Dan O'Brien
@danobrien20.bsky.social
Chief economist at IIEA and columnist with The Currency. Presenter and consultant on economics, policy and international relations.
Except the French put the bottle of wine away after dinner is finished.
March 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Except the French put the bottle of wine away after dinner is finished.
No knowledge of the motives of course, but I’d be more inclined to attribute this to Trump’s need for maximum attention than part of a plan to alter politics in small European country.
March 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
No knowledge of the motives of course, but I’d be more inclined to attribute this to Trump’s need for maximum attention than part of a plan to alter politics in small European country.
I didn't mean it to be about abuse on X, but rather how the algorithm is programmed to support certain causes, in this instance Russia.
March 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I didn't mean it to be about abuse on X, but rather how the algorithm is programmed to support certain causes, in this instance Russia.
Very much same thing happens on X when I post anything on Irish security and defence. ‘Russia is not threat to anyone’, ‘go the front’, ‘send your kids to die’, ‘bald c***, f*** off’ etc.
March 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Very much same thing happens on X when I post anything on Irish security and defence. ‘Russia is not threat to anyone’, ‘go the front’, ‘send your kids to die’, ‘bald c***, f*** off’ etc.