Christian Dimmer
@remmid.bsky.social
dad／urbanist／assoc.prof. transition design + urban studies｜waseda university｜Tokyo｜co-learning／co-design｜public spaces／spheres｜urban practices／theories｜place {un}making／becoming｜climate + sustainability／resilience
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I hate this, but I felt compelled to return to Twitter temporarily and turn myself into a bot for retweeting pro-democracy, pro–rule of law content. You might consider doing the same to help crowd out pro-totalitarian voices there.
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That's according to energy historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, whose 2025 book More and More and More is a splash of ice-cold Evian on the California-SunKist Abundance discourse.
(He even calls out Vaclav Smil for being overly optimistic!)
(He even calls out Vaclav Smil for being overly optimistic!)
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
That's according to energy historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, whose 2025 book More and More and More is a splash of ice-cold Evian on the California-SunKist Abundance discourse.
(He even calls out Vaclav Smil for being overly optimistic!)
(He even calls out Vaclav Smil for being overly optimistic!)
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"After 2 centuries of 'energy transitions', humanity has never burned so much oil and gas, so much coal, and so much wood."
Solar and renewables aren't replacing fossil fuels, just as EVs aren't replacing gas-powered cars.
There is no energy transition.
It's just more and more and more...
🧵
Solar and renewables aren't replacing fossil fuels, just as EVs aren't replacing gas-powered cars.
There is no energy transition.
It's just more and more and more...
🧵
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
"After 2 centuries of 'energy transitions', humanity has never burned so much oil and gas, so much coal, and so much wood."
Solar and renewables aren't replacing fossil fuels, just as EVs aren't replacing gas-powered cars.
There is no energy transition.
It's just more and more and more...
🧵
Solar and renewables aren't replacing fossil fuels, just as EVs aren't replacing gas-powered cars.
There is no energy transition.
It's just more and more and more...
🧵
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Ted Cruz, 2016
“We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark.“
Remember?
“We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark.“
Remember?
Cruz: Trump "Would Have Nuked Denmark."
YouTube video by America Now
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January 16, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Ted Cruz, 2016
“We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark.“
Remember?
“We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark.“
Remember?
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Europeans have real leverage in the face of Donald Trump’s threats towards Greenland and time on their side. They must use it to raise the prospective costs of annexation. @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/article/arct...
ecfr.eu/article/arct...
Arctic hold‘em: Ten European cards in Greenland – European Council on Foreign Relations
Europeans have real leverage in the face of Donald Trump’s threats towards Greenland—and time on their side. They must use it to raise the prospective costs of
ecfr.eu
January 16, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Europeans have real leverage in the face of Donald Trump’s threats towards Greenland and time on their side. They must use it to raise the prospective costs of annexation. @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/article/arct...
ecfr.eu/article/arct...
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It’s even more embarrassing than I imagined.
January 16, 2026 at 2:33 AM
It’s even more embarrassing than I imagined.
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Ben Santer, an outstanding scientist and historically significant figure in the development of understanding of climate change, is relocating to the UK. Very much looking forward to him visiting the @metoffice.gov.uk to talk about our common research interests.
NEW – Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
Read here:
Read here:
Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science - Carbon Brief
In an interview with Carbon Brief, Santer says the Trump administration is “engaged in a systematic attempt to dismantle climate science”
buff.ly
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Ben Santer, an outstanding scientist and historically significant figure in the development of understanding of climate change, is relocating to the UK. Very much looking forward to him visiting the @metoffice.gov.uk to talk about our common research interests.
Ted Cruz, 2016
“We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark.“
Remember?
“We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark.“
Remember?
Cruz: Trump "Would Have Nuked Denmark."
YouTube video by America Now
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Ted Cruz, 2016
“We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark.“
Remember?
“We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark.“
Remember?
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“Boy, when I went to American history I did not think … literally the material that I am going to talk about today would cover an entire administration in any other presidency and we’re doing it all in this 1 day. And it’s every day like this.”
—Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for you guidance!
—Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for you guidance!
Politics Chat, January 15, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:51 AM
“Boy, when I went to American history I did not think … literally the material that I am going to talk about today would cover an entire administration in any other presidency and we’re doing it all in this 1 day. And it’s every day like this.”
—Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for you guidance!
—Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for you guidance!
Japan’s one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world—it always has been. Over centuries, a “disaster culture” has developed as people adapted their social practices& cities to constant threat, cultivating both individual& community resilience. The next Tokyo quake is just around the corner.
The probability of an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8-8.5 occurring along the Chishima Trench off the city of Nemuro in Hokkaido within 30 years has risen to around 90%, according to a Japanese government panel.
Hokkaido megaquake probability rises to around 90%, says panel
The panel estimated the probability of an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8-8.5 occurring along the Chishima Trench off the city of Nemuro in Hokkaido within 30 years.
ebx.sh
January 16, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Japan’s one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world—it always has been. Over centuries, a “disaster culture” has developed as people adapted their social practices& cities to constant threat, cultivating both individual& community resilience. The next Tokyo quake is just around the corner.
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To think that all of these resources could have been used in an actual war in Europe like the one between Russia and Ukraine. In stead, it’s used to hold an american president at bay so that he doesn’t destroys the NATO alliance.
French President Macron hints at the possible air defense system that Greenland may be provided: ''The SAMP/T next generation is a largely French and European system, the best in the world. It is more effective than the [US] Patriot system.''
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 AM
To think that all of these resources could have been used in an actual war in Europe like the one between Russia and Ukraine. In stead, it’s used to hold an american president at bay so that he doesn’t destroys the NATO alliance.
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Unprecedented presidency-ending corruption for anyone from Truman to Obama.
The deal has kick-started the president’s controversial plan to sell up to 50mn barrels of Venezuelan oil, with more sales expected in the ‘coming days and weeks’. ft.trib.al/a2pf6om
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Unprecedented presidency-ending corruption for anyone from Truman to Obama.
“(The banality of Evil) coined by Hannah Arendt sprung from her studying the Nazis after The Holocaust. It stands for the proposition that everyday people can commit horrific acts. (Adolf Eichmann) was “neither perverted nor sadistic” but rather “terrifyingly normal.”
— @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
— @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
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January 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
“(The banality of Evil) coined by Hannah Arendt sprung from her studying the Nazis after The Holocaust. It stands for the proposition that everyday people can commit horrific acts. (Adolf Eichmann) was “neither perverted nor sadistic” but rather “terrifyingly normal.”
— @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
— @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
This illustrates just how vulnerable urban infrastructure is. Imagine how catastrophic it would be if bad-faith actors were to target the wider power grid. We live in an age of asymmetric conflict. Luckily I could walk to work in 1 hour 48 minutes if needed.
Fun commute today...
Tokyo's Yamanote loop line trains out of service due to power outage mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Tokyo's Yamanote loop line trains out of service due to power outage mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Tokyo's Yamanote loop line trains out of service due to power outage - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All train services on the Yamanote loop line in central Tokyo have been out of service from early morning on Friday due to a power ou
mainichi.jp
January 16, 2026 at 12:57 AM
This illustrates just how vulnerable urban infrastructure is. Imagine how catastrophic it would be if bad-faith actors were to target the wider power grid. We live in an age of asymmetric conflict. Luckily I could walk to work in 1 hour 48 minutes if needed.
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General Mark Hertling (@markhertling.bsky.social) and others like him are the real heroes for speaking up when too many others remain silent—and thus, even unintentionally, tacitly support Trump.
"They are thugs. And, I'll add to that, cowards. You give me any one of those guys, without a weapon and without a badge and without an association to the federal forces, and they would be a nobody."
@markhertling.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
@markhertling.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
January 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM
General Mark Hertling (@markhertling.bsky.social) and others like him are the real heroes for speaking up when too many others remain silent—and thus, even unintentionally, tacitly support Trump.
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This comes a bit late. Just as refresher: Mitch McConnell kneecapped President Obama, stole two Supreme Court seats, packed the lower courts with right wing fanatics and voted NOT to impeach Trump twice despite overwhelming evidence.
He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
This comes a bit late. Just as refresher: Mitch McConnell kneecapped President Obama, stole two Supreme Court seats, packed the lower courts with right wing fanatics and voted NOT to impeach Trump twice despite overwhelming evidence.
“Boy, when I went to American history I did not think … literally the material that I am going to talk about today would cover an entire administration in any other presidency and we’re doing it all in this 1 day. And it’s every day like this.”
—Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for you guidance!
—Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for you guidance!
Politics Chat, January 15, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:51 AM
“Boy, when I went to American history I did not think … literally the material that I am going to talk about today would cover an entire administration in any other presidency and we’re doing it all in this 1 day. And it’s every day like this.”
—Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for you guidance!
—Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for you guidance!
This comes a bit late. Just as refresher: Mitch McConnell kneecapped President Obama, stole two Supreme Court seats, packed the lower courts with right wing fanatics and voted NOT to impeach Trump twice despite overwhelming evidence.
He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
This comes a bit late. Just as refresher: Mitch McConnell kneecapped President Obama, stole two Supreme Court seats, packed the lower courts with right wing fanatics and voted NOT to impeach Trump twice despite overwhelming evidence.
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The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
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The man behind the escalating situation in the Arctic is the heir to a makeup fortune – the global cosmetics brand Estée Lauder.
Wealth extraction comes in so many forms but it always benefits the same small group of people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Wealth extraction comes in so many forms but it always benefits the same small group of people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The man behind the escalating situation in the Arctic is the heir to a makeup fortune – the global cosmetics brand Estée Lauder.
Wealth extraction comes in so many forms but it always benefits the same small group of people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Wealth extraction comes in so many forms but it always benefits the same small group of people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“A President who sets his country ablaze” is the subtitle.
Today, we might want to change it to “sets the world ablaze.”
Today, we might want to change it to “sets the world ablaze.”
From 2020. The Fire Demon. (The German translation for @stephenking.bsky.social’s 1980 novel The Firestarter.)
January 15, 2026 at 10:14 PM
“A President who sets his country ablaze” is the subtitle.
Today, we might want to change it to “sets the world ablaze.”
Today, we might want to change it to “sets the world ablaze.”
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Sorry, but I’m not pulling punches on this one. Being “anti-ICE” is the only possible “good messaging” that anyone that wants to be on the right side of history can have. Many issues have room for nuance, but this one doesn’t. You’re either anti-ICE or you’re wrong, and likely an awful human being.
i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.
January 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Sorry, but I’m not pulling punches on this one. Being “anti-ICE” is the only possible “good messaging” that anyone that wants to be on the right side of history can have. Many issues have room for nuance, but this one doesn’t. You’re either anti-ICE or you’re wrong, and likely an awful human being.
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.@PabloReports: Stephen Miller seems to be operating sort of as a shadow president at this point. Is there any legal liability he could face at the end of this presidency?
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
January 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
.@PabloReports: Stephen Miller seems to be operating sort of as a shadow president at this point. Is there any legal liability he could face at the end of this presidency?
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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Telling interview with German defence minister Pistorius. He goes out of his way to stress that the German soldiers on their way to Greenland are to deter Russia & China, not the US. Tries to argue that he does not believe the US will actually seize Greenland by force, referring to Congress.
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Telling interview with German defence minister Pistorius. He goes out of his way to stress that the German soldiers on their way to Greenland are to deter Russia & China, not the US. Tries to argue that he does not believe the US will actually seize Greenland by force, referring to Congress.
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Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
January 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day