Benjamin Kunkel
@kunktation
To what supposed principle of Western liberal democracy is there *not* a Palestine exception?
“Shell and other leading energy groups have abandoned a six-year-long attempt to define a ‘net zero’ emissions strategy after being told that such a standard would require them to stop developing new oil and gasfields…” on.ft.com/4f2cGla
The boundary between "housed" and "unhoused" in America is brutally porous. Millions of people are one rent hike, one missed paycheck, one medical emergency away from homelessness. And there's massive investment in keeping that reality hidden.
Bravo Yemen.
Paralyzed by the ongoing Yemeni blockade in the Red Sea, Eilat Port will suspend all operations starting July 20, according to Israel’s Ports and Shipping Authority. The Yemeni blockade has severely disrupted maritime activity, triggering a financial crisis that the port has…
Dunno, maybe culture and cosmopolitanism are better than growth.
Thinking about this observation from @tylercowen again:
This guy is being blunt. Large language models are about burning loads of oil and other fossil fuels.
.@DavidSacks on how America will win the AI race: "It was President Trump who was very farsighted and led the way on this because he understood years ago that we have to drill, baby, drill, unlock American energy... In order to have AI dominance, you need to have energy…
The people who go into hysterics over the supposed negative effects of climate policy on the economy have, of course, not said a word about this.
“Vegetable prices in California and Arizona jumped 80% on year in November, 2022 after extreme drought, while Ethiopian food prices rose 40% in March 2023 following a drought the year prior.” wsj.com/articles/extre…
I don’t know if I have anything more to say about this continuous abomination, decisively abetted by the US—but might as well register it
The drought currently drying out our water supplies in the American Southwest could continue for as long as humans keep heating up the planet, according to a new study. 1/2
more and more people are saying it: the private sector has no idea how to productively invest surplus
Some CEOs think it's time to build data centers on the moon. In a CNBC interview the CEO of one real estate firm says companies are looking to "monetize space" by building manufacturing plants and data centers up on the moon.
Would be quite the test of Article 5 x.com/warintel4u/sta…
Israeli violations and airstrikes in Syria continue; Turkey has placed its forces on high alert. Could this escalate into a war between Turkey and Israel ???
Who is surprised by this further erosion of political rights? This is how it works.
British Police Officers Say Holding A "Free Gaza" Poster Is A Terrorism Offence Advocating against genocide in the UK is now being considered support for Palestine Action, just proscribed a terrorist group. A real time consequence of the ban. Free Speech=Terrorism in Kent, UK.
The Trump admin sent an Irish tourist in ICE custody to a federal prison that was leasing beds to ICE, where he says "we were treated less than human." Staff at the prison would throw his medicine on the ground rather than deliver it to him in person.
35 year old Irish tourist endured the following for 100 days bc of a 3 day visa overstay. And DHS continues to say the victims are liars.