the world has begun consciously decoupling from the US economy; the added benefit for China is that gives them additional maneuver space as it makes potential retaliatory economic actions bite way less hard
America First means an inevitable blockade of Taiwan
America First means an inevitable blockade of Taiwan
February 18, 2026 at 1:22 PM
the world has begun consciously decoupling from the US economy; the added benefit for China is that gives them additional maneuver space as it makes potential retaliatory economic actions bite way less hard
America First means an inevitable blockade of Taiwan
America First means an inevitable blockade of Taiwan
Glad to hear it. Decoupling from the US must be accelerated.
In Munich "I did not meet a single person of any nationality who thinks that the American-European relationship is returning to business as usual"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
No, It’s Not Back to Business as Usual
Marco Rubio was more civil than J. D. Vance had been, but the message to longtime allies was the same.
www.theatlantic.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Glad to hear it. Decoupling from the US must be accelerated.
Introductory review that quotes from me (article and interview as well as Peter Victor and Jason Hickel.
Decoupling emissions: Can we really have green growth?
https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/102270/decoupling-emissions-economic-growth/
#degrowth #materialeconomy #decoupling […]
Decoupling emissions: Can we really have green growth?
https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/102270/decoupling-emissions-economic-growth/
#degrowth #materialeconomy #decoupling […]
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mstdn.social
February 18, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Introductory review that quotes from me (article and interview as well as Peter Victor and Jason Hickel.
Decoupling emissions: Can we really have green growth?
https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/102270/decoupling-emissions-economic-growth/
#degrowth #materialeconomy #decoupling […]
Decoupling emissions: Can we really have green growth?
https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/102270/decoupling-emissions-economic-growth/
#degrowth #materialeconomy #decoupling […]
The climate system does not react to relative or absolute decoupling of emissions from GDP growth.
The outcome depends largely on how much fossil fuels we burn during this century. Only fast annual reductions decrease existential risk.
The outcome depends largely on how much fossil fuels we burn during this century. Only fast annual reductions decrease existential risk.
”All global modelled pathways that limit warming to 1.5°C (>50%) with no or limited overshoot, and those that limit warming to 2°C (>67%), involve rapid and deep and, in most cases, immediate greenhouse gas emissions reductions in all sectors this decade.”
#GDP
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
#GDP
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
AR6 Synthesis Report: Summary for Policymakers Headline Statements
Headline statements are the overarching conclusions of the approved Summary for Policymakers which, taken together, provide a concise narrative.
www.ipcc.ch
February 18, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The climate system does not react to relative or absolute decoupling of emissions from GDP growth.
The outcome depends largely on how much fossil fuels we burn during this century. Only fast annual reductions decrease existential risk.
The outcome depends largely on how much fossil fuels we burn during this century. Only fast annual reductions decrease existential risk.
Uwe & Noah Neukam explain why APIs must be designed independently.
Key takeaways:
• Decoupling reduces fragility
• Independent design = scalability & resilience
Worth the read 👇
https://f.mtr.cool/vmywiqphny
Key takeaways:
• Decoupling reduces fragility
• Independent design = scalability & resilience
Worth the read 👇
https://f.mtr.cool/vmywiqphny
February 18, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Uwe & Noah Neukam explain why APIs must be designed independently.
Key takeaways:
• Decoupling reduces fragility
• Independent design = scalability & resilience
Worth the read 👇
https://f.mtr.cool/vmywiqphny
Key takeaways:
• Decoupling reduces fragility
• Independent design = scalability & resilience
Worth the read 👇
https://f.mtr.cool/vmywiqphny
10/ The UK-California Decoupling
Civilizational Divorce in real time. Newsom is in London signing deals while the “President” rants in caps lock.
The UK is working directly with California because they’ve seen the script and decided to skip the scenes where the lead burns it all down.
Civilizational Divorce in real time. Newsom is in London signing deals while the “President” rants in caps lock.
The UK is working directly with California because they’ve seen the script and decided to skip the scenes where the lead burns it all down.
February 18, 2026 at 7:38 AM
10/ The UK-California Decoupling
Civilizational Divorce in real time. Newsom is in London signing deals while the “President” rants in caps lock.
The UK is working directly with California because they’ve seen the script and decided to skip the scenes where the lead burns it all down.
Civilizational Divorce in real time. Newsom is in London signing deals while the “President” rants in caps lock.
The UK is working directly with California because they’ve seen the script and decided to skip the scenes where the lead burns it all down.
The Weekly Anthropocene, February 18 2026 • Agrivoltaics, hargila storks, Kuno cheetahs, Surya Ghar, Romania's decoupling, beavers in Cornwall, Kigali wetlands, Chinese emissions declines, Sehuencas water frogs, an LA County wolf, and more!
The Weekly Anthropocene, February 18 2026
Agrivoltaics, hargila storks, Kuno cheetahs, Surya Ghar, Romania's decoupling, beavers in Cornwall, Kigali wetlands, Chinese emissions declines, Sehuencas water frogs, an LA County wolf, and more!
sammatey.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The Weekly Anthropocene, February 18 2026 • Agrivoltaics, hargila storks, Kuno cheetahs, Surya Ghar, Romania's decoupling, beavers in Cornwall, Kigali wetlands, Chinese emissions declines, Sehuencas water frogs, an LA County wolf, and more!
GLM-5 Technical Report
Key innovations include:
- DSA Adoption: Significantly reduces training and inference costs while preserving long-context fidelity
- Asynchronous RL Infrastructure: Drastically improves post-training efficiency by decoupling generation from training
Key innovations include:
- DSA Adoption: Significantly reduces training and inference costs while preserving long-context fidelity
- Asynchronous RL Infrastructure: Drastically improves post-training efficiency by decoupling generation from training
February 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM
GLM-5 Technical Report
Key innovations include:
- DSA Adoption: Significantly reduces training and inference costs while preserving long-context fidelity
- Asynchronous RL Infrastructure: Drastically improves post-training efficiency by decoupling generation from training
Key innovations include:
- DSA Adoption: Significantly reduces training and inference costs while preserving long-context fidelity
- Asynchronous RL Infrastructure: Drastically improves post-training efficiency by decoupling generation from training
and there’s research to back this up from @eitanhersh.bsky.social & @sarangshah.com
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 18, 2026 at 1:27 AM
and there’s research to back this up from @eitanhersh.bsky.social & @sarangshah.com
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Decoupling Ex-Christian here. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I would've walked up and grinned, saying "Keep working the shaft! Skydaddy loves it like he loves his choirboys--I mean, his children!"
Had to deal with these fuckers on campus
February 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Decoupling Ex-Christian here. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Is crypto really decoupling—or are we coping?
2026 is nuking 3 myths at once:
• BTC as “digital gold”
• Big tech as a one-way bet
• Gold as a “boomer rock”
Narratives are dying. Liquidity is king. What actually survives?
2026 is nuking 3 myths at once:
• BTC as “digital gold”
• Big tech as a one-way bet
• Gold as a “boomer rock”
Narratives are dying. Liquidity is king. What actually survives?
Tap to know more
🧵
medium.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Is crypto really decoupling—or are we coping?
2026 is nuking 3 myths at once:
• BTC as “digital gold”
• Big tech as a one-way bet
• Gold as a “boomer rock”
Narratives are dying. Liquidity is king. What actually survives?
2026 is nuking 3 myths at once:
• BTC as “digital gold”
• Big tech as a one-way bet
• Gold as a “boomer rock”
Narratives are dying. Liquidity is king. What actually survives?
That is exactly what is happening in Romania now. it’s just the standard phase of modernization and export of production where efficiency improves but pollution still rises (Relative Decoupling). For the green growth model to be feasible we need absolute decoupling. I would argue this is unlikely.
February 17, 2026 at 11:35 PM
That is exactly what is happening in Romania now. it’s just the standard phase of modernization and export of production where efficiency improves but pollution still rises (Relative Decoupling). For the green growth model to be feasible we need absolute decoupling. I would argue this is unlikely.
Europe's regulatory leverage only works while US tech giants actually want market access. If Trump-era decoupling accelerates and American firms start treating the EU as optional, Brussels loses its biggest bargaining chip without ever building domestic alternatives.
February 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Europe's regulatory leverage only works while US tech giants actually want market access. If Trump-era decoupling accelerates and American firms start treating the EU as optional, Brussels loses its biggest bargaining chip without ever building domestic alternatives.
The Great Decoupling: When Google Deleted the Screen
While the world expected a new mobile operating system in 2026, Google instead delivered the "Loom" protocol, effectively signaling the beginning of the end for handheld hardware and the birth of the ambient intelligence era. Looking back from a…
While the world expected a new mobile operating system in 2026, Google instead delivered the "Loom" protocol, effectively signaling the beginning of the end for handheld hardware and the birth of the ambient intelligence era. Looking back from a…
The Great Decoupling: When Google Deleted the Screen
While the world expected a new mobile operating system in 2026, Google instead delivered the "Loom" protocol, effectively signaling the beginning of the end for handheld hardware and the birth of the ambient intelligence era. Looking back from a decade's distance, Google I/O 2026 remains the most significant pivot point in the history of Silicon Valley. It wasn't about Android versions or iterative hardware updates; it was the moment…
thetandom.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:27 PM
The Great Decoupling: When Google Deleted the Screen
While the world expected a new mobile operating system in 2026, Google instead delivered the "Loom" protocol, effectively signaling the beginning of the end for handheld hardware and the birth of the ambient intelligence era. Looking back from a…
While the world expected a new mobile operating system in 2026, Google instead delivered the "Loom" protocol, effectively signaling the beginning of the end for handheld hardware and the birth of the ambient intelligence era. Looking back from a…
Yes but GDP per capita grew tenfold over this period in Romania, so definite decoupling surely.
February 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Yes but GDP per capita grew tenfold over this period in Romania, so definite decoupling surely.
"The cruelty will continue until billionaire morale improves" is the next horizon of leftist critique.
You heard it here first.
Also, if you somehow found this looking for validation, you're not alone, we may be looking at full-decoupling from the crisis indicators and the two economies, as a whole.
You heard it here first.
Also, if you somehow found this looking for validation, you're not alone, we may be looking at full-decoupling from the crisis indicators and the two economies, as a whole.
February 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
"The cruelty will continue until billionaire morale improves" is the next horizon of leftist critique.
You heard it here first.
Also, if you somehow found this looking for validation, you're not alone, we may be looking at full-decoupling from the crisis indicators and the two economies, as a whole.
You heard it here first.
Also, if you somehow found this looking for validation, you're not alone, we may be looking at full-decoupling from the crisis indicators and the two economies, as a whole.
What's wild to me is that normie lib Dems will constantly try to magic 8 ball "how do we get these two lines back together?" And they'll endlessly look to just enough regulation to try to magic it back.
All while a CBA has rendered that decoupling irrelevant.
All while a CBA has rendered that decoupling irrelevant.
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
What's wild to me is that normie lib Dems will constantly try to magic 8 ball "how do we get these two lines back together?" And they'll endlessly look to just enough regulation to try to magic it back.
All while a CBA has rendered that decoupling irrelevant.
All while a CBA has rendered that decoupling irrelevant.
Don’t count on it.
Even with massive majority @albomp.bsky.social & his govt. hold the decoupling from the malignant pervasiveness of America will be something Australia will never attempt.
#auspol
Even with massive majority @albomp.bsky.social & his govt. hold the decoupling from the malignant pervasiveness of America will be something Australia will never attempt.
#auspol
February 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Don’t count on it.
Even with massive majority @albomp.bsky.social & his govt. hold the decoupling from the malignant pervasiveness of America will be something Australia will never attempt.
#auspol
Even with massive majority @albomp.bsky.social & his govt. hold the decoupling from the malignant pervasiveness of America will be something Australia will never attempt.
#auspol
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
A response to Jonathan Aldred: On the tortuous relationship between GDP and macroecological footprints – Timothée Parrique
timotheeparrique.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
A response to Jonathan Aldred: On the tortuous relationship between GDP and macroecological footprints – Timothée Parrique
timotheeparrique.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
A response to Jonathan Aldred: On the tortuous relationship between GDP and macroecological footprints – Timothée Parrique
timotheeparrique.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
A response to Jonathan Aldred: On the tortuous relationship between GDP and macroecological footprints – Timothée Parrique
timotheeparrique.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
A response to Jonathan Aldred: On the tortuous relationship between GDP and macroecological footprints – Timothée Parrique
timotheeparrique.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
A response to Jonathan Aldred: On the tortuous relationship between GDP and macroecological footprints – Timothée Parrique
timotheeparrique.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Domestic pollution fell due to industrial collapse, but Romania’s carbon footprint actually increased from 3.6 tonnes per capita (1999) to 4.1 tonnes (2023). The guardian article only uses Territorial Emissions. There has been no decoupling unfortunately.
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...
timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...