Daniel Yeo
@yukinosaru.bsky.social
Figuring out how to live in service of the whole. https://umami.works
🇲🇾🇨🇳, born in 🇬🇧, live in 🇫🇷, left my ❤️ in 🇪🇹.
#greengrowth #resilientdevelopment #credibleclimateaction #climaterisk #water #watersecurity #energy #energysystems
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🇲🇾🇨🇳, born in 🇬🇧, live in 🇫🇷, left my ❤️ in 🇪🇹.
#greengrowth #resilientdevelopment #credibleclimateaction #climaterisk #water #watersecurity #energy #energysystems
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Daniel Yeo
@yukinosaru.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Aid is Dead: Finding Development’s Umami
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A great honour to chat with Favour and Richard at Flywheel Economics talking about the world we're in and what I'm trying to do.
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pca.st/episode/b5e7...
This gives me hope. The Kids are Alright. 💪✊
If we don't stand together we'll fall for anything.
If we don't stand together we'll fall for anything.
A 45-year-old man has reportedly been charged with assault, after he was filmed fighting high school students in Texas during a protest against immigration enforcement agency ICE.
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
This gives me hope. The Kids are Alright. 💪✊
If we don't stand together we'll fall for anything.
If we don't stand together we'll fall for anything.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Labour's timidity is astounding and frankly frightening. They should all go watch Love Actually. 🤣
Labour's timidity is astounding and frankly frightening. They should all go watch Love Actually. 🤣
"The most corrupt president The United States have ever seen."
UK Member of Parliament Ed Davey does not mince words when characterizing Trump after his move to take Greenland.
UK Member of Parliament Ed Davey does not mince words when characterizing Trump after his move to take Greenland.
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Labour's timidity is astounding and frankly frightening. They should all go watch Love Actually. 🤣
Labour's timidity is astounding and frankly frightening. They should all go watch Love Actually. 🤣
He's not mine either. But I wish he was
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
He's not mine either. But I wish he was
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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I worked in a Democratic presidential administration and, even then, DHS was very often the most problematic, obstinate part of negotiating a civil/human rights provision into executive branch policy.
I have been thinking about this a lot in recent weeks and want to offer a short 🧵with reflections:
I have been thinking about this a lot in recent weeks and want to offer a short 🧵with reflections:
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I worked in a Democratic presidential administration and, even then, DHS was very often the most problematic, obstinate part of negotiating a civil/human rights provision into executive branch policy.
I have been thinking about this a lot in recent weeks and want to offer a short 🧵with reflections:
I have been thinking about this a lot in recent weeks and want to offer a short 🧵with reflections:
The most direct route to delivering InfoOps.
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The most direct route to delivering InfoOps.
I think this is what it'll come down to, not a shooting war. Calling in that debt is gonna get some attention. Wider de-dollarisation is gonna bite too.
Trump seems to forget that just because he doesn’t give a shit about the rules, doesn’t mean we don’t have some to apply
This, then the calling in of US sovereign debt ought to get his Wall St enablers baying down his door
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This, then the calling in of US sovereign debt ought to get his Wall St enablers baying down his door
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France urges EU to use most potent trade weapon in response to Trump Greenland threat
Eight targeted European nations warn Washington that it risks a ‘dangerous downward spiral’
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January 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I think this is what it'll come down to, not a shooting war. Calling in that debt is gonna get some attention. Wider de-dollarisation is gonna bite too.
This is fine. *Gulp*
European defence stocks surge as Greenland tensions mount ft.trib.al/myCKIs8
European defence stocks surge as Greenland tensions mount
Sector has jumped nearly 15% this month as investors bet domestic military spending will have to keep rising
ft.trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 10:41 AM
This is fine. *Gulp*
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In the same vein as the Revolutions Podcast did a season about the (future) Martian Revolution, I wish @fallofcivilizations.com would do a fictitious episode on the fall of our own civilization, based on the patterns and lessons of the past.
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 AM
In the same vein as the Revolutions Podcast did a season about the (future) Martian Revolution, I wish @fallofcivilizations.com would do a fictitious episode on the fall of our own civilization, based on the patterns and lessons of the past.
Hasn't he ever played Risk?
Although it did strike me that he's probably using this as a reference for which country to take over next...
Although it did strike me that he's probably using this as a reference for which country to take over next...
January 15, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Hasn't he ever played Risk?
Although it did strike me that he's probably using this as a reference for which country to take over next...
Although it did strike me that he's probably using this as a reference for which country to take over next...
This resonates more and more each day. Except they're not even trying to hide it now 😞
Nope, that's just a trope meant to hide the actual agenda behind the fossil fuel industry's purchase of the Republican Party.
I actually think it's much simpler than that. It feels like it's a historical chip on his shoulder related to wind turbines near his golf courses.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-scot...
www.bbc.com/news/uk-scot...
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This resonates more and more each day. Except they're not even trying to hide it now 😞
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African leaders: We are worried at Cycle of political violence in America: police siege in LA, handcuffing a senator at press conference, Marines detaining a civilian, a military parade for the president’s birthday, and now political asssasinations in a northern province
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DEVELOPING: Minnesota lawmaker and husband were killed, another injured in what Gov. Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” The suspect remains at large.
A Minnesota mayor says two state lawmakers were shot in their homes early Saturday
A Minnesota mayor says two state lawmakers were shot in their homes early Saturday.Mayor Ryan Sabas of Champlin said state senator John Hoffman and state representative Melissa Hortman were shot, and that Hoffman’s wife was also shot.
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June 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
African leaders: We are worried at Cycle of political violence in America: police siege in LA, handcuffing a senator at press conference, Marines detaining a civilian, a military parade for the president’s birthday, and now political asssasinations in a northern province
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Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
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France at the UN Security Council:
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
France at the UN Security Council:
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."
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It's the most magical time of the year — when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
November 3, 2024 at 12:44 AM
It's the most magical time of the year — when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
Sanctions. Freeze his assets. Turn his Scottish golf course into a windfarm.
January 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Sanctions. Freeze his assets. Turn his Scottish golf course into a windfarm.
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I happen to know quite a bit about Venezuelan oil.
TL;DR it’s hard to extract, notoriously investor-endangering, isn’t needed (global crude is oversupplied to the tune of 3.3 min bpd) and isn’t easily refined (it’s too dense so always sold at a heavy discount)
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
TL;DR it’s hard to extract, notoriously investor-endangering, isn’t needed (global crude is oversupplied to the tune of 3.3 min bpd) and isn’t easily refined (it’s too dense so always sold at a heavy discount)
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Venezuela has the world’s most oil: Why doesn’t it earn more from exports?
Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves, more than five times more than the United States.
www.aljazeera.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I happen to know quite a bit about Venezuelan oil.
TL;DR it’s hard to extract, notoriously investor-endangering, isn’t needed (global crude is oversupplied to the tune of 3.3 min bpd) and isn’t easily refined (it’s too dense so always sold at a heavy discount)
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
TL;DR it’s hard to extract, notoriously investor-endangering, isn’t needed (global crude is oversupplied to the tune of 3.3 min bpd) and isn’t easily refined (it’s too dense so always sold at a heavy discount)
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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Unchartered waters? In the name of Patrice Lumumba & co, a very precedented thing happened in #Venezuela today.
January 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Unchartered waters? In the name of Patrice Lumumba & co, a very precedented thing happened in #Venezuela today.
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🎁 A New Year’s gift to the geospatial community: a brand-new QGIS plugin that unlocks access to 80+ petabytes of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with zero coding required.
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
🎁 A New Year’s gift to the geospatial community: a brand-new QGIS plugin that unlocks access to 80+ petabytes of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with zero coding required.
"if"...
The next few days will define whether the international rules based order still exists. I'm not hopeful. No one is willing to speak truth about what is evident. This absence makes world "leaders" enablers of this lunacy and complicit in the end of order as we currently know it.
The next few days will define whether the international rules based order still exists. I'm not hopeful. No one is willing to speak truth about what is evident. This absence makes world "leaders" enablers of this lunacy and complicit in the end of order as we currently know it.
The United States is a rogue actor throwing the world into disarray. It hosts war criminal Netanyahu, sanctions ICC and European officials, launches strikes around the world, and now kidnaps foreign leaders.
Western allies need to stop it if they truly believe in human rights and international law.
Western allies need to stop it if they truly believe in human rights and international law.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"if"...
The next few days will define whether the international rules based order still exists. I'm not hopeful. No one is willing to speak truth about what is evident. This absence makes world "leaders" enablers of this lunacy and complicit in the end of order as we currently know it.
The next few days will define whether the international rules based order still exists. I'm not hopeful. No one is willing to speak truth about what is evident. This absence makes world "leaders" enablers of this lunacy and complicit in the end of order as we currently know it.
A great honour to chat with Favour and Richard at Flywheel Economics talking about the world we're in and what I'm trying to do.
pca.st/episode/b5e7...
pca.st/episode/b5e7...
Aid is Dead: Finding Development’s Umami
pca.st
December 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A great honour to chat with Favour and Richard at Flywheel Economics talking about the world we're in and what I'm trying to do.
pca.st/episode/b5e7...
pca.st/episode/b5e7...
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The cost of grid-scale solar plus batteries has become so cheap that spreading solar power out over 24 hours is now cost-competive with building new natural gas plants in many cases.
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ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The cost of grid-scale solar plus batteries has become so cheap that spreading solar power out over 24 hours is now cost-competive with building new natural gas plants in many cases.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Bloody hell, the SEC’s Caroline Crenshaw is not leaving the organisation quietly.
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Bloody hell, the SEC’s Caroline Crenshaw is not leaving the organisation quietly.
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
She says there is a “rapacious” appetite to deregulate, and warns that “the darkest depths of winter still lie ahead for America’s capital markets”. www.ft.com/content/7027...
Le Môle peeking out through le mer des nuages (sea of clouds) into a sunny day. Beautiful yet also a vivid reminder of a changed climate
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Le Môle peeking out through le mer des nuages (sea of clouds) into a sunny day. Beautiful yet also a vivid reminder of a changed climate
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In a new article over at Carbon Brief, I explore why the past three years – 2023, 2024, and 2025 – have been exceptionally warm. The main culprits turn out to be a combination of El Nino and internal variability, declining aerosols, and a strong solar cycle: www.carbonbrief.org/...
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In a new article over at Carbon Brief, I explore why the past three years – 2023, 2024, and 2025 – have been exceptionally warm. The main culprits turn out to be a combination of El Nino and internal variability, declining aerosols, and a strong solar cycle: www.carbonbrief.org/...