T Lolonis
@tlolonis.bsky.social
American who came to Europe to study, met charming Austrian economist, stayed. Here for news & analysis. GU, JHU. I block soliciting accounts.
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Guillotine earrings, ca. 1793
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Guillotine earrings, ca. 1793
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"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
ember-energy.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
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Americans are so much more open to paradigm-shifting electoral reform than almost anyone in Washington understands
48% yes, 19% no, 32% don't know for proportional representation. That's with very little public campaign for PR so far.
Tracks similar results we found a couple of years ago polling various reforms in Wyoming. It's not some wonky thing only nerds get. The concept is intuitive and naturally popular.
Tracks similar results we found a couple of years ago polling various reforms in Wyoming. It's not some wonky thing only nerds get. The concept is intuitive and naturally popular.
Wow! That's a lot higher support level than I expected. And that 32%"don't know" means there's a high ceiling
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Americans are so much more open to paradigm-shifting electoral reform than almost anyone in Washington understands
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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When you're a sociopath and get angry that someone else's medical emergency, just four feet away, drew focus from your gloating and you forget which lie you were on.
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
When you're a sociopath and get angry that someone else's medical emergency, just four feet away, drew focus from your gloating and you forget which lie you were on.
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Indeed. In intelligence, politics, foreign policy if you are still selling the message that there is something behind the chaos, either you have been fooled or you’ve got something (generally a book among my contacts) to sell.
I've said it before and I'll it again: there is no coherent strategy and anyone who tells you differently is selling you something. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/when-ameri...
When American Foreign Policy Devolves Into a Bunch of Stuff
My latest for World Politics Review
danieldrezner.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Indeed. In intelligence, politics, foreign policy if you are still selling the message that there is something behind the chaos, either you have been fooled or you’ve got something (generally a book among my contacts) to sell.
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In state courts and legislatures, we can see the germination of new approaches that have the potential to sweep the country and eventually become national law. bit.ly/47eUTVA
States Step Up as Washington Stalls
With Congress paralyzed and aid programs in jeopardy, state governments are proving to be laboratories for reform and resistance.
www.brennancenter.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In state courts and legislatures, we can see the germination of new approaches that have the potential to sweep the country and eventually become national law. bit.ly/47eUTVA
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has now been waiting 36 days to be sworn in to office — setting a new record that any member of Congress has had to wait following a special election.
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has now been waiting 36 days to be sworn in to office — setting a new record that any member of Congress has had to wait following a special election.
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When Democrats are risk-averse and incremental and corrupt, they create openings for fascism: https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/building-a-more-effective-responsive-government/
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When Democrats are risk-averse and incremental and corrupt, they create openings for fascism: https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/building-a-more-effective-responsive-government/
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RED ALERT: Tomorrow, SCOTUS hears a case that could further erode voting rights
Meanwhile, GOP operatives are plotting to "pick up more than 40 seats without having to win any more support from voters"
This is a direct attack on our democracy
Read HERE: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Meanwhile, GOP operatives are plotting to "pick up more than 40 seats without having to win any more support from voters"
This is a direct attack on our democracy
Read HERE: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The GOP plot to gain 40 seats without winning any more votes
Party operatives think gerrymandering, a new Census and a friendly Supreme Court can help keep Republicans in power
www.yahoo.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
RED ALERT: Tomorrow, SCOTUS hears a case that could further erode voting rights
Meanwhile, GOP operatives are plotting to "pick up more than 40 seats without having to win any more support from voters"
This is a direct attack on our democracy
Read HERE: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Meanwhile, GOP operatives are plotting to "pick up more than 40 seats without having to win any more support from voters"
This is a direct attack on our democracy
Read HERE: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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It's happening here.
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W
October 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It's happening here.
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“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.”
Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say
The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.
www.nbcnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.”
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October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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We have a theme and a cause in front of our faces.
How about a press conference made up of Democratic leadership near the White House with the demolished East Wing in the background, talking about the government shutdown and Trump's warped priorities and demolition of public goods, including not just the East Wing but health care and so much else?
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We have a theme and a cause in front of our faces.
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Big year for photos of clergy enduring pain while protesting ICE.
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Big year for photos of clergy enduring pain while protesting ICE.
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
Can’t argue with this. He makes an important point.
most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Can’t argue with this. He makes an important point.
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No Cap! 👇
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
No Cap! 👇
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New in PN: A rickety dictatorship
"Trump’s increasingly desperate attempts to incite a civil war in advance of the midterms and the rejection of his party’s healthcare evisceration each demonstrate growing vulnerabilities of the nascent MAGA tyranny."
"Trump’s increasingly desperate attempts to incite a civil war in advance of the midterms and the rejection of his party’s healthcare evisceration each demonstrate growing vulnerabilities of the nascent MAGA tyranny."
A rickety dictatorship
Trump's hand of cards is weaker than it appears.
www.publicnotice.co
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New in PN: A rickety dictatorship
"Trump’s increasingly desperate attempts to incite a civil war in advance of the midterms and the rejection of his party’s healthcare evisceration each demonstrate growing vulnerabilities of the nascent MAGA tyranny."
"Trump’s increasingly desperate attempts to incite a civil war in advance of the midterms and the rejection of his party’s healthcare evisceration each demonstrate growing vulnerabilities of the nascent MAGA tyranny."
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Do we call the new building the "Epstein Wing?"
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Do we call the new building the "Epstein Wing?"
I interviewed the gentle, joyous, defiant Portland Frog at Vienna’s No Tyrants rally on Saturday. This amphibian does not disappoint! #NoTyrants #PortlandFrog #StreetTheater #JoyfulResistance
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I interviewed the gentle, joyous, defiant Portland Frog at Vienna’s No Tyrants rally on Saturday. This amphibian does not disappoint! #NoTyrants #PortlandFrog #StreetTheater #JoyfulResistance
Seems important point. No one seems to be making it, though.
Elaborating b/c there's a lot of misunderstanding on this.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Even if he did, which I'd bet is likelier than not, none of this is true. The Insurrection Act is not a declaration of martial law. It doesn't close the courts. It doesn't suspend habeas corpus. It means you can use the military to enforce federal laws, but the laws themselves remain the same.
October 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Seems important point. No one seems to be making it, though.