simonpirani.bsky.social
Historian, researcher of energy systems, Ukraine, Russia, & more. Blog: https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/. Author of Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption (2018) & Dissident Communists in Early Soviet Russia (2023).
👤 Joined on 16 August 2024
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@simonpirani.bsky.socialThanks for the kind words. I hear from others that many senior colleagues regard my position as “extreme” - though, curiously, seldom if ever directly to my face. Thankfully, I tend to get a much more constructive hearing from colleagues less invested in the establishment.
Show PostI hope this person found the handsome stranger reading The Sympathizer, a man of impeccable taste. thanks to my friend Crystal Parikh for seeing this in New York City's Missed Connections missed.you/nyc
Show PostSoon to be more Simon, with alleged 'green transition' technologies being accelerated; like carbon capture, hydrogen and Stanlow making deals to buy/process even more crude oil - pumping as much chemicals into our air as they can 🏭🏭 all in the name of economic growth
Show PostTime for a new offensive global Antifascist narrative and movement of our time. For unity against division - Against the multipolar fascism and the Big Other - Against the global ruling class: ennyvanster.com/ovriga-rubri...
Show PostA waste of their time, our time, and everyone's time. Teams can play how they want. In the meantime, the game is run and manipulated by despots, oligarchs and chancers on the make, with a politicised World Cup hosted by fascist war criminals coming up. Arsenal hoofing it into the mixer matters not
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