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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 1h

maybe. Another possible (and in our view, likely) future is that the US doubles down on fossils and cleaves the world into two big trade blocs, delaying the transition for huge parts of the world, creating needlessly redundant supply chains, and heightening risks of large scale armed conflict

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 9h

Increasing military budgets as part of rising great-power competition is a disaster across multiple fronts: for the victims of wars, for an already burning planet, and for workers who don’t see real benefits from military conflict. New from me & @transitionsec.bsky.social co-director Khem Rogaly

All Guns and No Butter on a Burning Planet

The insatiable demands of the military industrial complex are a barrier to human flourishing on a livable planet.

jacobin.com

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Harry Cleaver @harrycleaver.bsky.social · 8h

This has been true for a very long time, even before President Eisenhower warned us about the "military-industrial complex" during the Cold War. It's just one domain of capitalist exploitation, but, so far, an untouchable one that has long needed to be curbed (or, better yet, eliminated).

Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 9h

Increasing military budgets as part of rising great-power competition is a disaster across multiple fronts: for the victims of wars, for an already burning planet, and for workers who don’t see real benefits from military conflict. New from me & @transitionsec.bsky.social co-director Khem Rogaly

All Guns and No Butter on a Burning Planet

The insatiable demands of the military industrial complex are a barrier to human flourishing on a livable planet.

jacobin.com

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 7h

Any time a tech company claims AI tech solve the climate crisis, the response should be Could you please show how your "enabled emissions reductions" eliminate the impact of your "enabled emissions"? www.enabledemissions.com

ENABLED EMISSIONS CAMPAIGN | Hold Big Tech Accountable Today

Exploring Big Tech's role in fueling fossil fuel expansion through AI and cloud tech; advocating for transparency, accountability, and real climate solutions.

www.enabledemissions.com

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10h

"If geoengineering works well initially & you see this temperature drop, the tempempation to keep going & extracting fossil fuels will be greater than ever, because it will seem that you have a technologically that can cut off the link between temperature rises & fossil fuel combustion."

Overshoot & Climate Breakdown - Wim Carton & Andreas Malm | #39

YouTube video by Jesse Damiani

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 9h

To learn more about the interface of war economies, the climate crisis, and geopolitical restructuring - and what to do about it- join us for the launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social tomorrow at 1 ET www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climat...

War, Climate Crisis and the Economy: Transition Security Project Launch

A collaboration between Common Wealth and Climate & Community Institute to investigate the US and UK military industrial complexes.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 9h

Increasing military budgets as part of rising great-power competition is a disaster across multiple fronts: for the victims of wars, for an already burning planet, and for workers who don’t see real benefits from military conflict. New from me & @transitionsec.bsky.social co-director Khem Rogaly

All Guns and No Butter on a Burning Planet

The insatiable demands of the military industrial complex are a barrier to human flourishing on a livable planet.

jacobin.com

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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 2d

Look forward to speaking at the online launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social this week (link below)

I’ll discuss how the recent turn to state capitalism changed the nature of US empire, w/ @pmbigger.bsky.social sky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 5d

Not surprising that this solar project, that burns enough gas to participate in cap and trade, was built by taxpayers and a venture capital firm advised by RFK Jr.

Randy Watkins @bluetortoise3.bsky.social · 5d

I spent 4 years working on this, but it was a bad project, not least due to the location next to a big golf course w/ prominent water features that attracted large numbers of migratory birds that were incinerated flying through the solar fields. www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/big-green/ca...

California Shuts Down Its Solar Thermal Plant 13 Years Early

The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility is set to shut down in 2026 after failing to meet its energy targets. Ivanpah…

www.instituteforenergyresearch.org

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Glenna Wiseman @glennawiseman.bsky.social · 6d

This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

“The repeal of the [clean energy] tax credits alone may push electricity prices almost 10 percent higher than they would be otherwise by 2029, according to National Economic Research Associates, a consulting firm.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 6d

As the US ramps up brutality from Chicago to Venezuela, the state takes equity stakes in mining firms, & the economy perilously hinges on AI fool's gold, it's critical to reshape how war, climate, economy & geopolitics are intersecting. That's why we're launching @transitionsec.bsky.social next week

flyer for the transition security project online launch next week at 1 PM ET

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 6d

It is hard to imagine a more cost-effective solution to foreign-aid cuts than the IMF selling a small share of its gold at no risk to its financial health and at no cost to its donors, write @timhirschelburns.bsky.social and @marinazucker.bsky.social.
bit.ly/48nTRaS

The Case for IMF Gold Sales

Tim Hirschel-Burns & Marina Zucker-Marques argue that selling a small share of the Fund’s vast holdings would offset this year’s foreign-aid cuts.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 6d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 6d

Join us next week for our launch webinar featuring @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social to get some of the best new thinking on how to move from economic precarity, climate crisis, & unsettled geopolitics to genuine human security

War, Climate Crisis and the Economy: Transition Security Project Launch

A collaboration between Common Wealth and Climate & Community Institute to investigate the US and UK military industrial complexes.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 6d

As the US ramps up brutality from Chicago to Venezuela, the state takes equity stakes in mining firms, & the economy perilously hinges on AI fool's gold, it's critical to reshape how war, climate, economy & geopolitics are intersecting. That's why we're launching @transitionsec.bsky.social next week

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 6d

New on the Substack: How to organize on global justice.

Politicians say voters don't care abt foreign policy. Wonks just focus on their policy papers.

@iefrantz.bsky.social + Action Corps organize ordinary ppl for just foreign policy. I interviewed him
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/how-to-org...

How to organize for global justice

An interview with Isaac Evans-Frantz of Action Corps

timhirschelburns.substack.com

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 7d

fucked up that this is all just landlords swatting their own buildings to get rid of all the working class residents so they can raise the rent or sell to a developer who'll flip them into high end condos or w/e

like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!

I'm Margaret! I'm the beast! Blah Blah Blah! @vt-vagabond.bsky.social · 7d

There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;

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"The ones that are getting out are coming home to no home," Watson said.
According to her, after the raid occurred, building management stole or threw out residents belongings, including visas and important documents.

ICIRR is still trying to determine the identities of all the people detained in the raid. Castro said that the organization usually can do that by following up with family members or loved ones. "In this instance, there was nobody left to work with," she said. The only detainee name they're sure of is that of a person who passed their Venezuelan passport to a neighbor as they were being taken away.

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John Duda @johnduda.bsky.social · 10d

Started in on @alybatt.bsky.social’s “Free Gifts” in anticipation of her event on 10/9 at @redemmas.org w/ @pmbigger.bsky.social. (It’s really good so far!)

The problem with capitalism, in my account, is not just that it destroys nature or unjustly distributes the material harms and benefits of production. Rather, these problems stem from another, second-order problem: that capitalism limits our ability to treat nonhuman nature as something other than a free gift. It constrains our ability, individually and collectively, to make genuine decisions about how to value and relate to the nonhuman world, and to take responsibility for those decisions. Put simply: capitalism limits our freedom.

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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 11d

I dont often agree with Ryan Air boss Michael O’Leary but he is right about SAF "There is no possibility of meeting 6% SAF by 2030; not a hope in hell."
Thats because the bio feedstock for SAF will hit food production and cause inflation. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘This is real progress’: airlines on sustainable aviation fuels and the chances of net zero flying

The EU and UK have imposed mandates, and investors see its value – but the industry has mixed views

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 14d

Why can't capitalists figure out how to value nature other than through its destruction? Come find out when I talk to Alyssa Battistoni about her new book, Free Gifts, at @redemmas.org next Thursday, October 9! redemmas.org/events/alyss...

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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 17d

Need-to-Know: The unsubsidized costs of clean energy have plunged 60% to 90%

Largely thanks to China

leahy.substack.com/p/how-china-...

How China is Powering a Clean Energy Revolution

And bringing cheap electricity and energy security to poor countries

leahy.substack.com

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Jon.B @jonbright.bsky.social · 17d

In Alaska's Brooks Range, rivers once clear enough to drink now run orange and hazy with toxic metals. As warming thaws formerly frozen ground, it sets off a chemical chain reaction that is poisoning fish and wreaking havoc on ecosystems. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Why Alaska’s salmon streams are suddenly bleeding orange

Warming Arctic permafrost is unlocking toxic metals, turning Alaska’s once-clear rivers into orange, acid-laced streams. The shift, eerily similar to mine pollution but entirely natural, threatens fis...

www.sciencedaily.com

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 17d

On Wednesday I'll be joining some of my faves in DC for this cool panel event - swing by if you're in DC or watch online carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...

Climate Clarity: Combatting New Denialism in the United States

A conversation on how to combat denialism and advance climate solutions.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 26d

“[Common Wealth’s] report shows that privatisation has been one of the key drivers of the cost-of-living crisis & growing inequality.” — @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🔗👇

Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens leader

Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more

www.theguardian.com

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Alec Luhn @alecluhn.bsky.social · 26d

Wildfire smoke now kills more Americans than car crashes—41,000 people per year.
For decades air quality has been improving, but not anymore.
It won't help that the Trump administration is loosening regulations on factory & power plant emissions. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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