Emeritus Assoc.Prof, Centre for Environment & Sustainability, University of Surrey. Environment, policy, ethics. Anglican. 25% Scot. Germanophile. ACCESS, CUSP, CECAN research networks; & Perspectiva, GreenAlliance, Theos, WWF. Views here personal
Ian Christie
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The bloody cage fight on our White House grounds is not a matter of culture. This travesty pisses on a country that committed itself to the virtue of self-governance--not turning it over to the highest bidder who stuffs the pockets of a deranged despot only interested in his own power, wealth & ego.
Never before has a price tag so large been put on something nearly as speculative.
It will make Musk a trillionaire, while shafting a lot of innocent people — perhaps without them even noticing.
SpaceX’s IPO is the story of American capitalism in this Second Gilded Age.
The closer you look at the SpaceX IPO, the more it looks like Musk’s ill-fated DOGE and Trump’s takeover of the government.
All of it is arbitrary, and built on self-dealing.
It’s all based on the will of one man with a giant ego and an insatiable thirst for money and power.
Steven Beschloss
DESNZ publishes new reports showing how, yes, pylons are much cheaper than burying transmission lines, and yes, we absolutely need new transmission lines. www.businessgreen.com/news/4531103...
"A decade of Trump has gotten us so used to his bully-boy tactics that we no longer expect our leaders to be people we respect. As long as they hate the same people we do, they get our votes."
open.substack.com/pub/kareem/p...
The IPO is nothing more than a show of blind faith in Elon Musk.
Each share held by him has ten times the voting power of a share offered to the public.
SpaceX’s board of directors will have no meaningful authority.
There’s no accountability. No checks. No balances.
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
Because Trump has, always has had, and coninues to have, the "Anti-Midas" touch on EVERYTHING he touches. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Starmer won't prevent far-right riots because he will not take on X. He won't ramp up defence in the face of Trump and Putin because he refuses to take hard financial decisions. He has failed to protect Britain against its enemies - foreign and domestic iandunt.substack.com/p/swirling-i...
The Knicks crush Wemby's dream, Trump runs away from Kristen Welker, and Maine voters must choose between two very flawed Senate candidates
Dead right. The point of great wealth isn't to buy a nice life - you can do that quite cheaply: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/trinkets-o... Billionaires become billionaires for other, maybe unpleasant, motives.
