Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Defiant, Dispirited, Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality, Development. Twitter threads turn into Polycrisis essays
Laws are like Sausages. Best not to see how they are made. @tedfertik & I dug into how IRA was made & what we found about US political economy How did the worlds largest oil & gas producer do green investments? Hint: China Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=WQ-K2P…
Remember how 'Build Back Better' was doomed until it came back as the 'Inflation Reduction Act?' Want the inside story on how that happened? Join me Friday at Noon EST for a talk by two insiders on that deal @70sBachchan and @tedfertik - link to follow
It is unbelievable how nonchalantly leaders like @kajakallas and @vonderleyen continue to ignore (and stand against) intl law and the decisions of the highest intl Courts re Israel: among others, I shall remind them, the ICJ ordered Israel to: - withdraw its troops and remove…
The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible. I spoke again with @gideonsaar to recall our understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF must stop killing people at distribution points. All options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver on its pledges
Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza on.ft.com/46iUoK6
Thailand and Cambodia officially at war
RECAP 11.20: - at lest 1 civilian reportedly killed in Surin by Cambodian missiles - Thai, Cambodian troops clashing at multiple points along border since Thu morning - Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh advises Thais to leave country - Thai fighter jets responding to missile strikes
Abundance for the many is about making essentials affordable by all means necessary. Great conversation about the need for a new economic policy agenda that goes beyond removing blockages and waiting for corporations to do the rest. @BigMeanInternet @PEWilliams_ @DanielDenvir
I'm losing my fucking mind
Nearly 950 aid trucks are waiting at the border, ready to support the people of Gaza. So who’s holding them back? The UN. While Israel facilitates the entry of humanitarian aid and the GHF delivers it directly to civilians in Gaza, the UN is obstructing the efficient flow of…
In the future we will report on conflicts like meterologists... death will flow like cloud front... masses of clotted air... moving vectors of programmed killing... war made with the logic of a storm...
BREAKING: Ukraine launches a major drone swarm attack targeting south-western Russia, Chechnya and Dagestan
My contribution to the Tricontinental Asia newsletter discusses China's modernisation and the political context of its economic policies. It is based on the latest issue of the international edition of Wenhua Zongheng, a journal which I co-edit. thetricontinental.org/asia/nl_china_…
Scoop: For weeks, fires and explosions have erupted in Iran almost daily. Officials say they suspect sabotage & have trained their suspicions on Israel, pointing to its history of covert operations in Iran. w/ @ErikaSolomon nytimes.com/2025/07/23/wor…
BREAKING: Columbia has agreed to pay $220 million to the federal government to settle its civil rights investigations and restore a majority of federal grants terminated by President Donald Trump’s administration, the University announced Wednesday. l8r.it/QoW6
“US popularity collapses worldwide -China now more popular worldwide than the US -Israel emerged as the country with the worst global reputation" The 2025 Democracy Perception Index canvassed more than 110,000 respondents across 100 countries. politico.eu/article/usa-po…
Not sure people in the US realise this - the bubble shuts out all voices - but there is a swelling, global wave of revulsion against the US. Never seen anything comparable in my life
Failed state.
Approximately 1 out of every 6 U.S. teachers works a second job.
The Murdochs have decided to take him out. They’ve long had all the sordid dirt on Trump’s criminality and corruption. They’re going to empty their munitions stockpiles. This is going to be scorched earth.
Don’t think for a second that the Wall Street Journal is done dropping Epstein bombs on Trump. They’re just getting started.
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV
my theory is that business republicans waited until the BBB passed and they got their tax cuts and so now the WSJ side of the party is cutting itself loose from Trumpism
Stray thoughts after spending a week in China (Beijing, Nanjing, and Shanghai): -Every American should visit if they have the opportunity. You’ll be told so much about China in the coming years and while visiting once does not make you an expert you’ll at least be able to sort…
!!!!! Israel is flying quadcopters into the tents of starving Palestinians and shooting pregnant women and women breastfeeding their children. This is what the US and Europe have enabled by granting Israel complete impunity.
Apparently, in 2025, “reading Wikipedia and watching a podcast” now qualifies you as a historian — as long as you yell about “Indic frameworks” and tweet in caps. So let’s talk, slowly and academically, about why formal training in history is, in fact, necessary.
Hilarious how the left morphs into the Oxford Admission Committee every 6 months bc they are upset these 3 bypass them to speak to millions. Meanwhile, they get free pass to peddle half-baked history & rewrite entire civilizations via twt threads. Apparently, the left hoodie…
Formal training teaches you how to read a primary source, not just find one that confirms your opinion. Historians spend years learning to weigh bias, context, authorship, circulation, language, and reception. You can’t skip that with a Substack and a saffron scarf.
Was talking to a seasoned real estate investor/landlord in Chicago last night. He told me he would never want to be exposed to Australia’s housing market - compared it to Japan in the ‘90s
How is this even possible?
Waymo is a godsend for working parents. Need to hand off the baby between meetings? Put them in a Waymo and send them to your partner across town. Impossible before now. Really grateful we have this technology 🙏