Euan Taylor
@euantaylor.bsky.social
Frankfurt am Main, Brit, Scot, German.
Controller, coffee drinker, father of two, trying to get back into swimming (again!)
Wish my German was better.
Controller, coffee drinker, father of two, trying to get back into swimming (again!)
Wish my German was better.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Despite growth in renewables, oil, coal and gas still supply around than four-fifths of global energy
• Data highlight huge scope for progress on renewable energy installation globally
• Yet Trump's hostility to green energy could halve growth in US renewable energy supply by 2030
• Data highlight huge scope for progress on renewable energy installation globally
• Yet Trump's hostility to green energy could halve growth in US renewable energy supply by 2030
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Despite growth in renewables, oil, coal and gas still supply around than four-fifths of global energy
• Data highlight huge scope for progress on renewable energy installation globally
• Yet Trump's hostility to green energy could halve growth in US renewable energy supply by 2030
• Data highlight huge scope for progress on renewable energy installation globally
• Yet Trump's hostility to green energy could halve growth in US renewable energy supply by 2030
In a weird situation (UK & US and to a lesser extent Europe) that the political status quo is that of high economic volatility.
No one likes this.
The classic political strategy of reverting to the status quo constantly fails as it accentuates volatility rather than driving towards stability.
No one likes this.
The classic political strategy of reverting to the status quo constantly fails as it accentuates volatility rather than driving towards stability.
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
In a weird situation (UK & US and to a lesser extent Europe) that the political status quo is that of high economic volatility.
No one likes this.
The classic political strategy of reverting to the status quo constantly fails as it accentuates volatility rather than driving towards stability.
No one likes this.
The classic political strategy of reverting to the status quo constantly fails as it accentuates volatility rather than driving towards stability.
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Germany can either get out of its comfort zone and take industrial policy, trade defences, and currency issues seriously — or it can resign itself to deindustrialisation.
China’s $2 trillion manufacturing surplus won’t wait for Berlin to catch up.
13/13
China’s $2 trillion manufacturing surplus won’t wait for Berlin to catch up.
13/13
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Germany can either get out of its comfort zone and take industrial policy, trade defences, and currency issues seriously — or it can resign itself to deindustrialisation.
China’s $2 trillion manufacturing surplus won’t wait for Berlin to catch up.
13/13
China’s $2 trillion manufacturing surplus won’t wait for Berlin to catch up.
13/13
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EPP leader Manfred Weber just gave a very good keynote speech on the future of Europe in Berlin tonight, putting forward seven principles for a stronger EU.
Quick thread:
Quick thread:
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
EPP leader Manfred Weber just gave a very good keynote speech on the future of Europe in Berlin tonight, putting forward seven principles for a stronger EU.
Quick thread:
Quick thread:
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Two generations wasted. We’re going to spend at least another now just trying to salvage & rebuild. What a tragic waste.
Again, this was the ugly, dangerous, & inevitable endpoint of Ronald Reagan telling Americans that the nine most terrifying words in the English language were "I'm from the government, & I'm here to help." It's caused two generations of possibly irreparable damage to our politics & polity.
Musk is an absolutely depraved and evil man. Defending Stalin, Hitler, and Mao in order to justify firing VA nurses and park rangers? How does one come to hate civil servants so much? Insane, and dangerous.
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Two generations wasted. We’re going to spend at least another now just trying to salvage & rebuild. What a tragic waste.
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Congratulations to the 2025 Pacific Cup Champions, the New Zealand Kiwis 🏆
Massive respect to Toa Samoa — all heart, passion and pride from start to finish, in front of a sea of blue 💙🇼🇸
Massive respect to Toa Samoa — all heart, passion and pride from start to finish, in front of a sea of blue 💙🇼🇸
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Congratulations to the 2025 Pacific Cup Champions, the New Zealand Kiwis 🏆
Massive respect to Toa Samoa — all heart, passion and pride from start to finish, in front of a sea of blue 💙🇼🇸
Massive respect to Toa Samoa — all heart, passion and pride from start to finish, in front of a sea of blue 💙🇼🇸
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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😮
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norweger stellen fest, dass China 850 ihrer Elektrobusse fernsteuern und sogar stoppen kann
Etwa 850 in Norwegen eingesetzte Elektrobusse können aus China vollständig kontrolliert werden. Das hat ein geheimer Test der öffentlichen Verkehrsbetriebe ergeben.
www.focus.de
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
😮
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
I would not hire anyone that had worked for ICE. I wonder how some of them explain the gaps in their CVs later?
"What were you doing 2025 to 2028?"
"Local terrorism and kidnapping "
"So ICE?"
"What were you doing 2025 to 2028?"
"Local terrorism and kidnapping "
"So ICE?"
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I would not hire anyone that had worked for ICE. I wonder how some of them explain the gaps in their CVs later?
"What were you doing 2025 to 2028?"
"Local terrorism and kidnapping "
"So ICE?"
"What were you doing 2025 to 2028?"
"Local terrorism and kidnapping "
"So ICE?"
So how much longer does the US government shutdown go on for?
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
So how much longer does the US government shutdown go on for?
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Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
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The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
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The case for tax rises is stronger & clearer than Reeves pretends. It's that, given our lack of productive capacity, we have an inflation problem, which means that the alternative to tax rises is either infeasible cuts in public spending or higher mortgage rates.
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The case for tax rises is stronger & clearer than Reeves pretends. It's that, given our lack of productive capacity, we have an inflation problem, which means that the alternative to tax rises is either infeasible cuts in public spending or higher mortgage rates.
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This FT account of pure thuggishness of Trump representatives posing as diplomats has not appeared in US media anywhere, but is being widely circulated and reported in media in Europe, the UK and the Asia Pacific area. Be sure to read it all.
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This FT account of pure thuggishness of Trump representatives posing as diplomats has not appeared in US media anywhere, but is being widely circulated and reported in media in Europe, the UK and the Asia Pacific area. Be sure to read it all.
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80% of air traffic controllers absent at New York facilities.
The system is at breaking point.
The system is at breaking point.
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
80% of air traffic controllers absent at New York facilities.
The system is at breaking point.
The system is at breaking point.
Maybe I am behind the curve with AI, but why would you put something into a black box process when you could have a coded solution or algorithm that can be interrogated and tweaked if necessary.
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Maybe I am behind the curve with AI, but why would you put something into a black box process when you could have a coded solution or algorithm that can be interrogated and tweaked if necessary.
In the scenario that Johnson keeps the House in recess and the shutdown continues until December, what happens?
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In the scenario that Johnson keeps the House in recess and the shutdown continues until December, what happens?
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NEW: the Senate defied Trump for a THIRD time, voting 51-47 to end all the tariffs he imposed on countries around the world! Let’s see if Johnson ever reconvenes the House 😡
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
NEW: the Senate defied Trump for a THIRD time, voting 51-47 to end all the tariffs he imposed on countries around the world! Let’s see if Johnson ever reconvenes the House 😡
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Thank you @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social for you work, when Home Secretary, to tackle knife crime.
The latest data shows:
- 60k knives taken off our strees
- knife homicides have fallen by almost 20%
- knife crime in general has falled by 5% - the first fall for 4 years
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The latest data shows:
- 60k knives taken off our strees
- knife homicides have fallen by almost 20%
- knife crime in general has falled by 5% - the first fall for 4 years
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Record number of knives taken off streets as knife murders plummet
An unprecedented number of deadly knives have been taken off the streets as knife murders plummet after the government’s first year in office.
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thank you @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social for you work, when Home Secretary, to tackle knife crime.
The latest data shows:
- 60k knives taken off our strees
- knife homicides have fallen by almost 20%
- knife crime in general has falled by 5% - the first fall for 4 years
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The latest data shows:
- 60k knives taken off our strees
- knife homicides have fallen by almost 20%
- knife crime in general has falled by 5% - the first fall for 4 years
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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*EURO AREA 3Q GDP RISES 0.2% Q/Q; EST. +0.1%
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
*EURO AREA 3Q GDP RISES 0.2% Q/Q; EST. +0.1%
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D66 gives one of four important wins for liberals in the last few months together with Romania, Moldova and the surprising success of Neos in Austria.
Of course far right populism hasn’t been defeated - it’s not a flash in the pan that wl go away.
But it shows liberalism can win 🧵
Of course far right populism hasn’t been defeated - it’s not a flash in the pan that wl go away.
But it shows liberalism can win 🧵
Big loser of the night is the perpetual "Europe doomed" narrative. Great win for Center/center left parties, while far-right got dinged but remains part of the political landscape.
The notion of the far-right always rising and it being 1933 in Europe has just grown really stale.
The notion of the far-right always rising and it being 1933 in Europe has just grown really stale.
The significance of a D66 win in 🇳🇱 (if it transpires) will need some explaining outside the country. The Netherlands, like Denmark, has two liberal parties: one rooted in the classical liberal tradition, the other in the radical liberal one. D66 is the latter, ie the left-of-centre liberal party.
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
D66 gives one of four important wins for liberals in the last few months together with Romania, Moldova and the surprising success of Neos in Austria.
Of course far right populism hasn’t been defeated - it’s not a flash in the pan that wl go away.
But it shows liberalism can win 🧵
Of course far right populism hasn’t been defeated - it’s not a flash in the pan that wl go away.
But it shows liberalism can win 🧵
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Not that anyone asked be but I feel like a lot of the “ai layoffs” are garden variety slowing economy layoffs that are using AI as market friendly air cover
October 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Not that anyone asked be but I feel like a lot of the “ai layoffs” are garden variety slowing economy layoffs that are using AI as market friendly air cover
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Two headlines.
Two economies.
Same day.
Poetic.
@nytimes.com @bloomberg.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
Two economies.
Same day.
Poetic.
@nytimes.com @bloomberg.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Two headlines.
Two economies.
Same day.
Poetic.
@nytimes.com @bloomberg.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
Two economies.
Same day.
Poetic.
@nytimes.com @bloomberg.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...