Regular visitors to ThinkOrSwim may have been wondering in recent months if I’ve finally gotten sense and packed it in, some 17 years and many hundreds of posts later, as the blog ground to a near halt throughout 2024. For those hoping that might have been the case: sorry to disappoint. I’ve spent much of last year on a large project, one that is still ongoing and that is unlikely to see the light of day any time soon.
To make space for the work involved in this undertaking, I cut back commissioned articles to the bare minimum in recent months, while continuing my weekly radio column on Matt Cooper’s Today FM show as well as other occasional radio and TV slots. Once my end of this project is (hopefully) fully put to bed in the next 2-3 months, I expect to be able to return to something along the lines of normal service, including making sure to keep the blog updated. Needless to say, once it’s in the public domain, I’ll be more than happy to discuss what I’ve been up to at length, but for now, the less said, perhaps the better.
With the kind of crazy stuff we’ve been writing/warning about here for many years now starting to really kick off in earnest, there’s no shortage of topics for ThinkOrSwim to get stuck into. One big piece of that has been the Musk-ification of Twitter, the once indispensable social media site that is now a cess pit of far right trolling and climate denial. I’ve been there since 2010, and over the years had built up a decent following and found it a brilliant public forum for the exchange of ideas and to make contacts around the world in the climate space. Alas, the billionaire toddler has burned it down. I will be deactivating my account later this month, but have since relocated to BlueSky, and find it to be refreshingly reminiscent of the early days of Twitter. If you’re not already there, do give it a try. You’ll find me @thinkorswim.bsky.social. Hope to see you there.
Meanwhile, all the best for whatever 2025 throws our way.
