Pivot Points Press @PivotPress

A new project tracking major trends and the challenges facing policy makers. Toronto, Ontario Joined March 2022

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2 years ago

Trillions in hidden debt threaten China's growth wsj.com/world/china/ch…

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2 years ago

Why Taiwan matters x.com/Joel_P_Atkinso…

Joel Atkinson @Joel_P_Atkinson

2 years ago

'A PLA officer training manual titled “Japanese Air Self-Defense Force” minced no words about how Beijing understands Taiwan’s strategic value to Japan. It stated: "As soon as Taiwan is reunified with Mainland China, Japan’s maritime lines of communication will fall completely

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2 years ago

Shipping capacity and the problem of persistent inflation x.com/typesfast/stat…

Ryan Petersen @typesfast

2 years ago

Global containerized ocean freight prices are surging to levels not seen since the pandemic supply chain crunch. Some key trade lane rates are up 140% since mid-December and increasing by the week. What’s happening, why, and what it means for businesses needing products moved? 🧵

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Rishi Sunak calls an election for the start of July 🇬🇧 theguardian.com/politics/artic…

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European defence groups warn over reliance on Chinese cotton used in gunpowder ft.com/content/23807e…

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2 years ago

Norway upping defense spending, will hit 3% of GDP by 2036, will double size of air defense x.com/HakonSaxi/stat…

Håkon Lunde Saxi @HakonSaxi

2 years ago

🇳🇴 #Norway today presented the new long-term #defence plan. Key takeaways from this 12 year (!) plan: - 2% of GDP to be spent on defence in 2024 - 3% in 2036 - Navy to be modernized and expanded - Army gets 2 new brigades (up from 1 today) - Air defence to be more than doubled

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2 years ago

We're headed into a trade war, regardless of who wins the US Presidential election x.com/ChinaBeigeBook…

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2 years ago

2024 only seems calm in US-China & EU-China trade relations. In reality, we're at a pivot point.

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2 years ago

As worries about climate change grow, organizations are testing "radical" methods to try and engineer key climate systems nytimes.com/2024/04/02/cli…

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2 years ago

@KKriegeBlog If you haven't heard this, you might enjoy it. From Alberta country singer @CorbLund youtube.com/watch?v=sdrhTC…

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3 years ago

North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly: 1982 - 2023 #climate

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3 years ago

ENERGY CRISIS: Pakistan failed in its first attempt in about a year to buy LNG from the spot market, with no suppliers offering cargoes | via @SStapczynski #Pakistan

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3 years ago

Civilization is fragile. A great article from The Conversation theconversation.com/if-humans-went…

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3 years ago

#BankingCrisis

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3 years ago

Macklem not ruling out future BoC rate hike to get to 2% inflation target #cdnpoli #cdnecon pivotpoints.press/2023/04/13/mac…

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3 years ago

#ChatGPT #AI x.com/javilopen/stat…

Javi Lopez ⛩️ @javilopen

3 years ago

Catastrophic prediction: In the next 5 years, we will have the first "intelligent virus" leaked and roaming around the internet based on some LLM similar to ChatGPT. It will be impossible to eliminate, taking advantage of any loophole to replicate and perpetuate itself.