Associate professor of economics at the University of Calgary. Former energy trader.
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Wow. Anthropic says the US government has put export controls blocking access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all non-US users, including its own employees
I am SHOCKED (😐) that Trump’s 38th deal to end his war with Iran has fallen through
If you think it's not a problem to make yourself dependent on America AI, consider this.
someone buy Blake's bike so I'm not tempted to do so
Can find the new CD Howe paper here: cdhowe.org/publication/...
and our previous one here: cdhowe.org/publication/...
CD Howe has a new paper out comparing power prices across Canada, updating one I co-wrote in 2018.
They include this chart of renewables vs system cost. I fear it may get unfairly weaponized solely based on using 2023 data for AB. Fast forward to 2024 or 25 and it looks very different!
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It seems pretty straightforward: we should expel any country’s ambassador who amplifies calls to annex our country.
What's driving this? Hint: it's not renewables integration costs.
In a different paper with Brown & Eckert we found ~3/4 of the 2021-23 price increase came from a temporary boost in market power. This shows up in the energy component.
As of 2024, that's gone and system costs are at 2018-20 levels.
I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...
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US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra retweets call to annex Canada
Stocks dropping, oil up on this. For reference, here's a summary of the Iranian media-reported deal terms as well.
The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for any foreign national, including Anthropic employees, for national security reasons.
As a result, both Claude models have been disabled globally.
#trump #politics #america #usa
Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including eff...
