Merijn Antifa Knibbe
@merijnknibbe.bsky.social
Economic historian, involved with the interplay of the long-run development of physical and monetary value of production and wealth. Anti-fascist (shorter: Antifa).
No time for bewilderment. US out of NATO (which will mean a pact between US and Russia). Ukraine in.
New in PN: @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen. And yes, you do hear Europeans saying, 'why aren’t people protesting?' This all comes as a real shock to people who had a different expectation of what America was."
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen. And yes, you do hear Europeans saying, 'why aren’t people protesting?' This all comes as a real shock to people who had a different expectation of what America was."
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."
www.publicnotice.co
February 8, 2026 at 11:44 AM
No time for bewilderment. US out of NATO (which will mean a pact between US and Russia). Ukraine in.
Schiet mij maar lek
February 6, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Schiet mij maar lek
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We are back to, and sometimes even above, levels at the end of Trump 1. This time, however, many Europeans won’t swing back. The transatlantic alliance is dead, even if close transatlantic collaboration could survive.
Opposition to US has hardened in western Europe after Greenland threat, poll finds
Large majorities in six nations express antipathy to Trump’s US and support European self-assertion
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:05 AM
We are back to, and sometimes even above, levels at the end of Trump 1. This time, however, many Europeans won’t swing back. The transatlantic alliance is dead, even if close transatlantic collaboration could survive.
In 2016 Hillary Clinton had 2.9 million votes more than Trump. Neither of them had more than 50% of the votes.
February 6, 2026 at 9:11 AM
In 2016 Hillary Clinton had 2.9 million votes more than Trump. Neither of them had more than 50% of the votes.
The crypto bust has been predicted for years. And the reason it is happening is the reason cited in these predictions.
House of cards.
Aside: deposit money is a stablecoin, too. But that one is backed by (the balance sheets of) banks, the central bank and the government. And its use value.
House of cards.
Aside: deposit money is a stablecoin, too. But that one is backed by (the balance sheets of) banks, the central bank and the government. And its use value.
February 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
The crypto bust has been predicted for years. And the reason it is happening is the reason cited in these predictions.
House of cards.
Aside: deposit money is a stablecoin, too. But that one is backed by (the balance sheets of) banks, the central bank and the government. And its use value.
House of cards.
Aside: deposit money is a stablecoin, too. But that one is backed by (the balance sheets of) banks, the central bank and the government. And its use value.
That´s amazing. But for comparison:
February 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
That´s amazing. But for comparison:
Today I talked with some alumni of Wageningen University and Research (WUR). It has outsourced its website to AI. What I understand: the 'six fingers' hallucination mess one expects.
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Today I talked with some alumni of Wageningen University and Research (WUR). It has outsourced its website to AI. What I understand: the 'six fingers' hallucination mess one expects.
Maybe you did not notice. But deposit money (your bank account) is a government and central bank-backed stable coin, linked to legal tender.
Google ´bail-outs´ ´banks´
Google ´bail-outs´ ´banks´
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Maybe you did not notice. But deposit money (your bank account) is a government and central bank-backed stable coin, linked to legal tender.
Google ´bail-outs´ ´banks´
Google ´bail-outs´ ´banks´
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BREAKING from 🇵🇱:
Polish government has appointed a special analytical team that will investigate this matter, Polish PM Donald Tusk announced.
Tusk: “There are signs that Epstein was connected to the Russian intelligence”
Polish government has appointed a special analytical team that will investigate this matter, Polish PM Donald Tusk announced.
Tusk: “There are signs that Epstein was connected to the Russian intelligence”
February 4, 2026 at 6:19 AM
BREAKING from 🇵🇱:
Polish government has appointed a special analytical team that will investigate this matter, Polish PM Donald Tusk announced.
Tusk: “There are signs that Epstein was connected to the Russian intelligence”
Polish government has appointed a special analytical team that will investigate this matter, Polish PM Donald Tusk announced.
Tusk: “There are signs that Epstein was connected to the Russian intelligence”
Wat betreft het verhogen van dat bonusplafond voor bankiers... Lees dit.
Explosive from @faisalislam.bsky.social about that call that did take place with Dimon and Darling.
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Wat betreft het verhogen van dat bonusplafond voor bankiers... Lees dit.
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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
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Obsceen idee om de Gestapoachtige knokploegen van ICE van informatie te voorzien over Europese burgers
Ik ben erg pro EU. Ik ben vooral ook pro een EU met ballen. Je praat toch nu niet met de VS over het delen van data over je eigen burgers? What is next, dat de EU aan Iran vertelt wie wel of geen hoofddoek draagt hier?
www.bnr.nl/nieuws/inter...
www.bnr.nl/nieuws/inter...
EU en VS steggelen over uitwisseling reizigersdata, terwijl angst voor surveillances ICE toeneemt
Brussel speelt nu een bemiddelende rol in de onderhandelingen over het delen van reizigersinformatie met de Verenigde Staten.
www.bnr.nl
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Obsceen idee om de Gestapoachtige knokploegen van ICE van informatie te voorzien over Europese burgers
I´m reading the IMF Central Bank Digital Currency manual's chapter on fragile and conflict-affected areas. It is good.
www.imf.org/-/media/file...
Our present digital payment system is fragile (every layer of the pyramid can be disrupted). Card-based CBDCs can cut the three lower layers.
www.imf.org/-/media/file...
Our present digital payment system is fragile (every layer of the pyramid can be disrupted). Card-based CBDCs can cut the three lower layers.
February 3, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I´m reading the IMF Central Bank Digital Currency manual's chapter on fragile and conflict-affected areas. It is good.
www.imf.org/-/media/file...
Our present digital payment system is fragile (every layer of the pyramid can be disrupted). Card-based CBDCs can cut the three lower layers.
www.imf.org/-/media/file...
Our present digital payment system is fragile (every layer of the pyramid can be disrupted). Card-based CBDCs can cut the three lower layers.
1) I read another chapter from the IMF Central Bank Digital Currency Manual www.imf.org/en/topics/di...
2) The chapter about CBCDs and financial inclusion www.imf.org/-/media/file...
What did I learn?
2) The chapter about CBCDs and financial inclusion www.imf.org/-/media/file...
What did I learn?
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - Virtual Handbook
The IMF’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Virtual Handbook is a reference guide for policymakers and experts at central banks and ministries of finance. It also serves as the basis for the IMF’s ...
www.imf.org
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
1) I read another chapter from the IMF Central Bank Digital Currency Manual www.imf.org/en/topics/di...
2) The chapter about CBCDs and financial inclusion www.imf.org/-/media/file...
What did I learn?
2) The chapter about CBCDs and financial inclusion www.imf.org/-/media/file...
What did I learn?
Schiet mij maar lek (2)
Aziza Alahmadi of Abu Dhabi gifted pieces of the Kaaba's black covering cloth to Epstein. While this is shocking and sacrilegious, it is worth nothing that the Saud family have often sold the cloth to collectors.
February 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Schiet mij maar lek (2)
Schiet mij maar lek (1)
BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Mandelson leaked sensitive UK government tax plans to Epstein
Former ambassador forwarded memo from special adviser to Gordon Brown to late sex offender in 2009
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Schiet mij maar lek (1)
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Does the international left care about who funds the far right?
February 1, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Does the international left care about who funds the far right?
Don't reason with or about peopke like Trump. Crush them. 8mpeach them. C8nvuct them. L9ck them up. 10 bulluon fines.
"Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to a document released by the Justice Department on Friday."
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to...
www.rawstory.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Don't reason with or about peopke like Trump. Crush them. 8mpeach them. C8nvuct them. L9ck them up. 10 bulluon fines.
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"Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to a document released by the Justice Department on Friday."
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to...
www.rawstory.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
"Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to a document released by the Justice Department on Friday."
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
There´s a lot to say about these skeets by @jwmason.bsky.social
My 5 cents: not all prices are market prices. What do I mean?
I´m investigating the Commons on the Dutch island of Ameland. As late as 1910 (when they had been officially disbanded for 14 years) one of these mustered 68 people to
My 5 cents: not all prices are market prices. What do I mean?
I´m investigating the Commons on the Dutch island of Ameland. As late as 1910 (when they had been officially disbanded for 14 years) one of these mustered 68 people to
February 1, 2026 at 9:51 AM
There´s a lot to say about these skeets by @jwmason.bsky.social
My 5 cents: not all prices are market prices. What do I mean?
I´m investigating the Commons on the Dutch island of Ameland. As late as 1910 (when they had been officially disbanded for 14 years) one of these mustered 68 people to
My 5 cents: not all prices are market prices. What do I mean?
I´m investigating the Commons on the Dutch island of Ameland. As late as 1910 (when they had been officially disbanded for 14 years) one of these mustered 68 people to
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De overdrachtsbelasting voor beleggers op de woningmarkt wordt opnieuw verlaagd: van 8% naar 7%. Dat volgt op een eerdere besluit tot verlaging van 10% naar 8% in 2025.
woningcorporaties worden nog steeds fiscaal gestraft
een draadje:
woningcorporaties worden nog steeds fiscaal gestraft
een draadje:
January 31, 2026 at 10:10 AM
De overdrachtsbelasting voor beleggers op de woningmarkt wordt opnieuw verlaagd: van 8% naar 7%. Dat volgt op een eerdere besluit tot verlaging van 10% naar 8% in 2025.
woningcorporaties worden nog steeds fiscaal gestraft
een draadje:
woningcorporaties worden nog steeds fiscaal gestraft
een draadje:
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Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/st...
Stop de Amerikaanse overname DigiD!
Onze privé-gegevens zijn bij overname door een Amerikaans bedrijf niet veilig!
Dit lijkt ons niet de veilige manier nu president Trump in Amerika aan het roer staat. Dit kan misgaan!
Als de Nederland...
actie.degoedezaak.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/st...
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
He already did, about one year ago.
"The most disturbing possibility is that the president is creating a militia which answers only to himself ... Abroad, from El Salvador to the Philippines, would-be despots often turn the army and the police against their people in the name of keeping order." www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
ICE’s impunity is a formula for more violence
Is America’s president building his own paramilitary militia?
www.economist.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:06 AM
He already did, about one year ago.
At this moment it jacks upbinvestment (data centres) and, hence, short term growth. These centres already lead to energy shortages and are, hence, inflationary. As AI imo at the moment mainly leads to advertisement slop it eats peoples attention and hence leads to lower productivity.
Is AI going to be disinflationary because it increases productivity & trend noninflationary growth, or because it leads to labor shedding on immense scale with a consequent hit to demand, or because overinvestment with insufficient downstream demand torches valuations with negative wealth effects?
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 PM
At this moment it jacks upbinvestment (data centres) and, hence, short term growth. These centres already lead to energy shortages and are, hence, inflationary. As AI imo at the moment mainly leads to advertisement slop it eats peoples attention and hence leads to lower productivity.