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Albert Pinto

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Albert Pinto

@70sBachchan

Defiant, Dispirited, Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality, Development. Twitter threads turn into Polycrisis essays

Barcelona, Spain

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Joined June 2014

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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Feb 6, 2023
Laws are like Sausages. Best not to see how they are made. @tedfertik & I dug into how IRA was made & what we found about US political economy How did the worlds largest oil & gas producer do green investments? Hint: China Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=WQ-K2P…
Mark Blyth
@MkBlyth
Jan 31, 2023
Remember how 'Build Back Better' was doomed until it came back as the 'Inflation Reduction Act?' Want the inside story on how that happened? Join me Friday at Noon EST for a talk by two insiders on that deal @70sBachchan and @tedfertik - link to follow
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Jul 26, 2024
Unbelievable vibe shift in the US with Kamala Harris
southpaw
@nycsouthpaw
Jul 25, 2024
The thing about a vibe shift is you get headlines that CNN would never have written ten days ago. cnn.com/2024/07/25/eco…
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Aug 6, 2024
Turns out every single explanation for line go down in last 24 hours was wrong. Because line go up now
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@pennycheck
Aug 6, 2024
The Nikkei has recovered all of its historic losses from yesterday and added more now net up on the week
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Aug 7, 2025
🚨Trump govt is giving private equity what they have been salivating for decades -- 401ks! @STOmarova @BJMbraun "the single biggest prize for the private finance faction is access to the vast pool of individual retirement assets." phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ameri… x.com/DanielaGabor/s…
Daniela Gabor
@DanielaGabor
Aug 7, 2025
while we're all distracted by Big Tech and AI, but Trump is about to give Big Finance a USD 9trillion gift.
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Apr 29, 2025
unbothered. moisturized. happy. in my lane. focused. flourishing.
derek davison
@dwdavison
Apr 28, 2025
at last we've got the Houthis right where we want them
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Jul 1, 2023
Norway just found more high grade phosphorus rock than the rest of the world put together!!!???? 70 billion tonnes of proven reserves! 1.25X more than Morocco 20X more than China. euractiv.com/section/energy…
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Jan 29, 2025
Mike Davis in his last interview:“Ruling classes everywhere have no rational analysis...for the immediate future. A small group have more concentrated power over the human future than ever before in human history,& they have no vision,no strategy, no plan”
Mike Davis, California’s ‘prophet of doom’, on activism in a dying world: ‘Despair is useless’
From theguardian.com
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Jul 21, 2025
“US popularity collapses worldwide -China now more popular worldwide than the US -Israel emerged as the country with the worst global reputation" The 2025 Democracy Perception Index canvassed more than 110,000 respondents across 100 countries. politico.eu/article/usa-po…
Bruno Maçães
@MacaesBruno
Jul 18, 2025
Not sure people in the US realise this - the bubble shuts out all voices - but there is a swelling, global wave of revulsion against the US. Never seen anything comparable in my life
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Jun 30, 2023
Mike Davis in his last interview: “Ruling classes everywhere have no rational analysis...for the immediate future. A small group have more concentrated power over the human future than ever before in human history,& they have no vision,no strategy,no plan”
Yaneer Bar-Yam
@yaneerbaryam
Jun 29, 2023
"I am not angry because the submarine was badly-made. I am angry because I live in a vastly larger pressure vessel being managed and maintained by the exact same people." "a perfect microcosm of the problem with everything right now." cohost.org/hystericempres…
Mike Davis, California’s ‘prophet of doom’, on activism in a dying world: ‘Despair is useless’
From theguardian.com
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Jan 8, 2025
1/ I'm not sure that ppl outside of California have grasped the magnitude of this deadly and still-escalating wildfire catastrophe. Fires in WUIs, fanned by 80 mph+ winds, bone dry stubble, after 2 yrs of growth in wet winters. Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated.
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Aug 20, 2024
Marx: Vampire capitalism “Capital is dead labour, which, vampire like lives only by sucking living labor” Economics research: “After a plasma center opens nearby, demand for payday loans falls by over 13% among young borrowers.”
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Apr 12, 2020
Replying to @StephanieKelton and @jacob_assa
South Korean govt sends a weekly Care Package boredpanda.com/south-korean-g…
Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Aug 14, 2024
“The market will solve climate” The market:
Daily Loud
@DailyLoud
Aug 14, 2024
BREAKING: Oreo and Coca-Cola are teaming up to launch an Oreo-flavored Coke Zero and a Coke-flavored Oreo.
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Albert Pinto
@70sBachchan
Aug 5, 2025
Holy moly trump killed Moderna in US!! “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
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