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Steve LeVine
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I run The Electric; author The Powerhouse. Signal 650.804.5563 subscriptions.theinformation.com/newsletters/th…
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Apr 2, 2020
    The century of the Black Death began with a mini ice age and torrential rain, ruining crops and spreading hunger among tens of millions of feudal age serfs. Then came the Plague, killing at least half the continent. 1/7
    How the Black Death Radically Changed the Course of History
    From gen.medium.com
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Apr 2, 2020
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    2/7 But the Plague also utterly changed everything: The wages of ordinary farmers and craftsmen doubled and tripled, and nobles were knocked down a notch in social status. The church’s hold on society was damaged, and Western Europe’s feudal system was on its way out.
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Apr 1, 2020
    The distress in the White House and on Wall Street is this: On Covid-19's current trajectory, we appear to be looking at a depression, not a recession 1/4
    A black and white archival photo of a man standing in front of a door. The sign on the door says: ‘NO WORK. DON’T APPLY.’
    This Looks Like a Depression, Not a Recession
    From marker.medium.com
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    May 23, 2024
    A US battery developer told me that if $56/kWh LFP ever reaches the US, American stationary battery makers “will be toast—everyone.” We report today that the price in China is now $47/kWh. The Electric.
    The Electric: China’s Iron-Based Batteries Are Even Cheaper Than We Thought
    From theinformation.com
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Mar 17, 2018
    GOP Rep. Charlie Dent: Trump "browbeat" Sessions into firing McCabe. Retributive optics on the eve of his 50th birthday, 26 hours before his retirement.
    Mueller’s team interviewed McCabe, asked about Comey’s firing | CNN Politics
    From cnn.com
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Sep 1, 2020
    Bars and restaurants have been devastated by the lockdown of cities. But the longer this goes on, the far greater hit will be to a hidden, trillion-dollar economy linked to a much under-appreciated economic actor—the white-collar office worker. 1/5
    Remote Work Is Killing the Hidden Trillion-Dollar Office Economy
    From marker.medium.com
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Aug 15, 2018
    There already are signs of a nationwide "Parkland effect": some 50 new laws including in 14 states with GOP governors, and intense youth voter registration. bit.ly/2MP2Ghd
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Apr 30, 2024
    Scoop: Elon Musk emailed executives tonight to say two of his most senior executives—Rebecca Tinucci, head of the Supercharger network; and Daniel Ho, head of new vehicles—will be leaving the company, and their teams dissolved. The Electric. 1/2
    Musk Plans More Layoffs as Two Senior Tesla Executives Depart
    From theinformation.com
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    Steve LeVine
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    Apr 15, 2020
    Four decades after Reagan and Thatcher crushed miners and air traffic controllers, Covid-19 has brought back the era of raucous labor, along with worker chutzpah and some tragedy. 1/6
    marker.medium.com
    America Is About to Witness the Biggest Labor Movement It’s Seen in Decades
    It took 40 years and a pandemic to stir up a worker revolution that’s about to hit corporate America
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Apr 2, 2020
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    3/7 Survivors from the countryside moved to the city, attracted by the newly unoccupied houses of the rich, which peasants now moved into. For these peasants, there was a new living standard and social standing that no one could have expected.
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    Steve LeVine
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    Apr 24, 2022
    World nickel and lithium production will be enough for 3.8 million EVs this year—fewer than half the 7.7m that automakers say they want to make. By 2030, metals will be enough for 15.6m EVs. But stated EV production is over 40m. 1/2 The Electric. subscriptions.theinformation.com/newsletters/th…
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    Steve LeVine
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    Oct 31, 2017
    Former FBI agent says Russia interference began in 2014, via @axios axios.com/former-fbi-age…
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Jan 17, 2021
    The last four years have been an unceasing drumbeat of dystopian pessimism about the U.S. and the world. Now, though, in a whiplash-inducing spiritual flip-flop, we are hearing a new zeitgeist: That we are entering a New Roaring Twenties. 1/8
    Vintage flapper girl photoshopped wearing a blue face mask, holding a cell phone with a money bill stack going up and down.
    Will the 2020s Really Become the Next Roaring Twenties?
    From marker.medium.com
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    Steve LeVine
    @stevelevine
    Aug 26, 2020
    Between volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and disease, Indonesia has been the world’s vortex of death and destruction. Now it’s the messenger of a massive new disruption—the coming forced move of our coastal cities and up to 1 billion people inland. 1/4
    The Radical Plan to Save the Fastest Sinking City in the World
    From gen.medium.com