Vincent Baby
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I share interesting reads about world politics, the news media, and corporate governance.
French scribe based in Hong Kong.
French scribe based in Hong Kong.
Have we reached the 'This time he's gone too far' stage?
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Republicans begin to push back against Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland
Party may vote to block any military action as it seeks to defuse growing rift with allies over the Arctic territory
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January 21, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Have we reached the 'This time he's gone too far' stage?
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All you ever wanted to know about Svalbard but were too afraid to ask. Fascinating piece.
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The Tug of War at the Top of the World
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January 14, 2026 at 2:41 AM
All you ever wanted to know about Svalbard but were too afraid to ask. Fascinating piece.
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AI can write code, but it can't do software engineering. That's a big problem.
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Pluralistic: Code is a liability (not an asset) (06 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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January 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
AI can write code, but it can't do software engineering. That's a big problem.
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The reality is that there won't be a military response from Europe, but there would have to be severing of diplomatic relations, closing embassies, imposing sanctions, etc, which isn't much better
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 11:12 AM
The reality is that there won't be a military response from Europe, but there would have to be severing of diplomatic relations, closing embassies, imposing sanctions, etc, which isn't much better
Quelque 42 % des Français affirment être en accord avec « les idées défendues par le RN », établissant un nouveau record historique (44 % en désaccord). Ils n’étaient que 29 % avant l’élection présidentielle de 2022. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Le Rassemblement national et ses idées continuent de progresser dans l’opinion, particulièrement à droite
Le baromètre annuel du cabinet d’études et de conseil Verian pour « Le Monde » dessine une France coupée en deux parts égales, entre les inquiets de la montée en puissance de l’extrême droite et de so...
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January 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Quelque 42 % des Français affirment être en accord avec « les idées défendues par le RN », établissant un nouveau record historique (44 % en désaccord). Ils n’étaient que 29 % avant l’élection présidentielle de 2022. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
"It’s a funny old world when Margaret Thatcher had a greater sense of individual liberty than Keir Starmer" open.substack.com/pub/alanrusb...
Dubbing tame pensioners as ‘terrorists’ makes a farce out of the Terrorism Act—and freedom of speech
It’s a funny old world when Margaret Thatcher had a greater sense of individual liberty than Keir Starmer
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January 11, 2026 at 10:19 AM
"It’s a funny old world when Margaret Thatcher had a greater sense of individual liberty than Keir Starmer" open.substack.com/pub/alanrusb...
January 11, 2026 at 1:49 AM
"The point is that economies grow because desires and capabilities change as the result of innovations, infrastructure, and institutions that allow the benefits to spread. New forms of production require new systems of distribution, experience, and exchange." www.oreilly.com/radar/ai-and...
AI and the Next Economy
The narrative from the AI labs is dazzling: build AGI, unlock astonishing productivity, and watch GDP surge. It’s a compelling story, especially if you’re the
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January 8, 2026 at 9:57 AM
"The point is that economies grow because desires and capabilities change as the result of innovations, infrastructure, and institutions that allow the benefits to spread. New forms of production require new systems of distribution, experience, and exchange." www.oreilly.com/radar/ai-and...
A sick character, unexplainably promoted to a sensitive position. Some "failing upward"
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Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84
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January 7, 2026 at 1:57 AM
A sick character, unexplainably promoted to a sensitive position. Some "failing upward"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
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Overwrought travelogues: "I arrived on Patmos for the first time by boat, as pilgrims have done for centuries — the sea glinting in the sun, the whitewashed buildings of Chora clinging to the hills above."
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Life-changing cultural pilgrimages by Peter Frankopan, Antony Gormley and more
From Naoshima to New Mexico, our writers discovered minimalist museums, a revelatory monastery — and an exploding octopus
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December 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Overwrought travelogues: "I arrived on Patmos for the first time by boat, as pilgrims have done for centuries — the sea glinting in the sun, the whitewashed buildings of Chora clinging to the hills above."
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Kudos to 60 Minutes reporter Sharyn Alfonsi for calling a spade a spade. Everyone at CBS News who believes in independent journalism should stand with her.
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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Kudos to 60 Minutes reporter Sharyn Alfonsi for calling a spade a spade. Everyone at CBS News who believes in independent journalism should stand with her.
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"My call to action for everyone is to get involved. There’s a huge role for people to play in shaping outcomes; nothing is certain or inevitable, and everyone alive has a stake in what happens next." english.elpais.com/technology/2...
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"My call to action for everyone is to get involved. There’s a huge role for people to play in shaping outcomes; nothing is certain or inevitable, and everyone alive has a stake in what happens next." english.elpais.com/technology/2...
"In 2024, China invested an estimated $940bn in clean-energy capex, broadly defined as renewables, electricity grids and energy storage (batteries), dwarfing its AI investments. In these sectors, AI is meant to be a complement — the glue rather than the structure." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrow’s key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon Valley
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December 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"In 2024, China invested an estimated $940bn in clean-energy capex, broadly defined as renewables, electricity grids and energy storage (batteries), dwarfing its AI investments. In these sectors, AI is meant to be a complement — the glue rather than the structure." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Excellent story debunking the myth that the rich can leave on a whim ("vote with their feet") when taxes rise.
(Love the bit about the guy who moved to Florida but was caught by tax auditors because he claimed to be a resident to save $25 on his NY fishing licence)
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(Love the bit about the guy who moved to Florida but was caught by tax auditors because he claimed to be a resident to save $25 on his NY fishing licence)
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Rich New Yorkers Threaten to Leave. Then They Find Out How Hard That Is.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Excellent story debunking the myth that the rich can leave on a whim ("vote with their feet") when taxes rise.
(Love the bit about the guy who moved to Florida but was caught by tax auditors because he claimed to be a resident to save $25 on his NY fishing licence)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...
(Love the bit about the guy who moved to Florida but was caught by tax auditors because he claimed to be a resident to save $25 on his NY fishing licence)
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Be bold! "[Frederiksen and Sánchez] changed national agendas, politicizing issues of economic and tax justice and showing blue-collar voters that mainstream parties are on their side. Other European leaders should learn the lesson — and still can." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | They Were Supposed to Save Europe. Instead, They’re Condemning It to Horrors.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Be bold! "[Frederiksen and Sánchez] changed national agendas, politicizing issues of economic and tax justice and showing blue-collar voters that mainstream parties are on their side. Other European leaders should learn the lesson — and still can." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Own goal. "Ironically, the first thing many parents do, according to an Ikea executive, is cut off the labels whose contents are designed in part to cut waste — creating more waste." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The EU single market’s elephant in the room
Small, often invisible barriers to trade affect products from businesses across Europe, including a fluffy Ikea pachyderm
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December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Own goal. "Ironically, the first thing many parents do, according to an Ikea executive, is cut off the labels whose contents are designed in part to cut waste — creating more waste." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Another way in which China is leading the world. "iiMedia estimates that about 70 per cent of Chinese adults take a midday nap, up from 60 per cent in 2019." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
The economic miracle of China’s midday naps
The wuxiu habit is regarded as traditional but its popularity has grown with rising incomes and longer working hours
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December 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Another way in which China is leading the world. "iiMedia estimates that about 70 per cent of Chinese adults take a midday nap, up from 60 per cent in 2019." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
"Jamais dans la Ve République la porosité entre les grandes entreprises et le service de l’Etat n’avait été aussi ouvertement assumée." www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
« La saga autour de la stratégie alimentation et climat illustre la difficulté du pouvoir macronien à distinguer l’intérêt général des intérêts particuliers »
CHRONIQUE. Promise depuis 2023, annoncée une nouvelle fois pour le 28 novembre, la publication de la stratégie nationale pour l’alimentation, la nutrition et le climat n’a toujours pas eu lieu. Un ret...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
"Jamais dans la Ve République la porosité entre les grandes entreprises et le service de l’Etat n’avait été aussi ouvertement assumée." www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
May be a bit awkward for Trump if Zhao needs a second pardon 🤔
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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
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November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
May be a bit awkward for Trump if Zhao needs a second pardon 🤔
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Alan Guarino, a vice-chair at executive search firm Korn Ferry, estimates that two-thirds of the CEOs he encounters have imposter syndrome and “the final third are . . . delusional and are imposters” so shouldn’t be in the job. on.ft.com/4pukb8k
The one-upmanship driving CEOs
The audience that bosses are often most anxious to impress is their peers
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November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Alan Guarino, a vice-chair at executive search firm Korn Ferry, estimates that two-thirds of the CEOs he encounters have imposter syndrome and “the final third are . . . delusional and are imposters” so shouldn’t be in the job. on.ft.com/4pukb8k
Summers deregulated commodities trading as well as financial derivatives ⬇️
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Larry Summers and the Hunger Games
Who remembers the food shock of 2005-2008? Just another global policy disaster from then Treasury Secretary Summers.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Summers deregulated commodities trading as well as financial derivatives ⬇️
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"There’s not a lot of integrity, honesty and decency. There is a lot of cold-heartedness and mean-spiritedness" www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Two decades later, Cornel West’s critique of Larry Summers hits differently
After his public feud with the former Harvard president, West sees irony in Summers’ downfall.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"There’s not a lot of integrity, honesty and decency. There is a lot of cold-heartedness and mean-spiritedness" www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Respect 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Respect 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM