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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 3h

Jane Goodall Taught You How to ‘Look’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...

Jane Goodall Taught You How to ‘Look’

www.nytimes.com

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 3h

indeed, @annpettifor.bsky.social is not an extremist! :-)

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The Bank of England, Economic Orthodoxy and the Starmer government: CBs Part 2

Technocrats, political power & economists ‘adjusting pocket watches in the digital age'

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 4h

30,000 troops in Vietnam race to rescue families after record floods e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Typhoon #Matmo #Flood #Hanoi #Vietnam

30,000 troops in Vietnam race to rescue families after record floods - VnExpress International

Vietnam's military has mobilized over 30,000 troops, helicopters and rescue boats to rush aid as floodwaters surge across northern provinces in the wake of Typhoon Matmo.

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Brian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 4h

Brian Eno in SOUNDS November 26, 1977 www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_soun...

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 4h

⚠️ @pimlicat.bsky.social, CEO of Best for Britain, said:

“This development is yet another demonstration of the mounting cost of Brexit and Nigel Farage will have to explain to the steel workers he pretends to champion, how leaving the EU has benefitted them."

https://bit.ly/4q1dzPS

Farage must explain how Brexit has benefitted steel workers

Campaigners have warned that Brexit has left the UK "much more exposed" after reports that the EU is preparing a new 50% tariff on steel imports.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 4h

AI’s massive energy appetite is sparking a nuclear stock frenzy. Investors are betting big on technologies that may not power data centers for years

AI Power Boom Turns Nuclear Stocks Into the Market’s New Obsession

Oklo’s shares have surged more than 1,000% in the past year, while NuScale Power’s have tripled in value.

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Brian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 4h

Kraftwerk in front of world time clock in the Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, September 1981 by Koh Hasebe

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JamesSmithRF @jamessmithrf.bsky.social · 4h

Genuine sympathy with Office for National Statistics on this. What's happened here is a bog-standard HMRC recording error on VAT which the ONS have been commendably open about. On substance, it doesn't change the outlook much as low VAT receipts always looked erratic.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6h

ONS revises down government borrowing estimates after data error on.ft.com/4h1HLGG

ONS revises down government borrowing estimates after data error

Office for National Statistics says there was an error in VAT receipts used to calculate the figures

on.ft.com

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 4h

This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 17h

The new front cover of The New World magazine.

A man has been arrested in London tonight for silently holding the magazine up in the street.

The front cover headline is “Sign of the Times” and is a picture of the protest placard which says “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”
Palestine Action has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by UK government and anyone holding a sign of support is arrested for terrorism offences.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 5h

Gas plays dwindling role in UK power price as #renewables roll-out accelerates www.edie.net/gas-plays-dw...

Gas plays dwindling role in UK power price as renewables roll-out accelerates - edie

The rollout of wind power is diluting the link between gas and electricity wholesale prices, pushing older and more expensive ‘peaker’ generation plants off the grid, a new analysis shows.

www.edie.net

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Skwawkbox @skwawkbox.org · 4h

Breaking video: new flotilla already under severe Israeli attack, crews kidnapped...

Breaking video: new flotilla already under severe Israeli attack, crews kidnapped

Israel detains activists and confiscates aid carried on the Freedom Flotilla as legal group warns of further action

www.thecanary.co

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 4h

"Many oil and gas companies advocating for [carbon capture and storage[ in UK have simultaneously raised issues with the technical feasibility and commercial viability of CCS in other countries when faced with regulation"

influencemap.org/report/The-U...

a three panel meme with a dog holding ball in its mouth

First panel: dog says "CCS?"
Second: hand taking ball, dog says "NO BUILD CCS"
third: "ONLY CCS" with angry eyebrows

Based off the 'no take only throw' comic satirising the contradictions of dogs who do not like the taking off the ball but like the throwing of it

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Duncan Lamont @duncanlamont2.bsky.social · 4h

🫣 Profits are for wimps. Revenues are for losers. Ideas sell, not fundamentals

Over half the Nasdaq market is loss making. About 1-in-8 companies have no revenues

There are a lot more in these camps than in the past

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 19h

I don't want to get all Chesterton's Fence here, but if you don't understand that a "microscopic snail" is an indicator species that's protected for the health of the entire ecosystem, you probably shouldn't be forming "good relationships" with developers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 16h

"“At a moment like this, as complicated as monetary policy is, if everybody were in agreement, I would actually be worried that they're missing something,” Sahm said." .... Looking forward to the FOMC minutes tomorrow. www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...

The Fed minutes may hint at what's next for interest rates

The minutes are dry, but they contain clues about what the central bank might do next.

www.marketplace.org

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acemaxx analytics @acemaxx.bsky.social · 7h

In addition, #speculators who had previously been riding the rally have more recently dumped their positions, with many now betting on falling prices.

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acemaxx analytics @acemaxx.bsky.social · 7h

#cocoa prices have tumbled to a 20-month low, bringing to an end a dramatic 2y rally that had driven the market to record highs and squeezed #chocolate #manufacturers worldwide, chart @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/b6ce...

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 1d

Offshore wind is Scotland is a major part of the UK's drive for more renewable energy.

But who owns Scotland's offshore wind? New research from @FutureEconScot.bsky.social

Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 4d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Who owns Scotland's offshore wind assets?

Our new interactive map with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social lets you explore who really owns ScotWind projects – and who stands to benefit

Highlights in 🧵
Explore the map 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/scotwind

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

APOLLO: “Bank of America data shows that the labor market continued to deteriorate in September.” 👀

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 21h

I have written here about a payments union for Africa: but look out for the work of Massimo Amato and Luca Fantacci - experts on the EPU...https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/12/the-case-for-an-african-payments-union-lessons-from-the-european-experience?lang=en

The Case for an African Payments Union: Lessons from the European Experience

The realities of the global financial system make it nigh impossible for African governments to deliver employment and growth amid social and political instability and when financing is needed to tran...

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 6d

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In fact at the time, it was widely accepted that several of the larger Latin American economies would reach European levels of development before the end of the century.

That all came apart by the end of the 1970s, but to blame it on ISI makes little sense.

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 6d

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This is an incredibly common misperception. The ISI period ran mainly from the late 1930s to the early 1970s, and peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. During this period, the ISI economies in Latin America grew extraordinarily quickly and produced many of the first development "miracles" in history.

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