One of my all-time favorites. This series by Donato Creti was painted in 1711 for the Bolognese count Luigi Marsili, who commissioned them to convince Pope Clement XI to build an astronomical observatory. Now in the Vatican Museums.

L'écosystème est dans une phase de déséquilibre. Quelle sera la forme du prochain équilibre? www.facebook.com/share/p/1FKg...

New project! I've always felt climate projections were a bit too abstract. To make them more concrete, I identified North American cities that already experience the projected temperature and precipitation of Canadian cities. And the result is... 😳 Link in the comments! 👇 #dataviz #climate

A study confirms what we have long argued: the spectacular Atlantic 'cold blob' is the result of a slowing of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC, which transports warm waters into that region. That's the only part of Earth that resisted #globalwarming. 🌊 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Explication éclairante : le déficit commercial des États-Unis provient du statut du dollar US en tant que réserve mondiale www.lynalden.com/may-2025-new...

You don’t have to be a “cyclist” to support safe bike infrastructure in your city. You don’t have to ride bikes at all. You just have to understand the FACT that bike infrastructure makes getting around easier & safer for EVERYONE, saves us all public money, & makes cities generally more successful.

Le nouvel ordre mondial en 2035 OU comment je réussis à ne pas trop m'en faire avec le second mandat de Trump www.facebook.com/share/p/19eA...

L'équipe de Trump et la refonte de l'ordre financier mondial www.facebook.com/share/p/16GY...

Les dettes souveraines en Occident et en Chine sont le problème macroéconomique majeur depuis plusieurs années

I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.

In this episode, Nate is joined by complexity scientist, Peter Turchin, to discuss his work modeling the key factors that drive patterns of peace, turmoil, and revolution in nations throughout history - and how those connect to the situation in the United States today.

As someone who’s studied oligarchs for the past two decades, I can attest that what we’re now seeing is momentous. Only it is not oligarchization; it is authoritarianism. Soon enough, Musk will be gone. But we’ll still have Trump to deal with. So let’s keep our eye on the ball. My latest: 🧵

If you do want to know how it works—and, specifically, how it can work in the US, here’s a thing I wrote: substack.com/home/post/p-...

"The role of the ultra-wealthy has morphed from one of shared social responsibility and patronage to the freewheeling celebration of selfish opulence," @brianklaas.bsky.social writes:

Il est difficile de prévoir les conséquences de ce début de mandat exceptionnel. Nous avons été inondés d'ordres exécutifs qui auront des répercussions majeures. L’équipe de Trump semble décidée à y aller à fond pour que des effets positifs se manifestent avant les élections de mi-mandat. 1/

Isaac Newton considérait que l'espace et le temps sont des sensorium Dei, des organes par lesquels Dieu entre en contact avec notre monde matériel. Hypothèse purement métaphysique que nous ne pourrons jamais vérifier, d'une poésie certaine.

“I was a newspaper reporter. The reason I’m poor is I was stricken by severe manic depression. My teeth are bad because I can’t afford dental.»