Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Exxon knew. 🌎🛢️🥺

2026 in a nutshell

The Soviet People's Republic of Florida

Make The Onion Parody Again

For decades, Canada integrated into US supply chains for car manufacturing so both could compete globally. As Trump raises tariffs and doubles down on inefficient gasoline-powered cars --> Canada builds its own EV industry, looks to trade globally, and US firms lose a market. Is this winning, 🇺🇸??

The US seeks price floors with allies to build ex-China mineral supply chains. If US allies and trading partners start pricing US political risk alongside Chinese leverage, Western minerals coordination will get much harder to sustain. My latest at @piie.com. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

"Nearly half the places that once hosted the Winter Olympics may not have the right climate conditions to ever do it again." www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

I just used the example of Harvard at a roundtable on international relations at this moment--that Trump sucks at coercive diplomacy as he can't accept yes as an answer. He is always asking for more.

New publication out by CSL Director @jeffcolgan.bsky.social! Check it out to learn more about whether the 2015 Paris Agreement shifted corporate strategy in the automotive sector: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

An experiment: A wonkish post that isn't emailed out to subscribers paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-wonkish-...

for us Americans, that's 98°F at night and 120°F in the day

Australian Broadcasting has a new pod on the history of global oil politics with an emphasis on Venezuela. Based on interviews with the great Terry Lynn Karl and others incl me 🛢️💡🌎 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The North American Electricity Reliability Council (NERC) has a new report on where blackouts are most likely to occur by 2030. 🌍🔌💡 hs-23917781.f.hubspotemail.net/hub/23917781...

He sings angry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

New from us: The average EU citizen spent EUR880 on fossil fuel imports in 2025, as gas imports increased and the U.S. became the largest supplier. Slow progress on electrifying transport and buildings as well as building wind power are harming the bloc's economy and energy security.

He sings angry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

Petro-imperialism.

Thanks for chipping in, Kai. One way for each of us scholars to think about peer reviews: am I contributing more or fewer reviews than I am asking of the system when I submit my own work for publication? Each article typically gets reviewed by 2-20+ people ...

RFKJr's principal accomplishment as the nation's health guardian.

Check out the latest edition of my @financialtimes.com newsletter (1/2) How one year of ‘America First’ has left workers behind: as.ft.com/r/888fc154-4...

Huh. I guess the @nytimes.com is estimating crowd size in protests after all. Hope they'll do it again when it matters, when the crowds are even bigger. Crucial signal to those on the sidelines.

Can climate policies survive the return of Trump? 🎧 Experts discuss how the U.S. and the world move forward with climate mitigation. Listen from @erikvoeten.bsky.social, @jeffcolgan.bsky.social, & @fgenovese.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/can-cli...

Fuck off, Bessent. 🇨🇦

This is just the latest evidence that the war on higher ed was never once about freedom of inquiry or cultivating excellence. It was just using state violence to silence criticism. A clear, open violation of the most sacred values of American public life and constitutional law. Unforgivable.

New @goodauth.bsky.social podcast with @fgenovese.bsky.social and @jeffcolgan.bsky.social on how the world moves on with climate motigation in the new Trump era goodauthority.org/news/can-cli...

Everyone (except Trump) knows by now that China is pumping out renewables at astonishing scale. Less obvious is the sheer chaotic forces that China's industry lets loose. Read @jeremywallace.bsky.social 's great new piece. My summary: It's Schumpter on steroids and at global scale. 🌎🛢️🔌💡

“The strong do what they can" is what Athens said right before destroying itself. New piece on the Carney Doctrine, Vaclav’s grocer, and American hubris. hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...

Ripple effects of Venezuela and Greenland. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Carney: "To help solve global problems, we are pursuing variable geometry— different coalitions for different issues, based on values and interests." This is the logic of subsystems. I fleshed out subsystems theory in the book Partial Hegemony global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Carney lamenting the death of the liberal international order. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Americans should be under no illusions about what most US troops can be expected to do if Trump orders an attack on Greenland. Realistically, the only way to stop him if he's determined is an act of Congress, which should happen immediately.

Americans should be under no illusions about what most US troops can be expected to do if Trump orders an attack on Greenland. Realistically, the only way to stop him if he's determined is an act of Congress, which should happen immediately.

Today, on MLK Jr Day, let's remember that it's not just King's teachings about racial injustice that remain central to US politics, but also: the vitality of nonviolent political action as an instrument of change.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying

Trump's threats on Greenland are treated as "quixotic" etc Pols & pundits not doing enough to spell out how awful an 🇺🇸 attack on 🇬🇱would be for 🇺🇸. Among ripple effects: 🇨🇦 WOULD have to fear 🇺🇸 invasion. Ice cold fear for 🇨🇦. And what weapon do weak countries want/need to deter stronger ones?

@watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social pretty in the snow today

Wow, Chicago Bears www.reddit.com/r/nfl/commen...

This map exposes the Greenland lie. The US used to have a massive military footprint here. Today, they operate just ONE base. If Trump were actually worried about Russian vessels, he would simply open more bases, which Denmark allows

Apparently the State Department, led Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, released a strategic plan. Goal 1 is U.S. National Sovereignty. Goal 2 is "The Western Hemisphere and Establishment of the Donroe Doctrine." There's more, but take that in. www.state.gov/agency-strat...

enough electricity to power 16 million homes has been blocked by Trump Oh, and electricity rates are soaring www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Imagine the view from Beijing and Moscow right now

2026 IR prof: Denmark and Sweden are mobilizing troops to defend against a possible USA attack 2015 anybody: oh c'mon, that's a ridiculous Internet conspiracy theory

So much winning 😱🌎

Danish newspaper @politiken.dk opens ENGLISH LANGUAGE section of its coverage of Greenland. Resource to understand local coverage, analysis, politics, and public opinion ⬇️ politiken.dk/tag/main/gre...

ICE has escalated from Arresting undocumented migrants with criminal records to Arresting undocumented migrants without criminal records to Arresting legal migrants to Arresting US citizens who 'look' like migrants to Arresting US citizens protesting ICE to Arresting random bystanders. Who's next?

I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them. But this one hit today. And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon. fascism wrapped in our own flag

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Check out CSL's Director Jeff Colgan on the latest CBC Radio’s What On Earth podcast as he dives into why oil still fuels conflict, from the U.S.’s recent attack on Venezuela to global geopolitics, and asks if a renewable future might be more peaceful. 🎧🌍 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...