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Edgar Morgenroth
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Professor of Economics. Dublin, Ireland
Policy analysis, data analysis, geo-economics.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · Oct 16
We live in polarising times and many can't even see their own extremism.
But extremists always want you to pick sides, to show your colours, to swear allegiance to their cause or else label you to be of the other extreme.

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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 5h
How China’s massive overfishing endangers global ecosystems

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 5h
The sensible approach is to assume the US is already out. They certainly are not 100% reliable
politico.eu POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5h
Lithuania is looking to its European allies to prepare for the day when it may not be able to rely on U.S. troops to defend itself against Russia, Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė has said.
Lithuania’s ‘Plan B’ for a Europe with fewer American troops
Lithuanian PM Inga Ruginienė tells POLITICO she wants U.S. troops to stay, but argues that “you never know what can happen.”
www.politico.eu

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5h
Lithuania is looking to its European allies to prepare for the day when it may not be able to rely on U.S. troops to defend itself against Russia, Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė has said.
Lithuania’s ‘Plan B’ for a Europe with fewer American troops
Lithuanian PM Inga Ruginienė tells POLITICO she wants U.S. troops to stay, but argues that “you never know what can happen.”
www.politico.eu

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 7h
Of course the original NUTS 2 regions were designed to keep as much of Ireland in receipt of EU Structural Funds as possible. Now the West NUTS 3 region (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon) brings the average up to much.

www.independent.ie/business/iri...
Border counties to lose key EU supports despite low incomes
Border counties are set to lose out on favourable European Union ­funding available to other poorer districts because the European Commission is upgrading the wider northern and western region of Irel...
www.independent.ie

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 7h
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
The Irish Constitution: Leading judge on how it could impact the drive for a united Ireland
The Constitution, designed to achieve unity, ‘may ultimately complicate that ambition’, not ‘because it was weak and inflexible’ but ‘rather because it was sufficiently flexible and strong’
www.irishtimes.com

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 7h
Meanwhile at the EU Commission in Brussels:

"Wait, they lost another Prime Minister?"

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 1d
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 2d
But greed is likely to get the better of them
joniaskola.bsky.social Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 2d
Russia is offering the US a $12 trillion deal while its entire GDP is about $2 trillion.

Only Trump and Witkoff could be stupid enough to take that seriously

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 2d
The problem with that statement is that the EU, Europe, have not done nearly enough to make it a reality. Quite the opposite, they have held back on actions and material all along, and are still holding back actions and material.
That goes for arms as well as sanctions.
janoschjdf.bsky.social Janosch @janoschjdf.bsky.social · 2d
"If you attack a sovereign country, then you are not leaving with more territories or more resources, but you are punished for this...
...The message that we have to say loud and clear is that aggression cannot pay off."

-Kaja Kallas

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Janosch @janoschjdf.bsky.social · 2d
"If you attack a sovereign country, then you are not leaving with more territories or more resources, but you are punished for this...
...The message that we have to say loud and clear is that aggression cannot pay off."

-Kaja Kallas

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 2d
Russia is offering the US a $12 trillion deal while its entire GDP is about $2 trillion.

Only Trump and Witkoff could be stupid enough to take that seriously

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David Phinnemore @dphinnemore.bsky.social · 2d
‘“Simply reducing friction doesn’t mean we are going to get the EU market back again. There aren’t empty spaces on the shelves with a label saying ‘waiting for British products’.”

‘In other words, it could take years to restore Brexit losses.’

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%
NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset
www.theguardian.com

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Richard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social · 2d
For all the talk about linking the UK and EU ETS, prices are not converging

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.

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drkeenerj.bsky.social @drkeenerj.bsky.social · 2d
“She had not a thought in her head that was not a slogan, and there was no imbecility, absolutely none, that she was not capable of swallowing if the party handed it out to her.”

George Orwell, 1984

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 2d
That would also send the right signal to trump!!

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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 2d
Current U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was in business with Jeffery Epstein.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d
Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intel has learned of a $12T US–RU economic cooperation proposal—“Dmitriev package”

Reported framework could pose risks to Ukraine’s sovereignty and security. Kyiv will not support any agreements that violate Ukrainian Constitution, incl recognition of Crimea as RU territory

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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 2d
You know, it actually seems entirely plausible that the Kremlin’s con artist in chief Kirill Dmitriev is really waving a $12 trillion plan of “commercial opportunities” in front of Trump’s and Witkoff’s noses.

(That goes in exchange for betraying Ukraine, of course).

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 2d
OTD in 2018 the Battle of Khasham took place in Syria. US military killed & wounded 300 Russian Wagner fighters who attacked them. And in reaponse we did.....fuck all.

Not that it might be clue that we bluff. All the time.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 3d
Not sure we need these billionaires so maybe no billionaire sanctuary!

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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 3d
Elon Musk met John Collison for a pint. Here’s what happened

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Elon Musk met John Collison for a pint. Here’s what happened
The conversation is mainly about Musk but still relatively revealing about Collison’s worldview. These are my takeaways
www.irishtimes.com

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 3d
🇲🇩🇺🇦 Moldovan President Sandu said that she is against her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, because there are more worthy candidates - Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 3d
Keiner würde darauf kommen dem KGB/FSB einen Auftrag für "Technologien" zu geben, und genau so sollte man Anbieter wie Palantir vom öffentlichen Beschaffungswesen ausschliessen.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 3d
Just imagine the effect these sanctions would have had, had they been introduced on day one of the war (back in 2014!)?

The dithering salami slice approach only encouraged russia!
lisaocarroll.bsky.social Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 4d
Exclusive: interview with David O’Sullivan, Eu Russia sanctions envoy. He believes sanctions now having “significant impact” on Russia economy with oil revenues down, interest rates in double digits and inflation high

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d
Russian space vehicles are suspected of conducting signals intelligence operations against key European satellites, the Financial Times reported, citing European security officials.

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Climate Change Advisory Council Ireland @ccacireland.bsky.social · 3d
Council have issued a request for quotations for the following research 'Analysis of community-level support for biodiversity and climate action in local government'. Further information is available on the Council's website at shorturl.at/6bdSH.

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 3d
Not surprising for X, though it would be fascinating to research whether the effects come more from the sample of people still remaining on X (and thus had pro-Trump views to begin with) or whether X pro-Trump algorithm is changing their views.
polltracker.bsky.social Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 3d
Trump job approval rating by news platform

🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40

www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 3d
Breaking: EU Commission finds TikTok in breach of the digital services act over its "addictive design"

Bytedance-owned app could face fine of up to 6% of global revenue if it doesn't fix addicitive properties like infinite scroll, autoplay, recommender systems

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gboz.bsky.social @gboz.bsky.social · 3d
Curious statement given I've just read that russia is losing troops at a faster rate than they can recruit. So they are operating a war of attrition and losing, to one country. Unless the figures I'm seeing are rubbish, it seems russia is struggling to attack Ukraine, let alone the rest of Europe. ?