daniela russ
@ueberdruss.bsky.social
what is unchangeable in nature can take care of itself | assistant prof & historical sociologist | private account
i'm two years late, but what a great article this is!
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i'm two years late, but what a great article this is!
Unsere Tagung zu 'Kapitalistische Dynamiken' in Basel hat jetzt ein Programm: die Beiträge reichen von der Kommodifizierung des Monsoonrisikos, Gewalt als Operationsmodus des Kapitalismus, zur Militarisierung des Investitionsregimes in den USA. Kommt vorbei – eine Anmeldung ist nicht nötig!
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Unsere Tagung zu 'Kapitalistische Dynamiken' in Basel hat jetzt ein Programm: die Beiträge reichen von der Kommodifizierung des Monsoonrisikos, Gewalt als Operationsmodus des Kapitalismus, zur Militarisierung des Investitionsregimes in den USA. Kommt vorbei – eine Anmeldung ist nicht nötig!
instead of building new rotating mass to absorb voltage spikes, couldn't we repurpose old power plants? more importantly, under the current market design, there is no incentive to invest in this.
October 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
instead of building new rotating mass to absorb voltage spikes, couldn't we repurpose old power plants? more importantly, under the current market design, there is no incentive to invest in this.
"In 2009 the control room was a calm and quiet place to work. Now alarms go off frequently when voltage surges and the grid becomes overloaded... extreme measures like controlled blackouts might soon be needed" Great bloomberg report on solar's challenge to the grid: archive.is/O4Tv7#select...
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"In 2009 the control room was a calm and quiet place to work. Now alarms go off frequently when voltage surges and the grid becomes overloaded... extreme measures like controlled blackouts might soon be needed" Great bloomberg report on solar's challenge to the grid: archive.is/O4Tv7#select...
new exhibition 'robotron: code and utopia' on the history of gdr computer technology looks great gfzk.de/en/aktivitae...?
October 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
new exhibition 'robotron: code and utopia' on the history of gdr computer technology looks great gfzk.de/en/aktivitae...?
in 2003, the electric power council of the commonwealth of independent states (forming the ips/ups system) asked the union for the co-ordination of transmission of electricity (the continental european system) whether the two systems could be synchronized, and a feasibility study was conducted
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
in 2003, the electric power council of the commonwealth of independent states (forming the ips/ups system) asked the union for the co-ordination of transmission of electricity (the continental european system) whether the two systems could be synchronized, and a feasibility study was conducted
the baltic ring: forgotten futures of european power integration
September 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
the baltic ring: forgotten futures of european power integration
possibly my favorite event this summer term! sign up below 👇
May 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
possibly my favorite event this summer term! sign up below 👇
this time for real!
May 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this time for real!
shaping up to be a great volume on the dialectics of eco-emancipation! journals.sagepub.com/home/EST
April 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
shaping up to be a great volume on the dialectics of eco-emancipation! journals.sagepub.com/home/EST
the markets foreign coals could reach in france in 1858
April 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
the markets foreign coals could reach in france in 1858
If you’d like to get a copy of the book, SUP have offered a discount of 20 percent with the code HISTORY20 at sup.org or if in the UK/EU combinedacademic.co.uk/978150364150...
March 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
If you’d like to get a copy of the book, SUP have offered a discount of 20 percent with the code HISTORY20 at sup.org or if in the UK/EU combinedacademic.co.uk/978150364150...
Troy Vettese expands on this determinative capacity by showing how neoliberal Julian Simon cast energy as part of the ‘master resource’ of human ingenuity, a vital means for opening up other resources, that would allow for endless growth – on this and other planets
March 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Troy Vettese expands on this determinative capacity by showing how neoliberal Julian Simon cast energy as part of the ‘master resource’ of human ingenuity, a vital means for opening up other resources, that would allow for endless growth – on this and other planets
Thomas Turnbull details the uncertainties over the relationship between energy use and development that anthropologist Laura Nader drew attention to in the late 1970s. In doing so, she challenged the supposed determinative capacities of energy as an agent of historical change
March 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thomas Turnbull details the uncertainties over the relationship between energy use and development that anthropologist Laura Nader drew attention to in the late 1970s. In doing so, she challenged the supposed determinative capacities of energy as an agent of historical change
Further unsettling the epistemology of energy, Rebecca Wright presents William James’ concept of ‘mental energy’ (1907) which sought to explain the imprecise but vital intellectual power which precedes all forms of energy use and which he deemed vital to historical advancement
March 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Further unsettling the epistemology of energy, Rebecca Wright presents William James’ concept of ‘mental energy’ (1907) which sought to explain the imprecise but vital intellectual power which precedes all forms of energy use and which he deemed vital to historical advancement
Laura Ann Twagira presents a Soudanese folk tale about 'three rapid people' who are boosted by 'nyama', a supernatural force that could alleviate human labor. She shows how a vernacular energy-like concept and dreams of more-than-human power preceded French colonisation.
March 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Laura Ann Twagira presents a Soudanese folk tale about 'three rapid people' who are boosted by 'nyama', a supernatural force that could alleviate human labor. She shows how a vernacular energy-like concept and dreams of more-than-human power preceded French colonisation.
Elsewhere, the colonial condition sparked calls for privatization. Damilola Adebayo introduces us to a member of the Lagos elite who doubted the ability of the British colonial government and called on the private sector to lead electrification, foreshadowing later critics of public utilities.
March 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Elsewhere, the colonial condition sparked calls for privatization. Damilola Adebayo introduces us to a member of the Lagos elite who doubted the ability of the British colonial government and called on the private sector to lead electrification, foreshadowing later critics of public utilities.
Another vision of emancipation from the capitalist core was presented by Juan P. Peréz Alfonzo, Venezuelan oil minister and founder of OPEC, in ‘Petroleum Pentagon’ (1967). M Dobson and G Garavini show how Alfonzo set out a plan by which oil-producing states could regain sovereignty over their oil.
March 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Another vision of emancipation from the capitalist core was presented by Juan P. Peréz Alfonzo, Venezuelan oil minister and founder of OPEC, in ‘Petroleum Pentagon’ (1967). M Dobson and G Garavini show how Alfonzo set out a plan by which oil-producing states could regain sovereignty over their oil.
Saha shared his vision of electrified modernity with the head of the Russian electricity commission, G. Krzhizhanovskii. Drawing on his ‘Energetics and Socialist Reconstruction’ (1928), I show how he connected electrification, socialism and economic planning against Stalin's five year plan.
March 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Saha shared his vision of electrified modernity with the head of the Russian electricity commission, G. Krzhizhanovskii. Drawing on his ‘Energetics and Socialist Reconstruction’ (1928), I show how he connected electrification, socialism and economic planning against Stalin's five year plan.
Liz Chatterjee writes about the work of Meghnad Saha, a nuclear scientist and public intellectual in post-colonial India, who proposed an ‘energy-index’ to rank states according to their energetic modernity. Such measures are today being repurposed in the fight for global climate justice.
March 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Liz Chatterjee writes about the work of Meghnad Saha, a nuclear scientist and public intellectual in post-colonial India, who proposed an ‘energy-index’ to rank states according to their energetic modernity. Such measures are today being repurposed in the fight for global climate justice.
Japanese and Chinese officials acted on an understanding that access to fuel secured state power and economic development. @antmis1.bsky.social introduces us to Fredrik Tryon, the first economist to formalize the relationship between energy and growth, and to measure energy across its various forms.
March 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Japanese and Chinese officials acted on an understanding that access to fuel secured state power and economic development. @antmis1.bsky.social introduces us to Fredrik Tryon, the first economist to formalize the relationship between energy and growth, and to measure energy across its various forms.
That foreign empires were eyeing Chinese coal stocks did not go unnoticed by Chinese officials and fueled their renewed interest in coal geology in the 1910s. We learn about this fear of being "left behind in the dust" from Shellen Wu's essay on the rise and (potential) fall of coal in China.
March 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
That foreign empires were eyeing Chinese coal stocks did not go unnoticed by Chinese officials and fueled their renewed interest in coal geology in the 1910s. We learn about this fear of being "left behind in the dust" from Shellen Wu's essay on the rise and (potential) fall of coal in China.
Jennifer Eaglin opens the volume with 'the world's largest and most successful renewable energy project' – Brazil's Proalcool program, which substituted domestic ethanol for foreign gasoline at the cost of massively increased land use and water degradation.
March 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Jennifer Eaglin opens the volume with 'the world's largest and most successful renewable energy project' – Brazil's Proalcool program, which substituted domestic ethanol for foreign gasoline at the cost of massively increased land use and water degradation.
🚨 I am delighted to announce that Tom Turnbull’s and my volume with @stanfordpress.bsky.social is out today, featuring Jennifer Eaglin, Victor Seow, Shellen Wu, Antoine Missemer, Giuliano Garavini, Michael Dobson, Laura A. Twagira, Damilola Adebayo, Troy Vettese, Liz Chatterjee, and Rebecca Wright
March 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🚨 I am delighted to announce that Tom Turnbull’s and my volume with @stanfordpress.bsky.social is out today, featuring Jennifer Eaglin, Victor Seow, Shellen Wu, Antoine Missemer, Giuliano Garavini, Michael Dobson, Laura A. Twagira, Damilola Adebayo, Troy Vettese, Liz Chatterjee, and Rebecca Wright