Alan Eyre
@alaneyre.bsky.social
Former US foreign policy senior official (Iran/MENA /energy); now focused on foreign policy in the Anthropocene.
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SCOTUS is literally in a hearing rn where the likely outcome is that they will tell us that it is illegal for Congress to appoint independent and non-partisan figures to oversee public decisions in areas where there are obvious conflicts of interest for politicians
Trump attacks the new Ellison-owned Paramount, saying "THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE OLD OWNERSHIP" of CBS. Paramount is biding for Warner on the premise that it has a good relationship with Trump.
(The rest of Trump's post is a complaint about Marjorie-Taylor Greene.)
(The rest of Trump's post is a complaint about Marjorie-Taylor Greene.)
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
SCOTUS is literally in a hearing rn where the likely outcome is that they will tell us that it is illegal for Congress to appoint independent and non-partisan figures to oversee public decisions in areas where there are obvious conflicts of interest for politicians
Passionate, detailed account of how America has slid into an oligarchy dominated by networks of economic elites using corrupt practices to advance (only) their own interests. To quote Howard Beale in 'Network': "First, you've got to get mad."
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Passionate, detailed account of how America has slid into an oligarchy dominated by networks of economic elites using corrupt practices to advance (only) their own interests. To quote Howard Beale in 'Network': "First, you've got to get mad."
I discussed the possibility of future Israeli attacks on Iran, on @AlGhadTV today.
BLUF: Likely, as Iran seeks to reconstitute its strategic deterrence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdz...
BLUF: Likely, as Iran seeks to reconstitute its strategic deterrence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdz...
واشنطن تواصل إمداد تل أبيب بالأسلحة الثقيلة.. وحالة من التصعيد الإسرائيلي ضد إيران| #من_جهة_أخرى
YouTube video by Alghad TV - قناة الغد
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November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I discussed the possibility of future Israeli attacks on Iran, on @AlGhadTV today.
BLUF: Likely, as Iran seeks to reconstitute its strategic deterrence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdz...
BLUF: Likely, as Iran seeks to reconstitute its strategic deterrence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdz...
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This one is accessible. I have a three-season heat pump, heat pump water heater and an induction stove in NE Ohio. They’ve cut my emissions by 87% and are comparable in cost to operate. homes.rewiringamerica.org/articles/hea...
The pros and cons of heat pumps
Lower your bills, save money, heat and cool your home
homes.rewiringamerica.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This one is accessible. I have a three-season heat pump, heat pump water heater and an induction stove in NE Ohio. They’ve cut my emissions by 87% and are comparable in cost to operate. homes.rewiringamerica.org/articles/hea...
An absorbing, detailed examination of how Congress bgot broken and how to fix it. It also gives a detailed account of the rise of political violence and its destructive effects on our polity. An essential read for those who are looking to fix our legislature.
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
An absorbing, detailed examination of how Congress bgot broken and how to fix it. It also gives a detailed account of the rise of political violence and its destructive effects on our polity. An essential read for those who are looking to fix our legislature.
Finished - great book! Sweeping history of societal collapse from the start of Homo Sapiens to the present. I wasn't thrilled with his 'Goliath-based idiosyncratic nomenclature ('Goliath curse,' (Goliath fuel'...) but the author has a complex, nuanced theory of history that invites reflection.
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Finished - great book! Sweeping history of societal collapse from the start of Homo Sapiens to the present. I wasn't thrilled with his 'Goliath-based idiosyncratic nomenclature ('Goliath curse,' (Goliath fuel'...) but the author has a complex, nuanced theory of history that invites reflection.
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With all the talk about the massive electricity demand of new data centers, let’s see what it would look like to power one of the world’s largest continuously by using only 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧, 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨!
Powering Data Centers with Solar, Wind, and Batteries - Land Art Generator
How to Power a 2.2 GW A.I. Data Center with Solar Wind & Batteries Alone There are many ways to power a data center. One of our favorites is the Homegrown Energy proposal by Rewiring America. But what...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
With all the talk about the massive electricity demand of new data centers, let’s see what it would look like to power one of the world’s largest continuously by using only 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧, 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨!
I went on SharqBloomberg yesterday to discuss the MBS visit.
BLUF: Reflectst the strengthened bilat relationship, but results could well be less than meets the eye.
now.asharq.com/clips/178867...
BLUF: Reflectst the strengthened bilat relationship, but results could well be less than meets the eye.
now.asharq.com/clips/178867...
الشراكة النووية بين السعودية وأميركا.. بأي اتجاه تتوسع؟ | NOW الشرق
الزيارة السعودية لواشنطن تعزز التعاون في الدفاع والذكاء الاصطناعي والطاقة النووية، مع استثمارات سعودية في الشرائح وتفاهمات أميركية موسعة.
now.asharq.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I went on SharqBloomberg yesterday to discuss the MBS visit.
BLUF: Reflectst the strengthened bilat relationship, but results could well be less than meets the eye.
now.asharq.com/clips/178867...
BLUF: Reflectst the strengthened bilat relationship, but results could well be less than meets the eye.
now.asharq.com/clips/178867...
Noteworthy.
📈🚨NEW: Extreme heat events are increasingly threatening to become mass mortality events. In @natclimate.nature.com today, we project tens of thousands of deaths in a single week across Europe if extreme heat domes coincide with rising global temperatures.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increasing risk of mass human heat mortality if historical weather patterns recur - Nature Climate Change
The authors couple calculations of historical heatwave intensity at present and future global temperatures with exposure–response functions to quantify mortality from extreme heat events in Europe. Th...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Noteworthy.
An introduction to our runaway military spending and its adverse consequences, with a focus on the institutions that perpetuate this decidedly suboptimal status quo (like Eisenhower's 'Military-Industrial Complex,' but much more pervasive.). Lots of good bits, some areas overlooked.
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
An introduction to our runaway military spending and its adverse consequences, with a focus on the institutions that perpetuate this decidedly suboptimal status quo (like Eisenhower's 'Military-Industrial Complex,' but much more pervasive.). Lots of good bits, some areas overlooked.
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“They’re trying to make the loss of life invisible, they’re trying to deny the reality"
@agawande.bsky.social on the Trump administration's devastating, heartbreaking cuts to global aid
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
@agawande.bsky.social on the Trump administration's devastating, heartbreaking cuts to global aid
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
A conversation with Atul Gawande about the human toll of the dismantling of foreign aid.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“They’re trying to make the loss of life invisible, they’re trying to deny the reality"
@agawande.bsky.social on the Trump administration's devastating, heartbreaking cuts to global aid
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
@agawande.bsky.social on the Trump administration's devastating, heartbreaking cuts to global aid
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
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"The scale of the damage is unprecedented. Start with housing. The UN estimated in August that over 320,000 homes had been destroyed or damaged....Around 1.2m people—60% of Gaza’s population—are homeless. Even tents are hard to find."
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Gaza’s zombie ceasefire
Neither an Arab reconstruction plan nor an American one have much chance of success
www.economist.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"The scale of the damage is unprecedented. Start with housing. The UN estimated in August that over 320,000 homes had been destroyed or damaged....Around 1.2m people—60% of Gaza’s population—are homeless. Even tents are hard to find."
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Good portrait of SCOTUS personalities and dynamics during the Rehnquist & early Roberts eras. Confirms that like the Executive and Legislative branches, this institution is also intrinsically political, and deeply dependent on the collective virtues and flaws of the nine justices serving.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good portrait of SCOTUS personalities and dynamics during the Rehnquist & early Roberts eras. Confirms that like the Executive and Legislative branches, this institution is also intrinsically political, and deeply dependent on the collective virtues and flaws of the nine justices serving.
Scholarly yet engrossing look at comparativism in U.S. foreign policy, using Turkiye and Iran. Eminently readable, this book heightened my awareness of the subjective, political nature of comparison in foreign affairs.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Scholarly yet engrossing look at comparativism in U.S. foreign policy, using Turkiye and Iran. Eminently readable, this book heightened my awareness of the subjective, political nature of comparison in foreign affairs.
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Oh the desperation; he's terrified ... Trump summons Boebert to the White House, escalating a campaign to block an Epstein vote www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Trump Ramps Up Pressure on G.O.P. To Thwart Epstein Vote
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Oh the desperation; he's terrified ... Trump summons Boebert to the White House, escalating a campaign to block an Epstein vote www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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The effort to keep this information out of public view has reached a level of intensity where the American people are clearly entitled to "adverse inference", i.e. you're allowed to assume the worst.
PANIC SETS IN
Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Todd Blanche, and others, plan on holding an EMERGENCY MEETING today on the Epstein Files as the discharge vote nears.
Rep. Boebert will reportedly be there.
It appears there is an all hands on deck effort to try to prevent a vote on the Epstein Files. (CNN)
Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Todd Blanche, and others, plan on holding an EMERGENCY MEETING today on the Epstein Files as the discharge vote nears.
Rep. Boebert will reportedly be there.
It appears there is an all hands on deck effort to try to prevent a vote on the Epstein Files. (CNN)
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The effort to keep this information out of public view has reached a level of intensity where the American people are clearly entitled to "adverse inference", i.e. you're allowed to assume the worst.
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Jeffries: "It's unbelievable that for 7 plus weeks Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has been denied the ability to serve more than 800,000 people in Arizona because Republicans are running a pedophile protection program."
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Jeffries: "It's unbelievable that for 7 plus weeks Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has been denied the ability to serve more than 800,000 people in Arizona because Republicans are running a pedophile protection program."
Money quote:
Habitually offloading cognitive tasks to AI could backfire, however.
bigthink.com/thinking/art...
Habitually offloading cognitive tasks to AI could backfire, however.
bigthink.com/thinking/art...
Is AI eroding our critical thinking?
By doing more and more of our "thinking" for us, artificial intelligence may be diminishing our critical thinking skills.
bigthink.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Money quote:
Habitually offloading cognitive tasks to AI could backfire, however.
bigthink.com/thinking/art...
Habitually offloading cognitive tasks to AI could backfire, however.
bigthink.com/thinking/art...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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🚨BREAKING NEWS! The Virginia House of Delegates has not only been defended, but expanded — making VA the nation’s newest pro-democracy trifecta!
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
🚨BREAKING NEWS! The Virginia House of Delegates has not only been defended, but expanded — making VA the nation’s newest pro-democracy trifecta!
Finished. A hard but rewarding book, one I'd been putting off for a while. Loaded with good historical insights about the inevitable social effects of free-market capitalism. Much of the book refers to British history, so it makes me want to learn more about British history from about 1700-1900.
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Finished. A hard but rewarding book, one I'd been putting off for a while. Loaded with good historical insights about the inevitable social effects of free-market capitalism. Much of the book refers to British history, so it makes me want to learn more about British history from about 1700-1900.
The Epstein Shutdown continues
Mike Johnson says he will not bring the House back in session until the government reopens
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Epstein Shutdown continues
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My god, WHAT is in those Epstein files that has him so terrified of swearing in Vote Number 218?
“I will not bring the House back to session until the Congress negotiates a budget that it needs to pass” is pretty much a pure pi-r-squared circle.
“I will not bring the House back to session until the Congress negotiates a budget that it needs to pass” is pretty much a pure pi-r-squared circle.
Mike Johnson says he will not bring the House back in session until the government reopens
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My god, WHAT is in those Epstein files that has him so terrified of swearing in Vote Number 218?
“I will not bring the House back to session until the Congress negotiates a budget that it needs to pass” is pretty much a pure pi-r-squared circle.
“I will not bring the House back to session until the Congress negotiates a budget that it needs to pass” is pretty much a pure pi-r-squared circle.
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I think Van Hollen is running for Secretary of State and I think he’d be an excellent one
If you want to know why we can’t give Trump a blank check, look what he did to USAID — illegally dismantling an agency that saved millions of lives and literally burning food meant for starving people.
As I told former USAID staff this week: their work was the best of America.
As I told former USAID staff this week: their work was the best of America.
If you want to know why we can’t give Trump a blank check, look what he did to USAID
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I think Van Hollen is running for Secretary of State and I think he’d be an excellent one
Finished- a GREAT BOOK! Authoritative, engaging expose by @christinewebb.bsky.social of the fallacy of human exceptionalism. The book argues (inter alia) that the 'Great Chain of Being' puts homo sapiens on the highest rung has been a persistent historical mistake w/catastrophic consequences.
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Finished- a GREAT BOOK! Authoritative, engaging expose by @christinewebb.bsky.social of the fallacy of human exceptionalism. The book argues (inter alia) that the 'Great Chain of Being' puts homo sapiens on the highest rung has been a persistent historical mistake w/catastrophic consequences.