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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · May 9

Wall Street won’t rewild the planet. Or decarbonize mining. Or defossilize agriculture.

For @phenomenalworld.bsky.social I unpack why chasing investability harms climate goals in sectors beyond energy & transport - & what states can do with derisking failures www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/unb...

Unbankable Transitions | Rosie Collington

How the politics of investability determine climate financing

www.phenomenalworld.org

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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 9h

“You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.”

The description of AI slop I didn’t know we needed. Thank you Zelda Williams www.bbc.com/news/article...

Robin Williams' daughter pleads for people to stop sending AI videos of her dad - BBC News

The filmmaker said it is not what her dad, who died in 2014, would have wanted.

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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 20h

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thank you!!

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thank you so much!!

Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 22h

do YOU have an FT premium subscription? if so can you please send me a gift link to this?

few things upset me in the way that not being able to access everything on the FT despite paying an exorbitant subscription every month does 🥲

www.ft.com/content/557a...

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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 1d

At this point I am just a @triofrancos.bsky.social superfan & wanna recommend everything she’s doing but I particularly enjoyed this interview with @jathansadowski.com & @edwardongwesojr.com on all things extraction, stranded renewables assets, China, & much more 🫡
open.spotify.com/episode/4kfb...

425. The Oxymorons of Green Capitalism (ft. Thea Riofrancos)

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 2d

I expect we'll be seeing a lot more of this.

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Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social · 2d

The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social

For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Assistant Professor in Economic History

Assistant Professor in Economic History, , <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and tru...

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Frederik Appel Olsen @frederikappelolsen.bsky.social · 7d

I really feel this. The whole point of reading a book - or an op-ed, or a SoMe post, etc. - is that I know that there is *someone*, another human, who wants to say something to me.

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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 7d

Lots of polling data to be cheerful about here business.yougov.com/content/5272...

Do Americans want to read AI books? [Reality checks ft. Desireé Duffy]

The 12th episode of Reality checks with Brian Reitz features Desireé Duffy, exploring how readers feel about the use of artificial intelligence in writing books.

business.yougov.com

Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 7d

Some good AI news: people still do not wanna read books written by AI & feel unfulfilled if they find out they are

My bet is that this won’t change. Like Zoom parties vs irl socializing & the failure of the metaverse, there are just some (nice, human) things Silicon Valley wont be able to get right

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 26d

1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.

www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...

China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab

A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database

www.netzeropolicylab.com

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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 8d

New book hitting the shelves today "Climate & Class: How to Keep the Climate Fight from Becoming a Culture War", with @chellersgaard.bsky.social and Andreas Mulvad.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8d

This is what Blair’s team created together with BCG

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Klaudia Prodani @kprodani.bsky.social · 14d

🚨New article🚨 Why has the promise of universal ownership been broken, as @benbraun.bsky.social has suggested?

Our argument: because the Big Three are hardly universal. They mainly invest in those that can insulate themselves from environmental harm - big tech & financials in the Global North.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 11d

OpenAI's VP for education recently said the company wanted to become "core infrastructure" for schools and universities. Any infrastructure, though, always depends on habituating users to its technical affordances - so I've been trying to track how it's doing that 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10d

Pollutting now and cleaning up later is not a viable strategy: Direct Air Capture (DAC) is hitting a hard reality check.

Costs are falling much slower than anticipated, casting doubts on the nascent technique’s role in tackling climate change.

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Cecilia Rikap @ceciliarikap.bsky.social · 11d

Some ideas for those speaking Italian here: fondazionefeltrinelli.it/pubblico/big...

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 11d

Newsweek #Climate

At COP28, oil-rich Colombia moves to end fossil fuels and protect forests

Colombian Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said her country is reducing fossil fuels and deforestation, but global economics don't support climate action.

www.newsweek.com

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!

Pauline Kohlhase speaking in a group setting

Audience member speaking at a panel session

participant speaking in group discussion

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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 12d

what a time to be alive

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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 12d

'"The PM says people will not be able to work in the UK without a digital ID and the plans will make the country's borders "more secure"'

@ceciliarikap.bsky.social's thinking about the coercive face of 'Digital Public Infrastructure' seems particularly pertinent today

www.bbc.com/news/live/cw...

Starmer says people will not be able to work in UK without digital ID - live updates

The prime minister says progressive politicians have been

www.bbc.com

Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 13d

In Geneva for an excellent few days on all things economic planning where I’ll be presenting on a panel with the one and only @ceciliarikap.bsky.social 🤩

Thanks to @cedricdurand.bsky.social Hannah Bensussan & Francois-Xavier Hutteau for organizing (& for the v cool conference merch)

Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 13d

why hasn’t this gone viral

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ed @tedpen.bsky.social · 13d

they’ve narrowed it down to a Mikkelsen brother

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