Simon Schmid

Simon Schmid

@simonschmid.pro

economics & data journalism @ Tages-Anzeiger https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/author/60143473/simon-schmid

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Petra Pinzler
@pinzler.bsky.social

Man kann in einem guten Jahr so viel Unheil anrichten. Hier meine Abrechnung mit Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche. (Geschenk-Link zum Text in den Show Notes.)

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Rory Johnston
@roryjohnston.bsky.social

At more than $216 per barrel, US diesel futures are now at their highest level in history. We just busted through the prior record set at the height of the 2022 crisis.

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Garrett M. Graff
@vermontgmg.bsky.social

History says the 9/11 attacks began at 8:46 a.m.—but that's not how most, from NYC officeworkers to the President, experienced it. Instead, the "attack" begins at 9:03, when we saw the second plane strike. I wrote abt the fascinating 17 minutes in between: www.nationalgeographic.com/history/grap...

nationalgeographic.comThe 17 Minutes That Changed AmericaThe earliest moments of the September 11 attacks did not unfold the way we often remember. Here’s how those surreal 17 minutes changed America forever.

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KetAnthropic JoshAI
@ketanjoshi.co

I'm late to this but holy hell, I could write an entire book about this single screenshot. The way the image just perfectly captures the journalists doing luxury, disengaged hand-wringing about blackouts while the ACTUAL THREAT plays out in front of their eyes.

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Nahel Belgherze
@wxnb.bsky.social

I've never seen anything like it. Salta, Argentina, has just recorded its hottest night on record during the climatologically coldest time of the year. The minimum overnight temperature did not fall below 26°C (78.8°F), pulverizing the previous monthly record by 7°C.

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Bill McKibben
@billmckibben.bsky.social

If you think it's hot where you are, it's 127 degrees Fahrenheit in Iran

Extreme Temperatures Around the World@extremetemps.bsky.social

HISTORIC 53C DAY- 38C at NIGHT 52.7C Omidieh IRAN All time record and 2026 World Record MINIMUMS ! 38.3 Delhoran IRAN 33.1 Uchkuduk UZBEKISTAN Next days WORSE 53/54c Middle East 49/50C former USSR 50/52C CHINA NIGHTS up to 40C MOST EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN WORLD HISTORY

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Nicolai von Ondarza
@nvondarza.bsky.social

There is no guarantee Le Pen will win the next French presidential elections, but she certainly looks like the favourite in polls at the moment.

Europe Elects@europeelects.bsky.social

France, Elabe poll: Presidential run-off election Le Pen (RN-PfE): 67.5% Mélenchon (LFI-LEFT): 32.5% Le Pen (RN-PfE): 58.5% Glucksmann (PS/PP-S&D): 41.5% Le Pen (RN-PfE): 54% Attal (RE-RE): 46% Le Pen (RN-PfE): 52% Philippe (HOR-RE): 48% Le Pen (RN-PfE): 56% Retailleau (LR-EPP): 44%

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Leah Gremlinberg ❌👑
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social

The tariffs were just another CON to manipulate the stock market and profit billions from insider trading and crypto corruption — $2.2 BILLION to be exact, and we paid the bill. Trump’s tariffs cost the average US household $1,500 per year.

NBC News@nbcnews.com

Investment accounts owned by President Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, his financial disclosure report says.

nbcnews.toTrump discloses 327 unreported stock trades made a day before his first tariff pauseTheir disclosure, more than 14 months after they occurred, is the latest revelation to fuel calls for greater scrutiny of the president’s financial assets.
Simon Schmid
@simonschmid.pro

Elektroautos sind links, Klimaanlagen sind rechts... und welches Haushaltsgerät wird wohl als nächstes politisiert? Waschmaschinen? Stabmixer?

Matthias Daum@matthiasdaum.bsky.social

Linke und Grüne warnen bei Hitze vor der Zukunft, Rechte versprechen den Menschen #Klimaanlagen. Dabei ließen die sich auch in eine progressive Hitzepolitik integrieren. #Hitzewelle #canicule www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2...

zeit.deHitze in Europa: Wir dürfen die Klimaanlage nicht den Rechten überlassenLinke und Grüne warnen bei Hitze vor der Zukunft, Rechte versprechen den Menschen Klimaanlagen. Dabei ließen die sich auch in eine progressive Hitzepolitik integrieren.

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Bloomberg News
@bloomberg.com

China and the European Union have joined forces in a bid to create a global alliance on carbon pricing, putting them at odds with the Trump administration’s push to invest more in fossil fuels.

bloom.bgChina and Europe Form Carbon Alliance as US Bets on Fossil FuelsChina and the European Union have joined forces in a bid to create a global alliance on carbon pricing, putting them at odds with the Trump administration’s push to invest more in fossil fuels.

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The Washington Post
@washingtonpost.com

Exclusive: Iranian strikes have hit at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites since the war began, a Post analysis reveals. The destruction is far greater than what was previously reported or acknowledged by the U.S. government. https://wapo.st/4faxOrg

Simon Schmid
@simonschmid.pro

"Rest of world" is the interesting category here

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

EV sales surged everywhere apart from the US, rising more than 20% globally in 2025 * EVs were half of Chinese sales and electric truck sales in China tripled * EV sales outside CN/Eu/US grew 80% (!) 10/10

Simon Schmid
@simonschmid.pro

Schroedinger's strait

Julia Coronado@jc-econ.bsky.social

No ships are moving through the Strait of Hormuz and as I understand Iran is still requiring permission (+ probably tolls) from the IRGC and the US bloackade is still in place. Was this just a big market manipulation? Has there been any real progress?

Simon Schmid
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Just so you know who we are dealing with

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Tuesday that it was difficult to determine the actual causes of climate change, dismissing decades of science that has attributed global warming to the burning of fossil fuels.

nyti.msBessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic TollThe Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”

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Simon Evans
@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

That Iran "coal comeback" in full

Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air@creacleanair.bsky.social

🌐 NEW | Analysis: Global fossil power generation fell in March after Hormuz closure due to solar & wind growth ⚠️ Fall in gas-fired generation offset by large increases in solar & wind power, not coal w/CREA's @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social energyandcleanair.org/fossil-power...