Chris Hopkins

We humans hate a hypocrite, don't we 😅

I'm examining my own ('not that annoying') emotional response, and given Aveek is right that essentially everyone is at it when it comes to spending - I think what really marks them out is the whiplash between the good vibes spin and the reality of how much is just cash 💰.

Pulling a shiny, rare 'Conditions comorbid to autism' in my first few Wikipedia trading card game pack is just a cosmic joke, and not material evidence of divine teleology in the universe, right... RIGHT? 🌌
#wikigacha

Well, I hear there's llm-sophomore convergence going on, so 😅

browser game that turns Wikipedia articles into trading cards feels so Bluesky it is painful wikigacha.com?lang=EN

Oh no. Oh no. Oh nooo. [Laudatory]

Sankey chart of energy use in the UK in 2024

I expect I will be spending more time with this chart this year…
You can see that a large chunk of our oil is imported (though we export plenty too), and that most of it is used in vehicles (incredibly inefficient vehicles btw)

Am I the only one, or do others get 'wide-eyed and sophomoric' as the main vibe from this analysis?

screenshot from the FT (yes, again; no they don't pay me to do this anymore,their coverage is rockin) "Yet this crisis is unfolding in a world in which the global oil and gas system is more resilient and diversified than it has been for decades. Iran was once one of the key oil suppliers to the world. No longer. Its exports, constrained by sanctions, amount to less than 2 per cent of global supplies, most of which go to China at discounted prices. A similar change has taken place in Venezuela. Once a star of world oil and one of the founding members of Opec, today it can hardly even be called a petrostate. It produces less oil than the US state of North Dakota and a quarter as much as neighbouring Brazil. But the biggest change has occurred in the US. Less than two decades ago it was the world’s largest importer of oil. Now it is the largest producer. Just ten years ago the US exported its very first cargo of LNG. Now it is the world’s largest exporter of LNG.

Yergin's cope about the resilience of the fossil fuel complex is a real highlight of the week so far

UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say Fossil fuel price surge after US-Israeli attacks on Iran prompts calls to end dependence on ‘volatile’ energy source

UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

(primary comp, secondary comp, 6th form comp [turned down grammar place to stay with my mates - I don't think they were emotionally prepared to have the the kids they wanted to cream off saying no to them hahaha])

One of the main things I observe from the pro-grammar side of the debate is that they mostly just seem terrified of the comprehensive schooling experience, totally beyond all proportion of any negative impacts on any individual child - let alone aggregate social effects (+++).

Missing the GDP carbon intensity reduction target in the last 5YP phase (12% not 18%) is a blow given all the energy transition build-out.
Now time for concerted de-fossilisation...

+ Lots of great insights & context in the piece from the right people, as ever from @reuters.com's climate stuff 👏

China's decarbonisation plan takes cautious steps as world backtracks on climate China on Thursday released a new five-year plan to reduce the carbon emissions of its economy, mainly by relying on its booming renewable sector to limit coal use and greenhouse gases, but some analys...

Concerning dilution of ambition here from China - not fully backing themselves on pre-2030 CO2 peaking... and yes, historically significant emissions piling up rapidly.

The usual 'under-promise, over-deliver' mindset from 🇨🇳 planners still detectable though.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

The US / Canada differential here is wild. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

If this just showed the top 5, we'd all be doing anglo, liberal capitalism, two-party politics psychoanalysis on the US.

But it's clearly not that. Really interesting.

Thus spoke a non-Arsenal fan.

Yeah, people are looking at the table and not at Wolves are having a decent burst of form.

I think it's the pattern more than the result really for Slot botherers.

And Arsenal are going to make it just fine. You just need to be 💯 convinced you're 2nd best for it, and can then chase it again 😅

@unrisd.org would love this.

And I think Liverpool were on the cusp of buying well (Guehi + Leoni, Isak situations) - with the exception of the fullbacks turning out to be completely against the meta.

And Elliot should have stayed to back up Salah.
Frankly we've got incredibly lucky not to lose Van Djik to injury 😱

The 'simple & wrong vs. complex & right' paths off-a-cliff meme, really does capture fandom psychology.

We (and this apparently includes prof. players) want uncle Klopp to come back and distill some sound-bite encouragement for us - not have a Dutch analyst give us the correct answer and walk off.

a man in a tuxedo is asking why are you booing me ALT: a man in a tuxedo is asking why are you booing me

Arne Slot:

1. A short thread on a Bluesky phenomenon that might be described as "They are a dead-eyed cultist who must be cast out lest the heresy take root!" OP has blocked me for mocking them - I'd usually obscure their name but since they themselves were quote-dunking to demand someone else be blocked ...

This is just the most incredible chart...

if the UK government implements current policies on taxes and benefits, public debt is stable (contrary to what the OBR always mistakenly tells us)

My column as.ft.com/r/e69f1407-e...

An important aspect of just how confused lots of media and intellectual reaction to US foreign policy is - is that religious motivations that are central for Israeli, American, and Iranian decisions are not just marginalised by secular, realpolitik, capital mindset - but actually inexplicable to it.

It wouldn't be an American military intervention in the Middle East without the Kurds getting activated and then abandoned.

That train is never late.

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