I didn't get to see the English debate last night, but this was also my take after the French debate on Monday.

Also, can we talk about the destruction of "DEI" as a "positive impact"? Racist ghouls.

Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed? I tackle these topics in my book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism 👀 September 2025 W. W. Norton & Company

Feels like a good time to announce that our DoD Minerva grant that plays Wargames all over the world on space deterrence and war in space was cancelled last week with a two line email.

Can you imagine the faculty politics here? Bigger than methodology wars, or causal inference police, or epistemology battles - this faculty would be split by #applesauce vs #sourcream #latkes Devon Cantwell-Chavez Shamira Gelbman youtube.com/watch?v=b2WJc3…

Researchers do research. Parents are not “doing their own research” on vaccines. They’re just googling. It’s the same tool the rest of us use to figure out “Mexican food near me” and “what happened to Richie from Family Matters.”

Fulbright has just suspended payments to students in the middle of their commitments leaving them stranded abroad

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On social media, Vietnamese people and diplomats are reacting to Trump’s tariffs with great sadness and disappointment. This month marks the 50th anniversary since the wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos with the US ended. All three countries today were among those hit the most.

By Adam Tooze: “The rates for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are so high because they have a large trade imbalance with the United States. This is not because they discriminate viciously against American exports, but because they are relatively poor.”

Personally, I feel incredibly proud of the common people who tirelessly exercised their right to peaceful protest over these past four months, and of the eight justices who upheld the law with sound judgment, proving that institutions can do their job when they are needed most.

He signed the bill into law. He signed it. He didn't have to. He signed it. He wants you to forget that. HE SIGNED IT.

“Instead of large-scale plantations, we could increase trees in our surroundings... We could also focus on reviving tree species dwindling in numbers. Through them, you can also revive a lot of traditional, and largely forgotten, food cultures" india.mongabay.com/2025/06/how-tr…