Pedro Roquete
@pedro-roquete.bsky.social
Contingência, ironia e solidariedade.
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A company that's been locked out of major markets like the US and Canada has ridden its habit of "making good cars" to the pinnacle of the EV business, while Tesla, with full access and subsides everywhere, is declining due to its "an asshole company that makes bad cars for assholes" strategy.
Tesla Loses Its EV Crown to BYD as Sales Keep Dropping
Full-year electric vehicle sales figures have dropped for 2025, revealing China’s BYD is now officially global top dog.
www.wired.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
A company that's been locked out of major markets like the US and Canada has ridden its habit of "making good cars" to the pinnacle of the EV business, while Tesla, with full access and subsides everywhere, is declining due to its "an asshole company that makes bad cars for assholes" strategy.
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The EU is at risk because of its geopolitically illiterate elites.
(And its ecologically illiterate population)
(And its ecologically illiterate population)
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The EU is at risk because of its geopolitically illiterate elites.
(And its ecologically illiterate population)
(And its ecologically illiterate population)
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By a leading scholar on energy geopolitics >>
1. Look, there are basically just two ways to run the global oil market: petro-imperialism and petro-consumerism. Historically USA has embraced both, varying over time. The attack on #Venezuela is a return to naked petro-imperialism. Thread.
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
By a leading scholar on energy geopolitics >>
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L'attaque du Venezuela est le terrible sequel de la guerre en Ukraine : les puissances fossiles en sont réduites à revenir au modèle impérial classique pour sécuriser leur modèle politique.
La décarbonation comme garantie de sécurité reste en haut de l'agenda.
La décarbonation comme garantie de sécurité reste en haut de l'agenda.
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 PM
L'attaque du Venezuela est le terrible sequel de la guerre en Ukraine : les puissances fossiles en sont réduites à revenir au modèle impérial classique pour sécuriser leur modèle politique.
La décarbonation comme garantie de sécurité reste en haut de l'agenda.
La décarbonation comme garantie de sécurité reste en haut de l'agenda.
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Caixin: "China’s push to rein in excessive competition in its auto market reached a climax in 2025, as policymakers moved to stamp out a relentless price war that has inflicted severe pain on carmakers, suppliers and dealerships."
www.caixinglobal.com/2026-01-02/y...
Caixin: "China’s push to rein in excessive competition in its auto market reached a climax in 2025, as policymakers moved to stamp out a relentless price war that has inflicted severe pain on carmakers, suppliers and dealerships."
www.caixinglobal.com/2026-01-02/y...
Year in Review: Toxic Competition Drives China to Rein in Auto Price War
Government intervention has curbed explicit discounting and improved gross margins, but aggressive pricing of new models persists, especially in the NEV sector
www.caixinglobal.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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Caixin: "China’s push to rein in excessive competition in its auto market reached a climax in 2025, as policymakers moved to stamp out a relentless price war that has inflicted severe pain on carmakers, suppliers and dealerships."
www.caixinglobal.com/2026-01-02/y...
Caixin: "China’s push to rein in excessive competition in its auto market reached a climax in 2025, as policymakers moved to stamp out a relentless price war that has inflicted severe pain on carmakers, suppliers and dealerships."
www.caixinglobal.com/2026-01-02/y...
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Could we counter this era of cruelty in the form of a deeply caring politics?
It is tempting to think so watching Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration today.
It is tempting to think so watching Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration today.
This era of cruelty must be countered by care
Mamdani’s inauguration demonstrates a surge of hope
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Could we counter this era of cruelty in the form of a deeply caring politics?
It is tempting to think so watching Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration today.
It is tempting to think so watching Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration today.
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@cwarzel.bsky.social joins @davidfrum.bsky.social to discuss how our online information became so untrustworthy and how we can fight back.
Facts vs. Clicks: How Algorithms Reward Extremism
Galaxy Brain’s Charlie Warzel joins David Frum to discuss how our online information became so untrustworthy and how we can fight back. Plus: Why America’s Founding Fathers would be appalled by Trump 250 years later, and Edward Berenson’s The Trial of Madame Caillaux.
bit.ly
January 1, 2026 at 7:15 PM
@cwarzel.bsky.social joins @davidfrum.bsky.social to discuss how our online information became so untrustworthy and how we can fight back.
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Some good news to close out 2025. Credit to Baltimore and the leadership in Charm City for showing that there are solutions to stubborn problems if all stakeholders work hard together. ✌️ ❤️ 🦀
"Transformative": Baltimore ends the year with its lowest homicide rate in decades, achieved without militarizing the streets. The Weeknight hosts weigh in.
December 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Some good news to close out 2025. Credit to Baltimore and the leadership in Charm City for showing that there are solutions to stubborn problems if all stakeholders work hard together. ✌️ ❤️ 🦀
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If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
We need to reassess our relationship to digital tech
Getting off US tech led me to a wider questioning of digital convenience
disconnect.blog
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
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A malignant narcissist is incapable of withstanding ridicule, so please share this as widely as possible.
Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
🙏
shorturl.at/mcfqd
Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
🙏
shorturl.at/mcfqd
Somebody Needs to Tell Trump Everybody Is Laughing at Him
His worst fear has already come true.
shorturl.at
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A malignant narcissist is incapable of withstanding ridicule, so please share this as widely as possible.
Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
🙏
shorturl.at/mcfqd
Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
🙏
shorturl.at/mcfqd
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"The 'Glorious Revolution' inaugurated the modern state in its raw form: an undemocratic commercial machine that unleashed terror at home and abroad." (p. 113).
My today's Substack:
The ways of empires
Review of Rana Dasgupta’s “After Nations”
branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-ways-o...
The ways of empires
Review of Rana Dasgupta’s “After Nations”
branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-ways-o...
The ways of empires
Review of Rana Dasgupta’s “After Nations”
branko2f7.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"The 'Glorious Revolution' inaugurated the modern state in its raw form: an undemocratic commercial machine that unleashed terror at home and abroad." (p. 113).
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A long way to say, “He lied to the voters.”
December 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A long way to say, “He lied to the voters.”
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The new World Inequality Report 2026.
The richest 56,000 people have three times as much wealth as the poorest half of humankind (who are dying prematurely by the millions each year from poverty-related causes).
wir2026.wid.world/www-site/upl...
The richest 56,000 people have three times as much wealth as the poorest half of humankind (who are dying prematurely by the millions each year from poverty-related causes).
wir2026.wid.world/www-site/upl...
December 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The new World Inequality Report 2026.
The richest 56,000 people have three times as much wealth as the poorest half of humankind (who are dying prematurely by the millions each year from poverty-related causes).
wir2026.wid.world/www-site/upl...
The richest 56,000 people have three times as much wealth as the poorest half of humankind (who are dying prematurely by the millions each year from poverty-related causes).
wir2026.wid.world/www-site/upl...
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I wrote for Project Syndicate on the year ahead, Brexit, Trump, Albania and the UK, conjectural history and the Ventotene Manifesto...
The Year That Could Be
Lea Ypi considers what the near future could hold for a world that seems to have lost its way.
www.project-syndicate.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I wrote for Project Syndicate on the year ahead, Brexit, Trump, Albania and the UK, conjectural history and the Ventotene Manifesto...
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Without “near-constant efforts by the United States, Israel and Hamas are likely to settle into an uneasy relationship that avoids all-out war but is nevertheless characterized by constant conflict,” writes Daniel Byman.
Gaza’s New Normal
Persistent limited conflict is more likely than peace.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Without “near-constant efforts by the United States, Israel and Hamas are likely to settle into an uneasy relationship that avoids all-out war but is nevertheless characterized by constant conflict,” writes Daniel Byman.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Tyson Cole. #NewYorkerCartoons
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December 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Tyson Cole. #NewYorkerCartoons
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#NexoPolíticasPúblicas | Esta pesquisa investiga como priorizar e distribuir recursos de SAN (Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional). Leia com #acessolivre no 'Acadêmico' de Claudia Cheron König, Bruna Liria Avelhan, Bruno Valim Magalhães e Renan Rosolem Machado
Como priorizar e distribuir recursos de segurança alimentar e nutricional
Esta pesquisa, desenvolvida pelo Instituto PENSI - Fundação José Luiz Setúbal, investiga como priorizar e distribuir recursos de SAN (Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional)
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December 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#NexoPolíticasPúblicas | Esta pesquisa investiga como priorizar e distribuir recursos de SAN (Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional). Leia com #acessolivre no 'Acadêmico' de Claudia Cheron König, Bruna Liria Avelhan, Bruno Valim Magalhães e Renan Rosolem Machado
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This weeks post: Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/12/labo...
Voters haven't suddenly become more xenophobic/racist. So the reason public discourse has is due to politicians.
Voters haven't suddenly become more xenophobic/racist. So the reason public discourse has is due to politicians.
Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK
I never cease to be amazed at how bad Labour politicians are at politics. It may seem arrogant for an economist to say that, but it’s not ...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This weeks post: Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/12/labo...
Voters haven't suddenly become more xenophobic/racist. So the reason public discourse has is due to politicians.
Voters haven't suddenly become more xenophobic/racist. So the reason public discourse has is due to politicians.
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Retired physician here.
In 38 Yr career 1984-2022 my experience:
Measles - 0 cases
Mumps - 0
Rubella - 0
Polio - 0 active. Few post polio paralysis in Nepal, 0 in UK
Whooping Cough - 0
Tetanus - 2 or 3 cases in Nepal, 0 in UK
Meningococcal- several cases in 1980s (before vaccine available. 0 since)
In 38 Yr career 1984-2022 my experience:
Measles - 0 cases
Mumps - 0
Rubella - 0
Polio - 0 active. Few post polio paralysis in Nepal, 0 in UK
Whooping Cough - 0
Tetanus - 2 or 3 cases in Nepal, 0 in UK
Meningococcal- several cases in 1980s (before vaccine available. 0 since)
🚨new Indie SAGE report on childhood diseases!
🧵Vaccines have been so successful that once common diseases are now so rare that even many doctors might never see a case.
In this report we describe 12 diseases, their consequences & impact of vaccines 1/15
independentsage.org/report/preve...
🧵Vaccines have been so successful that once common diseases are now so rare that even many doctors might never see a case.
In this report we describe 12 diseases, their consequences & impact of vaccines 1/15
independentsage.org/report/preve...
December 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Retired physician here.
In 38 Yr career 1984-2022 my experience:
Measles - 0 cases
Mumps - 0
Rubella - 0
Polio - 0 active. Few post polio paralysis in Nepal, 0 in UK
Whooping Cough - 0
Tetanus - 2 or 3 cases in Nepal, 0 in UK
Meningococcal- several cases in 1980s (before vaccine available. 0 since)
In 38 Yr career 1984-2022 my experience:
Measles - 0 cases
Mumps - 0
Rubella - 0
Polio - 0 active. Few post polio paralysis in Nepal, 0 in UK
Whooping Cough - 0
Tetanus - 2 or 3 cases in Nepal, 0 in UK
Meningococcal- several cases in 1980s (before vaccine available. 0 since)
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Pergunto-me se Cameron terá visto A Queda do Céu, Pergunto-me se o seu público terá visto o doc poético/ensaístico da dupla Eryk Rocha/Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
blogdomertenblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/a...
blogdomertenblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/a...
December 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Pergunto-me se Cameron terá visto A Queda do Céu, Pergunto-me se o seu público terá visto o doc poético/ensaístico da dupla Eryk Rocha/Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
blogdomertenblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/a...
blogdomertenblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/a...
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Americans have witnessed principled dissent this year, from prosecutors who refused orders to university presidents who would not retreat from their vision of academic freedom.
Donald Trump is likely to face more of it next year
Donald Trump is likely to face more of it next year
A vote against gerrymandering shows why political courage is rare
Yet it is particularly valuable now
econ.st
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Americans have witnessed principled dissent this year, from prosecutors who refused orders to university presidents who would not retreat from their vision of academic freedom.
Donald Trump is likely to face more of it next year
Donald Trump is likely to face more of it next year
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[The piauí Herald] Após passar PL da dosimetria e destruir licenciamento ambiental, Congresso reinstaura capitanias hereditárias piaui.co/4anKNnp
December 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
[The piauí Herald] Após passar PL da dosimetria e destruir licenciamento ambiental, Congresso reinstaura capitanias hereditárias piaui.co/4anKNnp