Frank Witte
@alarcos.bsky.social
Prof. UCL Econ. Computational Economist & ex-Theoretical Physicist, Alpine Glacier hiker, born: 30 Messidor CLXXIV.
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A rainy October 19th, 1812.
From a burnt and looted Moscow, an emaciated army of some 100,000+ soldiers from over a dozen nations, losing every day a hundred men or more to Cossack raids, began its retreat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QMz...
From a burnt and looted Moscow, an emaciated army of some 100,000+ soldiers from over a dozen nations, losing every day a hundred men or more to Cossack raids, began its retreat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QMz...
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11 November 1879 | A German Sinti woman, Alvine Blum, was born in Dolgelin.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 8 March 1943.
No. Z-1476
She perished in the camp on 26 March 1943.
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The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 8 March 1943.
No. Z-1476
She perished in the camp on 26 March 1943.
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The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/
"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
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November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
11 November 1879 | A German Sinti woman, Alvine Blum, was born in Dolgelin.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 8 March 1943.
No. Z-1476
She perished in the camp on 26 March 1943.
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The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 8 March 1943.
No. Z-1476
She perished in the camp on 26 March 1943.
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The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_auschwitz/
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📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
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🚨🚨 I am very delighted to peer over my proofs to a new quite comprehensive article analysing the European Public Prosecutor's Office ( #EPPO) to be published in the December issue of #europeanlawreview. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🚨🚨 I am very delighted to peer over my proofs to a new quite comprehensive article analysing the European Public Prosecutor's Office ( #EPPO) to be published in the December issue of #europeanlawreview. 🧵
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Just a reminder that Europe, a country that got rich over 250 years thanks to oil, gas and coal, has signed up to "net zero" within a generation. Yes, you can focus on some fudging of interim targets on the way to zero, but I really think that's missing the era-defining change that is under way.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Just a reminder that Europe, a country that got rich over 250 years thanks to oil, gas and coal, has signed up to "net zero" within a generation. Yes, you can focus on some fudging of interim targets on the way to zero, but I really think that's missing the era-defining change that is under way.
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There are no nationalists left in Europe, only the local branches of Trump International
The Heritage Foundation, the intellectual engine behind the 922-page blueprint that has become the key policy manual for Donald Trump’s second term, is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook.
The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
There are no nationalists left in Europe, only the local branches of Trump International
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Yet, what does the RS do? It releases a statement that it has to accept the political leanings of its fellows. True, if these are based on democratic traditions. Falls, when they are promoting outright terrorism. 2/
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Yet, what does the RS do? It releases a statement that it has to accept the political leanings of its fellows. True, if these are based on democratic traditions. Falls, when they are promoting outright terrorism. 2/
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The @royalsociety.org is a perfect example of British institutions acquiescing to outright fascism. One of its fellows, Elon Musk, is an outspoken Nazi who promotes violence against our democratic system. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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This is one of the best lighting jobs I've ever seen ... no the picture doesn't do it justice. Love Janssons paintings litterally 'glow' against the black background. Well done Helsinki Design museum 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is one of the best lighting jobs I've ever seen ... no the picture doesn't do it justice. Love Janssons paintings litterally 'glow' against the black background. Well done Helsinki Design museum 👏
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Zeit, zu erinnern an Kurt Eisner, Anführer der Novemberrevolution in München, der heute vor 107 Jahren König Ludwig III absetzte, den Freistaat Bayern ausrief und der erste bayerische Ministerpräsident wurde. Am 2. Februar 1919 wurde er auf dem Weg in den Bayerischen Landtag erschossen.
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Zeit, zu erinnern an Kurt Eisner, Anführer der Novemberrevolution in München, der heute vor 107 Jahren König Ludwig III absetzte, den Freistaat Bayern ausrief und der erste bayerische Ministerpräsident wurde. Am 2. Februar 1919 wurde er auf dem Weg in den Bayerischen Landtag erschossen.
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Watch to the end
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Watch to the end
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Tonight, the evil, terrorist nation of Russia is launching ballistic missiles and drones at civilians again, like they do every night.
Putin will rot
Putin will rot
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Tonight, the evil, terrorist nation of Russia is launching ballistic missiles and drones at civilians again, like they do every night.
Putin will rot
Putin will rot
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Long live the sandwich tosser!
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Long live the sandwich tosser!
Breakfast between shadowtankers? Crossing to Tallinn for the day☺️
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Breakfast between shadowtankers? Crossing to Tallinn for the day☺️
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
Another unsurprising 'revelation' 🤷♀️
Elon Musk - the most prominent advocate + outrider for civil war and political violence in Britain - is in regular contact with Vladimir Putin
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report
Alleged talks between billionaire and Russian president could have enormous security implications
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Another unsurprising 'revelation' 🤷♀️
A good thread about a conceptual ravine between England and continental Europe that is widening and deepening since 2016. For any 'Rejoin' movement to ever be succesful, it needs to tackle this openly and determinedly.
I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A good thread about a conceptual ravine between England and continental Europe that is widening and deepening since 2016. For any 'Rejoin' movement to ever be succesful, it needs to tackle this openly and determinedly.
After living in the UK for 15 years now ... my brain still silently goes "No!" whenever someone says "Let me be Frank!"
a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his mouth open
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his mouth open
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November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
After living in the UK for 15 years now ... my brain still silently goes "No!" whenever someone says "Let me be Frank!"
Imagine what this gift will be worth, box unopened, in a decade, to collectors 🤯
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Imagine what this gift will be worth, box unopened, in a decade, to collectors 🤯
ThamesWater hasn't fixed the most recent leak yet. After a week of of uninterrupted flow, pavement cracks are forming as the water weakens the soil layers underneath the pavement. Long story short: accelerated capital depreciation & reduced productivity 🤷♀️ This type of stuff in endemic in the UK.
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ThamesWater hasn't fixed the most recent leak yet. After a week of of uninterrupted flow, pavement cracks are forming as the water weakens the soil layers underneath the pavement. Long story short: accelerated capital depreciation & reduced productivity 🤷♀️ This type of stuff in endemic in the UK.
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Trots: @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl is zojuist gekozen als onzer nieuwe fractievoorzitter! 💚❤️
Jesse is één van de drijvende krachten achter onze linkse samenwerking, en we zijn dankbaar dat hij nu de verantwoordelijkheid op zich neemt om de fractie te leiden.
Jesse is één van de drijvende krachten achter onze linkse samenwerking, en we zijn dankbaar dat hij nu de verantwoordelijkheid op zich neemt om de fractie te leiden.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Trots: @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl is zojuist gekozen als onzer nieuwe fractievoorzitter! 💚❤️
Jesse is één van de drijvende krachten achter onze linkse samenwerking, en we zijn dankbaar dat hij nu de verantwoordelijkheid op zich neemt om de fractie te leiden.
Jesse is één van de drijvende krachten achter onze linkse samenwerking, en we zijn dankbaar dat hij nu de verantwoordelijkheid op zich neemt om de fractie te leiden.
I am still waiting for the European political establishment to recognize the US is a hostile power currently.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I am still waiting for the European political establishment to recognize the US is a hostile power currently.
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It's for crap like this that NATO needs reforming/European alternative without the US. Being dependent on a country becoming more and more unreliable and hostile to their supposed allies (who aren't doing anything wrong) is no longer viable.
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's for crap like this that NATO needs reforming/European alternative without the US. Being dependent on a country becoming more and more unreliable and hostile to their supposed allies (who aren't doing anything wrong) is no longer viable.
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🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Entitlement 😬
Mace blames cops for her airport meltdown: "In the political environment we have today, there's no room for error when it comes to security... yes, I did confront those who did not show up to do the job. My safety was put at risk... mediocrity when it comes to airport security will not be tolerated"
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Entitlement 😬
😂 ofcourse they did!
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
😂 ofcourse they did!