شمعون / ܫܡܥܘܢ / שמעון
@simeongh.bsky.social
Law/Engineering. Energy Economist. Energy Market Policy Junkie, w/ an unhealthy MENA + Medieval History obsession. Market Design. Some Heterodox Econ. 🏗 ☦️
I respected him deeply for his generous donation to the Hero of Bondi Ahmed Al Ahmed. But, why?
NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I respected him deeply for his generous donation to the Hero of Bondi Ahmed Al Ahmed. But, why?
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It is in many respects a lot more concerning if markets don't tank the next few days because that is the one indicator the admin responds to. If there are no consequences in asset prices then we are really going somewhere very uh, Turkish.
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 AM
It is in many respects a lot more concerning if markets don't tank the next few days because that is the one indicator the admin responds to. If there are no consequences in asset prices then we are really going somewhere very uh, Turkish.
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The private equity investment strategy of USS should be subjected to scrutiny. How USS became main shareholder in debt-laden zombie firms like Thames Water and G.Network is a scandal. Trustees should read research by USS members instead of advice from asset managers
www.ft.com/content/2ca2...
www.ft.com/content/2ca2...
UK broadband operator sold to distressed debt specialist
G.Network’s lenders trigger sale of company with £300mn of net debt but just 25,000 customers
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The private equity investment strategy of USS should be subjected to scrutiny. How USS became main shareholder in debt-laden zombie firms like Thames Water and G.Network is a scandal. Trustees should read research by USS members instead of advice from asset managers
www.ft.com/content/2ca2...
www.ft.com/content/2ca2...
Another example of how poorly thought out Australia’s retail market design has been - and especially why peak tariffs are a fundamentally poor idea.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Are you paying for your loyalty on your electricity bills?
Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...
www.abc.net.au
January 6, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Another example of how poorly thought out Australia’s retail market design has been - and especially why peak tariffs are a fundamentally poor idea.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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The sublime 2nd season of 'Andor' hits on an essential truth about illiberal regimes:
There are no happy endings for the fascist toadies seeking career progression -- the system grinds them up mercilessly as well.
*You* are not in the winners' circle
bsky.app/profile/nosu...
There are no happy endings for the fascist toadies seeking career progression -- the system grinds them up mercilessly as well.
*You* are not in the winners' circle
bsky.app/profile/nosu...
May 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The sublime 2nd season of 'Andor' hits on an essential truth about illiberal regimes:
There are no happy endings for the fascist toadies seeking career progression -- the system grinds them up mercilessly as well.
*You* are not in the winners' circle
bsky.app/profile/nosu...
There are no happy endings for the fascist toadies seeking career progression -- the system grinds them up mercilessly as well.
*You* are not in the winners' circle
bsky.app/profile/nosu...
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very good areas
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 4:27 AM
very good areas
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Bunch of @publicenterprise.bsky.social hitters in there its going to be fascinating to see stuff get done
January 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Bunch of @publicenterprise.bsky.social hitters in there its going to be fascinating to see stuff get done
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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If you are working towards a vision of shared prosperity in a clean energy future and your principal adversaries are unions, environmentalists, and community-based justice orgs, consider if just maybe it might be possible that you haven't unlocked secret knowledge they are all too dumb to understand
December 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you are working towards a vision of shared prosperity in a clean energy future and your principal adversaries are unions, environmentalists, and community-based justice orgs, consider if just maybe it might be possible that you haven't unlocked secret knowledge they are all too dumb to understand
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I feel like I’m being trolled lol
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I feel like I’m being trolled lol
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Sky News when they realise they don’t need the doves anymore
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Sky News when they realise they don’t need the doves anymore
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A coolish December but Australia posted its fourth hottest year on record in 2025, according to mean temperatures. All of those four hot years have been since 2013. (Data all via the Bureau of Meteorology):
January 1, 2026 at 5:54 AM
A coolish December but Australia posted its fourth hottest year on record in 2025, according to mean temperatures. All of those four hot years have been since 2013. (Data all via the Bureau of Meteorology):
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Private hospitals perform around 70% of elective surgery in Australia. But many are in financial trouble.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/private...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/private...
December 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Private hospitals perform around 70% of elective surgery in Australia. But many are in financial trouble.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/private...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/private...
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Things are terribly scary right now. Mainstream press outlets are demanding mass deportations. ON and the Coalition are trying to outdo each other with vulgar racism. If we accept that demonising Jews led to the Bondi attack, then what outcome do we think will come of demonising Muslims?
December 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Things are terribly scary right now. Mainstream press outlets are demanding mass deportations. ON and the Coalition are trying to outdo each other with vulgar racism. If we accept that demonising Jews led to the Bondi attack, then what outcome do we think will come of demonising Muslims?
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“The appetite to deregulate has been rapacious; the analysis of the costs and benefits of our policies has been non-existent; and, the repercussions, I would argue, could be dire.” www.ft.com/content/7027...
‘The darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets’
Caroline Crenshaw’s epic exit speech
www.ft.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“The appetite to deregulate has been rapacious; the analysis of the costs and benefits of our policies has been non-existent; and, the repercussions, I would argue, could be dire.” www.ft.com/content/7027...
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Times have a large piece on Ahmed Al Ahmed, who they say may lose his arm.
"Before acting, he had asked his cousin to pass on a message to his family. “He said: ‘I’m going to die — please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives’,”"
He also said he'd do it again.
"Before acting, he had asked his cousin to pass on a message to his family. “He said: ‘I’m going to die — please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives’,”"
He also said he'd do it again.
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Times have a large piece on Ahmed Al Ahmed, who they say may lose his arm.
"Before acting, he had asked his cousin to pass on a message to his family. “He said: ‘I’m going to die — please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives’,”"
He also said he'd do it again.
"Before acting, he had asked his cousin to pass on a message to his family. “He said: ‘I’m going to die — please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives’,”"
He also said he'd do it again.
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QLD not on board with the NEM review recommendations it seems: "..Queensland did not provide in-principle agreement"
www.energy.gov.au/energy-and-c...
www.energy.gov.au/energy-and-c...
www.energy.gov.au
December 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
QLD not on board with the NEM review recommendations it seems: "..Queensland did not provide in-principle agreement"
www.energy.gov.au/energy-and-c...
www.energy.gov.au/energy-and-c...
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Reminder that while ASIO missed this www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Bondi gunmen underwent 'military-style training' in Philippines
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security ...
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Reminder that while ASIO missed this www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Netflix-like power charges on the cards as energy rule-maker flags major reset: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-11/aemc-calls-for-netflix-like-power-charges-in-major-overhaul/106128042
Netflix-like power charges on the cards as energy rule-maker flags major reset
Australians' electricity bills have become a nightmare of complexity and high prices. An energy regulator says subscription fees could be an answer.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Netflix-like power charges on the cards as energy rule-maker flags major reset: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-11/aemc-calls-for-netflix-like-power-charges-in-major-overhaul/106128042
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I wonder if this photo was chosen by someone who searched for "parent and kid, upset" and this is what popped up and they don't understand the context.
Or maybe the Financial Times is accusing private equity of fucking a pie. I just don't know about finance to make a judgement on this.
Or maybe the Financial Times is accusing private equity of fucking a pie. I just don't know about finance to make a judgement on this.
Private equity may regret inviting in mom and dad
Private equity wanted democratisation. The courts may deliver it.
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I wonder if this photo was chosen by someone who searched for "parent and kid, upset" and this is what popped up and they don't understand the context.
Or maybe the Financial Times is accusing private equity of fucking a pie. I just don't know about finance to make a judgement on this.
Or maybe the Financial Times is accusing private equity of fucking a pie. I just don't know about finance to make a judgement on this.
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“You can’t libel entire ethnicities and then cry about decaying standards. You are the lower standard, you cheap thug.”
Chris Rufo is a cheap thug. The fact that there are cheaper thugs out there doesn't change the fact.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
The Attack on Somalis is Hate Politics
Right-Wing Terror Descends on Minnesota
www.unpopularfront.news
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“You can’t libel entire ethnicities and then cry about decaying standards. You are the lower standard, you cheap thug.”
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"Realizing that people in Germany could just go to the supermarket and spend $550 on a balcony solar panel that they could install themselves vs. $30,000 for a rooftop system was, uh, mildly radicalizing" - Kim-Mai Cutler
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
US hates those cheap chinese solar...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
US hates those cheap chinese solar...
July 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Realizing that people in Germany could just go to the supermarket and spend $550 on a balcony solar panel that they could install themselves vs. $30,000 for a rooftop system was, uh, mildly radicalizing" - Kim-Mai Cutler
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
US hates those cheap chinese solar...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
US hates those cheap chinese solar...
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nailed-on generational bear market
Wall Street banks expect US stocks to post another year of double-digit gains in 2026, defying recent investor jitters over Big Tech companies’ huge spending plans and a potential bubble in the artificial intelligence sector on.ft.com/3MhLjcw
December 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
nailed-on generational bear market
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Not all heroes wear capes. www.ft.com/content/81b8...
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Not all heroes wear capes. www.ft.com/content/81b8...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM