Ben Bracquené
@benbracquene.bsky.social
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Baidu, China's Google, releases ERNIE 5.0 — their latest natively omni-modal foundational model.
ernie.baidu.com
ernie.baidu.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Baidu, China's Google, releases ERNIE 5.0 — their latest natively omni-modal foundational model.
ernie.baidu.com
ernie.baidu.com
Magistratuur in België heeft nu wel écht een imagoprobleem en weet niet of ik het onterecht vindt.
April 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Magistratuur in België heeft nu wel écht een imagoprobleem en weet niet of ik het onterecht vindt.
Reminds me of that fake restaurant (Shed at Dulwich) docu.
April 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Reminds me of that fake restaurant (Shed at Dulwich) docu.
Inflation in the US is down in March. Why? Weren't tariffs going to push up inflation?
No. Trump has created a lot of uncertainty over the last couple of weeks/months which slows down hiring, investment. This is disinflationary.
Effectively a rate hike by increasing the risk premium.
No. Trump has created a lot of uncertainty over the last couple of weeks/months which slows down hiring, investment. This is disinflationary.
Effectively a rate hike by increasing the risk premium.
April 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Inflation in the US is down in March. Why? Weren't tariffs going to push up inflation?
No. Trump has created a lot of uncertainty over the last couple of weeks/months which slows down hiring, investment. This is disinflationary.
Effectively a rate hike by increasing the risk premium.
No. Trump has created a lot of uncertainty over the last couple of weeks/months which slows down hiring, investment. This is disinflationary.
Effectively a rate hike by increasing the risk premium.
US treasury yields going up at the same time as the USD is going down is a lot more concerning than stocks tanking.
That's emerging market type stuff: capital flight.
That's emerging market type stuff: capital flight.
April 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
US treasury yields going up at the same time as the USD is going down is a lot more concerning than stocks tanking.
That's emerging market type stuff: capital flight.
That's emerging market type stuff: capital flight.
Seems more like the US is fighting its allies.
“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.”
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
April 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Seems more like the US is fighting its allies.
We bouwen niet genoeg: Seizoen 4, aflevering 12.
Nationale Bank: 'Groter aanbod van woningen nodig om hoge prijzen te drukken'
Woningen zijn veel minder betaalbaar dan vroeger, zegt de Nationale Bank. Gouverneur Pierre Wunsch wijt dat onder andere aan de schaarste aan bouwgronden en strenge isolatienormen.
www.tijd.be
April 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We bouwen niet genoeg: Seizoen 4, aflevering 12.
Manufacturing has largely, and continues to, been automated. Any trade war with the goal to "bring back" manufacturing jobs will end in disappointment.
March 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Manufacturing has largely, and continues to, been automated. Any trade war with the goal to "bring back" manufacturing jobs will end in disappointment.
French nuclear submarine in Halifax for joint exercise.
Why a French nuclear attack submarine is in Halifax
SSN Tourville arrived in Halifax harbour this week after its first sail across the Atlantic. Hannah Veinot has the story.
www.cbc.ca
March 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
French nuclear submarine in Halifax for joint exercise.
EU arms production is gaining steam, this is before the huge ReArm EU-fund.
We haven't seen the last of this yet.
We haven't seen the last of this yet.
March 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
EU arms production is gaining steam, this is before the huge ReArm EU-fund.
We haven't seen the last of this yet.
We haven't seen the last of this yet.
What I think is especially wonderful about the oncoming EU fiscal stimulus is that it’ll transition nicely into the 2030’s where battery grid storage and renewable energy will have become more than competitive with fossil.
The secular trends are even more favourable than the short term boost.
The secular trends are even more favourable than the short term boost.
March 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What I think is especially wonderful about the oncoming EU fiscal stimulus is that it’ll transition nicely into the 2030’s where battery grid storage and renewable energy will have become more than competitive with fossil.
The secular trends are even more favourable than the short term boost.
The secular trends are even more favourable than the short term boost.
Zelfs de achterban van gitzwarte AFD staat achter herbewapening.
March 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Zelfs de achterban van gitzwarte AFD staat achter herbewapening.
DOGE is laying off people in ammunition manufacturing plants.
Peace through strength, right?
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
Peace through strength, right?
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
Lankford weighs in on DOGE, voicing concerns on certain actions
Senator James Lankford spoke out on Wednesday about the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) federal employee firings, budget cuts, and facility closures, raising some concerns about the im…
kfor.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
DOGE is laying off people in ammunition manufacturing plants.
Peace through strength, right?
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
Peace through strength, right?
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
If anyone needed more proof that culture doesn't matter much.. Catholics do better in NL, DE. Protestants do better taken as a whole. Northern regions outperform in BE, IT while Northern France is pretty poor.
March 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If anyone needed more proof that culture doesn't matter much.. Catholics do better in NL, DE. Protestants do better taken as a whole. Northern regions outperform in BE, IT while Northern France is pretty poor.
Bad take, plenty of industries would be well-served by cheap and abundant energy and they are just as powerful. Big Tech and heavy industry to name a couple..
It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
March 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Bad take, plenty of industries would be well-served by cheap and abundant energy and they are just as powerful. Big Tech and heavy industry to name a couple..
Europe needs to do 3 things:
- Build: Grow our economy with more construction. It creates jobs and we have a shortage.
- Rearm: Do I really need to explain?
- Import: Help out our allies and buy stuff we need from them, even if we have to borrow a bit of money.
- Build: Grow our economy with more construction. It creates jobs and we have a shortage.
- Rearm: Do I really need to explain?
- Import: Help out our allies and buy stuff we need from them, even if we have to borrow a bit of money.
March 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Europe needs to do 3 things:
- Build: Grow our economy with more construction. It creates jobs and we have a shortage.
- Rearm: Do I really need to explain?
- Import: Help out our allies and buy stuff we need from them, even if we have to borrow a bit of money.
- Build: Grow our economy with more construction. It creates jobs and we have a shortage.
- Rearm: Do I really need to explain?
- Import: Help out our allies and buy stuff we need from them, even if we have to borrow a bit of money.
Europe should fill the gap and buy Canadian, Mexican and, yes, Chinese goods to save their economies.
Let's be an importweltmeister for a while.
#Trudeau
Let's be an importweltmeister for a while.
#Trudeau
March 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Europe should fill the gap and buy Canadian, Mexican and, yes, Chinese goods to save their economies.
Let's be an importweltmeister for a while.
#Trudeau
Let's be an importweltmeister for a while.
#Trudeau
As long as Europe is speaking in bold and muscular terms, we’re not serious.
We need to be humble, silent, and get to work.
We’re comparatively weak. And alone.
We need to be humble, silent, and get to work.
We’re comparatively weak. And alone.
March 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As long as Europe is speaking in bold and muscular terms, we’re not serious.
We need to be humble, silent, and get to work.
We’re comparatively weak. And alone.
We need to be humble, silent, and get to work.
We’re comparatively weak. And alone.
Enough people cared for Harris to lose the election and push the world into chaos.
November 25, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Enough people cared for Harris to lose the election and push the world into chaos.
