Isaac Castella-McDonald @IsaacCastella
freelance writer and student based in Beijing - he/him New Taipei City, Taiwan Joined July 2021-
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This is really remarkable: the Philippines is undergoing a huge grassroots-led green revolution, with millions of ordinary Filipinos installing Chinese solar panels on their rooftops. So much so that the Philippines just became, so far in 2026, China's #2 solar export market on Earth 👇 A lot of it is driven by the current energy crisis and the fact the Philippines now has the most expensive residential electricity in Southeast Asia. This makes the economics of solar panels a complete no-brainer: as per the Ember report (ember-energy.org/latest-insight…) a Chinese solar panel - given cost of electricity in the Philippines - now has a payback period of only 3.1 years for households and 2.3 years for businesses. Given that the average lifespan of a solar panel is roughly 30 years (panels from the big Chinese makers - Longi, JA Solar, Trina - now come with 30-year performance warranties as standard), it means that when you install one on your rooftop you essentially get free electricity for about a quarter of a century! We're used to thinking of green energy as something top-down, the government imposing on reluctant citizens, but increasingly - in large parts of the world - it's becoming the exact opposite: a bottom-up movement of ordinary people who simply want cheaper energy.
Which regions of China are underrepresented in the Chinese leadership relative to the population size, and which are over represented? Image created by @BaronDC20005
Did you know Adrienne Rich wrote a poem about Artificial Intelligence in **1961** and it's absolutely prophetic?
@Ashish_stJude @poetrywales @ZoeBrigley I love this so much wow
This attempt, however, famously failed, leading to the spontaneous creation of a counterpart sculpture: Rocket Crater (2021). Rocket Crater is, I think, the ultimate Anthropocene metaphor. Read more on this in the attached piece: isaaccastellamcdonald.substack.com/p/xu-bings-roc…
If this attempt had been successful, I think it would have have satisfied two contradictory Anthropocene impulses: the impulse to eject oneself and one’s desires out from a doomed and overwhelming world, and the conflicting impulse to fix it in time, to save it from itself.
I've been thinking recently about what the Anthropocene might mean for art. The following is a piece I wrote after hearing the legendary Chinese artist Xu Bing speak at Peking University, in which I explore how his work responds to our unique age.
If this attempt had been successful, I think it would have have satisfied two contradictory Anthropocene impulses: the impulse to eject oneself and one’s desires out from a doomed and overwhelming world, and the conflicting impulse to fix it in time, to save it from itself.
The launch of Tianshu Rocket (2021) represented for Bing an attempt to 'launch desire, crisis, and the unknown into outer space'.
I've been thinking recently about what the Anthropocene might mean for art. The following is a piece I wrote after hearing the legendary Chinese artist Xu Bing speak at Peking University, in which I explore how his work responds to our unique age.
@AdameMedia This clip is old - that’s Qin Gang, former foreign minister who has since been purged from the Politburo.
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surely a ramp would be better
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I don't know if this hellish platform still lets poems be seen, but I will always believe in what they hope to do.
🚨Important thread highlights how X under Musk is putting people at risk 1) This account impersonating a man who helped stop a knife attack in London is still live, & has accumulated well over 1 million impressions. 2) It's history indicates it is a pro-Putin "bot" connected
I have signed a letter in disgust over the draconian sentences for climate protestors. What is the bigger crime: destroying our planet for profit, or asking the world to wake up and act? We cannot let this miscarriage of justice stand. Sign here: defendourjuries.org/wtf/
⛓️ To give you a sense of how horrifying and brutal these prison sentences for #JustStopOil activists are: Average sentence for violent crime = 1.7 years. Average sentence for the JSO activists = 4.3 years.
I'm deeply alarmed by the sentences handed to climate activists today over peaceful protests. I agree with the UN Special Rapporteur that this "marks a very dark day for fundamental human rights in the UK" I'll be raising this and our draconian anti-protest laws in Parliament.
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