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This is the most important thread you'll read today. Let no one say tha they didn't know. The famine in Gaza has crossed a tipping point, and even if there is urgent action—which at the moment seems unlikely—we are about to see many famine deaths. x.com/JeremyKonyndyk…
As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.
Till the day I die I will never forgive the media for not adequately or appropriately raising the alarm about climate breakdown when it’s been clear what was coming for decades.
Happening now: Fires Destroying Villages and Forests in Bursa, Turkey. Villages are burning, and forests are disappearing. Citizens watch helplessly as the fire spreads, many in tears. Immediate aid is urgently needed #BursaYanıyor
From J.K. Galbraith 1996 (conventional approach pertinent to MMT aims):Where public expenditure is essential to increased production, employment & income … borrowing is fully acceptable …& cannot be considered loading costs on future generations, for they will be beneficiaries
For 50 years, we've been telling you that the French deficit is a disgrace. The reality ? It's the norm for 80% of the world's countries. My new article PROVES it, card in hand. The analysis that shatters the dogma of austerity... #MMT mmt-france.org/2025/07/26/the…
Israeli officials have now openly admitted their claim about Hamas stealing food aid was a lie. This falsehood was the entire basis for Israel's destruction of the UN aid system, its introduction of the deadly "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation," and its infliction of starvation.
The United States is abetting a world-historic atrocity nytimes.com/2025/07/24/wor…
In January 2024, on the basis of Israeli claims that 12 UNRWA employees out of 30,000 might be Hamas, the US, UK, Germany, Canada, Australia and others stopped funding UNRWA, de-legitimatising the UN aid model and directly paving the way for Israel's final solution in Gaza
What do we do about our $36 Trillion National Debt? On our latest @TheMiddle_Show episode, economist @StephanieKelton of @stonybrooku says we should stop worrying about it so much. Full show on the podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how…
I never had any interest in being a commentator on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Not my issue, I thought. Leave it to specialists. But over the years I've found myself compelled to write more and more about it because it felt unconscionable not to. The facts make demands on us.
This is a really good long read by @edzitron Plan your weekend accordingly.
Not even 24 hours and 180,000 of you have now signed up. Billionaires already have three parties fighting for them. It’s time the rest of us had one. Join us: yourparty.uk
I quit working in a neoclassical economics department at the end of 2021. The final straw for me was when I was abused in public by someone for explaining that the money multiplier is a myth that should not be taught. I had deviated from the neoclassical religion much too far.
Many econ textbooks include outdated information on how Fed policy influences banks and the economy. Educators should abandon the “money multiplier,” a popular model that is now obsolete, a Page One Economics article says ow.ly/2Idt50GoK5u
Trump's 2026 budget will suffocate Earth's 70-year climate heartbeat “the Mauna Loa Observatory” we're about to LOSE FOREVER and irreversibly. 🚨 We already lost hundreds of souls in Texas floods. LA lost entire neighborhoods to infernos. Australia lost a billion animals to…
Chinese companies build high speed rail, innovate new robotics, develop better agriculture inputs, and more. Meanwhile, our leading “tech” companies are out here reinventing bus service for the 4th time. For fuck’s sake, man.
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/ube…
AI has helped reconstruct damaged Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire. A tool built by Google DeepMind and historians restores texts left by Romans from all levels of society. newscientist.com/article/248913…
Record marine heatwaves may signal a permanent shift in the oceans Fierce marine heatwaves were recorded globally in 2023 and 2024, and some researchers now believe they mark the start of a fundamental change with devastating consequences for life on Earth…
Consistent with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine. I will make this solemn announcement before the United Nations General Assembly this coming September.…