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.
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
Let this sink in for a minute.
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
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Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers
China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.
nyti.ms
China quietly mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers of at least 200 miles long, showing a new level of coordination that could give Beijing more ways to impose control in contested seas.
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
Oh I'm aware.
“Noem: U.S. Citizens Should Be Prepared To Show Proof.”
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Setting aside the unconstitutionality issue (which this would clearly be):
Only about half of American citizens have a passport - are the rest supposed to walk around with their Real ID and a birth certificate? Raise your hand if you even know exactly where your birth certificate is right now.
Only about half of American citizens have a passport - are the rest supposed to walk around with their Real ID and a birth certificate? Raise your hand if you even know exactly where your birth certificate is right now.
The Senate just passed a big environmental spending package that largely rejects the massive cuts Trump asked for. It passed the House last week and Trump is expected to sign it: www.hcn.org/articles/con... @highcountrynews.org
Congress passes environmental funding without Trump’s deep cuts - High Country News
But the bipartisan effort still trimmed climate research and fails to solve agencies’ chronic underfunding. The Senate passed an environmental spending package that rejects many of Trump's cuts but co...
www.hcn.org
Holy wow - some actual good news.
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Congress passes environmental funding without Trump’s deep cuts - High Country News
But the bipartisan effort still trimmed climate research and fails to solve agencies’ chronic underfunding. The Senate passed an environmental spending package that rejects many of Trump's cuts but co...
www.hcn.org
The Senate just passed a big environmental spending package that largely rejects the massive cuts Trump asked for. It passed the House last week and Trump is expected to sign it: www.hcn.org/articles/con... @highcountrynews.org
“Noem: U.S. Citizens Should Be Prepared To Show Proof.”
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Shrewd move, Nobel committee.
This is wonderful.
Takaichi also drives a Mk3 Supra and looked like a member of the Runaways in the 80s. Coolest head of state by miles.
Takaichi also drives a Mk3 Supra and looked like a member of the Runaways in the 80s. Coolest head of state by miles.
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Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
Tell me you don't understand that this would kill the golden goose that is central bank independence without telling me this would kill the golden goose that is central bank independence.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
Oh 100%. I won't name names but I can think of at least two prominent journals who for a long time had policies that basically precluded any re-analysis of findings published in the journal (one formally, the other less but clearly a pattern of behavior). I don't need to spell out why this is bad.
Anyone who denies this is drinking much sweeter Kool Aid than I am. With this massive increase in scale, the power asymmetry between editors and authors will (I think) only increase.
Similar story with the democratization of recording technology - first thought was that it would level the playing field (and it did in some ways). But the trend was actually to increase inequality of outcomes because while tech barriers were reduced promotion budgets and network effects were not.
This was really good. This para especially. But worth remembering that striking originality and empirical breakthroughs are still qualities assessed subjectively. This will make gatekeepers more, rather than less, powerful and node centrality more, rather than less, important for success.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorses blocking Fed nominees over the Jerome Powell investigation:
"[I]t's clear the administration's investigation is nothing more than an attempt at coercion."
"My colleague, Senator Tillis, is right in blocking any Federal Reserve nominees until this is resolved."
"[I]t's clear the administration's investigation is nothing more than an attempt at coercion."
"My colleague, Senator Tillis, is right in blocking any Federal Reserve nominees until this is resolved."
Getting harder and harder to avoid the conclusion that the most relevant constraints on administration behavior are (fear of) equities and bond markets and (fear of) mass mobilization. The only reason you are seeing this is because the Fed affects the former directly and latter indirectly.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
This must be more of that people-first populism I've been hearing so much about.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorses blocking Fed nominees over the Jerome Powell investigation:
"[I]t's clear the administration's investigation is nothing more than an attempt at coercion."
"My colleague, Senator Tillis, is right in blocking any Federal Reserve nominees until this is resolved."
"[I]t's clear the administration's investigation is nothing more than an attempt at coercion."
"My colleague, Senator Tillis, is right in blocking any Federal Reserve nominees until this is resolved."
TAPPER: Does your rhetoric need to change?
FREY: I said this was a federal agent recklessly using power that ended up in somebody dying because that was a federal agent recklessly using power that ended up in somebody dying. I got two eyes.
FREY: I said this was a federal agent recklessly using power that ended up in somebody dying because that was a federal agent recklessly using power that ended up in somebody dying. I got two eyes.
I'd like to think respectability politics would be superseded by a dead mother, but evidently I am quite naive.
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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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TAPPER: Does your rhetoric need to change?
FREY: I said this was a federal agent recklessly using power that ended up in somebody dying because that was a federal agent recklessly using power that ended up in somebody dying. I got two eyes.
FREY: I said this was a federal agent recklessly using power that ended up in somebody dying because that was a federal agent recklessly using power that ended up in somebody dying. I got two eyes.
Renee Good should still be here.
She was a beloved child of God, with inherent value and infinite worth.
She was murdered by her own government in broad daylight in what is supposed to be the greatest democracy on the planet.
She was a beloved child of God, with inherent value and infinite worth.
She was murdered by her own government in broad daylight in what is supposed to be the greatest democracy on the planet.
Dark web users cite Grok as tool for making 'criminal imagery' of kids, U.K. watchdog says
The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine.
www.nbcnews.com
I want to highlight this important story by my friends @nbcnews.com - www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne... "The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine." <-- the AI generated CSAM / NCII immediately escapes containment
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Europe's new biotech rules could buttress global food security
The European Union recently agreed to ease restrictions on new genomic techniques (NGTs) for food, in the most significant change to Europe’s stringent regulatory approach to crop biotechnology in two...
www.piie.com
Europe’s recent modification of its restrictions on genetically engineered crops is a step towards freeing poorer countries to make their own science-based choices & accelerate crop innovation where it is most needed. @cullenhendrix.bsky.social explains:
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
After border patrol agents fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, agents showed up to a high school and released chemical weapons during dismissal, Minnesota Public Radio reports. Their live reporting here: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Live updates: Minneapolis confirms name of woman shot by ICE agent
Renee Good, 37, was identified as the woman shot and killed Wednesday morning by an ICE agent in south Minneapolis. ICE said Good was shot while trying to run over agents with her car. Mayor Jacob Fre...
www.mprnews.org
The video is worth watching if you can stomach it - to see what is being done with your money and in your name.