Dawn of the Electric World Order: Global shockwaves from the war on Iran are accelerating the energy transition “What makes this shock different from the 1970s? As analysts at Ember put it: “this is the first energy shock with a superior alternative.” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw...

long overdue

maybe they should try calling them urban cabins instead?

told someone in the elevator “have a nice night” at 10:30 AM … the effect of a few hours of morning grading

looking forward to this tonight

🏦 A Mission-Aligned World Bank IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social and @laramerling.bsky.social's new working paper considers how the World Bank’s operational architecture & institutional design need to evolve to deliver mission-oriented development. 🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/fYhyHev

this is how all articles should start

RIP Rahghu Rai. the greatest indian photographer His photos of Delhi, books were legendary. Taj as a memento mori raghuraifoundation.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=602V...

coincidence?

The Department of Justice on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, removing a major hurdle to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace him. Full details: cnb.cx/4tZ7dla

Military spending is bad industrial policy if you actually care about the working class. My @transitionsec.bsky.social colleague Lorah Steichen riffs on @tkbarnes.bsky.social's new research, detailing just how bad the jobs in the military industrial complex have become. Link to the report below

My presentation at Wesleyan was titled: 'Iran War Shockwaves & the dawn of the Electric World Order' You can find my slides here. tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWe...

I picked a great book to bring (and actually read!): CRACK-UP CAPITALISM by @quinnslobodian.com I went thru Liechtenstein yesterday on train to Zürich. In Vienna, I visited the Albertina, which houses the Batliner Collection. Herbert Batliner, a Liechtensteiner lawyer, was a pioneer in tax evasion.

Revoking kids' visas because their parents criticized Elon Musk.

everything in american politics boils down to this

apple strudel in custard with plum sauce might be my new favorite dessert

deciding what book to bring and not read is always the most difficult part of packing for a trip

Anyone teaching energy/IR/finance/ecology/political science etc, please do share with students & colleagues I concluded my talk with @picharbonnier.bsky.social wise words. Slides here: tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWe... @katemac.bsky.social & my podcast ELECTRIC WORLD ORDER tinyurl.com/PolycrisisPo...

front row

Latin America the crude winner of the Iran war? "About 44% of global crude supply growth between 2025 and 2030 is expected to come from Brazil, Guyana, Argentina and Venezuela." @phenomenalworld.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Keynote Lecture at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University of Mexico davidharvey.org/2026/04/keyn...

Paul Giamatti as Socrates would be amazing. I see someone beat me to it in the replies.

those of us who read @scottjshapiro.bsky.social’s book were prepared for this

Very excited about this event in NYC on May 1. Here's the link to register: events.columbia.edu/go/labormarket

“One committee member cited colleges’ tolerance of inclusive legal positivism as fundamental to the decline in the public’s trust of higher education.” @scottjshapiro.bsky.social 👀 (parody not an actual quote)

20 percent discount right now if you preorder the US edition thru the publisher. Order two copies to get free shipping (Father’s Day gift?) (the Japanese cover goes hard tho) www.harpercollins.com/products/mus...

<conversation over coffee this morning> Nam: “I’m always nervous about these client presentations. I feel like I drone on and on and then when I ask if they have any questions I just get blank stares.” Me: “Maybe our jobs aren’t so different.”

we all laughed at Chris Matthews...

Put yourself in shoes of someone in a oil & gas importing country Its triage: which hospitals get fuel, which industries shut, which crops get fertilizers? Those who don't have deep pockets in a bidding war pay in increased hunger, lost wages and shrinking economies. tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWesleyan

a new report by @cashman.bsky.social at @transitionsec.bsky.social on the US’s war on Cuba, the resulting energy crisis in Cuba, and a possible counter to the US strategy of energy dominance transitionsecurity.org/sunrise-afte...

Excellent podcast ep from @alameda.institute featuring @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com discussing their forthcoming book. Really looking forward to reading. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Hasan is at Yale? Did @scottjshapiro.bsky.social invite him?

I’ve been looking forward to this.

State Department Tells Latin American Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings A State Department spokesperson instructed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to focus on decades-old matters instead of the boat strikes. theintercept.com/2026/04/13/t...

been listening to THE AMERICANS soundtrack lately...so good

Color me part of the reality based community, but imho this video increases the case for 25A

Viktor Orbán to join Harvard's Institute of Politics

Move fast and fix things is a better approach, imho

Went to a screening of MICHAEL CLAYTON last night. I think this was my fourth watch. Probably in my top 10 favorite movies.

No

easily one of the funniest guys america has had in decades

lol www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In the LRB, Tom Johnson reviews a new book on work in early modern England www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

i'm not exactly sure what "race communism" is but i'm intrigued and would like to give it a try

In DC next week for Spring Meetings to share a new working paper co-authored with @laramerling.bsky.social on what a mission-aligned World Bank would actually require. The paper assesses 30 National Energy Compacts under Mission 300 and develops a framework for mission-oriented water compacts.

This is amazing work by @freedaaron.bsky.social. Thanks @adamtooze.bsky.social for Chartbooking it.

In the NYRB, Trevor Jackson reviews James Chappel’s GOLDEN YEARS and @tghilarducci.bsky.social’s WORK, RETIRE, REPEAT www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

BREAKING: Following the American threat of an “Avignon Papacy,” Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms