“We will restore peace, stability and harmony throughout the world"-Donald Trump @katemac.bsky.social & I decided it was time for a Polycrisis podcast about the peace, stability & harmony reigning throughout the world Enjoy our first season ELECTRIC WORLD ORDER podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

"Increasingly the US is not so much the gatekeeper of the world’s only energy system, but the paranoid guardian of an ailing oil order that is rapidly losing primacy. Clean energy alternatives are becoming more attractive, cheaper, and—most importantly—more reliable."

Disruptions mean countries will rush to exit US-led oil order. Worst case scenario for oil companies (best for rest of us) is that people permanently shift...what they call “demand destruction“ Iran war will accelerate ongoing shift to solar+EVs+batteries. ie CN winner bsky.app/profile/70sb...

Listen to this. There is a MATERIALworld. $200 per barrel oil, where this is heading in months of Iran's chokehold wld be an inflationary shockwave that will cause societies to boil & politicians heads to roll. The weakest people will suffer the most. Again, just as after Ukraine. Thread below

So like is the NYT going to carry my water as long as I make a startup to nationalize the entire fossil industry to shut it down

26/ JP Morgan on how Operation Epic Fury would end: "Resource risk will begin to outweigh increasingly marginal military gains and the conclusion to the conflict will come down to the three M’s : Munitions, Markets and Midterms." Sorry...This ends when Iran decides it has achieved its objectives.

This is the largest oil supply shock in history in mb/d The enemy gets a vote. Iran is now delivering pain to Trump via multiple paths (1) Gulf Kings (2) Financial meltdown (3) AI tech oligarchs (4) Fuel, fertilizer, food disruptions Read our Polycrisis Dispatch: buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...

The #Bettrification Curve is steepening. The global EV fleet has grown from ~100,000 vehicles in 2015 to 80 million in 2025. What looked like slow adoption a decade ago is now entering the exponential phase of the S-curve. The energy transition doesn’t move linearly — it tips. #EV -> #NEV

Threading some stuff about oil & oil markets, just basic but hope it helps: 1/ oil markets are what you call “finely balanced”. Supply is usually very very close to demand/consumption. Demand is hard to shift *quickly* in response to supply hiccups. So even small supply changes = big price effects

END/ 2 wars in 4 years. This war will accelerate Solar +Batteries + EVs as real Energy Security "rest of the world will learn an important lesson from China. Build out your renewables so you aren't as dependent on imported fossil fuels & the whims of idiots" Be like Spain. bsky.app/profile/jere...

Smart countries will "accelerate their transition to renewable energy and energy efficiency options that are more stable and less vulnerable to geopolitical risk" and reduce carbon pollution. Energy security and climate action go hand in hand. www.theenergymix.com/widening-mid... #LNG #bcpoli

"We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false, that the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient, that trade rules were enforced asymmetrically,& we knew that international law applied with varied rigor, depending on the identity of the accused or the victim"

careful what you wish for. When King Croseus sought the delphic oracle's guidance about a possible war with Persia, she said that he would cause the fall of a great empire....

Banger after banger from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-countr...

'Non-hegemony', 'apolar', 'post-democratic' — a sign of the times, that privative formations best describe our upside-down world. Crucial analysis from @phenomenalworld.bsky.social www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non... #polycrisis

Don't look but after Solar boom, Batteries Hockey Stick of Hope is here. Grid scale batteries are being installed at factories, farms, ports... Rystad says: "Battery storage is no longer just enabling renewables — it is actively replacing gas generation." www.rystadenergy.com/insights/ene...

Looking to throw down for Cuba against this economic warfare? Here are a couple of initiatives: Send solar panels to Cuban hospitals - www.letcubalive.info/donate Support the Nuestra America flotilla, bringing critical humanitarian aid - nuestraamericaflotilla.org #solarpunk #Cuba

Looking to throw down for Cuba against this economic warfare? Here are a couple of initiatives: Send solar panels to Cuban hospitals - www.letcubalive.info/donate Support the Nuestra America flotilla, bringing critical humanitarian aid - nuestraamericaflotilla.org #solarpunk #Cuba

I regret to inform you that “1979” by Smashing Pumpkins was released in 1996, which is now 30 years ago. Meaning a similar song released in 2026 would be called “2009”

A 60% jump in EU LNG imports from the U.S. in 2025 managed to drive up greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the Atlantic - in the EU from the burning of the gas, and in the U.S. by prompting a shift to coal-fired generation as prices rose.

"There's also this everyday feeling of solidarity, because everyone is walking around with whistles. If you hear a whistle, suddenly people start swarming toward you. I’ve never felt so backed up. It feels like we’re all on a giant team together as a city. It’s incredible."

someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.

Useless, weak, pathetic centrist Democrats: People are persuadable. Public opinion can shift. In one week, a small majority has now turned against ICE. Imagine if you actually messaged accordingly, led by example, and stood up for justice? That number would shoot to 60% by the end of next week.

REMINDER: RECORD EVERYTHING ICE DOES. RECORD EVERYTHING ANY GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DOES. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD.

"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

Yeah, WHAT IF??

“For months, many warned that Israel’s unrestrained assault on #Gaza was not merely a crime against Palestinians, but a fatal blow to the very idea of international law. “What was being tested was not only the scale of Israeli violence, but whether rules still applied at all….”

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering. www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...

🔥🥇🔥 "If the kilowatt-hour is the 21st-century equivalent of gold, then Bitcoin mining is akin to melting down gold bars to print a paper receipt."

“The genocide did not mold me into a person who seeks survival. It made me a person who wants to be a trace, so that it can be said that in this land of forced starvation and annihilation, there was an artist who sang for hope, though he may not have harbored it.“ @intifada.bsky.social

Job alert - We're hiring a researcher @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social for a 2 year contract on 'fast and fair' #energy #transitions. Open to remote or here in beautiful Victoria, BC. Pls share. #energysky. cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...

Does the urgency of accelerating the clean energy transition in ways that empower communities keep you up at night, too? Come work with us, and let's figure it out together! cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...

During this announcement, Carney said his government would “advance new options to bring more more affordable electric vehicles to Canadians.” Am I getting my hopes up if I think that could mean changing the government’s stance on Chinese EVs and potentially reducing the tariffs?

Climate backlash by Trump got you down? One of the most hopeful articles I've read in years. Bill McKibben has a new book"Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization." www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

US has made an all-in bet on AI and Fossil Fuels. China on green tech. @katemac.bsky.social & I @parismarx.com podcast on how China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom. techwontsave.us/episode/291_...

as @70sbachchan.bsky.social emphasizes, this is **the** major geopolitical shift of this century.

Saudi Arabia, of all places. More on the global implications of the "(clean) energy security" paradigm that is increasingly shaping global economic relations and accelerating decarbonization.

A heartbreakingly beautiful song accompanied by the drones of genocide. "Carry it, Jamal, carry it," by Ahmed Muin, "a call to lift the weight of truth, the voice of courage, and the spirit that refuses to be silenced." Listen and let it break you open. #Gaza

Could we please not be such easy surrender monkeys when it comes to electric vehicle mandates. It's embarrassing. insideevs.com/news/768768/...

"Sharif’s blood is not Israel’s burden alone. It stains the hands of every government that looked away; every newsroom that echoed the murderer’s script; every leader who armed the hand that took aim at his heart."

What a perfect book for this dark moment. "When I asked about the promised war and how we ought to get ready, she pulled the car over and looked in my eyes. Her kindness was like water over smooth stones. She said Pastor Leake was a decent man who often mistook his worldview for the world," (cont.)

@adamtooze.bsky.social laying out the scale of the clean energy transition: "...what we are looking at now, with the spectacular roll-out of solar and wind, is 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥....

"I picture someone lying on a bed, dying in total silence—a silence so powerful it can kill bones, muscles, flesh & blood. A silence stronger than the 125,000 tonnes of explosives that have been dropped on #Gaza over the past 21 months. A silence that keeps borders sealed & food blocked from entry."

This means more than just energy security tho that is huge. It means guaranteed price stability over the long term. Fully renewable economies will outcompete those who depend on fossil fuels thanks to having close to zero uncertainty when it comes to energy costs. #ClimateSky #EnergySky #EconSky

The "energy security" argument for climate action: “The greatest threat to energy security today is fossil fuels. They leave economies and people at the mercy of price shocks, supply disruptions and geopolitical turmoil,” he said. “There are no price spikes for sunlight. No embargos on wind.”