ADAM TOOZE

Japan’s divided grid: 1895 Tokyo utility purchased AC generators from Germany’s AEG that worked at 50 Hz. 1896 ci… https://t.co/xYyd7qA7j8

Jurassic Spark (h/t @TheEconomist) Shutdown of Japan’s nuclear power stations post Fukushima was compensated by a l… https://t.co/GKXjUsAQBi

Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia was formed in 1942 as the political body of Communis… https://t.co/uJhZfzggTH

One of the present 'cultural' difficulties is that if conservatives keep saying things about the past that are fact… https://t.co/sQlbrTAcSK

With Bolsonaro’s encouragement and the real depreciated we are seeing a surge in Brazilian ag exports from areas wh… https://t.co/NYGVZ5gIja

Soy exports from Brazil to EU are 90% in hands of 5 big trading companies. They have all made commitments to end de… https://t.co/RFscEisdV2

Mao Zedong (center-left) and Zhou Enlai (far left) in Yanan, 1935 Amazing color work by “Olga”… https://t.co/Oeh4XQbVWC

Giant global ag businesses ADM, Amaggi, Bunge, Cargill, LDC, COFCO have made commitments to end deforestation BUT f… https://t.co/cNlk4IC0V8

Mato Grosso Brazil is unique in combining Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal wetland. Produces 32m tons of soy in 2019. 7… https://t.co/Fh3AStqptu

It is hard to link large multinationals Bunge, Amaggi, Cargill to specific illegal farms in Brazilian outback, but… https://t.co/HwAwh4lV6p

“We’re so far from testing being at the heart of restoring confidence that we’re going to have to come up with some… https://t.co/6mmqRKho87

Struggling to sort your odal runes from your blood-drop crosses? There’s an app for that. Literally! VizPol uses bi… https://t.co/5ZjTwAmnnl

Barclays, JPMorgan Chase & Morgan Stanley, employ >20,000 workers in Manhattan and occupy more than 930,000 square… https://t.co/vb2iM3f3j4

How the population of Nagasaki and Hiroshima "bounced back” to trend growth post the 1945 bombings. Donald Davis an… https://t.co/8zzchXpekJ

According to Enrico Moretti, each of the “knowledge jobs” that make cities like San Francisco or New York so succes… https://t.co/r0zRQyNmir

"Nowhere represented the 20th century’s love affair with idea of the city better than NYC. In size—surpassing Londo… https://t.co/fhdejHTKiG

"By night, Manhattan holds 1.6m souls, a large number for a small island. In the morning over twice as many more ru… https://t.co/19QeCeV4SV

“a debt dominance monetary regime” Our future according to @TCosterg @michaellachlan recalls THOSE Draghi-inspire… https://t.co/EhEfDFVijW

“I don’t want to have this . . . becoming a dog’s breakfast . . . rather than an actual FT lunch.” Fiona Hill on wh… https://t.co/pUxYTSnSFD

Alexander Kerensky head of the provisional gov in Petrograd in 1917, at age 36. After teaching for many years at th… https://t.co/Wr7ew9gOLC

9 am 31 January 1943: Field Marshall Paulus surrenders at Stalingrad "My God, what a contrast between the two side… https://t.co/ZKSiXlrezB

Decoupling? As Trump admin raises tension with China, will business decouple from China or from the US admin policy… https://t.co/FfsbSqvS5z

9 am 31 January 1943: Field Marshall Paulus surrenders at Stalingrad "My God, what a contrast between the two side… https://t.co/mdE78y6EEK

Wang Dingguo, a legendary Red Army veteran who completed the 12500 km Long March btw 1934 and 1936 died of illness… https://t.co/mKkK98XiD5

Av­er­age Rent in Bei­jing in one of these Neo-brutalist beauties was USD$650 a Month in May 2020 down 2.3%.… https://t.co/RX7ax9tX0m

Inessa Armand (1874-1920). Director of Zhenotdel and inspiration for feminist wing of early Bolshevism. Key figure… https://t.co/d0cUKffHTn

In 2019 C. 42% of Americans of all ages currently profess a “positive view of socialism”. Up from 40% in 2010.… https://t.co/e4oKJVYaLx

By early June the share of Republican-leaning Americans socializing in public places was 35% = twice that of Democr… https://t.co/2AeT0TjjUp

Not only did tens of millions of mainly low-wage Americans lose their jobs in April 2020, but better-off Americans… https://t.co/91H4mmubZ9

Famous “miscalculation error” that the @BLS_gov Is struggling with may not affect the trend btw April & May. Both a… https://t.co/rnN7TAzyhA