Read more...What Next in the Electric War for Ukraine – How Marshal Kutuzov’s Golden Bridge for Napoleon’s Retreat Is Working Today
John Helmer’s update on the logic and progress of Russia’s attacks on the Ukraine electric grid.
Read more...Washington, Brussels Set Sights on TurkStream Pipeline Amid Crackdown on Ankara-Moscow Cooperation
By Conor Gallagher At the beginning of this year there were four pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Europe, and a fifth (Nord Stream 2) was about to come online. Now Nord Stream 1 and 2 are dead, the Yamal Pipeline is closed, and the amount of gas flowing through Ukraine is greatly diminished. […]
Read more...A Tale of Tier 3 Cities in China
The stock of real estate in China is now quite large for what is still a lower-middle-income country.
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