Axios: Clean energy gets Iran boost

 Clean energy gets Iran boost
 
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There’s new evidence that the Iran war is boosting global clean energy uptake, Axios’ Ben Geman reports.

🇨🇳 China’s solar exports soared in March, per think tank Ember and energy research firm Bloomberg NEF. South Korea’s domestic EV sales more than doubled last month year over year, Bloomberg reports. Solar panel imports were up nearly 140%.

🇪🇺 March EV sales also surged in the EU, with larger year over year growth than in either of the prior two months.

European leaders say they’re going to get even more aggressive on electrification.

Reality check: Solar and EVs were already growing fast in many places, making it tough to suss out the war’s true impact.

Coal is also rising in some places, like South Korea. 

Some countries are sticking with oil and gas, but importing it from regions outside the Gulf.

Norway is reopening North Sea gas fields, while U.S. oil and petroleum exports have surged amid the war.

The bottom line: Tatiana Mitrova, a fellow at Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy, tells Axios that it’s “still too early to say that the Iran war is clearly accelerating the whole transition.”

“But there are already concrete signs that it’s making solar, storage and electrification-related choices more attractive through an energy-security lens.”Go deeper.
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Axios: Beware Dr. Deepfake


2. 🩺 Beware Dr. Deepfake
 
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AI is helping turn real doctors into the unwitting stars of deepfake videos that hawk questionable products or spread misinformation, Axios’ Tina Reed reports.

American Medical Association CEO John Whyte tells Axios: “It’s becoming more mainstream. Everyone knows someone who this has impacted.” 

CNN’s Sanjay Gupta says that fake videos using his likeness to promote items like a breakthrough Alzheimer’s cure have even deceived people who know him personally.

Gupta said on a recent podcast: “What was different this time around was just the quality of these ads.”

“This was really quite stunning.

The AMA is pushing for a crackdown against deepfake creators, plus new rules forcing tech platforms to more quickly remove impersonations.

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The Game Rich People Play That You Were Never Told : Professor Jiang

Apr 18, 202

The rich don’t get wealthy by working harder. They play a completely different game — one that was never taught to you in school, never explained on the news, and never discussed in any classroom. In this lecture, Prof. Jiang Xueqin breaks down the hidden rules of the financial system that the wealthy have used for centuries to accumulate power, assets, and control — while ordinary people work harder and fall further behind.

In this video, Prof. Jiang explains: — Why money is not a thing but a relationship, and who controls that relationship — How the Bank of England in 1694 changed the rules of wealth forever — The Cantillon Effect: why the rich always receive new money first and what that means for your savings — Why house prices keep rising beyond the reach of ordinary people — and who benefits — How debt is used as a weapon by the wealthy but taught to ordinary people as something to fear — The connection between the financial system, empire, and war — Why the education system is designed to make you a good employee, not a wealthy asset owner — What the truly rich actually do differently — and why these strategies are almost never discussed publicly This is not a video about get-rich-quick schemes. This is a deep structural analysis of how the global financial game actually works, who wrote the rules, and why those rules have never changed — no matter which political party is in power. If you want to understand why the gap between rich and poor keeps growing, why your savings account is losing value while asset prices keep rising, and why governments always seem to serve the wealthy no matter what they promise during elections — this lecture will give you the framework to understand all of it. Prof. Jiang Xueqin uses game theory, historical pattern analysis, and structural reasoning to explain the systems that most people never question — because they were never told these systems exist. Watch till the end — the final section on why ordinary people accept a rigged game, and what history says happens when they stop accepting it, is the most important part of this lecture. Tags to include: how the rich get richer, financial system explained, how banks create money, Bank of England history, Cantillon Effect, petrodollar system, wealth inequality, how money really works, game theory economics, Prof Jiang Xueqin, Predictive History, financial education, hidden rules of wealth, central bank explained, Federal Reserve explained, how the rich think, asset inflation, wealth gap explained, money system explained, how rich people invest, financial literacy, world order collapse, empire and money, why you stay poor, real financial education

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Professor Jiang: Europe Is Destroying Itself Faster Than Any Enemy Could. Game Theory

May 5, 2026

Europe is not being destroyed by Russia. It’s not being destroyed by Trump. Europe is destroying itself — and it’s doing it faster than any enemy ever could. In this lecture, Professor Jiang Xueqin uses game theory and structural history to break down something most analysts are completely missing. While the world watches the Iran war and the collapsing dollar, Europe is quietly making decisions that are hollowing out its own economy, betraying its own people, and locking itself into a strategic trap it may not escape from. German factories are closing. BASF is leaving Germany. Volkswagen is shutting plants for the first time in 87 years. Europe chose to cut off cheap Russian energy and replace it with American LNG at three to four times the price — and now its industrial base is dying from the inside. But the economy is only part of the story.

Europe is spending hundreds of billions on rearmament it cannot afford, fighting a war in Ukraine it cannot win, following American strategic direction that serves Washington — not European people. And the approval ratings of European leaders tell you everything. 15 percent. 20 percent. Leaders with near-zero public support making decisions that will shape the next 50 years. Professor Jiang explains exactly why this is happening, why European leaders cannot stop it even when they know it is wrong, and what structural history tells us about how this ends — using the same game theory framework that predicted Trump’s return and the Iran war before anyone else was talking about it. This is not mainstream analysis. This is not what you will hear on CNN or the BBC. This is the structural pattern that empires and their subordinates have repeated across 3,000 years of history — and Europe is following it almost perfectly right now. What you will learn in this video: → Why cutting Russian energy was economic suicide disguised as strategy → The real reason European leaders keep following America even as it harms them → What game theory says Europe should actually be doing right now → The historical pattern that tells us exactly how and when this breaks → Why the political earthquake coming to Europe is now inevitable If you understand this framework, nothing happening in global politics will surprise you again. Professor Jiang Xueqin teaches at Moonshot Academy in Beijing and runs the Predictive History channel — the channel that predicted Trump’s 2024 victory, the Iran war, and the collapse of the petrodollar system years before they happened.

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Steve Hanke on X: Professor John Mearsheimer on Trump’s FAILURE in Iran

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Brian Allen on X: Trading, Someone placed a $920 million crude oil short at 3.40 am. 70 minutes later Axios reported US and Iran were close to a deal. Oil dropped 12%. The trade made $125 million in profit.

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Mental Illness … “Medication Spellbiding”

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“Medication Spellbinding” refers to the phenomenon of psychiatric medications making people THINK they’re better, when their actions and results in the real world are objectively far worse off. The term comes from Dr. Peter Breggin and his work in this area.

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HealthRanger on X: …”Oil Emergency of 2026 – 2027

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Bloomberg: “Oil storage tanks in the United States will run empty “somewhere in the July 4 period”

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GZERO ask ian: Iran tensions rising again: Is the ceasefire about to collapse?

In this “ask ian,” Ian Bremmer breaks down the rapidly unraveling situation following the US announcement of “Project Freedom” and why tensions with Iran are escalating again.

Ian explains that Iran’s swift retaliation in the Strait of Hormuz, including targeting ships and launching drones and missiles at the UAE, wasn’t just about disruption. It was a calculated signal: Tehran is prepared to escalate to keep the strait closed unless a deal is reached, while also deepening divisions among Gulf States.

Ian highlights a growing split in the region. The UAE, aligned with Israel, favors continued pressure on Iran, while Saudi Arabia is pushing for de-escalation and regional stability. “These are very different models,” Ian notes, underscoring how diverging interests are reshaping alliances.

For the US, the options are narrowing. A military response risks broader regional damage, while inaction could fuel further instability and rising oil prices. Ian argues the “least worst outcome” is to wind down the conflict and pursue global negotiations, but he warns that political pressure and sunk costs may push Washington in the opposite direction.

“The likelihood that this ceasefire… breaks down and leads to another round of very serious fighting… looks more likely today,” Ian says.

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